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Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4. 9 1 Browse Search
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Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., The battle of New Market, Va., May 15th, 1864. (search)
the full corps of cadets,--boys from 16 to 18 years old,--and they were present to the number of 225, under command of Colonel Ship, one of their professors, and an excellent soldier in every sense. The reserves from Augusta and Rockingham Counties Corps together, on the flank of either Echols's or Wharton's brigade, in the center of his infantry line of battle. Colonel Ship states in his official report that when General Breckinridge was expecting to be attacked he posted the corps in resernridge was advancing the brigades of Echols and Wharton, and the 62d Virginia under Colonel Smith and the cadets under Colonel Ship, and in the face of a most galling artillery fire steadying them everywhere by his personal presence, we on the extremharge in the very face of its terrible guns. The order to advance upon it was given by Breckinridge to Colonels Smith and Ship. It so happened that when they came to within about three hundred yards of the battery they had to cross a deep rocky gul
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., The opposing forces at New Market, Va., May 15, 1864. (search)
5150 men and 22 guns being available in the battle. (The 28th and 16th Ohio were not engaged.) The losses were 93 killed, 552 wounded, and 186 captured or missing == 831. The Confederate Army.--Major-General John C. Breckinridge. Echols's Brigade, Brig.-Gen. John Echols: 22d Va.,----; 23d Va.,----; 26th Va.,----. Wharton's Brigade, Brig.-Gen. G. C. Wharton: 45th Va.,----; 51st Va.,----; 30th Va. Battalion,----. Cadet Corps (four companies from the Virginia Military Institute), Lieut.-Col. Scott Ship. Artillery, McLaughlin's Battalion, Maj. William McLaughlin; Cadet Battery Section, Lieut. C. H. Minge. Cavalry, Imboden's Brigade, Brig.-Gen. John D. Imboden: 62d Va. (mounted infantry), Col. George I. Smith; 23d Va., Col. Robert White; 18th Va., Col. George W. Imboden; Gilmor's Maryland Battalion, Maj. Harry Gilmor; Davis's Maryland Battalion (detachment), Maj. Sturgis Davis; Partisan Rangers, Capt. John H. McNeill; McClanahan's Va. Battery, Capt. J. H. McClanahan. In an address