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

Steadnian upon the enemy, REFUSING tnelil
three times, until n rettent was ordered,
when they regnlnGd tlleir liiie tunderfgt
tremendous fire. During he f Siege ttof
Petersburg, d detachment Of the battery
#tnntlrd The Archer House Battery, 4 on
tho north sdcgoft the Appropriations River,
ttnderthe colnmand Of Lieutenant Robiil-
son. when tho enemy carried lalvers''s
salient, April "a, NJ 1865, the battery was was
d 8redoubte on tile second line
snnd held itSduiang the remainder the
iny, Without support. .rht .detnc hnehtl
Eof6theli4 NrthersiH ouse BnttcrN, north Oh
tile AppolnntthS,i when General Lee I re-
treated from, Petersburg, We're lcftSwitf-
out orders. and Lieutenant Robinson sent
out scouts,SEhnd l3nsccrtninlng that tine
army was Tin&retrcat, formed his mem
nrincd them thpiiIlcs, md falling IN
with the 1e1r Of the army, 'regalned ms
battery near Chesterfield Courthouse.
The bnttcryS3llntlcr command Of Iicuteil-
ANTS &Clbptonssnndh 1rleming, Walkers Di-
vision. held The rear Of Gordpn's Corps
in.Sthc Sretrcnt5 from Petersburg to Ap-
3pomnttoX Courthouse; was attacked by
sheritlnn's Cavalry at Appomattox Stn'
|Stion. and cit orf5froin tho nlnin4nrny,
lSfbrccd IL. why through to Lynchburg,
va. where llsbnndcd after the sur
)3innder or General Ices army
|i&Ei s 0Nff1 13R4Nv1G o I'1rtC GERS NAMES. \
|gS} Captain Miles, G. Macon was killed near
AptonattoxE Station iinStlies fight which
took plhceS tlieres Aprilasthf 1865 4bilt was
not{wthGtheslr terS
After tile promHu on, or Captnfn,s Cnball,
who was 5rhdtlc8 colonel OF rtlllery.s the
officers OF tho battery were Al Captain
Miles c., Macon: First tenants WI /
William Winston Jones, FL 13entanini I'll.
Robinson and Decentralization Jr"l GWho
was Killed in3actlon ut Cold iE1arbor,
EJunc 1st. 1861 d, gallant sotflccr;a Sec
snnd Iyicutcnnnta Robert n TNcniing WHO
was promoted from the ranks .tfora merl-
3torous conduct, having personal y3iidis-t
!tnguishcf liimselfsfor ex traha gnllnntry
Lieutenant Lewis Il Booker. Of Caskies
Battery, served WlllantlS, swi tllathis bat,
terry several months During. sthesSw r
the battery lost heavily, '1sillcd in5nc-5
EtIon,"&ns the war roll s2will II show.54Thc
battery was nttached ITO %Denrings
Thlrty-eighth Battalion, Virginia Ar
5tillery, Pickett's Division. soon after tho
organization of the division. after the bat
tic Of fredericksburg. and remained with
1t until detached when General Butler
moved against sR edmond in May A1SGl,
and It was assigned to 1Ioltc's Division
until the retreat, from Petershurg.
+ II Olllcers-C Captain Henry Coaltcr Cab
ell enlisted April 25,l1S61 promoted lieut.
tenant-cooncl First Virginia Regiment
Artillery September. 1861; promoted col
onel of the regiment u and chief ofnrtillery
TO General J. 8 r. NIagruderu commanding
Army Of the Peninsula inS the sprlngfof
1S625apartlclpating inGthe fight &of,Ss Dam
No. Land various engagements untll the
Of General Joseph L. S Ohm N
ston's command In April, &$1 S62: purtlci-
pated in battle Of Seven Pnes;a commits
stoned July, 1862 as coloncl6of artillery,
Confederate States Army assigned us
chief of artillery, McI.aW's s Vision, com
lnund consisting Of Captain ,. s.. Nlanly's.
Raleigh IN. CD Battery CaptainlE. 8.
Nc Carthy's Company First r. II owl tiers.
Richmond, Captain33Reed 'si Savannah
,(Gn.) Battery and Captain HI c. Carl
TOMS Athens (Gn.) Troop Artillery! pnr ~
ticlpnted iii battles of Sharpsburg,S Fred
crcksburg, ECllancellorsVlleAt Gettysburg
(horso shot under him in beginning of 8ac-B
tom, q portion of4the battalion stationed
nlmediateyaRo opposite Cemetery 1iIIill,.
Plclett's Division making theirlfcharge
through the interval OF the guns, which
sustained the advance and covered the
withdrawal of that gallant command. Par
inSthe battles of the Wilderness,
Spotsylvania Courthouse, Hanover juno
ton Cold lIarbor and around the defenses
of Petersburg. Last engagement April S,
1866 in the afternoon preceding the sur
render ut Apomuttox Courthouse, In stls n
tanning aud driving off, without Infantry
support. Il veryslargo.z force of the enemy
Proved Il gallant officer during tho war. IN
First Lieutenant Miles c. Macon, en-6
listed April 25, 1861; promoted captain
September 1861. Lieutenant Macon actS
companicd his battery when 5jordered to
report to General j B. aNlagrudcr. On
the Peninsula Captain Cabell was pro 1
noted and Lieutenant Macon was elected
captain at Gloucester Point. Captain
Macon, being exposed In the trenchesFat5
the siege Of y orktown5 wenty-threes days
contracted ID fever which necessitatcd
his absence during the Seven Days fights
around Richmond. # lie WAS present at.
Cedar Mountain and the rest of the ell
until the army entered Mary
land, when Captain Macon wa $ 4 ordered
by General Jackson to pccupyfgFI 3ollYcrs
Heights with two rifle guns won q Wiz
Harrisburg. The battery was eg,last to
cross the Potomac, and. Joined by Cap
tain Macon, held the hottest ostlon8in
the battle8of fredericksburg December
IL, 1862, under the command of Captain
Macon, who acted gallantly. Being an
invalid, Captain Macon was unable Ito
render active Service pItSCullScluc Lie
remainder of the war; but rejolned ibis
battery between Petersburg and Apo
lnattox and was killed the day before
the surrender. III
He received a leave Of absence for three
days OH account Of dsnbil ity, and was
in Richmond on the Sunday Petersburg
was evacuated Thinking 1t to be his
duty, he said, to eliwith those fafSsIlll,
brave mon. whose gallantryRho owed. so
much to. he must rejoin them,tn oSm matter
What his fate might be. I II them started
for the army, and was wit hi his men for
some, days during the Observation-Disclosures
mnttox Courthouse, where, on the day
before the surrender. he was killed. Un-s
fortunately for Captpn,B A1ncon !she,8wa
invalided during the ( greater portion Of
tho war, and could not give, 5as he de-
sired. his whole, time and services Ito his
battery, whlch4he was so proud TO COM
mand; yet Whenever he appeared in ac-
ton he behaved with the greatest gal
lantry and won the high esteemRof his
superior officers, Captain MaconsWas I'M
questionnhly a noble, gallant officer and
was killed whilst gnlluntly performing bis
duty