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
Company A, Captain George Thomas commanding—Killed, privates Wm. H.
Hollyday, Henry C. Owens; wounded, Alexander Fulton, mortally; Thomas
O’Brien, severely; Frederick Heister, slightly; Wm. Hoffman, severely;
John C. Henry, slightly; Thomas D. Harrison.
Company B, First Lieutenant John H. Stone commanding.—Killed, none;
wounded, First Lieutenant John H. Stone, severely; privates James R.
Herbert, severely; Rinaldo J. Moran, slightly; A. W. Neale, slightly.
Company C, Captain Ferd. Duvall commanding. Killed, none; wounded,
Second Lieutenant Thomas H. Tolson, severely; privates, William H.
Claggett, severely; C. S. Ford, severely; Henry Loughran, slightly; R.
B. Willis, severely.
Company D, First Lieutenant James S. Franklin commanding.—Killed,
private James Hurley; wounded, Second Lieutenant S. Thomas McCullough,
severely; First Sergeant Thomas C. Butler, severely; Abram Phillips,
severely.
Company E, John W. Torsch commanding.—Killed, private Charles E. Byus;
wounded, Captain John W. Torsch, severely; First Sergeant Samuel Kirk,
severely; privates Levi G. Dawson, slightly; William Wilkinson,
mortally; Joseph Smith, slightly.
Company F, Captain H. A. Gwynne commanding.—Killed, Lemuel Dunnington;
wounded, Captain H. A. Gwynne, slightly; Sergeant R. F. Muirhead,
severely; privates Andrew Cretin, slightly; Hillary Cretin, slightly;
Bernard Dooley, slightly; Alexis V. Keepers, slightly.
Company G, First Lieutenant G. G. Guillette commanding.—Killed, Wm. S.
Reed; wounded, private Michael Hines.
Company H, Captain J. Thomas Bussey commanding.—Killed, none; wounded,
Maurice Ward, severely; William Hardy, slightly.
Not long after the battle of Cold Harbor, much to their regret the
Second Maryland was transferred temporarily to Walker’s brigade, I say
much to their regret, for General Breckinridge had won the heart of
every man of the command.
Their stay with Walker was short, and they were assigned to Archer’s
brigade of Heth’s division.[3] With this command they were destined to
see much heavy fighting around Petersburg, where the Confederate army
entrenched itself soon after the bloody battle of the 3d of June.
Footnote 3:
General Archer was soon after taken sick and died, when General McComb
assumed command.
On the 13th of June a severe fight occurred at White Oak Swamp, in which
the Confederates gained a signal success. The loss of the Second
Maryland in this affair was as follows:
Company A.—Killed, private John G. Wagner.
Company C.—Killed, private Lewis H. Viet.
Company G.—Killed, private William H. Calhoun.
After the fight at White Oak Swamp the command was set to work, along
with the rest of the army, building breastworks and entrenching
themselves in their position. In this they were much annoyed by the
enemy’s sharpshooters and artillery, and many casualties occurred. Up to
the 25th of August the loss of the Second Maryland was as follows:
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