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Butler, Lieut .- col. John A., k. at Richmond, Ky., Aug. 30, 1862.
Doak, Major William R., k. at the battle of Shiloh, April 6, 1862.
Brown, Assistant Surgeon Thomas L. B., d. July 21, 1863. Driver, Major William T., k. at Jonesboro, Aug. 31, 1861.
COMPANY A. Captains: John A. Butler, Thomas G. Butler and James T. C. Mcknight.
Me Knight, Captain James T. C., k. at Chicka- [ Curney, James H., k. at Murfreesboro, Dec. 31, mauga, Sept. 20, 1863.
Anderson, Captain John W., k. at Chicka- mauga, Sept. 20, 1863.
Ridley, James B., k. Apr. 7, 1802.
1862. Warren, John B., k. at Richmond, Ky., Aug. 30, 1862.
Byers, Captain Samuel, k. at Chickamauga, Sept. 20, 1863. Wharton, Wesley P., k. at Richmond, Aug. 30, Beazley, Captain Andrew J., k. at Chicka- manga, Sept. 20, 1863. 1862. Yearwood, Isaac R., k. at Richmond, Ky., Aug. 30, 1862. Carnes, Richard, k. at Richmond, Ky., Aug. 30, 1862.
COMPANY B. Captains: John G. Anderson, John A. Mackey, and Edmund O'Neil. Cathron, J. M., d. at Fredericksburg, July 16, | Gee, John W., k. at Richmond, Ky., August 30, 1861.
1862.
Sharber, John E., d. at Stafford Court-house. Edwards, William, d. at Columbus, Miss.
COMPANY C. Captains: Hampton J. Cheney, James J. Newsom, and William E. Yeatman.
Talley, Hatcher A, d. at Camp Clusky, Apr. 11, ; Williams, Benjamin F., k. at Missionary Ridge, 1862. Nov 24, 1863. White, George A., d. at Columbus, Ky, June 26. 1SG2. Matthias, George S., k. in action at Chicka- mauga. Sept. 20, 1563. Newsom, Captain James J., d. at Richmond, Ky., Ang. 30, 1862. Buck, John, k. in action at Chickamauga, Sept. 20, 1863. White, William R., d. at Richmond, Ky,, Aug. 30. 1862. Perdue, William H., k. in action at Chicka- mauga, Sept. 20, 1863.
Malloy, Daniel E., k. at Murfreesboro, Dec. 31. 1SG2.
Terrell, Jeremiah P., k. at Murfreesboro, Dec. 31, 1802.
Williams, Lee S., k. in action at Chickamauga, Sept. 20, 1863. Tavenon, Peter, k. in action at Chickamauga, Sept. 20, 1863.
COMPANY D. Captains: William P. Bowers and James Denniston.
Bowers, Captain William P., k. at the battle of ; Scruggs, James E., d. at Richmond, Ky., Sept. Chickamauga, Sept. 20, 1863. 1862.
Hale, Thomas J., d. at Richmond, Ky., Sept. Robinson. William W .. d. at Mobile, Jan. 3, 1863. Sharpe, J. S., d. at Murfreesboro, Apr. 4, 1853. 8, 1862.
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COMPANY E. Captains: Richard Wynne, Albert Clark, and J. Albert Akers.
Horin, William, k. at Richmond, Ky., Aug. 30, | Bowden, Hiram L., k. at Richmond, Ky., Ang. 1862.
Bandy, John, k. at Richmond, Ky., Ang. 30,
30, 1962. Gillan, Barney, k. at Richmond, Ky., Aug. 30, 1862.
Bonnar, Lawrence, k. at Richmond, Ky., Aug. 30, 1862.
Franks, Benjamin, k. at Richmond, Ky, Aug. 30, 1862. --
1862. Malloy, Timothy, k. at Richmond, Ky., Aug. 30, 1:02. Hutchings, Frank G., k. at the battle of Mur- freesboro, Dec. 31, 1864. Patton, M., d. Nov. 1, 1862.
COMPANY F. Captains : William D. Robison, Thomas D. White, and William H. Newman.
Brothers, George, d. at Enterprise, Miss., July | Miller, Sylvanus S., k. in action at Perryville, 1, 1863. Oct. 9, 1862.
Ridley, Lieut. Washington G., d. Apr. 6, 1862.
Bailey, John R., k. in action at Shiloh, May 6, 1862.
