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Joseph T. Derry , A. M. , Author of School History of the United States; Story of the Confederate War, etc., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 6, Georgia (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Biographical (search)
gusta, Ga., and never missed a day of service in the entire expedition. In 1836 he entered the United States military academy at West Point, but was prevented from finishing his course by a severe and continued attack of rheumatism. After leaving West Point he made a tour of Europe. Returning to Augusta in 1839 he engaged in mercantile pursuits, and was a ruling spirit in the volunteer military companies of Georgia. In 1842 he married Sarah G. McKinne, of Augusta. In 1846 he moved to Floyd county, and was living upon his beautiful estate near Rome when the civil war broke out. Being at the time captain of the Cherokee artillery, he offered his services to Governor Brown. His record as a military man was such that he was made colonel of artillery and attached to the Second brigade of Georgia volunteers. On the 8th of October, 1861, he was commissioned lieutenant-colonel of the Third Georgia battalion of infantry, and was ordered to Richmond, Va. After performing garrison duty a s
Col. J. Stoddard Johnston, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 9.1, Kentucky (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Biographical (search)
iety. In the presidential campaign of 1860 he canvassed his State for the ticket headed by John C. Breckinridge. Upon the secession of the Southern States he raised a large number of volunteers for the Confederate army and was commissioned brigadier-general October 30, 1861. The district of Eastern Kentucky was assigned to him with instructions to operate in the mountain passes on the Virginia border. On January 10, 1862, he met Federal forces under General Garfield at Middle creek in Floyd county. A severe combat ensued in which Marshall repulsed every attack, but many of his men having been without food for several hours and no provisions being near at hand, on the next day he began to retire toward Martin's Mill. In May he defeated the Federals under J. D. Cox at Princeton, Va., and saved to Confederate use the Lynchburg & Knoxville railroad, for which service he received the thanks of General Lee. On the 16th of June he resigned his commission, but was reappointed June 20th
The Daily Dispatch: March 26, 1861., [Electronic resource], A wealthy Volunteer corps. (search)
A wealthy Volunteer corps. --The Floyd (Ga.) Cavalry, numbering 40 men, represent taxable property to the amount of $736,000--or an average of $18,400 each. Hon. Jno. W. H. Underwood, ex-M. C., and Hon. T. J. Word, Mayor of Rome, Ga., are privates in this company.
The Daily Dispatch: April 1, 1861., [Electronic resource], A wealthy Volunteer corps. (search)
A wealthy Volunteer corps. --The Floyd (Ga.) Cavalry, numbering 40 men, represent taxable property to the amount of $736,000--or an average of $18,400 each. Hon. Jno. W. H. Underwood, ex-M. C., and Hon. T. J. Word, Mayor of Rome, Ga., are privates in this company.
The Daily Dispatch: may 7, 1861., [Electronic resource], France and the Confederacy. (search)
Bath, Rockbridge, Greenbrior, Alleghany At Alexandria, the counties of Fairfax, Loudoun, Prince William, and Alexandria City. At Warrenton, the county of Fauquier. At Culpeper C. H., the counties of Rappahannock, Madison, Greene, Orange. At Gordonsville, the counties of Albemarle, Nelson, Amherst. At Lynchburg, the counties of Campbell, Bedford, Roanoake, Botetourt, Craig, Giles, Mercer, Tazewell, Wise, Buchanan, McDowell, Smyth, Wythe, Putaski, Montgomery, Carroll, Floyd, Patrick, Henry, Franklin. At Abingdon, the counties of Washington, Russell, Scott and Lee. At Fredericksburg, the counties of Stafford, Spotsylvania, Caroline, and the town of Fredericksburg. At King George C. H., the counties of King George, Westmoreland. At Gloucester point, the counties of Gloucester, King & Queen. At West point, the counties of King William and New Kent. At Norfolk, the countess of Princess Aune, Norfolk, Nausemond, Southampton, Greenesvill
The Daily Dispatch: February 11, 1861., [Electronic resource], Mrs. Pickens. (search)
Homicide. --In Floyd county, Va., on the 3d inst., Flemming Alley undertook to whip an apprentice boy. The boy drew a knife and stabbed him so horribly as to produce instant death. He has been arrested.
