150 Series I Volume XXVI-I Serial 41 - Port Hudson Part I
| Page 150 | W. FLA., S. ALA., S. MISS., LA., TEX., N. MEX. Chapter XXXVIII. |
conversation, with the view of directing attention from the point of approach. This was done, and a lively and noisy conversation ensued. While this was going on, Lieutenant McKennon approached to within about 30 yards of the enemy's works, when he gave the order to charge. In an instant the work was in our possession. The enemy fired but once, and then at a great elevation. After the works were in our possession, the men with the assistance of others from the regiment, tore down the works and scattered the sand-bags bringing many of them into camp. Besides destroying the works 7 prisoners were taken, and several were killed and wounded. We had only 1 man hurt, who was knocked down by one of the enemy as he was leaping into the works. Some 12 or 14 guns were also brought in.
We finally posted our pickets, and were only annoyed during the night by occasional volleys fired from the woods.
Respectfully, &c.,
D. PROVENCE,
Colonel, Commanding.
[Brigadier-General BEALL.]
HEADQUARTERS LEFT WING, BEALL'S BRIGADE,
July 8, 1863.CAPTAIN: The following is a report of the casualties of this command: First Mississippi Regiment, Major [Thomas H.] Johnston commanding Private W. D. Striclan, Company F, killed; Forty-ninth Alabama, Major [T. A.] Street commanding, Private James Terrel, Company A, wounded slightly; first section Watson Battery, Lieutenant [J. E.] Nores commanding, none. Recapitulation-killed, 3; wounded, 3.
Respectfully submitted.
D. PROVENCE,
Colonel, Commanding.
Captain BEALL HEMPSTEAD,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
Numbers 39. Reports of Colonel O. P. Lyles, Twenty-third Arkansas Infantry, of operations May 31-July 3.PORT HUDSON, LA.,
May 31, 1863.
MAJOR: The enemy has dismounted our large gun and wounded 5 men. I think by getting a new wheel
-----
. The shots thrown upon the enemy's intrenchments with our gun before it was dismounted did good work.
O. P. LYLES.
Colonel, Commanding Right Wing.
[Major T. F. WILLSON,
Assistant Adjutant-General.]
PORT HUDSON, LA.,
June 30, 1863.
MAJOR: On yesterday I succeeded in burning the cotton of the enemy that he was rolling before him. He approached within a few
| Page 150 | W. FLA., S. ALA., S. MISS., LA., TEX., N. MEX. Chapter XXXVIII. |
- Confederate President Jefferson Davis calls for March 27 to be a day of fasting, humiliation, and prayer.
- Following the Underground Railroad Route By Bicycle
- March is Women's History Month! Read the fascinating accounts of women spies hiding coded messages in women's hair, conductors of the Underground Railroad, soldiers disguised as men, surgeons, and advisors to the President!
- Teachers tackle race, economic disparity and history
- The President's Hymn: 'Give Thanks All Ye People'
- Thanksgiving Day during the Civil War
- Lincoln’s Thanksgiving proclamation in a divided time: ‘one heart and one voice by the whole American People’
- What Abraham Lincoln found reading the Book of Job amid civil war
- Civil War stories on display at Lincoln Highway museum in Unity
- Who was Henry Benning, for whom Fort Benning in Columbus was named?
- Fort Gordon Army Base: Who was John Brown Gordon?
- From the Civil War to the football field, we have been celebrating the wrong values
- History and Healing: Removing Controversial Artifacts from the Civic Landscape
- How to Reframe the Civil War in the Classroom
- Man scores Abraham Lincoln autograph in box of trading cards
- Native Americans' role in the Civil War
- Abraham Lincoln Healed a Divided Nation. We Should Heed His Words Today.
- An escaped slave was the 'Florence Nightingale’ of Indiana's Civil War regiment
- A Southern Democrat survived impeachment trap and came to be in charge of Reconstruction
- New Statue Unveiled In Response To Richmond's Confederate Monuments