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	After the battle of Antietam, the devastated 4th Battalion reorganized and on November 6th, 1862 two of it’s remaining companies was joined by Hampton’s Legion in Jenkin’s Brigade, part of Pickett’s Division, Longstreet’s Corps commanded by now by Lt. Col. Martin Gary. He was involved in the battle at Fredericksburg on December 13th, 1862 as part of Hampton’s Legion in Jenkin’s Brigade, part of Pickett’s Division, Longstreet’s Corps. He served under Lt. Col. Martin Gary and was situated at Marye’s Heights against the main body of the Union forces. The line of battle that day had Jenkin’s Brigade at the Marye’s Heights at the sunken road, and wall skirting the road. The wall was about shoulder height, and gave excellent cover for musketry. Jim saw eleven different frontal assaults and charges made against Marye’s Heights, the stone wall and sunken road with not a man coming within thirty yards. Union casualties in from of the sunken road were over nine thousand with few Confederate losses. Jim had once again distinguished himself fighting in the heat of the battle holding off the Federal onslaught. He missed action at the battle of Chancellorsville during May 1st through 4th, 1863. He was deployed at Suffox, Virginia as part of Hampton’s Legion in Jenkin’s Brigade, part of French’s Division, Longstreet’s Corps. He served under Lt. Col. Martin Gary. Siege was laid by the Union Army to Suffox, and was defended by Uncle Jim’s Regiment from April 12th to May 4th, 1863. The siege was raised and Suffox did not fall. The Confederate casualties from Jim’s Regiment were 400 killed and wounded, 500 captured during the siege. He missed action at the battle of Gettysburg during July 1st through 3rd, 1863. At the request of President Jefferson Davis, The Hampton Legion Infantry did not participate in the battles at Gettysburg; they were left to guard Richmond in case it was attacked while the main body of the army was away. Thus, he was deployed at Richmond, Virginia guarding the Capital as part of Hampton’s Legion in Jenkin’s Brigade, part of Pickett’s Division, Longstreet’s Corps which the remainder of was nearly destroyed in Pickett’s Charge on the 3rd day of battle. He served still under Col. Martin Gary. Thus, he thwarted certain death from being part of Pickett’s charge by luckily being in the sole Regiment in Pickett’s Division not being deployed at Gettysburg. He moved with two divisions of Longstreet’s Corps to reinforce General Bragg in North Georgia two months after Gettysburg. He was involved in the battle at Chickamauga, the South’s greatest victory, on September 19th and 20th, 1863 as part of Hampton’s Legion in Jenkin’s Brigade, part of Anderson’s Division, Longstreet’s Corps. He served under Lt. Col. H. Dingle and was situated on the second morning at the far left flank of Longstreet’s Corp after arriving at night after the first day’s battle. The line of battle that day had Anderson’s Division facing the Rossville Road on the Confederate left flank against the right flank and McCook’s Corp of the Union forces. A gap was created by movement of troops in the Union line on the right of the Union line. Ready to exploit this, General Longstreet with three divisions, including Uncle Jim, sent his entire wing in force, some 23,000 men, four brigades deep, across a half-mile front, in the largest charge of the Civil War, storming into the gap annihilating the Union right, and reserves. The charge of “unsurpassed grandeur” and irresistible onslaught had over half the Union Army in full disorderly retreat, only General Thomas remained, the original left of the Union. In the afternoon after the trouncing of the Union right and Center, Longstreet wheeled his troops in a right hand hook northward attacking General Thomas in an attempt to get behind the Federal line. General Thomas held. Assault after assault by Longstreet’s men and Uncle Jim failed to destroy Thomas who retreated the night of the battle. He was involved in the battle at Wauhatchie on October 28th and 29th, 1863 as part of Hampton’s Legion in Jenkin’s Brigade, part of Anderson’s Division, Longstreet’s Corps. He served under Lt. Col. H. Dingle and was situated at Wauhatchie, Tennessee