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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 32. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Remarks of Captain John Lamb on March 24, 1899, at Richmond, Virginia, in the Hall of R. E. Lee Camp, no. 1, C. V. In accepting, on behalf of the Camp, the portrait of General Thomas T. Munford, C. S. Cavalry. (search)
young gentlemen will to-night learn something of the sacrifices of a gallant Confederate leader, who was among the very first to enlist, and the very last to lay down his arms; who, as commander of the splendid 2nd regiment of cavalry, led the advances and guarded the flanks, and picketed the lines of Stonewall Jackson, who, after the death of Ashby, led the men who so often responded to the bugle call of that brilliant commander. When General Jackson's command moved to the assistance of Lee in the combined attack upon McClellan, that resulted in the seven days fight around this historic city, Colonel Munford's regiment accompanied his command, and participated, as far as the nature of the densely wooded country would permit, in the fights around Richmond. At White Oak Swamp, where Jackson was detained a whole day, while Longstreet and A. P. Hill were delivering the fearful battle of Frazier's Farm, Colonel Munford was called upon to perform one of those difficult tasks that oft
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 32. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.20 (search)
E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson in the war between the States. He says: General Lee's army was located on the south side of the Rappahannock river, near Frederin the morning of May 2, 1863, General Stonewall Jackson received orders from General Lee to attack Hooker's rear, and forthwith Jackson put his corps in rapid marchients are without parallel in history. To General Jackson's note informing General Lee that he was wounded, the latter replied: I cannot express my regret athis letter that Jackson exclaimed: Better that ten Jacksons should fall than General Lee! He had unbounded confidence in General Lee's eminent ability. The StoneGeneral Lee's eminent ability. The Stonewall Brigade was composed of men from the Valley. The 4th Virginia Regiment was from the southern part of the Valley-Greenbrier and adjoining counties-and was commar Jackson had driven the Federal forces from the Shenandoah Valley he joined General Lee at Richmond, and fell upon the right wing of General McClellan's army. Vict
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 32. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.38 (search)
rt E. Lee and Major-General John B. Gordon. General Lee rode towards my brigade, and as soon as I hk to be his adjutant, trotted quickly after General Lee, and Gordon, as soon as he reached him, seing us. Steady, front! I called out to General Lee to come back, the enemy were approaching, a those of Company A, called out: Come back, General Lee; we can't fight while you are in our front;a comical manner, but the noble presence of General Lee and the eloquent words and graceful bearingy close to our earthworks. I called out to General Lee To come back, and come quick; that the enem A number of my men called out: Come back, General Lee; we wont fight as long as you are before usbetween the brigades, Gordon let go his hold of Lee's bridle and dropped behind a short space, Lee h recklessness; and I looked inquiringly at General Lee for some order or for some word, but got nos that day, and held both the right and left of Lee's line.] I then inquired for General Ewell's he[26 more...]
