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" When can their glory fade On the wild charge they made."

I was lying on the ground by the side of Tom Wright at the time. I stood up, gave the order to my company and instantly I was wounded by a piece of shell from the enemy, and Garland Smith, only a few feet from me, was wounded by a bullet from our own men in our rear.

Yes, brave old Tom Coghill, you took me to that very white oak tree, with scars on it now from top to bottom, and there we lay with Garland Smith behind us, until the fire slackened.

Jackson and A. P. Hill both being wounded, Stuart was sent for during the night to command the corps, and our brigadier (Heth), was put in command of the Light Division, and Colonel J. M. Brockenbrough succeeded to the command of our brigade.

And over the same ground our brigade was ordered next morning (the 3d) to advance in line to near the same spot and halt Fortieth and Forty-seventh on the right of the road, and Fifty-fifth and Twenty-second battalions on the left and either by a blunder or dereliction of duty on the part of some one, when they arrived at the proper place, the Fortieth and Forty-seventh were halted, and the Fifty-fifth and Twenty-second battalions were not halted, but al- lowed to keep straight forward and charge the whole of Hooker's army alone.

[From the Richmond Dispatch, Feb. 7, 1897.

COMPANY I, 56TH VIRGINIA.

Roster of the Command Some of Its Movements.

BALTIMORE, MD., February 4, 1897.

To the Editor of the Dispatch :

You will please publish in your Confederate column the enclosed roster of Company I, Fifty-six Virginia Infantry, organized in Char- lotte county, Virginia, in June, 1861, and mustered into service at Richmond, Virginia, July 18, 1861. It was known as the Charlotte Grays. The Regiment went West, and shed its first blood at Fort Donelson, Tennessee. Returning to Virginia in May, 1862, it was