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I remained on the field about two hours. Lost three men killed outright and eight wounded, of whom two have since died. I lost ten public horses killed and seven wounded. My own private horse was killed, also my first lieutenant's horse.
My officers behaved very well, but I feel it mny duty to speak more particularly of First Lieutenant John H. Thompson, who remained on the field with me until the last gun was taken off. I had so many horses killed and wounded that it took three trips to get all my guns off.
On the next day, the 2d, Colonel DeLagnel, chief of artillery, ordered me back to the old camp, near Richmond, to refit my battery. As soon as I completed it I was ordered by yourself to camp near Falling creek, on the Richmond and Petersburg turn- pike, where I now am, with my battery complete and in good condition, ready and willing to meet the invaders of our soil at any time and anywhere. I have, General, the honor to be,
Very respectfully your obedient servant,
C. F. GRIMES, Captain Field Battery, Virginia Volunteers. Major General B. Huger.
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General Armistead said: "No men could have behaved better than Captains Pegram and Grimes; they worked their guns after their men were cut down, and only retired when entirely disabled. What I wanted never arrived; that is, more guns and heavier ones."
The roster of the company, at the close of this chapter, is from the date of its being mnstered into service. It was made up from memory, for the author, by some of the survivors, and it is pos- sible some names may have escaped them during the lapse of twenty-seven years, since the close of the war. For many of the dates in this chapter the anthor is indebted to Mr. Thomas H. Virnelson, who kept a diary of the movements of the company until the second battle of Manassas.
Captain Cary F. Grimes, killed September 17th, 1862, at Sharpsburg.
Captain John H. Thompson, promoted captain.
Lieutenant Bernard Fanth, joined signal corps and killed 1864.
Lieutenant Richard Webb, transferred to cavalry, Thirteenth Virginia.
Lieutenant William T. Fentress.
Lieutenant Thomas J. Oakham.
Lieutenant Francis Russ.
PRIVATES.
Allen, M. W., severely wounded July 1st, 1862, Malvern Hill, and on the Petersburg lines 1864.
Ash, John W. (sergeant), surrendered at Appomattox.
Boyce, David, wounded at Chancellorsville May 3d, 1863, and at Warren- ton August 28th, 1862.
Bohannon, Churchill.
Buchanan, W. H., wounded at Brandy Station.
Beaton, Edward E., wounded April 1st, 1865, on Hatcher's Run and died in hands of enemy.
Brownley, A. M.
Bell, W. H., died at Culpepper Court House 1862.
Bland, Thomas.
Brent, George W., wounded August 30th, 1862, Second Manassas, and transferred to Navy.
Backus, William T., Jr., died at hospital May, 1862.
Batten, William A.
Bright, William Jordan.
Boutwell, Richard M., killed April 1st, 1865, on Hatcher's Run.
Crismond, John W.
Crismond, George E.
Cummings, Southall.
Cutherell, William H.
Cherry, W. H., wounded September 17th, 1862, Sharpsburg.
Cherry, James.
Creekmore, Walter A., killed July 1st, 1862, Malvern Hill.
Culver, George D., died at Jefferson from wounds received August 28th, 1862, at Warrenton Springs.
Dillion, James A.
Dilsburg, John H.
Ewell, John, wounded August 30th, 1862, Second Manassas.
Fitz Simmons, Thomas.
Forbes, V.
Griffin, J. B.
Gaskins, James H., lost leg at Malvern Hill July 1st, 1862.
Goodson, Henry P., died from wounds September 16th, 1864, in hospital.
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Hughes. William H. (sergeant), promoted to lieutenant in Lee's Battery. Hopkins, Joshua H. L.
Hopkins, Hillery, died in Shenandoah Valley 1862.
Hansford, W. R., died on Rappahannock 1863.
Ironmonger, C. E.
Ironmonger, A. C.
Ives, Francis M.
Jones, William H., died in Charlottesville 1862.
Jones, George T., died in hospital June 1862.
Johnson, Ed. H.
King, George W.
Lewis, Robert.
Lewis, William A., wounded July 1st, 1862, Malvern Hill.
Lynch, Wilson B., wounded September 17th, 1862, Sharpsburg.
Lash, George W.
Linn, Charles B.
Liverman, H.
Morris, James E., died 1865.
