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Maj. Jed. Hotchkiss, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 3, Virginia (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 95 1 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events, Diary from December 17, 1860 - April 30, 1864 (ed. Frank Moore) 54 0 Browse Search
Horace Greeley, The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65: its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union. Volume I. 49 3 Browse Search
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 1. 44 0 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 1. (ed. Frank Moore) 40 0 Browse Search
J. B. Jones, A Rebel War Clerk's Diary 38 0 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 5. (ed. Frank Moore) 36 0 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 29. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 35 5 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 1. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 34 6 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Poetry and Incidents., Volume 2. (ed. Frank Moore) 22 2 Browse Search
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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 16. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Stonewall Jackson's scabbard speech. (search)
march—the upper, or principal route, passing the College and Grace Church; the lower route leading by a broad pathway diagonally across the front slope of the Institute hill, down into the Valley turnpike below, and thence up Main street by Governor Letcher's house and Craft's Hotel. The former route was the one taken on anniversary parades, the latter was the more direct. Main street slopes gradually downward nearly from its western extremity to where, with a reversed curve, it joins the r guns as they went. He did not know the cause, but was sure trouble was brewing. Hurrying as soon as possible across the parade ground and through private lots, he reached the street in time to bring the column of cadets to a halt between Governor Letcher's house and Craft's Hotel. A few moments more and the head of the column would have rounded the curve in the street and appeared in full view and range of those ready and waiting to meet its attack. Fortunate halt! It doubtless saved the
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 16. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), A Narrative of the service of Colonel Geo. A. Porterfield in Northwestern Virginia in 1861-1861, (search)
. This is proven by the following correspondence between Hon. G. W. Summers, member of the Virginia Convention, and Governor Letcher. （Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume I, page 457.) [Extract.] Kanawha Courthouse, May 3, 1861. John LeJohn Letcher, Governor of Virginia: My dear Sir— I doubt very much the expediency of sending any troops to the western border, at least for the present. The appearance of troops at Wheeling, Parkersburg, Point Pleasant, or other places on the Ohio r, but no troops have been, or will be, sent from this part of the State. * * * * * * I remain, respectfully yours, John Letcher. To Hon. G. W. Summers. I had been in Grafton and vicinity but a few days before I ascertained the real conditionithdrew my command to Philippi, in Barbour county. On the evening before I left Grafton, I received an order from Governor Letcher to seize a train of cars and go to Wheeling and capture the arms, which the United States Secretary of War had sent
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 16. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Pegram battalion Association. (search)
Pegram battalion Association. The following addresses were delivered on the 31st day of May, 1887, on the occasion of the dedication of a memorial window, erected in memory of the dead of the Pegram Battalion Association, and the depositing of a register of the same, at the Chapel at the Soldiers' Home at Lee Camp. The following companies constituted the battalion: Purcell Battery, of Richmond, Virginia; Crenshaw Battery, of Richmond, Virginia; Letcher Battery, of Richmond, Virginia; Fredericksburg Battery, of Fredericksburg, Virginia, and Pee Dee Battery, of South Carolina—commanded by Colonel Wm. Johnston Pegram until he fell mortally wounded at Five Forks, April 1st, 1865: Address of Rev. H. Melville Jackson, D. D.: religion an element of strength in the soldierly character. When Aeneus related to the enamoured Queen of Carthage the story of Trojan woes, he could say that no inconsiderable part of those sufferings were borne by himself. And so, it seems to me, that o
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 16. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Roll of the Rockbridge Battery of artillery, April 10, 1865. (search)
on, Robt. Present. Gilliam, Wm. Absent. Ginger, George. Absent. Ginger, W. Captured at Gettysburg. Absent. Gold, Alfred. Sick at home. Absent. Gooch,——. Present. Gordon, Wm. Wounded. Absent. Private Heischell,——. Present. Hide, E. P. Present. Hitner, John K. Sick at home. Absent. Holmes,——. Sick at home. Absent. Johnson, Thos. E. Sick at home. Absent. Kean, Otho G. Present. Lacy,——. Absent. Leathers,——. Present. Leach, James M. Present. Letcher, Samuel. Present. Lewis, Henry. Present. Lewis, James P. Present. Link, David. Sick at home. Absent. McCampbell, W. Present. McClintic, W. Present. McCorkle, T. E. Present. McCorkle, T. M. Absent. McCorkle, W. Present. McCrum, Barton. Present. McGruder, D. N. Present. McGruder, Horatio. Present. Marshall, John. Present. Martin,——. Captured at Gettysburg. Absent. Matter, Samuel. Present. Meade, Frank A. Present. Minor,
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 16. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Index. (search)
ee, Gen., Fitzhugh, 226, 231, 354, 453. Lee, Gen., Harry, 9. Lee, L. S., 175. Lee, Miss, Mildred, 450. Lee, Gen. R. E., 9, 30, 58, 67, 83, 107, 112, 129, 203, 261, 274, 385, 358, 395; Letter of, 228. Lee, Richard Henry, 429. Lee, Gen. Stephen D., 88, 166, 274, 373. Lee Camp Soldiers' Home, 194. Lee's Memoirs, cited, 9. Legare, 104. Legare, E. T., 395. Lesemann, F. W., 395 Lesesne, Lt., Charles, 174. Lesesne, Lt. F. J., 137, 143, 155, 165,68; killed, 191, 193. Letcher, Gov., John, 84. Lewis, Col., 114. Lewis, Hon. D. P., 275. Lexington, Va., in 1861, 37. Libby, Jr., Dr. Robert, 151. Libby Hill, monument, Richmond, 296. Lincoln, A., 320; on secession, 322, 433 Lindsay, Lt. A. J., 92. Lindsay, Lt. H. C., 92. Little Run Guards, 15. Live's Battery, 59 Logan, Lt., Calhoun, 116, 132. Logan, Col. John A., 77. Logwood, Col. T. H., 71,73. Lomax, Gen. L. L.,453. Long, Gen. A. L., 268. Long Island, S. C., 135. Longstreet, Gen James, 103, 108,