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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 28. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.39 (search)
The sharpshooters of Mahone's old Brigade at the Crater.
[from the Richmond, Va., Dispatch, Februry 3, 1901.]
Weldon, N. C., January 30, 1901. To the Editor of the Dispatch:
Referring to your editorial of the 29th with reference to the Battle of the Crater, etc., I would say the battalion of sharpshooters was made from a detail from all regiments of Mahone's (old) brigade—or D. A. Weisiger's brigade—and was as strong, numerically, as any regiment in the brigade.
The evening before the Battle of the Crater the Sixth Virginia Regiment relieved the sharpshooters, and the sharpshooters filled the gap at Wilcox Farm vacated by the Sixth Virginia Regiment.
Next morning—or the day of the Battle of the Crater—we were rushed from Wilcox's Farm and took position in front of the Crater, in brigade reverse form—that is to say, the Twelfth Virginia Regiment took the ground nearest shore, and the brigade was filed in until the sharpshooters occupied the extreme right of the brig
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 28. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), A confederation of Southern Memorial Associations. (search)