The Daily Dispatch: July 1, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 31 (search)
em. " The Washington correspondent of the Philadelphia Inquirer says the troops on Arlington Heights are suffering terribly from the heat. Mr. N. R. Mendenhall, of the Leaman Rifles, 11th Mississippi Regiment, was married in Winchester, Va., on the 18th June, to Miss Louisa Victoria Wilden. The Fredericksburg News well says that "the very readers who are clamorous for news are among the first to condemn the papers which publish everything!" Capt. A. S. Hamilton, of the Floyd (Ga.) Sharp Shooters, was married to Miss Sallie Bowen two hours before leaving home with his command for Virginia. The printer in Colonel Seems' Georgia regiment, now stationed near Brunswick, have established a journal called the "Georgia Regimental Journal." That was a fearful joke of Lord Norbury's, in sentencing to death a thief who had stolen a watch: "You made a grasp at time, my lad, but you clutched eternity!" It is stated that Mr. Wm. H. Russell, of the London Times, vi
The Daily Dispatch: July 1, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 26 (search)
Correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch. affairs in Floyd county, Ga. Rome, Floyd County, Ga., June 25, 1861. While enclosing another list of subscribers for the Daily Dispatch, permit me, at the special request of one of our most worthy citizens, to return to the ladies of Strasburg his grateful and heartfelt thanks for their kind and motherly attention to his son, young Mr. Johnston, a member of the Light Guards from our city, during his illness at that point. His glowing description of the hospitality of the citizens of Strasburg, and especially the tender nursing and constant attention he received from the ladies, caused his mother to exclaim, "God bless the Virginians. " We feel assured from the true and genuine hospitality of old Virginia, which has become proverbial, that thousands of Southern mother's hearts will be gladdened during the war by its practical exhibition towards their sons, should misfortune overtake them while defending the hearthstones of the mothers
The Daily Dispatch: July 24, 1861., [Electronic resource], The fallen brave. (search)
Bartow fell. From other sources, and principally from the wounded now in our city, Mr. Pritchard learns that-- Capt. Towers, of the Miller (Ga.) Rifles, is safe; Lieut. Hall, of the Rifles, is said by some to have been severely wounded, and by others to be dead; Lieut. Scott and Private Lathrop, of the same company, were killed. Capt. McGruder, of the Rome (Ga.) Light Guards, was wounded in the leg. George Stovall and Charles Norton were killed. Captain Cooper, of the Floyd (Ga.) Infantry, was severely wounded in the knee. These three last-mentioned Georgia companies are reported to have suffered severely, but no details have been obtained. Major Dunwoody was shot three times, but none of them were serious, and his horse was shot five times. Col. L. J. Gartrell, of Georgia, was slightly wounded, and his son severely, and it is believed the latter has since died. Captain Clarke, of Carroll county, Georgia, was severely wounded, and Captain Wilso
The Daily Dispatch: August 7, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 15 (search)
Fairfax county, same regiment, taken at Vienna; A C. Landstreet, Fairfax county, and Geo H. Thomas, District of Columbia, taken at Falls-Church; David Porter, of District of Columbia, same regiment, taken in Georgetown; S. S. Green, Richmond, Governor's Guards, taken at Burk's Station; J. A. Reynolds, Slumtown, Va, 5th Va. Regiment; H. C. Ferrill, Charleston, S. C. Hampton Legion; R. O. Lewis, Anderson, S. C., and M. Bowman, Groenville, S. C., 4th South Carolina regiment; J. R. Paine, Floyd county, Ga.; Randolph Gray, Bibb county, F. Ward, Harris county, S. B Bulkley, Bibb county, Ga, 8th Georgia regiment; Lieut. Col. B. B. Boone, Tishimingo, 2d Mississippi regment; R. M. Walker, Tippah county, Miss. 2d Mississippi regiment; Thomas Hays, New Orleans, Delta Rangers; Lieut. Danott, Alleghany county, Va., 27th Virginia regiment; J. M. McFail, Anderson, S C., 4th South Carolina regiment; George Baker, W. C. Humphreys, F. A Hammond, Atlanta, Ga; J. T. C Calvin, Green county, Ga; James Ren
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