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I learned first fully to realize the magnitude of Lee's mili- tary genius when I went to Europe some years later to study, and heard from German military men of their transcendent ad- miration for him. At a gathering of German officers I was told by one of them that General Lee's campaigns were the text-book of their War Department, and that every German officer in their military school was required to make a careful
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study of them. He said that the most wonderful thing about it all was, not merely the brilliant victories that Lee won over incredibly superior numbers, but the fact that for four years, while often standing at bay, he was able to fight off over- whelming strength backed by the whole power of the national government.
When the Daughters of the Confederacy invited me to en- tertain our Veterans with my Post-Bellum Memories, they re- quested that I should also rehearse the story of the Battle- Flag of the Confederacy. This I can best do in the words of Carlton McCarthy in his Soldier Life in the Army of North- ern Virginia, Richmond, 1884, p. 219:
"This banner, the witness and inspiration of many victories, which was proudly borne on every field from Manassas to Ap- pomattox, was conceived on the field of battle, lived on the field of battle, and on the last fatal day ceased to have place or meaning in the world. But the men who followed it, and the world which watched its proud advance or defiant stand, see in it still the unstained banner of a brave and generous people, whose deeds have outlived their country, and whose final defeat but added lustre to their grandest victories.
"It was not the flag of the Confederacy, but simply the ban- ner, the battle-flag, of the Confederate soldier. As such it should not share in the condemnation which our cause received, or suffer from its downfall. The whole world can unite in a chorus of praise to the gallantry of the men who followed where this banner led.
· "It was at the battle of Manassas, about four o'clock of the afternoon of the 21st of July, 1861, when the fate of the Con- federacy seemed trembling in the balance, that General Beau- regard, looking across the Warrenton turnpike, which passed through the valley between the position of the Confederates and the elevations beyond occupied by the Federal line, saw a body of troops moying towards his left and the Federal right. He was greatly concerned to know, but could not decide, what troops they were, whether Federal or Confederate. The sim- ilarity . of uniform and of the colors carried by the opposing
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armies, and the clouds of dust, made it almost impossible to decide.
"Shortly before this time General Beauregard had received from the signal officer, Captain Alexander, a dispatch, saying that from the signal station in the rear he had sighted the col- ors of this column, drooping and covered with the dust of journeying, but could not tell whether they were the Stars and Stripes or the Stars and Bars. He thought, however, that they were probably Patterson's troops arriving on the field and re- ënforcing the enemy.
"General Beauregard was momentarily expecting help from the right, and the uncertainty and anxiety of this hour amounted to anguish. Still the column pressed on. Calling a staff officer, General Beauregard instructed him to go at once to General Johnston, at the Lewis House, and say that the en- emy were receiving heavy reënforcements, that - the troops on the plateau were very much scattered, and that he would be compelled to retire to the Lewis House, and. there re-form, hoping that the troops ordered up from the right would arrive in time to enable him to establish and hold the new line.
"Meanwhile the unknown troops were pressing on. The day was sultry, and only at long intervals was there the slightest breeze. The colors of the mysterious column hung drooping on the staff. General Beauregard tried again and again to de- cide what colors they carried. He used his glass repeatedly, and handing it to others begged them to look, hoping that their eyes might be keener than his.
"General Beauregard was in a state of great anxiety, but finally determined to hold his ground, relying on the promised help from the right; knowing that if it arrived in time victory might be secured, but feeling also that if the mysterious column should be Federal troops the day was lost.
"Suddenly a puff of wind spread the colors to the breeze. It was the Confederate flag-the Stars and Bars! It was Early with the Twenty-Fourth Virginia, the Seventh Louisiana, and the Thirteenth Mississippi. The column had by this time reached the extreme right of the Federal lines. The moment the flag was recognized, Beauregard turned to his staff, right
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and left, saying 'See that! The day is ours!' and ordered an immediate advance. In the meantime Early's brigade de- ployed into line and charged the enemy's right; Elzey, also, dashed upon the field, and in one hour not an enemy was to be seen south of Bull Run.
"While on this field and suffering this terrible anxiety, Gen- eral Beauregard determined that the Confederate soldier must have a flag so distinct from that of the enemy that no doubt should ever again endanger his cause on the field of battle.
