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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 4. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), General S. D. Lee's report of the siege of Vicksburg. (search)
cted my attention by his daring and coolness during the assault on the 22d. Capt. Conway, the. engineer in charge of the work on my line, was active and energetic in the discharge of his duties, and was unceasing in his efforts during night and day to check the approach of the enemy. Of my personal staff I would mention the uniform, cool, and gallant conduct of Capt. Wm. Elliott, Assistant Adjutant-General, who was always at the post of danger inspiring confidence by his example. Capt. W. H. Johnson and Lt. H. N. Martin, acting aides-de-camp, and Capt. Curell and Lt. Underhill. volunteer aides de-camp, behaved with gallantry during the siege. I would also mention Mr. West, who was serving on my staff; my orderly, L. B. Murphey, Forty-sixth Alabama regiment, and my couriers, Hill and J. M. Simpson, who were always gallant and at their posts. The report of casualities in the different regiments and companies cannot yet be furnished, as the reports have not been received from
Admiral David D. Porter, The Naval History of the Civil War., Chapter 50: Second attack on Fort Fisher. (search)
; Boatswain, Wm. Bunker; Gunner, R. H. Cross; Carpenter, A. O. Goodsoe; Sailmaker, T. O. Fassett. *Powhatan--first-rate. Commodore, James F. Schenck; Lieutenants, Geo. M. Bache and Merrill Miller; Surgeon, H. O. Mayo; Assistant-Surgeon, W. H. Johnson; Paymaster, C. P. Wallach; First-Lieutenant Marines, F. H. Corrie; Acting-Master, C. R. Wilkins; Ensigns, Ira Harris, Jr., and A. G. Kellogg Acting-Ensigns R. D. Evans, Francis Morris and Edmund Parys; Acting-Master's Mates, Geo. P. Abbott, G-Third-Assistants, J. A. Frank, W. H. Touchton and Rich. Fowler. *little Ada--Fourth-rate. Acting-Master, S. P. Crafts; Acting-Ensign, I. F. Atkins; Acting-Master's Mates, W. H. Joseph and G. W. Lane; Engineers: Acting-Second-Assistant, W. H. Johnson; Acting-Third-Assistants, B. Converse and J. R. Peterson. Fahkee--Fourth-rate. Acting-Masters, F. R. Webb and D W. Carrall; Acting-Ensigns, E. W. Pelton, Peter Williams, J. W. Luscomub, H. A. Winslow and A. W. Harvey Acting-Assistant Pa
ly acted with gallantry. Lieutenant Z. C. Gunn, Fourteenth.Tennessee, fell in the most gallant discharge of his duty. Lieutenant-Colonel Hutchins, of the Nineteenth Georgia, mentions particularly the good conduct of Captain Mabry, Lieutenants W. H. Johnson and M. Edwards, Sergeant Shell, and Corporal Rogan. Lieutenants 0. H. Thomas and George Lemmon, of my staff, rendered me gallant and efficient service throughout the action. My loss in the action was forty killed, two hundred and by fourteen guns of the batteries of Major-General A. P. Hill's division, under Lieutenant-Colonel R. L. Walker, and consisting of the batteries of Captains Pegram and McIntosh, (four guns each,) and sections of the batteries of Captains Latham, Johnson, and Crenshaw, commanded respectively by Lieutenants Potts, Clutter, and James Ellett. This position was a commanding one, and afforded admirable advantage against a direct assault from infantry; but, what was more important, so controlled the
east parapet battery, assisted by Lieutenants F. D. Bake and Iredell Jones; Lieutenant J. M. Rhett, Company A, although on sick report, was assigned temporarily to Company B. Second--Captain F. H. Harleston, with Company D, seventy-four men, in command of north-east parapet battery, assisted by Lieutenants McMillan, King and W. S. Simkins. Third--Captain J. C. King, with Company F, in command of north-west parapet battery, assisted by Lieutenants A. S. Gilliard, John Middleton, and W. H. Johnson. Fourth--Captain J. C. Mitchell, with Company I, seventy-eight men, in command of west parapet battery, assisted by Lieutenant J. S. Bee. Fifth--Captain J. R. Macbeth, with Company E, seventy-seven men, in command of mortar battery and east casemate battery, assisted by Lieutenant J. J. Alston. Sixth--Captain W. H. Peronneau, with Company G, seventy-seven men, in command of north-east casemate battery, assisted by Lieutenant E. S. Ficklin. Seventh--Captain C. W. Parker, with
ision, Dearing's brigade and Hampton's Cav. Losses: Union, 251 killed, 1155 wounded, 2879 missing; Confed. No record found. August 18-22, 1864: raid on the Atlanta and West Point Railroad. Union, Kilpatrick's Cav.; Confed., W. H. Johnson's Cav. Losses: Union, 400 wounded. August 21, 1864: summit Point, Berryville, and flowing Springs, Va. Union, Sixth Corps, and Merritt's and Wilson's Cav.; Confed., Rodes' and Ramseur's divisions. Losses: Union, 600 killeober 13, 1864: reconnaissance to Strasburg, Va. Union, Maj.-Gens. Emory's and Crook's troops; Confed., Gen. Early's command. Losses: Union, 30 killed, 144 wounded, 40 missing. October 13, 1864: Dalton, Ga. Union, troops under Col. Johnson, 44th U. S. Colored; Confed. Fort Sumter in 1865. The calm sunlight of April, 1865, is falling on the northern face of the Fort which had withstood a severer bombardment than any other fortification attacked during the Civil War.
