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Taylor, J. Theodore, killed Plank Road, 1865, Petersburg.
Watters, A. M., killed Plank Road, 1865, Petersburg.
Wilkins, W. A., died in hospital, 1862, Petersburg.
Wright, Minton A., appointed Lieutenant 57th North Carolina Regiment and killed in battle.
Killed and died-16.
CASUALTIES-WOUNDED.
Broughton, Robert S., April 1st, 1865, Petersburg lines.
Cooke, M. T., on the lines near Petersburg.
Cutherell, Wm. S., Chancellorsville May 1st, 1863.
Drummond, R. J., Chancellorsville May 1st, 1863.
Day, John H., Chancellorsville May 1st, 1863, and Petersburg July 30th, . 1864. Casey
Floyd, Jolm W., Chancellorsville May 1st, 1863, lost an arm. .
Gilmer; James W. (Lieutenant), on the lines near Petersburg.
Gamage, John O., July 30th, 1865, at the Crater.
Johnson, John, April 1st, 1865, Petersburg.
Johnson, Augustus W., April 1st, 1865, Petersburg.
Keeling, M. C., May 1st, 1863, Chancellorsville, sent to Richmond wounded, captured by Stoneman's Raiders, paroled, and wounded July 30th, 1864, Crater.
Lee, F. D., Petersburg lines, 1864, wounded, again 1865, and disabled.
Lovitt, H. C., Petersburg lines, 1865.
Mckown, C. K., May 1st, 1863, Chancellorsville.
Montague, W. D., May 1st, 1863, Chancellorsville.
Moore, Joseph P., July 30th, 1864, at the Crater.
Newton, C. E., Plank Road near Petersburg, 1864, lost a leg.
Peet, W. T. (Lieutenant), May 1st, 1863, Chancellorsville, and April 1st,
1st; 1865, Petersburg.
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Rogers, T. F., May 12th, 1864, Spotsylvania C. H.
Reid, J. S., Petersburg lines, 1864.
Taylor, Wm. E., 1864, near Fredericksburg, on R., F. & P. R. R.
Taylor, Wm. J., near the Plank Road, Petersburg, 1864, lost a foot,
Wilkins, T. J., May 1st, 1863, at Chancellorsville.
Watters, J. H., May 1st, 1863, at Chancellorsville.
Walters, John, April 1st, 1865, Petersburg.
Worrell, J. R., May 1st, 1863, Chancellorsville.
Wilson, D. C. B., 1865, Petersburg lines.
The following names of members of the Blues were on the of- ficial muster roll as having been paroled at Appomattox :
Sergeant W. T. Clarke, Hospital Steward Jesse J. Mor-
Sergeant W. H. Doyle, ris.
Ordnance Sergt. Jno. J. Morris, Q. M. Sergeant J. C. Petty,
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Private C. H. Busky, special Private John Hodges,
duty, Private J. H. Nash, special duty,
Private W. W. Collins, special Private Robert Porter,
duty,
Private C. D. Smiley,
Private Norman Bell, special Private John B. Roberts, duty,
Private W. W. Woodward,
Private W. Fitzgerald,
Private N. E. White,
Private Ed. Fitzgerald,
Private R. Whiting,
Private M. Gordon,
Private John Walters,
Private R. C. M. Wingfield.
CHAPTER XXXII.
THE NORFOLK LIGHT ARTILLERY-THE HUGER BATTERY.
In May, 1861, there were on the rolls of the Norfolk Light Ar- tillery Blues more members than were permitted to one company and on the 21st, by mutual consent, the company was divided and a portion, splitting off from the others, organized a new company under the name of the Norfolk Light Artillery, and requested Frank Huger, Esq., son of General Benj. Huger, then command- ing the department of Norfolk, to become its captain. The invi- tation was accepted and the company was mustered into service about the 8th of June under the following officers :
Captain, Frank Huger.
