The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1899-11-01
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I may N1th ldtQship % tnoSe WnC
have no money % pay taxes. o.
meet osher pressing demands
uneil they sheer their sheep ol
sell their turpentine but tax laws,
"iike the dews Of heaven, descend
on all alike. " If one. 10 be a
qualified eiaetor, must pay on OF
before February 1st, SO must all
the rest.
An esteemed comrade ar the
civd war, writing from Dillard
Miss, IN correcting some dates
in roster Of Mississippi Gener-
ais, INDUCES in some reeollec.
tions thatwill be appreciated by
his comrades Of "the war be.
tween the states. We shall be
pleased to receive other brief
sketches, and will utilize them in
these coiumns:
In an article OF yours, re-
Gently Published, you give 1861
as the date Of the death IF Gem
eral Richard Griffith, when il
hQ5ld IA 1862 III ws near
our regiment-the 1Sth-when
struck by shell that caused his
death. We were not engaged
in regular battle at the time. An
artillery duel was going on, and
a brisk sklrmmish fire in front
that Sunday morning.
II mistake not the battles Of
Gettysburg were fought on the
1st, 2nd and Bird July 1858. Our
brigade fought on the 2nd, SO
that General Barksdale was kill.
ed on that date, instead Of on the
tst, as you have it. The din and
roar of battle seemed suited to
his nature.
History seems TO HAYS settled
it that about all the fighting at
Gettysburg, worth mentioning,
was done by Pickett's division
Now, venture the assertion, and
am sure the records will sustain
me, that our brigade did as much
to discomfort the enemy, and
lost as many men, as any brig
ade in Picketts division. BY a
brisk charge through an open
field, we drove back the enemy,
except lot of Zouayes, who
fought us for sometime from q
stone house. They finally SUR
rendered to us. At another
house, ABOUT a quarter OF a mile
off, the enemy rallied and pour
ed heavy fire into us. But they
soon fell back.
When General Barksdale order
ed forward through an open field
about fifteen hundred yards
from the second house, we found
the enemy in line Of battle on the
east side of a ravine, some thirty
yards wide, grown up with sap
pings. One brigade--reduced
almost to skirmish line by ca
uaiities--occupied the west side.
Here we had snapshot at one
another, some twenty yards apart
till most of our men were killed
or wounded. Lieutenant. Col.
Luse, on whom the command Of
of the 18th devolved after Col,
Griffin was wounded, sheathed
his sword, and used Springfield
with all the skill and yigor Of a
we'll trained private. He was
captured at this ravine. sup
pose General Barksdale was kill
ed at the ravine. My gun failed
to fire after three or four snaps,
| concluded to get the gun or the
first man that fell. did not have
long to wait, for in a few minutes
four OF my company fell side by
side. Yours,
Fl. M. HoGG.
General Griffith was killed at
what is known as the battle OF
Savage Station, June 90, 1862.
In "the Rise and Fall of the
Confederate Government by
Mr.. Davis, referring to that bait
tie, he thu, refers to his Adiu-
tant- General of the First Missis-
sippi in the Mexican war.
sour loss was small in
numbers, but great in value.
Among others who could i'll be
spared, here fell the gallant SOL
dier, the useful friend, and true
Christian gentleman. Brigadier.
General Richard Griffith. He
had served with distinction in
foreign war, ana, when the south
was invaded, was among the first
TO take up arms in defense OF
our rights. - J. L. p.
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