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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 20. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.4 (search)
Francis T. Nichols, New Orleans, Louisiana. R. L. Page, Norfolk, Virginia. W. H. Payne, Warrenton, Virginia. W. F. Perry, Glendale, Kentucky. Roger A. Pryor, New York City. Lucius E. Polk, Ashwood, Tennessee. W. H. Parsons, Texas. N. B. Pearce, Arkansas. E. W. Pettus, Selma, Alabama. W. A. Quarles, Clarkesville, Tennessee. B. H. Robertson, Washington, D. C. F. H. Robertson, Waco, Texas. Daniel Ruggles, Fredericksburg, Virginia. George W. Rains, Augusta, Florida. D. H. Reynolds, Arkansas. William P. Roberts, Gatesville, North Carolina. L. S. Ross, College Station, Texas. Charles A. Ronald, Blacksburg, Virginia. Charles M. Shelly, Alabama. F. A. Shoup, Sewanee, Tennessee. G. M. Sorrell, Savannah, Georgia. George H. Stuart, Baltimore, Maryland. Marcellus A. Stovall, Augusta, Georgia. Edward L. Thomas, Washington, D. C. W. R. Terry, Richmond, Virginia. J. C. Tappan, Helena, Arkansas. Robert B. Vance, Asheville, North Carolina. A. J. Vaughan. Mem
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 20. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.14 (search)
ger. At Sharpsburg, where all seemed lost, he marched the eighteen miles, crossing the Potomac from Harper's Ferry, which had surrendered to him, and struck Burnside's corpse of fifteen thousand men and rolled it up like a scroll. When the army retired across the Potomac his division formed the rear guard, and when the Federal army attempted to follow at Boetner's Ford, he filled the Potomac with their dead. After Gettysburg, having gained the only success there, in the destruction of Reynolds' corps, killing the corps commander opposed to him. His third corps formed again the rear guard of the Army of Northern Virginia, which retired across the Potomac a second time in safety behind his veteran troops. At Petersburg the post of danger and ceaseless vigilance was the right. Other troops might rest, Hill's corps was ever on the move, repelling advances on the right. At last the end came, the lines gave way, his blood mingled with your soil sacred indeed, to all men who are capa
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 20. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Unveiling of the statue of General Ambrose Powell Hill at Richmond, Virginia, May 30, 1892. (search)
his right hand in council and in action. To this larger command General Hill brought the experience and the prestige of success gained as a division commander. From this time forward the life of A. P. Hill is written in the history of that famous corps, and is too well known to be detailed here. From Gettysburg, in July, 1863, to Five Forks, in March, 1865, it is a record of unceasing activity, sleepless vigilance, and of great battles. At Gettysburg he met and repulsed the corps of Reynolds and Howard, and captured the town. On the retreat from that disastrous field his corps held the post of honor and danger, in rear and nearest the enemy. No task which falls to a soldier's lot is more difficult to fill than to cover the retreat of a large army, with its trains and artillery. It requires the most sleepless and untiring vigilance to avoid surprise, the coolest courage to face sudden and unlooked for emergencies, and the faculty of inspiring dispirited, disheartened, and o