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Edward Cary Walthall (search for this): chapter 14
Resaca the Thirty-fourth was on the right of Walthall's brigade and near the center of the general ered greatly, but in that of the 28th of July Walthall's, now Benton's brigade, bore an especially hved himself an able and gallant officer. General Walthall, in his report of the battle of Lookout Me a brigadier-general, and he held command of Walthall's brigade until the battle of July 28th, wheneorgia, north Alabama and Tennessee commanded Walthall's old brigade, now in the division of Gen. Edn Hindman's left but not in very heavy line. Walthall's brigade, occupying the left of Hindman's [drigade in reserve, was severely wounded. General Walthall in his report said: The fine brigade whicdaring that were unsurpassed. Major-General Edward Cary Walthall, of Mississippi, was born at Ric an enigma, and proceeds, Situated as he was, Walthall and his Mississippians made one of the bravesight months before. Fighting to the end, General Walthall commanded a division of Georgians and Ten[7 more...]
Richard Griffith (search for this): chapter 14
t his home in Aberdeen, October 16, 1883. Brigadier-General Richard Griffith was at the beginning of the war treasurer ofd battles between portions of the armies. At Seven Pines Griffith's command was present and ready for action and under fireound Richmond every command was put upon its mettle. General Griffith's brigade was at that time in the division of Generalt arrive for some time, Magruder ordered two regiments of Griffith's advance brigade to take post in reserve, also on the ripen for Huger. He then formed the other two regiments of Griffith's brigade on the left of General Kershaw, their right resrigadier-General Cobb's command, which marched in rear of Griffith's, was, as soon as it arrived, formed on the left of theslery fire upon the Confederates, wounding the gallant General Griffith so severely that he died the next day. Thus, at Savag was sent to Virginia and placed under the command of General Griffith. During the greater part of 1861 it was stationed ne
W. F. Brantly (search for this): chapter 14
nemy charged Hindman's division, and a part of the charging column got so near Brantly's position as to get under his artillery and for a while destroy the effects of its fire. Under the eye of General Walthall, Colonel Brantly ordered a charge which routed the enemy, whose loss was greatly increased by the fire of the artille upon his confused and retreating columns. Three times the enemy charged upon Brantly's line, but each time was decisively repulsed. One of the severest fights in rigade until the battle of July 28th, when he was mortally wounded. Thereupon Brantly took command of the brigade. In this fight Colonel Brantly's regiment drove tColonel Brantly's regiment drove the enemy from the Lickskillet and Atlanta road and captured his temporary works, but could not maintain its position in them for lack of support. Brantly was now maBrantly was now made brigadier-general, and all through the subsequent campaign in north Georgia, north Alabama and Tennessee commanded Walthall's old brigade, now in the division of
Braxton Bragg (search for this): chapter 14
lendid fighting in the battle of Shiloh. When Bragg was conducting operations in north Mississippirced by infantry and artillery, retired. When Bragg advanced into Kentucky in the summer of 1862 Ccola and formed a part of the army under Gen. Braxton Bragg. A detachment of this regiment was enga and at Ringgold Gap defeated Hooker and saved Bragg's army and its wagon train. Lowrey's brigade ainst that place in the summer of 1862. After Bragg moved toward Kentucky Van Dorn was left in comrigade of General Chalmers, he participated in Bragg's campaign in Kentucky, taking a prominent parlowing he was recommended for promotion by General Bragg, and was promptly commissioned brigadier-guntain, held it until withdrawn at night. General Bragg reported that Walthall's brigade made a dee most daring of officers, echoes the query of Bragg in his official report, Why Walthall was not rers, Cheatham and Hardee, and was mentioned by Bragg as distinguished for coolness, gallantry and s
Wirt Adams (search for this): chapter 14
of the Confederate States, Accredited to Mississippi. Brigadier-General Wirt Adams, of Mississippi, was one of the most dauntless cavalry lhiloh, he was ever on the move with his command until the name of Wirt Adams was famous throughout the West. When the Federals were advancing upon Chattanooga under Negley in the summer of 1862, Adams, with a smaller force, impeded their march and brought their schemes to naught. tant services. During the Grierson raid in the spring of 1863, Colonel Adams did the best that could be done with the means at his command tbeing commissioned on September 28, 1863. During 1864 the scene of Adams' operations was in north Alabama, Mississippi and west Tennessee. s, could not get together in time to offer effective resistance. Wirt Adams with his brigade formed part of the force with which Forrest trie their arms also, and peace again reigned throughout the land. General Adams returned to his home in Mississippi and resumed the vocations o
