The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-17

fought all day. and retired late in the
 sig' evening crossing Bayou Pierre, ant crossed the Big Black, and took position near WarrentOn. nano miles below Vicks- 0urg. On the afternoon of the 18th ol
 May; It moved In the direction of Ed. iGth. it met General Grant again, and fought the battle of Bakers Greek. At the battle of Port Gibson the brave and Jhivalrie General Tracy was killed. Brig GeneraD s. D. Lee made application for the brigade, and took command near Narrenton. On the 17th. it participated In in the fight at Big Black Bridge. and. to receive orders to fall back. and the consequence was the regiment was left alone at the Bridge. and resisted the crossing cnr;,i & or General Grants army for glad to see Colonel Beck and the regi- msnt, as it was believed the command had been captured. General Lee compli- On the 18th, it went into the trenches around Vicksburg and fought every day and night undergoing all sorts of hard ships
 General Pemberton surrendered on the 4th of July, and the regiment was pa roled on the 12th. and marched to Enter prise, Miss. distance of about 16O miles. Sn the 18th received furloughs of thirty
 days' with orders to report at expira-
 ton at Demopolis. Col. E. W. Pettus of Dallas was promoted to Brigadier. Generai. and took command of the brig ade, which was exchanged and ordered to Lookout Mountain: 1t remained there until the 23d of November The brigade
 acted with distinguished gallantry al Missionary Ridge. 24th and 25th of No. Vem6er; fought all day on the right wing repulsing the opposing forces and retir. ing after night on account of disasters on the left and centre. It went into win. ter quarters lst of December. 1883, al Dalton Ga FHba Eal- the battle of Crows Valley 2oth July
 Major Lengmire resigned and the com Capt F. McMurTay of % tnion m tSG sprinFs so captain McMurray not accept on ac- count of wounds received at Port Gib- son and Missionary Ridge, having lost hand at the latter nlace; Captain A. c. pers were forwarded to Richmond.
 On the 9th of May the command left wnai'. wintier guar quarters and took position on until the night of the 12th. when it moved In the direction of Resaca On the night of the 18th the regiment was Put on picket On the morning Of the l4th 1t commenced siurmishing. brought on the engagement. and lest very heavily in the main battle that afternoon. It fought all the next day-in fact, almost every day and night down to New Hope
 On the morning of the 18th, Captain A, C. Roberts. Go. C., was killed before having received his commission as Ma jor. Capt. J. T. Hester, Co D., of Mont gomery was made Major.
 The regiment was in all General John stons campaign. and with General Hood: On the morning of the 31st of August, it fought the battle of Jonesboro. On the 2d of September. Atlanta was given up. From the 9th of May until the 31st of August. the regiment was almost daily under fire. In SeDtember. it moved around to Palmetto. and the 29th, started on the Tennessee campaign under General Hood. On the morning of October 12tN. Resaca was surrendered. = Here that brave and gallant officer, Colonel Beck was killed by cannon shot. Colonel Beck was noted for true courage and heroism and was kind to the men under his com mand. Lieutenant-Colonel Blob was made Colonel, and commanded the regi- ment until the surrender.
 The regiment behaved gahantly at Co., luplbia and Nashville. General Cum mings's Georgia brigade covered the re- treat to the Tennessee River; crossed the river and arrived at Tupeio, about the ist of January, 1885. On the 18th it re- ceived orders to go to South and North Carolina: in February 1t arrived at Branchville. and fought Sherman from there on to Bentonville, at which place 1t was under the command of General John ston. In Aprili, ordered to Salisbury, to meet q raid by General Stoneman. It remained thsrs until the general BarSen-