Parker, Joseph, k. at Richmond, Ky, Aug. 3v, 1:62.
Wooten, James T., k. at Richmond, Ky., Aug. 20, 1862.
Dougherty, Samuel, k. in action at Shiloh, May 6, 1802.
Jacobs, John F. S .. k. in action at Shiloh. May 6, 1862.
Hughes, Franklin, k. at the battle of Chicka- manga, Sept. 20, 1803. Brown, E. R., d. at Marietta, Ga.
COMPANY G.
Captains: William H. Wilkinson and James Denniston.
Thomas, David C., k. at the battle of Shiloh, Redmond, William R, k. at the battle of Shilch, Apr. 6, 1802.
Farrar, Rufus, k. at the battle of Shiloh, Apr. 6, 1862.
Knott, Rufus W., k. at the battle of Shiloh, Apr. 6, 1862.
Kelly, John K., k. at the battle of Shiloh, Apr. 6, 1862. Waggoner, William H., k. at the battle of Shiloh, Apr. 6, 1862.
Tarbrough, Charles A., d. from the effects of wounds, May 1, 1862. Moses, A., d. at Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 24, 1363.
COMPANY H.
Captains : Charles P. Moore and William H. Saunders.
Burk, John, d. July 18, 1862.
Brown, J. B., d. Aug. 30, 1862.
Carr, Thomas F., k. in action at Richmond, Ky., Aug. 30, 1862.
Caplena, William M., k. in action at Perry- ville, Ky., Oct. 8, 1862.
Ball, James A., d. at Richmond, Ky., from wounds, Sept. 1, 1862.
Gross, Green, k. in action at Richmond, Ky., Aug. 30, 1862.
Carr, Andrew J., d. May 16, 1862. Moore, Captain Charles P., k. in action at Mar- freesboro, Dec. 31, 1862.
Gifford, Lieut. John L., k. in action at Mur. freesboro, Dec. 31, 1862.
Duncan, William A., jr., k. at Chickamaugs Sept. 20, 1863.
Hunt, James J., k. at Chickamauga, Sept. 20), 1863.
COMPANY I. Captains: Joseph P. Tyree, John W. House, and Lycurgus Charlton.
Tyree, Captain Joseph P., k. in action at Shi- Lowe, James D., d. at Murfreesboro, Tenn., loh, Apr. 6, 1862.
Barkley, George W., k. in action at Shiloh, Apr. 6, 1862.
Hanna, John R., k. in action at Shiloh, Apr. 6, 1862.
Perkins, Columbus, k. in Sumner county, Ten- nessee, Mar. 28, 1862.
Dobbins, Hamilton R., d. at Columbus, Ky., June 1, 1862.
Dobbins, John M., k. at Richmond, Ky., Aug. 30, 1862.
Mar., 1862. Crunk, William N., d. at Columbus, Miss;, May 23, 1862. Owen, Charles W., k. at Richmond, Ky., Aug. 30, 1862.
Williams, G. B., d. at Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 10. 1SC) Owen. Joseph, k. at Richmond, Ky., Ang.), 1862.
Brigham, J. F., k. at Perryville, Ky., Oct. 9, 1862. Nance, Wm., k. at Perryville, Ky, Oct. 9, 1864.
Apr. 6, 1962. Hunter, Uriah A., k. in action at Richmond. Ky., Aug. 30, 1862.
Waggoner, Henry C., k. in action at Richmond, Ky., Aug. 20, 1862.
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COMPANY K. Captains: Humphrey Buite and Isaac P. Thompson.
Bate, Captain Humphrey. k. in action at Shi- | Martin, W. R., k. at Richmond, Ky., Aug. 31, loh, Apr. 6, 1862. 1862.
Jameson, James B., k. in action at Shiloh, Apr. 6, 1862.
Lewis, James M., k. in action at Shiloh, Apr. 6, ISC2.
McDaniel, James R., k. in action at Shiloh, Apr. 6, 1862.
Thompson, Davis, k. in action at Shiloh, Apr. 6, 1862.
Thompson, George W., k. in action at Shiloh, Apr. 6, 1862.
Bentley, A. J., d. June 13, 1862. Dickerson, J. W., k. at Richmond, Ky., Ang. 31, 1862,
Rogan, J. M., d. July 1, 1862.
