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No. 32. Lieut. Col. Lawson Botts.

No. 32.

Report of Lieut. Col. Lawson Botts, Second Virginia Infantry.

[Camp Garnett],  August 13, 1862.

     Captain:   In obedience to order I have the honor to report that on Saturday, the 9th, about the hour of 5 p. m., the First Brigade, of which this (the Second Regiment of Virginia Infantry) is a part, was marched though a woods near Cedar Run, in Culpeper [County], in column of regiments, within range of the enemy’s artillery, a shell occasionally falling near the brigade.   Continue reading “No. 32. Lieut. Col. Lawson Botts.”

No. 33. Col. R. D. Gardner.

No. 33.

Report of Lieut. Col. R. D. Gardner, Fourth Virginia Infantry.

Camp Garnett,     
 Near Gordonsville, Va., August 14, 1862.

     Sir:   I submit the following report of the part taken by this regiment in the battle of Cedar Creek on the 9th instant: Continue reading “No. 33. Col. R. D. Gardner.”