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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 32. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.12 (search)
lds. Respectfully, John Letcher. [Endorsed.] Governor's Message, stating number of men and arms furnished C. States during the present war, Oct. 8, 1863. Statement of the number of troops furnished the Confederate States by the State of Virginia as taken from the first rolls on file in the Adjutant and Inspector General's Office: 64 Reg'ts Infantry,52,496 20 Reg'ts Cavalry,14,175 2 Reg'ts Artillery,1,779 28 Battalions Cavalry, Infantry and Artillery,11,717 9 Battalions Artilry Regiments, only sixty-one have rolls on file in this office, and only nineteen Cavalry Regiments. The rolls are very defective in all arms of the service. The above statement does not embrace the recruits or conscripts furnished by the State of Virginia, of which we have no returns. S. Cooper, At. and I. Gen. To. Col. S. B. French, A. D. C., &c. Headquarters Va. Ord. Department, Richmond, October 6, 1863. Wm. H. Richardson, Adg't Gen.: General: I have the honor to report, in answer
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 32. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.19 (search)
that cruel war was over, many a fair flower was transplanted from Virginia soil to bloom amid the myrtle trees of the Sunny South. If a hungry Southern soldier knocked at a door, it opened wide for his reception, and the last crust would be divided with him. Especially was this valley dear to our brigade—the Old Stonewall—for here were the homes of our fathers, mothers, sisters and sweethearts. Our boys were never in better spirits when ordered from the piney woods and lowlands of eastern Virginia, back to the Shenandoah. In the retreat of the ten thousand, the Greeks from the hilltops cried out, the sea, the sea! So, when we reached the top of the Blue Ridge and saw the goodly land smiling below, shouts of the valley, the valley! made the mountain gorges ring, the bands played stirring airs, and every one kept step to the music. On the 9th of September, 1864, the Stonewall Brigade was encamped near the town of Winchester, in the Shenandoah Valley. The people of this town
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 32. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), The Pulaski Guards. (search)
The Pulaski Guards. On the 23d of April, 1861, in the old City Hall, in Richmond, The Pulaski Guards, commanded by Captain James A. Walker, was mustered into the service of the State of Virginia by Colonel John B. Baldwin, of Staunton, inspector-general of the militia of the State. This company, which had been organized a year or more previously, was composed of sixty strong, stalwart young men, ranging in their ages principally from eighteen to thirty years, though there were several older men who had seen service in the United States army in Mexico, and with General Albert Sidney Johnston on the Western plains. Among the veterans were R. D. Gardner, first lieutenant of the company, later noted for his coolness and courage in leading his regiment as lieutenant-colonel into battle; Theophilus J. Cocke, Robert Lorton, John Owens, and David Scantlon, the company's drummer. This company, designated as Company C, constituted a part of the newly organized 4th Regiment of Vi