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

ICTI: 11I CTIMOND, V-Ay SUI
fort, lieutenant; Clopton performed one OF
tho most heroic deeds witnessed CURING
tho war, Iii capturing the fort, Bprlil E y!
out threcg guns, horses, harness. NC. willcn
were afterwards sprescnted to theA battery
| ny General Pickett. Here Lieuteha u
| Cloptons was again coinplimented for Ills
| ,gnllnhtfy. At plymouth the town was
carried by storm, Lieutenant Cloitoii
conitiuntllng the battery, entered 55t Inc
WORKS wi th3the infantry. Inc ,gbnt Tory,
was &tlienH ordered to 1orewry's s. l3luff Mnnd
liz tho Rffnirs Gof May. l4tl, end 18TH, ~
battle Of 1orewiy's Farm. MGy s1G, 1861;
Cold B11nrbor,3 June i ,S1SGd; the Avery
House, EJtinc "a &nnd III 1864 l''urges'ss
Nlllls, October q, 1851 utenants Glot 70
continued Ito maintain his ghllantr S,hl , ~
played SO often In previous m ~ -
\ From the commencement to the END q
| tbs war 1,lcutcnnnt CloptonI served Will
Ills sebnttery,s,,not receiving prom oti .,
which, bytliis nbitlessund ga liant NJ
| was Justly entitled to- but rc1nl med VIII
4 Ills battery won for himself Sr ' r.
ord WITCH any galnnt soldiers Silo'll'lt ", !,
proud Of. William lizard Clopton WYE. sa,
liant, noble llvalric, always ms post
ana performed his duty hefoicaallly N We =
noble CAUSE (which lie cspouscd. j, u,
SccondS1ale,itciiant Matthew = lhyiot,
enlisted Abtil 25, 1861; r,p...
Of lordnnnccfn September, hi 10 .lnn
fcrcd to Department OF m 4.
Ink Wilmington, served during y het3Wttltrr
as d. gnllnnt officer. lsi IL 9SS51 Z,
socDnd T le,itenant Peyton Johnston, ~ VI ~
clcctnd lieutenant February ltle y.
/ .iennnt johnston; came TO Richmond WIN
lEthe 3corps az cadets Virginia MilitnryEin..
stltute) In April 1861, and acted as driil
muster ataC Camp Lee aln august iapi, X
was assigned as q. ID. C.5to Coloilcl I! itoper,
,Johnston. VI commanding cavalry, Genera
,Tsi II. MI rlriitlnr's command, on the PENN I
sin. x ASH g,cd, near yorktown, by yer.
eral NfagrtIdertn as cadet an q coI'Pi.lls Z.
sappers ana miners with BAILEY ..,Y
II kschcd. VA Promoted Unanimously eleI.o'
|ileutenantEin5 the Fayetto Art'lle i I
irunry, 1852. ,,.o . i,,r-i
i7nrcd Il to winter near Pctersbllr6't. ~ ~ :
wa ! Is,,bsea,Iently ordered to- sNeWp}oti'.
M y when Lieutenant Johnston t,""s
| tnn,nornri1y detached and @rcpor..eo -
Colonel Jones, chief or ordnance 3l.,e,a
Eenuregnrd's staff; served as 't W, IN,
cn m te General D. IT. Hill in the paltlts
Isor Drewry's Bluff and PetcfsDurs' 49, l.
which, ntt.hs own request ne 5"na WHY, Z.
signedEto5lis3 old battery, ana was w. -
In all cnga gements until .ilel'o -, M.
