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Title: South Carolina bench and bar
Year: 1908 (1900s)
Authors: Brooks, Ulysses Robert, 1846-1917
Subjects: Judges Lawyers
Publisher: Columbia, S.C., The State company
Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
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w, in command of the Secondand Eighth South Carolina Regiments and Kempers Battery,struck the Federal army at the Henry House just as Kirby Smithappeared on its flank, and so helped to win the day for theConfederate States. In February, 1862, he was promoted brigadier-general to suc-ceed General Bonham, who resigned when elected Governor ofSouth Carolina. In this rank he participated in the Yorktowncampaign, and in McLaws division fought through the SevenDays campaign before Richmond; commanded the troops whichcaptured Maryland Heights, and had a gallant part in the fight-ing at Sharpsburg. At Fredericksburg his brigade was sentinto the fight at Maryes Hill, where Kershaw was in commandafter General Cobb was wounded. At Chancellorsville he wasan active participant, and at Gettysburg he and his brigadewere conspicuous in the defeat of Sickles at the peach orchard.Reaching the field of Chickamauga in time for the fighting ofSeptember 20th, he was in the grand line of veterans with which
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Nu. 1—Judge KeushawNo. 2—Judge CothranNo. 3—Judge Wallace No. 4—Judge IeesslevNo. 5—Judge Withekspoon Joseph Brevard Kershaw. 229 Longstreet overwhelmed the Federals, commanding McLawsdivision, and in the last grand assault on George H. Thomas,also commanding Graces, Kellys and Andersons brigades. Hedrove the enemy into their lines at Chattanooga and subsequentlyparticipated in the Knoxville campaign, at Beans Station, andother engagements, commanding the division. In the same com-mand he went into the Wilderness campaign of May, 1864, andchecked the Federal success on May 6th with his veterans, sweep-ing the enemy from his front and capturing his works. He wasriding with Longstreet and Jenkins when these two generals werewounded, and fortunately escaped injury. It was his divisionwhich reached Spottsylvania Court-house in time to supportStuarts cavalry and thwart the flank movement of Grant, and,by an attack on Sheridan, opened the bloody struggle at ColdHarbor, where the h

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