- Joined
- Feb 27, 2017
- Location
- Ohio
At Second Manassas, Captain William Norwood of a Georgia Regiment had been wounded. Ginter volunteered to command the company. On the second day at of the battle, Ginter led his company in a counterattack and drove back the attackers. Ammunition ran low. Part of Hill's division famously defended their position by hurling rocks at the attackers. Hill called out, "Good for you, boys! Give them the rocks and bayonets, and hold your position, and I will soon have ammunition and reinforcements for you." Meanwhile, Ginter collected all the ammunition he could and passed it out to soldiers on the front lines while the fighting raged.
Ginter felt lucky to have survived Second Manassas, saying, "It is by the grace of God that I am here." In recognition of his performance under fire that day, Ginter was afterwards known as the "Fighting Commissary."
Sources:
Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden
Lewis Ginter: Richmond's Gilded Age Icon