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CSA GENERAL JAMES J ARCHER & UNION GENERAL
CHARLES G HARKER 9 1/2" X 15" DS- July 1859 $350
This military supply list from July of 1859 shows a list of various
supplies: gunny sacks, mule shoes, horse shoes, needles, and
screws among others.
Brigadier-General James J. Archer was commissioned a captain
in the regular army of the Confederate States March 16, 1861,
and soon afterward with the rank of colonel of the Fifth Texas
regiment, was in command of the Texas brigade at the
Evansport batteries. In May as acting brigadier-general he was
on duty at West Point, Va., and after the battle of Seven Pines
he was promoted brigadier-
general and assigned to the command of a brigade in A. P. Hill's
division, consisting mainly of Tennessee and Alabama
regiments.
Under his gallant leadership Archer's brigade soon rose to
prominence in the famous "light division " and won laurels
through all the hard fighting which followed. On June 26th in
the battle of Mechanicsville, he advanced along the Bethesda
road and made a desperate attack upon the Federal position
with such valor that the losses of the attack fell principally
upon his brigade.
Following the retreating enemy he was again engaged with
distinction at Gaines' Mill. With Jackson's command in the
campaign of Manassas which followed, he was in action at
Cedar Mountain, August 9th, Manassas Junction, August 26th,
and in
the battles of Manassas, August 28, 29 and 30. On the 28th,
according to General Lee's report, General Archer "firmly held
his ground against every attack."
He was subsequently in action at Ox Hill, during the Maryland
campaign took part in the capture of Harper's Ferry and the
battle of Sharpsburg, and the encounter of Shepherdstown, and
in the following December was in the heat of the fighting at
Fredericksburg. He participated in the flank movement and
hard fighting of Jackson's corps at Chancellorsville.
At Gettysburg, Hill having been promoted to command of corps,
General Archer's brigade was in the division commanded by
Gen. Henry Heth, which led in the Confederate advance on
Gettysburg, Archer's command on the right of division line.
The first shot of this memorable struggle was fired by Archer's
brigade, and the first Confederate who fell was a private of one
of his Tennessee regiments. The brigade occupied McPherson's
wood, against which the Federal troops were promptly hurled
under the leadership of Major-General Reynolds himself. In
the fight which followed Reynolds was killed, and Archer was
wounded and with many of his command fell into the hands of
the enemy. The service lost at this time, as General Early well
expressed it, a "most gallant and meritorious officer."
In the summer of 1864, he was one of the six hundred
Confederate officers who were sent from Fort Delaware to be
placed under fire at Morris island. Subsequently exchanged, he
was assigned on August 19, 1864, to the command of his brigade
and Walker's, temporarily united, of Heth's division. But in a
few weeks the effects of his wounds and the hardships of
imprisonment disabled him for active duty, and caused his death
October 24, 1864.
Harker, Charles G., brigadier-general, was born in
Swedesboro, N. J., Dec. 2, 1837, and was graduated at West
Point in 1858. He was promoted 1st lieutenant in the 15th
infantry, May 14, 1861, and captain, Oct. 24, became
lieutenant-colonel of the 65th Ohio volunteers, and on Nov.11,
1861, colonel. He served with his regiment at Shiloh, April 6-7,
1862, took part in the siege of Corinth, and at Stone's river, Dec.
31, 1862-Jan. 3, 1863, where he commanded a brigade, he so
distinguished himself that he was recommended by his superior
officers for promotion to brigadier-general of volunteers. He
did not receive his promotion, however, until he had still further
distinguished himself at Chickamauga and Chattanooga, when
he was given his commission, to date from Sept. 20, 1863. He
commanded a brigade under Gen. Howard in the Georgia
campaign, and at Rocky Face ridge in May, 1864, held the peak
against determined efforts on the part of the Confederates to
dislodge him. He was mortally wounded at Kennesaw
mountain, Ga, June 27, 1864, while leading his brigade in a
gallant charge, and died on the field of battle the same day.
