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Walton, Reuben 1
Carlton, W. B.3
Hogg, William
Wheeler, Baylor
Carter, Frank
Huckstep, Charles H.
Wyatt, Andrew Wyatt, Jno. R.
Cauthorn, G. W.
Knapp, Joseph N.
Wyatt, Levi
Colly, James
Landrum, Joseph 4
Wyatt, Robert S.
Colly, Jno.4
Marshall, Jno.4
Wyatt, Thomas W.
Courtney, W. S.4 * Crittenden, S. S.
Mirick, Newton 4 Murphy, W. A.
Yarrington, Andrew 6
Davis, Albert
Norman, J. G.
Yarrington, James 5
Davis, James A.
Norman, James J.
Yarrington, R. H.
Davis, Joseph A.
Oglesby, George 4
Diggs, R. D.
Oglesby, Richard 4
COMPANY H, TWENTY-SIXTH VIRGINIA INFANTRY. [By Lieutenant J. D. Taylor.] (Wise's Brigade).
Mustered in June 24, 1861, Gloucester Point, Va.
Captain, R. A. Sutton (died since war)
* I never missed a day's duty in four years, two months, ten days. Never had furlough, except captured June 15, 1864 .- W. S. C.
1 Wounded. 4 Captured, June 15, 1864.
2 Killed. 5 Killed, June 15, 1864.
8 Captured.
6 Killed, 1864.
Carter, Robert
Hurt, W. H.4
Wyatt, W. N.3
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First Lieutenant, J. D. Taylor
Second Lieutenant, W. C. Gayle (died since war) Third Lieutenant, G. P. Lively (died since war) First Sergeant, J. W. Bland
Second Sergeant,
M. C. Meredith 1
Third Sergeant,
Thomas Bowden 2
Fourth Sergeant,
Rodney Bland 3
First Corporal,
J. M. Shelton 3
Second Corporal,
A. T. Bland 4
Third Corporal,
Thomas Fary
Fourth Corporal,
Joseph Williams 3
PRIVATES:
Anderson, L. E.3
Fleming, Henry3 Milby, L.
Anderson, R. H.3
Gains, B. T.
Milby, Malachi
Booker, B. T.6
Gains, J. A.3 Morris, A. S.
Bowden, R. E.
Gains, R. H.3 Moss, George
Bowden, Thomas
Garrett, Alfred 3 Pierce, Phw.3
Bristow, A.
Garrett, Gustavus 3 Riley, G. D.3
Broach, Benjamin
Groom, Beverley 3
Riley, J. L.6
Brown, George 5
Groom, L.
Riley, J. T.8
Brushwood, L. C.4
Groom, Richard 3
Roane, E. N.
Cook, J. R.3
Hall, Robert
Roane, L. M.3
Cook, Paskal
Hall, William
Roane, Richard
Corr, M. W.
Johnson, John
Russell, W. H.
Didlake, John 3
Jones, William
Shelton, James
Didlake, Joshua 7
Kemp, Thomas 3
Skates, A.9
Didlake, Nathan
Kilingham, Thomas
Walcott, A. J.3
Edwards, Alfred 3
Likins, Joseph
Ware, Gustave 3
Edwards, D.
Mason, Thomas
Ware, J. T.
Elliott, Alexander
Mason, Windon 2
Ware, James 1
Elliott, Paskal 3
Massey, William
Williams, R.
Elliott, Powell 3
Milby, C.
Wood, T.
Fary, G. T.
Milby, H.8
Yarrington, E.10
Fary, W. E.
Milby, J. T.6
Yarrington, T.
1 Killed at Petersburg, June 17, 1864.
2 Killed at Osborne Turnpike.
3 Died since the war.
4 Died at Chaffin's Farm, 1862.
5 Killed June 15, 1864.
6 Died in prison.
7 Killed at Petersburg, on picket.
8 Died at home during war.
9 Killed near Five Forks.
10 Killed, battle of the Crater, July 30, 1864.
KING AND QUEEN COUNTY, VIRGINIA 143 COMPANY I, TWENTY-SIXTH VIRGINIA INFANTRY [By Captain Josephus Pollard.]
