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Col. John M. Harrell, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 10.2, Arkansas (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 1: (search)
, as he stated, 5,300 infantry, 15 pieces of artillery, and 6,000 horsemen, inadequately armed. On the evening of August 9th they received orders to march on Springfield, starting at 9 o'clock, in order to make the attack at daylight. They prepared their guns and ammunition, but the order to march was postponed to morning, and the men resumed their dancing, which they kept up until a late hour. General McCulloch explained the change of orders that night, as follows, in his letter to Secretary Benjamin: At the hour named for the march there fell a little rain, with strong indications of more, which caused the order to march to be countermanded, after a conference with General Price. This was thought to be prudent, as we had an average of only twenty-five rounds of ammunition to the man, and no more to be had short of Fort Smith or Baton Rouge. Not more than one man in four was furnished with anything better than cotton bags in which to carry cartridges. The slightest rain or w
Col. John M. Harrell, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 10.2, Arkansas (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 4: (search)
ho had come to him from the counties north of the Missouri river. The campaign which Price had conducted with so much success was thus doomed to fail through want of the cooperation of his associates in command of the several departments. The result was discouraging to the enthusiastic uprising which had been incited in Missouri in behalf of the Confederate cause. General Price appealed, from camp on Sac river, to General McCulloch in behalf of a forward movement, and remonstrated with Mr. Benjamin, secretary of war, against inaction at a time when the Federal forces in Missouri were embarrassed by rivalries between commanders, and the fatuous course of Fremont, who was occupied with anticipations of future political campaigns rather than the military duties of the present But General McCulloch seemed to distrust utterly the plans and purposes of General Price. He wrote from Springfield, Mo., November 19th, to the secretary of war: Sir: I shall return to Arkansas, put my tro
Col. John M. Harrell, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 10.2, Arkansas (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Biographical. (search)
d when they were forced to surrender by the capitulation of Vicksburg. On July 9th the post was surrendered, and the men were then paroled, and some of them were never exchanged. After the war General Beall resided in St. Louis, Mo., and engaged in business as a general commission merchant. He died on the 26th of July, 1883, at McMinnville, Tenn. Brigadier-General William L. Cabell Brigadier-General William L. Cabell was born in Danville, Va., January 1, 1827, the third child of Gen. Benjamin W. S. and Sarah Eppes Cabell, who lived to see seven sons and two daughters grown. Six sons held prominent positions in the Confederate army. The other, Dr. Powhatan Cabell, died from the effect of an arrow wound received in Florida just before the Confederate war began. General Cabell was graduated at the military academy at West Point in 1850, entered the United States army as second lieutenant, and was assigned to the Seventh infantry. In June, 1855, he was promoted to first lieut
Capt. Calvin D. Cowles , 23d U. S. Infantry, Major George B. Davis , U. S. Army, Leslie J. Perry, Joseph W. Kirkley, The Official Military Atlas of the Civil War, Authorities. (search)
. 24 II, 43 Port Gibson, Miss. 24 i, 605 Howard, Ocran H.: Vicksburg, Miss 24 i, 135 Howard, Oliver O.: Acworth to Chattahoochee River 38 i, 210 Adairsville to Cartersville, Ga. 38 i, 208 Cartersville to Dallas and Acworth, Ga. 38 i, 209 Chancellorsville, Va. 25 i, 629 Chattahoochee River to Atlanta, Ga. 38 i, 211 Gettysburg, Pa. 27 i, 698, 699 Resaca to Adairsville, Ga 38 i, 207 Ringgold to Resaca, Ga. 38 i, 206 Huger, Benjamin: Savannah, Ga., defenses 14, 855, 858, 859 South Mills, N. C. 9, 330 Humphreys, Andrew A.: Hatcher's and Gravelly Runs, Va. 46 III, 293 Hunt, Henry J.: Fredericksburg, Va. 21, 1127 Jackson, Henry R.: Greenbrier River, W. Va. 5, 229 Jackson, Thomas J.: McDowell, Va. 12 i, 474, 475 Jenney, William L. B.: Arkansas Post, Ark. 17 i, 760, 761 Johnson, Bushrod R.: Chickamauga, Ga. 30 II, 468, 469 Johnson, L.: Dalton, Ga. 39 i
Capt. Calvin D. Cowles , 23d U. S. Infantry, Major George B. Davis , U. S. Army, Leslie J. Perry, Joseph W. Kirkley, The Official Military Atlas of the Civil War, Authorities. (search)
Aug. 9-22, 1864 63, 1 Burnham, Hiram: Lee's Mill, Va., April 28, 1862 17, 3 Burnside, Ambrose E.: Antietam, Md., Sept. 16-17, 1862 28, 6 Bush, H. M.: Meridian (Miss.) Expedition, Feb 3-March 6, 1864 51, 1 Butler, Benjamin F.: Petersburg, Va., June 9, 1864 56, 1 Butterfield, Daniel: Hanover Court-House, Va., May 27, 1862 21, 11 Campbell, Albert H.: Appomattox and Buckingham Counties, Va. 135, 5 Chesterfield, Hanover, and Henrico Counties1, 13 Kappner, Ignatz G.: Stubbs' Plantation, Brice's Cross-Roads, Miss., June, 1864 63, 3 Karnasch, Julius E.: Vicksburg, Miss., Jan. 20-July 4, 1863 36, 2 Kellersberg, Julius: Sabine Pass, Tex., 1863 32, 3 Kelley, Benjamin E.: Pleasant Mills, Md., Aug. 1, 1864 54, 3 Key, John R.: Charleston, S. C. 131, 1 Kilp, Anton: Campaigns, Army of the Cumberland 24, 3; 118, 1 Logan's Cross-Roads, Ky., Jan. 19, 1862 6, 3 Mill Springs, Ky., Jan.
