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Jubal Anderson Early, Ruth Hairston Early, Lieutenant General Jubal A. Early , C. S. A., Chapter 49: close of the Valley campaign. (search)
tively a small force, and, at the close, he was compelled to employ three corps of infantry, and one of cavalry, for that purpose, and to guard the approaches to Washington, Maryland and Pennsylvania. When I was detached from General Lee's army, Hunter was advancing on Lynchburg, 170 miles south of Winchester, with a very considerable force, and threatening all of General Lee's communications with a very serious danger. By a rapid movement, my force had been thrown to Lynchburg, just in time to arrest Hunter's march into that place, and he had been driven back and forced to escape into the mountains of Western Virginia, with a loss of ten pieces of artillery and subsequent terrible suffering to his troops. Maryland and Pennsylvania had been invaded, Washington threatened and thrown into a state of frantic alarm, and Grant had been compelled to detach two corps of infantry and two divisions of cavalry from his army. Five or six thousand prisoners had been captured from the enem
Jubal Anderson Early, Ruth Hairston Early, Lieutenant General Jubal A. Early , C. S. A., Index. (search)
. P. (U. S. A.), 198, 231-32 Howison House, 207 Huger, General, 76, 83, 84, 86, 87, 105 Hughes' Cross-Roads, 361 Hundley's Corner, 361, 362, 363 Hunter, Andrew, 401, 478 Hunter, Colonel, 32 Hunter, General (U. S. A.), 32, 37, 40, 364, 370-72, 375-76, 378-382, 391, 393, 396, 399, 401-02, 415, 417, 455, 465, 475-76Hunter, Colonel, 32 Hunter, General (U. S. A.), 32, 37, 40, 364, 370-72, 375-76, 378-382, 391, 393, 396, 399, 401-02, 415, 417, 455, 465, 475-76 Hunterstown, 258, 264, 266 Hupp's Battalion, 244 Imboden, General, 191, 326-29, 333- 34, 339, 369, 370, 374, 376, 378, 381-82, 386, 389, 391, 398, 402, 406, 416, 423 Jackson, Colonel, Wm. L., 328-331, 381, 389, 397, 399, 402-03, 416, 421 Jackson, General T. J., 10, 11, 31, 32, 37, 43, 51, 74-79, 84, 86-90, 92-94, 9Hunter, General (U. S. A.), 32, 37, 40, 364, 370-72, 375-76, 378-382, 391, 393, 396, 399, 401-02, 415, 417, 455, 465, 475-76 Hunterstown, 258, 264, 266 Hupp's Battalion, 244 Imboden, General, 191, 326-29, 333- 34, 339, 369, 370, 374, 376, 378, 381-82, 386, 389, 391, 398, 402, 406, 416, 423 Jackson, Colonel, Wm. L., 328-331, 381, 389, 397, 399, 402-03, 416, 421 Jackson, General T. J., 10, 11, 31, 32, 37, 43, 51, 74-79, 84, 86-90, 92-94, 97-109, 111, 112, 114-16, 119, 120, 122-27, 129, 131-32, 134-145, 149, 151, 153, 155-56, 158, 162-66, 170-72, 174, 177-78, 180-81, 183, 187-88, 190, 194-97, 212-217, 234-236, 241, 285, 297, 301, 361, 368, 403, 431 Jackson's River, 327-28, 340, 369 Jackson's River Depot, 328 Jackson's River Valley, 330 Jacob's Ford, 317 Jam
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 8. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 110 (search)
fugee to his home. The quiet of thriving villages, when the old man on his crutch and the brave and war-worn veteran with his armless sleeve, shall tell of bloody battles and scenes of privation to smiling children around him. The quiet of prosperous cities, whose wharves shall whiten with an opulent commerce, whose shops shall hum with a busy industry, and whose spires point to that haven of rest which is far away. Then from a thousand happy hearts and happy homes shall arise thanksgiving and praise to the God of battles as of grace, while tears of gratitude will embalm the memories and bedew the graves of the brave men whose blood has been shed as a libation to liberty. A. D. Dickinson, Chairman, A. J. Marshall, Andrew Hunter, Senate Committee, B. H. Shackleford, Chairman, R. W. Hunter, F. B. Deane, A. C. Cummings, R. H. Baker, House Committee. Adopted by Senate, March 5, 1864. Shelton C. Davis, C. S. Adopted by House of Delegates, March 9, 1864. Wm. F. Gordon, C. H. D.