First Lieutenant, Thos. Nash, Jr .; 2d Lieutenant, Joseph D. Moore ; 3d Lieutenant, Win. J. Parrish.
First Sergeant, W. J. Butt ; 2d Sergeant, Jas. D. Gale ; 3d Sergeant, Win. K. Ferguson ; 4th Sergeant, W. H. Caldwell.
First Corporal, John W. Stephens ; 2d Corporal, Benj. F. Bal- som ; 4th Corporal, Richard D. Christian.
The company was given the guns belonging to the Blues, con- sisting of two brass six-pounder howitzers, one rifle gun and one boat howitzer. Later in the war it was armed with two rifle guns and two Napoleans.
Upon being mustered into service the company was sent into camp in the entrenchments back of Norfolk and placed in a bat- talion with Moorman's Battery, of Lynchburg, and Nicholson's Battery, of Petersburg, and remained there until the evacuation of Norfolk in May, 1862, when it was ordered to Petersburg and thence to the army in front of Richmond.
At the reorganization of the company in May, 1862, Captain Huger and Second Lieutenant Moore were re-elected, but Lieu- tenants Nash and Parrish were dropped. . Lieutenant Nash re- ceived an appointment as Lieutenant in the Provisional army and was assigned to duty at various posts. For a long time he was on duty in the Provost Marshal's office in Staunton, and Lieutenant Parrish obtained a position in the navy. Private J. L. Tilghman was elected 1st Lieutenant and Sergeant Jas. D. Gale, 3d Lieu- tenant. Lieutenant Tilghman died in hospital in Richmond in October, 1862. This caused the promotion of Lieutenants Moore and Gale, and Sergeant F. M. Peed was elected 3d Lieutenant. In 1863 Captain Huger was promoted to Major of Artillery, Lieutenant Moore became Captain, Lieutenants Gale and Peed were advanced to 1st and 2d Lieutenants respectively, and 1st Sergeant Wmn. J. Butt was elected 3d Lieutenant, and John W.
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Stephens was promoted to 1st Sergeant. Sergeant Stephens be- came disabled in 1863, from the loss of a leg and John W. Ash, who was transferred to the company from Grimes' Battery, of Portsmouth, became 1st Sergeant. There were no other changes among the officers during the war.
In October, 1862, Grimes' Battery, of Portsmouth, was dis- banded and about eighty men of that company were transferred to the Huger Battery. The names of these men do not appear on the roll which follows, for the reason that they already appear on the roll of their original company.
The Huger Battery was slightly engaged in the battle of Seven Pines, but suffered no loss, and during the Seven Days' battles had an artillery duel with a Federal battery at the battle of Oak Grove on the 25th of June, in which Captain Huger reported no casualties, except the loss of one horse, which was killed. The Federal battery was forced to retire. On the 28th of August the battery engaged a Federal battery at Warrenton Springs, and had one man wounded. It was present at Second Manassas, August 30th, 1862, but was again fortunate in not meeting with any losses. At Sharpsburg, September 17th, the battery was under command of Lieutenant Gale, and was quite heavily engaged. Here it lost one man killed and two wounded. Its next engage- ment was at Fredericksburg, December 13th, 1862, when it occu- pied a position with Anderson's Division on the left of the Con- federate line of battle, but suffered no loss. It was again fortu- nate at Chancellorsville. It was posted with Wilcox's Brigade at Banks' Ford, and thus escaped the heavy fighting around Chan- cellorsville on the 1st, 2d and 3d of May. On the 3d the battery. was moved from Banks' Ford to the breastworks on Taylor's Hill, opposite Falmouth,and with two rifled guns opened on the enemy's batteries across the river, and also upon a force of infantry, which was in sight, then, upon Sedgwick's advance from Fredericks- burg, the battery fell back, following Wilcox's Brigade in the di- rection of the Plank Road. The battery retired beyond the brick church (Salem Church), when, meeting Mahone's brigade, it returned with that command to the church, but, not finding an eligible position, General Wilcox ordered it to retire down the road. In this affair only one man was hurt. Private David Boyce, who was assigned to the company from Grimes' Battery, was slightly wounded in the shoulder.
