The Pride of the Confederate Artillery: The Washington Artillery in the Army of Tennessee

by Hughes, Nathaniel Cheairs

• ISBN13: 9780807121870
• ISBN10: 0807121878
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1997-11-01
• Publisher: Louisiana State Univ Pr

Summary

In The Pride of the Confederate Artillery, Nathaniel Cheairs Hughes, Jr., illustrates the significance of the unit and, for the first time, positions this pivotal group in its rightful place in history. The Fifth Company, Washington Artillery of New Orleans, fought with the Army of Tennessee from Shiloh to Chickamauga, from Perryville to Mobile, and from Atlanta to Jackson, Mississippi. Slocomb's Battery, as it was also known, won repeated praise from every commander of that army. Although it sustained high losses, the company was recognized for its bold, tenacious fighting and was considered the Army of Tennessee's finest close-combat battery. The Pride of the Confederate Artillery is the compelling story of four hundred men, their organization and service, their victories and defeats in over forty battles.

Table of Contents

Preface	xi	(6)
Abbreviations Used in Notes	xvii
1 Try Us	1	(13)
2 For God's Sake, Boys, Hurry Up	14	(30)
3 Passionately Fond of Gunnery	44	(14)
4 The White Horse Battery	58	(16)
5 Doing Some Fancy Practice	74	(30)
6 You Shan't Have Any of My Peanuts	104	(16)
7 Wickedest Artillery Duel I Ever Saw	120	(11)
8 Another Bloody Sunday	131	(16)
9 Time to Git	147	(17)
10 The Battle of Slocomb	164	(9)
11 Bees and Wasps and Hornets	173	(11)
12 Captain, Haven't I Done My Duty?	184	(10)
13 Odd Situation for a Battery	194	(21)
14 Jonesboro	215	(7)
15 The Price of Immortality	222	(16)
16 Every Man for Himself	238	(17)
17 Drowned Rats	255	(7)
18 Anxious to Do and to Dare	262	(16)
Epilogue	278	(5)
Appendix A: Roster of the Fifth Company	283	(70)
Appendix B: Songs of the Fifth Company	353	(4)
Bibliography	357	(14)
Index	371