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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 1. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), The treatment of prisoners during the war between the States. (search)
the doctor will bear the effects of his incarceration to the grave. We will next give Rev. George W. Nelson's narrative of his prison life. Mr. Nelson is now rector of the Episcopal church in LexMr. Nelson is now rector of the Episcopal church in Lexington, Virginia. As an alumnus of the University of Virginia, a gallant Confederate soldier, and since the war a devoted, useful minister of the gospel, Mr. Nelson is widely known and needs no endorMr. Nelson is widely known and needs no endorsation from us. The narrative was written not long after the close of the war, when the facts were fresh in his memory, and could be substantiated by memoranda in his possession. In a private letter to the editor, dated March 14, 1876, Mr. Nelson says of his narrative: It is all literal fact, understated rather than overstated. I read it a few days since to Mr. Gillock of this place, (Lexington), with his memory of them. Without further introduction, we submit the paper in full: Rev. George W. Nelson's narrative. I was captured on the 26th of October, 1863, under the following circums
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 1. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Address before the Mecklenburg (N. C.) Historical Society. (search)
first organized victory for the Union was a Virginian. Next to Grant and Sherman, the most successful Federal generals, who struck us the heaviest blows, were born at the South--viz: Thomas, Canby, Blair, Sykes, Ord, Getty, Anderson, Alexander, Nelson, etc., etc. General Grant was beaten the first day at Shiloh and driven back to the river, cowering under the protection of the gun-boats. A Kentucky brigade, under General Nelson, checked the shouting, exulting rebels, and saved Grant from destGeneral Nelson, checked the shouting, exulting rebels, and saved Grant from destruction. A Kentucky colonel greatly distinguished himself that day. He is now Secretary of the Interior, hated by Grant, whom he then helped to save, and hated by all the whiskey thieves. At Chickamauga the Federal commander-in-chief gave up all as lost, and abandoned the field early in the afternoon. General Thomas, of Virginia, in the Yankee service, planted his corps on a hill, and there stood, like a rock in the ocean, resisting all assaults until nightfall, when he retired to Chattanoo
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3., The opposing forces at Fredericksburg, Va. (search)
Battalion loss: k, 10; w, 26 == 36. Sumter (Ga.) Battalion, Lieut.-Col. Allen S. Cutts: Co. A, Capt. H. M. Ross; Co. B, Capt. George M. Patterson; Co. C, Capt. John Lane. Nelson's Battalion, Maj. William Nelson: Va. Battery (Amherst Art'y), Capt. Thomas J. Kirkpatrick; Va. Battery (Fluvanna Art'y), Capt. John L. Massie; Ga. Battery, Capt. John Milledge, Jr. Miscellaneous Batteries (assignments not indicated): Ga. Battery (Ells's), Lieut. W. F. Anderson; Va. Battery (Hanover Art'y), Capt. George W. Nelson. cavalry, Maj.-Gen. James E. B. Stuart. First Brigade (a detachment was on a raid to the rear of the Union army), Brig.-Gen. Wade Hampton: 1st N. C., Col. L. S. Baker; 1st S. C., Col. J. L. Beach; 2d S. C., Col. M. C. Butler; Cobb (Ga.) Legion, Lieut.-Col. P. M. B. Young; Phillips's (Ga.) Legion, Lieut.-Col. William W. Rich. Second Brigade, Brig.-Gen. Fitzhugh Lee: 1st Va., Col. James H. Drake; 2d Va., Col. Thomas T. Munford; 3d Va., Col. T. H. Owen; 4th Va., Col. Williams C. W
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 8. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), The battle of Shiloh--report of L. D. Sandidge, Inspector-General, Louisiana division. (search)
right. The Federals by this time were concentrating along the river front all their remaining artillery and every infantry organization that could hold together, and were fighting for existence. The advance and attack continued--General Bragg issuing orders to bring everything forward, and in less than an hour after Prentiss laid down his arms we rode over the ground his brigade stood in our advance. But now Leu Wallace was on our flank with 10,000 fresh troops from Pittsburg Landing. Nelson, leading Buel's army, 25,000 strong, was crossing the river in our front, and we were beginning to feel his fire. But an half hour of sun remained. It was impossible — though more than one assault was made to drive the defeated Federals into the river — to do anything more without reorganizing our troops, which was done during the night; but on the morrow the new army had to be fought on the same field. How that was done let history tell. I am certain I saw General Beauregard leading Mou
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 8. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Literary notices. (search)
tion in which he had so long lived, and the people from whom he had received so much kindness. And while deeply regretting that any son of the South should have brought himself to draw his sword against the land of his birth, yet it is a source of a certain sort of pride that the North was compelled to bestow her highest naval honors on this Southron, while she owed so much of her success in the field to Winfield Scott, George H. Thomas, Canby, Blair, Sykes, Ord, Getty, Anderson, Alexander, Nelson, and other Southern officers, and the 400,000 Southern born men (chiefly from Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, West Virginia and Tennessee), not counting the negroes, who served in her ranks. How different the result might have been if all these had been true to their section and the principles of their fathers! General Longstreet's paper in the Philadelphia times of March 13th in reply to Generals A. L. Long and Fitz. Lee will excite attention and elicit wile comment. We make here no c