Sarver, J. W., d. at Columbus, Miss., June 1, 1862. Quinn, William C., k. at Murfreesboro, Dec. 31, 1862. Padgett, W. W., k. at Chickamauga, Sept. 20, 1863. Williams, F. W., k. at Chickamauga, Sept. 20, IS63. Young, E. A., k. at Chickamauga, Sept. 20, 1863 .. McGee, Jesse, d. at Kingston, Apr. 5, 1864.
THIRD CONFEDERATE. BY N. J. LILLARD, DECATUR, TENN.
THE Third Tennessee Regiment was organized at Knoxville, Tenn., May 29, 1861. John C. Vaughn, was elected Colonel; J. J. Reese, Lieutenant-colonel; Wash. Morgan, Major; L. C. May, Captain Co. A, from Knox county; J. H. Parker, Captain Co. B, Monroe county; Wm. Douglas, Captain Co. C, Polk coun- ty; John Hannah, Captain Co. D, Polk county; J. A. MeKamey, Captain Co. E, Blount county; Wm. C. Morelock, Captain Co. F, Monroe county; Harry Dill, Captain Co. G, McMinn county; Jo. Boyd, Captain Co. HI, Monroe county; N. J. Lillard, Captain Co. I, Meigs county; George Mathes, Captain Co. K, Sullivan county; M. H. Stephens, of Monroe county, Quartermaster; W. H. Sneed, of Monroe county, Commissary; I. G. Cross, of Meigs county, Adjutant.
The regiment left Knoxville for the seat of war, in Virginia, June 2, 1861, and was mustered into the Confederate States service at Lynchburg, June 4, 1861. Left Lynchburg June 5, and arrived at Winchester, Va., June 13. From that point the regiment went to Romney, Va. On June 19, 1861, two companies of the regiment-I and K -- captured New River bridge and two pieces of artillery; W. A. Smith, of Meigs county, being wounded. July 16 the regiment returned to Winchester, and on the 18th left for Manassas Junction. Arrived at the Junc- tion July 21, and was under fire in the first battle of Manassas by 1 o'clock that day. After this battle the regiment did picket duty along the outposts of the Confederate lines for several weeks.
On February 16, 1862, the regiment left the Army of Northern Virginia, for East Tennessee. April 1, 1862, it was engaged in a running fight with "bush- whackers," in Scott county, Tennessee, in which Lieutenant Taylor, of Co. I, was killed.
May 1, 1862, the regiment was reorganized at Big Creek Gap, East Tennessee. John C. Vaughn was reelected Colonel; N. J. Lillard, Lieutenant-colonel, D. C. Haskins, Major; G. IT. Ross, Captain of Co. A: J. M. Mason, Captain of Co. 3; J. W. Fender, Captain of Co. C; B. F. Gaddis, Captain of Co. D; Sam Toole,
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Captain of Co. E; Wm. C. Morelock, Captain of Co. F; J. K. P. Giddens, Captain of Co. G; W. H. Rudd, Captain of Co. H; I. G. Cross, Captain of Co. I; Jo. Boyd, Captain of Co. K.
On August 6, 1862, the regiment met three regiments of Federal troops maler the command of Gen. De Courcey, at Tazewell, Tenn., and defeated them after a hard-fought battle. Capt. Cross, of Co. I, was among the killed. We lost in this engagement seven killed and thirty-one wounded. The regiment then took part in the siege of Cumberland Gap, and from that point went into Kentucky with Bragg's army. About this time Col. Vaughn was made a Brigadier-general, and N. J. Lillard became Colonel of the regiment, and commanded it until the sur- render, in 1865.
In December, 1862, the Third Tennessee Regiment, with three other East Ten- nessee regiments-composing what was then known as "Tom Taylor's Briga.le " -was placed under the command of Gen. Reynolds, and was ordered to Vicks- burg, Miss. Arrived there Jan. 5, 1863; took an active part in the campaign fol- lowing, in and around that city, and surrendered with the rest of Pemberton's army at that point, July 4, 1863. The regiment lost, in this campaign and dur- ing the siege of Vicksburg, some of its best men, Capts. Gaddis and Boyd being among the number.
