O'Roark, G. W., private, November 14, 1863.

Phillips, A., private and corporal, March 14, 1862; wounded at Gaines' Mill, June 27, 1862, and badly wounded at Spotsylvania

C. H., May 18, 1864; served until surrender.

Parker, Wm. A., private, March 14, 1862; served until surrender. Peacher, J. H., private, March 14, 1862; served until surrender. Proctor, A., private, March 14, 1862; served until surrender. Proffitt, W. W., private, March 14, 1862; served until surrender. Pleasants, B. F., private, March 14, 1862; badly wounded at Bristow Station, October, 1863; also at Hatcher's Run, February 7, 1865.

Purcell, O. G., private, March 14, 1862; dead.

Pettitt, J. F., private, March 14, 1862.

Perry, W. H., private, March 14, 1862.

Parsil, Isaac, private, November 15, 1863; captured at Five Forks, April 1, 1865.

Purnell, F., private, November 16, 1863.

Payne, John A., March 14, 1862; killed at Fredericksburg, December 13, 1862.

Pemberton, Charles, private, March 14, 1862; died September 18, 1862, from wounds received at Sharpsburg, September 17, 1862; buried near hospital near the battle-field.

Quisenberry, J. N., private, March 14, 1862.

Ratcliffe, W. J., corporal and sergeant, March 14, 1862; served until surrender.

Redford, John R., commissary sergeant, March 14, 1862; served until surrender.

Ratcliffe, W. T., corporal, March 14, 1862; served until surrender. Rider, M. T., artificer, March 14, 1862; served until surrender. Ruffin, J. R., corporal, March 14, 1862; slightly wounded at Fredericksburg, December 13, 1862; transferred to Rockbridge artillery November 25, 1863.

Rowland, J. R., private, March 14, 1862.

Roudenboush, S. D., privaɩ March 14, 1862.

Rawlings, B. C., private, August 12, 1862; sent to rear from Gettysburg shot through the breast, and died July 4, 1863; buried near field hospital.

Smith, H. D., corporal and sergeant, March 14, 1862; captured June 28, 1863; exchanged March, 1865; returned to battery Apr 2, 1865; recommended for second lieutenant.

Snead, Wm. D., private, March 14, 1862; served until surrender.

Seeley, R. S., private, March 14, 1862; badly wounded in face at Spotsylvania; served until surrender.

Smith, C. D., private, March 14, 1862; served until badly wounded

March 25, 1865.

Straughan, J. L., private, March 14, 1862.

Smith, W. W., private and corporal, March 14, 1862; served until surrender.

Seaton, M. V., private, March 14, 1862.
Self, Job, private, November 16, 1863.

Sizer, J. Irving, private, April 29, 1864.

Sewell, G. W., private, March 14, 1862; discharged December 7, 1864.

Strother, R. Q., private, March 14, 1862; transferred to Company E, 1st Engineer Regiment, March 17, 1864.

Sharp, Samuel, private, March 14, 1862; deserted and joined Yankee cavalry; came into Richmond with them at its evacuation. Strother, Sidney, sergeant, March 14, 1862; died June 28, 1862, from wounds received at Gaines' Mill.

Straughan, J. J., private, December 11, 1862.

Thomas, J. J., first sergeant and corporal, March 14, 1862; badly wounded at Spotsylvania C. H.; served until surrender. Thomasson, William, private, March 14, 1862; died August 9, 1863. Tankersly, C. W., private, March 14, 1862; deserted and came into Richmond after evacuation in the Yankee cavalry.

Tyree, Andrew W., private, March 14, 1862; discharged at Fair Grounds early in 1862.

Vass, H. J. C., corporal, March 14, 1862; served until surrender. Vass, B. W., sergeant, March 14, 1862; wounded at Davis' farm, Petersburg, August 21, 1864; served until surrender.

Vass, John W., private, March 14, 1862; wounded at Turkey Ridge, June 9, 1864; served until surrender.

Venable, Thomas, private, April 30, 1863.

White, M. J., corporal, March 14, 1862.

Wheeler, John J., private, March 14, 1862; served until surrender. Walden, R. C., private and corporal, March 14, 1862; served until surrender; dead.