Captain, J. W. Smith
First Lieutenant,
S. P. Latane
Second Lieutenant,
A. C. Walker
Third Lieutenant,
A. F. Fleet
First Sergeant,
Josephus L. Pollard
Second Sergeant,
George L. Owens
Third Sergeant,
Richard Jeffries
Fourth Sergeant,
Griffin Longest
Fifth Sergeant,
Bernard Eubank
PRIVATES:
Alexander, Harvey
Loven, W. L.
Schools, R. B.
Allen, Joseph
Lumpkin, W. H.
Schools, T. A.
Atkins, Thomas
Martin,
Schools, Thomas
Baldwin, W. B.
Martin, C. D.
Schools, W. G.
Ball, G. W.
Martin, C. H.
Simpkins, I. F.
Ball, Harry
Martin, Howard
Simpkins, Lawrence
Ball, James
Minor, Philip
Skelton, Granville
Bradley, George
Minor, Robert
Skelton, I. H.
Chilton, C. D.
Mitchell, William
Skelton, James
Clark, Howard
Montague, W. V.
Skelton, W.
Cooke, Carr
Mundy, L. G.
Smither, L. R.
Cooke, Claiborne
Mundy, William
Stouse, Richard
Cooke, Henry
Owens, B. H.
Trice, George H.
Cooke, Joseph
Owens, R. D.
Trice, James W.
Cooke, Thomas
Owens, W. G.
Trice, Jno. F.
Elliott, W. I.
Parker, Elijah
Trice, P. P.
Gatewood, W. H.
Prince, Baylor
Verlander, Jno. L.
Graves, D. T.
Prince, James
Verlander, Mordecai
Harper, Mac
Reed, Edmund
Harper, W.
Reed, I. W.
Watkins, Edward Watkins, Hugh
Hutchison, Thomas
Reed, Richard
Wilson, C. L.
Longest, Howard
Rouse, T. B.
Wilson, Calvin
Longest, I. T.
Rouse, Tazwell A.
Wilson, Seymour
Longest, John
Rowe, E.
Wilson, Thomas H.
Longest, Younger
Sale, A. J.
Officers Thirty-fourth Virginia Regiment: Colonel, T. F. Goode ; Lieutenant-Colonel, - Harrison; Major, J. R. Bagby.
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KING AND QUEEN COUNTY, VIRGINIA COMPANY K, THIRTY-FOURTH VIRGINIA INFANTRY. [By Dr. John Bagby, O. S.]
Captain, A. F. Bagby (wounded on retreat from Petersburg)
First Lieutenant, J. Ryland (wounded, June 17, 1864, at Petersburg; captured, October 28, 1864)
Second Lieutenant, William T. Haynes (discharged, March 13, 1865, to join Mosby)
Third Lieutenant, B. H. Walker (killed, December 18, 1864)
First Sergeant, Jno. Bagby (wounded, March 31, 1865, near Five Forks) Second Sergeant, Jno. W. Ryland (wounded at Seven Pines, May 31, 1862)
Third Sergeant, E. F. Acree (promoted to Color Sergeant)
Fourth Sergeant, T. C. Segar (killed, June 17, 1864)
Fifth Sergeant, J. L. Cosby (wounded, December 7, 1864)
Corporals: B. F. Cooke, A. V. Daniel (wounded), George W. Did- lake (wounded, October 13, 1864), H. T. Lumpkin (died Sep- tember 13, 1865)
PRIVATES:
Ashley, C. B.
Bagby E. (killed, July 30, 1864)
Bagby, Richard
Bagby, T. (wounded, May 18, 1864; retired, December 8, 1864)
Berkeley, N. (wounded and died, May 30, 1864)
Booker, I. D. (wounded, Nov. 2, 1864)
Booker, J. W. (retired for six months)
Broocke, W. R.
Brushwood, I.
Carlton, Benj. (wounded, May 31, 1862 [at Seven Pines], and May 18, 1864)
Carlton, Fountain (died of typhoid fever, 1862)
Casey, William (wounded, July 24; died, July 25, 1864)
Cashen, M.