The battery was with the army in its advance into Pennsylva- nia, and at the battle of Gettysburg had one man wounded, and one wounded in a cavalry attack while falling back from Gettys- burg. During this campaign Lieutenant Gale had command of Penick's Battery from Halifax county.
After the Gettysburg campaign the company enjoyed a season of rest until the beginning of Grant's overland campaign in May,
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1864, when it was engaged almost constantly from the battle of the Wilderness until the enemy settled around Petersburg. Here, too, there was a constant round of firing, and the company did duty at various positions between the Jerusalem Plank Road and Rieves' Salient, and here it suffered its heaviest losses. When Grant broke through the Confederate lines at Petersburg on the 1st of April, 1865, the Huger Battery was in position on Hatchi- er's Run, and the whole company was surrounded and captured. It held its ground until further fighting became both useless and impossible, and then, yielding to the inevitable, became prisoners of war. First Sergeant John W. Ash managed to escape capture at Hatcher's Run and surrendered with the remnant of the army at Appomattox with Private Nathaniel G. Reid, the sole repre- sentatives of the battery. The company had three men killed at Hatcher's Run when the lines were broken, namely, Richard Boutwell and Edward Beaton, who were assigned to it from Grimes' Battery, and James O. Whitehurst, one of its original members.
The following is the roll of the company after the reorganiza- tion in May, 1862, and embraces only the original members. The men who were transferred to it from Grimes' Battery are not on it, as has been previously stated :
Captain, Frank Huger, promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel of Artillery.
First Lientenant, John L. Tilghman, died in hospital October, 1862.
Second Lieutenant, Joseph D. Moore, promoted to Captain.
Third Lieutenant, James D., Gale, promoted 1st Lieutenant.
First Sergeant, W. J. Butt, promoted 3d Lieutenant.
Second Sergeant, Fred. L. Bedout. in charge of stables.
Third Sergeant, Fred. M. Peed, promoted 2d Lieutenant.
Fourth Sergeant, Benj. F. Balsom, appointed Commissary Sergeant. First Corporal, Chas. Rogers.
Second Corporal, Jos. A. Jordan.
Third Corporal, John W. Stephens, promoted 1st Sergeant, wounded Sept. 17th, 1862, at Sharpsburg, disabled in 1863, and discharged.
Fourth Corporal, Carlton C. Lattimer, lost an eye at Spotsylvania Court House.
PRIVATES.
Abdell, James.
Addison, James, wounded near Gettysburg, July 6th, 1863.
Anderson, Chas. W., wounded September 17th, 1862, at Sharpsburg.
Barnes, Jno. C., died in hospital, Richmond.
Barnes, Samuel A.
Billups, Andrew J., killed by sharpshooters, 1864, Petersburg lines.
Bobee, Louis, in charge of Ambulance Corps.
Boole, John J.
Burford, Martin. Boutwell, L. W. Butt, Geo. W.
Butt, C. N. G., detailed clerk in Treasury Department.
Brown, Richard. Browning, Henry C.
Carter, Richard W., assistant to Commissary Sergeant.
Conner, Christopher O., wounded on Petersburg lines. Curran, Albert G.
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Currier, Robt. A., died in hospital, 1863, Charlottesville. Davis, Alex. Douglas, Thos. H. Edwards, John A. Ewell, Jesse.
Ferguson, Wm. K.
Ferguson, Geo. S., transferred to cavalry.
Ferrat, John B., detailed in hospital, 1863, Richmond.
Forden, Wm. B.
Forrest, Wm. S., Jr.
Fngitt, Wm.
Gale, Jos. A., detailed December, 1862, Hospital Steward. George, Jos. D.
Gale, A. C. Gibbs, Wm.
Guyot, Thos., died in prison, 1865, Point Lookout.
