The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-04-12

q native of South Carolina He was not
A graduate of West Point, and his firsf
military service was as Colonel OF the
Second South Carolina infantry, which
he raised, at Bull Run. July 81, 1861. and
i'm which battle be distinguished himself
by coming ain at the death. During
the long inactivity which followed the
battle OF Bull Run, Kershaw was trans
ferred TO the peninsula. uh.er Magruder.
His brigade Third, Fourth, FIFTH ana
Eighth sonth Caroliua) WAS ia Lafayette
MI.aw's division. Of Magruder's forces,
and was engaged in allthe battles fought
during McClellan's investment OF York
town aud the retreat III RichiuDnd:' tie
was engaged Is u Brigadirr Generat ~
the same division during the subsequent
battles before Richmand. at Manassas,
and during the first Maryland invasioa,
particularly &c Antietain, f'redericks
burg, Charlottesville aud Ciettysbnrg
In Septe,ubcr, 1864, he was sent with the
remainder OF Longstreet's corps To G1or-
yia, aud was engaged at Chickanaaga.
Septrmber 18th aud 2Oth, and suisse
qnently, in November of the same year
in an attack Oh Knoxville Fort Saund
crs.) MLaw was sus 'Jdded tram com.
mand tur his action oi this OCCASION, ana
kershaw succeeded him. He returned to
Virginia from East rennossee IA April.
1864, in time to engage in the battles OF
the Wilderness and Sp0ttsylvania. he
has since been actively engaged IA the
camraisn and defense of Richmond aud
has met his fate at the hands Ut General
Sheldan's forces
GENERAL CUSTIS LEE
This officer, who is reported captured
by Gen. Sheridan, 10 the nrst sou OF Cen
Robert f Lee He WAS born at Airing
ton Heights, in 1891, entered West Point
in 1850, graduating July !, 1854. ANA en-
tered the army AS brevet second lieuten'
ant. October ~, 1859, he was eoinnis
stoned first lieutenant in the engineer
corps, but resigned May 2, 1861, aud, fol
lowing his fathers example. entered the
rebel army After tho failure OF his
father in Western Virginia. aud his re-
tlr,uent to the shades of the War De-
partmcnt at RichmOnd, young Custis Lee
was made Colonel and placed on the
staff of jeff. Davis. When his father
was called 10 the field in 1862, Castls Lee
remained Oh with the rebel President,
and his name appears upon the rebel
army Register for 1864 as Colonel and
aid to the President" During the
spriup session of the rebel Congress IN
1904 Lee was nominated and confirmed
Brigalier General aud was shortly NJ
forwards assigned toduty with Ewell.-
During the siege ot Richmond he com.
manded large brigade of regular and
militia troops, including the former Lieu
tenant General Pemberton's artillery,
ON the north side of the James river. his
headquarters being Oh the famous Chapn
farm Iu January last 1t was reported
that Lee had been nominated a Major
General, but if 80 he was never con-
iirued.
The other Generals, Button. Corse and
De Barke, are men of no special proml-
nence.
BRIG. GEN wM. JOHNSON PEGRAM, OF
VIRGINIA
Thi, Young officer, who was killed IN
the battle of the ID instant, was IN the
twenty fourth year OF his age. and ma.
tive of Petersburg, Va He was Que Of
the three SONS of General James w Re
gram. who perished in tho steamer Lucy
Long, on the Ohio river, IN lStA. and
brother at the rebel General John TO
gram, who WAS lately killed ut tho battle
nt Ha: :cher's run. One ut young re-
Grams uncles was the late Captain Geo
P.gran,, of ElizabethtOwn, N. j., who
was an aid ,le-cainp to General Scott -
Another uncle is William Pegram, Oi
Kentucky.
At the breaking out of tho war William
Johnson Pegrsm was q student Of law al
the University of Virginia, at Charl0ttes
Vile; but left his studies TO volunteer ~
the ranks of the Richmond Howitzers
the first artillery company raised ID
Richmond ut the beginning Of the war
| under the command OF the then Captain
Geo,.,c w. Randolph, late Secretary ol
War of the Confeaeracy." Asa private
in the ranks he fought in the first bsttl,
of Manassas aud was noted on the held
for palIautry by General Joseph +. John
ston. During the engagements around
Richmond in 1852 he celebrated his TWEEN
ty first birth day amid the carnage d
battle At Cedar Run he was again no
ted on the battlefield for gallant action
AT tho battle of fChancellorsyille GENERA
Lre. noticing the ability with which Re
gram handled his guns, ordered an addi
tional number Of guns to be placed un
der his command. At the battle OF Gettys
burg he displayed signal ability. aud wa'
uronoted 10 a Colonel Of Artillery O,I ths
subsequent reorganization OF the army
He was lately made Brigadier General
and placed in command Of brigade IN
Hills corps. In appearance he was :
beartless boy, of delicate stature, tat
and slim, with blue eyes and light hair
BRIG. GEN. wM. n. FTTzHUGH Ike, OF VA
Tbi, officer. killed at Petersburg wa,
fla. second son Of Robert E. Lee. and wa'
| born at Arlington House, Virginia. about
the year 1892. He did not receive an ap
pointment To West Point. but was eda
Gated at William and Mary's College
Virginia. lie received, however, the ap
poi1tment Of second lieutenant In thu
United States Army, Jnne 20, 1855. and
va, assigned TO the Sec06d infantry, He
held this rank until the breaking ont Of
the rebellion, when lac hastened To fol
low the example Of his father, and 70
81 sned April 30. 1861, to accept q cap
| taincy of cavalry in the rebel army H.
WA, attached to J. Z B Stuart's com
mand His first expedition OF any i'm
portanee was in June, 1862, when. npdel
| Stuart, lie made the circuit OF AcCleilan''
n III