participating in the siege of Chattanooga, Tennessee against the Army of the Cumberland of General Thomas of the Union forces commanded by General U.S. Grant. The line of battle that day had Jenkin’s Brigade at Wauhatchie, a vital point on the railway in the valley below Lookout Mountain’s northwest side. The Union Army sent Thomas with the Eleventh Corps, and the Second Division of the Twelfth Corps commanded by General William B. Hazen, in pontoon boats across the Tennessee River against Wauhatchie and it’s defenders surprising them. The resulting battle ended in defeat for the Confederates who retreated from Wauhatchie opening a supply route for the starving Union Army in Chattanooga effectively lifting the siege of Chattanooga, This enabled the Union Army to maintain enough supplies to allow for offensive action by the Union forces there against the remaining Confederate siege. . The Confederate casualties were 300 killed, and 1200 wounded during the battle. Uncle Jim moved with two divisions of Longstreet’s Corps to take Knoxville, Tennessee leaving Bragg’s army at Chattanooga. The siege began on November 7th, 1863 and was abandoned on December 4th, 1863. Jim was involved in the battle at Knoxville on November 12th, 1863 as part of Hampton’s Legion in Jenkin’s Brigade, part of Anderson’s Division, Longstreet’s Corps. He served under Lt. Col. H. Dingle and was situated at against the of the Union forces defenses of the Army of Ohio, and General Burnside. The line of battle that day had Jenkin’s Brigade as part of an assault on the Union breastworks which was unsuccessful. The Confederate casualties for the siege were 80 killed, 400 wounded, and 300 captured. Uncle Jim, from a division of Longstreet’s Corps, returned to Virginia from Knoxville then leaving for South Carolina in December 1863 to be mounted returning to Lee’s Army in June 1864 as cavalry under Hampton, and Fitz Lee. He was involved in the siege of Petersburg from returning in June 1864 after being mounted in South Carolina to it’s fall in April 1865 as part of Hampton’s Legion in Gary’s Brigade, part of the Department of Richmond under General Richard Ewell. He served under Col. Thomas Logan. He was involved in the siege of Petersburg and the battle of the Third Winchester on September 20th, 1864 as part of Hampton’s Legion in Gary’s Brigade, part of the Department of Richmond under General Richard Ewell against the Sixth, Eighth, and 1st and 2nd Divisions of the Nineteenth Corps under the company of Maj. Gen. Phil Sheridan of the Union Army. Uncle “Jim” would have witnessed the routing of the Confederates in Sheridan’s Calvary charge that overwhelmed Confederate infantry leading to nearly 4000 captured by the Union Army. Being Calvary himself led to Uncle “Jim’s” escape. He served under Col. Thomas Logan. He was involved in the siege of Petersburg and the battle of New Market Height’s on September 29th, 1864 as part of Hampton’s Legion in Gary’s Brigade, part of the Department of Richmond under General Richard Ewell. He served under Col. Thomas Logan. He was involved in the siege of Petersburg and the battle of Roper’s Farm on September 30th, 1864 as part of Hampton’s Legion in Gary’s Brigade, part of the Department of Richmond under General Richard Ewell. He served under Col. Thomas Logan. He was involved in the battle of Salyor’s Creek during the retreat of the Confederate Army from Petersburg and Richmond on April 6th, 1865 as part of Fitz Lee’s Calvary in Gary’s Brigade, part of the Department of Richmond under General Richard Ewell. He served under Lt. Col. R.B. Arnold. The Federal onslaught caught up to Lee’s Army attempting to resupply catching the re-guard, and wagon trains destroying them. Uncle “Jim” would’ve been lucky to escape this battle uncaptured, and did. General Ewell was captured at this battle as well as a fourth of the Confederate Army. He was involved in the last charge of the Confederates on April 9th, 1865 at Farmville, Virginia, and subsequent surrender on that same day as part of Fitz Lee’s Calvary in Gary’s Brigade serving under Lt. Col. R.B. Arnold. The Confederates surrendered 28,000 men at Appomattox less than 2000 of which were Calvary.
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