We were paroled July 10, 1863; reassembled at Decatur, Ga., Sept. 2, 1863; and were exchanged Oct. 19, 1863. Soon after this the regiment was transferred to "Vaughn's Brigade of Mounted Infantry," and took part in Longstreet's cam- paign around Knoxville. A portion of the regiment was with a detachment of the brigade in the campaign in the Valley of Virginia in the summer of 1864. and lost, in the battle of Piedmont, forty-seven killed and wounded; was with Breckenridge in Upper East Tennessee during the fall of 1864 and spring of 1865, and took part in the battles of Bull's Gap, Greenville, and Morristown. We sur- rendered at Washington, Ga., May 9, 1865.
VAUGHN'S BRIGADE. BY B. G. MANARD, D.D., PLATTSBURG, MO.
THE immediate political causes that called the soldiery of this command into the late civil war we leave to him who has the general direction of this work. We are to chronicle what these gallant men did, the part they played in the tragic drama of the South during the memorable years from 1861 to 1965.
For bravery-the martial spirit-East Tennesseans have honorable history: whether in the pioneer struggle, battling with the savage, the memorable War of 1812, the no less notable one in the conquest of Old Mexico, or on the fiercely contested fields of the late civil war, they have a common fame, alike honorable and worthy of chronicling. But we are to speak of those who were identified with the South, those who periled their lives in the maintenance of her rights. That East Tennessee gave brave men to other than the Confederacy, is history. Greeks they were, whether wearing the gray or the blue. But those who were other- wise related have their historians and their monuments; and we would pay ro less a tribute to the memory of those whose names and valor have notably gone unsung and unrecorded.
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The patriotic spirit of East Tennesseans developed carly in the struggle. No sooner had the initial steps been taken by the Southern leaders to establish an independent government than there were those in East Tennessee ready to con- secrate their means, talents, and blood for the realization of the ends contemplat- ed. They shrunk not from what they dared, not once counting the cost. Few at first, and public sentiment against them, but this did not lessen the ardor of en- listment in the interest of domestic rights and constitutional prerogatives.
Among the first to enroll was the Third East Tennessee Volunteers, John C. Vaughn, Colonel. (See roster of officers, No. 1.) This command was preceded but a few days by the Nineteenth Tennessee Volunteers, - Cumming, Colonel. The Third, known as " Vaughn's Third Tennessee," participated in the first bat- tle of Manassas, under Gen. E. Kirby Smith. The gallantry displayed by this command and its leader attracted the attention of the military authorities, and made the commanding officer a conspicuous figure in the subsequent struggles of the Confederacy. In a short time after the battle of Manassas, this regiment re- turned to East Tennessee for service along the Cumberland range of mountains. In the reorganization of the regiment, in the spring of 1802, Col. Vaughn was re- tained as the worthy leader of these gallant men. (See roster No. 2, Third Vol- unteers.)
The Confederate forces in East Tennessee were not to remain idle. The Fed- erals, under the leadership of the brave Gen. De Courcey, advanced on the old State road from Cumberland Gap, in the direction of Morristown. On Walden's Ridge, south of Tazewell, they were met by Col. Taylor's brigade of infantry. Col. Vaughn's regiment was attached to this command, and was permitted first to en- gage the enemy. The gallantry displayed on the bloody field of Manassas was as conspicuous in this. The engagement was short but decisive, and gave new proof that the high praise of these troops was due to soldierly merit. Capt. I. G. Cross and six like brave comrades were the price of this victory. Gen. De Courcey re- tired to his strong fortress at Cumberland Gap. Col. Vaughn joined in the sieze, and entered Kentucky with Gens. Custer and Stevenson during the memorable Bragg campaign. In November, 1862, Col. Vaugim was promoted to be Brigadier- general. Lieut .- col. Lillard was made Colonel. About this time Gen. Grant made his famous advance on Vicksburg, when all the available forces, not active- ly engaged in East Tennessee, were ordered to rendezvous at that city. Col. Lil- lard's regiment was soon on that disastrous field. During the campaign the brave Capts. Gaddis and Boyd and a number of her best men lost their lives. The surrender of Pemberton's forces July 4, and their parole the 10th (1863), re- moved them from the sphere of activity until their exchange, Oct. 19. When Gen. Longstreet began his East Tennessee campaign, this regiment was trans- ferred to Vaughn's brigade, of which we are now to make special mention. This command was originally composed of three Tennessee regiments-the Sixtieth, Sixty-first, and Sixty-second, John C. Vaughn, Brigadier-general-and was a part of Gen. M. S. Smith's division, Pemberton's corps, in and around Vicksburg, Miss. The first service of these raw troops was during the few days preceding the Vicksburg siege. The disposition and activity of Confederates and Federals gave early opportunity for testing their valor. Toward the close of May the Fed- erals made aggressive movements such as called this command into active serv- ice. The favoritism extended veterans was theirs. They were placed along