Gormley, J. J., detailed 1862 in hospital, Charlottesville.
Hall, John P., wounded July 3d, 1863, at Gettysburg.
Hammett, Israel J., killed by sharpshooters on Petersburg lines.
Herbert, Henry W.
James, Robert T.
Lipscomb, Chas. R.
Legett, Robert.
Merwin, W. F.
Mitchell, T. G.
Moreland, Richard R.
Morris, G. W., died in hospital June 7th, 1862, Petersburg.
Morris, Joseph.
O'Niel, Chas.
Parrott, Augustus.
Peed, Geo. W., killed at Spotsylvania Court House.
Phillips, Thos. B., wounded at Spotsylvania Conrt House and died in hos- pital, Charlottesville.
Ransome, Alex.
Reed, Nathaniel G.
Robbins, Jas. W.
Robinson, Edward C., absent sick.
Rose, Louis.
Rve, Richard, wounded on Hatcher's Run, lost an eye.
Smiley, Walter F.
Smiley, Thomas S.
Stephens, Richard H. Jr.
Summers, Wm. R.
Sullivan, John T., transferred to company from a Georgia Regiment and killed September 17th, 1862, at Sharpsburg.
Taylor, John.
White, Wm. O., wounded on Hatcher's Run, 1865.
Whitehurst, Jas. O., killed on Hatcher's Run, April 1st, 1865.
Whitfield, Richard W.
Wickers, John.
Wright, Junins.
Killed and died-11.
CHAPTER XXXIII.
COMPANY A, SIXTH VIRGINIA REGIMENT.
This company was organized in Norfolk immediately upon the beginning of hostilities, and numbered in its ranks a few Norfolk county men from the Tanner's Creek section. It was mustered into service on the 22d of April, 1861, under the following offi- cers :
Captain-Wm. N. McKenney.
First Lieutenant, Robert B. Taylor; 2d Lieutenant, Chas. W. Perkinson; 3d Lieutenant, Chas. W. Wilson.
First Sergeant, Thos. D. Wallace ; 2d Sergeant, Wm. E. Broth- erton ; 3d Sergeant, John Lee Hopper; 4th Sergeant, Arthur Jakeman.
First Corporal, Wm. T. Bailey; 2d Corporal, Wm. H. Hall ; 3d Corporal, John Forsythe ; 4th Corporal, Thomas Stringer.
On the 22d of August, 1861, Lieutenant Robert B. Taylor was elected Captain of the Woodis Rifles, Company H, 6th Virginia Regiment, and resigned his commission in Company A. First Ser- geant Thomas D. Wallace was elected 3d Lieutenant October 3d, 1861. The other Lieutenants, Perkinson and Wilson, were each promoted one grade. The company was assigned to the 6th Vir- ginia Regiment, Colonel Win. Mahone commanding, as Company A, and ordered to report at what was afterwards known as the Entrenched Camp.
In April, 1862, the company re-enlisted and re-elected officers, with the following result :
Captain-Charles W. Perkinson.
First Lieutenant, Charles W. Wilson ; 2d Lieutenant, George H. Steward ; 3d Lieutenant, John Lee Hopper.
Lieutenant Steward was killed July 1st, 1862, at Malvern Hill and Captain Perkinson resigned on the 17th of November, 1862. First Lieutenant Wilson was promoted to Captain on the 18th and continued in command until the battle of Turkey Ridge, on the 8th of June, 1864, when he fell into the hands of the enemy. Lieutenant Hopper became 1st Lieutenant and was wounded at the battle of the Crater, July 30th, 1864. Sergeant Arthur Jakeman was promoted to 2d Lieutenant. In 1863 Captain Wil- son was assigned to the command of the company of sharpshoot- ers belonging to the 6th Regiment, and was on that duty when he was captured. Just before the evacuation of Norfolk this company was joined by a number of recruits from the counties of Patrick, Franklin and Henry, who were in the camp of instruction near Norfolk. Their names are designated by an # in the following
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roll. This roll embraces all of those members of the company who marched away with it at the evacuation of Norfolk by the Confederates, or who died or were honorably discharged before that date :
Captain, Wm. N. McKenney, not re-elected, discharged May 1st, 1862.