Chaplin, P. B.
Coleman, R. L. (captured)
Cook, G. W.
Cooke, I. M. (wounded, June 26; died, August 14, 1864)
Corr, George T. (died of pneumonia, March 12, 1865)
Crossfield, J. A. (wounded, May 18; died, May 21, 1864)
Crouch, G. W. (wounded, June 16, 1864)
Crouch, T. J.
Davis, J. S. (wounded, March 28, 1865, and died)
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Deshazo, J. M.
Didlake, Charles (wounded October 16, 1864 and died) Didlake, J. H. Didlake, R. S. (wounded, March 28, 1865, and died) Drudge, Joseph
Easley, M. (wounded, Dec. 7; died, Dec. 15, 1864) Eubank, J. H. (wounded, March 31, 1865) Flournoy, D. (retired, Feb. 21, 1864) Fogg, J. U. (wounded, Nov. 26, 1864) Gleason, R. H. Gleason, W. W. (died, Sept. 8, 1864)
Graham, S. L. (wounded, Aug. 26, 1864)
Gresham, J. A. (wounded, July 9, 1864)
Gresham, J. H. (wounded at Seven Pines; promoted to Sergeant)
Gresham, R. H. (wounded, July 8, 1864) Harper, C.
Harris, J. (killed, August 13, 1864) Harrison, J. B. (discharged)
Howell, J. C. (captured, June 15, 1864, and died in prison)
Hundley, J. T. C. (captured, June 15, 1864)
Hurt, G. H. (captured, June 15, 1864)
Jones, S. V. (wounded, March 31, 1865) Kelley, T. C. Kemp, J.
Kemp, J. B. (killed, July 6, 1864)
Lumpkin, T. F. (captured, June 15, 1864) Lyne, R. A. McLelland, B. W. (captured, June 15, 1864) Moore, J. S.
Moore, L. (deserted, December 1, 1864)
Myrick, J. T. (wounded at Seven Pines, May 31, 1862, and retired) Nunn, C. R. Nunn, J. G. (captured on retreat)
Nunn, S. S. (captured)
Parks, J. W. (wounded, July 29; died, December, 31, 1864)
Patterson, George A. (wounded, November 27, 1864)
Pendleton, H. C. (wounded, May 18, 1864)
Perkins, M. C. (wounded, December 13, 1864)
Phillips, George (wounded, March 31, 1864) Porter, C. W. Powers, J. F. (killed, September 11, 1864) Pynes, J. A. Pynes, W. M. (wounded, May 18, 1864)
Reed, J. R. (wounded)
Ryland, N. (wounded, May 20, 1864)
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Ryland, S. (wounded, July, 1864; was in the last of fight at Appomat- tox, April 9, 1865)
Sale, B. P.
Sale, J. C.
Sanford, H. (wounded)
Scott, B. S. (wounded, May 18, 1864)
Scott, T. W. (wounded, June 16, 1864)
Segar, F. V. (received seven wounds at Seven Pines, May 31, 1862)
Segar, H. G. (wounded, May 18, 1864)
Silverthornes, I. C. (wounded)
Smith, L. R.
Smith, W. R. (died, August 20, 1864)
Spencer, W. M. (died, August 2, 1864)
Temple, W. (made corporal September 16, 1864, and captured) Terry, J. H.
Terry, S.
Thornton, F. (wounded, July 30, 1864)
Thweatt, W. G. (wounded, May 18, 1864)
Tillage, W. J. (deserted)
Turner, E. (died of pneumonia)
Turner, L. (transferred, August 8, 1864)
Vaughan, W. H. (wounded, August 3, 1864)
Walker, J. W.
Walker, T. N. (made corporal, September 16, 1864) Walker, W. H.
Walton, J. W.
Walton, Z. (wounded, May 18; died, June 7, 1864)
Wessels, J. T.
Willroy, J. W. (transferred, December 15, 1864, to Mosby's Battery) Wiltshire, J. M.
Wise, J. H.
Wright, J. F.
Young, H. H.
Young, J. M.