CHARLES G HARKER 9 1/2" X 15" DS- July 1859 $350
This military supply list from July of 1859 shows a list of various
supplies: gunny sacks, mule shoes, horse shoes, needles, and
screws among others.
Brigadier-General James J. Archer was commissioned a captain
in the regular army of the Confederate States March 16, 1861,
and soon afterward with the rank of colonel of the Fifth Texas
regiment, was in command of the Texas brigade at the
Evansport batteries. In May as acting brigadier-general he was
on duty at West Point, Va., and after the battle of Seven Pines
he was promoted brigadier-
general and assigned to the command of a brigade in A. P. Hill's
division, consisting mainly of Tennessee and Alabama
regiments.
Under his gallant leadership Archer's brigade soon rose to
prominence in the famous "light division " and won laurels
through all the hard fighting which followed. On June 26th in
the battle of Mechanicsville, he advanced along the Bethesda
road and made a desperate attack upon the Federal position
with such valor that the losses of the attack fell principally
upon his brigade.
Following the retreating enemy he was again engaged with
distinction at Gaines' Mill. With Jackson's command in the
campaign of Manassas which followed, he was in action at
Cedar Mountain, August 9th, Manassas Junction, August 26th,
and in
the battles of Manassas, August 28, 29 and 30. On the 28th,
according to General Lee's report, General Archer "firmly held
his ground against every attack."
He was subsequently in action at Ox Hill, during the Maryland
campaign took part in the capture of Harper's Ferry and the
battle of Sharpsburg, and the encounter of Shepherdstown, and
in the following December was in the heat of the fighting at
Fredericksburg. He participated in the flank movement and
hard fighting of Jackson's corps at Chancellorsville.
At Gettysburg, Hill having been promoted to command of corps,
General Archer's brigade was in the division commanded by
Gen. Henry Heth, which led in the Confederate advance on
Gettysburg, Archer's command on the right of division line.
The first shot of this memorable struggle was fired by Archer's
brigade, and the first Confederate who fell was a private of one
of his Tennessee regiments. The brigade occupied McPherson's
wood, against which the Federal troops were promptly hurled
under the leadership of Major-General Reynolds himself. In
the fight which followed Reynolds was killed, and Archer was
wounded and with many of his command fell into the hands of
the enemy. The service lost at this time, as General Early well
expressed it, a "most gallant and meritorious officer."
In the summer of 1864, he was one of the six hundred
Confederate officers who were sent from Fort Delaware to be
placed under fire at Morris island. Subsequently exchanged, he
was assigned on August 19, 1864, to the command of his brigade
and Walker's, temporarily united, of Heth's division. But in a
few weeks the effects of his wounds and the hardships of
imprisonment disabled him for active duty, and caused his death
October 24, 1864.
Harker, Charles G., brigadier-general, was born in
Swedesboro, N. J., Dec. 2, 1837, and was graduated at West
Point in 1858. He was promoted 1st lieutenant in the 15th
infantry, May 14, 1861, and captain, Oct. 24, became
lieutenant-colonel of the 65th Ohio volunteers, and on Nov.11,
1861, colonel. He served with his regiment at Shiloh, April 6-7,
1862, took part in the siege of Corinth, and at Stone's river, Dec.
31, 1862-Jan. 3, 1863, where he commanded a brigade, he so
distinguished himself that he was recommended by his superior
officers for promotion to brigadier-general of volunteers. He
did not receive his promotion, however, until he had still further
distinguished himself at Chickamauga and Chattanooga, when
he was given his commission, to date from Sept. 20, 1863. He
commanded a brigade under Gen. Howard in the Georgia
campaign, and at Rocky Face ridge in May, 1864, held the peak
against determined efforts on the part of the Confederates to
dislodge him. He was mortally wounded at Kennesaw
mountain, Ga, June 27, 1864, while leading his brigade in a
gallant charge, and died on the field of battle the same day.
