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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 10. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), The battle of the crater, July 30, 1864. (search)
ll state here that an army correspondent of the Richmond papers, in a letter published a day or two after the battle, gave the credit of repelling the enemy to Major Caskie's battalion, of Virginia. The account was never publicly corrected, and I suppose some future historian will seize upon the files of papers containing that letter as the best evidence to be obtained as to the artillery engaged. The truth is Major Caskie's battalion of artillery was to the left of Wright's battery; it could not reach the attacking columns of the enemy, and did not fire a single gun that I know of. I know that Major Caskie, having nothing to do in his front, spent some Major Caskie, having nothing to do in his front, spent some time with me in Wright's battery, as being the best position for obtaining a view of the battle. So much for the material out of which history is made up. I think Wright's battery did most effectual work, for the following reasons: 1st, it was erected for the special purpose of defending the salient; 2d, it was nearest the crater
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 10. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 9.91 (search)
T. Johnson. 21st Virginia. 42d Virginia. 48th Virginia. 1st Virginia Battalion. Third Brigade. Colonel A. G. Taliaferro. 47th Alabama. 48th Alabama. 10th Virginia. 23d Virginia. 37th Virginia. Fourth Brigade. Brigadier-General W. E. Starke. Colonel Leroy A. Stafford. 1st Louisiana. 2d Louisiana. 9th Louisiana. 10th Louisiana. 15th Louisiana. Coppens's Louisiana Battalion. Artillery. Major L. M. Shumaker. Brockenbrough's Maryland Battery. Carpenter's Virginia Battery. Caskie's Va. Battery, (Hampden Artillery.) Poague's Va. Battery, (Rockbridge Artillery.) Raine's Virginia Battery, (Lee Artillery.) Wooding's Va. Battery, (Danville Artillery.) Hill's light division. Major-General Ambrose P. Hill. Branch's Brigade. Brig. Gen. L. O'B. Branch. 7th North Carolina. 18th North Carolina. 28th North Carolina. 33d North Carolina. 37th North Carolina. Gregg's Brigade. Brig.-Gen. Maxey Gregg. 1st South Carolina. 1st South Carolina Rifles. 12th South Carolina