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Joseph T. Derry , A. M. , Author of School History of the United States; Story of the Confederate War, etc., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 6, Georgia (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 2 0 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 21. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 2 0 Browse Search
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Joseph T. Derry , A. M. , Author of School History of the United States; Story of the Confederate War, etc., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 6, Georgia (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 2: (search)
rp; the majors, E. F. Best, J. H. Huggins, M. R. Ballinger, J. J. A. Sharp and W. J. Boston. Adjt. C. Saunders was followed by E. Fort. Captain Pool was succeeded by W. J. Boston; Ballinger by H. T. Kennon; King by R. W. Mitchell. The Twenty-fourth regiment Georgia volunteers had at its organization the following field officers: Col. Robert McMillan; Lieut.-Col. C. C. Sanders; Maj. R. E. McMillan. The adjutant was D. E. Banks. The captains were J. N. Chandler (A), P. E. Davant (B), W. L. Smith (C), John Conn (D), J. N. Cannon (E), J. H. P. Mattox (F), W. T. Leonard (G), John H. Mosely (H), H. I. Pool (I), J. G. Porter (K). W. C. Sears was ensign of the regiment. This regiment served in the army of Northern Virginia, fighting gallantly in the many great battles of that matchless host. It was in the brigade of W. T. Wofford at the battle of Gettysburg, and suffered severely in that and in other engagements. During its career it had two colonels, Robert McMillan and C. C. Sande
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 21. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.11 (search)
itions on the river to guard against naval approaches, and it was afterwards constructed into a fort (Howlett House battery), with heavy guns to keep the enemy's iron-clads at bay. I cannot recall all of the officers of the Fifteenth Regiment that took part in this adventure, but I do remember Major Hammett Clarke, Captains Allen M. Lyon, M. W. Hazlewood, J. M. Gunn, G. H. Charters, J. C. Govers, John Vannerson; Lieutenants A. L. Phillips, J. K. Fussell, A. L. Lumsden, E. M. Dunnavant, W. L. Smith, Peter Bowles, B. B. Bumpass, P. H. Hall, John Dansie,— Parsley, and others, all of whom were from Richmond and its vicinity. Secured the Key. The next day the Confederate troops extended the line to the Appomattox river, but not without sharp fighting and some severe losses of men and officers. The lodgment at Howlett's, however, as heretofore described, had secured the key to the situation, and this enabled the Confederates to force back Butler into his entrenchment all along th
The Daily Dispatch: January 12, 1863., [Electronic resource], article 6 (search)
Additional from the North. Petersburg, Jan. 11. --The New York Herald has been received. It says: To-day we have to record another Fredericksburg affair. Sherman had been repulsed at Vicksburg, on the 29th ult., with a loss of four to five thousand men and five pieces of artillery. Among our killed is Gen. Morgan, late of Cumberland Gap. Gen. W. L. Smith was mortally wounded. We had to contend against an overwhelming force under Gen. Joe Johnston. Gen. Holmes's army arrived at Vicksburg on the 30th. Banks's expedition is en route from New Orleans to rent force Sherman, who will remain under cover of his gunboats until a junction of his, McClernend's, and Banks's forces. Gen. Grant's army is still at Holly Springs, Miss. The Wheeling intelligencer, of the 6th, reports the defeat of Imboden and Jenkins at Moorefield. The Yankee Congress has tendered Butler Gen. Twiggs a sword. Rumor says Butler returns to New Orleans. A Nashville dispatch, of t