. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . eneral Jacksons quartermas-ter-general—yes, and his chief ordnance officer, too. GeneralShields was another officer to whom we were much indebtedfor artillery and small arms, and later General Butthese sources of equipment sometimes failed us, and so it cameto pass that some of our regiments were but poorly armed evenin our best brigades. For instance the Third Brigade inEwells corps, one of the best-equipped brigades in the army,entered the Gettysburg campaign with 1,941 men present for * It is estimated by surviving ordnan
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . eneral Jacksons quartermas-ter-general—yes, and his chief ordnance officer, too. GeneralShields was another officer to whom we were much indebtedfor artillery and small arms, and later General Butthese sources of equipment sometimes failed us, and so it cameto pass that some of our regiments were but poorly armed evenin our best brigades. For instance the Third Brigade inEwells corps, one of the best-equipped brigades in the army,entered the Gettysburg campaign with 1,941 men present for * It is estimated by surviving ordnance officers that not less thantwo-thirds of the artillery in the Army of Northern Virginia was captured,especially the 3-inch rifles and the 10-pound Parrotts. f General Gorgas, Chief of the Confederate Ordnance Bureau, statedthat from July 1, 1801, to Jan. 1. 1805, there were issued from the Rich-mond arsenal 323,231 infantry arms, 3-1,007 cavalry arms, 44,877 swordsand sabers, and that these were chiefly arms from battlefields, repaired. If w/ii fe m M/,. THE ONLY KNOWN PHOTOGRAPH OF TEXAS BOYS INOF NORTHERN VIRGINIA THE ARMY This group of the sturdy pioneers from Texas, heroes of many a wild charge over the battlefields of Virginia,has adopted as winter-quarters insignia the words Wigfall Mess, evidently in honor of General Wigfall,who came to Virginia in command of the Texas contingent. The general was fond of relating an experienceto illustrate the independence and individuality of his boys. In company with Major-General Whitinghe was walking near the railroad station at Manassas, and, according to wont, had been cracking up hisLone Star command, when they came upon a homespun-clad soldier comfortably seated with his backagainst some baled hay, his musket leaned against the same, and contentedly smoking a pipe. The twoofficers passed witli only the recognition of a stare from the sentry, and Whiting satirically asked Wigfallif that was one of his people, adding that he d
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