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Varina Davis, Jefferson Davis: Ex-President of the Confederate States of America, A Memoir by his Wife, Volume 2, Chapter 20: the Executive mansion-the hospitals. (search)
be worn of this fabric, was made and admirably shaped. Mr. W. C. Rives was an exceedingly neat, well-dressed man always, and the careful attention he gave to his attire made him appear much younger than his long and distinguished service proved him to be. He came by invitation to our house one morning to breakfast, wearing such a beautifully fitted suit of gray clothes, with gaiters of the same, and they became him so well, that some of the young men remarked upon it and suggested that Mr. Rives must have run the blockade; he overheard them and whispered to me, Look at me, my wife knitted every stitch of these clothes herself, and had the yarn spun and dyed first. She even knitted covering for the buttons. It required very close inspection by young eyes to see that they were knitted, and the dainty, soigne old gentleman looked his best in them. Mrs. Robert E. Lee and her daughters, all honor to them, furnished one hundred and ninety-six socks and gloves to Posey's Brigade,
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 2. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 13 (search)
into the separate depositories of the Government of the United States and the Governments of the individual States. That the Government of the United States is a Government, in as strict a sense of the term, as the Governments of the States; being, like them, organized into a legislative, executive, and judicial department, operating, like them, directly on persons and things, and having, like them, the command of a physical force for executing the powers committed to it. He writes Mr. Rives, in December, 1828: Were some of the Southern doctrines latterly advanced valid, our political system would not be a Government, but a mere league, in which the members have given up no part whatever of their sovereignty to a common Government, and retain, moreover, a right in each to dissolve the compact when it pleases. It seems to be forgotten, that in the case of a mere league there must be as much right on one side to assert and maintain its obligations as on the other to cancel it,
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 2. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 57 (search)
Doc. 53.-Virginia delegates to the Southern Congress. List of Delegates to represent the State in the Southern Congress, which meets at Richmond on the 21st July: 1. R. M. T. Hunter, of Essex. 2. John Tyler, of Charles City. 3. W. H. Macfarland, of Richmond City. 4. Roger A. Pryor, of Petersburg. 5. Thomas S. B. Cook, of Appomatox. 6. W. C. Rives, of Albemarle. 7. Robert E. Scott, of Fauquier. 8. James M. Mason, of Frederick. 9. John W. Brockenbaugh, of Brockenridge. 10. Charles W. Russell, of Wheeling. 11. Robert Johnson, of Harrison. 12. Walter Staples, of Montgomery. 13. Walter Preston, of Washington. State at Large — James A. Seddon, of Goochland; W. B. Preston, of Montgomery.--Baltimore American, June 27
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 2. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 197 (search)
Here, too, died in the discharge of his duty, Col. Ben. Brown, of Ray County, President of the Senate, a good man and true. Brig.-Gen. Slack's division suffered severely. He himself fell dangerously wounded at the head of his column. Of his regiment of infantry, under Col. John T. Hughes, consisting of about 650 men, 36 were killed, 76 wounded, many of them mortally, and 30 are missing. Among the killed were C. H. Bennet, adjutant of the regiment, Capt. Blackwell, and Lieut. Hughes. Col. Rives' squadron of cavalry, (dismounted,) numbering some 234 men, lost 4 killed and 8 wounded. Among the former were Lieut.-Col. Austin and Capt. Engart. Brig.-Gen. Clark was also wounded. His infantry (200 men) lost, in killed, 17, and wounded, 71. Col. Burbridge was severely wounded. Capts. Farris and Halleck, and Lieut. Haskins, were killed. Gen. Clark's cavalry, together with the Windsor Guards, were under the command of Lieut.-Col. Major, who did good service. They lost 6 killed and
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 2. (ed. Frank Moore), Secession official reports. (search)
Here, too, died in the discharge of his duty, Col. Ben. Brown, of Ray County, President of the Senate, a good man and true. Brig.-Gen. Slack's division suffered severely. He himself fell dangerously wounded at the head of his column. Of his regiment of infantry, under Col. John T. Hughes, consisting of about 650 men, 36 were killed, 76 wounded, many of them mortally, and 30 are missing. Among the killed were C. H. Bennet, adjutant of the regiment, Capt. Blackwell, and Lieut. Hughes. Col. Rives' squadron of cavalry, (dismounted,) numbering some 234 men, lost 4 killed and 8 wounded. Among the former were Lieut.-Col. Austin and Capt. Engart. Brig.-Gen. Clark was also wounded. His infantry (200 men) lost, in killed, 17, and wounded, 71. Col. Burbridge was severely wounded. Capts. Farris and Halleck, and Lieut. Haskins, were killed. Gen. Clark's cavalry, together with the Windsor Guards, were under the command of Lieut.-Col. Major, who did good service. They lost 6 killed and
