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Here is the article found in the Confederate Veteran, Vol. 8, page 210, noted above:
"Mrs. A. G. Robertson, Columbia, S. C..: 'Not long ago, in walking through the cemetery in Edgefield, I had pointed out to me three graves together, which were the sad and pitiful evidences of a terrible tragedy that happened there during the Confederate war. The two sons of Mrs. Pierce Butler, Edward and Lowden, were killed about the same time in battle, one in Virginia and the other out West, and their bodies were brought back the same day and taken to their home, where they were met by their totally unprepared mother. The shock was so great that she fell dead on the threshold, and the three were buried side by side. It struck me as being one of the saddest incidents of that terrible time of war and death.'"
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Report of Capt. H. A. Kennedy, Nineteenth Louisiana Infantry.
HDQRS. NINETEENTH LOUISIANA REGT.,
Camp in Front of Chattanooga, Tenn., September 26, 1863.
SIR: I have the honor herewith to make the following report of
the action taken by the Nineteenth Louisiana Regt. in the battle
of the Chickamauga, on the 20th instant, after Lieut. Col. R. W.
Turner was wounded and left the field:
After Lieut.-Col. Turner left the field the command devolved on
Maj. Loudon Butler, who led a most desperate charge upon the
enemy, who were in line upon Glenn's farm, and I regret to say
that the gallant Butler lost his life in this the most desperate and
bloody charge that troops were ever called on to make. After the
death of the lamented Butler the command devolved on me.
From this charge the whole line was beaten back, though not
until I perceived that no support could come from the left, as
Brig.-Gen. Stovall's brigade did not come up within 100 yards
of where the left of my regiment now stood, and the right of our
own brigade had given way, until, seeing myself almost deserted
and in the face of a most destructive fire, I had no alternative left
me but to order a retreat, which was conducted somewhat
disorderly, in consequence of the destructive fire under which I
was then maneuvering. The regiment fell back, and I first sought to rally it in the
ravine from which the charge was begun, but being under a very
heavy fire of the enemy's guns, and seeing that a considerable
portion of the brigade was forming at the spot where the brigade
had changed front to the left, I caused the regiment to fall back,
and formed it on the left of the brigade, to the right and a little
to the rear of the Washington Artillery. From this point the
regiment moved off with the brigade by the left flank about 250
yards, when the brigade was moved to the front until the line
rested just in rear of the houses near which a section of a battery
had been captured by the skirmishers under command of Capt.
Handley. From this point the regiment was moved by the left
flank to a skirt of woods between the prairie and the old field
where the line of battle had been formed in the morning. From
this point the regiment was again moved by the left flank and
formed a line of battle perpendicular to the one then formed just
in rear of the old field above referred to, when the regiment was
moved by a change of direction to the left until it rested near a
small ravine, then halted, stacked arms, and remained about two
hours. The regiment was then moved by the left flank, and
formed line of battle on the hill in front and parallel with the
original line of the morning. Here the regiment was ordered to
lie down during a severe shelling. From this point the line was
ordered forward, and as soon as it had reached the line that was
engaging the enemy in front, the charge was begun and continued
until the ground fought upon in the morning had been entirely
regained, driving the enemy in the wildest confusion far beyond
his original lines. At this point the regiment was halted and faced
to the rear, and marched back east of the road and bivouacked
for the night.
The losses of this day were unprecedentedly heavy. I lost in
killed 3 officers and 25 enlisted men, and wounded 14 officers
and 92 killed 3 officers and 25 enlisted men, and wounded 14
officers and 92 enlisted men; 8 enlisted men wounded and
missing, 1 officer and 10 enlisted men missing; making an
aggregate of killed, wounded, and missing of 153, nearly 50 per
cent of the whole number engaged.
Among the killed we are called upon to lament, in addition to the
gallant Butler, Lieut.'s R. W. Cater, of Company I, and W. T.
Williams, Company C-who fell where soldiers should fall, at
their posts, in the faithful discharge of their duty-together with
25 enlisted men, whose names and deeds will, and of right
should, long live in the hearts of their grateful countrymen.
It is exceedingly difficult to draw distinctions between officers or
men where all do their full duty, yet I must be allowed to notice
particularly Capt. B. B. Matlock, of Company A; First Lieut. E.
M. Woodruff, Company I, and Ensign John S. Brown, who
conspicuously distinguished themselves for gallantry and bravery
during the whole engagement.
All of which is most respectfully submitted.
H. A. KENNEDY,
Capt., Comdg.
[Lieut.] H. H. BEIN,
Acting Assistant Adjutant-Gen.
Source: Official Records
CHAP. XLII.] THE CHICKAMAUGA CAMPAIGN. PAGE 224-51
[Series I. Vol. 30. Part II, Reports. Serial No. 51.]