"Soon after the battle he entered into correspondence with Colonel William Porcher Miles, who had served on his staff during the day, with a view to securing his aid in the matter, and proposing a blue field, red bars crossed, and gold stars.
"They discussed the matter at length. Colonel Miles thought it was contrary to the law of heraldry that the ground should be blue, the bars red, and the stars gold. He proposed that the ground should be red, the bars blue, and the stars white. Gen- eral Beauregard approved the change, and discussed the mat- ter freely with General Johnston. Meanwhile it became known that designs for a flag were under discussion, and many were sent in. One came from Mississippi; one from J. B. Walton and E. C. Hancock, which coincided with the design of Colonel Miles. The matter was freely discussed at headquarters, till, finally, when he arrived at Fairfax Court House, General Beauregard caused his draughtsman (a German) to make drawings of all the various designs which had been submitted. With these designs before them the officers at headquarters agreed on the famous old banner-the red field, the blue cross, and the white stars. The flag was then submitted to the War Department, and was approved.
"The first flags sent to the army were presented to the troops by General Beauregard in person, he then expressing the hope and confidence that they would become the emblem of honor and of victory.
"The first three flags received were made from ladies' dresses by the Misses Carey, of Baltimore and Alexandria, at their residences and the residences of friends, as soon as they could get a description of the design adopted. One of the Misses
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Carey sent the flag she made to General Beauregard. Her sis- ter presented hers to General Van Dorn, who was then at Fair- fax Court House. Miss Constance Carey, of Alexandria, sent hers to General Joseph E. Johnston.
"General Beauregard sent the flag he received at once to New Orleans for safe keeping. After the fall of New Or- leans, Mrs. Beauregard sent the flag by a Spanish man-of-war, then lying in the river opposite New Orleans, to Cuba, where it remained till the close of, the war, when it was returned to General Beauregard, who presented it for safe keeping to the Washington Artillery, of New Orleans.
"This much about the battle-flag, to accomplish, if possible, two things: first, to preserve the little history connected with the origin of the flag; and, second, to place the battle flag in a place of security, as it were, separated from all the political significance which attaches to the Confederate flag, and de- pending its future place solely upon the deeds of the armies which bore it, amid hardships untold, to many victories."
And who shall tell the heroic incidents that marked the his- tory of the four years of that battle-flag's life! Who more beautifully than Mrs. Margaret J. Preston in her poem, The Color Bearer, which was the proudest declamation of my boy- hood days, and which I want to recite to you in concluding :
The shock of battle swept the lines, And wounded men and slain Lay thick as lie in summer fields The ridgy swaths of grain.
The deadly volleys belched their fire, The raking cannon pealed, The lightning flash of bayonets Went glittering around the field.
On rushed the gallant "Twenty-Fourth" Against the bristling guns, Whose blaze could daunt or dazzle them No more than could the sun's.
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It mattered not though heads went down, Though stately steps were stayed-
Though rifles dropped from bleeding hands, And ghastly gaps were made.
"Close up!" was still the stern command, And with unwavering tread They held right on though well they knew They tracked their way with dead.
As fast they pressed with laboring breath, Clinched teeth and knitted frown, The sharp and sudden cry rang out : "The Color-Bearer's down!"
Quick to the front sprang eagerly The youngest of the band, And caught the flag still tightly held. Within the fallen hand.
With cheer he reared it high again, Yet claimed an instant's pause To lift the dying man and see Whose pallid face it was.
"Forward!" the captain shouted loud, Still "Forward!" and the men Caught madly up the shrill command, And shrieked it out again.
But moveless stood the fair-faced boy Without a foot's advance, Until the Captain shook his arm, And roused him from his trance.
His home had flashed upon his sight- That blest and sunny spot- He did not hear the crashing shells, Nor heed the hissing shot.
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He saw his mother wring her hands, He heard his sister's cries ; And tears were on his girl-like cheek, And grief was in his eyes.
The touch dissolved the spell-he knew, He felt the fearful stir ; He raised his head and softly said : "He was my brother, Sir!"
