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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 10. (ed. Frank Moore) 4 2 Browse Search
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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 10. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 2 (search)
killed in the retreat. The position was held until sunset. Very respectfully, A. R. Govan, Captain Company B. Report of Colonel Fizer. headquarters Seventeenth Mississippi regiment, near Fredericksburg, December 31, 1862. Lieutenant John A. Barksdale, A. A. A. General Third Brigade: Lieutenant: It becoming my duty to report to you the action of the Eighth Florida regiment, commanded by Captain Lang, during the engagement at Fredericksburg, December eleventh, 1862, I submit the following: About five o'clock A. M. of the morning of the eleventh, General Barksdale came to me, at the ferry near Commerce Street, accompanied by a portion of the Eighth Florida regiment, numbering about one hundred and fifty men, I suppose. He said to me, Assist Captain Lang, commanding, in putting his battalion in position, which I proceeded to do immediately, suggesting to Captain L. to place his battalion on my left, which could be in point-blank range of the enemy, above the bridge th
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 10. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 31 (search)
cross the streets, and that cannon had been planted on both sides of the river, which completely commanded the entire town. This fact I reported to General Early, who ordered me to remain where I then was, and prevent any advance from town on the part of the enemy. During the night the enemy recrossed the river; and on the following morning I moved in and occupied the town, capturing about forty prisoners. In concluding this brief report, I desire specially to mention the names of Captain J. A. Barksdale, adjutant of this brigade; Lieutenant J. A. Gibson, acting inspector-general; Harris Barksdale, aid-de-camp, as having acted with the greatest possible coolness and gallantry. Dr. Hill, senior surgeon of the brigade, and all the regimental surgeons, did their whole duty. All the couriers who were with us, J. T. Broach, W. M. Palmer, and W. L. McKee, carried my messages to the different commands promptly, regardless of danger. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, Wm. Barks
Brigadier-General Ellison Capers, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 5, South Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Additional Sketches Illustrating the services of officers and Privates and patriotic citizens of South Carolina. (search)
the time he rejoined his command in Virginia until. the close he served as corporal. Since the war his attention has been given to farming, the fertilizer business and to the operation of machinery. He is now president of the Laurens oil and fertilizer company. For a number of years he did a contracting business, and many of the houses in the city of Laurens were built by him. He was married, September 7, 1869, to Miss Nannie M. Barksdale, daughter of Downs Barksdale, and niece of John A. Barksdale. She died June 23, 1886, leaving seven children. Lieutenant William Elliott Huger, formerly of the staff of Gen. A. M. Manigault, was born at Charleston, January 8, 1844. Though but seventeen years of age when his State was engaged in military preparation consequent upon the act of secession, he promptly entered her service, by joining the Santee mounted rifles, and in April, 1861, was transferred to the Rutledge mounted riflemen. After a month's service with that command he join