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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 14. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), The Maryland Confederate monument at Gettysburg. (search)
aines Mills, and the desperate charge of the Second regiment, the gallant battalion, at Cold Harbor and at Gettysburg; the fight at Cedar Mountain, where the First artillery charged and dove back a line of battle, the only case on record of such a feat of arms; the reckless gallantry by which the Maryland line saved Richmond from Kilpatrick and Dahlgren's sack; and let them take equal pride and do equal honor to the memory of their ancestors who fought under McClellan and Grant, Hancock and Buford, or who followed Jackson and Ashby, and charged under Lee and Stuart. Let this be the common heritage of glory of our posterity to the remotest time, as long as honor is revered, chivalry is cherished, courage is respected among the descendants of the founders of free thought in all the world. The heart of the poet already feels the inspiration of noble deeds, and one of the tenderest singers of our time, himself a Union soldier of repute, has even now embalmed the memory of Stonewall Jack
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 26. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.11 (search)
hat any country in the world's history, before or since, has produced a braver or nobler set of men than those who constituted the Confederate cavalry. There is, first of all, our own glorious Wheeler, Bedford Forrest, J. E. B. Stuart, Hampton, our own gallant and chivalrous Kelley, our own W. W. Allen, Fitzhugh Lee, Martin, Humes, VanDorn, Robinson, Chalmers, Hagan, Adams, Armstrong, Ashby, Brewer, Williams, John H. Morgan, Basil Duke, Iverson, Brewer, Wade, Clanton, John T. Morgan, Roddy, Buford, Wailes, Prather, our own Tom Brown, Terry and Wharton, Charley Ball and a host of others, good and true men, of whose heroic deeds it would be pleasant to tell you, but time will not permit. I did not mention the name of poor Clay King. He deserves a better fate. Let me tell you one instance showing the gallantry of of this man: At Booneville, Miss., while we were led by General Chalmers, with the 8th Confederate on the left, Clanton's 1st Alabama in the center and Wirt Adams on the ri
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 32. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), The Second Manassas campaign. (search)
He participated in the movements that culminated in the capture of Manassas Junction with a large quantity of stores, and when Ewell had to withdraw from Bristoe Station, the 2d and 5th regiments, under Munford and Rosser, covered his rear. On the 28th, 29th and 30th of July, 1862, the fights at Grovetown and Manassas occurred. There were numerous engagements of the cavalry, with only a few reports. In one of these, near the Lewis House, Robertson's brigade, to which the 2d regiment had been attached, met Buford's cavalry brigade in one of the most brilliant fights of the war. Every account I have met with, accords to Munford and the 2d Virginia the honors of the fight. Munford led the charge, and was dismounted by a sabre stroke, and his horse killed. In a few moments, five of his men were killed outright, and over forty wounded. The 7th and 12th regiments—the latter commanded by Colonel A. W. Harman—supported the charge. In this fight more than 300 prisoners were captu
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 33. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), The honor roll of the University of Virginia, from the times-dispatch, December 3, 1905. (search)
eneca Mills, Md., 1863. Braxton, W. A., Va., 186-. Breckenridge, P. G., Capt., Va., Kennons Landing, Va., 1864. Breckenridge, J., Capt., Va., Petersburg, 1865. Broadus, E. L., Va., 186-. Brockenborough, A. A. G., Va., Gettysburg, Pa., 1863. Bronaugh, W. N., Maj., Va., Richmond, Va., 1862. Brown, J. T., Col., Va., Wilderness, Va., 1864. Brown, A. J., Col., Tenn., 1864. Brown, S. W., Va., Staunton, Va., 1864. Buckner, T. R., Lt., Va., Spotsylvania, C. H., 1864. Buford, J. W., Va., Gettysburg, Pa., 1864. Buist, E. S., Surg., S. C., Hilton Head, S. C., 1864. Burgess, S. N., Surg., S. C., Statesburg, S. C., 1861. Burkhalter, J. E., Surg., Ft. Royal, S. C., 1862. Butler, E. G. W., Maj., La. Belmont, 186-. Butler, C. A., Capt., Fla., Seven Pines, Va., 1862. Butler, W. B., Capt.. Fla., Chancellorsville, Va., 1863. Butt, J. W., Lt., Va., Richmond, Va., 1862. Cabell, J. C., Lt., Va., Richmond, Va., 1863. Cardwell, J. R., Va., Augusta, G
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 33. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), General Lee at Gettysburg. (search)
own, Pettigrew's Brigade, of Heth's Division, was permitted to go forward to levy from the stores of Gettysburg shoes for some of his barefooted men, but he found Buford's cavalry about the town, and retired without the shoes. On that day, the 30th, General Lee was with Longstreet's camp, at Greenwood, just west of the mountain anstructions. It made the great battle, not one of defense on the eastward slopes at Cashtown, but of offence at Gettysburg. Heth's advancing skirmish line found Buford's cavalry pickets at Willoughby's run, on the west side of McPherson's ridge, and forced them back with a vigor which was, to say the least, unfortunate for the Ctomac. At 10 A. M., Reynolds found the First Corps of the Federal army on Seminary ridge, a mile west of Gettysburg. Advancing with a division to the support of Buford, Reynolds drove Archer's brigade back over Willoughby's run, capturing General Archer, and falling himself slain on the field. At noon, Hill's divisions, Heth an
