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the company, and we employed two Irishmen to cook for us, but the number being entirely too large, some of us employed a servant and mized another mess, consisting of ten of us, and ever afterwards knowne as " Mess No. 10; " it consisted of David Barton," Holmes Boyd," Johnny Williams," Lyt. Macon," Lanty Blackford, 10 Ran- dolph Fairfax," Kinloch"and Philip" Nelson, Bev. Jones, 18 Ned Alexander,'* and myself. 15 This was one more than the number, but Kinloch Nelson was sick for some time and we took Lanty Blackford in his place. ,
NOTES.
'Rev. William N. Pendleton, D. D., a West-Pointer, Rector of the Episcopal church in Lexington, Va. ; soon appointed Colonel and Chief of Artillery of General Johnston's army, and later Brigadier- General and Chief of Artillery of General Lee's Army of Northern Virginia.
'David R. Barton, Jr., of Winchester, Va., later appointed Lieu- tenant in Cutshaw's Battery, and killed, as above stated, at Fred- ericksburg, December i3th, 1862.
- E. Holmes B^yd, of Winchester, Va., later, September, 1863,
appointed Lieutenant and Ordnance Officer of Brigadier-General J. M.Jones's Brigade; now (1900) attorney-at-law in Winchester, Va.
4 Robert B. McKim, of Baltimore, Md., killed in the battle of Winchester, May 25th, 1862.
- J. Livingston Massie, of Augusta county, Va., later Captain of
Massie's Battery, and killed September 24th, 1864, on General Early's retreat, near the junction of the Valley turnpike and the Keezeltown road.
Clement D. Fishburne, of Augusta county, Va., later appointed Lieutenant and Ordnance Officer of Cabell's Battalion of Artillery; now (1900) Cashier of the Bank of Albemarle, Charlottesville Va. ; author of a "Sketch of the Rockbridge Artillery," in Vol. XXIII, of Southern Historical Society Papers.
T R. Channing M. Page, of Albemarle county, Va., later Captain of Page's Battery and Major of a Battalion of Artillery; physician in New York city; died a few years ago.
'Joseph Packard, Jr., of Fairfax county, Va. , later Lieutenant and