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 32. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.45 (search)
from that gory sea. Not in feeble language of my own—but in the touching lines of Frank Stanton, who makes such loving appeal for The Confederate soldier. Here he is in wreck of gray— With the brazen belt of the C. S. A. Men, do you know him? Far away Where the battle blackened the face of day, And the rapid rivers in crimson fled, And God's white roses were wrecked in red, His strength he gave and his blood he shed; Followed fearless where Stonewall led, Or galloped wild in the wake of Lee, In the daring mad artillery. Shelled the ranks of the enemy, For the South that was and the South to be; Or bore his musket with wounded hands, O'er icy rivers and burning sands, Levelled straight at the hostile bands, That swept like death through the ravaged lands, Men do you know him? Grim and gray, He speaks to you from the far away. There he stands on the prison sod, A statue carved by the hand of God; He bore his rags and his wounds for ye. He bore the flag of the warring South With r
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 32. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.46 (search)
rals Polk, D. H. Hill and Buckner, were withdrawn to the vicinity of Lee and Gordon's mills, on the Chickamauga. On September 9th, two divisGap, and Crittenden's Corps, 13,975 effective and 48 cannon, west of Lee and Gordon's Mills. Total, 52,392 infantry, 177 guns and 8,000 cavasecrans had brought together in the Chickamauga valley, southward of Lee and Gordon's Mills, the bulk of his army, while General Bragg had, asing the Chickamauga at Reed's bridge, about four or five miles from Lee and Gordon's Mills, and move southward against his enemy, while Walkndman's and Cheatham's Divisions) had taken position nearly opposite Lee and Gordon's Mills. It will, therefore, be seen that on the mornat jeopardy for General Bragg. Had Rosecrans been such a man as General Lee, or Jackson or Forrest, he would have made use of it. The battles of the ranks who did this. It is no detraction from the fame of Lee, Jackson, Forrest and the Hills, or Gordon, and the other leaders, t
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 32. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.52 (search)
ay, 1901.j Details of the surrender of General Lee at Appomattox Courthouse, April 9th, 1865. ox Courthouse thirty-six years ago. When General Lee surrendered to General Grant, April 9th, 18l writer the other night: The war was over when Lee signed the terms of surrender, and with the clocomplete in every way as to wholly paralyze General Lee's plan for further delay, and it is not tooilities until General Lee could be heard from. Lee was even then said to be making a wide detour ie. And just then the glad news came that General Lee had surrendered. Shortly after that we saw In the last days of fighting, which ended in Lee's surrender, General Chamberlain was wounded twperty and to attend to the final details of General Lee's surrender. These were General Griffin ofe surrender. The two officers told me that General Lee had started for Richmond, and that our leadHist. So. Papers, p. XXVII communication of General Lee to Prest. Davis: On the morning of the 9th[5 more...]
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 32. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.53 (search)
granted my request, but more I think from courtesy to me than from any other motive, for it struck me at the time how guarded he had become the moment we approached the boundary of official grounds. However, the next day I introduced Colonel Miltenberger. He handed Governor Allen's letter to the Emperor, who without opening it, laid it on a table near him. He received us standing and our conversation lasted only a few minutes. This was my last interview with the Emperor. The news of General Lee's surrender reached us almost immediately afterward, and the briefness of the interval would itself suffice to disprove the allegations contained in the first editorial of the Washington Post on A Lost Chapter of History (March 14, 1901), from which I quote the following extract: At all events, Polignac, accompanied by Moncure, went to Paris —via Galveston, we think—and though their mission was barren of result so far as concerned the Confederacy, it leaked out when Moncure returned, t
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 32. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Index. (search)
e Camp, C. V., 134; descent, ability, nobility of character, and patriotisms, 137; tribute of General Lee to, 140, 164. Hanover Junction, Engagement at, 136. Harper, Colonel Kenton, 174. Har Lamb, Hon. John, 1, 195. Lee Camp, Confederate Veterans; its gallery of portraits, 2, 134. Lee, Cazenove G., 46. Lee, General R. E., to the rear, 202, 212 imperishable glory of, 294, 336; hLee, General R. E., to the rear, 202, 212 imperishable glory of, 294, 336; his estimate of Jackson, 97. Lee, General Stephen D., 178, 310. Letcher, Governor John, 43. Lilley, General R. D., 91. Lincoln, 99; election of, 279; vote for, 280; his call for troops in Lee, General Stephen D., 178, 310. Letcher, Governor John, 43. Lilley, General R. D., 91. Lincoln, 99; election of, 279; vote for, 280; his call for troops in 1861, 285, 371. Loehr, Charles T., 33. Louisiana, Purchase of, 18; its cession to France not proposed, 364. Lomax, General L. L., 235. McCabe, Captain W. Gordon, 42. McClellan, General Colonel Rawley, 183. Marye's Hill, Battle of, 272. Marye, Captain E. S., 240. Maryland, Lee's Invasion of, 5, 255. Mason, Hon. John M., 108. Masonic Sign of Distress in War, 84. Ma