The Maryland Line in the Confederate States Army.Goldsborough, W. W. (William Worthington)
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The Maryland Line in the Confederate States Army.
Goldsborough, W. W. (William Worthington)
Confederate States of America. Army; Maryland -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
No Major.
J. E. H. Post, First Lieutenant, Adjutant.
Wilner McKnew, Captain, Assistant Surgeon.
Ignatius Dorsey, Captain, A. Q. M.
Company A.—Thomas Griffith, Captain; J. A. V. Pue, First Lieutenant;
Otis Johnson, Second Lieutenant.
Company B.—George W. Emack, Captain; M. E. McKnew, First Lieutenant;
Adolphus Cook, Second Lieutenant.
Company C.—George Howard, Captain; T. Jeff Smith, First Lieutenant;
Thomas Green, Second Lieutenant; James Walters, Third Lieutenant.
Company E.—W. I. Raisin, Captain; John B. Burroughs, First Lieutenant;
Nathaniel Chapman, Second Lieutenant; Joseph K. Roberts, Third
Lieutenant.
CASUALTIES
_Of the Officers as near as can be remembered_.
Killed—Lieutenant Colonel Ridgely Brown, Captain A. F. Schwartz,
Lieutenant Henry C. Blackiston.
Wounded—Lieutenant Colonel Dorsey, severely; Major R. C. Smith,
severely, disabled; Captain George W. Booth, Adjutant, severely; Captain
F. A. Bond, severely, disabled; Captain George W. Emack, several times
slightly; Captain Raisin, severely; Lieutenant J. A. V. Pue, severely;
Lieutenant Thomas Green, severely; Lieutenant W. H. Dorsey, several
times; Lieutenant Joseph K. Roberts, severely; Lieutenant C. Irving
Ditty, severely.
THE
BALTIMORE LIGHT ARTILLERY.
CHAPTER I.
It was towards the close of a pleasant day in October, 1861, that the
First Maryland Infantry dragged its weary length into camp near
Centreville, after a long and fruitless expedition to Pohick Church in
search of the enemy. Things seemed much changed, indeed, since their
departure, for in their absence a battery of artillery had invaded the
sacred confines of their camp, and a scowl was observed upon more than
one face, for we were jealous of our rights and dared maintain them.
Judge then our surprise when informed it was a battery manned by brother
Marylanders, and called the “Baltimore Light Artillery.” They had just
been organized at Richmond, and forwarded to the army at Centreville
during our absence. They were welcomed, most heartily welcomed, and it
was not long ere we discovered old friends and acquaintances among them.
Before many hours had elapsed we paid our respects to the officers of
the battery, and found them to be the true type of the Maryland and
Virginia gentlemen. But here they are:
[Illustration: Capt. W. HUNTER GRIFFIN.]
Captain J. B. Brockenborough was a Virginian, a graduate of the Military
Institute at Lexington, and a son of Judge Brockenborough, whose name is
so well known to the people of the South. He was a young man, not long
from college, but in that intellectual face you read more than the
ordinary man, and the honor and glory with which he subsequently
enveloped his fine command is a matter of history.
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