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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 14. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Address before the Virginia division of Army of Northern Virginia, at their reunion on the evening of October 21, 1886. (search)
ut with partial success, General Taliaferro, with the assistance of Colonel Andrew Talcot, saving many of the guns and much of the Material. Ibid, p. 781. On the 22d April, by the authority of the Governor of the State of Virginia, Brigadier-General Ruggles assumed command of the volunteers and militia along the line of the Potomac, extending from Mount Vernon south to the mouth of the Rappahannock, with headquarters at Fredericksburg. Records War of Rebellion, Vol. II, p. 775. Brigade confusion at this time as to the rank of officers. The Convention of Virginia, just before the termination of its session, reduced the number of the higher grades in the service of Virginia, by which action General Gwyn, General Johnston, General Ruggles and General Cocke, were reduced one degree. This necessitated a change in some of the commands, and on the 21st May, General Bonham, who had been appointed a Brigadier General in the Confederate army, was assigned to the command of the troo
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 14. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Fortification and siege of Port Hudson—Compiled by the Association of defenders of Port Hudson; M. J. Smith, President; James Freret, Secretary. (search)
ancis Fitts in The Galaxy for September, 1866—A June Day at Port Hudson. (Federal.) 6th. Orville J. Victor's History of the War. (Federal.) 7th. Report (official) of Fred. Y. Dabney, First LieutenantEngi-neer Confederate States Navy, Chief Engineer at Port Hudson. The position and occupation. The occupation of Port Hudson had been determined on in July, 1862, and the attack by General Breckenridge on Baton Rouge, early in the succeeding month, was a preliminary step. Brigadier-General Ruggles was left to commence the work of fortifying the ground. The Essex, an iron-clad gun-boat, being in the river above, heavy guns could not be brought down by boats. The plan of detached works was the one decided upon, and the first lunette was thrown up on the Baton Rouge road, four miles below Port Hudson. This line would have been eight miles in length, and, according to military rule, would have required for its defence a force of 28,000 men, with a reserve of 7,000, making a