Roster of Queen Anne's Confederates.

The death of John H. Gardner, which occurred a few days ago near Queenstown, deserves more than a passing notice. He was a member of the Fourth Maryland Battery, Early's Brigade, Ewell's Division, Stonewall Jackson's Corps, C.S.A.

This was known as the famous "Chesapeake Battery," which served with signal glory throughout the civil war.

There was quite a number from Queen Anne's County, who saw service in this distinguished command, and the writer appends hereto the "muster roll" of this celebrated battery, (those from Queen Anne's County being marked with an asterisk *) having secured the same from the War Department at Washington.

Captain, William Dorsey Brown; John E. Plater, First Lieut.; Walter Scott Chew, Junior First Lieut.; *John Grayson, Senior Second Lieut.; *Benjamin G. Roberts, Junior Second Lieut.; Martin L. Harvey, Orderly Sergeant; Thomas LeCompt, First Sergeant; Robert Crowley, Second Sergeant; Phil. A. H. Brown, Third Sergeant; James Wall, Fourth Sergeant; Thomas Conbray, Corporal; Alex. Hopkins, Corporal; Henry C. Buckmaster, Corporal; Daniel Dougherty, Corporal; John P. Hickey, Commissary Sergeant; *George McCubbin, Quartermaster Sergeant; Henry Wilkinson, Bugler; Thos. Brady, Artisan.

Frederick Aleston, Washington Acton, Dr. Jack Bryan, Dr. John W. Bryan, Henry Baker, W. W. Burchess. Walter L. Burk, *J. J. Blunt, I. F. Cork, Frederick Cusick, Edward C. Cottrell, E. K. Culver, William Culver, John W. Canfield, *Allen J. Covington, Thomas A. Carberry, H. Curry, Henry Chessler, Chas. F. Dallem, Lambdin T. Dawson, James E. Deane, Thomas Deane, Joseph Dempsey, *John R. H. Embert, Andrew H. Eagen, Louis Ennis, *Thomas H. Ennis, *Thos. H. Everngam, Frank M. Fairbanks, Jos. Forrest, Wizzie Gwynn, Robert Goldsborough, John W. Gore, Edward Graham, Vincent Green, *John H. Gardner, George W. Goodhand, A. Green, Robert Grimes, John F. Green, *Phil. L. Harrison, Richard Hardesty, Paul Huber, James Kent Harper, John W. Hill, John J. Hough, William H. F. Holtzman, W. F. Hermantrout, John J. Hooff, J. C. Hass, John Irving, Thomas G. Jackson, Robert C. Jones, Frances M. Kirby, John A. Lane, John L. Loud, *C. G. Lynch, Richard E. Langley, Chares Lucas, Douglas McClure, Andrew J. McElwee, John Montgomery, *Thomas W. Mummy, James G. Moore, James Malsney, John K. Mowbray, William H. Mason, Thomas McLure, John Myres, Charles Mittee, F. Maccummings, James Oldner, *Wm. Oldson, Thaddeus Parker, Peter H. Parker, John Posel, Perry John G. Perry, Geo. Phillips, Charles Phillips, *James J. Pratt, *William Pratt, Jr., *Gustavus Porter, *Joseph L. Peters, Samuel H. Phillips, Samuel Pike, Nicholas T. Richardson, George Rice, William T. Renshaw, Henry Renshaw, *John D. Richardson, Michael M. Raley, Henry Russell, John Randall, Edward Stansbury, John H. K. Shanahan, George Stewart, Henry Schaeffer, Robert Shields, *James H. Sparks, James P. Stewart, *Bedenfield Spencer, William Smith, Morris N. Suit, George A. Smith, Frank M. Stewart, Charles S. Tinges, Thomas B. Toy, John Trigger, *William Tarbutton, C. P. Trigoe, *John Vansant, Smith Washington, Lewis Warrington, Henry Wilson, R. R. Watson Webb, Peter Williams, *J. Henry Willson, Benjamin Young, W. F. Yeates.

This battery occupied a very conspicuously dangerous position at the bloody battle of Gettysburg, and that they suffered from this baptism of fire, the following list of casualities will clearly demonstrate. It will be observed that among those killed was Lietuenant Benjamin G. Roberts, half-brother to the senior editor of THE RECORD, and a gallant officer as well as a polished gentleman.

W. D. Brown, Captain; Benjamin G. Roberts, Lieut.; Frederick Cusick, Daniel Dougherty, Dr. Jack Bryan, Thaddeus Parker, James Oldner, Richard Hardesty.

Phil. A. H. Brown, Thomas LeCompt, J. Henry Wileson, Smith Warrington, John F. Green, Henry Parker, Nicholas Richard, William Oldson.

Twenty-eight horses killed and one gun disabled.

This Chesapeake Battery was engaged in the last battle -- Fort Gregg -- a fight as unequal, as sanguinary and as desperate as Thermopylae. This little fort, situate between the two main lines of contending forces, was occuped and defended by 250 men; the attacking Federal forces numbering about 5,000.

This large body of Federals advanced upon this devoted little band, expecting no resistance, anticipating an easy, triumphant entry into the fort. They indeed approached so close that the Confederate line in the distance feared the fort was about to surrender without a struggle. But not so, for when in close range the guns of artillery and infantry belched forth, amidst clouds of white smoke, death and terror to the too-confiding foe. Amazed and terror-stricken they retracted, staggering, broken. Re-inforcements came to these, and once, twice, thrice, did they clamor up the sides of this little fort, and on reaching the top were beaten back in hand to hand conflict by this band of martyrs to whom no succor could come. But ever such brave resistance could not avail against such overwhelming numbers. They were finally forced to yield. You may read of bloody battles, you may talk of magnificent courage, but thnk of the defense of Fort Gregg; of the 250 composing this small body of incomporable soldiery, but 30 survived. Pollard in his book on the war says, "the importance of the protracted resistance of the few men in Fort Gregg proved of great advantage to Gen. Lee, as it enabled him to establish what of force remained in the manner best availing of the defense of Petersburg."

Engaged in this battle were the following men from Queen Anne's, William Pinder, Gustavus Porter, John H. Gardner, Joseph H. Peters, James H. Sparks, C. G. Lynch and Thomas H. Everngam. The last named was killed in the hottest of the fight and Lynch was slightly wounded. But three of these comrades in awful times now survive, Sparks, Peters and Lynch.

The history, written and unwritten, of the manly privates and splendid officers of Chesapeake Battery challenges yet the admiration of mankind and lends a lustrous halo to the memory of The Lost Cause.

Among all these brave hearts there was none that beat with higher courage or in stricter time with duty than the subject of this sketch -- John H. Gardner.

His was a life quiet, unassuming and obscure, (except those troublous times), yet such a life it was that all who knew him well could stand up and say "this were a man."

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