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Note: {geni:about_me} James Linton Vickers Served in The Confederate States of America. Enlisted 11th March 1862 at Appalachicola Florida into the 6th Fla. Regiment Under Capt. H.B. Grace's Company.
Early in the Spring of 1862 the 6th Fla. Regiment was organized at Chattahoochee by the election of Jesse J. Finley, Colonel; Angus Mc Lean, Lieutenant Colonel; and Daniel Kenan, Major. This Regiment was organized by the State and immediately turned over to the Confederate service and ordered to report to General E. Kirby Smith at Knoxville, who was then Commander of the Dept. Of East Tennessee. There the 6th and 7th Florida Regiments and the 1st Florida Calvary, Dismounted, were placed under the command of William G.M. Davis as Senior Colonel.
In the early Spring of 1862, General Smith, with his command, was ordered to join General Bragg in his march into Kentucky in pursuit of General Buel, who was then under retreat. The 6th Florida Regiment went through the Kentucky campaign when General Bragg retreated from the State before General Buel, who had been heavily reinforced and who had again assumed the offesive. Comingout of Kentucky, Colonel Finley was ordered to occupy and defend Cumberland Gap against possible approach by the enemy. The 6th Flroida Regiment was afterward relieved by General Gracie's Brigade, and the 6th was ordered back to Knoxville where they remained in winter quarters during the winter of 1862-63.
The Regiment remained in Knoxville until the following summer, when General Smith's command was ordered to report to General Bragg at Chattanooga. In the meanwhile, However, Colonel Davis was commissioned a Brigadier General and the 54th Virginia was added to the Brigade as Senior Colonel.
The 6th Florida Regiment was in the bloody battle of Chickamauga, in the reserve corps of the first day's fight and ordered to make a charge on a Federal Battery of artillery. This charge was made by the regiment alone through an old field, the Battery of the enemy being on the Crest of a ridge about the center of the field.
In making the charge, it was enfiladed by the Battery of the enemy to it's left, which was near enough to use cannister and grape-shot.
The Regiment carried the position and the Battery in front retreated. It was now about sun-down, when the Regiment received preemptive orders to retire from the field, which it did bivouacking just outside of the field. In making the charge the Regiment bore itself with distinguished firmness and gallantry.
In the Next days' battle, The 6th Florida Regiment and the 54th Virginia were supporting a battalion of Confederate artillery, which was not then engaged, when they were ordered to the right to reinforce General Patton Anderson and General Kelly, whose pickets were only then engaged, their ammunition being nearly exhausted.
When the two Regiments came up, General Anderson gave them their proper alignment for moving squarely upon the enemy, which they did; and about sun-down they cleared the heights of Chickamauga and about five hundred (500) of the enemy, who were armed with Colt's revolving rifles surrendered--Colonel Trigg, The Brigade Commander, and the 7th Florida Regiment under General Bullock having first come up. This was about the last fighting on the 2nd day's battle of Chickamauga. The Army under the command of General Bragg achieved a complete victory over the enemy but remained another day, on the battle field after the battle. ***Information compiled from Book: "Soldier's of Florida" written by Richard J Ferry of Macclenny Florida, under the order of W.S. Jennings, Governor, under the act known as Chapter 5203, Laws of Florida. Copyright 1983.
In this book, James L. Vickers is listed as James T. because the author misread the middle initial, but on the microfilm, when looked up the information, it was clearly James L. Vickers. He was mentioned on page 166 of this book with remarks, "Discharged August 1864; Disability, wounded near Dallas, July 1st, 1864. Honorable Mention at Chickamauga."
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