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Index, Volume 1. (ed. Frank Moore), Index. (search)
build a floating bridge, D. 97 Rice, Alexander H., speech at Roxbury, Mass., D. 61 Richards, W. C., P. 46, 53 Richmond, Va., secession at, D. 7; effect of Lincoln's war proclamation in, D. 25; Custom-house, &c., seized at, D. 32; the rebel army at, D. 48; Confederate Congress at, D. 74; the British Consul at, P. 56; the Southern capital, P. 143; reign of terror in, P. 56; ancedote of a young lady in, P. 113 Ringgold Flying Artillery at Reading, Pa., D. 27 Rives, W. C., delegate to Southern Congress, D. 49; speech of, at Atlanta, Ga., P. 95 Rives, W. H., Dr., of Ala., P. 94 Robert McClellan, the revenue cutter, surrendered, D. 16 Robins, Harry, the wife of, P. 148 Robinson, —, Judge, of Troy, N. Y., D. 27 Robinson, —, Judge, of Virginia, offers the command of the Southern army to Gen. Scott, P. 41 Robinson, William, D. 6 Rochester, N. Y., abolition meeting at, D. 14; flag-raising at, D. 103; regiment from, D. 84
The Daily Dispatch: March 7, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
--The other sections were adopted by varying majorities, (not precisely recollected.) and on the 5th and 7th sections the vote of Virginia was in the negative. The plan, when submitted to Congress, failed to receive its recommendation, and as that body having adjourned, can take no further cognizance of it, the undersigned feel the contingency has arrived on which they are required to report, as they herein do, the result of their action. Respectfully, John Tyler, G. W. Summers, W. C. Rives, James A. Seddon having adjourned, can take no further cognizance of it, the undersigned feel the contingency has Brockenbrough, the other Commissioner, communicating his views of the adjustment; and then, on motion, the whole was laid on the table and ordered to be printed. The coercion question again. The Convention resumed the consideration of the resolution of instructions to the Committee on Federal Relations. Mr. Thornton, of Prince Edward, made an eloquent s
The Daily Dispatch: March 7, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 2 (search)
.--The Committee of Courts of Justice returned an adverse report to the petition of Robert McConnell and others, for the release of Ann McGuire from her imprisonment in the County Jail of Marshall county. The committee was of opinion that the Governor has power to grant the relief prayed for, and that, therefore, it is inexpedient to legislate on the subject. Adopted. The Peace Congress--The Speaker laid before the House a communication addressed by Messrs. John Tyler, G. W. Summers, W. C. Rives, and James A. Seddon, Virginia Commissioners to the Peace Congress, to the Governor, transmitted to the Speaker this day, accompanied by a copy of the plan adopted by said Peace Conference, commonly known as the Franklin Substitute. The document being read, on motion they were laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Bills Passed.--Establishing the county of Bland out of parts of Giles, Wythe, and Tazewell. Enslavement of Free Negroes--On motion of Mr. Baskervill, the bill
The Daily Dispatch: may 11, 1861., [Electronic resource], Albemarle items. (search)
this word better,) are working like beavers in the Court-House and Town Hall. A large number of coats and pantaloons are already finished, and several tents. They manage the tent-work without difficulty. They are getting on beautifully. John B. Strange, formerly of this place, has been appointed a Colonel of Volunteers. Mr. Strange is a fine officer, and was long the principal of a military academy in Norfolk, and for some years in Charlottesville. Our energetic friend, Wm. W. Gilmer, Esq., is making herculean efforts in this and adjoining counties to procure suitable artillery horses for the State. The Quartermaster's Department will not suffer in such hands. Col. Fry has appointed Thoms J. Wertenbaker as Commissary for the volunteer companies to rendezvous at this place, and Wm. G. Fretwell Quartermaster. Hon. W. C. Rives left his home on Wednesday to attend the Congress at Montgomery. W. Edgar Garth, Esq., has contributed $100 to the Monticello Guard.
The Daily Dispatch: may 16, 1861., [Electronic resource], Home manufacture of percussion caps. (search)
Hon. W. C. Rives. The Petersburg Express, mentioning that Mr. Rivers passed through Petersburg, Saturday morning, on his way to Montgomery Alabama, says he was introduced to a large number of the citizens by his personal friend, Dr. Thos. Withers, of Petersburg city. Mr. Rives expressed the most ardent devotion to the South and her institutions, and especially to the old mother of us all — Virginia--God bless her ! He was for the Union, as were thousands of others, so long as there was a p of the citizens by his personal friend, Dr. Thos. Withers, of Petersburg city. Mr. Rives expressed the most ardent devotion to the South and her institutions, and especially to the old mother of us all — Virginia--God bless her ! He was for the Union, as were thousands of others, so long as there was a possibility of preserving it, but now that Virginia has resumed her sovereignty, and allied herself with the glorious Southern Confederacy, Mr. Rivers is for her first, last, and all the tim
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