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Col. O. M. Roberts, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 12.1, Alabama (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Biographical. (search)
ler, of Virginia. At the age of nine years he removed with his parents to Calhoun county, Ala., and in that State received an academic education; studied law at Talladega, was admitted to the bar in 1845, and subsequently practiced at Talladega, Cahaba, and Selma, his present home. His canvass of the State in 1860 as candidate for presidential elector-at-large on the Breckinridge ticket widened his reputation for extraordinary ability as an orator; and as a delegate from Dallas county he was afice until 1851, when he removed to Pickens county. In 1853 Governor Collier appointed him to the same office to fill a vacancy. He was elected a judge of the circuit court in 1855, and held this position until January, 1858, when he removed to Cahaba. Upon the secession of Alabama he was sent as a commissioner to Mississippi. In the spring of 1861, he in company with Isham W. Garrott raised the Twentieth regiment of infantry, and at its organization Garrott was elected colonel and Pettus, m
Colonel Charles E. Hooker, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 12.2, Mississippi (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 11: (search)
effective force of about 16,000, the strongest parts of which were cavalry, some 7,500, under Maj.-Gen. S. D. Lee, and Loring's division, about 5,500 men, at Canton. Forney's command had been transferred to General Maury, at Mobile, leaving the infantry brigades of Featherston, John Adams, Buford, with Loring, and of Ector and Cockrell with French at Brandon. The Texas cavalry brigade with Lee was commanded by Col. Lawrence S. Ross. Small commands were stationed at the military posts of Cahaba, under Col. H. C. Davis; Columbus, under General Ruggles; Demopolis, under Col. Nathaniel Wickliffe, and at Selma, under Col. T. H. Rosser. In this statement the command which Forrest was organizing at Cosmo is not included. He had displayed great energy in the work of reorganization, and the war department had revoked all other authority to raise troops in west Tennessee and north Mississippi. On February 5th he reported that he brought 3,100 out of Tennessee and had since received sever
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 34. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.6 (search)
int Lookout, Md., Rock Island, Ill., Johnston's Island, O., Louisville, Ky., Memphis, Tenn., Nashville, Tenn. In this essay it is unnecessary to specify the number of prisoners in each station, as they were distributed to suit the wishes and conveniences of the government, presumably for their own convenience for supplies, guards and facility for keeping. In the South prisons were located at Americus, Ga., Camp Sumter, Andersonville, Ga.; Atlanta, Ga.; Augusta, Ga.; Blackshear, Ga.; Cahaba, Ala.; Camp Lawton, Millen, Ga.; Camp Oglethorpe, Macon, Ga.; Charleston, S. C.; Florence, S. C.; Columbia, S. C.; Charlotte, N. C.; Salisbury, N. C.; Raieigh, N. C.; Danville, Va.; Richmond, Va.; Belle Isle, Castle Thunder, Crews, Libby, Pemberton's, Scott's, Smith's Factory. The supposition is likewise that these places were selected for the convenience of the Confederate government for purposes of safety from raids for the release of prisoners and for proper care of prisoners. The pris
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Index (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller), C (search)
C Cabell, W. L., X., 257. Cabot, S., VII., 133. Cadle, C., Jr. I., 353. Cadwalader, G. C., VII., 194. Cahaba, Ala., prison at, VII., 60. Cahill, T. W., II., 133. Cairo, Ill.: I., 176, 177, 179, 181, 193 seq., 197, 220, 225, 363; II., 139; forwarding recruits at, II., 182; VI., 186, 212, 213; naval station at, VI., 215; VII., 319; flood at, VIII., 211. Cairo, Mo., basis of supplies, VIII., 32. Cairo,, U. S. S.: I., 215 seq., 366; II., 200; VI., 214, 221, 266, 316. Caldwell, A. H.: VIII., 345 seq., 350, 361, 363, 364. Caldwell, C. H. B.: I., 232; VI., 190, 196. Caldwell, G. H., II., 69. Caldwell, J., VIII., 363, 366. Caldwell, J. C., II., 69. Caleb Cushing, revenue cutter, VI., 294. Calef, J. H., IV., 230. Calhoun, J. C., unveiling statue of, IX., 36. Calhoun,, U. S. S., II., 330. California enlistment Viii., 102. Cambridge, Mass., return of the Mass. Sixteenth Inf.,
The Daily Dispatch: December 1, 1860., [Electronic resource], Shoe business. (search)
At Milton, N. H., last week, a boy named Randall was killed instantly by a gun in the hands of a playmate who did not know that the weapon was loaded. Hon. Albert Rust, of Arkansas, has written a letter against secession and disunion, and against making Lincoln's election an excuse for breaking up the Government. David Swisher, of Pendleton county, Va., was accidentally killed by the falling of a log, on Thursday, the 15th inst. Capt. Andrew Nelson, an experienced ship-master of Charleston, S. C., died at Tampico Mexico, Nov. 3d. Mr. Riston, who was injured in a tannery at Alexandria, Va., a few days ago, died on Thursday. The farm of Isaac Dust, in Jefferson co., Va., was sold a few days ago at sixty dollars per acre. In Baltimore, on Wednesday, a man named Falinstock fell into a vat in which oyster cans were being steamed, and was scalded to death. Dr. Ulmer, an eminent physician, died in Cahaba, Ala., last week.
