Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-10-11


uated in l847, laugh. school TO-
two years ald then began the du
ties of his profession as a civil en-
pineer as surveyor on the Orang'
and Alexandria Railroad. Slbse
upently heOecame successiN ely th'
the chiefengineer of the Fredericks
burg and OJange PlankrOad and
chief engineer OF the Norfolk aud
Petersburg Railroad. UnOn th'
completion of the last mentioned
road he was elected president o
the company, which position III
held at the beginning of the war
immediately on the secession o
Virginia the subject Of this sketch
was appointed by the "V'rglnla
Council" chief qnartermaster o
Virginia forces. This position he
held for about ten days, when he
resigned and was appointed lieu
tenant.colOnel of infantry and as
signed to the command of the post
at Burwelps Bay, but before he ac'
cep:ed this position was made col
onel OF the Sixth Virginia Infantry
Some mouths later Colonel Malone
was appointed brlgaoier' general,
receiving his commission from the
Confederate States government and
placed in command of tue troops
of the Norfolk district OF the de-
partn ent Norfolk and so continued
until the evacuation of the depart
ment in May, 1862. From 1861 to
1864 General MahOue continued in
command of what was known as
MAhone's Brigade, OF which the
Sixth, Twelfth, Sixteenth and
Forty-hrst Virginia regiments
were always members and which
up to some time in 1862 embraced
also the Third Alabama Regiment,
and after the last mentioned regi-
ment was transferred to another
brigade had another regiment, the
Slxty-frSt Virginia, added in Its
place. Receiving a disabling
wound in the battle of Second
Manassas, be was not with his
command again until j1st before
the battle of fredericksburg. In
May, 1868, General Malone was
FL, cted member Of the State
Senate, bat did not take his seat
N this body until January, 1864,
and then only for a few days,
When General L)ngstreet Was
wounded in the battle of the viii
dernesS, Oh tue 6gh OF MAJ, 1864
General r. H. Anderson was
placed in command of his corps and
General MahOna in command Of
Andersou's division, which was
composed of five brigades-Genl
Mahone's, Virginia, Wrlghts
Georgia, Harrls's Mississippi
SAUNDERS, Alabama, and Perry's,
Florida. This division Genera
Malone continued to command
until tue surrender at AppOmattoX
Court House, receiving a few days
after the Battle of the Crater
his commission as major.general
dating from that famous engage
ment, July 30, 1864. After tn,
battle of the Wilderness he was
rendered the appointment o
majOr.g general, with temporary
rank, put this he respectfully de
Glued.
When the war closed Genera
81 ahOne;s many brilliant achieve
ments as a military commando
had brought him great fame. His
name was fast becoming a toweI
of strength. he had to his credI
the battle of tue Crater, the battle
Of job nson's farm, on the ODD o
June, 1864, and the dash upon Thu
enemy'S rear at Aiken's farm, tr
the evening of August 10. 1864, al
action in which he Dsgged an ag
gregate of oyer 5000 prisoners ant
struck the Federal forces telling
blows.
Dnrlng the winter of 1864 8 th'
people of Petersburg, ia recOgni
ton of his great services, present
ed hun with sword, the venera
ble David May making the presen
tation speech ct Chester, nea
which place Mahone's division
was occupying the trenches. Tut
war over, General Mihone agail
Turned his attention to the bust
ness of raIIroAdlng, Was elected
president of the South Tide Rail
road and also of the Virginia ant
Tennessee Railroad aud sOOI
succeeded in consolidating thes'
49,. ro;lrooda with tho Norf0ll