Lieutenant John Orr,
Adjutant Sixth Louisiana, was the first man to mount the enemy's breastworks on the 14th, receiving in the act a bayonet wound in the side.
General Early recommends him for captain of cavalry, “he being desirous of entering that branch of the service, for which he is so eminently qualified.”
Lieutenant C. S. Contee's section of
Dement's battery was placed in short musket-range of the enemy on the 15th June, and maintained its position till thirteen of the sixteen men in the two detachments were killed or wounded, when
Lieutenant John A. Morgan, of the First North Carolina regiment, and
Lieutenant R. H. McKim, A. D. C. to
Brigadier-General George H. Steuart, volunteered and helped to work the guns till the surrender of the enemy.
The following are the names of the gallant men belonging to the section:
Lieutenant C. S. Contee,
A. J. Albert, Jr.,
John Kester,
William Hill,
B. W. Owens,
John Glascock,
John Harris, William Wooden,
C. C. Pease,
Frederick Frayer,----
Duvall,
William Compton,
John Yates,
William Brown,
Wm. H. Gorman,
Thomas Moor,
Robert B. Chew.
Colonel Brown,
Chief of Artillery, recommends
Lieutenant Contee for promotion to the captaincy of the Chesapeake artillery,
vice Captain W. D. Brown, a most gallant and valuable officer, killed at
Gettysburg.