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Col. O. M. Roberts, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 12.1, Alabama (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 4: (search)
rdered to destroy buildings, etc., if attacked by overpowering force. (853) Mentioned in letter of Gen. Sam Jones. Vol. Vii—（905) February 23, 1862. In Breckinridge's reserve brigade, Murfreesboro, Tenn. Vol. X, Part I—（384) In Trabue's brigade, Breckinridge's reserve corps, April 6 and 7, 1862, Shiloh. (614, 615) Mentioned as under Maj. J. M. Clifton, in Colonel Trabue's report. (617, 618) Commended in Trabue's report. (620) Major Clifton commended by Trabue. (621) Battalion (called Clifton's) lost 30 men at Shiloh. Vol. Xv—（18) Mentioned in Gen. Earl Van Dorn's report, defense of Vicksburg; Lieutenant-Colonel Snodgrass commanding. (78) Mentioned in General Breckinridge's report of operations near Baton Rouge, August 5, 1862. （82) Three killed, 22 wounded, Vicksburg; Maj. G. L. Alexander killed. (85, 86) Colonel Snodgrass' report of Baton Rouge, August 5, 1862, says: I take pleasure in calling your attention to the gallant and enthusiastic conduct of Privates John T
Col. O. M. Roberts, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 12.1, Alabama (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 5: (search)
in numberless skirmishes during the campaigns of the army of Tennessee. Capt. Charles H. Conner was in command continuously after the spring of 1863. Extracts from official war Records. First Confederate cavalry, Col. John T. Cox. Vol. Vi-(835) Six companies ordered to Mobile, February 27, 1862, by General Bragg. Vol. Vii—（769) General Pillow reports Robertson's company of cavalry in Brownville, December 16, 1861. （910) Col. B. J. Lea reports Robertson's company scouting between Clifton and Savannah, February 26, 1862. (918) Beauregard's confidential notes, March 4th, say that Robertson's cavalry is to remain at Henderson. Vol. X, Part 2—（408) Col. W. C. Jackson asks for Robertson's cavalry to be sent to Trenton, Tenn., April 10, 1862. Vol. Xv—（19) General Van Dorn mentions cavalry escort under Lieutenant Bradley, Company A, in defenses of Vicksburg, 1862. Vol. XVI, Part 1—（899) Commended in report of Gen. Joe Wheeler, Knoxville, October 30, 1862; Lieu
Col. O. M. Roberts, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 12.1, Alabama (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Biographical. (search)
ille he was familiar with its fortifications, and for that reason had been sent to give General Longstreet such help as might be expected from an experienced engineer. After three days spent in reconnoitering the position of the enemy, an attack upon Fort Sanders was decided upon. The result, however, was disastrous to the Confederates. General Leadbetter continued to serve the Confederacy faithfully until the close of the war, when he went to Mexico and afterward to Canada. He died at Clifton, Canada, September 26, 1866, at the age of fifty-five. Brigadier-General Young Marshall Moody was a Virginian, born in Chesterfield county, June 23, 1822, son of Carter Moody, a gentleman of considerable wealth. At the age of twenty he left his Virginia home and, going to Alabama, settled in Marengo county, where he taught school, and later became a merchant. Speedily attaining prominence in the community, he was appointed clerk of the circuit court in 1856, and elected in 1858. When,