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Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 3. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book IV:—Third winter. (search)
ollow one of the routes which concentrate at Lewisburg on the west of the Alleghanies near New Rivemmon does not appear, for he has not reached Lewisburg: Jones, emboldened, attacks him in his turn, force and bring it back to the south by the Lewisburg road. The brigade that fought at Rocky Spri Springs, in a well-selected position on the Lewisburg road. It is called Droop Mountain, which, wAverell arrives on the evening of the 7th at Lewisburg, where he has the satisfaction of finding Coe Alleghanies. He halts only a few hours at Lewisburg; on the 8th of November, after crossing the rier; but whilst his commander will threaten Lewisburg, Colonel Moor, with a detachment of this forlaghan's is at the point where the road from Lewisburg to Covington crosses that stream. The seconrier from Huntersville, where Jackson is, to Lewisburg, which is occupied by Echols, are beginning cupies the passes of the Alleghanies and the Lewisburg road; Fitzhugh Lee, with his cavalry, can ea[4 more...]
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 7, 4th edition., Chapter 15: (search)
never owned English rule, and never required English protection, heard the cry of their brethren in distress; and a company of nearly fifty of them, under the command of Evan Shelby, with James Robertson and Valentine Sevier as sergeants, marched as volunteers. The name of every one of them is preserved and cherished. Leaving home in August, they crossed the New river, and joined the army of western Virginia at Camp Union, on the Great Levels of Green Briar. From that place, now called Lewisburg, to the mouth of the Great Kanawha, the distance is about one hundred and sixty miles. At that time there was not even a trace over the rugged mountains; but the gallant young woodsmen who formed the advance party, moved expeditiously with their packhorses and droves of cattle through the old home of the wolf, the deer, and the panther. After a fortnight's struggle, they left behind them the last rocky masses of Chap. XV.} 1774. Sept. the hill-tops; and passing between the gigantic grow
The Daily Dispatch: January 21, 1861., [Electronic resource], The Irish and coercion. (search)
ave and manly course of South Carolina. Still, the majority say we must now secede, though we abhor the idea of following South Carolina. Some of the leaders who followed Governor Letcher's theory now yield a mournful acquiescence, adding that it galls them to be drawn into civil war by a ranting little State. But the secessionists are fast making converts. In case of civil war I have no doubt that Greenbrier will furnish some as brave and loyal troops as ever marched to repel an invader. There are several volunteer companies in the county. Of the three newspapers in Lewisburg, one urges secession, a second opposes coercion, and the third deprecates civil war; or, rather, the two last are Whig, waiting for the interposition of Providence to avert the impending calamity. The weather for some days has been clear, cold and calm. The snow is disappearing. --Neither the Greenbrier river nor any of its considerable tributaries have been frozen over his winter. Charley.
The Daily Dispatch: January 23, 1861., [Electronic resource], The National crisis. (search)
, W. R. Perfator, Geo. R. Evans. Henry Ribble, D. H. Hoge, Frs. Anderson. Alexandria. Wm. Gregory, C. F. Suttle, F. L. Smith, C. C. Smoot. Turner Dixon, J. M. Johnson, J. H. Brent. Winchester. Ro. L. Baker, Patrick Smith, Henry S, Baker. Jas. B. Taylor. H. H. McGuire, T. T. Fauntleroy, Jr., Robert Steele. Charlottesville. T. J. Randolph, George Carr, Socrates Maupin, Jas. Lobban. B. W. Snead, R. G. Crank, Wm. S. Dabney. Lewisburg. Samuel Price, Joel McPherson, Johnson E. Bell, Floyd Estell. R. B. Moorman, R. B. James, Austin Handley. Wytheville. Stephen McGavock, Ro. Crockett, Isaac J. Leftwich, Wm. Terry. A. T. Crockett, Gordon C. Kent. Wm. Gibboney. Bank of Virginia.Richmond. James Caskie, Archibald Thomas, William Gray, A. T. Harris, Thomas R. Price. R. Milton Cary, Joseph P. Jones, C. R. Barksdale, Jas. B. Ferguson, Jr. Norfolk. Myer Myers, George R
The Daily Dispatch: January 30, 1861., [Electronic resource], Good Material for soldiers. (search)
Fire --The Mountain House, owned and kept by Mr. Smails, near Lewisburg, Va., was entirely destroyed by fire last Wednesday about 12 o'clock. Everything in the house was lost. The proprietor nor the ladies of the house rescued a change of apparel. Loss about $3,000.
The Daily Dispatch: March 5, 1861., [Electronic resource], Slave rescue in New York. (search)
Slave rescue in New York. A negro, named John Polhemus, belonging to Mr. Jameson, of Lewisburg, Va., was on Saturday rescued from the United States Marshal, at New York just as he was going on board the Yorktown. The Marshal had no warrant. The New York Express of that afternoon, says: At half past 3 o'clock this afternoon just as the steamer Yorktown was about to depart for Norfolk, a close carriage was driven rapidly up the pier, and when opposite the gang-plank of the vessel, two United States Deputy Marshals left the vehicle, having in custody a fugitive slave. One of the Marshals was about to drag the negro on board, when he grasped, with almost savage tenacity, the rails of the plank, clinging to it despite every effort to disengage his grasp. A large crowd soon gathered round the trio, and the negro, deeming he had friends or sympathy among them begged them to rescue him crying loudly, "Oh, men, save me! Save me! I'm not him — save me!". Officer Armstrong,
The Daily Dispatch: March 15, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
was laid on the table, and a committee of two from each Presiding Elder's district appointed to report business. The committee is composed of the following gentlemen: Col. Ridgely, Baltimore county; Charles J. Baker, Baltimore; W. H. Edes, Georgetown; E. C. Brown, Loudoun; D. M. Wood, Botetourt; Dr. Black, Montgomery, Va., James N. Davis, Washington; Dr. Z. Howard, Montgomery, Md.; Abraham Nulton, Winchester; Samuel Taylor, Hampshire, Jacob Mohler, Rockingham; Dr. E. G. Moorman, Rockingham; Joel McPherson, Lewisburg; William Smith, Monroe. Hon. Mr. Daniel, of Baltimore, offered a resolution asking for a joint committee on the part of the Convention and Conference to prepare business, that there might be harmony of action. Judge Bond opposed, and Mr. Daniel supported the resolution. On motion, it was laid on the table. The Convention then adjourned to meet tomorrow at 9 ½ A. M. The Convention is strongly for separation from the General Conference.
The Daily Dispatch: April 10, 1861., [Electronic resource], Accident. (search)
Accident. --Miss Sallie Cart died in Lewisburg, Va., last week from injuries received by her clothing taking fire. Mrs. McNeey, wife of Anderson McNeer, of Centerville, Monroe co., Va., was badly burned a few days since. At last accounts she was not expected to live.
The Daily Dispatch: April 29, 1861., [Electronic resource], The Supreme Court of appeals. (search)
The Supreme Court of appeals. --Judge Daniel, of this Court, only remains in Richmond because his Court has adjourned. --There will be no Court held in Lewisburg till July. The other Judges have gone home.
The Daily Dispatch: April 27, 1861., [Electronic resource], Speech of Gen. Cass. (search)
'Supreme Court' of Appeals. --This tribunal adjourned on Thursday to the 5th of October. Judge Wm.Daniel is the only one of the Justices at present in Richmond — the others have gone to Lewisburg.
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