Moore, W. A., wounded slightly at Spotsylvania C. H. May 12th, 1864.
Mahoney, William B.
Moreland, Edward.
Montgomery, Richard.
McHorney, Stephen.
Matthews, Alonzo.
Miller, P. H. Morgan, A.
Miles, Henry, died in field hospital September 16th, 1864.
Matthews, Edward.
Matthews, John W., killed July 1st, 1862, Malvern Hill.
Murphy, John.
McDonell, Alex. H.
March, Edward G., discharged 1862, over age and disability.
Myers, William T.
Minter, A. M.
Murray, Dennis.
Miller, Thomas E.
Miller, John.
McDonell, George W. R., wounded Malvern Hill 1862, Brandy Station 1863, Wilderness 1864, Petersburg 1864.
Nicholson, F. J.
Newby, S. W.
Overman, Quinten, killed September 17th, 1862, Sharpsburg.
Parker, A. K.
Parker, Ephriam.
Peed, Robert.
Phillips, William, discharged 1862, over age.
Parker, Thomas.
Russ, Samuel P., captured April 2d, 1865, on Hatcher's Run, and died at Point Lookont 1865.
Reynolds, Joseph S., wounded on Petersburg lines 1864. Rogers, F. D.
Reardon, Michael E., died in Richmond 1864.
Rieger, Joseph.
Rehm, Fred.
Swain, William, killed July 1st, 1862, Malvern Hill.
Stoakes, Joseph M., killed September 17th, 1862, Sharpsburg.
Stoakes, H. C.
Shephard, Edward .J.
Stores, Richard.
Spragg, Aaron.
Saunders, Robert, wounded at Brandy Station.
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Sheppard, William E.
Snow, John W.
Stores, James.
Summers, E. T. W., died in hospital from wounds received July 1st, 1862, at Malvern Hill.
Straub, E. G., captured wounded in Pennsylvania in July, 1863, and died at Point Lookout.
Tyler, John B.
Virnelson, Thomas H.
Williams, Charles C., died from wounds received August 30th, 1862, at Second Manassas.
Williams, Charles L.
Warren, Cary R., discharged 1862, under age.
Whitehead, William.
Wing, Thos. P., promoted first sergeant, wounded near Petersburg 1864. Wilson, Willis.
Webb, James, Jr.
Weymouth, John, died in hospital from wounds received July 1st, 1862, at Malvern Hill.
Widgeon, Jacob.
Whitehead, Severn.
Waller, James T.
Whitehead, Virginius.
White, Thomas J. D., wounded at Williamsport July 1863.
Wrench, John.
Warren, John J.
Wilson, John.
Webb, Thomas C., died at Churchland 1864.
Killed and died,-26.
CHAPTER III.
DISMAL SWAMP RANGERS, COMPANY A, THIRD VIRGINIA REGIMENT.
This company was organized in 1856 at Deep Creek, in Nor- folk county, on the edge of the Dismal Swamp. Deep Creek was a small village and the neighborhood thinly populated, the peo- ple, therefore, deserve commendation for their zeal and spirit in organizing and maintaining such a large and efficient company. At the breaking out of the war in 1861 the officers of the com- pany were:
Captain-James C. Choat.
First Lieutenant-John R. White.
Second Lieutenant-John F. Stewart.
First Sergeant-Thomas M. Hodges.
And the company was attached to the 3d Virginia Volunteer Regiment.
In anticipation of trouble in Portsmouth with the Federal au -- thorities in possession of the Gosport Navy Yard, and appre- hending that orders would be issued by the Governor calling the regiment to arms, Captain Choat mustered his company on the 19th of April and marched with them to town. This was the day before the Navy Yard was burned. The next day the Governor's orders came and found the Dismal Swamp Rangers already under arms. The company was with the Portsmouth companies that night, and the next morning was sent to the Naval Hospital and assisted in building the batteries there.
In the shifting of the original companies composing the 3d Regiment the Rangers were retained on it and became Company A. Shortly after being mustered into service Sergeant Thomas M. Hodges was elected 3d Lientenant. Captain Choat resigned in the fall of 1861. Lieutenant White became captain. The other Lientenants were promoted one grade, and Sergeant Littleton H. White was elected 3d Lieutenant, and these officers continued on dnty until the reorganization of the company in April, when ser- eral changes were made. Captain White was appointed Commis- sary of the regiment, and was, later in the war, sent to the Black- water river as commissary in charge of the purchase of provisions. Lieutenant Stewart was appointed Adjutant of the regiment and the following were elected officers :
Captain-Thomas M. Hodges.
