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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 4. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 31 (search)
ched his brigade into the camp of the rebels, when Col. Shaw, the commander of the entire post, delivered up hif the post consisted of the Eighth North-Carolina, Col. Shaw, seven hundred and fifty men; a battalion of the S, State troops, North-Carolina infantry. Colonel, Henry M. Shaw. Lieutenant-Colonel, William J. Price. Mad safeguard was granted to a man named Dough, whom Col. Shaw said had not taken up arms against the Union, and approach of clear weather, Com. Lynch sent word to Col. Shaw, the commander of the Island, to be ready for an ehe island no preparations whatever had been made. Col. Shaw's regiment, Col. Jordan's and three companies of Cd Capt. Coles's company — to cover the left flank, Col. Shaw thinking the right well protected by a deep-lookine the enemy passed through the cypress swamp which Col. Shaw thought impassable, and turned the right flank. Tt up irregularly all that day and part of Sunday. Col. Shaw ordered a retreat early, and Col. Jordan's men wer
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 4. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 48 (search)
night. In accordance with order, on the morning of Thursday, the thirteenth instant, I moved the left wing of my brigade, consisting of the Fourteenth Iowa, Colonel Shaw, and Twenty-fifth Indiana, Colonel Veatch, from their encampment toward the enemy, who were entrenched about a mile distant therefrom. The advance was made d Major Chipman, (who received a severe wound in the thigh,) of the Iowa Second; Colonel Veatch and Lieutenant-Colonel Morgan, of the Indiana Twenty-fifth, and Colonel Shaw, of the Iowa Fourteenth; also Lieutenant-Colonel Parrott and Major Rice, who led the Iowa Seventh, and to whom I return my warmest acknowledgments for the gallighth; Capt. Craig, company A, and Lieut. Skeats, company F, all of the Eighteenth; Capt. Wilson, company F, Eighth, Capt. Swartout, company H, Eighth Missouri; Capt. Shaw, company B, Lieut. Vore, company E, and Lieut. Boyce, all of the Eleventh Illinois; Adjt. Kirkpatrick, of the Thirtieth, Capt. Mendel, of the Seventh, Capt. Bro
The Daily Dispatch: February 17, 1862., [Electronic resource], The Roanoke defeat. (search)
. We lost over $75,000 worth of stores. We were fortunate enough to spill our powder rather than let the Yankees have it. We saved the greater part of our provisions and stores. The prisoners. The following is a list of the officers of Col. Shaw's 8th Regiment N. C. State troops and Col. Jordan's 31st Regiment N. C. Volunteers, lately captured at Roanoke Island: Colonel, Hon. Henry M. Shaw, of Currituck; Lieut. Col. Wm. J. Price, of Wilmington; Major, George Williamson, of CaswelHon. Henry M. Shaw, of Currituck; Lieut. Col. Wm. J. Price, of Wilmington; Major, George Williamson, of Caswell. company a, (from Pasquotank)--Jas. W. Hinton, Captain; Wm. Bagley, 1st Lieutenant. B, (from Currituck)--Jas. M. Whitson, Captain; Thos. J. Farris, 1st, B. F. Simmons and Enoch Baxter, 2d Lieutenants. C, (from New Hanover and Brunswick)--Henry McRoe, Captain; C. H. Barron, 1st, and Thos. W. Davis and W. L. S. Townsend, 2d Lieutenants. D, (from Granville) A. J. Rogers, Captain; A. H. Gregory, 1st, and Robt. B. Gilliam, Jr., and J. C. Cooper, 2d Lieutenants. E, (from Cumberlan
The Daily Dispatch: February 17, 1862., [Electronic resource], Southern War news. (search)
er effects of the regiment and to make their escape, and deliver them to the authorities here. On Thursday night before the battle on Friday, Col. Jordan was ordered down the Island with his regiment, and took position near, the battleground. Col. Shaw, of the 8th State Troops, was in command, and his regiment, with a reinforcement from the Wise Legion of about 500 men, were in position in the advance. On Friday the aftempts of the enemy to land were ineffectual, being prevented by our advannder Capt Wise and others of the Wise Legion. The enemy succeeded in forcing our men to retreat up a causeway through a marsh at the north end of which we had a field battery of three pieces drawn by old mules. This battery was well served by Col. Shaw's men, and as long as their ammunition lasted it played have with the Yankees. But just as that auspleturs moment the ammunition gave out, and they bad to send six, miles up the Island to get more and on or cert was dispatched in bridg it. The
The Daily Dispatch: February 5, 1864., [Electronic resource], Killed. (search)
Killed. --Col. Henry M. Shaw, of the 8th N. C. regiment, was shot through the head by the enemy's pickets at 1 o'clock Tuesday morning, in an advice towards Newbern. His body arrived at Weldom on Wednesday morning. He was in command to Roanoke Island when it fell and was formerly a member of Congress from North Carolina.