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 12. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Agreement between the United States Government and South Carolina as to preserving the status of the Forts at Charleston. (search)
equiring Anderson to return to Fort Moultrie. During the two or three days when that matter was under consideration and discussion several of the Southern Senators waited upon the President and urged him to issue the order; and without perhaps making any positive pledge that he would do so, his conversation and promises left the impression upon the minds of many of them that the order would be issued. Messrs. Hunter, of Virginia, Toombs, of Georgia, Mallory and Yulee, Davis, Slidell and Benjamin are among those who conferred with the President, and most of them after such conference were left with the impression that Anderson would be ordered back by the President. Mansion House, Greenville, S. C., September 19, 1881 The above is an accurate copy of the original statement as I took it down when given to me by Governor Orr. I sent a copy to General T. W. Crawford, and have his letter acknowledging its receipt. Ellison Capers. Christ Church Rectory, Greenville, November 20, 1
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 12. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Contributions to the history of the Confederate Ordnance Department. (search)
rginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, and Alabama. To this end, contracts were made with iron-masters in these States on liberal terms, and advances of money made to them, to be refunded in products. These contracts were difficult to arrange, as so much had to be done for the contractor. He must have details from the army and the privilege of transport of provisions and other supplies over the railroads. And then the question of the currency was a continually recurring problem. Mr. Benjamin, who succeeded Mr. Walker in the War Department, gave me great assistance in the matter of making contracts, and seemed quite at home in arranging these details. His power of work was amazing to me; and he appeared as fresh at 12 o'clock at night, after a hard day's work, as he had been at 9 o'clock in the morning. About May, 1862, finding that the production of nitre and of iron must be systematically pursued, and to this end thoroughly organized, I sought for the right person to pla
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 12. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Progress of manufacture. (search)
rginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, and Alabama. To this end, contracts were made with iron-masters in these States on liberal terms, and advances of money made to them, to be refunded in products. These contracts were difficult to arrange, as so much had to be done for the contractor. He must have details from the army and the privilege of transport of provisions and other supplies over the railroads. And then the question of the currency was a continually recurring problem. Mr. Benjamin, who succeeded Mr. Walker in the War Department, gave me great assistance in the matter of making contracts, and seemed quite at home in arranging these details. His power of work was amazing to me; and he appeared as fresh at 12 o'clock at night, after a hard day's work, as he had been at 9 o'clock in the morning. About May, 1862, finding that the production of nitre and of iron must be systematically pursued, and to this end thoroughly organized, I sought for the right person to pla
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 15. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Paroles of the Army of Northern Virginia. (search)
6th, William Carson; 7th, Henry Boteler. Privates. Adkins, Blackburn, Agner, Augustus W., Agner, Jno. D., Armistead, Chas. J., Bacon, Edloe P., Bacon, Edloe P., Jr., Baldwin, W. Ludwell, Barger, Wm. G., Black, Benjamin F., Blain, Daniel, Brown, John M., Byers, G. Newton, Compton, Robert K., Conner, Alexander, Conner, Henry, Conner, John C., Cooke, Richard D., Craig, John B., Davis, Chas. W., Davis, James M. M., Dixon, Wm. H Pugh, John A., Robertson, John W., Root, Erastus C., Ruffin, Jeff. R., Sandford, James, Shaner, Joseph F., Shaw, Campbell A., Shoulder, Jacob M., Silvey, James A., Strickler, John J., Stuart, Wm. C., Friend, Benjamin C. M., Gibson, Robert A., Gilmer, Jas. B., Ginger, Geo. A., Gooch, Jas. T., Heiskell, J. Campbell, Hyde, Edward, Kean, Otho G., Leathers, John P., Leech, James M., Letcher, Samuel H., Lewis, Henry P., Lewis, J
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 17. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.1 (search)
medicine. While this was true, yet this state of society produced splendid men and women, probably the grandest on this continent. Culture, grace, elegance, self-reliance, were its legitimate offshoots. Orators, poets, statesmen, soldiers, scientists, lawyers, ministers and physicians, the first and greatest in the whole land, came out of it. What orator have we like Henry or Yancey, what poet like Poe, what scientist like Matthew F. Maury, what statesman like Jefferson, what jurist like Benjamin, what divine like Hoge, what soldier like Stonewall Jackson, what surgeon like Sims? And the women—how can I describe them! They were as cultured as they were refined; they were as beautiful as they were queenly, the loveliest of sweethearts, the noblest of matrons. Let us look for a moment and see from whence these people of the South came, and what they have done. The colonial settlers of the southern portion of North America were kindred by ties of blood, by association, and by t
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