The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-02
TWELFTH ALABAMA
HISTORY or COMMAND BY TREAS
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HISTORY OF COMMAND BY TREAS
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 For the sake of preserving the his tory of the 18th Alabama Infantry. c. A. late Captain Robert Emory Park. of Macon. Ga. now Treasurer of the State of Georgia has prepared sketch of the command of Battles Brigade. Rodes Division. Early Corps. of the Army of Northern Virginia and is sending 1t out to surviving comrades and others interested In one of the most gallant and meritorious commands do ing service in the Confederate Armv
 The facts in the pamphlet are most ly reprinted from the Southern HistoE- teal Society Papers-
 Space will not permit anything like a full resume of this most interesting sketch of one of the leading organiza- tions from Alabama which participated in the Confederate war. However. will endeavor- as far as possible, to are of leading Alabama families, and
 
 time. many ancestors surviving and preserving the old family names.
 Captain Park tells how he entered the army In May 1881. while student at Auburn. Ala fin what Is now the Alabama Polytechnic Institute. He learned from his brother. Dr. J. F. Park of Tuskegee. of the organization of the last company which the Secretary of War would accept for a peried of Be ~-A h.= Ills name enrolled as one of the Macon Confederates.r the officers being Cap tain R. F. Ligon. at the time State Senator. afterwards Lieutenant Gov ernor and later Congressman for the Sth Alabama District First Lieu tenant R H. Keeling. Second Lieuten- ant W. D.' Zuher: Third Lieutenant George Jones This company was made a part of the 18th Alabama Regiment, Rodes's. then Battles Brigade. organ ixe9 at Richmond in July 1881. and at once moved to the Potomac front. An the great battles of the war in that region were participated in until it laid down its arms at Appomatsox. Of the original number of 1.ise. about fifty were at Appomastox. and of the 321 recruits received. about seventy were there Nearly $50 died Of wounds received in battle: about 200 died of disease. and eos were discharged The battle flag of the Regiment is now in Mobile
 Field and Stan.
 The field and stan officers of the 18th Alabama were: Colonel Robe Tt T. Jones of Psrry, killed at Seven Pines: Colonel Samuel B. Pickens of South Carolina. promoted from Adjutant, wounded at Spottsylvania and Win chester, Lieutenant Colonel Theodore 0'Hara of Kentucky. the author of the world renowned lyric. The Bivouac of the Dead" and that almost as famous The Pioneer" buried in Frankfort. Ky: Lieutenant Colonel T C. Good game of Coosa County: Major F. D. Tracy of Madison. transferred: promot- ed Brigadier General. killed at Grand Gulf. Miss; brother of Major Philip Tracy of the sth Georgia. who was killed at Gettysburg. was a college elassmate of Major John W. Park of Greenvtlle. Ga. brother of Capt R E. Park Major John C Brown of Coffee, resigned: Major Adolph Proskauer. pro- noted from Captain of Company c, wounded at chaRcefIorsviIle and Spost- sylvanis: Adjutant s B Piekens of south Carolina; Adi1tant L. Gayle of Virginia
 The Company Onaeerz-
 Company A-'Guard of Lafayette, ' Mobile. Ala, Captain C. Heailly.
 Company B--Coosa IncependentS," 1" Coosa County. Captain ]. H Bradford, resigned; Captain John C. GoOdgame. killed after the war at Athens. Texas. being asssssinated. being Sheriff of his county. Pat Thomas. killed at Appo- mattox; First Lieutenant. Thomas Mar bury; Second Lieutenant. Wm- Leonard.
 Company C-'In6ependent Rifles" |" nFnASln- tain Fred C. Foshee, now resides in Germany; Captain AdOlph Proskauer, promoted to Major.
 An interesting circumstance con- neeted with Major Proskauer is that he was a German Jew. of excellent education. very handsome personal ap- peaTance. ard perhaps the best dressed man in the regiment He became se- nior Captain and while eneAmped near Fredericksburg in 1883. :here being a vacancy in the position of Major of the regiment. he made formal applica- ton for promotion Colonel Pickens did not favor his appointment but pre- ferred Capt John ". McNeely of Com pany F. who was an able young Offi- cer and former teacher at Tuskegee and at Auburn. and who was thorough ly equipped for the position of Major, and was second in rank
 
 wishes the Colonel obtained the sp- pcintmeat of an examining court of the most distinguished characters. namely, General Junius Daniel Gen. S D. Ram seur. both of North Carolina brigades. and Col E. L. H0bsOn of the Sth Ala bama- It was stated in camp that Col cneI Piekens hinted to this committee of examiners that he hoped they would be so rigid that Captain Proskauer could not pass the ex3mtnation- Dur ing the day of the examination there was unusual interest felt by the offi- cers of the camp. especially by the Col cneL Late :n the afternoon, after an ail-day examination had been eonclud- ed. one Of the officers rode rapidly up to Colonel Pickenss headquarters and in reply to an anxious inquiry. was told that the committee had done all they could 10 defeat Captain Proskauer. but that after an examination in squad drill. in company drill. in regtmentaI drill, in brigade drill in drill by eche- Ion and in the army movements as sug-