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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 27. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), How General A. P. Hill met his fate. (search)
orseshoe for nine months, with no appreciable effect. The Southside Railroad runs westward from Petersburg and connects with the Richmond and Danville Road at Burkville Junction. The possession of this road was as important to Lee as the direct road to Richmond, and to protect it a line of entrenchments and forts was extended for eight or ten miles to the south and west, which, up to April 1st, had availed to keep Grant away from his main line of communication and supply. On April 1st, Sheridan, with a powerful cavalry force, passed around this line of works, and supported by the Second and Fifth corps, assaulted the extreme Southern projection of Lee's right wing at Five Forks. All the troops that could possibly be spared from defense of Petersburg were hurried out to this exposed position, where a great battle was fought, which ended disastriously to the Confederates. Johnson's and Pickett's divisions retreated to the westward, and never returned to Petersburg. A large sectio
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 27. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Tarheels' thin Gray line. (search)
the ridge running across the road. My pickets were a mile in advance of his, in Ashe Hollow. Sheridan, with 45,000 infantry and 10,000 cavalry, lay eight to fifteen miles beyond our picket lines, fcan. So I got my breakfast and went off, mightily tickled at the conceit of the Tarheel, for Sheridan's cavalry, with Custer, Torbett and Devens, were about as good soldiers as ever took horse or dy learned the use of the sabre from necessity. Well, things went on as usual. Every morning Sheridan would send a regiment out to feel Early, to drive in his pickets, so as to make sure where he whe Berryville road, re-establish my lines, get my breakfast off Johnston, and back to sleep. Sheridan's advance. By daylight, the 19th of September, a scared cavalryman of my own command nearly road. Early was up towards Stephenson's Depot, and Johnston and I were responsible for keeping Sheridan out of Winchester, and protecting the Confederate line of retreat, and of communication up the
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 27. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Colonel John Bowie Magruder. (search)
n issued to that effect, and though hungry, the men observed his request. It is for the future historian to compare such an order and the character of the man who issued it and the men who observed it, with the vandalism of Butler, Sherman, and Sheridan and their men. These were not men to be ashamed of, even if some of them did straggle, and when those who were on hand when General Lee marshalled his forces on that 17th day of September, with an army, variously estimated at from 35,000 to 40,0 General Lee to Appomattox as there had ever been, and some as gallant stands made by these men then as can be found in the pages of history. We were overwhelmed by numbers in the army and by suffering and starvation at home, where such men as Sheridan and Sherman overran our country and devastated it so that a crow flying over would have to carry his rations with him. With such a record as that, we old veterans still think we have a right to talk, and if any of the younger generation wish to
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 27. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.33 (search)
neral Wool both testify that these men—ragged, shoeless, half-fed—passed through the country without making depredations or taking anything without offering to pay for what they took, even if it were in Confederate scrip. General Lee's order had been issued to that effect, and though hungry, the men observed his request. It is for the future historian to compare such an order and the character of the man who issued it and the men who observed it, with the vandalism of Butler, Sherman, and Sheridan and their men. These were not men to be ashamed of, even if some of them did straggle, and when those who were on hand when General Lee marshalled his forces on that 17th day of September, with an army, variously estimated at from 35,000 to 40,000 men, to cope with General McClellan, with about 90,000 to 120,000 men (see his report in Vol. XIX, War of Rebellion, dated September 20, 1862; also Long's Memoirs of Robert E. Lee, page 220), every man who answered roll-call knew that a terrible
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 27. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), The monument to Mosby's men. (search)
Sheridan and Harper's Ferry; and on the 12th, Sheridan sends the Illinois cavalry to Loudoun with in. Although the loss of this train caused General Sheridan to fall back from his advanced position, f Sheridan—I was behind him. I have quoted Sheridan's dispatches (August 17th to September 11th) here he died of his wound. He was not hung. Sheridan was not as black as he painted himself. The lived in a territory a few miles square. But Sheridan knew better. Grant's dispatch reflects the ie of my men were hung before September 23; if Sheridan hung any prisoners before then, they were Eard killed were as pure phantoms as those which Sheridan says he had hung; but it is clear that Blazer as he did on Buckner's works at Donelson. Sheridan's cavalry knew by experience about as much abrol. U. S. Grant, General Commander. General Sheridan, in conducting his part of this corresponfamilies within the condemned territory. Had Sheridan directed General Merritt and Custer to arrest[58 more...]
