Died from wounds received on September 17, 1862 at Battle of Antietam. Shot under left breast.
Letter from the Potomac.
We are permitted to make the following extracts from a letter written by a member of the Gulf City Guards:
On the Potomac, Sept. 20, 1862.
Since leaving Richmond we have been marching or fighting all the time. Our first battle was on Sunday last, in which we had about twelve men, and had Carver, Lewis, Bullis and Alex. Hall wounded--none killed. I am sorry to say Wayne George is missing since then, and is either a prisoner or wounded.
On the 17th we had the greatest fight of the war. For three days previous we had been lying in line of battle in front of the Yankees, the artillery of both sides being engaged all the time. I can only just say that apparently both sides were well whipped, as we lay next day looking at one another without firing a gun. We had only a squad of eight in the fight, and lost some of the best men in the company. Bullis and Sturdivant were killed, Cooke, I am afraid, mortally wounded and a prisoner, Brennan missing, and the Captain slightly wounded. I happily escaped myself. We (the 3rd Alabama) took into the fight less than one hundred men. Captain Ready and Lieuts Lake and Harris were killed. Wayne George and Sturdivant were the only ones of our mess (No. 5) with us.
Since the battle, ten or twelve men whom we left in Richmond have come on, and we now have about twenty men in the company. Of the men who entered the fight only four of us remain, and when we retreated two days afterwards across the Potomac we had but one sergeant--your humble servant--and no commissioned officer present.
Bullis was shot under the left breast, and died the day after....
SHARPE.
Through the kindness of Captain Simpson, who is now in the city, we have been furnished with the following revised list of casualties in the Gulf City Guards:
Boonsboro Gap, Sept 14--Wounded: Privates John Lewis, badly; T.J. Carver and A.P. Hall, slightly. Prisoner: Sgt W.S. George.
Sharpsburg, Sept 17--Killed: Norwood Sturdivant and H. D. Bullis. Wounded: Capt John R. Simpson, slightly; J. J. Cooke and Martin Brennan, badly.
--Mobile Register, October 4, 1862, p. 1
Letter from the Potomac.
We are permitted to make the following extracts from a letter written by a member of the Gulf City Guards:
On the Potomac, Sept. 20, 1862.
Since leaving Richmond we have been marching or fighting all the time. Our first battle was on Sunday last, in which we had about twelve men, and had Carver, Lewis, Bullis and Alex. Hall wounded--none killed. I am sorry to say Wayne George is missing since then, and is either a prisoner or wounded.
On the 17th we had the greatest fight of the war. For three days previous we had been lying in line of battle in front of the Yankees, the artillery of both sides being engaged all the time. I can only just say that apparently both sides were well whipped, as we lay next day looking at one another without firing a gun. We had only a squad of eight in the fight, and lost some of the best men in the company. Bullis and Sturdivant were killed, Cooke, I am afraid, mortally wounded and a prisoner, Brennan missing, and the Captain slightly wounded. I happily escaped myself. We (the 3rd Alabama) took into the fight less than one hundred men. Captain Ready and Lieuts Lake and Harris were killed. Wayne George and Sturdivant were the only ones of our mess (No. 5) with us.
Since the battle, ten or twelve men whom we left in Richmond have come on, and we now have about twenty men in the company. Of the men who entered the fight only four of us remain, and when we retreated two days afterwards across the Potomac we had but one sergeant--your humble servant--and no commissioned officer present.
Bullis was shot under the left breast, and died the day after....
SHARPE.
Through the kindness of Captain Simpson, who is now in the city, we have been furnished with the following revised list of casualties in the Gulf City Guards:
Boonsboro Gap, Sept 14--Wounded: Privates John Lewis, badly; T.J. Carver and A.P. Hall, slightly. Prisoner: Sgt W.S. George.
Sharpsburg, Sept 17--Killed: Norwood Sturdivant and H. D. Bullis. Wounded: Capt John R. Simpson, slightly; J. J. Cooke and Martin Brennan, badly.
