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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 8. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 147 (search)
ces he was heard to threaten to cut out the hearts of the d — d Abolitionists, and use kindred expressions. How many there were of the copperheads we do not know, nor can we estimate the number, save by the size of the squads that retreated in several directions. We think there may have been from one hundred to one hundred and fifty, and all mounted. Who their leaders were we do not know, precisely. J. H. O'Hair, Sheriff of this county, was seen to fire three times at the soldiers. John Frazier, while sitting on his horse, was seen to deliberately fire five times at them and then leave. Others of less prominence were equally warlike. Immediately after the soldiers arrived, squads, mounted upon all the horses that could be found, were started out in every direction in pursuit--Colonel Brooks in charge of one, Lieutenant Horner another, etc. Up to this writing, nine P. M., some twelve prisoners have been captured, and the pursuit still kept up after more. Of the gang were t
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 35. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.53 (search)
by the Treasury Department of the Confederacy to negotiate the famous cotton bonds. Mr. C. G. Memminger, of this State, was Secretary of the Treasury, but Colonel Gibbes was sent at the advice of Mr. Judah P. Benjamin, Attorney-General, who had, while an attorney in New Orleans, been a legal adviser of Colonel Gibbes. The latter ran the blockade out of Charleston the first week in November (parenthetically, Colonel Gibbes remarked that blockade running was far from an impossibility. John Frazier & Co. were famous blockade runners, and made 60 trips before a single vessel was attacked. However, pilots were paid fabulous prices, and a captain received $5,000 in gold for each trip). Arrived at Nassau, Colonel Gibbes spent a month waiting to get over to Liverpool. When he arrived at the latter place, he conferred with James Spence, an Englishman, financial agent of the Confederacy. For several weeks they worked hard and without success in the endeavor to dispose of the bonds at
The Daily Dispatch: April 11, 1864., [Electronic resource], The War News. (search)
aces he was heard to threaten to cut out the hearts of the " --Abolitionists," and use kindred expressions. How many there were of the insurgents we do not know, nor can we estimate the number, save by the size of the squads that retreated in several directions. we think there may have been from one hundred to one hundred and fifty, and all mounted. who their leaders were we do not know precisely. J. H. O'Hair, Sheriff of this county, was seen to fire three times at the soldiers. John Frazier, while sitting on his horse, was seen to deliberately fire five times at them, and then leave. Others of less prominence were equally warlike. The St. Louis Democrat says: It is nothing new that in many portions of Illinois, particularly the southern portion, there have existed the most dangerous elements. The worst kind of copperheads are to be found there. Not only are resident Illinoisan to be found among them, but a considerable number of dangerous characters properly bel
The Daily Dispatch: June 25, 1864., [Electronic resource], Casualties in Capt O B Taylor's (search)
Casualties in Capt O B Taylor's battery to the 4th June, 1864, inclusive: At Spotsylvania C H, May 12th, 1864--George Chambers, dangerously wounded in the neck. At Hanover Junction, May 23d--Albert G Priest, painfully, though not seriously, wounded in wrist. On line of battle one and a half miles north of Gaines's Mill, June 3d --Charles Hazard, dangerously wounded through the hip Same position, June 4th--Vincent F Burford, shot through the head, instantly killed. Casualties in the Richmond Fayette Artillery on Wednesday, the 224 --Killed; Private Alexander Newman. Wounded: Sergt Hilaman, private John Frazier. The fight lasted all that evening.