He was born in Portsmouth, Virginia, December 25, 1828. His father was General John Hodges.
He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and became a doctor and later mayor of Portsmouth from 1856 to 1857. The 3rd Virginia Volunteers organized in 1856 and he was elected colonel.
At the onset of the Civil War, he was assigned to the 14th Virginia and in May 1861 took command of Junction Island.
He was at Antietam and was considered an officer who was always in the thick of the fighting and was greatly admired by his regiment.
At Gettysburg, the 14th lost not only Hodges, but Major Poore and Adjutant John S. Jenkins. Hodges sword was given to Adjutant J. F. Crocker of the 9th Virginia by Col. Andrew Cowan of Cowan's battery.
An effort was made to find the place of the Hodges' burial and the spot where he was killed was identified. General H. J. Hunt, chief of the Union Army's artillery, while looking for the body of his friend, Confederate General Garnett, found a long line of Confederate dead along the stone wall and recognized Hodges whom he had known before the war. His body was near the current monument of the 93rd Pennsylvania.
In 1903, Senator John W. Daniel and Captain D. S. Cook of the 80th New York told how Col. Hodges died at the stone fence within less than 150 feet of the Federal line.
His sword and scabbard were destroyed by a shot and his sword belt taken. The wall is at the foot of what became known as the Bloody Angle.
More to Come. --Old B-R
The Battle of Fort Fisher, N.C.
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Friday, March 12, 2010
Confederate Pistols Offered at Auction
Back in December, the Rock Island Auction Company (Illinois) offered a Colt Model 1851 percussion revolver that had belonged to Confederate Col. James Gregory Hodges who was killed in Pickett's charge at the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863.
They also offered a rare Confederate Augusta Machine Works percussion pistol inscribed to H. Canning of the CSS Shenandoah.
I was unable to find out if the Hodges pistol sold, but the H. Canning one went for $31,625. I was unable to find any information on H. Canning, but did find quite a bit on Col. Hodges.
Way Out of Mt League. --Old B-Runner
They also offered a rare Confederate Augusta Machine Works percussion pistol inscribed to H. Canning of the CSS Shenandoah.
I was unable to find out if the Hodges pistol sold, but the H. Canning one went for $31,625. I was unable to find any information on H. Canning, but did find quite a bit on Col. Hodges.
Way Out of Mt League. --Old B-Runner
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