Identified Confederate .58 Caliber Cartridge Box / SOLD

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Identified Confederate .58 Caliber Cartridge Box – Inventory Number: CON 182 Wonderful confederate cartridge box with original russet leather sling identified and deeply scratched with the owner’s distinctive 4 letter initials, “J. J. M. D.”, belonging to Pvt. John J. M. Davis who enlisted May 1, 1861 into the “Lewis Volunteers”, of Bartow County Georgia, forming Company “G”, 18 Ga. Vol. Inf. A. N. V.  Davis was captured at Cedar Creek, Virginia, Oct. 19, 1864, and released from confinement at Point Lookout, Md. June 26, 1865.  A brass stud from a civilian carriage drapery has been cleverly used as a closing finial. This regiment fought an many major engagements including Antietam and Gettysburg! Bill Erquitt Collection. J J. M. Davis Residence Bartow County GA; Enlisted on 5/1/1861 as a Private. On 5/1/1861 he mustered into “G” Co. GA 18th Infantry (date and method of discharge not given) He was listed as: * POW 10/19/1864 Cedar Creek, VA * Oath of Allegiance 6/26/1865 Point Lookout, MD * Released 6/26/1865 Point Lookout, MD   Eighteenth Georgia Infantry 2nd Manassas, VA after action report: No. 150. Reports of Col. William T. Wofford, Eighteenth Georgia Infantry, Hood’s Brigade, of operations August 29-30.   SEPTEMBER 4, 1862.   SIR: On the evening of the 29th ultimo, about sunset, I received an order through your adjutant-general, Capt. W. H. Sellers, to move my regiment toward the enemy and let my left wing rest near and on a regiment moved out with spirit through the narrow slip of woods to the open field in our front, where I halted to wait for the fourth Texas, by whose line I was to dress; but not seeing that regiment, and being informed that it was advancing farther from our left, I moved forward by a left oblique through the field and through the second skirt of woods into the second field oblique through the field and through the second skirt of woods into the second field toward a fire which had just then opened. By this time darkness prevented me from seeing objects farther than a few feet. My regiment opened a well-directed fire and charged into a ravine, silencing the fire of the enemy and completely routing him. We captured a stand of colors from the Twenty-fourth New York Regiment and taken 53 prisoners, belonging, respectively, to the Twenty-fourth, Forty-fourth, and Seventeenth New York Regiments. Moving forward, my regiment was halted by some person unknown, but I presumed it was by you, through Adjutant Sellers. I demanded of the latter gentleman, “Who halted us?”  He said he did not. By this time, my regiment having formed in perfect line in front of all the other regiments, and seeing two  regiments, one in our rear and another in the rear of my left, I called upon them to come up and form on me, fearing that they would fire into us as I advanced down the hill to the branch; but as neither of them would move up, my regiment, with a shout, charged down the hill to the branch, where I halted, the enemy having left the field so rapidly that we could not overtake them. I remained at the branch a short time, when I was directed by one of your aides to a position on the hill, where we formed a line of table with the other regiments of your brigade, and remained sleeping by our guns until ordered to fall back to the ground we occupied when we advanced to the attack.   My regiment, both officers and men, acted with much spirit and gallantry, and was at no time, through the night was dark, either confused or scattered, but preserved good order and obeyed every command I gave them as promptly as if they had bee upon the drill field. My field and staff officers–Lieut. Col. Ruff, Maj. Griffis, and Adjutant [A. H.]  Patton–aided me in the movements of my regiment.  Maj. Griffis gallantly move in front of my left wing, repeating my orders and inspiring the men by his manly lead. Adjutant Patton shot the bearer of the colors that was captured by Private Northcutt, of Capt. [J. B.]  O’Neill’s  company. The standard-bearer, even after he was shot, refused to yield them, when Sergeant O’Neill pounced upon him and aided in tearing them from his grasp. Our loss, I am happy to report, was only two, viz, Lieut. Coley, severely [wounded] in the thigh, and Private Jones, of Company –, [wounded] in the head.     Very respectfully,    WM. T. WOFFORD, Col., Commanding.  Gen. JOHN B. HOOD. Inventory Number: CON 181