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And what was Demerit's battery doing all this time? The following extracts
from the official reports of General Ewell, Colonel J. Thompson Brown, General
Edward Johnson and the brave boy, Major Latimer, beloved by all, will show:

General R. S. Ewell thus speaks of the section of Demerit's battery com-
manded by Lieutenant C. S. Contee :

Lieutenant C. S. Contee's section of Demerit's battery was placed in short musket range
of the enemy on June 15, and maintained its position till thirteen of the sixteen men in the
two detachments were killed or wounded, when Lieutenant John A. Morgan, of the First
North Carolina Infantry, and Lieutenant R. H. McKim, aide-de-camp to Brigadier-General
George H. Steuart, volunteered and helped to work the guns till the surrender of the
enemy. The following are the names of the gallant men belonging to this section :

FIRST GUN — Sergeant John G. Harris, Corporals William P. Compton, Samuel
Thompson, Privates Robert Chew, William Koester, Welsh Owens, Charles Pease, A. James
Albert, Jr., William T. Wootton, John R. Yates, Jr., H. J. Langsdale and John R. Buchanan.

SECOND GUN — Sergeant John E. Glasscocke, Corporals William H. May and Charles
Harris, Privates Thomas Moore, William Gorman, F. Frayer, William W. Wilson, Samuel
Thomas, R. T. Richardson, William Sherburne, James Owens, William Dallam and
Joseph Mockabee.

Colonel Brown, acting chief of artillery, recommends Lieutenant Contee for promotion
to the Captaincy of the Chesapeake Artillery, vice Captain W. D. Brown, a most gallant and
valuable officer, killed at Gettysburg.

Extract from official report of Colonel J. Thompson Brown, Chief of Artillery:

On the morning of the 15th Lieutenant-Colonel R. S. Andrews, with Dement's and
sections from Raine's and Carpenter's batteries, had a sharp engagement with the enemy's
infantry, who were retreating on the road toward Charlcstown, by Jordan's Springs. Great
credit is due the officers and men for the spirited and determined manner with which they
fought the enemy's infantry at close quarters. Especial credit is due Lieutenant C. S. Contee,
of Captain W. F. Dement's battery, and the section under his command. Lieutenant Contee
is recommended for promotion to a Captaincy for gallantry on this occasion, and I ask that
he be ordered to the command of the Chesapeake Artillery, made vacant by the death of
Captain W. D. Brown. Sergeants John G. Harris and J. E. Glasscocke, and Corporals
William P. Compton, Sajnuel Thompson and William H. May, of this section, are much to
be praised for their coolness and bravery on this occasion. .... Lieutenant-Colonel
Andrews and Lieutenant Contee were both wounded. The battery lost five killed and
fourteen wounded.