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 27. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Colonel Mosby Indicts Custer for the hanging. (search)
letter in The Times, Major Richards says that Sheridan's dispatches about hanging our men were visiois dispatches were published a few years ago. Sheridan was then dead, but his posthumous memoirs saymen; we never went that far up the Valley. Sheridan's dispatches in the war records about the menl of Blazer: Charlestown, August 20, 1864. Sheridan to Augur, Washington: I have 100 men who wto me if they can be found in Washington. P. H. Sheridan, Major-General Commanding. (Indorsemerper's Ferry, November 19, 1864. Stevenson to Sheridan. Two of Captain Blazer's men came in this r Richards complains of the debasing epithets Sheridan applied to us. I have read his reports, correfficiency of our command is the statement, in Sheridan's Memoirs. that while his army largely outnu I had only five companies of cavalry when Sheridan came, in August, 1864, to the Shenandoah Vallrue, I must have commanded a larger army than Sheridan. I didn't know it. He describes the pathos o[6 more...]
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 27. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), William Preston Johnston. (search)
the field, and his regiment having been disbanded during his illness, he accepted in May, 1862, the invitation of President Davis to become a member of his official family as aide-de-camp, with the rank of colonel. He continued to fill this position until the close of the war, his chief duties being those of an inspector-general and a confidential staff officer of Mr. Davis for communication with generals commanding in the field. He was present in the battles of Seven Pines, Cold Harbor, Sheridan's Raid, Drewry's Bluff, and in the lines at Petersburg, and many other important combats. He contributed essentially to the strength of the administration by the high qualifications he brought to his responsible trust and the general confidence reposed in him by his chief and by all who knew him. He adhered with unswerving fidelity to the fortunes of Mr. Davis, and was captured with him in Georgia after the surrender of General Joseph E. Johnston. After several months of solitary confine
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 27. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.45 (search)
as the work in which we had been engaged. If Sheridan's dispatches to Grant are true, he was as mucThe inspection reports at that time show that Sheridan had in his department a total present for dutot in the battle of Winchester), was 21,000. Sheridan then had good military reasons for burning ofn, Secretary. November 11, 1864. Major-General P. H. Sheridan, Commanding United States Forces ineutenant-Colonel. This letter was sent to Sheridan by Lieutenant John Russell, of Clarke county.moral effect of the act. They could relate in Sheridan's camps the experience they had with Mosby's blicity possible to the deed. My letter to Sheridan speaks of another one of my men who was hung,sked for work; he said he was a deserter from Sheridan's army. Myers did not belong to my command ned. At the same time I wrote a letter to General Sheridan (which was published in the newspapers aty for the act, and stating my reasons for it. Sheridan acknowledged the justness of the deed by orde[7 more...]
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 27. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.46 (search)
ing it handsomely, except at a point on our right of the road crossing the creek, where a column, said to be composed of the Marine brigade and other troops which had held the lines of Richmond previous to the evacuation, made a countercharge upon that part of our lines in their front. I was never more astonished. These troops were surrounded; the first and third divisions of this corps were on either flank; my artillery and a fresh division in their front, and some three divisions of General Sheridan's cavalry in their rear. Looking upon them as already our prisoners, I had ordered the artillery to cease firing, as a dictate of humanity; my surprise, therefore, was extreme when this force charged upon our front. But the fire of our infantry, which had already gained their flanks; the capture of their superior officers already in our hands; the concentrated and murderous fire of six batteries of our artillery within effective range, brought them promptly to a surrender. Well mi
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 27. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Index. (search)
e county, Roster of Company C, 1st Virginia cavalry, from, 377. Rodes, General R E., killed, 5 Ropes, John Codman, historian, 83. Rosser, General T. L., 283. Sailor's Creek, Battle of, 324. Sanders, Palmer, killed, 141. Scott, Colonel W. C., 44. Secession, Right of, 61, 114; advocated by Massachusetts, 65; by the N. Y. Tribune, 67; cause of, 81. Seddon, James A., 317. Sedgwick, General, John, killed, 37. Seward, W. H., 375. Sharpsburg, Battle of, 49, 200. Sheridan, General P. H., 173, 314. Slavery, Virginia did not fight for, 76; pro-tested against continuation of, 77; the emancipation proclamation, 64. Slave trade, Debate on the, in 1858, 99. Smith, Mrs. F. H., 184, 259 South, Vindication of the, 60; cause of the, 119. Southern Historical Society-Its history, 344. Stanton, E. M., 369. Star Spangled Banner, 120. Stephens, Alex. H., 375. Steuart, R. D., 176. Stewart, Colonel W. H., 205, 383. Stiles, Major, Robert, 17, 349. Stiles, Rev. Jo