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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 7. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 157 (search)
knowing that I had to act with promptness or fail in that object, I ordered Captain Gentry, of the Second cavalry M. S. M., to move forward with all possible despatch as soon as I could get the column up. So thoroughly and efficiently did Captain Gentry obey this order, that General Thompson, sitting quietly in his office, and curity, had no idea of any Federal force in one hundred miles of him, until Captain Gentry, having occupied all the passes out of town, rode up to the window of the office, and demanded General Thompson. Captain Gentry deserves the highest credit for this capture, it depending mainly, if not entirely, upon his promptness and efn. He talks very coolly about the capture of Jeff Thompson, about ordering Captain Gentry forward with all possible haste. The fact is just simply this, that CaptaiCaptain Gentry had a conversation with the officers of the First Missouri cavalry, they being in the advance that day, about the chance of taking Jeff in, by making a dash
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 3., Chapter 7: the siege of Charleston to the close of 1863.--operations in Missouri, Arkansas, and Texas. (search)
, and joined themselves to other organizations. Their crime produced the greatest horror and indignation, and for awhile there was no disposition to give quarter to guerrillas; and when, ten days after the sacking of Lawrence, Colonel Woodson, with six hundred Missourians, swept down from Pilot Knob into Northern Arkansas, and at Pocahontas, on the Big Black River, captured the famous guerrilla chief, General M. Jeff. Thompson, and about fifty of his men, Colonel Woodson sent forward Captain Gentry, of the Second Cavalry of the Missouri State Militia, to seize Thompson. He found that famous chief sitting quietly in his office, tracing a map of Southeastern Missouri, in perfect security as he supposed, for he did not think there was a National soldier within a hundred miles of him. Thompson was astonished, but not disconcerted. He declared it was too bad to interrupt him, for, if they had let him alone two weeks longer, he would have had three thousand men at his command. it was d
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 4: The Cavalry (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller), chapter 7 (search)
s almost uniform success, with the spirit of romance which surrounded his exploits, drew thousands of recruits to his leadership. Usually his detachments were small--twenty to eighty men. The names and locations in the group are as follows: Top row, left to right: Lee Herverson, Ben Palmer, John Puryear, Tom Booker, Norman Randolph, Frank Raham; second row: Parrott, John Troop, John W. Munson, Colonel John S. Mosby, Newell, Necly, Quarles; third row: Walter Gosden, Harry T. Sinnott, Butler, Gentry. Fairfax Court House, after Mosby's capture of Stoughton If you had said Mosby to the Federal cavalrymen that this picture shows loitering before Fairfax Court House in June, 1863, they might have gnashed their teeth in mortification; for only a couple of months before, the daring Confederate partisan had entered the nearby headquarters of General Edwin H. Stoughton, and had captured him from the very midst of the army. When Lee retired behind the Blue Ridge and began to advance up t
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Book and heart: essays on literature and life, Chapter 18: the future of polite society (search)
ngers, musicians were all equally considered as profligate vagrants. Thus various are the habits of nations. With Americans, again, the brewer sinks in comparative standing, and the musician rises. Once accept the fiction of hereditary nobility, and it leads you to extend its traditions over all your circle. The first effort of acquired wealth is to supply itself with a coat of arms — to sail, that is, under the flag of the old families. A Scotch antiquarian, Ferne, writing The Blaen of Gentry in 1586, carrying the process a little further, affirms that the Twelve Apostles of Christianity, although apparently humble fishermen, were undoubtedly gentlemen of high blood, in temporary poverty, but entitled to bear coat armour. Many of them, he is satisfied, were descended from that worthy conqueror Judas Maccabaeus. But the truth is that the distinction between a newly enriched family and a family descended even from Judas Maccabaeus is a mere matter of a century or two. Every fa
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 1, Colonial and Revolutionary Literature: Early National Literature: Part I (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.), Chapter 7: colonial newspapers and magazines, 1704-1775 (search)
known in France, where they were translated by Jacques Barbeu Dubourg, with a preface of glowing compliment. Reports of French interest in America inclined the colonists still more to the French philosophy of government. As a matter of fact, from the time of the Stamp Act, political essays of every description filled the newspapers, and what one paper published was soon reprinted in others. Thus the influence of the press in this critical period can hardly be overrated. If the pumpkin Gentry of New England (to use a tory phrase) took offence at some encroachment, gentlemen planters of the South were sure to read the whole case in a few weeks and, in spite of their differing civilization, to sympathize with the Northern firebrands. When Dr. Arthur Lee sent home to The Virginia gazette his Monitor, a series of essays describing hostile conditions in London, and urging his countrymen to non-importation, it was not by any means his countrymen of Virginia alone who heard the call.
