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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 13. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Official reports of the battle of Gettysburg. (search)
her advance was attempted by them upon the hill we occupied while we held it. Our loss in the charge was very heavy. I herewith transmit a list of the casualties: Colonel John A. Jones, commanding, was killed at the post of duty, instantly, by a fragment of shell, when nearly half way up the hill, and but a moment before it was carried. He was an excellent officer and devoted patriot, and a braver spirit never fought beneath a flag. His loss will long be felt in this command. Lieutenant F. McCrimmon, company H, was killed just as the regiment gained the crest, falling literally in the arms of victory. Captains A. B. Ross, of company A, and H. C. Mitchell, of company B; Lieutenants P. G. Hatchett and E. J. Morgan, of company E, were wounded, the three first named severely, the last slightly. Shortly after nightfall the firing ceased—the enemy employing himself in building breastworks on the mountain side in our front. By the dawn of the following day he had constructed in p