General 1Iec.anear Cold liarnoi' ~ ',,,.'t,
Al 1861 the battery passed through h'cn-
,nnnlj Nm which occasion he had but a
abort. stny:fhc was requested TO re1iiiell.
ntilhome being, unwcll but his reply was
othcr!s.1ny duty Is toabc WITH my 5h ph.,
( terry; B,lnNEillness will mot siSflliS WY
thenlmountcd$ his horse never 70 return Iun,
again, "a except AS a5llfeless corpse I. We
Following scyening ins&killcd at e,ola
$1Jarbor June ], 1854 -,
Ii & lieutenant Johnstonewass q gallaht u u
Ger. Fl lIcawas first shot through the thleh,s
4iist MS the cha rye Was heaviest ne Ios'
again and exclaimed: "lhere Is the has
boys; \ give them a double cannist er plaze}
away, 4 boys when the fatal shot struck
ahini and n no ! died gently with the hero
crown aupons.his brow. Lieutenant john
ston9was S tinsall the ctions5ywlth his Dat II
terry, "a except 5t Yorktown, .NNilllamshurs5
plymouth.
Lieutenant, Lewis Booker enlisted April!
{ q " 1861 {in8the Richmond Iowltzers; pro-
NOTED corporal: promoted serseant;
promoted &aHliGutcnant; transferred 70
Pages battery, Carriers battalion
in 1861; spromoted lieutenant ana
assigned to Fayettc4 Artillery M, G BIZ
1857, ,;ur.ng he Plynouth,G{N ~ C.,sca!n-
ii; June, 1854 Served on Colonel ~ ones'a.
Staff when hiefSof}nrtillery for General
sBeauregard, Appointed inspect Of ar.
tllerys Fourth Army Corps, in SDecern.
Der, 1864. NJ Prisoner March 25. $50, ana
sent to II OFT &c Della ware. II lieutenant Book
q. WAS. brave stp 10 fault t. cool and collected
rlt9sact ton Saiid behaved egallantly when
commanding .secondaasection of this. bat
terry in its assault and capture OF Fort
Vessels, .,nearl Plymouth, ~ G.
First Sergeant James ~ Clark en-
listed april 25.&S1SGl. S3killed at Suffolk
April 49, j s63t9 sssergsant CLARK was an
excellent soldier, and acted bravely In
every engagement jim (which his battery
4 participated up to- tho day he was killed,
Second Sergeant sWaterS IT.. Robinson
enlisted tAprilI82 1861; transferred ana
promoted lieutehantHin3 Ienrico Artillery
in 1861, afterwards promoted, captain on
/, General iPettigreW's staff, md served
gullantly during Sthcswar.
Il Third Sergeant lillian Fl. ca Garnet,
sJr. enlisted April %, 1861 4 transferred In
1851 and promoted lieutenant In Com
s1pany,s B, Twelfth Virginia battalion OF
ARTILLERY; Wounded Eat spotsylvania
Courthouse Mays12alSG4 Surrendered In,
Georgia in April 1866, \ brave .soldler.
Fourth Sergeant William Winston
Jones enlisted April I 81, IA sci promoted
lieutenant ins5hIs5 battery, IN. April 1862;
served with extreme 8galllalnllltry IN ,the
battery to tho end Of the war; especially
was his gallantry displayed when a the
attack on Fort Crazy c,,2was made , e.,
IN which one Of tho Federal gunb'to T
was sunk: also commundedrtheS battery
In the capture Of Fort Vessels the a ~
lowing night III
Fifth Sergeant Howard H. burrows en-,
listed April 25, 1861 transferred sn'iu
promoted in the lienrlco -Arti'lsry 4"
1861. IL,
Sixth Sergeant BENJAMIN Hutchinson
enlisted Aprll %, 1861 = promoted lieutcn-
int in his battery. IN April, 1862 served s...l
with extreme L gallantry ain, his Datt III
10 the end of theIWar;s especially was ms
gallantry displayed in the assault lta ~
capture Of rtYessels, nea near. aa,ynm
3I,lrst Corporal WILLIAM ELAN enlisted
April %, 1861; discharged by order Of
the secrctary,of 4NNnrAn,l 1861
Second Corporal Jacob Beck enlisted
YORKTOWN line, May 3 1sG2'