Monday, October 24, 2011

William Armistead of Company H

Notwithstanding such losses the 22nd pushed onward against the retreating Yankees. Negro cook William Armistead of Company H, a mulatto barber prior to the war, got so caught up in the excitement that he picked up an abandoned rifle and joined in the fight.

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22nd Virginia Infantry by Terry Lowry


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