Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-02-14

dered. Lieutenant Guy was killed by a
shell while the company was in the line
pelore advance was ordered. The shell
cut on his arm. and he died shortly
afterwards from the wound. The same
Shell killed Private Joshua Murden and
wounded Private Walter Leggett Lieu
tenant Gleason was wounded at Gaines
Mill, June q. 1862, but recovered and
re1oined the company In time to go In
the gettysburg campaign. He COM
manded the company in the charge and
was captured at the stone wall. He was
not exchanged. Lieutenant Mathieson
was with the company whenever IL
was possible for him to do SO, but his
health was delicate and he finally died
IN hospital In Petersburg early in 1865.
Ihe company was q small one original
~ numbering only fifty men, rank and
nie, as appeared from the muster roll
Tor September, 1861, and 1t was still
further reduced by details, etc. Some
or the men were excellent mechanics,
whose services were needed to work up
on the vessels being built for the navy.
and eleven of them were detailed for
that purpose. Three were discharged.
Three were assigned to positions out of
the company. Four were transferred
no no the navy and three officers resigned.
!his brought the effective strength
down to thirtythree. OF these nine
were killed or died. Besides ono of
these transferred to the navy, eight arc
recorded as having received wounds
and fve were captured at Gettysburg
those who remained with the com
pany escaped. At the battle Of Gettys
burs, July 3, 1853. the company had
three commissioned officers and twelve
non-commisJeened officers and priyates
present for duty.
1t Will be remembered that p,ckett,s
Division arrived on the battlefield about
~ a, M. and was drawn up in line of
pattle until p. m. before IL was order
ed 20 charge. and at that time the mon
IN the Third Virginia Regiment were ex-
posed to the sun and to the enemy's mr.
tillery fire. The two together disahIod
nine of the fifteen men in Comn7ny r
Lieutenant Guy was killed, as was also
joshua hurden. Private Walter Leg
get was wounded. Six OF the others
were overcome by heat. so that only six
were In condition to advance whom or
ders were given. Those six were I.iou-
tenant Gleason, Sergeant IIutchins Cor
poral w. III. Lumber and Priyatcs WIN
a. Fiske, VIM. f. Herbert and WIN
Moran. all of whom except Private
risk were captured. Providently. none
were struck in the advance. Comnonv
was next to the colors. and when
nearing the stone wall the color scr-
geant was killed and the colors fell wItb
MN: but Sergeant Robert A. Uutchn.
Pickeo them up and carried them tn the
stone wall: from behind which the enc
my were driven. n brief dcscrintion NJ
which Ia here given:
Inc division (Pickett's) moved for
waro from camp ut n. m. on the AL
instant, and after being halted twice
on o., the road. reached the battlefield Mt
~ ~ CLOCK and remained drawn up in
inc under Smelling Of the Federal artil-
iery until p. m. when 1t wa. ordered
to storm the entrenched norjt,on 80
Cemetery Hill. o" VI
This charge has become h,stor,o
Ficketts Division OF three bricade.E
Nempers. Garnett's and Armistcad's.
numbering $500 men, rank ard Me ~,
ter going for fve hours under a burn
ing July sun. exposed to the Smelling
Oh the Federal batteries, marched at
ordinary quick step more than three
quarters OF a mile across an open field.
up the hill to the stone wall. behind
which lay more than ten thousand Fed
era, era Hoops ana sixty pieces of artil
iery which were playing upon them as
they advanced. drove the gunners from
their cannon. and the infantry from the
wall captured the position and hun
oreos OF prisoners at an immense sac
rihce OF life. and looking back over
nearly a mile OF field for Hoods and
McLaw's Divisions. which were expect
ed TO support them found that neither
mad started. Somebody had blundered.
Only three brigades were in the
charge. Generals Armistead and CAP
nett were killed and General Kemper
severely wounded. Col John c. Owens
OF Portsmouth. commanding the Ninth
virginia REGIMENT. was mortaily
wounded and died in the field hospital
about o'clock that night. Col ]. G..
Hodges. OF Portsmouth, commanding
the Fourteenth Virginia, was killed.
Lieutenant Colonel Phillips, of the
Ninth. and Lieutenant Colonel White,
OF the Fourteenth. OF Norfolk county,
were wounded and Major Richardson.
of Portsmouth. of the Ninth. was cap
tured; Adjutant John S. Jenkins. of the
Fourteenth. was killed. and OF the off,
GERS OF the nve Portsmouth and two
-Norfolk county companies In the
charge. Lieutenants Guy. CompanyB,
and Mitchell. Company H, Third Vir-
ginia. and Niemeyer. Company 1. Ninth
Virginia. were killed. and Capt. Hodges
and Lieutenant White, of Company A,
Third Virginia; Lieutenants Venable.
Company I. Tonken and Gayle, Compa-
ny G. and Hodges and Robertson, Com
pany K. Ninth Virginia. were wounded,
and Captains Whitehead. Company n.
Third Virginia. Allen. Company K,
Crocker. Company l. and Weaver, Com
pany d. Ninth Virginia; and Lieuten-
ants Gary. Company A, Glover. Com
pany B. Third Virginia, and Lewis,
Company G. Ninth Virginia, were cap
tured. Eighteen commissioned officers
who were in the charge with seven
Portsmouth and Norfolk county COM
panies. only one. Lieutenant Richard
Vermillion, escaped. Three were killed,
seven were wounded and seven cap
tured. Adjutant Crocker. of the Ninth.
OF Portsmouth. was captured. Lieu
tenants White and Mitchell were kill
ed by the Smelling previous to the ad-
vance. Sergeant Robert A. Hutchins,
OF Company Il. OF Portsmouth. caught
M the colors of the Third Regiment
when Color Sergeant Gray, OF Dinwid-
die, was shot. and carried them to the
stone wall. and Joshua Grimes. OF Com