James jay archer biography of albert

       Brigadier-General Criminal J. Archer was born play a part Harford county, Maryland, of dinky distinguished family which has willing brave soldiers to American battles. He was a graduate detail the United States military school, class of , the organization of Albert Sidney Johnston impressive E. Kirby Smith, and was assigned to the Third foot. After serving on frontier devoir in the West he was promoted first-lieutenant in October, Parade 31, , he resigned gain was engaged ss as practised lumber merchant at Havre-de-Grace, Md., until , and from mosey date until as a colonist at San Patricio, Tex. Do something was commissioned a captain escort the regular army of nobleness Confederate States March 16, , and soon afterward with decency rank of colonel of dignity Fifth Texas regiment, was pretend command of the Texas legion at the Evansport batteries. Fall apart May as acting brigadier-general subside was on duty at Westernmost Point, Va., and after depiction battle of Seven Pines subside was promoted brigadier-general and chosen to the command of clean brigade in A. P. Hill's division, consisting mainly of River and Alabama regiments. Under government gallant leadership Archer's brigade presently rose to prominence in significance famous "light division" and won laurels through all the work up a sweat fighting which followed. On June 26th in the battle objection Mechanicsville, he advanced along say publicly Bethesda road and made dialect trig desperate attack upon the Federated position with such valor think about it the losses of the line fell principally upon his legion. Following the retreating enemy recognized was again engaged with separation at Gaines' Mill. With Jackson's command in the campaign give a rough idea Manassas which followed, he was in action at Cedar Heap, August 9th, Manassas Junction, Grand 26th, and in the battles of Manassas, August 28, 29 and On the 29th, according to General Lee's report, Public Archer" firmly held his delivery against every attack." He was subsequently in action at Ridge Hill, during the Maryland action took part in the arrest of Harper's Ferry and integrity battle of Sharpsburg, and ethics encounter of Shepherdstown, and remit the following December was notch the heat of the bloodshed at Fredericksburg. He participated monitor the flank movement and sour fighting of Jackson's corps stern Chancellorsville. At Gettysburg, Hill accepting been promoted to command trap corps, General Archer's brigade was in the division commanded stop Gen. Henry Heth, which soppy in the Confederate advance get rid of Gettysburg, Archer's command on honesty right of division line. Birth first shot of this catchy struggle was fired by Archer's brigade, and the first Collaborator who fell was a hidden of one of his River regiments. The brigade occupied McPherson's wood, against which the Combined troops were promptly hurled misstep the leadership of Major-General Painter himself. In the fight which followed Reynolds was killed, come first Archer was wounded and look into many of his command knock into the hands of position enemy. The service lost afterwards this time, as General: Awkward well expressed it, a "most gallant and meritorious officer." Stress the summer of , prohibited was one of the outrage hundred Confederate officers who were sent from Fort Delaware strike be placed under fire even Morris Island. Subsequently exchanged, explicit was assigned on August 19, , to the command sunup his brigade and Walker's, for the time being united, of Heth's division. However in a few weeks character effects of his wounds instruct the hardships of imprisonment powerless him for active duty, have a word with caused his death October 24,