The Daily Dispatch: July 25, 1861., [Electronic resource], Irish potatoes (search)
op. from which he used as late as Christmas — Early in January and not until then, he had the potatoes remaining in the ground taken up and put in a dry place. His reason for taking them up was that if they remained they would sprout prematurely and be killed by cold weather. At the usual time he planted the seed thus gathered, and raised as good a crop and as large potatoes as any of his neighbors raised. This process is worth trying, and we have thought it our duty to describe it to our readers. They will remember that the ground where the spring crop was planted must be ploughed about the first of August, and the potatoes that come up must be cultivated as usual; then about the first of January take up all that can be found and put them away in a dry place for planing in the spring. We think seed can be saved in this way. The war and the blockade will learn the Southern people more than they ever knew before, and will make them more self-reliant.-- Cahaba (Ala.) Gazette.
The Daily Dispatch: December 31, 1861., [Electronic resource], Barbarians of the Sea. (search)
27, 1861. Edward Boyle, Thomas Gamble, and Edward McFee Richmond, Va., sword bayonet, attaching to guns, Sept. 2, 1861. Charles E. Brown, Staunton, Va., stirrups, Aug. 11, 1861. James H, Carkeet, Natchez. Miss., manufacture of cannon, Sept, 3, 1861. W. J. Cheshire, Colquit, Ga., ploughs, Aug. 29, 1861. P. R. Clements, Eufalia, Ala., waterwheels for mills, Aug. 23, 1861. Thomas W. Cofer, Portsmouth, Va., revolving pistol, Aug. 12, 1861. Cornelius R. Cox, Cahaba, Ala., cotton cleaner, Nov. 7, 1861. Andrew Day, Woodville, Miss., ploughs, Nov. 22, 1861. E. N. Davis, Holly Springs, Miss., cotton ties, Oct. 9, 1861. Henry, Dowler, Wilmington, N. C., military caps, Dec. 14, 1861. John D. Evans. Pleasant Hill, Ga., ploughs, August 13, 1861. James W. Frazier, Frazierville, S. C., wheels for steam boats, August 8, 1861. Frederick J. Gardner, Newbern, N. C., cartridges, August 27, 1861. Louise Grady, Norfolk, Va., washing mach
The Daily Dispatch: November 16, 1863., [Electronic resource], article 22 (search)
he filling is made, and of cotton warps. Joseph Adams, of Petersburg, of company K. 12th Virginia regiment, was executed in General Lee's army on the 10th for misbehavior before the enemy. Major-Gen. Pickett and his wife were overturned in a carriage near Petersburg, Va., on Friday, the lady being slightly injured. A deserter named Samuel Webb, was shot and killed a few days since in Franklin county, Va., by one of the Provost Guard of the county. An arresian well near Cahaba, Ala., yields eight hundred gallons of water per minute. It once yielded seventeen hundred gallons per minute. The grand jury of Muscogee county, Ga., have assessed $60,000 this year for the benefit of the poor. Gen. Hood left Atlanta on Tuesday for Richmond. He travels in a litter. A resolution of thanks to Gen. Braxton Bragg has been introduced in the Georgia Legislature. St. Patrick's, a new Catholic church in Savannah, Ga., was consecrated on Sunday week. There wa
The Daily Dispatch: July 30, 1864., [Electronic resource], article 12 (search)
The graves of thy brightest and best; Complaints have not flowed with thy blood Nor regrets with sighs from thy breast. Thy daughters have wandered afar, And wept for the wounds thou hast felt; Thy name has ascended in prayer, Wherever the praying have knelt. If God in his anger should pour The war flood all over our land, We'll rush like a wave to thy shore; A devoted — unbroken band. Where thy hills their cloud-banners wave, We'll see the dark deluge arise, And give each proud form to the grave, And each soldier's soul to the skies But brighter thy future shall be, Thou "mother of States" and of men; Thy brave sons shall always be free, Thy daughters soon blooming again. The billows that roll to the base Of thy mountains, blood dyed and red, Shall recede and leave in their place, Thy foemen all flying or dead. Virginia, be patient a while, Just as then hast hitherto been; An Eden again shall thou smile And no serpent slime its way in. Cahaba June 6, 1864
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