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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 24. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.1 (search)
e called to pass in those fateful years between 1860 and 1875. These were the years on which the fahree of the successful Breckinridge electors in 1860, John W. Moore, A. M. Scales, and William B. Recede. V. Action of North Carolina Assembly, 1860-‘61. With such sentiments as these from her endered at Appomattox. There were for the year 1860-61 five tutors in the University. All of them at Gettysburg. He was one of 8 in the class of 1860 who received first distinction; within four yeajor; the second, Thomas Watson Cooper, class of 1860, was killed; the third, Edward R. Outlaw, freshman 1859-60, was promoted from lieutenant. Hoke's North Carolina brigade was not less distinguisheere eighty members of the Freshman class of 1859-60. But a single one (Titus W. Carr), remained to 60 had eighty-four members; two of them died in 1860; of the remaining eighty-two, it seems from theees. At the close of the collegiate year 1859-60 (June 7th, 1860s), the whole number of students [7 more...]
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 24. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Autobiography of Gen. Patton Anderson, C. S. A. (search)
the days of the Union were already numbered, and not wishing to be absent from the land of my birth when her hour of trial came. I resigned the position tendered me by Mr. Buchanan and devoted myself exclusively to planting at Casa Bianca. In 1860, when it became certain that Mr. Lincoln was elected President of the United States, the people of Florida, feeling alarmed for the safety of their rights and institutions, began to hold primary meetings preparatory to a general convention of the st us. Patton Anderson. Monticello, Fla., Feb. 28, 1865. General Anderson's different commands during the war. Joined a company then being organized in Jefferson county, Fla., called Jefferson Rifles, at Monticello, Fla., December 1o, 1860; was elected captain and entered service of the State of Florida on the 11th of January, 1861. Elected colonel of 1st Florida Regiment (infantry) March 26, 1861, and entered Confederate service same day. Promoted brigadier-general P. A. C. S
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 24. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.45 (search)
a very heavy bill of loss, one would think. Yet this loss practically drove the United States flag from the seas. To prove this, I will quote from the case of the United States, as presented to the Geneva arbitrators, the following facts: In 1860, two-thirds of the commerce of New York was carried on in American bottoms: in 1863 three-fourths was carred on in foreign bottoms. And the transfers from the United States to the British flag were enormously large. They were: Ships. Tons. 1sudden increase of transfers during 1863, when she was at sea. After she had been sent to the bottom, Yankee skippers recovered their breath. The trade, however, had departed, and the United States has never regained the position which it held in 1860 as a shipping nation. Here again, the destruction of helpless northern ships in nowise benefitted the South. It wrought individual ruin, and it embittered the relations between England and the United States; it had no strategic result, as the No
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 24. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), The laying of the corner-stone of the monument to President Jefferson Davis, (search)
ad were surveyed, the Capitol was extended, iron gun-carriages were introduced, the system of casting heavy guns changed, and the use of coarser grains of powder for artillery was begun. The army was enlarged by four regiments. The dictates of politics were disregarded in his official appointments. Mr. Davis was opposed to disunion, and did his utmost to prevent the step. At the conference called by Governor Pettus, of Mississippi, of the representatives in Congress from that State, in 1860, Mr. Davis declared himself opposed to secession as long as the hope of a peaceful remedy remained. He said he did not believe we ought to precipitate the issue, as he felt certain that from his knowledge of the people of the North and South, that if there was a clash of arms, the contest would be the most sanguinary the world ever witnessed. As a member of the Senate committee to whom the compromise proposals were submitted at the outbreak of secession, he expressed his willingness to acce