John Izard Middleton, of Baltimore and Woodleigh, Esq:
late Major C S A, was h. at Charleston, 16 February 1834,
graduated (with the higliest honours) at the South Carolina
College in 1853 and served in the war between the States,
18(5 1 — 18G5, as Lieutenant and A. D. C, Captain and Major
on the staff of Brig: Gen. Alexander, Chief of Artillery,
Longstreet's Corps, Army of Northern Virginia. In 18C5 he
removed to Baltimore, where he has since resided.
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Bailey Family Papers, 1824–1886. 285 items. Mss1B1565a. Microfilm reel C380.
John Izard Middleton ([b. 1834] Confederate quartermaster's letter, 1865, regarding the use of Phebe Bailey's servant "Monroe" as a teamster),
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Looks like the War Department Official Records transcribers also had trouble with his initials
John Izard Middleton, Jr. [appears in the Official Records at]
OR Ser. I, V6 pp. 13, 106, V12, Pt, 2, p.570, V31 Pt.1, p. 489, V36 Pt. 3, pp. 827
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No. 2. Report of Brigadier General Thomas F. Drayton, C. S. Army, of the bombardment of Forts Walker and Beauregard.
HDQRS. PROV. FORCES, THIRD MIL., DIST., DEPT. S. C., Camp Lee, Headeeville, November 24, 1861.
SIR: I have the honor of presenting my official report of the engagement on on the 7th instant between the Federal fleet, numbering fifteen war steamers and gunboats, and Forts Walker and Beauregard, upon Hilton Head and Bay Point, at the entrance of Port Royal Sound. The fleet was commanded by Captain S. F. DuPont, flag-officer of the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, and the troops on board the transports by Brigadier-General [T. W.] Sherman. The distance between the forts is by Coast Survey tow and five-eighths miles. . . .
. . . . In conclusion, I cannot but express my high appreciation of the gallant behavior of my aides, Captain Henry E. Young and Lieutenant J. E. Drayton, as also that of the gentlemen comprising my volunteer staff, Capts. L. Cheves, H. Rose, E. Lynah, J. E. Eddings, J. I. Middleton, jr., and Joseph A. Huger. The names of the officers and men not mentioned in my report will be found deservedly mentioned in the official reports of the colonels of regiments, commanders of batteries, and chiefs of the general staff.
I have the honor to be, respectfully, yours,
THOS. F. DRAYTON,
Brigadier-General, Commanding.
Captain L. D. WALKER,
Assistant Adjutant-General, Charleston, S. C
OR Ser. 1, V6, pp. 6, 13
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HDQRS. CAVALRY BATTALION PHILLIPS LEGION, GA. VOLS.,
Stony Place, S. C., March 24, 1862.
SIR: In answer to the request of Brigadier-General Drayton, as per note of J. I. Middleton, aide-de-camp, 23rd instant, I report the following:
About daylight on the morning of the 20th instant the pickets from Hunting Island and Buckingham reported the enemy landing at those two points, as verbally reported. I then ordered Captain Du Bignon's company to Hunting Island, the officer in command of which dispatched a courier to inform me that one regiment and one piece of artillery had landed. The courier reported one regiment and one battery. The officer of the pickets, after relieving them, reported to me (cannot state at what hour) that about one regiment had landed at Buckingham. I then made my written report from that of those two officers.
Respectfully submitted.
JNO. B. WILLCOXON,
Major, Commanding Cavalry Phillips Legion.
OR Ser. 1, V6, p. 106
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No. 131. Reports of Colonel John B. Walton, Washington (Louisiana) Artillery, of operations August 23-31.
HDQRS. ARTY. CORPS, RIGHT WING, DEPT. NORTHERN VA., August 25, 1862.
MAJOR:I have the honor to report that, in obedience to an order received from Major-General Longstreet on the evening of the 22nd instant, accompanied by Major John J. Garnett, chief of artillery, on the staff of Brigadier General D. R. Jones, and Captain C. W. Squires, commanding First Company Washington Artillery, I made a reconnaissance of the position of the enemy in the vicinity of Beverly Ford and Rappahannock Station, on the Rappahannock River, with the view, as instructed, to place the long-range guns under my command in position to open upon the enemy's batteries early the following morning. . . .
. . . . I am indebted to Captain [J. J.] Middleton [jr.], of Brigadier-General Drayton's staff; to Lieutenant Williams, of General D. R. Jones' staff, and to Lieutenant William M. Owen, adjutant Washington Artillery, all of whom were constantly with me under fire during the engagement, for their valuable assistance and zealous, fearless conduct on the field. There are none more brave or more deserving consideration than these gentlemen.
I annex a list of casualties (C)++ and have the honor to be, very respectfully,
J. B. WALTON,
Colonel and Chief of Artillery, Right Wing.
OR Ser. 1, V. 12 Pt. 2 pp. 569/70
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. . . .The following certificate (copy of) will explain itself in connection with the above:
I, the undersigned, J. J. Middleton, captain and acting quartermaster Fifteenth South Carolina Regiment, do hereby depose and certify that I was acting division quartermaster McLaws' division from the time we left Loudon, on November 15, 1863, until some day after the assault on November 29. During this period we were without trains, carpenters, tools, blacksmiths, &c.: had no appliances for the manufacture of ladders, and had no lumber out of which they could have been made properly. Had an order for such articles been issued, it would have been necessary to call for large details, and for said details to have found their own tools. Communication with Loudon was very uncertain, owing to the miserable condition of the roads, and the division to which I was attached might almost have been turned self-supporting, so entirely was it dependent on its own exertions for almost everything that was effected.
J. J. MIDDLETON,
Captain, and A. Q. M., 15th South Carolina Regiment.
OR Ser, 1, V31 Pt.1, p. 489
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SPECIAL ORDERS,
ADJT. AND INSP. GENERAL'S OFFICE, Numbers 120.
Richmond, May 24, 1864.
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VI. Captain John J. Middleton, assistant quartermaster, is relieved from duty with the Fifteenth Regiment South Carolina Volunteers, and will report to General R. E. Lee, commanding, &c., for assignment to duty as chief quartermaster of the artillery of the First Corps, Army of Northern Virginia.
OR Ser. 1, V36 Pt. 3, p. 827