First Lieutenant, Robert B. Taylor, promoted Captain Company H, 6th Va. Regiment, 1861.
Second Lientenant, Chas. W. Perkinson, elected Captain May 1st, 1862, re- signed Nov. 17th.
Third Lieutenant, Chas. W. Wilson, elected 1st Lieutenant May 1st, 1862, promoted Captain Nov. 18th, 1862, captured June 8th, 1864, at Turkey Ridge.
First Sergeant, Thos. D. Wallace, promoted Lieutenant, not re-elected, dis- charged May 1st, 1862.
Second Sergeant, Wm. E. Brotherton, discharged Nov. 29th, 1861, for dis- ability.
Third Sergeant, John Lee Hopper, promoted 1st Lieutenant, wounded July 30th, 1864, at the Crater.
Fourth Sergeant, Arther Jakeman, promoted 2d Lieutenant.
First Corporal, Win. T. Bailey, promoted Sergeant.
Second Corporal, Win. H. Hall, promoted Sergeant, wounded June 22d, 1864, at Wilcox's Farm.
Third Corporal, John Forsyth, promoted Color Sergeant, wounded July 1st, 1862, at Malvern Hill, transferred to Navy Nov. 11th, 1862.
Fourth Corporal, Thos. D. Stringer, committed suicide Oct. 18th, 1861, in Norfolk.
Musician, Geo. D. Cain, discharged January 17th, 1863, under conscript act. PRIVATES.
Anderson, John R.
Anderson, Edward P., captured October 27th, 1864, at Burgess' Mill.
*Ackers, Wm. N.
*Arthur, Wm. G.
*Angel, Marshall J., wounded August 30th, 1862, Second Manassas.
*Altice, Samuel H., captured September 14th, 1862, Crampton Gap, and not heard from.
Buchanan, James, wounded, lost arm, June 21st, 1862, Charles City Road. Baker, Isaiah G., captured May 22d, 1864.
*Byrd, Benj. E., died in hospital, Lexington, March 10th. 1863.
Banks, Wm. T., promoted Sergeant, wounded July 3d, 1863, at Gettysburg, killed July 30th, 1864, at Crater.
*Boone, Daniel, sick in hospital after August, 1862.
Beasley, James W., wounded May 3d, 1863, Chancellorsville, and June 22d, 1864, at Wilcox's Farm.
Bowman, Abraham.
*Boone, Jacob R., captured September 14th, 1862, and never rejoined the company.
Butt, John J., detailed hospital cook August 10th, 1861.
Bell, Jos. S., discharged Nov. 29th, 1861, disability.
Coffin, Thos. W., appointed Hospital Steward Sept. 8th, 1861.
Cooper, Flemming, died in hospital, 1862.
Cooke, Ezekiel, captured Sept. 14th, 1862, at Crampton Gap, exchanged and captured Oct. 27th, 1864, at Burgess' Mill.
Coston, James, promoted Corporal, lost arm August 30th, 1862, Second Manassas.
Carter, Henry C., wounded June 22d, 1864, Wilcox's Farm, lost leg. *Coleman, Skelton.
*Dyer, Stokeley, promoted Corporal April 27th, 1863.
Deal, Willis, discharged August 1st, 1862, over age.
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*Easter, George W.
*Easter, Edward W.
Flora, Joel, furnished substitute and discharged June 24th, 1862, and sub- stitute deserted June 26th.
* Frith, Thomas D.
Field, Robert, died in hospital from wounds received June 21st, 1862.
*Guerrant, Stephen, furnished substitute.
Gregory, Quinton T., wounded and captured July 3d, 1863, at Gettysburg. Gregory, John W., left behind in Norfolk, sick.
