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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 14. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Fortification and siege of Port Hudson—Compiled by the Association of defenders of Port Hudson; M. J. Smith, President; James Freret, Secretary. (search)
vigilance and energy displayed by the troops from Colonel Shelby's regiment, who defended it, no progress was ever made. On the night of the 12th, the troops were changed, so as to occupy permanent positions for the remainder of the siege. The following was the disposition of my command under this arrangement, from right to left: Fifteenth Arkansas, Colonel Ben. Johnson; First Alabama, Lieutenant-Colonel Locke; Eighteenth Arkansas, Lieutenant-Colonel Parish; Tenth Arkansas, Lieutenant-Colonel Vaughan; Wingfield's (or the Company of Ninth Louisiana battalion cavalry, commanded by Lieutenant Daliet); Thirty-ninth Mississippi regiment, Colonel W. B. Shelby. The artillery consisted of ten pieces—scattered as circumstances demanded—two Blakely 12-pounder rifles, Lieutenant Cook (First Lieutenant artillery); six pieces Herrod's battery and two pieces Watson's battery, Lieutenant Toledano; two pieces in Colonel Johnson's position having been dismantled on May 27. A June day at
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 14. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Chickamauga. (search)
the 20th, Cheatham's division was in line ready for orders to advance and waiting for the battle to begin on the right. Every one was asking what caused the delay and all were impatient to move forward, well knowing from the sounds that had reached our ears during the night, that the Federal troops were felling trees and fortifying, and thus every minute's delay was enabling them to strengthen their position. I was still in command of Scott's battery attached to Smith's brigade (now under Vaughan) and I well remember that for nearly two hours I sat on my horse in front of the battery with drivers mounted ready to move forward at a moment's notice. It was a bright, sunshiny morning, calculated to suggest to one's mind far pleasanter things than war and bloodshed. While waiting, the writer remembers that with the scenes of the terrible conflict of the previous day still fresh in mind he had far more time than he wished to contemplate the probability of a repetition of the same that