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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 23. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Historical sketch of the Rockbridge artillery, C. S. Army, by a member of the famous battery. (search)
15th—William H. Byrd, Lucas P. Thompson. 23d—G. Newton Byers. 25th—Robert B. Winston. September 1st—Abner E. Arnold. September 2d—Edgar G. Alexandria (transferred from Captain Sheetz's company), L. M. Blackford, J. Howard Smith, Summerfield Smith. 7th—John M. Gregory, Jr. 10th—Charles O. Veers. The following joined us about this time, but the exact date when each did so does not appear. The dates of their original enlistment in other branches of the services appear, howev1, by order of General Jackson, to take command of Fifty-fifth Virginia militia. William W. Houston, discharged April 14th, by order of General Winder. James H. Phillips, dropped from roll, and afterwards discharged for disability. Summerfield Smith, detailed April 10th for engineering duty, by order of Secretary of War, and since commissioned lieutenant. John F. Tompkins, detailed as medical steward by order General Johnston. Robert B. Winston, discharged March 12th, by o
The Daily Dispatch: July 10, 1861., [Electronic resource], The comet. (search)
is now in a very flourishing condition, about one hundred young gentlemen having already entered, and the applications daily received for admission being numerous. The school bids fair to equal that of any military academy in the South. The chief instructor of the corps is Major George Ross, a graduate of the Virginia Military Institute, a thorough military man, who is aided by Capt. Thos. U. Dudley, Jr., of this city, as assistant instructor. Four lectures per week are to be delivered to the students by Prof. M. Schele de Vere and Dr. D. K. Tuttle, on military science, &c. The Cadets have already gone into camp, and the strictest discipline prevails. The University seems to be most excellently adapted for the above purpose. The following Cadet officers have been appointed, viz: Robt. E. Lee, Jr., (son of Gen. Lee,) Captain of Company A; John W. Maury, (son of Lieut. M. F. Maury,) 1st Lieut.; C. W. Trueheart, of Texas, Captain of Company B; Summerfield Smith, of Va., 1st Lieut.
The Daily Dispatch: July 10, 1861., [Electronic resource], Ranaway (search)
en crushed, to exclaim within themselves:--Alas ! my poor country, now no longer a nation, but disunited sections, divided by the mercenaries who thus willingly sacrificed the peace and liberty of their country for gold, to the gratification of a sordid ambition. It was a mournful sight to see Grow, Blair, Covode, Colfax. Washburne, and others of their school, holding the position of a monopolized Legislature of a country. Where now are the able and honest Letcher, Stephens, Miles, Davis, Smith and others? Absent, comes the thrilling answer, but untrammeled in their patriotism and independence. A noticeable feature of the voting was the ballot cast for presiding officer by C. L. L. Leary, of Baltimore. Give it to the world as an index of his future policy. When Mr. Leary's name was called, he cast his vote for Francis P. Blair, of Missouri, a man who took up arms against the State to which he owed his first allegiance; who has been, and now is known as a radical Republican