Hon. J. L. M. Curry , LL.D., William Robertson Garrett , A. M. , Ph.D., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 1.1, Legal Justification of the South in secession, The South as a factor in the territorial expansion of the United States (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), The civil history of the Confederate States (search)
Georgia; Burnett and Sims from Kentucky; Symmes and Sparrow from Louisiana; Brown and Phelan from Mississippi; Clark from Missouri; Davis from North Carolina; Barnwell and Orr from South Carolina; Haynes and Henry from Tennessee; Oldham and Wigfall from Texas; Hunter and Caperton from Virginia. In the House the members were distinguished for conservatism and ability, among whom were Curry, Clopton, and Pugh, Garland, Trippe, Ewing, Breckinridge, Conrad, Davis, Barksdale, Vest, Ashe, Boyce, Gentry, Vaughn, Bocock, and Boteler. Mr. Bocock was speaker and Albert Lamar clerk. The gravity of the situation evidently impressed the Confederate Congress, and in appreciation of the peril of the government immediate attention was given to filling up the thinned ranks of the armies. In the Senate Mr. Brown, of Mississippi, offered resolutions declaring that every male citizen should be enrolled in military service; that all laws authorizing substitutes be repealed; that foreigners should lea
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 19. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.18 (search)
a truly grand destiny this would be for the Afro-American. The Virginian planter was essentially a transplanted Englishman in tastes and convictions, and emulated the amenities and the culture of the mother country. The ease with which wealth was acquired, in planting, fostered the habits of personal indulgence and generous expenditure into which he was led by hereditary characteristics. They live in the same neat Manner, dress after the same Modes, and behave themselves exactly as the Gentry in London, most Families of any Note having a Coach, Chariot, Berlin or Chaise. Hugh Jones' Present State of Virginia, 1724, page 32. Hardy sports and habitual exercise in the saddle intensified his self-reliance and instinct of command. From the meeting of the first Assembly, in 1619, the colonists enjoyed all the privileges of Englishmen. They were loyal to the Crown. The inconveniences arising from their distance from the throne were counterbalanced by advantages resulting from
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 31. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), History of Crenshaw Battery, (search)
3, 1863. Gray, John T., private, March 14, 1862; wounded at Sharpsburg September 17, 1862; dead. Gibson, John W., private, March 14, 1862. Gibson, D. W., private, March 14, 1862; captured at Five Forks April 1, 1865. Gibson, T. C., private and corporal, March 14, 1862. Graves, B. V., private, March 14, 1862; lost leg June 27, 1862, at Gaines Mill. Grooms, J. W., private, March 1, 1864. Graves, Thomas E., bugler, March 14, 1862; transferred to Fredericksburg Artillery. Gentry, W. H., private, March 14, 1862. Gibson, D. E., private, March 14, 1862. Gilbert, W., private, November 8, 1863; died. Greer, T. L., private, November 15, 1863. Hall, T. J., private, March 14, 1862. Herndon, J. C., private, March 14, 1862. Hargrove, William E., private, March 14, 1862; wounded at Sharpsburg, September 17, 1862, and badly wounded in trenches at Petersburg, March 25, 1865, and died a few days after. Hackley, A. S., corporal and private, March 14, 1862.
The Daily Dispatch: November 3, 1860., [Electronic resource], English view of the late Royal visit. (search)
s S S Jr Drew Thos. H 2 Dowdey Thos. Dana Thos. Dillard Wm. A Edmond Paul C Ellett Sample 2 Eubank Geo. W Elam T E Ehrbeck Jno. C Eustace J H 2 Elmore Jno. H Earnest W B Edward V D 2 Foster R B Foley Hugh Fulkerson H C Fowler Thos. H Flanagan T Fellow W H Finn Jno. A Fairfax Mark Fore L H Fisher-Rev Mr Garvey Mich'l Graser W Godwin Thos. Gordon S A Grimsley S W Gregory G Gibson Gee Goodyear J W Godsey Jas. M Garrett J A Gentry J R Gary A Giblin Jas. Guider Dan Green T R Hutzler Mority Hoben Rev W G 2 Harvey W M Hockey Wm. 2 Handy Rev J W Hopson Jno. Hutton Joel 2 Hawes J W 1 Heath J F Houry Jno. Hayne Dr T Howard S H Harris,Spencer & Harris Hawkes E A Hardy E H Holleran Pat 2 Henry C R Harman M G Harrison Benj. Howard B T Hunter (temperanee lecturer) Hardin Dr A C Hirsh A M Hopkins-- Ingraham A Irby W D Jenkins W F Jones W Jones H T Jenness G O
The Daily Dispatch: November 24, 1860., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
Englebright J Elwood J E Fox Drewry Fulcher E A Fairchild L W Farnsworth L B Fisher N Feddersen P Flaherty Pat Fegan Pat Fleet R L Farrar Ro Fleming Ro Foster Thos Fleming W R Fuiton W M Furcron W. E Freeman Wm Fox Wm Faber J Farrow Jos E Funauchty Jno. Fillathins Jno. Ford Jno. Flaherty Jno. 2 Ferrill Jas Fisher & Burt 2 Graves Wm Gray M G Gill M T George Dr M Gibbs M T 2 Galloway B C Gardwin Chas Guley Chas Gorman Pat Gentry E S George R W & Co Guiteau S Goung Rd Gardner T M Gregory W H Gants J N Gaunt J M Goddard Isaac 3 Gunn J A Gilliam J S 2 Glover Jas P Gunn Jas P Goult J H Gary J B Gleson Jno Glodding J Geddin J M Grotz J S Grad K Howard W D 2 Henry W E Hughes D H House wright S L 2 Hailstock R Howard Francis Heth Cpt H, U S A Hughson H Hickman Geo Henderson R Hudgins R M Howle T P Halton Thos Harrington T Hardyman T Harris W H Hooper W
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