[579] with other re-enlisted companies formed the new regiment known as the Palmetto sharpshooters, of which Micah Jenkins was colonel, and Captain Foster commander of Company D. He was in all the engagements of this gallant regiment except Williamsburg, Va., and Dandridge, Tenn., until the close of the war, either in command of his company or acting as a field officer. His personal record was part of that of the sharpshooters, who were never driven from a position and never failed to drive the enemy when they charged, with one or two exceptions. He took part in the battles of First Manassas, Seven Pines, Mechanicsville, Gaines' Mill, Frayser's Farm, Rappahannock Station, Thoroughfare Gap, Second Manassas, Ox Hill, Boonsboro, Sharpsburg, Fredericksburg, the Suffolk and Blackwater campaign, the Chattanooga and Knoxville campaign under Longstreet, including the fights at Campbell's Station, Knoxville and Bean's Station, the Wilderness, Spottsylvania Court House, Hanover Junction, Cold Harbor, Bermuda Hundred, Petersburg, Fort Harrison, Newmarket Heights, Darbytown Road, Williamsburg Road, and at the evacuation of Petersburg brought up the rear, and commanded the regiment during the frequent skirmishes on the road to Appomattox. At the surrender the regiment was in good discipline and would have made as good a fight, numbers considered, as ever it did. It surrendered more men than any other regiment of the army. Captain Foster left Appomattox April 13, 1865, just four years from the day he left home for the war. In 1868 he established his business as a merchant at Union, which he has successfully conducted for thirty years. He is deeply interested in the welfare of his comrades and is the present commander of Camp Giles, U. C. V., of Union.
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[579] with other re-enlisted companies formed the new regiment known as the Palmetto sharpshooters, of which Micah Jenkins was colonel, and Captain Foster commander of Company D. He was in all the engagements of this gallant regiment except Williamsburg, Va., and Dandridge, Tenn., until the close of the war, either in command of his company or acting as a field officer. His personal record was part of that of the sharpshooters, who were never driven from a position and never failed to drive the enemy when they charged, with one or two exceptions. He took part in the battles of First Manassas, Seven Pines, Mechanicsville, Gaines' Mill, Frayser's Farm, Rappahannock Station, Thoroughfare Gap, Second Manassas, Ox Hill, Boonsboro, Sharpsburg, Fredericksburg, the Suffolk and Blackwater campaign, the Chattanooga and Knoxville campaign under Longstreet, including the fights at Campbell's Station, Knoxville and Bean's Station, the Wilderness, Spottsylvania Court House, Hanover Junction, Cold Harbor, Bermuda Hundred, Petersburg, Fort Harrison, Newmarket Heights, Darbytown Road, Williamsburg Road, and at the evacuation of Petersburg brought up the rear, and commanded the regiment during the frequent skirmishes on the road to Appomattox. At the surrender the regiment was in good discipline and would have made as good a fight, numbers considered, as ever it did. It surrendered more men than any other regiment of the army. Captain Foster left Appomattox April 13, 1865, just four years from the day he left home for the war. In 1868 he established his business as a merchant at Union, which he has successfully conducted for thirty years. He is deeply interested in the welfare of his comrades and is the present commander of Camp Giles, U. C. V., of Union.
Atlanta, Ga. 1899.
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