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1204 leaders Jackson, Bartow, Bee and Elzey, under the general command of J. E. Johnston. In the battle of First Manassas the Fourth was commanded by Col. James F. Preston. The part that the regiment took in this famous victory is well indicated in the official report of Gen. Thomas J. Jackson: "At 3:30 p. m. the advance of the enemy having reached a position which called for the use of the bayonet, I gave the command for the charge of the more than brave Fourth and Twenty-seventh, and under commanders worthy of such regiments, they, in the order in which they were posted, rushed forward obliquely to the left of our batteries, and through the blessing of God, who gave us the victory, pierced the enemy's center, and by co-operating with the victorious Fifth and other forces, soon placed the field essentially in our possession." In this fight Private Teaney received severe wounds which caused his honorable discharge. Six months later, having recovered, he re-enlisted in the same company, and continued in the service throughout the war, serving as a sharpshooter the last two years, participating in Jackson's Valley campaign in 1862, the campaign of Jackson's corps before Richmond, at Second Manassas and in Maryland, the same year, and after the death of his general, took part in the Gettysburg campaign and fought with Gordon in the valley in 1864. He was slightly wounded at Gettysburg, and at Fredericksburg was hurt by a falling limb of a tree. He was with Gordon's corps at the last, and was surrendered and paroled at Appomattox.

Lieutenant William Richards Teller, since 1896 the manager of the Metropolitan hotel at Washington, D. C., is a native of Virginia, and a veteran of the army of Lee. He was born at Richmond in the year 1842, and was reared and educated at that city. In his nineteenth year he entered the military service of the State, enlisting as a private in the Richmond Grays on April 19, 1861. This organization was made a part of the Twelfth regiment of Virginia infantry, with which he served until August 19th, meanwhile being promoted corporal. At the latter date he received an honorable discharge, and immediately re-enlisted in the Third regiment, with the rank of orderly-sergeant of Company F. He continued with this command until the close of the war, receiving promotion to second lieutenant for gallant and meritorious conduct. He surrendered at Richmond and was paroled there. Among the battles in which he participated were Seven Pines, Malvern Hill, the encounters with the Dahlgren raiders, Drewry's Bluff, and the defense of Fort Harrison, on the lines before Richmond. After the conclusion of the war Lieutenant Teller made his home at Richmond until 1872, when he engaged in the coal business at South Fork, Pa., going from there in 1877 to Johnstown, Pa., where he conducted a hotel. A year later he engaged in a similar enterprise at Bellefonte, Pa., and continued in charge of a hotel there until 1889. Subsequently for a period of three years he resided at Philadelphia, and held the position of secretary of the Bloomington mining company. In 1893 he took charge of the Bluefield inn, in West Virginia, and three years later resigned that position, July 15, 1896, to take the position of manager of the Metropolitan hotel at the national capital. He is a member of the Confederate Veterans association of that city.

Benjamin B. Temple, M. D., of Danville, Va., is one of the