. A history of the Eighth Regiment of New Hampshire Volunteers, including its service as infantry, Second N. H. Cavalry, and Veteran Battalion in the Civil War of 1861-1865, covering a period of three years, ten months, and nineteen days . nd healthiest regiment in the South withperhaps the exception of our twin brother the 4th Wis-consin. The following report is by Gen. Dick Taylor, C. S. : There were Confederates on both sides of the bayou, buthaving neglected their floating bridge, they could notunite. Col. Armand with his own, the i8th, the Crescent,Col. McPheeters and the four g
. A history of the Eighth Regiment of New Hampshire Volunteers, including its service as infantry, Second N. H. Cavalry, and Veteran Battalion in the Civil War of 1861-1865, covering a period of three years, ten months, and nineteen days . nd healthiest regiment in the South withperhaps the exception of our twin brother the 4th Wis-consin. The following report is by Gen. Dick Taylor, C. S. : There were Confederates on both sides of the bayou, buthaving neglected their floating bridge, they could notunite. Col. Armand with his own, the i8th, the Crescent,Col. McPheeters and the four gun battery of Capt. Rals-ton ; in all five hundred men, resisted Weitzels advanceat Labadieville, eight miles above Thibodeaux. Thefighting was severe and Armand only retired after hisammunition was exhausted, but he lost many killed andwounded and some few prisoners. Col. McPheeters wasamong the former and Captains Ralston and Story amongthe latter. Incident of the fight bv Orderly Sergeant James : The order cease firing had been given, the majority ofthe rebels prostrate in ditches were shaking aloft all theyhad of dirty white in token of surrender, save a few in theedge of the woods who thought to get aw^ay by good leg. JOiL\ FARLEY, CO. K. New Hampshire Volunteers. 145 work. Among the latter, a confederate officer with onefoot in the stirrup in the act of mounting his horse, wasseen by Orderly Sergeant James M. Langley of Co. called out to Lieut. John K. Stokes, Shall I fire?Stokes quickly answered, Let drive. Langley fired andthe officer fell. At the final advance it was found thatSergt. Langley had killed Col. McPheeters, the officer incommand of the rebel force in their immediate front. The above account is given by the two officers who areto-day living, and it refutes the sensational story of a writerfor a New England regiment, in a prominent magazine,who claims for it the larger share of the fighting and con-sequent credit for gaining the victory, includ
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