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Title: A History of Lumsden's Battery, C.S.A.

Author: George Little
James Robert Maxwell

Release Date: August 28, 2008 [EBook #26455]

Language: English

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Second row, left--Lieut. Harvey Cribbs; right, Artificer William
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T. A. Dearing's servant.]

A HISTORY
_of_
LUMSDEN'S BATTERY
C. S. A.

Written by Dr. George Little
_and_
Mr. James R. Maxwell

Published by R. E. Rhodes Chapter
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Tuskaloosa, Alabama

Transcriber's Note: Minor typographical errors have been corrected
without note. Original spellings, punctuation and discrepancies have
been retained, including the list of Privates with numerous names out
of alphabetical order.

This History of Lumsden's Battery was written from memory in 1905 by
Dr. Maxwell and Dr. Little, with the help of a diary kept by Dr. James
T. Searcy.

From organization Nov. 4, 1861, to Oct. 15, 1863, this data is the work
of Dr. George Little, from Oct. 15, 1863, to its surrender May 4, 1865,
the work of Mr. James R. Maxwell.

LUMSDEN'S BATTERY

Its Organization and Services in the Army of the Confederate States.

At the close of the spring term of the Circuit Court of Tuscaloosa
County, Alabama, in May, 1861, Judge Wm. S. Mudd announced from the
bench that Mr. Harvey H. Cribbs would resign the office of Sheriff of
the County for the purpose of volunteering into the Army of the
Confederate States and would place on the desk of the Clerk of the
Court an agreement