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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 20. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.7 (search)
er. Who fired the First gun on the Fort? Roger A. Pryor declined, and Captain James was allowed the distinction. Since the publication of the claim made by y. General Beauregard denies Major Gibb's claim and points out that Captain George S. James, who was in charge of Fort Johnson, where General Beauregard was in coons, which were that his batteries would open on Fort Sumter in an hour. Captain James the man. Major Anderson said to us: Gentlemen, I will await your fire. we entered the boat and proceeded to Fort Johnson, then in command of Captain George S. James, who met us on the wharf. We delivered to him, as per your instructions, the order to fire the signal gun. Captain James seeing General Pryor in the boat, said to him: Mr. Pryor, I have always been a great admirer of yours, and now ofould not do for him to fire that shot, as his State had not yet seceded. Captain James then said: I will not give that privilege to any other man. When Judge
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 20. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.14 (search)
Pegram Battalion Association, presented the statue to A. P. Hill Camp. Major Brander's speech. Commander McCabe and Comrades of A. P. Hill Camp: It is with pleasure that I am with you to-night, to honor the memory of one who was so dear to us all. As I am unaccustomed to public speaking, and feel so unequal to the duty assigned me, I must beg that you will pardon me, if I read what I have to say on this interesting occasion. When 1 recall the names of R. L. Walker, W. J. Pegram, James and Robert Ellett, Greenlee Davidson, John and Ellis Munford, Edward Maynee, Joseph McGraw, G. M. Cayce and a host of others who formed one of the grandest artillery battalions in the Army of Northern Virginia, and who have now passed away, it awakens the tenderest memories of the past. In July, 1887, the Pegram Battalion Association, composed of the surviving members of batteries everyone of which were attached to the brigades forming A. P. Hill's Light Division, and afterwards as Pegram