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Horace Greeley, The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65: its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union. Volume I., chapter 17 (search)
two pieces of artillery, approached from Lecompton on the west, while another force, composed in good part of the volunteers from the Atlantic Southern States, under Col. Buford, beleaguered it on the east. They bristled with weapons from the United States Armory, then in charge of the Federal officers in Kansas. Nearly all the pro-Slavery leaders then in Kansas, or hovering along the Missouri border, were on hand; among them, Col. Titus, from Florida, Col. Wilkes, from South Carolina, Gen. String-fellow, a Virginian, Col. Boone, hailing from Westport, and many others of local and temporary fame. The entire force was about 800 strong, having possession of Mount Oread, a hill which commanded the town. The pretext for this raid was a desire to serve legal processes in Kansas, although deputy marshal Fain, who held a part of those processes, had been in Lawrence the evening before, and served two writs without a sign of resistance, as on several previous occasions. He now rode into
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 30. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Narrative of events and observations connected with the wounding of General T. J. (Stonewall) Jackson. (search)
also from the fact that in ‘96, with four Federal officers who belonged to the Eleventh Army Corps (Howard's Corps) and three Confederate officers—viz: Major Blackford, Colonel Palmer and General Lane—I visited the, field and spent the night at Talley's, which is on the road down which Major Moorman's battery moved and which marked the headquarters at the extreme right wing of Hooker's Army—General Devens having that as his headquarters. A year or two ago, with one of my sons, I visited Mr. String-fellow, who lives on the northwesterly side of the Rapidan River. With him we drove across the Rapidan (the Germanna) ford, then over the road followed by Grant in his 1864 campaign to Wilderness tavern and store, and thence over the road across which General Jackson formed his three divisions when he made the attack of the evening of 2nd May, 1863. We went over that road all the way by Chancellorsville to Fredericksburg. The details given by Major Moorman correspond exactly with my g
The Daily Dispatch: March 14, 1861., [Electronic resource], The duty on sugar. (search)
The vote in Petersburg. Petersburg,March 13.-- 2 P. M. --The vote on the Secession Resolutions, submitted at the meeting on Monday night, is progressing.--Secession is 110 ahead, and the Union strength is nearly exhausted. [second Dispatch.] Petersburg,March 13.--The vote to- night at dark showed the secessionists 51 ahead, and this majority is expected to be increased during the following to-morrow. The secession men are parading the streets with a band. A great crowd is out and will be addressed by Messrs. Pryor, String fellow and others, onPoplar Lawn, at 8 o'clock.