First Lieutenant-Fred Martin.
Second Lieutenant-Win. James Williams.
Third Lieutenant-Littleton H. White.
The company left the Hospital battery on the 7th of June,
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1861, with the regiment and went to Burwell's Bay, where it re- mained until the middle of March, 1862, when it was ferried over the James river to reinforce General Magruder on the lines at Yorktown. It took part in a skirmish at Dam No. 2, and assisted in repulsing Mcclellan's attempt to cross; was in the battle of Williamsburg and fell back with the army towards Richmond. It took part in the battle of Seven Pines May 31st and June 1st, and all of the battles of the seven days' fighting except Malvern IIill, where it was held in reserve The company suffered very severely at Frazier's farm July 30th. It carried sixty-eight men into the battle and five of them, including Lieutenants Martin and Williams, were killed and seventeen others were wounded, of whom five subsequently died from their wounds.
Shortly after the seven days' battles Lieutenant L. H. White was retired on account of physical disability and Jolin R. Ed- wards was elected 1st Lieutenant, S. W. Gary 2d, and Osceola White 3d. The company went through the campaign of 1862, beginning with Second Manassas, taking in Harper's Ferry and Sharpsburg, and terminating in the crushing defeat of Burnside's army at Fredericksburg December 13th. At the battle of Get- tysburg Company, A was deployed as skirmishers, and, under command of Captain Hodges, led the charge of Kemper's Brigade of Pickett's Division up Cemetery Hill. Captain Hodges and Lieutenant White were wounded and Lientenant Gary was cap- tured. They recovered from their wounds and rejoined the company. Lieutenant Osceola White was killed at the battle of Dinwiddie Courthouse on the 31st of March, 1865 (the day before the battle of Five Forks), in which a portion of Pickett's Division defeated Sheridan's Cavalry. Captain Hodges had command of the 3d Regiment at the battle of Five Forks, and surrendered it at Appomattox.
It is a singular fact that, though the company was in the line of skirmishers at Gettysburg and received the fire of the en- trenched Federals before the main line of battle, none of its men were killed. A number were wounded.
The company had three Orderly Sergeants during the war- Thomas M. Hodges, who was promoted to Lieutenant and after- wards to Captain; Nathan Hodges, who was captured at Gettys- burg and died in prison at Point Lookout, and Patrick Henry Miller, who was captured at Gettysburg and exchanged. He was appointed Orderly Sergeant upon his return and filled that posi- tion until the close of the war. He was wounded at the battle of Dinwiddie Courthouse March 31st, 1865, and conveyed to the hospital at Farmville, where he again fell into the hands of the enemy upon the retreat of the army to Appomattox.
Maurice Liverman, of Company A, was mortally wounded at the battle of Frazier's Farm June 30th, 1862, and turning to some
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of his comrades, he said: "Boys, I can't live much longer, so hold me up so that I can fire one more shot and kill one more Yankee before I die, to get even with them for my own death." His comrades complied with his request.
The following members of the company were in the charge of Pickett's Division at Gettysburg. The company was detailed as skirmishers for the 3d Regiment :
Captain Thomas M. Hodges, wounded.
Second Lieutenant S. W. Gary, captured.
Third Lieutenant Osceola White, wounded.
First Sergeant Nathan Hodges, captured.
Sergeant P. H. Miller, wounded and captured. John Nash.
John H. Cherry.
PRIVATES.
Barnes, Edward. Hodges, James, captured ;
Benton, Joseph J.,
Hodges, Patrick H., captured; .
Britton, James J.,
Hodges, Josiah,
Cherry, James E.,
Halstead, William,
Duke, Gideon,
Herbert, William, captured ;
Fentress, Batson,
Hanbury, Samuel W.,
Friedlin, John, Jolliff, John W.,
Forward, John W.,
Kilgore, Mallory,
Gallop, John, Jr., Liverman, Hardy, captured ; Nash, William II.
