Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-06-21


deeds Of the day. R Is not only the privilege ou' inc
a,v Of All 70 vhaosts their title to honorable men
,;on Ma, IL a from this rejection alone tpa' an n
-, notice of the part horne by PesrAAs
pN..-,, =, mi. var; but am urged by the eonaiders'
LarstoCore nothing whatever has been pub
~ ,L, connection of general comprehensive
The very few communications to the press
-. nan made BY members Of companies with rela-
ton to the services Of their rsspS'tVe companies and
b.v. been of merely local and transient nature. 1t
"a nv intention 10 speak of career as Battalion
Il il meet that the people of Richmond be jealous Of
The repu.atioaO this command. 10 peculiar mInner
d abe our foster mother Three Of companies are
hsrs Under the shadow Of her temple Wero they con
Seerated to her services and along the walks OF their
childhood and against the portals Of their honis went
they forth to the long struggle Another company Is
from fredericksburg, who watches just without her
walls The remaining company is from South Carolina.
One word further a. 10 particular organization.
The Purcell Battery formerly commanded by Capt.
r L. Walker, now commanding the artillery OF the ID
Oorps After his frat promotion it was usdsr the com
nand of VIM ]. Pegran, now the commanding cficeI
of The battalion. Subsequently it was commanded by
CANT JOseph Mc(lraW, Who as Major OF our battalion
LOAF hs arm at SpotsylVsnis Court House A! the same
Mace its Captain, Geo. n. Casey, wss dangerously
wounded Lieut.. Chas. T. Grow, who succeeded Capt
Casey in command, slso wounded, and Lieut.. Thos
r. WsrshGm temporarily ssaigued the command, frou
q e Le,cher Arglery, was very severely wounded by
th. fracture OF tho lower bone OF biz left jaw.
TIE Lslcher Artillery, Capt. Thcs. A, Brander, was
m ry under the command Of Capt. GFeenlse David
on O, LexDg On Va, who fell as the battle Of Chan
CO rs,ie Il W-uld occupy too much space and weary
our readers dEe up4n toe action otous oompanies
. dst.D L. viii suffice to speak briefly OF the general
| . on N our whole command in which, with generous
rv.r cash company has steadily held its own. The
isn.-aH Battery, Tor long sme under the command
| :, nj = CrershaW, was subsequently, commanded
nv O-pt james Elicit, who fell at fredericksburg
no, comanded by his brother, Capt. Thos. Elicit.
The Fredericksburg Artillery was formerly command
., Nv tbat Gallant asd efficient Officer Capt o. Brax.
ION Uho II now commanding battalion OF arhlleryGn
Ew,lps Corps l. has been for long time ulder the
command OF Capt Edward A. Aarye.
The Pedee Artillery was formerly commanded by
Cant Mcintosh, who nov commands battalion in this
eorps and was rsG promoted asr tho battle Of Fred
ereks6urg at the same time with Psgram and Braxton.
AGAR The promotioa OF Capt. McIatCsh the command
dsyclved upon Capt Brunsen, OF y.
will NOS mention name by name the battles of this
army. Col. PegrSms Battalion has never missed one
MT for one moment has bean accorded to Us that
mite which Is the need Of good service. We have
5,var been in reserve Though we have Eve bastslionE
m our Corps aud out three divisions the day OF our
ef has not vet come Whether this were the virtue OF
opr Colonel or Of our General Whethsr it were the pre-
dominance of enthusiasm over reflection in officers
or whether il we're the viii Of the gsds may be specu-
I.tye That we have known neither respite repcss
osr be aesed by those little hllOcks that crown the
valer .r1u Malvern R1l 70 GsltysbuFg aud have made
v0t ssdd.r that Wilderness OF "dm aud solitary lons
1SsI. We fought with jackson in shat leng esmpaigl
from Necbanio1yie 20 SaepherdslOWn again We WeiC
With him at fredericksburg aud when .he spring cane
sgain we went With hla through Charlottesville, aud
onI 10 Gettysburg Did l asy '1n TO Gettysburg ~
had FORGOTTEN That chettan had taVgii mis- army t.
march 20 rapidly taat whilst hurried With thonghh
of Jackson had forgotten that he had ever rest
al for he never rested. No mos oage, until was