The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-17


Fperor made him d captain Eof artillery,
and 1t was.in ftiA setoiid fight that he wa
.lillsa General Hood did not ma a mis-
take w!.cn he asked for a Communication for
Ills; gallant courier boy. He was Inuch
attached to inc and I persuaded him 10
tae himself; that he had plenty OF tine
to procure Il higher edncatior, without
which, he scerned unwilling to iiveg} An
army OF men Ike him could never have
been stopped except by death. and yet
3he was as loving and sweet as a child
There were so many bright, high spir-
lied fellows iflSnur battalion that u would
10 Impossible FOR me-. IN an article hko
this, to tell OF them and the pleafs y, ~
things connected with their army lile.
There were n great number OF staff Off
GERS In the battalion from, time TO time.
John w. Cringun, a graduate of the &Vir-i
gInln Military institute. was FOR more more
than two years otrl qtlartermaster5 al, anu
scommissnry; lie should hive been. 81 cal.
tain lii the llne.g Hc was transferred ana "a
Capt. W.sJ. Lerlhhni took his place %
the close oftthe war Lieutenants b. @
Wherry ana John All. Payne frequently
took tho pnce OF !quartcrnnster and COM 4
inissary whenever, that oHic ~ was sick
or out of place. They were fnelitorlou!s
and cfllclent officers wherever placed. ~.
Ii. Meade. another ", NJ. II graduate. was ..
o,ir FIRST 9assistant surgeon ne, was ira hse
sferrcd, and then We had several more i'i',,
before tho end 81 the war. namely: J n NJ NJ,
Il. Mcguire. II. v,.iFlyfh, s. NJ. Brown,3
and John y. Butts.r
M. r. Dunn. a lieutenant retained In tho!
provisional Army of Virginia, wis NIUE
aljutant of the battalion; she, y,aas after
wards promoted TO II first licuteiant aud
then captain. First Lieut. tenant SscRr
White. of the Confederate states ARMY,
was assigned 70 duty rs al ]utant OF tho
Ibattallon; tlier, i. 7 Il. Mnrsden was made
5adintant. and after his Aea til o. 8. Woul-s
bridge, then G. Marshall Jones.
John8c ulpeper was scfgennt-inaior and
l---------.- 1.entz ordnance sergeant.
There were niiiumber Of transfers ana
promotions, ctcNs of officers j .lA.ig 'lurncr
resigned his commission rs 1irst lieuten.
ant and was afterwards commissioned
as major and placed In command Sof !. LILY
by Prison First Lieutenant lie WIS ltall-
doph was promoted TO star. !, q
very interesting character, Daniel Geranas
Wright. Il nephew Of tho famous Colonel
May, or Mexican war fame. resigned ana
Joined Ntosby MS n private. He has been
for some years rhnncery II judge NO. 7. V
Baltimore. Md. Tho. surrender Of the
South did not end Ills war. 81.
1lo was taken prisoner WhlleS With NJ MOS os 4
by and placed III the old Ca pitol and 1i
while there a.lleutenai,t Of the guard
q.
pleasant to him, and he told him hat ~
he ever met him after the war that he
would hold him to a personal nc
count. Shortly after the war they.
met on the street in ltimore,
and Wright went up to him and.
slapped his jaws, "A. duel3was the result. IN
wlch Wright broke the lieut. enants arm
and no himself received n slight wound. "
Now as to the battalion. 1t was on pro-
vost duty and took no active part In the
Wilderness campaign, and rea ched Peters,
burg about the time that the siege COM
nlenced
had been assigned to duty as the judge:
advocate Of the headquarters court mar
tlal In the fail of 1868, and saw but little
OF the battalion after that time. For re-
connossances In the mountains OF Viz
gInin r. had been offered staff commits
sion, but had accepted a. lower commits
sion to be iii the line, and now found
myself away from field work. but work
In the ca,1rt was more agreeable than on
The provost guard.
Before ending this article wish TO
mention Adjutant James II. sCapefs, Who.
though NOT a. member Of the battalion.
was long associated with It and at one 2
time assigned 3to. duty as lts ad1utant. He
was made adj utant for the provost mar
shall8of the Army OF Northern Virginia.
Which was a. very responsible position
and one which The filled with credit to
himself and value It'd, the service.
4.8 There were several interesting chara G
Eters III and connect ed with the ba talon,
and 1 Will briefly notice some of them
Mallory, an enlisted man. was of the
ola army. 4 Fl had been Ii, Mays famous
cavalry charge at 4 Resaca de la Palma,
and could tell we'll how the gallant Inge
Fell Will, a fourth OF his troopers, and OF
tho capture & OF La Il Vega and his guns.
Mallory got drunk and fell into a we'll.
Sergeant J John Mcfarland could tell how
we'll the nfexicans fought at Molino del e
ney. and OF the many bal ties In which
he was enga ged& In Mexico. ~ 2 IL
Ambrose. an enliste imam often. de-!
tailed as az cook r could DO understood in
four langua ges, hut CO I'D sspealt none. q 9
was born on $theS border Of France and had
seen many countriesi he did our Z rench
cooking and some sof his dishes were very
good: he knew how to cock q cat but n,
without prejudices. did mot skno ~ how 70
eat It; his mushrooms were hi ghly praised
Tor their delicious flavor. but s. was as
much afraid of hat fungus as 1 was o.
Federal bullets, and why ] should have
ever trusted him once a don't KIN ow. N y
doubts of the safety OF iAnlbrose's judg-
nent were well taken. for he killed hm-
self by eating pound Of indigcstible
Confederate cheese.
s OF the negro servants &cont1ecte Win W.
the battalion only one deserves notice.
He was sancho, who was brought to the
army By Capt. William Ovcrton, 10 Was
q type Of the best class of the real Afri--
can servant, and had been for his lifetime
The house servant OF Capt. III O. ert0n's
father. He tired us Of turkeys, ducks.
and chickens, and Petersburg was the on ~ 4
Is place that he could not find something
good.
Many auecdotes could he told Of SAN
ci,o in connection with his Kitchens III
our blvouac camps. The nnsclfsh help
Which he gave to lis under NIL trying
circumstances deserves our grateful rec
election Of him # 5.8
In the last days Of March, 1865 very
much TO my surprise, ! received an order
from General Lee directing me 10 80 into
Southern Virginia and persuade slave
owners to emancipatc such suitable net
groes as we're willing to enlist HI soldiers
in the Confederate service, and to enlist
HE same Capt. Cameron, afterwards
Governor Cameron, was given an order
OF Ike nature. General Hill, knowing OF IT,
called At my Office 10 see Ine and 10 make
atiggestions: he greatly favored the move,
but feared that u was TOO late. These
.ti. t.xn ut,u m InHIIg