| June 22, 1863 [Monday] |
A Day in the Life of the Confederacy
Vicksburg
At 12 o’clock last night Co. B. and G. and one Co. of a 57 Ga. was ordered
outside our entrenchments to attack and drive the enemy from the ditches
which was near our picket post. We succeeded in driving them from their first
ditch. But we were forced by over whelming numbers to fall back as their ditch
did not give us any protection from the enemies fire; which we did in good
order. Lieutenant Crookshauds was killed; Sargeaut Denton and Gilbert
Murray was wounded. One of the Ga. was killed and two wounded. It was with
great reluctance that I went into it, but I said nothing. I saw it could not
profit us anything for we could not hold it when taken. I thank my God that we
escaped as well as what we did. Sharp shooting going on as usual today. Oh
Lord my heavenly Master deliver us from this unhappy fate. Hear my prayer
Oh! God and save us from the destruction of our enemies. (Clack diary)
At dark our picket fell back a little. Companies K and E relieved A and F. Five
Companies of the 57th Georgia Regiment, six of the 43rd Tennessee charged
the enemy’s works again at twelve o’clock midnight, taking them and filling us
the ditches. They captured a lieutenant [Col.] and nine or ten men with
serious loss to us. Two killed and twenty wounded. Killed and wounded
Company G: George Loy killed, [and] A. J. Houghton [Hughs] mortally
wounded and died the next day, Wm. Boles wounded in leg. Loss to Company
G: Albert Jarnigan mortally wounded, Huston in arm, Captain Wiseman in
arm, Newman in jaw, Sam Denison mortal wound in back [Denison survived
the war, died 1901] , Samuel Patillo mortal wound in shoulder. Loss to
Company D: Jack Waller in leg. Loss to Company I: Captain McKamy severe
wound in shoulder and three inches of bone taken out, J. H. Darr suffered a
slight wound. Loss to Company H: Tom Farmer in shoulder, C. M. Riggins
slight wound in ankle. Loss to Company E: Sandy Henry killed, Peter
Southerland wounded in arm, Bill Fryerson slight hip wound. Several others
slightly wounded by bullets and bayonets not to mention those burned a little.
[Jarnigan subsequently buried in Soldiers Rest, Vicksburg City Cemetery]