D. H. Hill, Jr., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 4, North Carolina
Clement Anselm Evans, Ed.

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[329] 1862, major of the Thirty-third North Carolina, and before the active campaign of 1862 had fairly begun, lieutenant-colonel of the Forty-third North Carolina infantry, April 25, 1862. In the Gettysburg campaign this regiment was in the brigade of Gen. Junius Daniel, of Rodes' division and Ewell's corps. On June 10, 1863, Ewell's corps left Brandy Station, and two days later reached Cedarville, whence Ewell sent Rodes and Jenkins to capture Martinsburg, while he with Early's and Edward Johnson's divisions marched directly upon Winchester. On June 14th Ewell captured Winchester and Rodes captured Martinsburg. The valley was thus cleared of Federal troops, 4,000 of whom were captured. Immense supplies were the spoils of the Confederates, who marched on and crossed the Potomac. In his report of the battle of Gettysburg, Gen. Junius Daniel, after giving an account of the part acted by his brigade, makes special mention of Lieut.-Col. W. G. Lewis among others, and adds, ‘These officers all acted with bravery and coolness, as did all my officers and men whose conduct came under my observation, but the above were more conspicuous than the rest.’ Lewis participated with credit in the siege and capture of Plymouth, N. C., in April, 1864, winning promotion to colonel, and then, being ordered to Petersburg, won the rank of brigadier-general in Beauregard's campaign against Butler. Here he was in command of Hoke's old brigade, the Sixth, Twenty-first, Fifty-fourth and Fifty-seventh North Carolina regiments and First battalion, which was assigned to the division of Gen. Robert Ransom. The latter, in his report of the battle of Drewry's bluff, May 16th, said that after they had gained the enemy's outer works, and were in confusion in the midst of a dense fog, a sudden assault was delivered by the Federals, driving back the left of Hoke's division. Though ammunition was almost exhausted, ‘Colonel Lewis was ordered to throw the only regiment he had in hand at double-quick’ to the point