Godfrey, Mark,
Below will be found a roll of the company :
Captain, James C. Choat, resigned 1861.
First Lieutenant John R. White, promoted Captain, appointed A. C. S. 1862.
Second Lieutenant John F. Stewart, appointed Adjutant 3d Regiment, wounded Aug. 30th, 1862, 2d Manassas, and July 3d, 1863, Gettys- burg, captured at Five Forks.
Third Lieutenant Thomas M. Hodges, promoted Captain, wounded July 3, 1863, Gettysburg, and Frazier's Farm June 30, 1862, surrendered at Appomattox.
First Sergeant Littleton H. White, promoted Lieutenant, discharged for disability 1862.
Second Sergeant S. W. Gary, promoted Lieutenant, captured at Gettysburg and not exchanged.
Third Sergeant Fred Martin, promoted 1st Lieutenant, killed June 30th, 1862, Frazier's Farm.
First Corporal John H. Cherry, wounded Gaines' Mill June 27th, 1862, and Dec. 13th, 1862, Fredericksburg.
Second Corporal Nathan Hodges, captured at Gettysburg and died at Point Lookout.
Third Corporal John C. Nash, wounded June 27th, 1862, Gaines' Mill, Fourth Corporal Thomas B. Bartee, wounded slightly June 30th, 1862, Fra- zier's Farm, and captured at Five Forks April 1, 1865.
Musician Ralph Cherry (colored).
George Blamire
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PRIVATES.
Brown, Bartlett, detailed to work in Charlotte, 1862. Barnes, Edward.
Bateman, Raynor, discharged 1862, disability.
Benton, Joseph J., wounded September 17th, 1862, Sharpsburg.
Britton, James J., captured at Five Forks.
Bright, Thomas J., died in hospital 1863, Staunton.
Cherry, James C., killed June 30th, 1862, Frazier's Farm.
Cherry, James E., wounded September 17th, 1862, Sharpsburg.
Casey, Raynor, died in hospital March, 1862, Camp Pemberton.
Culpepper, Maurice, severely wounded June 30th, 1862, Frazier's Farm, and appointed Provost Marshal at Waverly,
Culpepper, Miles.
Culpepper, Marshall, wounded June 30th, 1862, Frazier's Farm, disabled and discharged.
Coffield, J. A., transferred to Maryland cavalry.
Creekmore, Malachi, wounded April 1st, 1865, Five Forks.
Duke, Gideon, died in hospital August, 1863, at Gordonsville.
Eason, George W., wounded slightly April 1st, 1865, Five Forks, cap- tured and died from disease contracted at Point Lookout.
Edwards, LeRoy B.
Edwards, John R., promoted to Lieutenant, wounded September 17, 1862, Sharpsburg.
Etheredge. Evan D., died in hospital 1862.
Etheredge, James M., died in hospital 1862.
Fentress, Batson.
Fentress, Joshua, died in hospital December, 1862.
Friedlin, John.
Fisher, William C., killed January, 1865, Dutch Gap.
Forward, John W., captured Five Forks.
Gallop, Samuel, discharged 1862, over age.
Gallop, John, Sr.,
Gallop, John, Jr., wounded slightly at Cold Harbor, 1864.
Godfrey, Stephen, died in hospital 1862.
Godfrey, Mark, surrendered at Appomattox.
Gordon, Benjamin F., died in hospital December, 1862.
Hodges, James, captured at Gettysburg and not exchanged, supposed to have died in prison.
Hodges, Joshua, mortally wounded April 5th, 1862, at Williamsburg and died in hospital, Richmond.
Hodges, Patrick H,, captured at Gettysburg.
Hodges, Josiah.
Herring, Gideon, captured at Five Forks.
Halstead, Wilson.
Herbert, William, captured at Gettysburg and not exchanged.
Hanbury, Samuel W., killed November, 1864, Dutch Gap.
Jolliff, John W., wounded June 30th, 1862, at Frazier's Farm, wounded June 3d, 1864, Cold Harbor.
Joynes, William P.
Joyues, Custis T., transferred to artillery.
Keeling, Robert N. W., detailed for hospital duty, transferred to Signal Corps.
Kilgore, Malory, captured at Five Forks.
Liverman, Hardy, wounded June 30th, 1862, Frazier's Farm and Gettys- burg, captured at Gettysburg and not exchanged.
