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Maj. Jed. Hotchkiss, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 3, Virginia (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 16: (search)
t fringed the stream and covered its high banks was cut down and so disposed as to make an almost impassable abatis in front of the position. The Federal batteries were so placed as to sweep all the approaches to their position, and five brigades of riflemen, of McCall's division, filled the intrenchments and log breastworks provided for the defense. By 5 in the afternoon of this 26th of June, Branch's skirmishers had driven in those of Porter, and A. P. Hill was ordering the brigades of Archer, Anderson and Field into action along the road leading from Mechanicsville northwestward to Bethesda church, to move upon the rear of McClellan's immediate right, while Pender, supported by Ripley, moved along the river road toward Ellison's mill. The attack was fierce, but the defense was furious, and the Confederates were forced to recoil, shattered by the infantry and artillery fire that met them from the Federal right. At that very time Jackson was still north of the Totopotomoy, enga
Maj. Jed. Hotchkiss, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 3, Virginia (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 17: (search)
dvanced, and behind his reserves, which he, too late, had ordered into action. The brave Gordon promptly moved forward to save the day and attempted to check the Confederates; but Jackson, at that time, had extended his left with the brigades of Archer and Pender of Hill's division, and thrown his extreme left forward around the upper end of the wheat field, so that when Gordon advanced he found himself within a blaze of musketry, both in front and flank, and was forced in disorder from the fiehey had undergone. Jackson's losses in this battle were 1,314; 61 of these were in the brigades of Jones and Taliaferro, upon which Crawford's blow had fallen at the beginning of the battle. Early lost 163, and the brigades of Winder, Branch, Archer and Pender, whose timely arrivals saved the day, lost but 273. The Confederates captured 400 prisoners, a 12-pounder gun and three colors, and gathered from the battlefield 5,300 small-arms, all of which, after deducting about 1,000 left by Jack
Maj. Jed. Hotchkiss, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 3, Virginia (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 22: (search)
s assaults. The slaughter in both armies had been great, and each was satisfied to face the other in silent defiance and await developments. Of Meade's 95,000 in the field of action, 23,000 had fallen; of Lee's 58,000, including his cavalry that had participated in the fight, over 20,000 lay dead or wounded, or were missing. Some of the latter were stragglers who afterward returned. Among the dead leaders of the Confederates were Generals Armistead, Garnett, Pender, Barksdale and Semmes; Archer was left a prisoner, and Kemper, Pettigrew, Hood, Trimble, Heth, Scales, G. T. Anderson, Jenkins and Hampton were severely wounded. In his official report, Lee writes of this day: The severe loss sustained by the army, and the reduction of its ammunition, rendered another attempt to dislodge the enemy unadvisable, and it was therefore determined to withdraw. But he was in no haste to do this in such a way as to suffer damage to his command or to his trains. He spent the whole of July 4
Maj. Jed. Hotchkiss, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 3, Virginia (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Appendix. (search)
Robert, colonel; Owen, Thomas H., lieutenant-colonel, colonel; Phillips, Jefferson C., major: Thornton, John T., lieutenant-colonel. Third battalion Reserves: Archer, F. H., major, lieutenantcol-onel; Bond, Thomas H., major; Hood, W. H., lieutenant-colonel; Jarvis, William H., major. Third battalion Valley Reserves: McCune,ense Troops (Arsenal battalion): Brown, W. Le Roy, lieutenant-colonel; Ennis, Philip J., lieutenant-colonel; Vaughan, John B., major. Fifth Infantry battalion: Archer, F. H., lieutenant-colonel; Foster, William R., major; Wilson, John P., Jr., major. Fifth Infantry regiment: Baylor, William S. H., lieutenant-colonel, colonelTrigg, Robert C., colonel; Wade, John J., major, lieutenantcol-onel. Fifty-fourth Militia regiment: Robinson, E. C., colonel. Fifty-fifth Infantry regiment: Archer, Robert H., lieutenantcol-onel; Burke, Thomas M., major; Christian, William S., major, lieutenant-colonel; Fauntleroy, Robert B., major; Lawson, Charles N., major
Maj. Jed. Hotchkiss, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 3, Virginia (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Biographical (search)
ine of lunettes, which then constituted the major part of the defenses, with the injunction to hold out until Wise could bring up his reserves. Colston joined Major Archer, who had less than 200 at the point attacked, and skillfully directed the desperate defense, holding his position until almost surrounded, when he made an ordeesident Davis. He was promoted major-general and placed in command of a division of General Hill's corps, consisting of the brigades of Pettigrew, Brockenbrough, Archer and Davis. Engaging in the Pennsylvania campaign, he moved to Cashtown, and thence sent Pettigrew's brigade to Gettysburg to procure a supply of shoes. The brigNovember 10th he was assigned to duty as a member of the general court-martial of the department of Richmond, and his brigade, much reduced, was consolidated with Archer's. Brigadier-General James A. Walker Brigadier-General James A. Walker, now living in Wytheville, Va., is the son of Alexander Walker and Hannah Hinton, who
