Lieutenant Colonel Stackhouse was made Colonel of the Eighth after the death of Henagan, and either Captain McLucas or Captain T.F.  Malloy was promoted to Major (I am not positive on this point).  Captain Rogers was also one of the senior Captains, and I think he, too, acted for a part of the time as one of the field officers.

The Third Battalion was commanded by one of the Captains for the remainder of the war, Colonel Rice and Major Miller both being permanently disabled for field service, but still retained their rank and office.

There being no Colonel or Lieutenant Colonel of the Seventh, and Major Goggans having resigned soon after the Wilderness battle, Captain Thomas Huggins was raised to the rank of Colonel.  I do not remember whether any other field officers of this regiment were ever appointed, but I think not.  Lieutenant John R. Carwile, who had been acting Adjutant of the Seventh for a long time, was now assigned to duty on the brigade staff.

Captain William Wallace was promoted to Colonel of the Second, with Captain T.D.  Graham and B F. Clyburn, Lieutenant Colonel and Major respectively.

Colonel Rutherford, of the Third, having been killed on the 13th of October, and Lieutenant Colonel Maffett, captured a short while before, Captain R.P.  Todd was made Major, then raised to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, and Captain J.K.G.  Nance, Major.

Many new Captains and Lieutenants were made, to fill the vacancies occasioned by the above changes and deaths in battle, but I have not the space to mention them.

Our last Brigadier General, J.D.  Kennedy, was a very good officer, however, his kindness of heart, his sympathetic nature, his indulgent disposition caused him to be rather lax in discipline.  There was quite a contrast in the rigidity of General Connor’s discipline and the good, easy “go as you please” of General Kennedy.  But the latter had the entire confidence of the troops, and was dearly loved by both officers and men.  He was quite sociable, courteous, and kind to all.  The men had been in service so long, understood their duties so well, that it was not considered a necessity to have a martinet for a commander.  General Kennedy’s greatest claim to distinction was his good looks.  He certainly was one of the finest looking officers in the army.  I fear little contradiction when I say General Kennedy and Major W.D.  Peck, of the Quartermaster Department, were two of the finest looking men that South Carolina gave to the war.  I give a short sketch of General Kennedy.

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GENERAL JOHN D. KENNEDY.