Maffett

The horse of Colonel Maffett was carried home by his faithful body servant, Harry, where both lived to a ripe old age.

History of Kershaw's Brigade D. Augustus Dickert

Maffett was conspicuous for his fine soldierly appearance, being a perfect type of an ideal soldier.

History of Kershaw's Brigade D. Augustus Dickert

Colonel Henagan, like Colonel Maffett, sank under the ill treatment and neglect in a Northern prison and died there.

History of Kershaw's Brigade D. Augustus Dickert

Lieutenant Colonel Maffett of the Third, but commanding the Seventh, was deployed in a large old field as support.

History of Kershaw's Brigade D. Augustus Dickert

Colonel Maffett was lounging under the shade of a tree in the rear of the skirmish line, with a few of the reserves, while those on the picket line lay at convenient distances, some with their coats off, others lying under the shade of trees or in the corners of a fence, all unconscious of an approaching enemy.

History of Kershaw's Brigade D. Augustus Dickert

At the breaking out of the war Colonel Maffett was Colonel of the Thirty-ninth Regiment of

History of Kershaw's Brigade D. Augustus Dickert

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

History of Kershaw's Brigade D. Augustus Dickert

Maffett began the duties by alluding to that part of the service where "it is allotted that all men shall die," etc., waving his hand in due form to the sexton as he repeated the words, "Earth to earth and dust to dust," the sexton following the motions with the frying pan.

History of Kershaw's Brigade D. Augustus Dickert

His company was one of the few that reorganized before the expiration of the term of the first twelve months 'enlistment, and again elected Colonel Maffett as its Captain.

History of Kershaw's Brigade D. Augustus Dickert

Major Maffett gave out in clear, distinct tones the familiar lines of --

History of Kershaw's Brigade D. Augustus Dickert