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 15. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Terry's Brigade, formerly John M. Jones's. (search)
rannon, Samuel Campbell, John J. Carter, J. A. Carter, Thomas Cobbs, James Gooding, John Jenkins, Frederick Kube, Private J. C. Mallory, C. S. Mann, A. J. McFadden, Thos. W. McFadden, Samuel Oakes, Lawrence Pemberton, Germain Perkinson, George Stinson, John Traylor, S. B. Tucker, Private John Kube, William Merryman, Joseph Meaner, J. R. Mise, Private John Vest, Mark Wilson, C. A. White. [29] Third Battalion Virginia Reserve forces. F. H. Archer, Lt.-Col. Jo. A. Rogers, Capt. Co. D. Jas. E. Childrey, 1st Lt. Co. E. Jos. T. Harrison, 2d Lt. Co. C. A. B. Morrison, Capt. Commanding 44th Battalion Va. Infantry. R. D. Rambant, 1st Lt. Co. B, 44th Va. Battalion Act'g Adj't. Wm. R. Clements, 2d Lt. Co. B, 44th Va. Battalion Commanding Co. R. A. Allen, 1st Lt. Co. C, 44th Va. Battalion Commanding Co. G. E. Smith, 2d Lt. Co. C, 44th Va. Battalion. M. S. Green, 2d Lt. Co. C, 44th Va. Battalion. John P. Branch, 1st
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 15. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Index. (search)
B., 72. Anderson's Corps, XXVI. Anderson, Maj. D. W., 85. Anderson, Lt. F. M., 144. Anderson, Gen. G. T., 94. Anderson, Lt. J. C., 368. Anderson, Ass't Surg. I. W., 284. Anderson, Capt. J. E., 160. Anderson, Capt. R. T., 395. Anderson, Capt. T. A., 161. Andrews, Capt. S. M., 395. Andrews, Lt. W. M., 382. Angel, Lt. J. C., 17. Angerman, Lt. W. H., 358. Anthon, Lt. L., 122. Appleton, Lt., Thos. N., 146. Appomattox C. H., Engagement at, x. Apps, Lt., Geo. S., 14. Archer, Col. F. H., 447. Archer, Capt. J. W., 274. Archer, Lt. S. M., 18. Archer. Lt. W. S., 18. Archibald, Ensign J. G., 145. Ardrey, Lt. T. S., 161. Ardrey, Capt. W. E., 253. Arkansas Inf., 3rd Regiment, 161. Armistead, Capt. A. D. , 16. Armistead's Battery, 19, 44. Armistead, Capt. S. W., 73. Armstrong. Lt. E. Jones, 190. Armstrong, Rev. G. B., 433. Armstrong, D. D., Rev. Geo. D., 70. Armstrong, Capt. N. E., 383. Armstrong, Capt. T. J., 357. Armstrong, Maj. W. J., 13 Army N. Va.
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 25. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), The career of Wise's Brigade, 1861-5. (search)
w down their guns and cried for quarter. The reply was too late! too late! and the havoc which followed was appalling. The 600 passed beyond the line taken and had to be recalled. No more could be done but hold that line. After this line was captured and settled firmly, General Wise was sent with but one of his regiments, the 46th, and a Georgia battalion to support the local forces on the lines of Petersburg. His whole force was 800 men, including 113 militia under the gallant Colonel F. H. Archer, to defend a line of six and a half miles. Alas! when he came to count his brigade, numbering 2.40 men on the 16th May, he found the roster reduced to about 1,350. In the charge at Howlett's the Ben McCulloch Rangers, the best scouts of the army, were reduced from seventy-four to thirty-eight, and the Accomack Company from seventy-two to thirty-seven. It was Peter Paine of this company who cried too late! by the nickname of which words he goes to this day, at his home on Matchatan
The Daily Dispatch: April 23, 1861., [Electronic resource], Petersburg, Sunday,April 21. (search)
antities of bandages and lint for the use of our troops.--They have also formed themselves into a sewing society, and numbers of them have been actually at work to-day, to assist in whatever preparation is needed to thoroughly and immediately equip the new companies that have been formed within the two past days. These new companies are the Cockade Rifles, Capt. Joseph V. Scott, which was organized last night, numbering, 100 men, Archer Volunteers, also numbering 100 formed yesterday, Capt. F. H. Archer, a popular and efficient officer in the Mexican war. And another company formed last night, at Ettrick's, on the opposite side of the river, commanded by Capt. H. D. Perkins. The Richmond Greys, Capt. W. M. Elliott, passed through this city to-day on their way to Norfolk. A large crowd was present at the depot to greet them, and there was immense cheering. Gen. Walter Gwynn, who superintended the erection of the forts and batteries at Charleston, and conducted the attack on
The Daily Dispatch: May 4, 1861., [Electronic resource], From the North. (search)
efreshing shade and a cool, sparkling fountain, would be an admirable locality, as the warm weather is approaching. The encampment will be made up chiefly of the volunteers from the adjacent counties. A Columbiad of huge dimensions, and of 10-inch bore, cast in Richmond, was conveyed through Petersburg to-day, destined for North Carolina. Its weight is 16,000 lbs. Its formidable appearance excited a great deal of curiosity. The new company of Archer Volunteers, commanded by Capt. F. H. Archer, 100 strong, paraded through the streets to-day for the first time. They are fine, able bodied men, and have enlisted for the war. Captain A. acquired high military distinction in the Mexican war, and will render a good account of his company should be come into hostile collision with the best Northern troops that may profane our soil. A most enthusiastic reception will be given to the First Regiment of North Carolina, consisting of one thousand volunteers, which is expected to a
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