Then grasping firm the crimson flag He flung it free and high, While patriot passion stanched his tears, And drank his sorrow dry.
Between his close-set teeth he spake, And hard he drew his breath- "I'll bear this flag to victory, Or bear it, Sir, to death !"
The bellowing batteries thundered on, The sulphurous smoke rose higher, And from the columns in their front Poured forth the galling fire.
But where the bullets thickest fell, Where hottest raged the fight, The steady colors tossed aloft Their trail of crimson light.
Firm and indomitable still The "Twenty-Fourth" moved on- A dauntless remnant only left, The brave three-score were gone!
And now once more the cry arose, Which not the guns could drown- "Ho, boys! Up with the flag again ! The Color-Bearer's down!"
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They sought to loose his grasp, but fast He clung with iron will- "The arm that's broken is my left, So I can hold it still."
And "Forward! Forward! Twenty-Fourth !" Rang out above the roar, When suddenly the guiding flag Sank and was seen no more.
And when the fiery fight was done And from the bloody field The battered "Twenty-Fourth" withdrew, Because they would not yield-
They found a boy whose face still wore A look resolved and grand- A rent and riddled flag close clutched Within his shattered hand.
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Appendix
ALBEMARLE COUNTY IN THE CIVIL WAR
(Taken mainly from the summary of R. A. Brock, Secretary of the Virginia Historical Society, in the Special Virginia Edition of Hard- esty's Encyclopedia, 1884.)
The fortunes of war left the muster rolls of the Confederate States government mainly in the possession of the enemy, and it is believed that the following Roll of Honor of the soldiers who fought for the Lost Cause from Albemarle is as complete as it can be made.
Where no other date of enlistment is given, it was in the first year of the war. Where no other date is given of death or dis- charge, the service was till the close of the war. Where no rank is given, the enlistment was as private. In the miscellany are rosters of some now residents in this county, who enlisted and served from other counties.
NINTEENTH VIRGINIA INFANTRY, HUNTON'S BRIGADE, PICKETT'S DIVISION, LONGSTREET'S CORPS.
[Regimental history furnished by Adjutant C. C. Wertenbaker.]
The 19th Regiment of Virginia Infantry was composed of the following companies: Co. A, Monticello Guard, from Charlottes- ville, commanded by Capt. W. B. Mallory at the time it was called into service; Co. B, Albemarle Rifles, Capt. R. T. W. Duke from Charlottesville; Co. C, Scottsville Guards, Capt. A. W. Gantt; Co. D, Howardsville Guards, Capt. Josiah Faulkner; Co. E, Piedmont Guards, Capt. Charles Peyton, from the Stony Point neighborhood; Co. F, Capt. Bennett Taylor, raised in different parts of Albemarle county; Co. G, Capt. Thomas Boyd, from Nelson county, in the Tye River neighborhood; Co. H, Capt. Ellis, from Amherst Courthouse, Virginia; Co. I, Capt. Taylor Berry, Amherst county; Co. K, Albe- marle County men.
The first colonel of the regiment was Philip St. George Cocke, of Powhatan, who, up to the time the Virginia troops were turned over to the Confederate government commanded the whole of the Virginia forces in Northern Virginia. He never took command of the regiment, and the only official act he ever performed as colonel of the Nineteenth was to appoint First Lieutenant C. C. Werten-
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baker, of Co. A, as adjutant of the regiment. Gen. Cocke com- manded the Third Brigade (in which the Nineteenth was) and after the first battle of Manassas was promoted brigadier general. He committed suicide soon after, and the writer has no doubt that his having been taken from the supreme command of the Virginia army, and reduced to a regimental commander, was what caused his death.
Lieutenant-Colonel John Bowie Strange was the actual com- mander of the regiment, and to him was due the drill and discipline of the command. Major Henry Gantt, of Scottsville, was the third field officer.
