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ontlneeo from nrst paGe-l
member Of the Company, but had pa
triotically attached himself to il for
the occasion was badly wounded IN the !
shoulder BY shot from one Of the |
Brown party, and permanently disabled.
After the capture Of Browns party |
b. J. Robert e. Lee afterwards the |
Ian 5rtdl General Robert 2. Lee of /
Il = Army Of Northern Virginia. and
his Company Of United States Marines.
they were brought TO the Jail in
Charles Town and the Jefferson Guards
assigned To quarters on the first floor
Of the Market House building then oc-
ctpying the ground upon which Charles
Washington Hall now stands and oppo-
site to the Jail; and remained there as
regular soldiers until about April LIST
1860, whe tit was discharged from the
service Of the State. During that
summetsit was recognized, John w.
Rowan, Captain; Henry B. Davenport,
list Lieut.; David b. Cockrell, End
Lieut.. Edwin r. HarrelL Bird Lieut..
M. $. B. Robertson, 1st Sergt.; Henry
D. Rust End Sergt Geo. A. S. Davis.
2rd Sergt. Thos. B. Mcintyre, 4th
Sergt.; and uniformed at the expense
Of the State Of Virginia. when it as
sisted in organizing the Second Regi-
ment of Virginia Infantry, of which
William Alien was made Colonel.
On che 18th day Of April 1861 be-
tween and 2 o'clock p. m. Jefferson
Guards (Co. "a . was ordered to fall
in by Captain Rowan and the "a men
having been previously notified to as
sembIe at the Market House, promptly
obeyed the Captain s order, the right
of the Company resting about where
the street crossing now is from Wash
ington Hall to the Jail corner; as soon
as the company was formed the march
! for Harpers Ferry was begun and
reached q little after midnight amic
| the smouldering ruins of the Govern
. ment Buildings which had been set fire
to by the Company Of United States
i Regulars there before they reiterated
across the Potomac bridge, as we en-
tered the town, company car being il
] the advance.
n The first week in May 1861 company
"A" was detached from the Regiment
4 and ordered to tske up position on Mary
land Heights, the location of which wat
4 about 300 yards from the top where
Col. Banton Duncan had been previous
lly placed in position with his First
j Kentucky Regiment Of Infantry, anc
was reached by a road through The
barn yard of Mr.. Co in Unseld. The com
4 pany was kept in its position for 4
4 week or ten days without tents or cook
4 ing utensils, and rations were carried
for more than mile up the mountain
side from the low land hara yard of Mr.
Unseld. the meat cooked on fiat rocks
and the dough baked by wrapping
/ around theram rods of the guns ant
holding it over the fires. when the com
pany was relieved and ordered to repor
to the regiment.
In the latter part OF, June, 1861, Har
pers Ferry was evacuated by the army
marching to Winchester, Va. ane
from there on the 18th day Of July 1866
started for Manassas. which we reached
on the evening of the 18th in time t.
participate in the battle of the 2lst
where our loss (the company 81 wa
two mortally wounded and six Others
seriously, among them our Captain wht
was permanently disabled; though con
tinuing in the service Until the close Of
the War.
The next engagement was at Kerns
] town, Va, on the 23rd day of Marcel
1862, where Ephriam B. Crist anG
James W. Campbell were killed ant
ten of the men captured and made
. prisoners Of war by the Yankees.
On the 25th day Of May 1862 was the
driving of General Banks from Win
chester and the company escaped in,
jury. but on the 9th day of June follow
ing in the battle Of Port Republic tvs
were badly wounded and several slight.
ly. then the march to Richmond in the
fight at Gaines Mill, with some slight
y wounded, then to Cedar Mountain
on the 9th day Of August, none injur-
ed. then Second Manassas on the 10Th,
S0th and 31st of August go, where
Tom McIntrye and Albert Pendletor
q were killed and six wounded. then or
/ the 18th day of December at Freder.
,icksburg. two wounded. at Chancellors-
vile, May Bird '63, one killed, Dolphin
Rawhns) and none injured; then on to
Winchester, Va, on the 18th and 18th
of June So, the force of Gen. Milroy
was surrounded and on the 18th day Of
1 June SO q short while after day light
the company being at the head Of the
1 thanking column at Stephenson's Depot
to intercept the fleeing portion Of Mil
roy s that had been surrounded in Win.
chester the three days previous Two
4 members of company "A being on the
skirmish line advancing towards ths
Yankee position came in contactwitE
two members of the 18th Connecticut
Infantry, one of them surrendering t
William b. Moore and the other to the
writer, who relieved the Yankees Of
their arms and turned them over K