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Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1, Mass. officers and men who died. 6 0 Browse Search
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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 9. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Raid of Captain Wm. Miles Hazzard on St. Simon's Island. (search)
Captain Hazzard, that by the light of a torch, upon one of the broken slabs, he wrote the following letter and boldly entering the camp of the Federal commander, General Montgomery, he placed it at the door of his tent upon a stick planted in the ground. The poet, Paul H. Hayne, hearing of these courageous acts, ascertained the facts of the affair and wrote the following beautiful ode in commemoration thereof. Captain Hazzard is descended from a military family, the first of whom, William Hazzard, was a colonel in the British army. His son, Major William Whig Hazzard, was in the Continental army, and wounded at the seizure of Savannah; while his own father was a Colonel in the United States army of the date of General Scott, with whom he served. A. R. Chisholm. St. S. Church yard, St. Simon's Island, Georgia. Commandant Federal Forces at South End: Sir — I have more than once been informed through your deserted allies, that the graves of our family and friends had been des