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Col. J. Stoddard Johnston, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 9.1, Kentucky (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 17: (search)
Chapter 17: Rosecrans flanks Chattanooga and Bragg Evacuates Burnside Enters East Tennessee and Buckner Joins Bragg movements of opposing armies preceding battle Longstreet Joins Bragg with his corps battle of Chickamauga Arrangement of lines of battle important part played by Kentucky officers and soldiers severe losses death of General Ben Hardin Helm and Colonel James Hewitt great Confederate victory Charles A. Dana's opinion Breckinridge, Buckner and Preston. The danger threatening Chattanooga and east Tennessee now called for the concentration of all the troops which could be made available for its defenses. Rosecrans advanced slowly and cautiously, while Bragg was busily engaged in fortifying at Chattanooga, through the months of July and August. Rosecrans, declining a direct attack, projected a heavy movement up Will's valley on the western side of Lookout mountain, threatening Rome and Bragg's communications, thus forcing the evacuation of Chatt
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 19. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Prison Pastimes. (search)
masters, Captain O. W. Spriggs, Forty-second Virginia; Lieutenant N. B. Riger, Twenty-fifth Virginia. Division 25—Chief, Lieutenant A. P. Turner, Fifteenth Louisiana; postmasters, Captain H. S. Hoffman, Tenth Virginia, J. Maynadiey, First Virginia. Division 26—Chief, Captain R. A. Cox, A. C. S., C. S. A.; postmasters, Lieutenant L. Stripling, Sixty-first Georgia, Adjutant M. S. Smallman, Eighth Tennessee. Division 27—Chief, Lieutenant W. Hays, Second Kentucky; postmasters, Lieutenant James Hewitt, Tenth Kentucky, Adjutant A. S. Webb, Forty-fourth North Carolina. Division 28—Colonel W. J. Clarke, Twenty-fourth North Carolina; adjutant, Lieutenant G. P. Waldman, Forty-fourth Virginia. Division 29—Chief, Colonel W. L. Butler, Twenty-eighth Alabama; adjutant, Lieutenant R. Neil, Second Arkansas; postmasters, W. H. Hall, Fourteenth Texas, Lieutenant T. W. Mitchell, Forty-ninth Virginia. Division 30—Chief, Adjutant W. L. Platt, Seventh Georgia; adjutant, Lieutenant D
The Daily Dispatch: January 29, 1861., [Electronic resource], The National Crisis. (search)
first and third sections of an act entitled "an act to incorporate a company to construct, on the plan of James S. French, a railroad between Alexandria and Washington, passed Feb. 27, 1854;" a bill incorporating the Hebrew Benevolent Society of Alexandria, and the petition of David Haas, and others, in favor of the same; a bill to incorporate the Parkersburg Bridge Company. Petitions Presented.--Of George W. Payne and fifty-eight others, in regard to the county seat of McDowell; of James Hewitt and others, for return of taxes paid by them on erroneous assessments on lands in Kanawha county; of D. Hass and others, for incorporating the Hebrew Benevolent Society of Alexandria. Resolutions.--The following resolutions of inquiry were referred: By Mr. Nash, of incorporating the Merchants' Savings Bank of the town of Manchester; by Mr. Neal, of providing a more summary mode of dispossessing tenants, in certain cases; by Mr. Newton, of incorporating the Aid Society of the Western
The Daily Dispatch: January 29, 1861., [Electronic resource], The National Crisis. (search)
. --Cotton — Sales for two days of 40,000 bales. The Persia's news caused an advance of fully 1--some say ½ Lower qualities improved most — Orleans middling 7-9-16. Breadstuffs quiet and steady. Provisions dull. Consols 91½@91½. Hewitt's circulars say Cotton had advanced ¼ on Wednesday on all qualities. Latest. Liverpool, Thursday, Jan, 17 --Via Queenstown.--Sales Wednesday and Thursday of Cotton reached 40,000 bales. Hewitt says all kinds advanced fully ¼ sincday on all qualities. Latest. Liverpool, Thursday, Jan, 17 --Via Queenstown.--Sales Wednesday and Thursday of Cotton reached 40,000 bales. Hewitt says all kinds advanced fully ¼ since Friday. Breadstuffs and Provisions unchanged. [Second Dispatch.] Flour quiet and partially 6d lower. Wheat quiet and steady. Corn firm and partially 6d, higher, Beef dull. Pork dull. Lard dull. Sugar firm. Coffee steady. Rosin steady at 4s. 4d. Turpentine dull at 31s