Hudgins, George McK., promoted Sergeant, killed July 30th, 1864, at Crater.
Hozier, Wm. J., discharged October 15th, 1861, disability.
Hudson, Philip, killed July 1st, 1862, Malvern Hill.
Hill, Severn J., discharged 1862, over age.
Hodges, Solomon, wounded July 1st, 1862, Malvern Hill.
*Haile, Creed, captured September 14th, 1862, at Crampton Gap and Octo- ber 27th, 1864, at Burgess' Mill.
*Howell, Elkanah, wounded August 29th, 1862, at Thoroughfare Gap.
*Howell. Addison M., wounded August 29th, 1862, captured October 27th, 1864, at Burgess' Mill.
*Ingram, Isaac, detailed as teamster, 1862.
Jones, Robert C., died in hospital, 1862.
Judkins, Samuel, wounded July 1st, 1862, at Malvern Hill.
*Jones, Robert P.
*Jones, Aaron F., killed July 30th, 1864, Crater.
Karn, Joseph H.
Lee, Ivy, wounded May 6th, 1864, at Wilderness.
Lovitt, David, discharged February 6th, 1863, disability.
*Marsh, Smith, killed August 30th, 1862, at Second Manassas. Moore, Henry L.
*Mason, Wm.
*Moore, Owen L.
Messick. Wm. J., wounded June 21st, 1862, and transferred to navy 1863.
Nottingham, Thomas J., detailed in Commissary Department on account of ill health.
Pitts, Marcellus, died in hospital from wounds received June 21st, 1862.
Steward, George H., promoted Lieutenant, killed July 1st, 1862, at Mal- vern Hill.
Stott, Samuel, discharged 1862, under conscript act and subsequently re- enlisted.
Sheppard, James, H., discharged 1862, being an alien.
*Shiveley, Jehu, wounded May 25th, 1864, on picket line.
Tulane, Alonzo J , killed September 14th, 1862, Crampton Gap.
Whitehurst, Wm. H., promoted 1st Sergeant, wounded September 14th,
1862, at Crampton Gap, and October 27th, 1864, at Burgess' Mill, and July 30th, 1864, at the Crater.
Wilkins, Wm. P., captured February 6th, 1865, at Hatcher's Run.
Warren, John M., captured April 29th, 1863, at Germanna Ford.
Williams, Newton J., discharged November 29th, 1862, disability. Killed and died-13.
CHAPTER XXXIV.
THE WOODIS RIFLEMEN, COMPANY C, SIXTII VIRGINIA REGIMENT.
This company was one of Norfolk's crack organizations at the beginning of the late war. It was organized on the 3d of March, 1858, at a meeting held for that purpose, and thirty-four names were enrolled. The meeting was presided over by Wm. C. Tar- rant, Esq., and Thos. W. Colly acted secretary. It was held in the carpenter shop of Mr. Wm. F. Pumphrey, and a committee of five was appointed to select a name. The committee reported at an adjourned meeting, held on the 5th, and recommended that the company be named "the Woodis Riflemen," after Mayor Hunter Woodis, who died during the prevalence of the yellow fever in Norfolk in 1855. The name was unanimously adopted. On the 18th of March the company elected the following officers :
Captain, Wm. Lamb.
First Lieutenant, John Hayman ; 2d Lieutenant, Peter Dil- worth ; 3d Lieutenant, A. A. Gwaltney.
On account of some informality in the election, as not conform- ing strictly to the law, these were re-elected on the 15th of April, and again on the 20th of May, before thay could obtain their commissions and the company its arms.
The uniform adopted by the company consisted of a dark green cloth single breasted froek coat, with black velvet trimmings, three rows of gold ball buttons on the coat and black velvet breast front. Dark green pantaloons and black velvet stripe, the whole trimmed with gold cord, and with a shamrock, in gold, at each end of the collar.
On the 11th of May the following non-commissioned officers were elected :
Sergeants-D. C. Waters, John W. Elliott, W. F. Pumphrey, J. M. S. Wiatt, Wm. C. Wiekings.
