Nesbitt Memorial Library Journal, Volume 9, Number 2, May 1999 Page: 80
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Nesbitt Memorial Library Journal
softly murmurs an eternal requiem to their souls
as it gently flows by their bed, they sleep their
long sleep.
December 22, 1887
Chapter VIII
The Battle of Val Verde
[omitted]
Chapter IX
Capt. P. J. Clough's Account
of the Battle of Val Verde
[omitted]January 5, 1888
Chapter IX
Capt. P. J. Clough's Account
of the Battle of Val Verde
[omitted]
Chapter X
Lieut. Phil Fulcrod's Account
of the Battle of Val Verde
[omitted]
January 12, 1888
Chapter X
Lieut. Phil Fulcrod's Account
of the Battle of Val Verde
... Some of our boys turned the cannon
they had captured on the enemy. Some of the
7th, Ferguson of company A, being one of
them, had one piece trying to work it. Some of
Hampton's company A. of the 4th, had another
piece. Sidel of that company called and asked
me to come to their assistance, I started to themand saw some of Shropshire's company A. of
the 5th, had the cannon at which Lockridge was
killed, (this company was with Lockridge the
entire day up to the time of his death,) and were
trying to work it, just as I came up I heard
Davidson say, "Oh hell we don't know which
end of the thing goes foremost, damned it Pete,
put the darn thing in your pocket and let's cut
them fellows [illegible] and he and the man he
spoke to [illegible] his name was Silvey,) put
off after the Federals. I would have stopped
and helped them but just as I got there Lt-Col.
McNeil came up and told them he would show
them how to work it, he also told Lt. Wright to
call Davidson and Silvey back, but they were
too far off to hear ...Remarks of W. L. Davidson
... My old comrade and ancient bed-fel-
low, Capt. Phil Clough, is mistaken about my
having a red flag around my head-that was
simply a red handkerchief, old, ragged, tattered
and torn, and did flutter somewhat like a flag,
but it was all I had to cover my head as I had
lost my hat, but even then I was better off than
my native townsman, J. D. Sayers, for he went
on that battery bareheaded
My brother Fulcrod is right when he says
that we knew nothing of cannon, we were nearly
all boys then, and had been taught deeds of
peace and not of war.
... The men of Company A. of the 5th,
[who manned the cannon] were Sam Henderson,
J. D. Campbell, Wat Tinkler, Harve McLeary
and J. J. Dick, with McNeil's assistance they
fired their piece once ...
... Company A. of the 5th had twenty-
three [men killed and wounded] ...
As I stated at the outset, no one man ever
saw the whole of a battle, three of us have given
accounts of this one, and yet I know of moves
that were made yet remember them so indi-
rectly that I can not detail them. I was a private80
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