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 8. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), The prison question again--Prof. Rufus B. Richardson on Andersonville. (search)
on is of not the slightest value on any mooted historic question, especially when he gets an opportunity of venting his bitter personal hatred against President Davis. 3. While Professor Richardson is very fair in his apologies for sufferings at Andersonville, he seems very skeptical as to the reality of much suffering, on the part of our prisoners at the north. Let any one interested turn to some of the narratives which we published in our number for April, 1876--such as those of Rev. Geo. W. Nelson, Hon. A. M. Keiley, Rev. Dr. I. W. K. Handy, Rev. Geo. W. Harris, Charles Wright, T. D. Henry, and others,--and see whether there is any striving to make out that the suffering was as great as somebody else's, rather than a depth of suffering never reached in the description, such as, it is claimed, the Andersonville and other Federal prisoners endured. 4. Professor Richardson makes an adroit attempt to relieve his government from the unanswerable argument derived from the figures
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 17. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), A list of Confederate officers, prisoners, who were held by Federal authority on Morris Island, S. C., under Confederate fire from September 7th to October 21st, 1864. (search)
7th cav., Romney, W. Va. Zzz=Capt. J. M. Lovell, 22d cav., Hampshire, W. Va. Zzz=Capt. W. Mitchell, 6th cav., Pittsylvania. Zzz=Capt. T. A. Moon, 6th cav., Halifax. Zzz=Capt. A. M. King, 50th inft. Zzz=Capt. B. J. Brown, 7th inft., Albemarle county. Zzz=Capt. C. D. McCoy, 25th inft., Charlottesville. Zzz=Capt. Wm. C. Nunn, 5th cav., Little Plymouth. Zzz=Capt. Peyton Alfriend, 39th militia, Petersburg. Zzz=Capt. Brown Gibson, 6th cav., Upperville. Zzz=Capt. Geo. W. Nelson, Pendleton's staff, Hanover C. H. Zzz=Capt. C. J. Lewis, 8th Va. cav., Charleston. 1st Lt. Thos. Moss, 23d inft., Louisa C. H. Zzz=1st Lt. Henry Fry, 37th inft., Wheeling, W. Va. Zzz=1st Lt. W. E. Hart, Page's bat., King William C. H. Zzz=1st Lt. B. C. Maxwell, Crenshaw's bat., Westhamlock, Henrico Co. Zzz=1st Lt. J. O. Murray, 12th Va. cav., Richmond. Zzz=1st Lt. W. Ashery, 16th Va. cav., Manassas Junction. Zzz=1st Lt. James Childs, 16th Va. cav., Warrenton. Zz
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 25. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.43 (search)
Lovett, Twenty-second Cavalry, Hampshire county. W. T. Mitchell, Sixth Cavalry, Pittsylvania county. T. A. Moon, Sixth Cavalry, Halifax county. A. M. King, Fiftieth Infantry, Saltville, Lee county. B. G. Brown, Seventh Infantry, Brown's Cove, Albemarle co. Charles D. McCoy, Twenty-fifth Infantry, Charlottesville. William C. Nunn, Fifth Cavalry, Little Plymouth. Peyton Alfriend, Thirty-ninth Militia, Petersburg. Bruce Gibson, Sixth cavalry, Upperville, Fauquier county. George W. Nelson, General Pendleton's staff, Beaver Dam, Hanover county. C. J. Lewis, Eighth Cavalry, Charleston, Kanawha county. Adjutants. D. M. Leyton, Twenty-fifth Infantry, Mount Meridian. B. B. Howelett, Fifth Cavalry, Cobb's creek. O. H. P. Lewis, Thirty-first Infantry, Beverly, Randolph county. W. W. Boggs, Twentieth Cavalry, Wheeling. J. Arrington, Forty-second Infantry, Campbell Courthouse. D. W. Garrett, Forty-second Infantry, Morgantown, Ga. H. T. Coalter, Fifty-third In
The Daily Dispatch: February 21, 1862., [Electronic resource], article 5 (search)
ing important information regarding recent movements of national forces in Kentucky, which it has from trustworthy sources:"Gen. Buill's whole army, with the exception of General McCock's division, was, on Wednesday, in motion upon the enemy. Gen. Nelson's division crossed Green river on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, on its march to a grow, over the turnpike from Bardatows to that place. Gen. Mitchell's whole command marched down to Munfordville from Bacon creek, and crossed over the railroadimpracticable, the main body of General Thomas's division has been ordered to move via Danville and Lebanch, also towards Glasgow. General Schoeff's brigade is reported to have passed through Lebaron on its way south. It is expected to join General Nelson. General McCook's division has marching orders, and has probably assumed a position south of Green river before this time. Papers were captured at Fort Henry showing General Polk's force at Columbus to be only 12,000 effective men — the rema
The Daily Dispatch: February 21, 1862., [Electronic resource], European news. (search)
d and forcible levies on the highway, were Geo. Annaker and Wm. Rose, who were charged with having forcibly despoiled Wm. E. McGrady of $70 and a Colt's five-shooter worth $40. The case was continued until this morning.--Francis H. Osgood and Geo. W. Nelson, alias Dick Johnson, two athletic looking white men, were arraigned for violently assaulting John Driggers, an Alabama soldier, on Thursday night, and taking from his person three letters entrusted to his care to be delivered at Manassas. Drral times. When he attempted to leave the house he was followed by them, and after getting a short distance was thrown down, garroted, beaten severely and robbed. He positively identified the prisoners as two of the party who made the assault. Nelson, alias Johnson, attempted to prove by Bradford's bar-keeper that he did not leave the house after Driggers did. He said that the latter was no doubt honest in his conviction that he was one of the men, but he was mistaken. At the request of Osgo
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