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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 31. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Gordon's assault on Fort Stedman, [from the New Orleans Picayune, October 25, 1903.] (search)
Gordon's assault on Fort Stedman, [from the New Orleans Picayune, October 25, 1903.] March 25th, 1865—a brilliant achievement. By General James A. Walker. Fort Stedman was a Federal redoubt, and occupied a spot near what was once the residence of Mr. Otway P. Hare, a man widely known in Eastern Virginia in antebellum days. Its site was locally known as Hare's Hill. I was then in command of a division in the corps commanded by General John B. Gordon, of Georgia, and my division occupied that portion of the trenches around Petersburg from the Appomattox river on the left, and extended, on the right, to a point beyond Hare's Hill. The enemy's lines in our front extended to the Appomattox river, thence down the river on its south bank, crossing the stream several miles lower down, and stretching out to and across the James river; thus leaving the Richmond and Petersburg railroad in possession of the Confederates. The hostile lines were very near each other at severa
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 31. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Biographical sketch of Major-General Patrick. R. Cleburne. (search)
and Cleburne failing to detect the offender or to recover the property, sent the officer a hat of his own and his only pair of blankets. Among his attachments was a very strong one for his adjutant-general, Captain Irving A. Buck, a boy in years, but a man in al soldierly qualities, who for nearly two years of the war shared Cleburne's labors during the day and his blankets at night. He was also much attached to his youngest brother, who was killed in one of Morgan's fights in southwestern Virginia. This brother inherited the brave qualities that belonged to the name, and after being promoted from the ranks for distinguished gallantry, fell in a charge at the head of his regiment. Cleburne had accent enough to betray his Irish birth. This accent, perceptible in ordinary conversation, grew in times of excitement into a strongly marked brogue. He was accustomed to refer to Ireland as the old country, and always in the tone of a son speaking of an absent mother. He possesse
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 31. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), History of Crenshaw Battery, (search)
brigade, but General Hill said: No! I have plenty of artillery, and you deserve to be sent to the rear, and go you shall. And go it did. On July 3d, after being nicely refitted, the battery started to rejoin General A. P. Hill's Light Division, which, with the rest of the army, was driving McClellan towards the Federal gunboats on James river. The battery was then assigned to Maj. R. Lindsay Walker's Battalion of Light Artillery, and the scene of operations having shifted to Northern Virginia, we were soon on the road to Culpeper, and on the 9th of August, 1862, when Jackson came up with Pope at Cedar Run, took part in that battle, where Stonewall pretty effectually disposed of the man who had no lines of retreat, and whose headquarters were in the saddle. Pushing on to Warrenton Springs, on the 24th of August we took part in a furious artillery fight, preliminary to Jackson's move around Pope's army, which was soon accomplished, when the battery struck General Taylor's