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George P. Rowell and Company's American Newspaper Directory, containing accurate lists of all the newspapers and periodicals published in the United States and territories, and the dominion of Canada, and British Colonies of North America., together with a description of the towns and cities in which they are published. (ed. George P. Rowell and company) 190 190 Browse Search
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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 23. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.3 (search)
answer came with pride and tenderness in the tone: General Lee, it is the Charleston light Dragoons, and sir, I would rather be a private soldier of that command than to wear to-day the decoration of the Legion of honor. Like wine, time sometimes flavors records of men and horses. Two of the oldest cavalry companies, Dragoons, intact to-day, of the Philadelphia City Troops, and the Charleston Light Dragoons. For a principle they, each of them, fought in 1776, and for the same reason in 1861 to 1865—in the latter years one represented the blue; the other the gray. Each maintained its organization, and when the time comes, rest assured that where duty calls, these men of the Old Dragoons will ever be found. Thank God that we have living to-day the men who wore the Gray high up in rank-great in military achievements and who are willing to award to the private soldier of the Confederacy, of every branch of service, the glory that belongs to each. But the old cavalry commanders f
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 23. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), The last battle of the late war. [from the times-democrat, September 8, 1895.] (search)
re of herself was observed. Colonel La Grange was informed, and learned that the bodies of the gallant Tyler and Gonzales were in the house. He said: Were it not for the honored dead that lie in the house I would teach the female sharpshooters a lesson. The order to burn the house was rescinded. West Point, Ga., is midway between Montgomery and Atlanta, 165 miles; there was a difference in the gauge of the track of five inches. The telegraph lines were cut before the surrender of General Lee, leaving us without the means of communication with the outside world. It is with regret that I cannot recall the names of the six Louisiana boys who assisted in throwing the planks from the bridge into the river. Their timely aid was thoroughly appreciated. The heroic defense of West Point, Ga., April 16, 1865, cannot be forgotten, and will rank with the hardest contests of the war of 1861-1865. S. F. Power. Natchez, Miss. [From the Charlotte, N. C., Observer, October 6, 13, 1895 ]
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 23. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.8 (search)
f the enemy, whose acquaintance we did not stop to make, rejoined our regiment late in the evening, much to their relief. They had begun to think we were gone up. We recrossed Bull Run and joined the army, which was then fiercely engaged in the battles of the 29th and 30th of August, and did little more during those two days than guard the left flank of Jackson's corps and report the movement of the enemy. In Jackson's corps there was a company of railroad men, which had been organized in 1861 at Harper's Ferry and its vicinity. When talking with some of them while we were lying around Manassas idle and inactive for so long a time—more than seven months— they were asked how they liked soldiering. Oh, very well, very well indeed, they said. It has one great advantage over railroading: 'tis not nearly so dangerous. We think these battles of the 29th and 30th of August disabused their minds of such an erroneous belief. They were among the most obstinately and stubbornly conteste
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 23. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.9 (search)
ss of the claim that has been made in Ohio that General Lytle composed the verses. Mr. Ruffin worked in Baton Rouge on State printing, I think, shortly before the war commenced. He was in Memphis, however, when the storm burst in the spring of 1861. With many wishes for your health and happiness, I am, Yours very truly, Joseph G. Fiveash. P. S.—My partner, Mr. Edwards, says that he thinks that Ruffin named the Sugar Bowl as the paper that published the poem. J. G. F. Sincel candidate for Lieutenant-Governor on the Democratic ticket. Soon afterwards he became major-general of the Ohio militia, and at the beginning of the civil war was commissioned colonel of the Tenth Ohio Regiment, which he led in West Virginia in 1861. At Carnifax Ferry, on September 10, 1861, he commanded a brigade, and was severely wounded. He was again wounded and taken prisoner at Perryville, Ky., October 8, 1862, and, when exchanged, was promoted to brigadier-general, November 29th. The
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 23. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Historical sketch of the Rockbridge artillery, C. S. Army, by a member of the famous battery. (search)
