The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-12
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''1i,is company was sorganised las it,.s
sfantry Iii tic county of A5ieghary,s on
Ing officers 1honirsUn "a lister, cap.
tain, Joseph Carpenter, 9 eorge3 tBs) Me-
5Nei,drce and Iii III. Dlnott, Slieutenahfa.
md consisted OF eigl,ty-ninos riens ami
was Knows us the .1i1lcghany Rouglls.s
s1tEnpas ord cred 10 fI1n,rpe His Ferry |, Wflcfc
1T was assigned ID the TWEEN ty.sevefth
Virginia. Infantry, Colonel Cor
dom, 'sstonewhll Brigade, and served NJ III
tile regiment until the til Of November
or the saine year. IT acted with q ls--s
Rti,,gnished gallAnti.y III tho first battle
of Niannasas and &i,lelitenantSD Qnott5 ean-3
stured with Ills own hand Tho beautiful
Ebnt flag of tho FIRST tichigat, Il Reg n
Sn,ent.s When General Jackson 5Wa 9 pro-
Ff,,oted ana ordered N,ncis TO
was transferred ITO the nrtlllery hrantfi t,f
tile sservlae by his order. a Officers snt,taR
lst1ef, n ere ttiellglitet with the tfni,ge, and
by the time TINT Genera clssoii corn
aflienced Ills pedl tion TO Bat til and BIia NJ
cock,Ja,,,iars1 1852, had iiea II ateretiS
The drill. They tpartic Ted ,1snl the
aliardsliips and exposures OF tha III ca m
Braigll,9i,,,t werc not ergagcd II with tho
enemy lnvitg to content themsclve Wit
doing picket duty for two night g Il I'll ~
Stlay,5i III, snow and 8slect a'bou Y knee deep
without fire blankets or rat Tons We
did YihowGver, throw a few Hilel lis across
ithe Potomac River md tovers ttoVn 81
Hancock to remind tho enemy Z hat we
were &there). il was not lpng, r. l,o wever,
S9efore their fficlency$ In tllelr me- q r1i
Bor 8aerpice was to he tied by heir q c-
tiops q bat e EFT y 81
town. srteir cool courage tti IL $ac Ion
*crfil, ana they wore permitted to re
organize ms artillery, Il list two other
Fccnlpa,lics detached at lie #sdnle time
were returned ITO infan try. sSS .5
3gS"Ero1n this time until yearly IN ~
they remained with tho Stonewall u Bril-
.ratie, lively Spartic pntng in ell GIFTS
marches, Il battles ind sskl,1nlshe s1a req
Iii the honors Of the memo nble sy
camp;lign lin the seven, days MS
around Ricllmond and in sthc "a sa , rors
s,tnlilse Of 3 Burnside lit Frederic lssburg.3
$iSIn TI1ecen,4,er 1s6s; when 4 tho tterles5
-pf 5tho division were ordered Il back l 21 g. q
Bowling Green D 20 Into " tor Huarte
this a,at terry wns left Ito do VI
81 SB,Ickners Neck on the {Iaappa l1a nnoces
Tor roul. mon ths Sconti nuousy, II ne sec
Hons of the company 4 ding ID q En-
mat elyi nd though but scanti y 5pr videdg
with tents, ticy were II ed to
build 8huts3fo or sholte agnt INST yth ne storms
JJpon$thc la ion OF he
sinto buttaions. he bait terry q ssi gled
TO tho Third Bait alion. n ~ W.! colla-5
{r,,andel by Maj s'i1 oVydell "
afterwards ny M d. orG Cart er n. gBraxton
IN common with their gallant comrades
IN rms. 1T shared and su filtered WI y them
~ the rntiguing marches Of the tl l11
MARYLAND canpai gii,$ and IN tile aaploo7ady5
battles OF Second Manas sas and ESlla Fps
surg. At Second fredericksburg i5it j or
orated with 5S General " EARLY $ ecosllmalntd3
ralnst Sedgwick. Passed ut hroug 7 5t the
Transatlantic campo ign, md under = ta !
command ofSthe gallant
8tysburg lad ten men killed .and
three wounded. part 60 N t ,t'
liza tiles off, Grants elebrate tl s
4frn,,, SI tncS Syilderness to Cold Halibor.3
from athonce was ordered 81 8 ne alllAey$
b,yith General 3IGarlySand served through
#c51fEfthat aarduous campaign ana was was
n,.ese,, on every battlefield from the
Al nnocncy to 2lsisher,s heir
Guns were captured by the enemy l4Ntt NJ
s1rt sl,crsyi lie they went into winter quar-
Siers5 l and soon therea fter q portion Of OF
the# company was sent to terspu u Y, lo$
help to man the guns in ne y :.
lions ar,d about thirty Of the men were
se1,t back to Allegheny oovn " Win w me
turtilery horses, in charg ot{i apsai't
.Inhn O., Curpentcr,# with orders &c pc Ire-9i
M rod 10 return IL the cornmnndl 1T q
moment, S warning Theses men were ere 3or-a
ilnred ii.'to return about the time OF the
Of Richmond, gnnd had &reachcd Lex x
M Al va, when they received n M NJ
fnrnaton of the surrender OF Gene ray Lee. .es
,rheyi,n,ned a tely started from .exl ton ION
~ sloin General ~ ollnston IN 9Tennesseeei$
and when they had got as ti 9 ; slloll.s
institute, learned of the Hllrreleol y -.
General Johnston and ret urned TO 10y
ngton, VA. and meyer ,i,n ~
rest 81 q tho company SURRENDERED u VIII ~
General Lee. 5 tts 3s !. 5. Il, &, x ~
..lVe have neglected 10 state III US Us
n.onc Il conncct ion, that latter tho company
was transferred to artillery, II was com \
ed by Capt JOS. Carpenter q gril tiu-A
.nte OF the Virginia Military stitutc,$ {.
Gallant and Il efficient officer,s5 who died
from a wound received at Cedar Is u ~
(SlauEhter Mountaln). His brother, soo OF ~
G. Carpenter, succeeded u him, q Ell ~ i ~,
lmeritorlons officer who retained me tl,
command until the close Of the war, ana 1
who lost an arm IN a cavalry llsnl su'iustg
General Rosser. sil5
MANY Individual Instances OF. cool CO ur.
ago and .$unshrinkings devotion TO III duty,
might BIO mentioned in connection win;
this mcagre and imperfect sketch, Pu Z
our limited space will not permit, us rs. Is. to;
do moro than to- give a brief history. q
each company. u, w 4 5s.4 SIS !,
NJ company inthe Confederate service,
Won d moro honorable and deserved dis
tlnction than Carpenters Battery ana.
none, that We have heard of, lost more Y
heavily In killed and wounded. in propor-i
tlon to numbers, Faithful to duty, they
were true md noble soldiers IN the camp cam
and on the field OF battle, and many OF,
|them testified their devotion TO the cause use
with their hearts blood,
Til the fall OF 1869, the battery having
suffered so severely from casualties, the
Jackson Artillery "s Captain cutshuw).
was consolidated with the Allegheny
Roughs." after which time twas known
as $"Carpenters laattery."s
The officers of this company, from FIRST
to last were as follows. viz; Captains
Thompson McAlllster, Joseph |; Carpenter Y
ana John $& G, Carpenter;@ lieutenantts,l
George I3. NloKendrec Henry II. Dllnott,
lNVulia,n II. I.amble. D. r. Barton. Samuel