Corporals-Chas. S. Dashiel, Geo. W. Peed, S. W. Spratt, Thos. J. Henderson, John W. White, Wm. R. James.
On the 5th of July, the 4th being Sunday, the company bor- rowed a flag from the Juniors and muskets from the Blues, and made its first parade, turning ont with 59 men. A handsome flag was presented to the company in the Odd. Fellows building, on the 19th of August. On one side was a bust of ex-Mayor Hunter Woodis and on the other the coat of arms of Virginia and the in- scription " Pace Cives, Bello Milites," which, being interpreted, meant, " In peace, citizens ; in war, soldiers."
On the 22d of February, 1859, the company made its first an- niversary parade, with sixty-seven men in line. The following
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winter it went to Harper's Ferry, on the occasion of the John Brown war, and remained in Charlestown until the last of the gang was hung. Its first duty in connection with the war between the North and South was on the 7th of March, 1861, when it did guard duty all night in the city of Norfolk. It was again or- dered ont on the 18th of April, and remained in service from that time continuously until the close of the war. On the night of the 19th of April, it was present at the removal of the powder from Fort Norfolk, and after that was accomplished was marched to the old Custom House at the foot of Church street. On the 21st the company was sent to Ocean View and a detachment of it, under command of Captain Lamb, participated in the defence of Seawell's Point battery against the attacks of the Monticello on the 19th and 21st of May. Upon the formation of the 6th Vir- ginia Regiment, Colonel Wm. Mahone was assigned to it as com- mander, and the Woodis Riflemen were attached to it as Com- pany C. Captain Lamb resigned the captaincy of the company in August, and on the 22d of the same month Lieutenant Robert B. Taylor, of Company A, was elected to succeed him. The offi- cers of the company, when it was mustered into service on the 19th of April, 1861, were :
Captain, Wm. Lamb.
First Lieutenant, John Hayman ; 2d Lieutenant, Wm. Sher- wood ; 3d Lieutenant, Almaine A. Gwaltney.
First Sergeant, David C. Watters ; 2d Sergeant, James M. F. Wiatt ; 3d Sergeant, Alex. J. Denson ; 4th Sergeant, Thos. J. Henderson.
Lieutenant Sherwood was appointed commissary of the regi- ment, and, in May, 1862, at the reorganization of the field officers of the 6th Regiment, Captain Taylor was elected major, and at a meeting of the Woodis Riflemen, held during that month for the purpose of reorganization and re-enlistment, 1st Lieutenant John Hayman was elected Captain, David C. Waters 1st Lientenant, Alexander J. Denson 2d and James W. Dashiel 3d. Thos. J. Henderson was elected 1st Sergeant. Lieutenant Waters was killed in the battle of Malvern Hill, July 1st, 1862. Captain Hayman resigned on the 11th of March, 1863, and Lientenants Denson and Dashiel resigned on the 17th, thus leaving the com- pany without commissioned officers. On the 4th of April, 1863, 2d Lieutenant George F. Crawley, of Company D, was elected Captain, 3d Sergeant Stewart Spratt was elected 1st Lieutenant, and on the 9th, Private Thomas W. Phillips was elected 2d Lieu- tenant.
Lieutenant Spratt was killed at the battle of the Crater, July 30th, 1864, and 1st Sergeant Henderson was severely wounded there. Sergeant James M. F. Wiatt was elected 3d Lieutenant in Company D. Captain Crawley lived through the war and escaped
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without a wound. He was captured at Chancellorsville and ex- changed. At the breaking out of the war the Woodis Riflemen had a very fine drum corps attached to the company, which was subsequently transferred to the regiment. The men composing it were Jolin B. Bohlein, John Flalack, John Foelman, Henry Haggedborn, Henry Hastings, Robert Lilliston, Anson Palmer, Geo. W. Skinner and Edward Wiersdorf.
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