In addition to these we have to report a number of cavalry companies, as follows :
ROSTER OF COMPANY E, FIFTH VIRGINIA CAVALRY. CAPTAINS :
Marius P. Todd, Campbell Fox, Richard Hoard, William C. Nunn LIEUTENANTS: W. C. Nunn, W. S. Dicks, William Hoskins, William P. Bohanan, Robert B. Hart
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SERGEANTS: Campbell Fox, Robert B. Hart, H. K. Evans
PRIVATES:
Acree, Alexander
Davis, Stage
Monghaw, James
Albright, Mathias
Dew, Benjamin
Muire, Marcus A.
Blake, Cisero
Dew, William
Muso, W. S .- " Buck "
Blake, Llewelyn
Dudley, Thomas 1
Oliver, Frank 1
Bland, B. F.
Eastwood, A. W.
Purcell, J. H.
Bland, Joel
Eubank, J. C.
Revere, Peter
Bray, Joel
Fauntleroy, Garnet 1
Revere, Thomas
Bray, James 1
Fleet, Jno. A.
Richardson, J .-
Bristow, Andrew
Folliard, Jno. P.
"Pungy "
Brooks, William G.
Garret, Adolphus
Richardson, Jas. H.4
Bourno, Theo.
Garret, James W.
Richardson, Thos.
Bourno, Thomas
Garret, Robert
Richardson, W. T.
Butler, Flemming
Gibson, James
Roane, William E.
Buckner, John Bulsman, Leroy
Gregory, Fendal
Rowe, Laurence
Burch, William R.
Gresham, Charles
Rowe, Thomas
Burton, Robert
Gwathmey, Alfred
Saunders, L. A.
Brown, Hyte (Hite)
Gwathmey, Archie
Savage, Thomas K.
Callis, James
Gwathmey, Charles
Skelton, Philip
Cardwell, William
Gwathmey, Llewelyn
Smith, Lewis A.
Carlton, Granvil
Harwood, Archie
Smith, Richard
Carlton, Isaac
Hobday, Charles E.
Sorrel, Hiraus
Carlton, Leroy
Howlet, John
South, Robert
Catlet, Bradly
Hutchinson, Paine
Stone, Andrew
Cauthorn, Ira B.
Johnson, James
Turpin, Archie
Clark, Temple
Kemp, Thomas
Turpin, " Jack "
Clayton, Enoch 3
Lane, Oscar
Tyler, Thomas
Cloudis, E. C.
Lane, Rucker Lipscomb, E. P.
Walker, Melvin
Cook, Fountain 1
Machen, Thomas
Walker, Watson
Cook, Monroe 2
Machen, William
Watkins, Charles
Cook, William
Marchant, "Wash "
Watkins, "Clayborn" 5
Crittendon, George D. Martin, George
Watkins, J. Polk
Daniel, George
Martin, William 1 Watkins, Townley
Daniel, Robert
Minter, J. W.
Wayn, Joseph 1
Davis, Robert 1
Mitchell, John
White, William H.
1 Killed. 2 Disabled. 3 Deserted. 4 Died in prison. 5 I think that was his name. He was an up-county man, with light hair and florid complexion.
Walden, Frank
Collins, George A.
Gibson, Philip
Rowe, James
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We are unable to give Rosters of two other cavalry companies made up largely from King and Queen, to wit, Capt. Allen's and Capt. Magruder's.
COUNTERSIGNS
Some persons will be interested in the following daily countersigns given out by officer of day on dates men- tioned :
At Gloucester Point, 1862: January 4th, Davis; 8th, McLaws; 10th, Richmond; 20th, Chericoke; 23d, Selma; 26th, Yorktown; 29th, Hampton; February 8th, Sumter; 16th, Charleston; 24th, Maryland; March 6th, Davis; May Ist, Asia; 15th, Portsmouth; 25th, Fairfax; June 5th, Ceylon; 15th, Morgan; 25th, Glou- cester; 28th, Damascus; August 22d, Arcola; Septem- ber 2d, Forest; 12th, London; 24th, Vandome; 28th, Leesburg; October 4th, Natchez ; 5th, Egypt; 8th, Lee; I Ith, Rhodes; 13th, Leesburg; 23d, Cadiz; 29th, Page; November 4th, Kinston; 12th, Fayette; 19th, Tyler;
25th, Centreville; 30th, New Orleans; December 3d, Virginia; 8th, Phillippi; 12th, Abingdon; 16th, Mis- souri; 20th, Shelby; 25th, Mobile; 28th, Charlotte; 1863, January 2d, Augusta; 6th, Raleigh; 12th, Macon; 18th, Monroe; 23d, Vandome; 28th, Johnston; Febru- ary 2d, Kinston; 8th, Keokuk; 15th, Grafton; 18th, Pekin; 24th, Paris; March 2d, Preston; 8th, Charles- ton; 15th, Augusta; 2 Ist, Vance; 27th, Bragg; April 2d, France; 13th, Quincy.
