The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-07-30


linliid5 or 1.leutenant Clopton, ut tho fight
lof Crnlnpton's Gap and battle OF sharps-
burg; was ut and Engaged, under the
|, command OF Captain ANlacon,9 III the T.
l5tlc OF E'redericksburgsD December 49, lSG2
| and nj front ofaSuffolk. in tww ihngnge-
l5nents, In APRIL 1868, Captain Macon, as
senior officer, commanding battalion OF
| two companies, Lieutenant Clopton cons
| nundlng battery.
TILE IlONORS or WAR. #
At tho affair on tho White Marsh Rond,
in front OF Suffolk, the battery ana It's
commanding4onicer, the three Virginia in-
ftlntry regiments eleventh, Seventeenth
and Fifty-sevcnth) and their commanding
officer. Colonel john b.. NaGrldcr, were
complimentcd BY General Pickett III gem
cral orders rs follows:
Headquarters Fifty seventh Virginia Reg
lnlcnt. Infantry,
April 26, 1863.
General Order No. ----. lEt
The mnjor-general commanding recog-
nlzing the important services rendered by
the Richmond Fayettc Artillery and the
Eleventh, Seventeenth and FfftS-seventh
Virginia Regiments, on the 18th OF April
1869, In defcnse Of the white Marsh Road,
desires mo to seonveYfto vol, "a, sense Of
his high uppreclatinng of your gallant con-
duct on that OCCASION. ,.56.
Though attacked by overwhelming
numbers, supported by twice your artil--
Blcry, you not only CALAMITY rcpulsed
Them With, perhaps n loss tenfold greater
than your own. but impaired such les
son that they have been In no haste to
resume the unequal contest.
10 tho Richmond Fayette Artillery tho
thanks Of the command are eminently,
iTl,1a =. lF ~ Sipnc1) et ss.4Hs #t rs. ISL
JOHN 3D., 4AIAGRurDER,
Colonel Commanding TiftN-seNenth 3Vir-t
ginia Regiment, Volunteers.
All GETTYSBURG.
The battery WAS next eIlgagcd: X Captain
Macon conmandlng, in lthe&thlrd days
battle OF Gettysburg July 0, R1SG3. Dur
ing the preliminary ,cannonade Plcketts.
division was massed behind the battalion
TO which this battery belonged, nnd1
advanced through the guns OF the bat
talon whom it made It's famous attack on
Cemetery Hill. It was then engaged.
Lieutenant Clopton commanding with
General Pickctt's column n{ndNance upon
Ncwbern, N. c.. February 1864 At
Batchelor's Creek this battery performed
an action never heard of before--i e.
charging u Federal battery, advancing by.
piece, ahead Of Eolse's brigade, driving
with canister the hostile battery from po-
lsition, and keeping MP the pursuit ahead
Of the infantry for six miles.
A GALLANT FEAT
During this advance Scrseant-Ma1or.
Robert I. 8Flemlns performed his brilliant
feat in capturing Colonel u. r. Fellows,
Seventeenth Massachusetts Volunteers,
his adjutnnt and orderly. At Beach
Grove. February. 1861. the Thirticth 5Vir-
glnia Regiment. infantry, this battery and
gstribling'sE I3attcry.w ordered to cap-
turc q small fort, and rs soon as the
guns Of this battery We're seen In position
an officer was observed advancing from
the fort with a flag Of truce, consisting
of white abcdquilt tied to a pole. where
upon Lieutenant Clopton and Sergeant
Major Fleming, who were mounted
dashed up and met. the Aag and entered
the fort with the infantry skirmishers
and some OF their cannonee,'s. I-ieuten-s
ant Cl6pton, seeing n section Of two
three-inch steel rifles, horses harness.
ammunition, all complete, hitched up
with only three charges missing IN their
ammunitioni chests. ordered his cannon
GERS to mount the horses and drive them
ont They were presented that @day by
General Pickett to the battery, and were
used and carried by the battery through
the nl.#and after5G General Lees surrcsl-
der to 14ynChDurS,g s,Wherc III lllcy were
splke,l and destroyed.
PrIYMOU,rEi 1ITTI1E WASHINGTON,
TAR RIVER AND NEW BERN, N. Z.
The battery was next engaged at Ply
mouth n. C.,4in};its capture ny General
Hoke, April 20, lSG4i tho capture OF Little
Washington. Tar River and the second
Investment of Newhern,f ~ During the
advance on, plymouth the battery was
in command OF Lieut. enant William Min
sion Jones the first day and participated
with KeInnel's and lIokes brigades In
an attack on Fort Gray on Roanoke River
In The morning. lind sunk one Of the
Federal cuptoats ana also with said
brieades in the capture of Fort
Vessels near plymouth during Which
Iioiitcnnrlt BENJAMIN ii, Robinson,
tcomma,tIug first section, with Sergeant
peer AIcCuray and J. II. uoilcunln, ana
lieutenant Lewis Booker commanding
second section, with Sergeants a. HART
son ZONES and Rudolph j. BYRON, ran
thcir AIMS in HE night. up 10 the very
embrasures or tic fort. buttering down
tbn stocI,adcs and compelling It's s,u,rcn-
dor plymouth was carried by Storm the
.next morninr ma tho battery, under tile
a,,,,,n,.,,,a ~ rInrtcnnnt (,Iontnn entered