The document reads, “To rank as such from the 3rd day of July One-thousand eight hundred and sixty three.”  In other words, Langley received a battlefield appointment during Pickett’s Charge.  According to Charles T. Loehr, historian for the 1st Virginia, the 1st was taken into Pickett’s Charge by Colonel Lewis B. Williams.  “Colonel Williams at once mounted and wheeled in front of the regiment and was almost immediately struck down.  Then Major Langley took command; he was soon disabled.  Then Captain Norton took command with the same result.  Then Captain Davis jumped in front of the line and was bowled over almost immediately.  Then I remember we pushed up to the wall, and could almost see the Yankee gunners leaving their places and running in our lines for safety.”