At Diascon Bridge, 1863: April 20th, Wise; 30th, Virginia; May 5th, Heath; 7th, Acoquan; 13th, England; 20th, Pekin; 25th, Egypt; 30th, China; June 5th, Ney; 10th, Merida; 15th, Nestor; 2 Ist, Eipley; 25th, Pocotaligo; July 2d, Cairo; 7th, Dover; 13th, Hagerstown; 20th, Generic; 27th, Ra- leigh; August 3d, Goshen; IIth, Winton; 16th, Nash- ville; 20th, Braxton; 24th, Bedford; 28th, Gauley; September 7th, South; 16th, Vicksburg; 29th, Mur- freesboro; October 8th, Mississippi; 15th, Johnston, etc., etc.
CHAPTER X
WAR RECORDS, LETTERS, AND DIARIES (Edited by Senator John W. Daniel.)
Captain A. F. Bagby's brief memoir of his cousin, Major John R. Bagby, and his account of the company in command of which he succeeded his cousin, is the first historical sketch I have seen of this gallant major and his gallant command; and I hope that Captain Bagby's example will be followed by others in bringing to notice the services of other organizations which have not been duly noticed in our histories and essays.
KING AND QUEEN ARTILLERY COMPANY
Captain Bagby's Account of Its Work at Battle of Seven Pines- Marched in Mud and Water-Official Records Show the Good Work of Men of King and Queen.
" The King and Queen Artillery " is not named as such in the general orders of the war records. We find, however, Bagby's Company, Fourth Artillery, men- tioned, and there are several official recognitions of its valiant and efficient service. There is no doubt what- ever that " The King and Queen Artillery " company is the organization referred to.
" Bagby's Company, Virginia Volunteers, serving as heavy artillery," is designated as part of the com- mand of Colonel C. A. Crump, under Major General John B. Magruder, at Gloucester Point .- War Rec- ords, Series I., Vol. IX., p. 37.
The report of Captain John R. Bagby, Fourth Vir- ginia Battalion, of the operations of that organization at Seven Pines, May 3Ist and June Ist, 1862, appears in Series I., Vol. II. (first part) of the War Records, at page 968, where Captain Bagby recites that "the battalion, without any regular organization, having been together but a few days before they were ordered into battle, and having no opportunity to acquaint them-
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selves with infantry drill, with the exception of Captain White's company, a temporary organization was ef- fected, without authority, by the election of Captain C. C. Otey as lieutenant colonel and Captain John R. Bagby as major."
In the battle of Seven Pines the Fourth Battalion lost in killed and wounded six (6) commissioned offi- cers and eighty (80) enlisted men; and played a worthy part in the action, serving alternately as infantry, artil- lery, and infantry again. Captain Bagby says in his report :
"On the morning of May 31st, 1862, after a fa- tiguing march through mud and water of several miles, we were formed in line of battle on the right of the Wil- liamsburg Road. From thence we passed through the woods to an opening in front of the enemy's intrench- ments on Barker's farm. We were then ordered to charge the enemy through some felled trees, which we did without encountering any serious resistance, and reached the enemy's intrenchments in good order, some four or five of the battalion being wounded. At this juncture one of the companies (Captain Bagby's) was ordered to take charge of three pieces of artillery left by the retreating foe. This duty was discharged, firing into two regiments of Yankees forming to attack us, with considerable effect. Also a portion of Captain Montague's company was detailed to assist in Captain Carter's battery, many of his cannoneers having been disabled. The battalion was then ordered forward, Captain Bagby's company again taking its position in the battalion, and ordered to charge the enemy in am- bush among felled trees on the right of Barker's house. We passed through the enemy's tents, wheeled to the right, and upon reaching the edge of the felled trees threw ourselves on the ground and fired upon the enemy whenever they showed themselves. After being in this position some fifteen or twenty minutes, some officer in our front ordered his regiment to retire, and when they reached our position Captain Otey (acting lieutenant- colonel) gave a similar order; when we retired through
DAHLGREN'S CORNER At which Colonel Dahlgren fell.