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 34. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.29 (search)
es today in all directions from that point. The General desires that you keep a good lookout upon Leesburg to see if this movement drives them away. Perhaps a slight demonstration on your part would have the effect to move them. The battle came. This order, although not so intended, brought on the battle of Ball's Bluff. When armies are on the qui vive for a fight, slight and unforseen causes often bring it on. It was Pettigrew's, march in search of shoes, and his collision with Buford's cavalry, that precipitated the battle of Gettysburg, and defeated Lee's plan of concentration at Cashtown. So Stone's demonstration at Ball's Bluff deranged McClellan's plan for a general advance of his army. On the night of the 20th, Stone sent out a scouting party to cross at Harrison's Island and explore the country in the direction of Leesburg. Returning with the report that a rebel camp of about thirty tents was found in the edge of a woods near the town, Stone directed Colonel D
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 37. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Review of the Gettysburg campaign. (search)
ing of the 9th, under Pleasanton's directions, Buford with a division of cavalry crossed the Rappaha of the brigade and between it and the river. Buford's advance overwhelmed the small force at the ral to the occasion. Leaving a brigade to hold Buford in check, he quickly gathered his remaining foer Sickles, marching by the Emmittsburg road. Buford, with a division of cavalry, had moved on the from Gettysburg on the road to that place, and Buford in his report says, that by daylight on the moes march brought Heth's skirmishers up against Buford's pickets, and the first scattering shots servver the ground afforded cover. At 10:10 A. M. Buford sent to Meade this dispatch, The enemy's forcethe whole of A. P. Hill's force is advancing. Buford could not then have received Pleasanton's ordeing to the left, formed on the opposite side. Buford had massed his cavalry and posted them along aade with Johnson's battery was looking out for Buford's cavalry on the flank, and both that and Thom[5 more...]
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 37. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), General J. E. B. Stuart in the Gettysburg campaign. (search)
directed, and as expeditiously as possible, to effect a junction with General Ewell. It cannot be supposed that when Lee gave Stuart his instructions on June 22nd, he had any idea that that officer would not report to General Ewell until the 1st of July--the 9th day after. Colonel Mosby says that Stuart's cavalry could not have been of any material service to Lee even had they been present at Gettysburg from the beginning of the battle, and yet he says (page 189), that the withdrawal of Buford's cavalry left Sickels' flank in the peach orchard uncovered— in the air , and that Longstreet took advantage of it and struck him a stunning blow. These two statements are inconsistent. Col. Henderson is of opinion that the skillful handling of the Federal cavalry practically decided the issue of the conflict. Science of War, p. 278. Colonel Mosby makes much of the alleged inconsistency of the statement in General Lee's Report of Jan., 1864, that Stuart was instructed to lose no time
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 37. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), The Color Episode of the one hundred and Forty-Ninth regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers. (search)
us. It was now that Roy Stone, commanding the brigade, conceived the idea of using our colors to deceive the enemy and draw their fire away from the regiment. Accordingly, Color Sergeant Brehm, having been quietly instructed by an orderly of Col. Dwight's, marched in a northwesterly direction and planted the colors behind two rail piles, forming a right-angle, one side facing west and the other north. This breastwork had been made as a safe guard against lurking enemies, by pickets of Buford's cavalry, who occupied the ground the night before. The rails had been carried together from a fence that formed the eastern boundary of a field of wheat, extending from the summit of the ridge down its western slope, and from the pike to an old R. R. cut north of it. The colors were now some fifty yards north of the pike, a little to the left of the left front of the regiment, and about one hundred and fifteen yards south of the R. R. cut where it had its greatest depth. In this po
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 37. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Heth intended to cover his error. (search)
pure fiction. Instead of ordering Stuart to keep on Longstreet's flank, he ordered him to leave Longstreet in Virginia, cross the Potomac, and join Ewell on the Susquehanna—a hundred miles away. It was all the same to Lee at what ford Stuart crossed the Potomac. Heth's letter was written to give information to the Count of Paris. It is the origin of his criticism of Stuart in his History of the War. As for cavalry there were as many with Ewell as there were with Reynolds that day. Buford fought his two brigades dismounted in the morning when Heth attacked him. There were no cavalry charges on either side. If there had existed any necessity to make a reconnaissance Lee's headquarters were near and so were Ewell's cavalry. The order should have come from the commander-in-chief. Hill and Heth never informed him of the exploit they meditated. He would never have sanctioned it. Now Heth says that if our cavalry had been there there would have been no battle at Gettysburg.
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