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 6. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), General S. D. Lee's report of the battle of Chickasaw bayou. (search)
ected by sloughs and bayous — containing the plantations of Captain W. H. Johnson, Mrs. Lake and Colonel Blake; the first two being below Chi at the race course, two miles from the city, by a road leading to Johnson's; next, at the Indian mound, four miles from the city, where the transports on Christmas day. On the 26th they landed in force at Johnson's, and at a point two miles above (one mile below Chickasaw bayou)and — the Forty-sixth Mississippi and two Napoleon guns under Lieutenant Johnson doing admirable service. On the 28th the enemy, who had landickasaw bayou, he having planned and executed most of them. Lieutenants Johnson, Duncan, Tarleton and Weims behaved well. Of my personal st He was wounded in the hand bearing an order. Major Watts, Captain W. H. Johnson and Lieutenant Champion, volunteer Aids-de-Camp, acted gall of great service. I would also mention Corporal Champion, of Captain Johnson's company, in charge of couriers, for his bravery. He carried
mand of east parapet battery, assisted by Lieutenants F. D. Bake and Iredell Jones. Lieutenant J. M. Rhett, Company A, although on sick report, was assigned temporarily to Company B. 2d. Captain F. H. Harleston, with Company D, seventy-four men, in command of northeast parapet battery, assisted by Lieutenants McMillan, King, and W. S. Simkins. 3d. Captain J. C. King, with Company F, in command of northwest parapet battery, assisted by Lieutenants A. S. Gilliard, John Middleton, and W. H. Johnson. 4th. Captain J. C. Mitchell, with Company I, seventy-eight men, in command of west parapet battery, assisted by Lieutenant J. S. Bee. 5th. Captain J. R. Macbeth, with Company E, seventy-seven men, in command of mortar battery and east casemate battery, assisted by Lieutenant J. J. Alston. 6th. Captain W. H. Peronneau, with Company G, seventy-seven men, in command of northeast casemate battery, assisted by Lieutenant E. S. Ficklin. 7th. Captain C. W. Parker, with detachment C
Fifty-fourth. Then the regiment was disbanded. Company C, recruited largely in New Bedford, was escorted to the cars by the Shaw Guards. At New Bedford, when the company arrived, a large number of citizens, a reception committee, and the Carney Guards (colored), with the New Bedford Band, were in waiting. With the escort, the veterans, some twenty-two in number, passed through crowded streets to the City Hall. There a meeting was held in their honor, which was called to order by W. H. Johnson, at which speeches were made by Henry F. Harrison and James B. Congdon. Afterward a collation was provided by the colored people for the company. Before the officers of the Fifty-fourth parted, an invitation was extended to them for the succeeding Monday evening, to attend a reception at the residence of John Ritchie, Esq., their late quartermaster, at Chester Park. The Boston Evening Transcript thus referred to the event of the day:— The Fifty-fourth Massachusetts Regiment, t
C., 299. Jewett, Charles, Jr., 183, 202, 205, 237, 276, 316. Jewett, R. H. L., 23, 24, 55, 85, 90, 105, 145, 164, 166, 196, 237, 316. Johassie Island, S. C., 193. John's Island, S. C., 52, 54, 144, 157, 199, 201, 208, 209, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215. Johnson, Andrew, 313. Johnson, Edward, 196. Johnson, Fort, 114, 133, 141, 203, 206, 207, 283, 315. Johnson, J. C., 293. Johnson, James, P., 302, 304. Johnson, Private, 304. Johnson, Robert, Jr., 12, 13. Johnson, Samuel, 16. Johnson, W. H., 321. Johnson's Swamp, S. C., 291. Johnston, Alexander, 34, 105, 145. Johnston, Joseph E., 307. Jones, Charles C., Jr., 252. Jones, Edward L., 34, 62, 90, 92, 145, 150, 183, 188, 202, 204, 205, 233. Jones, Iredell, 95. Jones, Samuel, 100, 185,195,208, 212, 257. Jones, Samuel, letter to Braxton Bragg, 195. Jones, sutler, 177. Joy, Charles F., 276, 291, 316, 317. Joy Street Church, 12. Junction with Western Army, 266. K. K Company, 20, 38, 54, 55, 73, 75, 91, 118, 1
I., 256, 257, 282, 396; III., 330; IX., 311; X., 295. Johnson, B. T.: I., 342; III., 328; V., 108. Johnson, E.: III., 57, 62, 64, 70, 160, 306, 320; VII., 171; IX., 213; X., 107, 244. Johnson, F., V., 65. Johnson, J., I., 100; III., 333; IX., 337. Johnson, L., III., 332. Johnson, R., X., 305. Johnson, R. M., X., 85. Johnson, R. W., II., 172; III., 105; IX., 115; X., 220. Johnson, S., quoted, IX., 292. Johnson, W. C., X., 296. Johnson, W. H., III., 330; V., 29. Johnson, W. P., quoted, X., 73. Johnson Island Prison, O., VII., 44, 136. Johnsonville, Tenn.: III., 257 seq.; inadequate redoubt at, IV., 161 seq. Johnston, A. S.: I., 95, 143, 182, 196, 197 seq., 202 seq., 360; II., 142; III., 137, 247; IV., 304, 318; V., 183; VII., 203, 241; VIII., 196, 220, 283, 290, 340; IX., 93, 95; X., 143, 260. Johnston, B. T., II., 350. Johnston, G. D., X., 277. Johnston, J., III., 101, 102, 104.