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ed to Virginia and was assigned bI
General Wise to proyision1ni co IN 1a,na
80 the lines were threatened by FED.
eral cavalry and the alarm guard can.
cd out the home guards, old men hno
t trans sis to to Lees army. Immediate
| ly offering his services to General W.se.
he was ordered to take command on th9
line of lunettes which then constlt ,,.t,h
the major part Of the defenses' VII, Win
tho injunction to hold out until Wise
could bring up his reserves. Colston
| Joined Major Archer. who had less than
goo at the point. attacked and skii ,lu1I
directed the desperate defense. hol9
ing his position until almost SURROUND
ed, when he made an orderly retreat. n
which. he seized a musket ana t9us n,
this gallant resistance enabled era era.
HAMS Battery and Dearing's Cavalry
to come up in time to rout the Federal
column, which was about to OCCUPY the
signed to command of the post at
| Lynchburg where he remained unit.
the surrender. Subsequently he was
duct of military academy at VIII
mngton. n c.. until 1873. when he en-
tered the military service OF The kne
dive OF Egypt, In which ne remaihen
until 1879. meanwhile conducting two
I the soudan During his last expedition
| he was paralyzed. and was carried nun
| dreds of miles across the desert on .
/ litter. Returning to Virginia, he Was
| engaged In literary work and lecttr-
ing. from 1882 to 1924 held position
in the War Department at Washington.
| He passed the remainder OF his DAYS IN
the Soldiers Home at Richmond and
| died July 20, 1896.
| q The following sketch OF General
Samuel Garland is taken from the SANG
Il liar
| Garland was born at Lynchburg, va,
/ December Is. 1890, of AN old virginia
family. his great grandmother haVins
been sister of President Madison. us
l father Samuel Garland, Sr, we'll
i known lawyer, died when his son Was
i five years old He entered a ciassicai
/ school at the age of seven years, anu
was graduated at the Virginia Military
II institute. where he was the founder
/ and president of the first literary socje-
II ty of that institution. In 1921 ne was
i graduated in law at the University OF
4 Virginia and he al once entered upon
i the practice of the profession at LINEN
burg His career during the period be-
fore the war was one oil worthy prom,
hence, and he became widely esteemed
as skilful lawyer and a polished gen,
ltleman. In 1869. after the aHair AZ
Harper's Ferry. he organized inc
) Lynchburg Home Guard of whlcnt no
!. was the first captain. He was not ey
, inclination military man, entering me
service both In 1883 and 1861 az mat
, ter OF duty: but when enlisted in tho
:. fight no labor was 100 iausuins anu
no peril too hazardous for his deNoteu
and intrepid spirit. On April rs. leol.
he left home with his wen drilled anu
disciplined company, and proceeded 10
Richmond, where his men were muster
cd into the service OF Virginia as Com
pany c. of the Eleventh Virginia In
fantry, on the following day OF TINS
regiment. composed OF four LSnchpufs
companies and commands from othtr
H. 10 nd
mand as colonel a few days later lie
took his regiment to camp at Ma
, nassas. where II Joined the brigade OF
General Longstreet. In the fight at
distinguished. and Colonel Garland was
, mentioned By General Longstreet, with
: others. as having displayed more cool
ness and energy than is usual amongst
; veterans of the old service. In the
7 famous battle of the 2lst the regi-
i ment was intended to take an active
part but the Federal flank movement
7 caused the fight to open In another
! quarter. After the engagement Col Gar.
4 land was detailed to collect the spoils OF
battle on the field. In the fight at
r Dranesville. in December, he was re-
ported as behaving with great GOODNESS.
| In the absence OF orders he held his
c lime until the rest of the Confederate
force was entirely withdrawn from
7 commended by General Johnston as
: fully competent to command brigade.
Hin March he moved with his regiment
d TO the Peninsula, where the brigade
: came under the command of y. +. Hill.
!. In the battle of Williamsburg. tho most
n severe loss was susta ined by the Elev
/, zenith Regiment. and Hin reported that
: "Colonel Garland, though wounded ear
p ly in the action. refused to leave the
!. field, and continued to lead his resi-
v ment until the battle was over. and
). his example had most happy effect
e IN showing his men how to win the
y In -r,1t1 r.fftE folt a r.
e. land was promoted brigadier-Senera!
# and was assigned 10 the command OF
: la brigade of d. H. Hills Division.
sd which, after Seven Pines, was COM
e posed Of the Fifth. twelfth Thirteenth.
d Twentieth and Twenty third North Car
If oltna Regiments He was distinguished
$ for gallant conduct In the heat of the
"a fight at Seven Pines; at Gaines's Mill
e asked permission and made flank
h attack al an opportune juncture, which
e decided the fate of the day his men
e cheering and charging and driving the
d enemy: and he was in the attack
IS Ing columns at Malvern Hill. During
IS the Second Manassas campaign he was
n with Hills Division. holding Mcdowell
In check at fredericksburg, after
,r which he Joined the army in the Mary
g land campaign. AT FoX's Gap, on
1t South Mountain, his North Carolinans,
J. scarce 1000 In all. sustained the first
le army on September IA. They held their
is ground with wonderful heroism in the
81 face of a furious attack. With them,
~ where the fight was hottest, stood Gem
h eral Garland. Notwithstanding the re-
is monstrances of Colonel Rufiin, 1t was
NJ to him the post of duty. On one side
is lay Mcclellan with 10000 men: on the
n, other was the short road to Harper's
AZ Ferry, beleaguered by Jackson. The
N enemy must be held back day or the
Id Federals under an active commander.
rs could overwhelm the divided Confedcr-
n, ates. In this position early in tho
Of fight. he received a mortal wound. from
e. which he died on the field. Had he
or lived wrote General D. H. Hill, "his
e. talent pluck, energy and purity of
= character must have put him in the
le front rank of his profession, whether
m in civil or military life"