General Lee then said to me: ‘
Major Hunter, collect together the men of
Johnson's division and report to
General Gordon.’
I immediately called for
Johnson's men who were scattered about the valley,
Captain Virginius Dabney, of
General Johnson's Staff, assisting me. I saw
Captain Harman, of the Second Virginia Infantry, and other officers, who actively exerted themselves to get the men
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who had escaped capture to form in line.
In half an hour we had succeeded in getting together some three or four hundred men, with officers here and there of various ranks.
There were ten (10)
Louisiana regiments (fragments), two (2)
North Carolina and eight (8)
Virginia regiments in
Johnson's division, and the remnants of these, which had not been captured, were intermingled together when reformed.
They made a pretty good regiment ready for battle.
I took command of them and marched them forward to
General Gordon's assistance, reporting to him for duty.
