The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-11-20
ARTILLERY Of
CONF ED||ERACY'.
Virginia Was Rich il, This Part
Of the Fighting Ma B
chinery. (,
NOTED "ADAMs ARTILLERY
Virginia Furnished More Light
Artillery Than Any State
North or South. u.

Iii the report made BY me as chairman
OF tho History Committee Of the brand
Camp Of Confederate Veterans, and at
6the lest meeting Of the camp at Lynch
burg. ! showed: fsj a
/. THAT Virginia sent more light artdl.
lery to the field In the Civil War than
any state Of the North or South
2. THAT It sent twice MS much as any
other OF the Southern states.
Pursuing my inquiries as to the vir-
ginla batteries, am attempting to get
short history OF each Of them, Of their
officers and men, their guns and
their engagements. In this work ask
those Of the artillery corps. 4
Tho first battery mentioned In the list
contained In the war records Of the
United States Is the Adams Artillery"
No account Of 1t. however, is given In
the records; It Is only mentioned in a few
places as part Of tho army In West
7 had not heard Of It, and In inquirlng
about 1t found that its captain was
my near neighbor and much valued friend,
& CAPTAIN Stephen Adams, Of Lynchburg,
who Is also a pract itioner at the bar.
with whom I have been associated aa
such for many years. .53s
campaigns in West Virginia. converted
Thrtleth Battalion Virginia Infantry,
II General q. e. Wharton's Brigade. IN
captain were highly distinguished.
The captain had his leg broken at Win
chester. September 10. 1854, but though
famed for life, Is stll an active and use:
most undaunted of 'tthe old Confcds.''9 /
enclose his account Of lis artillery com
pany. and wish, indeed. that could get
4 an account Of each battery from Vir-
gnia, l 5 u.
veFy ' 3omN ", DANIEL 4
At general muster, OF the militia. of
Raleigh county (now West Virginia., t
the courthouse in the spring <of 1851, one
hundred and twenty-five men enlisted that
day, and then and there, organized into
q company, electing STEPHEN Adams, cap
tain, who at once dismissed them with
orders to rendezvous at the courthouse Just
one week from that day rendySto march
to Charleston Kanawha county, Every
man was In place on the day appointed
and took up the march. They reported
to General WISE. who Immediately as
signed them TO the duty Of garrsoning
the town OF Charleston ard guarding the
rear OF the army, then little further
remained at Charleston until tho army
fell back to White s,llphur Springs. where
their captain was assigned to the COM
tnand Of that post, with orders to buy
horses and At UP for service. some naked
pieces OF artillery that had fallen into
General Wise's'Fshands. and to drill his
company for artillery service.
READY FOR THEM"
When General Roserrans ook post ton
on Sewell Mountain and Generals Floyd
and Wise were confronting him at
Meadow Bluff. CAPTAIN Adams was re-
lieved OF the command Of the post at
White Sulphur Springs and ordered Mt
once TO the front with his company and
all the men at his post for duty, !"Ada ms
Artillery as the order designated 1t, was
assigned Its position In the line of battle
,Skirmishing was going on in front. Cen
3eral Leo. who had been sent fl ON Rich
5mond to see" wha ;, we We're doing out
there, rode along in front Of orr line and
said passing this battery, That's right
y see you are ready for them. only
Ing, as thought, q strong fear that
they would not come. with little expert
,cnce i could see that we could have an
easy time II Rosecra ms nj tacked JUS. but
a pretty hard Job five had Ito attack
him in his stronghold on the top Of sewell,
He did not come; and in this connection
y can relate a little incident sof (which
i am the only living witness. Whilst
these armies were Il hus confronting each
other I had cas,on to sac General lrlo..sa
about some orders. III found. him md
General Lee sitting on a llog IN earnest
conversation. Before getting near enough
to hear what thew were talking about, ]
tsa1uted and stopped Il. General Floyd pres
emily Indicated that might nppr1oa oh,
VIII sch II did hut TIL L conversation was
still going on. ], therefore, allied again,
but had gotten neal enough 5to hear Cen
jeral ,ee Say, Is he was oiinT up; mt Gem
3era1 RosccransS posi- Ion: NJ 4 General. We
can whip that fellow right where phe is,
hut 1t WIN cost us nfteen hundred men.
VIII It pny?" ~ afterwards found out
that prepnraiions were being made to
{orscn way hy winding route TO reach
Rosecrans's flank, and one morning the
long roll told us that the tack was 90
be made But the bird had flown during
sown, hut omnty barrels and boxes.
COTTON 5ITrII AND MAJOR JOFTN M,
DANIEL. fpT0ss1tT1T1 11CIIMO ND "a
#@ E.xAafI N11R.
Then mart or tho army Of the lSanaWhn
under General lTloYd moved across NOW
Rtyer to Cotton Jill 10 oppose General
Rosecrnns, who had taken position on the
North bank Of the X RnaWl,n n the mouth
or Gaulcy with the purpose, ms! was sun
posed Of crossing into lNayctt g county
and making his way tow'rrsdlst Dublin denot
on, the Virginia and 'Tennossee CloW TIE
Norfolk and Westcrn) Railroad.
This section OF country WINS not ADAPTED
10 The use OF rttl9sry will at,near' from
two or three instances NIL giye or tho
efforts to make Ada1ns's art cry v sefu
E While We wcre4fon Cotton Mpuntain
Major John NJ Daniel Of the Richmond
Examiner, then ON 'enernl tlloydss stan
where our colnpan ny WI 81 cncamped. anf1
stated that the General had sent him te
order Cartain Adams to $maNe8any DEM
nnstrntion he could to divert tho ene,ny's
attention from our left which WAS helne
Threatened suggesting pa Y. y, tlrana
on their pickot station. for wl1ch ,ihe :,
srerry. Major Daniel was not acquainted
with Tho 'onovrapl'y 81 TIE nelshhorll ooa
Cnnta,n Adams exclaimed It 70 him and
showed hin lie only way in which the
order could be carried out and mas