Companies A and B went to the first capture of Harper's Ferry, but . were ordered back by Governor Letcher, and after a few days at home in Charlottesville, spent in equipping themselves for the struggle they knew was coming, they were ordered to Culpeper Courthouse. There the other seven companies joined them, and the command was sent to the front at Manassas. They were not fully engaged at first Manassas, as they were holding Lewis Ford in the early part of July 21, but got into the battle just before its close. They lost one man killed and several wounded. The Nineteenth from this time forward was a part of Longstreet's command, and was hotly engaged in nearly all of the battles in Virginia-Wil- liamsburg, Seven Pines, Seven Days Fight Around Richmond, the battles in Maryland, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, Cold Harbor, Five Forks, Sailors Creek, etc. They saw service in North Carolina, etc., indeed, were in nearly all the battles. Col. Strange was killed at Boonsboro, on South Mountain, Col. Ellis at Gettysburg. Col. Henry Gantt was badly wounded at Gettysburg. Major Woodson was killed whilst commanding the regiment at second Cold Harbor. Col. Charles Peyton lost an arm in Maryland, and many men were killed in battle and many died from wounds and exposure. The regiment numbered about 800 men when first formed. Its conduct was always excellent in the field, and its "esprit de corps" was ex- cellent to the last. It, together with the remnant of Pickett's Di- vision, was captured at Sailors Creek just before the surrender. The battle flag of this regiment, now in possession of Sergeant James Perley, of Charlottesville, was the one used by the Nine- teenth for a portion of the time it was in service. When it became too much shot to pieces to hold together, a new flag was substi- tuted. The regiment had several whilst in service. The men who served in this regiment have, since the war, been quiet and hard- working citizens, and, with few exceptions, are respected and law- abiding men. The roster of many of this regiment from Albemarle county will be found in the miscellaneous service.
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COMPANY A, NINTEENTH VIRGINIA INFANTRY. (Monticello Guard)
Captain, William B. Mallory, discharged April 16, 1862. First lieutenant, C. C. Wertenbaker. Second lieutenant, John W. C. Stockton.
Third lieutenant, John C. Culin, promoted captain; wounded seven times.
First sergeant, H. F. Dade.
Second sergeant, R. W. Bailey, promoted second lieutenant.
Third sergeant, W. B. Littelier, captured at Yorktown, June 4, 1862; held at Point Lookout.
Fourth sergeant. S. F. Wingfield. Fifth sergeant, A. H. Huffman.
First corporal, C. H. Wingfield. Second corporal, James Seeley.
Third corporal, G. A. Galley. Allen, John A.
Fourth corporal, C. Lightbicker.
Bailey, G. M.
Bacon, W. O.
Bacon, D. M.
Brown, W. H.
Brown, J. J.
Browman, J. H.
Barkland, J. F.
Buck, James R., captured June 3, 1862, at Yorktown; held at Point Lookout.
Batcheller, John.
Culin, William.
Cloa, John W.
Cloa, J. L.
Collier, H. H. Culin, George W. Cloa, W. J. Clark, W. D.
Christian, Samuel J., wounded June 29, 1863, at Westminster. Degan, Henry.
Dobbins, R. L.
Doud, John W .. Jr. Foster, W. K.
Dewitt, John D., wounded July 3, 1863, at Gettysburg.
Franks, William M.
Frease, H. P.
Goolsbey, J. M.
Goodwin, G. T. Houchins, Thomas M.
Gibson, James. Houchins, J. W., captured July 3, 1863, at Gettysburg; held at Fort Delaware.
Hill, John W., promoted third lieutenant; captured July 3, '63, at Gettysburg.
Johnson, G. T. Jones, S. S.
Johnson, W. A., killed August 30, 1862, at Manassas.
Jones, J. R. Kidd, W. P. Kiley, S. H.
Jones, William T. Kinnie, C. Lady, A. G.
Lorsh, Henry, wounded July 3, 1863, at Gettysburg.
Mallory, James E., promoted first lieutenant; wounded June 3, 1864, at Cold Harbor.
Mallory, George J. McMullen, R. L. McKinnie, John. Manley, T. J.
Moran, G. N. Manns, W. W.
Mooney. Joseph, enlisted September, 1862; wounded and captured Perley, W. E. at Hatchers Run, March 31, 1865; held at Fortress Monroe. O'Toole, P Pierce, W. N. Pierce, M. L. Paine, W. M. Pourts, J. S. L. Quache, J. M. Randolph, T. J. N. Rainbough, J. E. Slayton, J. W.
