University of Texas at San Antonio Civil War Diaries

companies each after arriving in New Orleans. They took the cars for Virginia, when we arrived about the 15th Sept 61, we were then divided into Regts, and were designated as 4th & 5th Txs Col JJ Archer an old U.S.A. officer was made Col 5th, JB Robertson Capt Comp I was made Lt Col, and JB Bolls of Co "A" was made Mj., JB Hood an old army officer was made Col 4th., John Marshal of Austin TX was made Lt Col, and B Warwick of Va. and a distinguished officer in Garribal di's Army was made Major. We found on our arrival in Virginia The 13 Texas com -pound of companies who

During their operations around Rich mond. "Stonewall Jackson" was carry ing out an active and successful cam -paign in the "Shandoah vally." against Banks, Fremont and Shields, even af- -ter "7 Pines" our Col. JJ Archer, was made a Brig Genl and assigned to the command of a Tennessee Brig. Lt Col J B Robertson. became Col, Maj Botts became Lt Col. and Capt J C Arion of Colorado Co Txs. became Major. McLelland, was diging into Rich -mond, day by day, and it be -came necessary to retard the ad -vance he made with the [spach?] by means of the rifle.

On the morning June 11th 62. Hoods Brigade "Whitings Brigade and Lawtons Georgia Brigade. Under command