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lines as fiercely to be defended as any on the bloody front. The field of their first engagement was on Big Black River, on the Edward's side, and near the rail- road crossing. Capt. R. E. Houston, then Assistant Adjutant-general on Gen. Vaughn's staff, gives a graphic sketch of this battle:
"On the evenings of June Ist and 2d, the clash of arms could be heard on Baker's Creek. The Federals, victorious, pressed their heavy columns rapidly toward the position occupied by Gen. Vaughn's brigade. The long line of de- fense, the sparseness of troops to cover the ground, and the subsidence of the high waters since the disposition of the troops, made resistance to the overwhelming forces of the enemy necessarily feeble. In no instance was this part of the front line protected by more than one soldier to every four feet, while Gen. Grant's forces were solid and repeated lines. Our forces received their attack with firm- ness, but were at the mercy of superior numbers. The left flank, on the river-side, was unprotected by reason of the receded waters, and gave ready opportunity to the enemy for flanking. With one grand bound they swept our lines, creating confusion and producing more or less panic. Of the 3,800 men, who a week be- fore had gone out to the front, only 2,000 returned to the trenches around Vicks- burg. During this battle the men and officers displayed the worthy qualities of the soldier, and only abandoned their positions when further peril would have been manifest folly. The gallantry of Gen. Vaughn was the pride of his sol- diery. During the forty and four days of the Vicksburg siege, this brigade cov- ered and protected the upper river batteries under Fort Hill and opposite the 'Edward's House' to ' Razor Hill.' During these memorable days the batter- ies of Gen. Vaughn were frequently disabled, but his lines were never broken. Now and then the ranks were thinned by the enemy's shot and shell, but in every instance their perilous places were at once voluntarily supplied. There was no shrinking from danger or murmuring on account of the hardships necessarily im- posed by the siege. An end was put to their anxious watching and continuous battling by the surrender of all the Vicksburg forces under Gen. Pemberton, July 4, 1863. On the 10th they were paroled, to rendezvous within sixty days at At- lanta, Ga."
As soon as the cartel for the exchange of the Vicksburg forces had expired, Gen. Vaughn began to marshal his forces. By the time Gen. Longstreet entered East Tennessee, the major portion of Vaughn's brigade had been exchanged and were making ready for active service. The Third Tennessee Infantry, Col. Lil- lard's, had been transferred to this command, and steps taken to have all the reg- iments mounted-an effort which ultimately proved successful. In the opening of this campaign Gen. Vaughn cooperated with Gen. Dibrell in an attack on Gen. Wolford's Kentucky forces at Philadelphia, capturing them with their stores. During the siege of Knoxville, this brigade was frequently under fire from the enemy's batteries. When Gen. Longstreet raised the siege, Gen. Vaughn retired to Rogersville. It was while here that he had authority to mount his men and to be recognized as "mounted infantry."
There were added to the original brigade besides the Third Tennessee Volun- teers, the Thirty-first Tennessee, Col. W. W. Bradford; Forty-third Tennessee, Col. James W. Gillespie; Fifty-ninth Tennessee, Col. W. L. Eaken; Sixty- third Tennessee, Col. Richard G. Fain; First Tennessee Cavalry, Col. James Car- ter; Twelfth Battalion Tennessee Cavalry, Lieut .- col. Geo. W. Day; Sixteenth
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Georgia Battalion Cavalry, Lieut .- eol. Wyn commanding; and Capt. Lyneh's Pat- tery of four guns. These commands were only skeletons of regiments and battali :... Of the former there were some that did not muster one hundred able-bodied ant efficient men. The winter of 1863 and the spring of 1864 were occupied by these forces in recruiting and guarding the front, now advaneing into the enemy's lines and dashing on the unsuspecting encampment, or resisting the bold squadrons that did not scruple in taking advantage of their weakness or carelessness. In these engagements and these marchings and counter-marchings, wrongs were indietel and eruelties practiced for which the officials were not responsible, and of which they seldom had knowledge. Atrocities were attributed to this brigade which should have been charged to outlaws.
