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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 32. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), The Fredericksburg artillery , Captain Edward S. Marye , [from the times-dispatch, January 8 , 1905 .] (search)
The Fredericksburg artillery, Captain Edward S. Marye, [from the times-dispatch, January 8, 1905.]
In the three days battle at Fredericksburg, July, 1863.
First appearance of the Confederate States flag with White field.
Deaths of Lieutenants Morris and Eustace. By C. R. Fleet (now of Lynchburg, Va.); Edited by U. S. Senator J. W. Daniel.
On the morning of July I, 1863, the Fredericksburg Artillery, Captain Edward S. Marye commanding (better known as Braxton's Battery, from its first captain), marched with the advance brigades of Heth's division (Archer's and Davis's brigades) from Cashtown, taking the turnpike toward Gettysburg.
About 9 o'clock we struck a small body of cavalry.
The two brigades formed line of battle, and two of our guns were unlimbered in front of a brick building which looked like an old Virginia county courthouse tavern.
We opened fire on the squad of cavalry, scattering them immediately.
This was the first artillery fire in the battle of Get
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 32. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.46 (search)
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 32. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Sherman 's expedition from Vicksburg to Meridian , Feb. 3 , to March 6 , 1864 [from the New Orleans, la. , Picayune , July 27 , 1904 .] (search)
Sherman's expedition from Vicksburg to Meridian, Feb. 3, to March 6, 1864 [from the New Orleans, la., Picayune, July 27, 1904.] By Gen. Stephen D. Lee.
In July, 1863, the Confederacy was cut in two by the capture of Vicksburg and Port Hudson, including the Confederate garrison, composing the army of General Pemberton, which had been used to keep the Mississippi river closed to navigation, and to preserve communication between the States of the Confederacy on the east and west of the great river.
At the close of the Vicksburg campaign, the river and its tributaries were almost in full and complete control of the Federal government, being protected so thoroughly from Cairo to New Orleans by the fleet of Admiral Porter, composed of heavy and light gunboats, that it was difficult for even an individual to get across.
It was essentially free from annoyances, even of field batteries and riflemen on either bank.
About the time of the surrender of Vicksburg and Port Hudson, General J