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War Record Of W. ] Conklyn.

ii went into the Con federate Service
in September 1861. / first went into
the Commissary department under Maj
or Kearsley, of Charles Town, W, Va,
under General Joseph E. johnson and
General Beauregard Johnson was a,
that time at Winchester and Beaureeard
! Manassas Junction. Kearsley was
at Manassas Junction
The Army was reosgan'zed, and
about the first of December they moved
TO Richmond and d,wn the Peninsula to
meet G neral Mcclellan forces, then
at yorktown
When General Longstreet's corps was
formed, ! was put in his corps and in
the commissary department, but When
Longstreet organized his artillery into
battalion under command of General
Alexander. | joined Captain Parker's
company of Richmond Mountain
Howitzars. /" In June 1862 the brittle
of Seven Pines was fought That was
the first battle | was H., and from that
on was in active service to the end Of
the war in Longstreet's corps, ard in
General Alexander s battalionof artil-
leEy-thsough- Maryland to Antiatam
then to Richmond; then, in December.
in the Fredericksburg fight, then
back to Richmond for the winter, In
May 1868 We met Burnside at Chapcel-
louisville, from there to Gettysburg. Pa
then back to Richmond. After this
| Longstreet's corps was transferred to
Bragg at Look out Mountain, Tenn.
After the Chick amauga fight, Long.
street was detached to meet Burnside
in the Tennessee Valley. We met him
at Noah Station, and drove bin back to
Knoxville
After the battle of Knoxville. Long
streets corps wa1 ordered to Virginia
to rejoin Lee. On our way back we
fought a=hard fight at Bean Station.
I'VE Wintered at Russelville, Tenn, and
in March 1864 took up our march t.
/ join L e, which we did in the Wilder
ness fight. Roseneran ST Cavalry was
our escort from Lexington. Va, to the
Wilderness. On this road met my
brothers. James II: and Charles c.
t'onklyn, who were members of the
Cavalry.
This cavalry anil Grants advance
| guard started the figght, and Longstreet
followed in.
For that march from Tennessee was
detailed to drive General Alexander
! Headquarters wagon.
When the frst-tfay slight in the
Wilderness was stopned by darkness,
got permission of General Alexander
to go out to try to find my brothers,
if alive. had just gone through the
field HOSPITAL and was about to hunt w
Rosencran' Cavalry when somebody
] rode up behind me and slapped me or
the shoulder, saving. BOY. where are
4 you going?" 1t was my brother James
H Conklyn who had ridden into hunt
for me! What good time we had
He told me Charley was alive and all
i right, some foar or five miles away.
took care of James that night and we
had supper together-a good supper too,
but no sleep for either of US that night.
We talked until the long roll was beat
and we had to separate, each to his
place to be ready for the second day s
fighting. which commenced about day
light / did not again see any of my
brothers until afterthe war was over
After Lees surrender at Apromattox
Court House in 1865. the Yankees is
sued no rations until we got our paroles
and were allowed to go home.
Eight ofus, Oscar Lucas. myself and
six others walked home across coun-
try-about two hundred end fifty miles
7 he eople on the way treated US very
kindly, and fed US well. y
WILLIAM j. CONKLYN.