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the enemy's tents, and about half of the battalion stopped at the intrenchments; the balance retreated far- ther. The portion of the command that stopped at the intrenchments remained there until after dark, when they were ordered to the rear and bivouacked for the night. They remained in this position during the next day."-War Records, Series I., Vol. II., Part I., pp. 968-9.
Brigadier General R. E. Rhodes, in his report of the battle of Seven Pines, speaks of Captain C. C. Otey of the heavy-artillery battalion, as one of those who had been conspicuous for their gallantry and efficiency, and who fell while pushing forward with their men in the thickest of the fight. And he mentions also " the gal- lantry and coolness " of Captains Bagby and White and Lieutenant Yeatman of the heavy-artillery battal- ion. General Rhodes also notices the conduct of the King William Artillery, which was commanded by Cap- tain (afterwards Colonel) T. H. Carter, as " equaled by no one in the history of the war for daring, coolness, and efficiency." With General Rhodes's report is a statement showing that three officers and thirteen men were killed and three officers and sixty-four men wounded in the heavy-artillery battalion, of which the King and Queen Artillery was a part. (See War Rec- ords, Series I., Vol. II., Part I., pp. 975-6.) Colonel C. C. Pegues's Fifth Alabama Regiment speaks highly of the artillery "under the management of Captain Bagby," and of the Fourth Virginia Battalion, which did severe execution upon the retiring enemy.
We find a reference to Captain A. F. Bagby and his company, which had become Company K of the Thirty- fourth Virginia Regiment, in the report of Major Gen- eral Bushrod R. Johnson (War Records, Series I., Vol. XL., Part I., p. 792). This report recites the events of the action of Saturday, the 30th of July, 1864. On that day the mine was exploded under the Confederate works near Petersburg, the enemy rushed into the breach, and there was a heavy engagement, known as the battle of the Crater, in which the losses of Johnson's division,
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-killed, wounded, and missing,-were 922. And it appears that some of the companies of the Thirty- fourth Virginia Infantry, under Colonel J. Thomas Goode, proved very handy in taking charge of artillery pieces, which otherwise would have been unmanned. General Johnson refers to one of these companies, under Captain Samuel D. Preston, and then says : " It is proper here to state that Captain Preston was wounded and Edward Bagby, aid-de-camp to Colonel Goode, commanding the brigade, was killed whilst serving its gun (a gun of Davidson's Battery), and that then Cap- tain A. F. Bagby, of Company K, Thirty-fourth Vir- ginia Regiment, took charge of it, and served it with fine effect until near the close of the action."
The Virginia Heavy Artillery has had but scant at- tention, and any communication of facts respecting it would be acceptable.
MAJOR JOHN R. BAGBY
Captain of King and Queen Artillery
Major John Robert Bagby was born November 13th, 1826, near Stevensville Post Office, King and Queen County, Virginia. His father was John Bagby, of Scotch descent, and a soldier in the War of 1812. He was a graduate of the Columbian College at Washing- ton, D. C., taking a high stand in his class. For many years he very successfully conducted a mercantile busi- ness at his native place. He was for several terms elected magistrate in his county, and was made colonel of militia previous to the Civil War.
At the breaking-out of the war he raised a volunteer company known as the King and Queen Artillery, and afterwards as Company K, Thirty-fourth Virginia In- fantry, which company he commanded until 1862, when he was made major of the above-mentioned regiment. He was conspicuous in the battle of Seven Pines, hav- ing his horse killed under him, and in several fights was known to kill one of his foes with his own pistol or gun. He was wounded around Petersburg in the spring of 1865; from which he did not recover for many months.