Liverman, Maurice, killed June 30th, 1862, Frazier's Farm.
Miller, Patrick H., promoted 1st Sergeant, wounded and captured at Get- tysburg, exchanged and wounded at Dinwiddie Courthouse March 31st, 1865, and captured at Farmville on retreat.
Morse, Luke, discharged 1862, disability.
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McGuire, Dudley P., transferred to Kentucky regiment and promoted to Assistant Surgeon.
McConnell, G. B., transferred to Kentucky regiment. Nash, James E.
Nash, William H., detailed in hospital.
Peaks, Jolın D., detailed in hospital, Richmond.
Reed, Thomas P., wounded 1865 on picket, Dutch Gap.
Simmons, W. A., discharged 1861, disability, and died.
Sawyer, Kader, killed June 30th, 1862, Frazier's Farm.
Tucker, James A., died in hospital in Richmond July, 1862.
Tucker, Willis, discharged 1861, disability.
Taylor, John.
White, Edward P., transferred to 14th Virginia Regiment.
Whitehead, John D., died in hospital January, 1863.
Williams. Wm. J., promoted 2d Lieutenant, killed June 30th, 1862, at Frazier's Farm.
White, Osceola T., promoted 3d Lieutenant, wounded July 3d, 1863, at Gettysburg, killed March 31st, 1865, at Dinwiddie Courthonse.
Weston, W. W., captured at Five Forks.
Killed and died,-20.
CHAPTER IV.
THE VIRGINIA RIFLEMEN, COMPANY B, THIRD VIRGINIA REGIMENT.
This company was originally the Marion Rifles, which was or- ganized in Portsmouth about the year 1856, and was one of the original companies in the Third Virginia Regiment. At the breaking out of the war it responded to the call of Governor Letcher and turned out with about eighty men on the 20th of April, 1861. The officers were:
Captain-Johannis Watson.
First Lieutenant-William C. Taylor.
Second Lieutenant-George W. Hutchings.
Third Lieutenant-Alex. C. Mathieson.
The company was mustered into service with the rest of the Portsmouth companies, and, on the 21st of April, was sent to the Naval Hospital point, doing there its full share of duty and re- sponding willingly to every call made upon it. On the 17th of April the Virginia Convention passed the Ordinance of Secession, but directed that it be submitted to a vote of the people on the 23d of May for ratification or rejection. On that day the Marion Rifles were still on duty at the Hospital batteries, and the first fifteen men, as their names came on the roll, were allowed to go to the Court House to vote. Those men were opposed to the State seceding from the Union, and fourteen of the fifteen voted against the ratification of the Ordinance of Secession. Before their return to camp the news had arrived there as to how they had voted, and Colonel Roger A. Pryor, who was then commander of the 3d Regiment and of the post, became furiously angry, refused to allow any more men from the company to go to town to vote, and, upon the return of those who had voted, had them put in confinement in the lower rooms in the hospital building. An election was being held, but Colonel Pryor did not seem will- ing that any one in the command should vote who entertained different views from his own. He telegraphed that night to Gov- ernor Letcher that he had put the men in confinement for voting against the Ordinance of Secession and asked what he should do with them. Governor Letcher telegraphed back to release them immediately ; that the election was intended to be a free one, and every citizen had a right to vote as he chose. Colonel Pryor re- leased the men and the next day disbanded the company upon the charge of "disloyal conduct," and turned its guns over to a Petersburg company which had been armed with boarding pikes.
Many conservative men disapproved of this proceeding, and re- garded it as an attempt on the part of Colonel Pryor, at the very
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ontset of the Southern Confederacy, to suppress the right of suf- frage, and perhaps that officer himself subsequently regretted his ill considered action. It lost to the Confederacy and Virginia the services of more than fifty men, who would doubtless have proved themselves good soldiers. They had followed the lead of Gov- ernor Letcher, though opposed to leaving the Union, and in so doing had acknowledged that their allegiance was dne first to the State. They voiced their sentiments by their votes, but would have yielded their support to the sovereign authority of the State, as thousands of others did, who felt that she was doing wrong in seceding.
On the 6th of June about thirty of the old members of the company, with a few additional recruits, reorganized the company under the name of the Virginia Riflemen, and elected the follow- ing officers :
Captain, Alonzo B. Jordan.
