No. 39.
Report of Capt. Abner Dobyns, Forty-second Virginia Infantry.
Camp Near Liberty Mills,
August 13, 1862.
Colonel: In obedience to orders I have the honor to submit the following report of the operations of the Forty-second Regiment Virginia Volunteers in the recent engagement at Cedar Run, Culpeper County, Virginia, on August 9: Continue reading “No. 39. Capt. Abner Dobyns.”
No. 40.
Report of Capt. J. H. Horton, Forty-eighth Regiment Virginia Infantry.
Camp Near Liberty Mills, Va.,
August 13, 1862.
Lieutenant: I herewith transmit a report of the part taken by the Forty-eighth Regiment, of the Second Brigade, commanded by Capt. William Y. C. Hannum, in the battle of the 9th instant: Continue reading “No. 40. Capt. James H. Horton.”
No. 42.
Report of Col. Alexander G. Taliaferro, Twenty-third Virginia Infantry, commanding Third Brigade.
Hdqrs. Third Brigade, Army Valley [District],
McGruder’s Farm, Orange County, Va., August 14, 1862.
General: I have the honor to submit the following report of the part sustained by the Third Brigade, First Division, Army Valley [District] in the battle of Cedar Creek on the 9th instant: Continue reading “No. 42. Col. Alexander G. Taliaferro.”
No. 43.
Report of Lieut. Col. James W. Jackson, Forty-seventh Alabama Infantry.
Camp Near Liberty Mills, Va,
August 13, 1862.
Colonel: On Saturday last, 4 p. m., the 9th instant, I arrived with my regiment (the Forty-seventh Alabama) within range of the enemy’s batteries that had opened on the advancing columns of our army. We were allowed to rest a few minutes, when we were again ordered to advance and take our position under the range of the enemy’s guns. Continue reading “No. 43. Lieut. Col. James W. Jackson.”
No. 46.
Report of Lieut. Col. Simon T. Walton, Twenty-third Virginia Infantry.
August 13, 1862.
The Twenty-third Virginia Regiment left its camp at this place with the rest of the army on the evening of August 7. It marched about 8 miles that night and bivouacked near Orange Court-House. Continue reading “No. 46. Lieut. Col. Simon T. Walton.”
No. 47.
Report of Maj. H. C. Wood, Thirty-seventh Virginia Infantry.
Camp Near Gordonsville, Va.,
August 13, 1862.
In making my report of the part acted by the Thirty-seventh Regiment in the action on Cedar Creek on the 9th instant, it is necessary for me to state that it was late in the engagement when the command devolved on me, consequently I was not informed as to the position we were to take until after we had gone on the field. Continue reading “No. 47. Maj. Henry C. Wood.”