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Major Bagby died March 26th, 1890, highly es- teemed by all who knew him. In fact, no man ever lived in his county more loved and honored than he was, as was evidenced at the unveiling of his portrait, which now adorns the walls of the Courthouse of his native county.
THE KING AND QUEEN ARTILLERY
This company was organized at King and Queen Courthouse about the Ist of May, 1861, by the election of John R. Bagby, captain; Josiah Ryland, Jr., first lieutenant; A. F. Bagby, second lieutenant; and Josiah Ryland, Sr., third lieutenant; and was mustered into the Confederate service at West Point, Virginia, May 29th, 1861. The company was called King and Queen Ar- tillery, and expected to be supplied with light guns, but being unable to procure them, was placed in charge of the heavy battery at West Point. It remained there four weeks, when ordered to Gloucester Point and put in charge of a heavy battery at that place. It was here that the company was subjected to its first fire from the enemy, and had the honor and distinction of sinking the first and only Yankee boat ever sunk in York River, so far as the writer knows. The company remained at Gloucester Point until the evacuation of Yorktown, when it was divided into two sections, one in command of J. R. Bagby, with two small cannon, and the other with muskets, under Lieutenant Bagby. The company met General Johnson's army below Richmond, and was hastily organized, with other companies of heavy artil- lery, into what was known as the Fourth Virginia Heavy Artillery, with Captain C. C. Otey as lieutenant-colonel, and J. R. Bagby as major. With this organization the company went into the battle of Seven Pines, carrying sixty-five men and leaving twenty-six. The battalion did effective work in this battle, capturing a battery from the enemy, which Bagby's company soon turned on them with telling effect. (See Official Records of Union and Confederate Armies, Vol. XI., pp. 968, 972, 973, 975, 978.) After this fight the company was placed in charge of heavy guns below Chaffin's Bluff. A. F.
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Bagby was made captain, First Lieutenant Josiah Ry- land having joined Mosby's command. Josiah Ryland, Sr., was made first lieutenant, and Benjamin H. Walker, third lieutenant. The company remained at Chaffin's Bluff until the spring of 1863, when it was attached to the Thirty-fourth Virginia Infantry, Wise's Brigade, and designated as Company K of that regiment, and sent to South Carolina, near Charleston. It remained there until Petersburg was threatened in 1864, around which place the brigade was ordered, and where it re- mained until the evacuation.
The company was under almost constant fire from the time it reached the vicinity of Petersburg until the surrender at Appomattox, gaining special distinction at the battle of the Crater. (See Official Records, Vol. XL., p. 792.) It was called on to take charge of one of our own batteries near the Crater, where at least four detachments of men had been killed or driven away, owing to the exposed position. The guns were so suc- cessfully worked that much damage was done the enemy by the incessant rain of shot and shell.
The company surrendered eighteen men at Appo- mattox, in command of Sergeant John W. Ryland, all the commissioned officers having been previously killed, captured, or wounded. Captain Bagby was wounded at Sailor's Creek, and taken prisoner. Lieu- tenant Josiah Ryland, Sr., was captured near Peters- burg; Lieutenant W. F. Haynes resigned his commis- sion the March previous on account of ill-health, and Lieutenant B. H. Walker was killed near Petersburg.
The company was composed of unusually good ma- terial, having in it some of the best men in the county, and numbered from first to last one hundred and sixty- five men, about one-half of whom were killed or wounded.
A. F. BAGBY
Late Captain of Company K, Thirty-fourth Virginia Infantry (From a Soldier's Diary.)
The author is fortunate in being able to give here extracts from a diary kept in excellent form by an old
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and prominent gentleman, who was an almost life-long resident of the county. It is entirely reliable :
" May 24, 1860 .- Election to-day of county officers, with the result following: Justices, Thos. Haynes, J. R. Bagby, Thos. Latane, E. S. Acree. State Atty. J. M. Jeffries [afterwards Judge].
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