First Lieutenant, William C. Taylor; Second Lieutenant, George W. Hutchings; Third Lieutenant, Vernon C. Grant.
First Sergeant, Alex. C. Mathieson; Second Sergeant, Robert Guy; Third Sergeant, Thomas Gleason ; Fourth Sergeant, Daniel T. Brownley.
First Corporal, Robert A. Hutchings; Second Corporal, Wil- liam Outten; Third Corporal, Robert Walton; Fourth Corporal, William H. Lumber.
The next day, June 7th, 1861, the company left the Hospital point with the regiment for Burwell's Bay, in Isle of Wight county. The following September Lieutenant Taylor resigned on account of a difficulty with Colonel Pryor, and on the 13th of September Captain Jordan resigned to take a position in the corps of engineers. Lieutenant Grant's appointment as quartermaster of the regiment created another vacancy, and Captain John W. H. Wrenn was elected Captain, Second Lieutenant Hutchings was promoted to First Lieutenant, and Sergeants Mathieson and Guy were elected Second and Third Lieutenants. Captain Wrenn re- signed early in 1862, Lieutenant Hutchings was promoted to Captain, Lieutenants Mathieson and Guy were advanced one grade each, Sergeant Thomas Gleason was elected Third Lieutenant and Sergeant Daniel T. Brownley became First Sergeant. The above were the officers of the company at the beginning of the campaign around Richmond in 1862.
Captain Hutchings was wounded at Frazier's Farm June 30th, 1862, but subsequently rejoined the company. He was with it at Gettysburg July 3d, 1863, while under the shelling from the Federal batteries on Cemetery and Round Top hills. The 3d Regiment was in Kemper's Brigade, Piekett's Division, and was kept lying down in line of battle from 10 A. M. to 3 P. M. under a scorching July sun, with scarcely a breath of air to temper the
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heat, and Captain Hutchings and Sergeant Brownley were sun struck. A number of the men, too, were overcome by the heat and were unable to advance when the charge was ordered. Lieu- tenant Guy was killed by a shell while the company was in the line before the advance was ordered. The shell cut off his arm and he died shortly afterwards from the wound. The same shell killed Private Joshua Murden and wounded Private Walter Leg- gett. Lieutenant Gleason was wounded at Gains' Mill June 27th, 1862, but recovered and rejoined the company in time to go on the Gettysburg campaign. "He commanded the company in the charge and was captured at the stone wall. He was not exchanged. Lieutenant Mathieson was with the company whenever it was possible for him to do so, but his health was delicate and he finally died in a hospital in Petersburg early in 1865.
The company was a small one originally, numbering only fifty- seven, rank and file, as appeared from the muster roll for Sep- tember, 1861, and it was still further reduced by details, &c. Some of the men were excellent mechanics, whose services were needed to work npon the vessels being built for the navy, and eleven of them were detailed for that purpose, three were dis- charged, three were promoted to positions out of the company, four were transferred to the navy and three (officers) resigned. This brought the effective strength down to thirty-three, and of these nine were killed or died, besides one of those transferred to the navy, eight are recorded with having received wounds, and five were captured at Gettysburg and not exchanged. Only thirteen of those who remained with the company escaped. At the battle of Gettysburg July 3d, 1863, the company had three commissioned officers and twelve non-commissioned officers and privates present for duty.
It will be remembered that Pickett's Division arrived on the battle field about 10 A. M. and was drawn up in line of battle until 3 P. M. before it was ordered to charge, and all that time the men in the 3d Virginia Regiment were exposed to the sun and to the enemy's artillery fire. The two together disabled nine of the fifteen men in Company B. Lieutenant Guy was killed, as was also Private Joshua Murden, Private Walter Leggett was wounded, six of the others were overcome by heat, so that only six were in condition to advance when the order was given. Those six were Lieutenant Gleason, Sergeant Robert A. IIutchings, Corporal William H. Lumber and Privates William A. Fiske, William E. Herbert and William Moran, all of whom, except Private Fiske, were captured. Providentially none were struck in the advance. Company B was next to the colors, and when nearing the stone wall the color sergeant was killed and the colors fell with him, but Sergeant Robert A. Hutchings picked them up and carried them to the stone wall from behind which the enemy
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