. Officers of the army and navy (volunteer) who served in the civil war . 1* \). dered Lieutenant-Colonel Griffin to take the Thirty-eighth,as it was all there was left, and take the works. ColonelGriffin ordered Company G, Captain H. F. Perry, andCompany H, Lieutenant David H. Patton, as skirmishers,to take advantage of the smoke and gathering shades ofevening, reserve their fire, to move as noiselessly as possi-ble, tear away the abatis, and open a way to carry theworks. Captain Perry fell early in the advance, but Lieu-tenant Patton and skirmishers cleared away the abatis,and the Thirty-eig
. Officers of the army and navy (volunteer) who served in the civil war . 1* \). dered Lieutenant-Colonel Griffin to take the Thirty-eighth,as it was all there was left, and take the works. ColonelGriffin ordered Company G, Captain H. F. Perry, andCompany H, Lieutenant David H. Patton, as skirmishers,to take advantage of the smoke and gathering shades ofevening, reserve their fire, to move as noiselessly as possi-ble, tear away the abatis, and open a way to carry theworks. Captain Perry fell early in the advance, but Lieu-tenant Patton and skirmishers cleared away the abatis,and the Thirty-eighth carried the works. To the braveryof Colonel Patton on that occasion, Colonel Griffin, inhis farewell address to the regiment, feelingly alludeswhen he says, To the brave boys I can but say thateverything is due to their valor on the field; and remem-ber that you have a leader in the commander of Jones-boroughs gallant skirmish-line, meaning Captain was then the ranking officer and in command. After the fall of Atlanta the Thirty-eighth went withSherman to the s
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