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 8. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Mrs. Henrietta E. Lee's letter to General David Hunter on the burning of her house. (search)
f Virginia, and we cheerfully comply with the request of a distinguished friend to publish it. The burning of this house and those of Colonel A. R. Boteler and Andrew Hunter, Esq., in the lower Valley, and of Governor Letcher's and the Virginia Military Institute at Lexington, together with other acts of vandalism, have given GenerGeneral Hunter a place in the annals of infamy only equaled by the contempt felt for his military achievements: Jefferson county, July 20, 1864. General Hunter: Yesterday your underling, Captain Martindale, of the First New York cavalry, executed your infamous order and burned my house. You have had the satisfaction ere this General Hunter: Yesterday your underling, Captain Martindale, of the First New York cavalry, executed your infamous order and burned my house. You have had the satisfaction ere this of receiving from him the information that your orders were fulfilled to the letter; the dwelling and every out-building, seven in number, with their contents, being burned. I, therefore, a helpless woman whom you have cruelly wronged, address you, a Major-General of the United States army, and demand why this was done? What was
Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Chapter 47: (search)
. The road was strewed with debris of the rapid retreat—twelve caissons and seventy-two wagons having been abandoned, and most of them burned. On the 26th the Confederate force moved to Martinsburg: While at Martinsburg, [says General Early in his memoir] it was ascertained beyond all doubt that Hunter had been again indulging in his favorite mode of warfare, and that, after his return to the Valley, while we were near Washington, among other outrages, the private residences of Mr. Andrew Hunter, a member of the Virginia Senate, Mr. Alexander R. Boteler, an ex-member of the Confederate Congress, as well as of the United States Congress, and Edmund I. Lee, a distant relative of General Lee, all in Jefferson County, with their contents, had been burned by his orders, only time enough being given for the ladies to get out of the houses. A number of towns in the South, as well as private country-houses, had been burned by Federal troops, and the accounts had been heralded forth
James Redpath, The Public Life of Captain John Brown, Chapter 6: making ready. (search)
riosity. They seemed to have no settled purpose; but a large number of boxes and packages were sent to them by railroad, which they carted home, and nearly every (lay one or more of them paid a visit to the village. They paid for every thing they wanted in hard cash, and were sociable and friendly towards their neighbors. A great deal of their time appeared to be passed in hunting in the mountains, although they never brought home any game. We strike at higher and wickeder game, said Mr. Hunter-acted, Captain Brown. On one occasion a neighbor remarked to Mr. Smith (as Old Brown was called) that he had observed twigs and branches bent down in a peculiar manner, which Smith explained by stating that it was the habit of the Indians, in travelling through a strange country, to mark their path in that way, so as to find their way back. He had no doubt, he said that Indians passed over these mountains, unknown to the inhabitants. These statements of conversations with John Brown m
James Redpath, The Public Life of Captain John Brown, Chapter 9: fallen among thieves. (search)
ran a bayonet twice into the prostrate body of the old man. In the trial of Copeland, the following dialogue occurred: Mr. Sennott. You say that when Brown was down you struck him in the face with your sabre? Lieut. Green. Yes, sir. Mr. Sennott. This was after he was down? Lieut. Green. Yes, sir, he was down. Mr. Sennott. How many times, Lieut. Green, did you strike Brown in the face after he was down? Lieut. Green. Why, sir, he was defending himself with his gun. Mr Hunter. I hope the counsel for the defence will not press such questions as these. Mr. Sennott. Very well, sir. The scenes that followed this assault are so discreditable to Virginia-nay, to human nature — that I dare not trust myself to describe them; but will content myself with quoting the accounts of two ultra pro-slavery journalists. This is the report of the Baltimore American: When the insurgents were brought out, some dead and others wounded, they were greeted with execratio
James Redpath, The Public Life of Captain John Brown, Chapter 10: spoils of war. (search)
informed of the mere handful of men who had created all this bobbery, he boiled over. In his wrath he said some good things. Indeed it was universally seen and felt that Governor Wise was just the man for such an occasion. Accompanied by Andrew Hunter, Esq., a distinguished lawyer of Jefferson County, the Governor presently repaired to the guard room where the two wounded prisoners lay, and there had a protracted and interesting conversation with the chief of the outlaws. It had more the ad lay as they fell. Brown was frank and communicative, answering all questions without reserve, except such as might implicate his immediate associates not yet killed or taken. I append such extracts from notes taken during conversation by Mr. Hunter: Brown avers that the small pamphlet, many copies of which were found on the persons of the slain and entitled Provisional Constitution and Ordinances for the People of the United States, was prepared by himself and adopted at a conventi
James Redpath, The Public Life of Captain John Brown, chapter 2.44 (search)
nor a broil there. When they returned to Harper's Ferry, the Virginia militia, who had been afraid to follow, now valiantly offered to go out to defend their fellow-citizens. But the limits of this volume will not permit me to recount how often and pusillanimously the Virginians acted. From the arrest of the Liberators till the death of their Chief, the shivering chivalry of the once gallant State of Virginia suffered from a chronic but ludicrously painful fright. Governor Wise and Mr. Hunter accompanied the prisoners to Charlestown, where they were lodged in jail, and placed under the charge of Capt. John Avis. Of the jail and jailer a trust-worthy writer says: Brown is as comfortably situated as any man can be in a jail. He has a pleasant room, which is shared by Stevens, whose recovery remains doubtful. He has opportunities of occupying himself by writing and reading. His jailer, Avis, was of the party who assisted in capturing him. Brown says, that Avis is one of
James Redpath, The Public Life of Captain John Brown, Chapter 1: the preliminary examination. (search)
s seemed less injured than Brown, but looked haggard and depressed. Never before, in our Christian country, or in any other civilized land, were men, thus suffering and disabled, dragged from their beds of sickness to a Court of Justice, to be tried for a capital offence. Judge Jeffreys, of England, never fully equalled this atrocity; it needed, for its. perpetration, men brutalized by the influence of American slavery. Charles B. Harding, attorney for the County of Jefferson, and Andrew Hunter, counsel for the State, appeared for the prosecution. The Sheriff read the commitment of the prisoners, and the Prosecuting Attorney asked the Court that counsel might be assigned them. The Presiding Magistrate then inquired if the prisoners had counsel. John Brown replied: First speech in court. Virginians: I did not ask for any quarter at the time I was taken. I did not ask to have my life spared. The Governor of the State of Virginia tendered me his assurance that I shoul
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