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Sargent, N. R.
Snead, Gideon.
Vaughn, W. H.
Shannon, R. Twitie, S. C. Vandegrift, S. C. Wortenbaker, T. G.
Vandegrift, R. C.
Wingfield, R. F., killed July 30, 1862, near Richmond.
Wingfield, M. W., wounded September 2, 1862, at Seven Pines.
Wingfield, A. C. Wingfield, R. S.
Wingfield, T. H. Wingfield, George W.
COMPANY E, NINTEENTH VIRGINIA INFANTRY.
Barksdale, Frank, captured at Yorkstown, 1862; held at Fort Dela- ware.
Bragg, J. Y., sergeant; promoted lieutenant and captain; captured at Gettysburg, 1863; held at Johnsons Island.
Byers, D. H., wounded at Seven Pines, 1862.
Gilliam, James S., discharged 1861. Goss, John W., discharged 1862. Goss, W. W., lieutenant; promoted captain; killed at Gettysburg, July 3, '63.
Johnson, William W., wounded and captured at Yorktown, April, 1862; held at Fort Delaware.
McCallister, W. T., discharged 1862.
Minor, Peter, killed at Gettysburg, 1863.
Mooney, Madison, accidentally shot near Richmond; died August 1, 1864.
Sandridge, J. J. color bearer; wounded June 27, 1862, at Seven Pines; killed at Gettysburg, July 3, 1863.
Salmon, Thomas B., promoted corporal; wounded 1862 at Williams- burg, and 1864 at Selma, Alabama; captured 1865 at High Bridge; paroled.
Thurman, B. W., lieutenant; discharged 1862.
Vaughan, C. G.
Vaughan, W. J., detailed to quartermaster's department.
Wood, Alfred T.
Wood, Robert, wounded at Seven Pines, 1862; discharged 1862.
COMPANY K, NINETEENTH VIRGINIA INFANTRY.
Babert, T. F., wounded at second Manassas, August 9, 1862; dis- charged November 20, 1862.
Bailes, John T., wounded at Fairfax C. H., 1861; captured at Boonesboro 1862; paroled.
Bailes, M. G., enlisted 1862; captured at Boonesboro 1862; paroled.' Barksdale, James I. Barksdale, William I.
Black, Nicholas J., first sergeant; wounded and captured at Gettys- burg, July 3, 1863; held at Baltimore. Black, N. M., third sergeant.
Black, Robert, wounded 1865 at Howlett House; died June 12, 1867. Black, William, promoted color bearer; wounded at Gettysburg, July 3, 1863.
Burton, B. L., enlisted March 3, 1862; promoted corporal; wounded September 5, 1862, at Coffins Farm; July 3, 1863, at Gettys- burg; March 27, 1865, at Howlett House; captured April 6, 1865, at Sailors Creek; held at Newport News; discharged June 15, 1865.
Dollins, Alexander M., died August 25, 1861.
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Dollins, John A .; died February, 1862.
Dollins, S. M. C.
Dollins, William R., died October 7, 1861.
Grimstead, James H., first lieutenant; wounded at Gettysburg, July 3, 1863; died July 7, 1863.
Grimstead, Richard J., promoted second lieutenant; wounded at Five Forks, March 27, 1865.
Hawkins, Samuel A., enlisted May 10, 1862; color bearer; wounded and captured at Gettysburg, July 3, 1863; held at Point Look- out.
Humphries, William, died August 1, 1861. Lane, Nehemiah.
Jeffries, J. T.
Leathers, James A., wounded at Gettysburg, July 3, 1863; captured at Roanoke, February, 1862; paroled.
Leathers, W. H., corporal.
Martin, Henry, wounded at Gettysburg, July 3, 1863.
Martin, James D., enlisted 1862; wounded at Sharpsburg, 1862; cap- tured at Frederick City, 1862.
Martin, J. J., wounded and captured at Sharpsburg, September 17, 1862; held at Frederick City; discharged January 9, 1863. Martin, Joseph N., died March 4, 1863. Martin, J. W. Martin, Joel N., enlisted 1862; dead.
