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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 14. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Extracts from the diary of Lieutenant-Colonel John G. Pressley, of the Twenty-Fifth South Carolina Volunteers. (search)
d such a modification of the manner of the execution of the obnoxious measure as to have relieved it of its objectionable features and not impaired its efficacy. But it seemed as if the General was afraid that he could not get volunteers enough to provide places for his favorites. He was utterly regardless of the entreaties of the men. There was much talk among the field officers of a general refusal to obey, but the conclusion was at length reached to yield to the letter of the law. On the 27th of July the order was made peremptory. The Colonel of the Twenty-fifth South Carolina Volunteers was ordered to detail twenty-four men of his command, and have them in readiness to report for duty when required. This quota was divided among the ten companies in a manner as just as possible. Each captain was directed to name the men to be detailed from his company. The law contemplated a select organization. The captains determined that it should be select (?). Every one who had a worthle
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 14. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Address before the Virginia division of Army of Northern Virginia, at their reunion on the evening of October 21, 1886. (search)
rginia volunteers, was assigned to the command of all the State forces in and about Richmond, and charged with the organization of the volunteers assembling at the call of the Governor. Records War of Rebellion, Volume II, page 783. On the 27th, the First Virginia regiment, with the exception of Company A (Richmond Grays), which had been sent to Norfolk, Companies E (Richmond Light Infantry Blues) and F, which had been sent to Fredericksburg, were marched to the camp of instruction at thjor Thomas J. Jackson, then a professor in the Military Institute at Lexington, came down, at the summons of the Governor, in command of the cadets, and was stationed with them at Camp Lee, as the encampment at the Fair Grounds was called. On the 27th he was commissioned colonel of the Virginia forces, and was ordered to proceed without delay to Harper's Ferry and assume command of that post; to muster into the service of the State such companies as might be accepted under his instructions, and