Weisiger, Junius K., private, March 14, 1862.

Walker, T. G., private, August 24, 1862; captured at Five Forks,

April 1, 1865.

Ware, G. E., private, March 1, 1864.

Watkins, R. W., private, July 20, 1864.

Wood, Thomas, farrier, March 14, 1862; died November 18, 1863. Weisiger, Powhatan, private, March 14, 1862; transferred to Captain Guigon's company.

White, C. M., private, March 14, 1862; discharged by order, June 6, 1862.

Warner, G. W., private, November 12, 1863.

Young, C. P., private, March 14, 1862; wounded at Harper's Ferry, September 15, 1862, and at Gettysburg, July 3, 1863; captured en route from Gettysburg but escaped; captured again at Appomattox, April 9, 1865, but escaped again.

Young, George S., private and corporal, March 14, 1862; wounded at Cold Harbor on the 27th June, 1862-schrapnel shot passed entirely through his neck-and at Gettysburg, July 3, 1863; died May 30, 1864, from wounds received at Jericho Ford, May 23, 1864.

Youell, Joshua, private, September 14, 1863.

THE LIGHT ARTILLERY.

(Anonymous.)

On the unstained sward of a gentle slope,
Full of valor, and nerved by hope,

The infantry sways like a coming sea;
Why lingers the light artillery?

"Action front !"

Whirling the Parrotts like children's toys,
The horses strain to the rushing noise;
To right and to left, so fast and free,
They carry the light artillery.

"Drive on !"

The gunner cries, with a tug and a jerk,
The limbers fly, and we bend to our work;

The handspike in, and the implements out—

We wait for the word, and it comes with a shout—

"Load!"

The foes pour on their billowy line;
Can nothing check their bold design?
With yells and oaths of fiendish glee,
They rush for the light artillery.

"Commence firing !"

Hurrah! hurrah! our bulldogs bark,
And the enemy's line is a glorious mark;
Hundreds fall like grain on the lea,
Mowed down by the light artillery.

"Fire!" and "Load!" are the only cries,
Thundered and rolled to the vaulted skies;

Aha! they falter, they halt, they flee,
From the hail of the light artillery.

"Cease firing!"

The battle is over, the victory won,

Ere the dew is dried by the rising sun;

While the shout bursts out, like a full-voiced sea, "Hurrah, for the light artillery !"

[From the New Orleans, La., Picayune, Dec. 27, 1903, and Jan. 24, 1904.]

THE BATTLE OF SHILOH, APRIL 6, 1862.

By CAPTAIN JAMES DINKINS.

After the surrender of the Southern forces at Fort Donelson, in February, 1862, the Confederates abandoned Kentucky and mobilized at Corinth, Miss. The troops under General Bragg were also drawn from Pensacola, and such, also, as were at New Orleans.

This combined force, at the suggestion of General Beauregard, was reorganized into three army corps. The First, commanded by Major-General Polk, 10,000 strong, was made up of two divisions, under Major B. F. Cheatham and Brigadier-General Clarke, respectively, of two brigades each.

The Second, under Major-General Bragg, was arranged in two divisions also, commanded by Brigadier-General Withers and Ruggles, with three brigades each, and numbered about fifteen thousand

men.

The Third Corps, commanded by Major-General Hardee, was formed of three brigades not in division, and three brigades under Brigadier-General Breckinridge, and numbered about thirteen thousand men.

There was also a cavalry force, about four thousand strong, which had not been armed. The entire Confederate army was under the command of General Albert Sidney Johnston, with General Beauregard second in command. General Beauregard was specially charged with the duty of getting the organization perfected and in preparing the troops for an early campaign.

While the Confederates were thus occupied, the Federals were actively engaged also in preparations for the impending campaign. General Grant, with the three divisions which had been engaged at Fort Donelson, was now at Pittsburg Landing, on the Tennessee river. Soon after his arrival he was followed by three other divisions, commanded by Sherman, Hurlbut, and Prentiss.

The Federal force at this time consisted of six large divisions, suitably armed and equipped, and eight regiments of cavalry; besides, a splendid corps of artillery, made up of the best batteries in

use.