The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 34, In Four Parts. Part 1, Reports. Page: 804
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LOuISIANA ANI) TIlE TRANS-MISSISSI'PI. .
of ammunition and to rest and recruit. about the time that General
Walker's division went into the action. I was not permitted to
remain there long, but was ordered on the field again to suppl)ort
Walker's division. Major Steele took command then, I being or-
dered to the hospital to get up what men there were there that were
able to go in the fight. Captain Dickson. of Company A. seeing the
color-bearer shot down, gallantly raised the colors and kept them up
until he was cut down by three balls. The casualties are as follows :
Killed, 2 officers and 19 men ; wounded, 7 officers and 04 men.
Respectfully submitted.
Yours,
T. D. THOMSON,
Lieutenant-Colonel, Comrmanding Regiment.
Capt. A. TAPPAN,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
No. 0E2.
Report of Col. R. G. Sharer, Thirtly-eighth Arkansas hfantry,
commanding Twenly-seventh and Thirty-eighth Arkansas In-
fantry, of engagement at Jenkins' Ferry.
HEADQUARTERS SHAVER'S REGIMENT,
C('amp near Tulip, Ark.. May 2. 1864.
CAPTAIN : I have the honor to make the following report of the
part taken by my regiment in the action near Jenkins' Ferry on April
30, 1864: Our brigade was directed to form line of l)attle on the
hill near the bottomni about 8 o'clock in the morning. Directly there-
after I received orders to deploy my regiment as skirmishers, being
informed at the time that the regiments on my right and leftwould
be likewise deployed as skirmishers, and that the whole line so de-
ployed would act in concert. Soon after the order was given to
advance I was notified that the order for the regiment on my right
to be deployed as skirmishers had been countermanded, and that the
said regiment would be held in reserve, with instructions to move to
the support of that portion of the line most in need of it. I was
also ordered to relieve the cavalry skirmishers in my front, who
were then actively engaged with the enemy. My line of skirmishers
was rapidly advanced and in good order, and I had occasion several
times to restrain my men, whose ardor was carrying them in advance
of the regiment on my left, which was charged with the direction of
the line. We soon came up with the cavalry skirmishers, relieved
them, and actively engaged the enemy's skirmishers. I still advanced
my line rapidly, vigorously pressing and driving the enemy's line of
skirmishers until they were forced back upon their line of battle. I
pushed my line to within easy range of the enicmy's line of battle,
pouring into them all the time a galling fire. At this juncture I re-
ceived an order to assemble my comniand and move to the left to
the support of our troops, who were vigorously pressed by the enemy
in that quarter. The order to assemblIe had only been partially exe-
('ited when the enemy advanced his lines and forced m e to suspend(
t.hle move to the left. About t wo-thlirds o()' m y regillent had asselm-
bled and were put in position to receive the enemy-. That )ortion of804
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United States. War Department. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 34, In Four Parts. Part 1, Reports., book, 1892; Washington D.C.. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth146033/m1/833/?q=Tappan%27s: accessed April 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.