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Annual reunion of Pegram Battalion Association in the
Hall
of
House of Delegates
,
Richmond, Va.
,
May
21st
,
1886
.
Extracts from the diary of
Lieutenant-Colonel
John
G.
Pressley
, of the
Twenty-Fifth South Carolina Volunteers
.
Ceremonies connected with the unveiling of the statue of
General
Robert
E.
Lee
, at
Lee
circle,
New Orleans, Louisiana
,
February
22
,
1884
.
Address before the
Virginia
division of
Army of Northern Virginia
, at their reunion on the evening of
October
21
,
1886
.
Fortification and siege of
Port Hudson
—Compiled by the
Association
of defenders of
Port Hudson
;
M.
J.
Smith
,
President
;
James
Freret
,
Secretary
.
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with the unflinching determination of his men, carried the day and gave him possession of the works.
Not being supported, he was exposed still to a galling fire from the right, with great danger of being flanked.
Notwithstanding repeated efforts made by him and by myself in person, none of the troops in his rear would move up until the old Stonewall brigade arrived on the ground and gallantly advancing in conjunction with the Thirtieth North Carolina regiment, Colonel Parker, of Ramseur's brigade, which had been detached to support a battery, and was now on its return.
Occupying the works on the right of Ramseur, and thus relieving him when his ammunition was expended, the Stonewall brigade pushed on and carried the Chancellorsville heights—making the third time that they were captured.
They, in turn, were forced to fall back, but recaptured several of the prisoners and one of the flags taken from Colonel Hall.’
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