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should be so rewarded.
J. E. B. STUART,
Brigadier Gen'l Commanding.

FARMERS AND MERCHANTS.
At the engagements resulting in the
capture of Winchester May %, "a and 70
1862, the old Fifth Virginia was with the
Second Va. the first to enter the town. The
Fifth lost 113 men killed, wounded and
missing-about one-third its strength. In
this fight Col. W. Fl. S. BaYlor's repor
speaks highly of Captains J. W. Newton,
Randolph, Burke and Simms, and Lleuten-
ants Litten and Arnold and the men and
officers of their respective companies VINO
"behaved with GOODNESS and gallantry and
were in the thickest Of the fight" Also
of Maj. hayes J. Williams and Lit. Col.
Funk for 'their constant activity and
fearless conduct during the night pre-
ceeding and the day of the battle"
RAILROAD PRESIDENT.
From the report of Maj.-Gen. L. j.
Jackson of the battle of Kernstown: NV
continued to advance our artillery, keep
ing up continuous fire upon the FEEDER
ais on our right, while Col. Echols with
his regiment 1.-THE 9th Va. with its sklr-
mishers thrown forward, kept in advance
and opened the infantry engagement, in
which it was supported by the 21st, under
1t Col. J. M. Patton, Jr., as no ether
regiment of Col. Garnett had yet came
up. Well did these two regiments do their
| duty, driving back the enemy twice in
quick succession" From the report of
Lit. Col. A. J. Grigsby of the 9th, 'Col.
Ecbols fell severely wounded while gal
| lantly leading his regiment in the hottest
of the fight" This was Col. John Echols.
afterwards Brigadier General.
FOUR HARMANs.
Four Harmans are in this volume. 1t.
Lewis Hartman of the SD Va, who was
wounded near Port public; VIM. H.
Hartman, Colonel and aide de camp of
Brigadier Ed Johnson, and former Col
| onel of the 9Th Va; Michael u. Har-
man, Colonel of the SID Va, and John A.
Hartman, Chief Quartermaster of Stone
wall Jackson. In the battle of Mcdowell
Gen. Johnson's report says: "Col. Har-
man OF the SD Va. was wounded early
in the engagement but did not leave the
uClus 4bO 10 SOAs AAeAA dAS IL y
report Of that engagement
SIR: have the honor Of submitting to
| you the following report:
| At the battle of Mcdowell, on May 8,
my officers and men behaved with great
| courage, but it is not necessary to parti-
cularlse them by name, as they fought
| under your own eye.
The total loss of my regiment is as fol-
| lows:
| Company B-Officers Capt. William
Long, mortally wounded, since dead. AS
| brave and faithful officer he is great
| loss to my regiment.
| Company D-Lieutenant Carson killed.
Companies and I-Captains Dabney
and Humphreys wounded, one in the arm
and the other in the mouth, while gallant
| ly leading their companies.
The loss in privates in each company is
as follows:
Company BIS wounded.
Company CA wounded; l died since
the battle.
Company Do killed and 8 wounded.
Company. Ell killed and wounded.
Company FL killed and wounded.
Company G-5 wounded.
Company Is wounded.
Company K-1 killed and l wounded.
Early in the action [ received severe
and painful wound in my right arm, and
with great difficulty remained on the fleid
until the battle was over. 10 merclful
Providence and your successful leadership
and personal bravery we owe our victory
on that holly contested field.
Respectfully, Nj. G.. HARTMAN,
Colonel. Commanding Fifty-second V1r-
gnia Volunteers.
General EDWARD JOHNSON,
Commanding Army of the Northwest.
The battle of Mcdowell, according to
the official reports of both sides, was
fought by four Federal regiments of in
fantry with battery of artillery, and
thirteen Confederate regiments of infantry
without any artillery. The Federal loss
was 1919 killed and wounded, and the Con-
federate loss 1893 killed and wounded.
TYPOGRAPHICAL ENGINEER.
One of the first things that strikes the
reader in this volume is the maps drawn
by Maj. Jed. Hotchkiss, and the next is
the frequency with which mention" is
made in the official reports of Gen. Jack
gineer At the battle of Mcdowell he
proceeded with party to blockade the
roads through North River and Dry River
Gaps. His position as Typographical en-
gineer necessitated his placing in posi-
ton for action many batteries and regi-
ments at many battles.
THE FIFTY SECOND VA. AT PORT RE-
PUBLIC
was commanded by 1t. Col. James Il.
Skinner. 1t lost "a men killed, wounded
and missing.
This volume Twelve is peculiarly inter-
esting to our Augusta county soldiers,
who were with Stonewall Jackson, con-
tanning as it does official reports by che
Confederate commanders which have new
er before been in print. But 1t is also in
teresting to the general reader on account
of the clearness with which it shows what
blind man 8 buff game after all. war
is. One can hardly read without pity for
Banks the series of anxious, quarrelsome
kilograms he was getting hourly from Pres
ident Lincoln when Stonewall Jackson was
whooping him up and down the Valley;
how puzzled and bewildered he was by
Jackson's capers, and how at 9 O'Clock he
telegraphs Lincoln that Shields hao beat
| en- Jackson and at 2 O'Clock telegraphs
that it is all mistake and that Jackson
is chasing Shields. Nor help feeling sorry
for Fremont, who in reply to urgent tele-
grams from Lincoln to find Jackson, -
says be has marched his men till they
are dead broke down and emit End him,
and unless be gets reinforcements finding