In June the Federal forces began their advance movements up the Shenandoah Valley, Va. Gen. Vaughn was ordered to Staunton, thence to Piedmont, to re- port to Gen. W. E. Jones. Camp equipage and horses were to follow. A hard day's march from Staunton brought the command to the lines of Gen. Jones, who was slowly falling baek before the enemy. Without rest they were thrown into line of battle. Gen. Vaughn protested against engaging the enemy-that the grounds were unfavorable and the line too extended to be successfully occupied by the troops in hand; but he had to submit to his ranking officer. With less than two thousand men scattered along a front of more than a mile, New River behind a part of the left flank, an open country behind the center and right wing, with inefficient artillery as a support, and more than ten thousand regular troops at- tacking, no other results could be expected than the disastrous. Gen. Jones fell early in the battle. Gen. Vaughn's command suffered severely, and was driven from the field after the feeble eenter was broken and the entire line scattered. The ront would have been more disastrous but for the daring and promptness of Col. Geo. W. Day, who noting the charge of the Federal cavalry on the mangled and retreating forces, met them with such a chivalrie spirit as to give time for the forming of lines covering the retreat of the army. Troops never displayed better discipline or more heroic valor. But resistance was necessarily feeble; for a mere skirmish line, without any protection, eould not withstand the sudden attack of a force of "eiglit lines deep," and supported by expert artillery. They were at the mercy of the enemy, and suffered accordingly.
In the long, weary march from the disastrous field of Piedmont, to Lynchburg. Va., to meet the same enemy menacing that eity, thenee in the pursuit into the mountains west of Staunton, thence to Williamsport and the heights aroun I Washington, and back to Leesburg on the Potomac-during all this marching and counter-marching, this want and suffering, these troops exhibited most commend- able spirit. It must be borne in mind that they were doing this hard service on foot, taking the place of regular infantry.
Again in the Shenandoah Valley. We enter upon the "Early campaign" in this historic valley. It was not noted for any important engagements until the opening of autumn; but the aggregation of skirmishes was more trying than the "pitched battle." In all these our "Tennessee boys" had honorable part and shared in the bloody losses. Gen. Jubal A. Early had scarcely crossed the Poto- mac before the enemy's forces, under Sheridan and Averill, moved from the di- rection of Strasburg toward Winchester. Their strength and location were un- certain. Gen. Ramseur's North Carolina division was ordered on the pike east
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of Winchester, and while marching without regard to the immediate presence of a foe he was at once confronted with lines of battle. The enemy took advantage of the necessary confusion, and pressed Gen. Ramseur; and but for the presence of Gen. Vaughn's brigade, the infantry forces would have been put to ront. In the face of shell and musketry, his squadrons dashed on the massive columns of the enemy and gave time for placing batteries and the proper distribution of forces. At the time there was an effort made to make Gen. Vaughn responsible for Gen. Ramseur's want of information as to the enemy's movements, and the consequent disaster, but it gained no currency. It was the gallant and lamented Ramseur's want of definite information, and not that of the brave knight who saved his troops from slaughter. From this time-July 20-until Oct. 1, 1864, Vaughn's brigade was skirmishing daily with the enemy on the front. It was during one of these engagements, near Martinsburg, that Gen Vaughn was wounded in the ankle by a shell. He had just been assigned command of all the cavalry troops of Gen. Early's corps, and was arranging for an attack on the ene- my's camp, when a shot from a concealed gun disabled him. As he could not re- sume active field service for weeks, Gen. Early gave him leave of absence to re- turn to East Tennessee, with instructions to look after such of his troops as were left behind when the command was first ordered to Virginia. Col. James W. Gillespie assumed command of the brigade after Gen. Vaughn left for Tennessee. During the fierce skirmishing of more than forty days, and especially during the terrible battle of Cedar Creek, Col. Gillespie gallantly led his knightly squadrons. These were trying days-days that reduced the thinned battalions to a notable few. At the request of Gen. Vaughn, who in the meantime had been ordered on duty in the Department of East Tennessee and South-western Virginia, these remnants were transferred to this department. There were left behind the gal- lant dead-Captains J. J. Jarnigan, John S. Duckworth, Jolm Vandyke, Maj. Richard Vandyke, and a number of enlisted men. Fallen, but not forgotten. Braver and worthier men never drew the cavalier's blade. Their soldierly virt- ues and excellences make their memory monumental.
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