Martin, S. G., lieutenant; promoted captain; wounded and captured at Gettysburg, July 3, 1863; held at Johnsons Island.
Martin, Sylvester, promoted third lieutenant and captain; wounded at Gainesboro, 1863; wounded and captured at Gettysburg, July
3, 1863; held at Johnsons Island; discharged February 10, 1864. Martin, William T.
Powell, James A., promoted first sergeant. Rea, John A., captain.
Powell, Thomas A.
Rea, J. H., wounded at Gaines Mills, July 7, 1862.
Robertson, A. J., second lieutenant; wounded at Cold Harbor; killed at Gaines Mills.
Roles, Charles E., third lieutenant. Troter, Lewis, killed at Boonesboro, '62.
Woods, John J., wounded and captured at Gettysburg, July 3, 1863; held in hospital; died July 20, 1863.
Woods, John J., corporal; wounded at Gettysburg, July 3, '63; died July 16, '63.
Woods, Robert H., captured at South Mountain, September 15, 1862; paroled, four months afterwards exchanged.
Wood, William H., wounded June 3, 1862, at Seven Pines.
Woodson, D. P., wounded November 30, 1865, Hatchers' Run.
Woodson, James, killed at Boonesboro, 1862.
Woodson, James Garland, first lieutenant; promoted captain and major; wounded at Sharpsburg and Gettysburg; killed at Cold Harbor, June 3, '64.
Wolf, George, killed at Boonesboro, 1862.
Wolf, William, killed at Boonesboro, 1862.
Yancey, John F., sergeant.
COMPANY E, FORTY-SIXTH VIRGINIA INFANTRY, WISE'S BRIGADE. Enlisted May 9, 1861.
Captain J. C. Hill, promoted major; wounded at Petersburg, June, 1864.
First lieutenant, J. M. Page, promoted adjutant; discharged 1863.
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Second lieutenant, J. C. Chercans, promoted captain.
First sergeant, D. N. Patterson, promoted 3d lieutenant; killed at Petersburg.
Second sergeant, J. J. Noel, promoted third lieutenant; discharged 1862.
Third sergeant, John S. Watts.
McAllister, W. T., enlisted 1862. Mallory, W. F.
Moon, Scarlar, killed June 15, 1864, at Petersburg.
Tapscote, James N., enlisted March 1, 1862.
COMPANY I, FORTY-SIXTHI VIRGINIA INFANTRY, WISE'S BRIGADE.
Harris, James O., died May, 1872.
Jones, B. F., corporal; captured December, 1861, at Roanoke Is- land; paroled.
Jones, Jefferson L., captured December, 1861, at Roanoke Island; paroled.
Jones, N. W.
Jones, Robert M., enlisted June 1, 1863; wounded at Petersburg, February 5, 1865; died March 1, 1865.
Jones, W. H., wounded at Petersburg, November 6, 1862; died No- vember 6, '67.
Keller, Jacob F., enlisted August 12, 1862.
Kidd, George M., enlisted April, 1862; promoted second sergeant; wounded August 3, 1864, at Petersburg.
Kritzer, J. I., promoted corporal; wounded and captured at Hatch- ers Run, March 31, 1865; held at Fortress Monroe; discharged July 1, 1865.
Moon, Jacob, captured April 1, 1865, at Five Forks; held at Point Lookout; discharged June 25, 1865.
Moon, James P., enlisted July 20, 1862.
Reeves, Tucker, wounded June 17, 1864, at Petersburg; killed April 1, 1865, at Five Forks.
Shackleford, William, killed June 17, 1864, at Petersburg.
Wash, C. C., captured at Roanoke Island, December, 1861; paroled.
THE FIFTY-SIXTH AND FIFTY-SEVENTH INFANTRY
Received cach a company of men from Albemarle county. The former was assigned to Hunton's, the latter to Armstead's Brigade, and both brigades were a part of Pickett's Division, Longstreet's Corps, Army of Northern Virginia. The two companies from Al- bemarle that went out with these regiments have the glorious rec- ord that has rendered that division the admiration of the world to- day, and will forever perpetuate its deeds among the most heroic of military annals, and the following rosters will show the costly price that was cheerfully paid by Albemarle county men toward that end.
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