tion with it ceased, he hopes to be able to add a brief sketch of it, based on such material as he can get from members who continued with it till the surrender at Appomattox. Members of the company are requested to supply any omissions, and to correct any errors which they may discern in the following pages, and to notify Sergeant David E. Moore, of Lexington, Va., who is chairman of the committee above referred to. C. D. F. Charlottesville, Va., December, 1895. Early in the spring of 1861, after the old volunteer companies of the State had been called into service by Governor Letcher, many of the yonng men of Lexington and the county of Rockbridge, in answer to the Governor's call for more troops, determined to organize another company. They selected John McCausland, a graduate of the Virginia Military Institute, as their captain, and were sworn into service on the 29th of April, 1861. About this time Captain McCausland received from the Governor a commission as colonel of c
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 23. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.27 (search)
f this Company. This company was organized at West Point, King William county, Virginia, in June, 1861, with the following commissioned officers: Captain, William H. F. Lee; First Lieutenant, Beverley B. Douglas; Second Lieutenant, James Pollard. From West Point the company marched to camp of instruction for cavalry (at Ashland, Hanover county), where, after being drilled for several weeks by Colonels Field and Lomax, it was ordered to northwestern Virginia, where it spent the winter of 1861-‘62. In the latter part of the winter of 1862, it was ordered to Fredericksburg, where we were regularly drilled until the campaign opened in the spring, when the Ninth Regiment Virginia Cavalry was organized with the following ten companies: Company A, Stafford county, Va.; Company B, Caroline county, Va.; Company C, Westmoreland county, Va.; Company D, Lancaster county, Va.; Company E, Spotsylvania county, Va.; Company F, Essex county, Va.; Company G, Lunenburg county, Va.; Company H,
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 23. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.29 (search)
their State and its people. By all means let a shaft go up in honor of Old Jubal, and inscribe on its base the simple words: He loved Virginia with all his heart and soul and mind. Whilst in Richmond, I saw two companies from Danville pass along the streets with drum and fife, and the sight thrilled me so I could hardly wait to get home. I hurried back, and joined the first company made up in the neighborhood. How the boys rushed into the army as if to a frolic in those stirring days of 1861! We were mustered in at Charlottesville, and one poor fellow who was rejected because he had a crooked little finger (just think of that!) went home crying as if his heart would break. For the first year of the war, I was in the infantry (the Nineteenth Virginia regiment); after that I was in the cavalry till the end. At Manassas Junction, we camped for a long time and struggled with measles, hooping cough, mumps, pneumonia, and typhoid fever, whilst General Scott was grooming another ant
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 23. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), The South's Museum. (search)
spoke substantially as follows: Ladies of the Confederate Memorial Literary Society, Ladies and Gentlemen: I think I can say boldly that the bloody strife of 1861 to 1865 developed in the men of the South traits of character as ennobling and as exalting as ever adorned men since the day-dawn of creation. I think I can procl Mr. R. A. Brock has been the secretary since 1887, and the editor of the annual volume of Southern Historical Society Papers. It is manifest that the building so auspiciously instituted will prove an invaluable conservatory of that which is precious in the light of the truth and dignity of the momentous struggle of 1861-1861. Mr. R. A. Brock has been the secretary since 1887, and the editor of the annual volume of Southern Historical Society Papers. It is manifest that the building so auspiciously instituted will prove an invaluable conservatory of that which is precious in the light of the truth and dignity of the momentous struggle of 1861-1861.
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 23. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Joseph Jones, M. D., Ll.D. (search)
. Elliott, Captain, Chas. G., 174, 198. Equipment, 1861, A Soldier's, 300. Evans, General C. A., Address . E. His kindness and gentleness, 206; appearance in 1861, 297; birth-day observed, 205. Lincoln's Estimate. H., C. S. Navy, 283. Nelson and Page, in 1776 and 1861, 336. New Orleans, La.; Butler's Investment of, 1ckingham, Va., cited, 56. Revolutions of 1776 and 1861, Principles of, 366 Richmond, Va , Evacuation of,the Union, 1; its Army as compared with the Federal, 1861-1861, 5; its gifts of territory, 7; its valor in war1861, 5; its gifts of territory, 7; its valor in war, 9; its fidelity to principles, 11; its influence in the forming of the Union its aid in industrial greatnesshern Historical Society, 381. Spirit of 1776 and of 1861, 336. Spotsylvania C. H Battle of, 50. State,statesmen and soldiers, 12; her honorable bearing in 1861, 367; Reminiscences of the Convention of 1861, 296. 1861, 296. Warwick, Clarence, killed, 80. Weitzel, General, Godfrey, 177. Weldon Railroad, action of, 52, 74. W