--Mobile Register, October 4, 1862, p. 1
Died from wounds received on September 17, 1862 at Battle of Antietam. Shot under left breast.
Letter from the Potomac.
We are permitted to make the following extracts from a letter written by a member of the Gulf City Guards:
On the Potomac, Sept. 20, 1862.
Since leaving Richmond we have been marching or fighting all the time. Our first battle was on Sunday last, in which we had about twelve men, and had Carver, Lewis, Bullis and Alex. Hall wounded--none killed. I am sorry to say Wayne George is missing since then, and is either a prisoner or wounded.
On the 17th we had the greatest fight of the war. For three days previous we had been lying in line of battle in front of the Yankees, the artillery of both sides being engaged all the time. I can only just say that apparently both sides were well whipped, as we lay next day looking at one another without firing a gun. We had only a squad of eight in the fight, and lost some of the best men in the company. Bullis and Sturdivant were killed, Cooke, I am afraid, mortally wounded and a prisoner, Brennan missing, and the Captain slightly wounded. I happily escaped myself. We (the 3rd Alabama) took into the fight less than one hundred men. Captain Ready and Lieuts Lake and Harris were killed. Wayne George and Sturdivant were the only ones of our mess (No. 5) with us.
Since the battle, ten or twelve men whom we left in Richmond have come on, and we now have about twenty men in the company. Of the men who entered the fight only four of us remain, and when we retreated two days afterwards across the Potomac we had but one sergeant--your humble servant--and no commissioned officer present.
Bullis was shot under the left breast, and died the day after....
SHARPE.
Through the kindness of Captain Simpson, who is now in the city, we have been furnished with the following revised list of casualties in the Gulf City Guards:
Boonsboro Gap, Sept 14--Wounded: Privates John Lewis, badly; T.J. Carver and A.P. Hall, slightly. Prisoner: Sgt W.S. George.
Sharpsburg, Sept 17--Killed: Norwood Sturdivant and H. D. Bullis. Wounded: Capt John R. Simpson, slightly; J. J. Cooke and Martin Brennan, badly.
--Mobile Register, October 4, 1862, p. 1
Letter from the Potomac.
We are permitted to make the following extracts from a letter written by a member of the Gulf City Guards:
On the Potomac, Sept. 20, 1862.
Since leaving Richmond we have been marching or fighting all the time. Our first battle was on Sunday last, in which we had about twelve men, and had Carver, Lewis, Bullis and Alex. Hall wounded--none killed. I am sorry to say Wayne George is missing since then, and is either a prisoner or wounded.
On the 17th we had the greatest fight of the war. For three days previous we had been lying in line of battle in front of the Yankees, the artillery of both sides being engaged all the time. I can only just say that apparently both sides were well whipped, as we lay next day looking at one another without firing a gun. We had only a squad of eight in the fight, and lost some of the best men in the company. Bullis and Sturdivant were killed, Cooke, I am afraid, mortally wounded and a prisoner, Brennan missing, and the Captain slightly wounded. I happily escaped myself. We (the 3rd Alabama) took into the fight less than one hundred men. Captain Ready and Lieuts Lake and Harris were killed. Wayne George and Sturdivant were the only ones of our mess (No. 5) with us.
Since the battle, ten or twelve men whom we left in Richmond have come on, and we now have about twenty men in the company. Of the men who entered the fight only four of us remain, and when we retreated two days afterwards across the Potomac we had but one sergeant--your humble servant--and no commissioned officer present.
Bullis was shot under the left breast, and died the day after....
SHARPE.
Through the kindness of Captain Simpson, who is now in the city, we have been furnished with the following revised list of casualties in the Gulf City Guards:
Boonsboro Gap, Sept 14--Wounded: Privates John Lewis, badly; T.J. Carver and A.P. Hall, slightly. Prisoner: Sgt W.S. George.
Sharpsburg, Sept 17--Killed: Norwood Sturdivant and H. D. Bullis. Wounded: Capt John R. Simpson, slightly; J. J. Cooke and Martin Brennan, badly.
--Mobile Register, October 4, 1862, p. 1
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