The Daily Dispatch: January 31, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 2 (search)
to allow compensation to attorneys for the Commonwealth in the Circuit Courts of towns and cities for services heretofore performed by them; House bill to authorize the issue of Treasury notes; a bill providing pay for the Adjutant General for his services in reorganizing the Militia in 1858 and 1859; a bill to increase the pay of certain officers in the Public Guard; a bill to authorize the Adjutant General to employ an assistant in his office; a bill refunding a certain sum of money to James Hewitt. Mr. Nash, by leave, introduced a bill for the incorporation of the Manchester Savings Bank. Petitions--Mr. Newman presented a petition for the formation of a new county out of parts of Cabell. Mr. Brannon presented the petition of sundry citizens of Randolph and Pocahontas counties, for a further appropriation to the Huttonsville and Huntersville Turnpike road, and a petition for compensating Patrick Raferty and others, for work done on the Gilmer and Ritchie Turnpike. Bi
The Daily Dispatch: February 8, 1861., [Electronic resource], Garibaldi at home. (search)
including 432,000 bales American. Breadstuffs.--Breadstuffs generally quoted very dull. Flour is dull and 6d, lower. Extra Western 29s. 6d. Wheat is dull, but prices steady. Corn is dull and all qualities slightly declined, the market closing at slightly lower prices and holders pressing on the market; mixed Corn 37s. The market generally is quiet. Provisions.--Beef and Pork are dull. Bacon is quiet and Lard is steady at 588. @ 60s. Tallow closed quiet, but steady. James Hewitt & Co. say prices have declined ½, but that holders decline to concede. Produce.--Sugar is steady. Coffee is dull. Rice is steady — new South Carolina 23s. 6d. Pot Ashes steady at 29s. 6d. Pearl Ashes steady at 30s. Rosin firm. Spirits Turpentine firm at 31s.@32s. London Markets.--Wheat has a declining tendency, and all qualities have slightly declined.--Sugar is steady. Coffee is firm. Tea is generally unchanged. Rice is quiet. Tallow closed quiet but steady at 60s. L
The Daily Dispatch: September 5, 1861., [Electronic resource], Contradictory statements about the health of the Pope (search)
Export of Cotton. --We invite attention to the communication of Mr. James Hewitt, controverting some statements of the New York Herald, relative to the export of cotton.
The Daily Dispatch: January 14, 1862., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
e had business in the South that wouldn't let him do it. A Munificent city. The Louisville Courier, of the 7th instant, says: We understand that James Hewitt, Esq., whose liberality is proverbial, on Christmas day presented every man in Col. Roger Hanson's 2d Kentucky regiment with a splendid overcoat. The regiment is fully one thousand strong, and the present did not cost Mr. Hewitt less than from fifteen to twenty thousand dollars. And the wretched Yankees are fools enough to think they can conquer and subjugate a people of whom James Hewitt is but a fair type. Abolition freedom. The Rockingham Register, of the 10th inst., has tJames Hewitt is but a fair type. Abolition freedom. The Rockingham Register, of the 10th inst., has the following: Bill, a servant belonging to Miss Sallie Kendrick, of Front Royal, Va., reached home a few days ago. He was taken by the Yankees while driving wagons. He says he went up in a balloon while with them. They kept him two months, when he, having become satisfied with what he had seen of the Yankees, made his esca