Daniel Ruggles (search for this): chapter 14
ginia was deprived of one of its most useful brigade commanders. Brigadier-General Samuel Benton, another one of the patriot dead of Mississippi who gave all that men can give, life itself, for the cause that he deemed right, early in 1862 entered the field as colonel of the Thirty-seventh (afterward called the Thirty-fourth) Mississippi. Soon after Shiloh we find him in command of two regiments, the Twenty-fourth and Thirty-seventh Mississippi, attached to Patton Anderson's brigade, of Ruggles' division. The greater part of his service during 1862 and 1863 was in north Mississippi and middle Tennessee. On the 11th of May, 1864, he relinquished command of the Twenty-fourth and Thirty-seventh Mississippi to Colonel McKelvaine of the Twenty-fourth, and took charge of his own regiment. During the battle of Resaca the Thirty-fourth was on the right of Walthall's brigade and near the center of the general line. The high ground in front of their position ran around them in semi-circ
C. H. Mott (search for this): chapter 14
in April, 1861, as a captain in the Nineteenth Mississippi. This regiment was sent to Virginia and placed under the command of General Griffith. During the greater part of 1861 it was stationed near Leesburg, Va. On October 18, 1861, it was engaged in a skirmish under the eye of Gen. Nathan G. Evans. In the spring of 1862 the heroic record of the Nineteenth Mississippi really began, with the battle of Williamsburg. Lieut.-Col. L. Q. C. Lamar, who succeeded to the command on the fall of Colonel Mott, in his report of this battle says: To Capt. N. H. Harris of Company C special praise is due, not only for his gallant bearing on the field, but for his unremitting attention to his command. Captain Harris was soon after this appointed major of the regiment, his commission dating from the battle of Williamsburg, March 5, 1862. At Seven Pines Major Harris acted on the staff of Gen. Cadmus Wilcox, and was complimented in the report of that officer. From the campaigns in northern Virginia
Manigault (search for this): chapter 14
says in his report: In the action Sharp's and Brantly's brigades acted with great gallantry. Again he says: I must be pardoned for bearing testimony to the conspicuous gallantry of Brigadier-Generals Brantly, Sharp and Johnston, all of whom had received notice of their promotion a few moments before going into battle. Maj.-Gen. Patton Anderson, in a report of the operations of his division (formerly Hindman's), makes the following statement: To the brigade commanders, Brantly, Sharp and Manigault, I am especially indebted for their prompt obedience to every order and cheerful co-operation in everything tending to promote the efficiency of their commands and the good of the service. Their sympathy, counsel and hearty co-operation lightened my burden of responsibility, and contributed to the esprit de corps, discipline and good feeling which happily pervaded the division, and without which the bravest troops in the world cannot be relied on. General Sharp led his brigade through th
John Adams (search for this): chapter 14
es the highest commendation for his coolness and promptness in executing every order. During the Atlanta campaign his regiment was attached to the brigade of Gen. John Adams, Loring's division, one of the best in the army of Tennessee. At the battle of Kenesaw Mountain, in command of the brigade skirmish line, he repulsed two attacks of the enemy. At the battle of Franklin General Adams was killed, and Colonel Lowry succeeded to the command of the brigade, which embraced the Sixth, Fourteenth, Fifteenth, Twentieth, Twenty-third and Forty-third Mississippi regiments of infantry. This force he led in the battle of Nashville and during the retreat from Tenn by General Johnston he and his regiment were assigned to the cavalry brigade of Gen. W. H. Jackson, first composed of the regiments of Pinson, Harris, Starke, and Adams, and Steede's battalion. In March, 1863, he participated in the victory at Thompson's station, Tenn., under General Van Dorn. When Jackson became commander of ca
W. T. Martin (search for this): chapter 14
t and was conducted with superb address. Stuart pursued the line of least resistance, which was the unexpected. His subordinate commanders were Colonels Fitz Lee, W. H. F. Lee and W. T. Martin, all intrepid cavalrymen. On December 2, 1862, Colonel Martin was commissioned brigadiergen-eral in the provisional army of the Confederate States. He was then sent to Tennessee, where he was put in command of a division consisting of Roddey's and Cosby's brigades. He participated in Van Dorn's brilliant victory at Spring Hill, on March 5, 1863, and during the Tullahoma campaign did great service to the army, as did all the cavalry commands. When Longstreet went into east Tennessee, General Martin accompanied him and rendered very efficient service. On November 10, 1863, he was commissioned major-general. He was now placed in command of a division of Wheeler's cavalry corps, including the brigades of John T. Morgan and Alfred Iverson. He served through the Atlanta campaign, leading his
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