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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 5. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 169 (search)
Doc. 157.-fight at Trinity, Alabama. Colonel Walker's report. headquarters Thirty-First Ohio volunteers, Winchester, Tenn., August 8. Adjutant-General Charles W. Hill: General: I beg leave to report that at about four o'clock on the afternoon of the twenty-fourth ult., Lieut. M. B. W. Harman, in command of company E, Thirty-first O. V. I., with one platoon of his company, numbering twenty-five men, including non-commissioned officers, who were stationed at a place called Trinity, near Decatur, Ala., for the purpose of guarding the Memphis and Charleston Ralroad, were attacked by a force of rebel cavalry, which numbered about three hundred and fifty men. The attack was made when Lieut. Harman and his little band were engaged in erecting a stockade-fort, and they were without immediate possession of their arms, which were stacked near at hand. At the first fire they sprang to their arms and commenced the most Spartan-like resistance which the history of this war, so far, h
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 7: Prisons and Hospitals. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller), Northern and Southern prisons (search)
f this prison. The first commandant was W. S. Pierson, a business man of Sandusky, entirely without military training, who was commissioned major to command a battalion of prison guards raised for the purpose. He was later succeeded by Colonel Charles W. Hill, who commanded to the end. The number of Confederate prisoners soon became so large that other prisons were necessary, and during 1862 it was determined to restrict this prison to officers. The number so confined after August, 1863, andusky. The prison fence, enclosing about seventeen acres, had sentry posts upon the outside, while inside were rude barracks about two stories high. This prison was first commanded by Major W. S. Pierson, and was then under charge of Colonel Charles W. Hill. After the first year of its existence it was occupied exclusively as an officers' prison. Sometimes more than three thousand were confined here at the same time. The average was about two thousand five hundred. Conditions in this pr
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 10: The Armies and the Leaders. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller), Chapter 9: roster of general officers both Union and Confederate (search)
E. M., April 9, 1866. Gresham, W. Q., Mar. 13, 1865. Griffin, S. G., April 2, 1865. Grose, Wm., Aug. 15, 1865. Guss, Henry R., Mar. 13, 1865. Gwyn, James, April 1, 1865. Hamblin, J. E., April 5, 1865. Hamlin, Cyrus, Mar. 13, 1865. Harris, T. M., April 2, 1865. Hartranft, John F., Mar. 25, 1865. Hatch, John P., Mar. 13, 1865. Hawley, Jos. R., Sept. 28, 1865. Hayes, Joseph, Mar. 13, 1865. Hayes, Ruth. B., Mar. 13, 1865. Hays, Alex., May 5, 1865. Heath, H. H., Mar. 13, 1865. Hill, Chas. W., Mar. 13, 1865. Hinks, Edw. W., Mar. 13, 1865. Hovey, Chas. E., Mar. 13, 1865. Howe, Al. P., July 13, 1865. Jackson, N. J., Mar. 13, 1865. Jackson, R. H., Nov. 24, 1865. Jourdan, Jas., Mar. 13, 1865. Kane, Thos. L., Mar. 13, 1865. Keifer, J. W., April 9, 1865. Kelly, Benj. F., Mar. 13, 1865. Kenly, John R., Mar. 13, 1865. Ketcham, J. H., Mar. 13, 1865. Kiddoo, Jos. B., Sept. 4, 1865. Kimball, Nathan, Feb. 1, 1865. Kingsman, J. B., Mar. 13, 1865. Lanman, J. G., Mar. 13, 186
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 8. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Lieutenant Charlie Pierce's daring attempts to escape from Johnson's Island. (search)
t was defeated, straightened himself, brought his gun to inspection arms, in true military style, and passed it to the officer. Of course, its weight told the tale. The ruse was discovered, and by neglecting the cartridge-box, the easiest of all to make, our hero was again defeated in his plans. By permission of the Lieutenant, however, he was allowed to make the experiment of passing the sentinel at the gate, which he did without eliciting any surprise. He was then taken before Colonel Charles W. Hill, of the 112th Ohio, then commandant of the prison at Johnson's Island, who showed himself a humane and considerate officer, and who frankly admitted the prisoner's right to attempt to escape, complimented him on his courage and strategy, and condemned him to no other puishment than the removal of his disguises and his money, but insisted on keeping his gun, which he deemed a fit trophy to be placed among the archives of the State of Ohio, where it is at present. Charlie was then