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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), Biographical (search)
e also was dropped. In the fighting around Marietta, especially in the great battle of June 27th at Kenesaw mountain, the men of Mercer's brigade won the plaudits of their division commander, W. H. T. Walker. After the death of General Walker at Atlanta, Mercer's brigade was assigned to General Cleburne's division. On the death of that officer Maj.-Gen. John C. Brown took command of the division. In the Tennessee campaign and in that of the Carolinas, that ended at Bentonville, Brig.-Gen. James A. Smith commanded the brigade, General Mercer's health being in such condition that he was relieved of active duty and sent to Savannah with General Hardee. On the retreat from Savannah he accompanied General Hardee, but was not afterward actively engaged. He was a gallant soldier, but physically unable to endure the strain of a severe campaign. After the war he returned to Savannah, and was a banker in that city from 1866 to 1869. He then removed to Baltimore, Md., where he was a comm
Col. O. M. Roberts, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 11.1, Texas (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), chapter 18 (search)
following spring. Missionary Ridge and Ringgold. After the battle of Chickamauga, Colonel Granbury's regiment was transferred to Deshler's brigade and Gen. J. A. Smith assigned to command. This brigade and Douglas' battery were the only Texas organizations at Missionary Ridge, and right nobly did they sustain the honor ofut the brilliancy of this night attack to add luster to the achievements of Granbury and his brigade in the afternoon. I am deeply indebted to them both. Gen. J. A. Smith commanded the brigade on July 21st in the fighting preliminary to what is called the battle of Atlanta, east of that city. Here the Texans were swept by a t Tenth under Capt. R. D. Kennedy, Seventeenth and Eighteenth under Capt. F. L. McKnight, and the Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth under Capt. John F. Matthews. Gen. J. A. Smith, commanding the division at Nashville, reported that Granbury's brigade having constructed a. redoubt at an important point of the line, on the 15th the enem
Col. O. M. Roberts, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 11.1, Texas (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Biographical. (search)
of Vicksburg. He distinguished himself at the battle of Raymond, Miss., where General Gregg fought so valiantly the overwhelming masses of the Federals. He led this regiment in the battle of Chickamauga, and at Missionary Ridge until Brig.-Gen. James A. Smith was borne from the field severely wounded. Then Colonel Granbury took command of the brigade. On this day of disaster to the Confederates, Cleburne's division held its ground. More than that, Granbury, assisted by Cumming, from Stevenson's division, and Maney, from Walker's, made a charge and drove the enemy from their front. General Cleburne in his report said: To Brigadier-Generals Smith, Cumming and Maney, and to Colonel Granbury, I return thanks for the able manner in which they managed their commands. At the brilliant battle of Ringgold Gap, which occurred two days later, Granbury commanded the Texas brigade. Here was inflicted such a repulse upon the enemy that the pursuit was completely checked. On this occasion
Col. J. J. Dickison, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 11.2, Florida (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 8: (search)
the services of a most gallant and efficient officer. In the final reorganization of the Army April 9th, the remnants of the brigade were consolidated in one regiment, the First Florida, under command of Lieut.-Col. Elisha Mashburn, in Gen. James A. Smith's brigade, Brown's (late Cleburne's) division, Hardee's corps, and thus it was surrendered with the army at Greensboro, April 26th, and disbanded at Augusta, Ga., May 14, 1865. Four companies of independent cavalry commanded by Captains Pa's (late Cleburne's) division, Hardee's corps, and thus it was surrendered with the army at Greensboro, April 26th, and disbanded at Augusta, Ga., May 14, 1865. Four companies of independent cavalry commanded by Captains Partridge, Smith, Leigh, and Vaughan, rendered effective service in Alabama. Captain Henderson's independent company of infantry served at Island No.10, and all were captured but the captain and five men. Captain Johnson's independent company of infantry served at Fort Pillow.
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 30. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Graduates of the United States Military Academy at West Point, N. Y., [from the Richmond, Va., Dispatch, March 30, April 6, 27, and May 12, 1902.] (search)
Wounded; in 1864 commanding Depot of Supplies, Southern Virginia. John B. Hood. 1622. Born Kentucky. Appointed Kentucky. 44. General (temporary rank), July 18, 1864. （1st) Commanding division, Longstreet's Corps, Army of Northern Virginia. Commanding corps in Army of Tennessee, in 1864. Commanding Army of Tennessee July 18, 1864; August 15, 1864, commanding Department of Tennessee and Georgia. January 23, 1865, relieved, at his own request, of command Army of Tennessee. James A. Smith. 1623. Born Tennessee. Appointed at Large. 45. Brigadier-General, September 30, 1863. Commanding brigade, Cleburne's Division, Hardee's Corps, Army of Tennessee. Thomas M. Jones.* 1625. Born Virginia. Appointed Virginia. 47. Brigadier-General, 1862. Commanded brigade in Army of West; later commanded brigade in Department of Alabama and Western Florida. Lucius L. Rich. 1628. Born Missouri. Appointed Missouri. 50. Died August, 1862, at Mobile, Ala., of wounds
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 4. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Addenda by the Editor. (search)
col. J. T. Coit. Texas BatteryCapt. J. P. Douglas. Polk's Brigade. Brig.-gen. L. E. Polk. 1st ArkansasCol. J. W. Colquitt. 3d and 5th ConfederateCol. J. A. Smith. 2d TennesseeCol. W. D. Robison. 35th TennesseeCol. B. J. Hill. 48th TennesseeCol. G. H. Nixon. Calvert's (Arkansas) BatteryLieut. T. J. Key. StewarrpshootersMaj. A. T. Hawkins. Capt. Daniel Coleman. Polk's Brigade. Brig.-gen. L. E. Polk. 1st ArkansasCol J. W. Colquitt. 3d and 5th ConfederateCol. J. A. Smith. 2d TennesseeCol. W. D. Robison. 35th TennesseeCol. B. J. Hill. 48th TennesseeCol. G. H. Nixon. Deshler's Brigade. Brig.-gen. James Deshler. Col.ol. B. J. Hill. 48th Tennessee 2d TennesseeLieut.-col. W. J. Hale. 1st ArkansasCol. J. W. Colquitt. 3d ConfederateMaj. R. J. Person. 5th Confederate James A. Smith's Brigade. 7th TexasCapt. J. H. Collett. 6th TexasMaj. D. P. Saunders. 10th Texas 15th Texas 17th TexasMaj. W. A. Taylor. 18th Texas 24th Texas
The Daily Dispatch: October 8, 1863., [Electronic resource], 100 dollars Reward. (search)
setting fire to a house. The enemy replied briskly from Moccasin Point to our mortars on Lookout, and feebly from the star fort and casemated fort. The firing still continues. It is reported that General Wheeler has captured and burned five hundred wagons belonging to the enemy. [second Dispatch.] Missionary Ridge, via Chickamauga, October 6.--The Tennessee river is rising rapidly. It has swept away the lower pontoon bridge of the enemy and submerged the trestle bridge. Prisoners and deserters confirm the capture of the enemy's wagon train by Gen. Wheeler. Major S. P. Mitchell, Chief Quartermaster of Gen. Longstreet's corps, died last night of diphtheria. Colonel Joe Lewis, of the Sixth Kentucky regiment, has been appointed Brigadier General, to take command of Gen. Helms's brigade. Colonel James A. Smith has been appointed Brigadier General, and will command Preston Smith's old brigade. No firing on either side up to eleven o'clock A. M. to-day.
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