G L. Page
Residence was not listed;
Enlisted as a Corporal (date unknown).
"B" Co. TX 18th Cavalry
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- Index to Compiled Confederate Military Service Record
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Globe L./G. L. Page, age 24, resident of Houston, Texas, Private, Capt. H. S. Morgan's Company, Darnell's Regiment Texas Volunteers*, enlisted January 1, 1862 at Bastrop, Texas, by H. S. Morgan for 1 year ,appointed 3rd Corporal, September 1, 1862, captured at Fort Hindman, Arkansas Post, Arkansas, January 11, 1863, admitted to Camp Douglas, Illinois prison camp, delivered to City Point, Virginia, April 7, 1863 for exchange, wounded September 19, 1863 at the battle of Chickamauga, operated on,amputated, the "Upper 3 thigh" by Suregon Bakeman September 26, retired for disability from the Invalid Corps., P. A. C. S., August 10, 1864**, receipted for an issue of clothing and paid, October 7, 1864, admitted CSA Hospital, Charlottesville, Virginia February 5, 1865, gunshot wound, thigh upper, filed requisition to Wells & Bro, Charlottsville, for an artificial limb, dated February 6, 1865 at Richmond, Va.,
* This company became Company B, 18th Regiment Texas Cavalry
** Certificates of Disability in his file too faint to read on-line
M323: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Texas
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Eighteenth Texas Cavalry (dismounted)
Chickamagua after battle report:
Report of Col. F. C. Wilkes, Twenty-fourth Texas
Cavalry, commanding Seventeenth, Eighteenth, Twenty-fourth,
and Twenty-fifth Texas Cavalry (dismounted).
HDQRS. 17TH, 18TH, 24TH, AND 25TH TEXAS CAVALRY,
October 6, 1863.
SIR: I have the honor to report that on Saturday, September 19,
about 4. 30, my regiment, numbering 735 rank and file and 29
officers of the line, together with 3 field officers, crossed the
Chickamauga Creek, and after moving forward about 2 miles
formed in line of battle about sundown. The regiment occupied
the position on the right of Gen. Deshler's brigade, the right of
which brigade rested on the left of Gen. Wood's brigade. We
immediately moved forward, passing over the brigade of Gen.
Preston Smith, and at a distance of about 600 yards we met the
enemy. My company of skirmishers, which had been instructed
to keep well to the front, being misled by t he darkness of the
night, had come unexpectedly upon the enemy's line of battle and
had been captured. After a short engagement with the enemy,
especially upon the right of my command, he was routed with
considerable loss in killed and wounded, and about 100
prisoners, principally form the Seventy-ninth Pennsylvania
Regt.'s, together with the colors of each of these regiments and
most of their field officers; also about 150 stand of small-arms,
during which time the company of skirmishers made their escape.
In the engagement I lost 4 killed and 7 or 8 wounded.
The honor of capturing the colors belongs to Private L. Montgomery,
of Company B, and Sergt. C. Martin and Private Pippen of Company K.
Sergt. J. H. Griffin, of Company I, distinguished himself by his
gallantry and coolness in taking command of his company when
the only commissioned officer in it was absent and could not be
found. I recommend that he be promoted to lieutenant.
During this engagement I received a slight wound which partially
disabled me, in consequence of which the command devolved on
Lieut.-Col. Coit and Maj. Taylor.
Having driven the enemy from the field, the action closed about
8 o'clock, and we bivouacked on the battle-field.
On Sunday morning, an hour before daylight, we reformed our
line of battle and threw up temporary breastworks. Between 9
and 10 o'clock we were again ordered to the front. After
advancing about 600 yards through the timber, we came upon an
open field completely commanded by the enemy's batteries, and
we made our way at a double-quick step across this field under
a most terrific fire of shot and shell, grape and canister. During
this movement we lost 8 or 10 men in killed and wounded.
Having advanced near the enemy's lines, and finding a brigade
already in front of us engaging the enemy, the command was
ordered to halt, lie down, and await further orders. Just at this
juncture, I received a contused wound upon the right leg which
completely disabled me, and in consequence of which I was
separated from the command until the close of the action.
The officers and men of the command up to this time, with a few
dishonorable exceptions already reported, displayed
remarkable gallantry. Maj. Taylor, now in command of the
regiment, and who was with it during the entire action of the
19th and 20th, will add to this a supplemental report.
I have the honor to be, yours, very respectfully, &c.,
F. C. WILKES,
Col., Comdg. Regt.
Capt. J. T. HEARNE,
Assistant Adjutant-Gen.
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Report of Maj. William A. Taylor, Twenty-fourth Texas Cavalry,
commanding Seventeenth, Eighteenth, Twenty-fourth, and
Twenty-fifth Texas Cavalry (dismounted).
[OCTOBER 6, 1863]
SIR: Being upon the right of the regiment at the time Col.
Wilkes was wounded, I was ordered by Gen. Deshler to move
the regiment by the right flank. After proceeding about 300
yards, I was ordered by Gen. Cleburne to front and advance,
which I did immediately. The regiment met a regiment of Gen.
Wood's brigade retreating from before the enemy (opening our
lines to give it egress), and then closing up again, advancing
steadily to the crest of the hill immediately in front of the
enemy's breastworks, the enemy hastily retiring from before
them. Upon arriving at the crest of the hill, we were ordered to
halt. It was here the regiment suffered terribly, losing about 200
in killed and wounded, and remained undaunted for three or four
hours under a galling and continuous fire of grape, canister, and
small-arms until it was ordered order, still keeping a line of
sharpshooters near the crest of the hill. Soon after the regiment
assumed its new position, it was discovered that the enemy's
skirmishers were flanking us on the right. Immediately upon
discovering this movement of the enemy I ordered a company out
as skirmishers to drive them back, which was done effectually.
In a short time the enemy was routed, and the regiment was
ordered to bivouac upon the field from which the enemy had
been driven.
Respectfully submitted.
W. A. TAYLOR,
Maj., 17th, 18th, 24th, and 25th Regts. Texas Cav.
Capt. J. T. HEARNE,
Assistant Adjutant-Gen.
Source: Official Records
CHAP. XLII.] THE CHICKAMAUGA CAMPAIGN. PAGE 194-51
[Series I. Vol. 30. Part II, Reports. Serial No. 51.]