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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 6. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 163 (search)
Doc. 153.-raid upon point Pleasant, Va. Cincinnati commercial account. Point Pleasant, Va., April 2. General dissatisfaction is expressed at the distorted account of the late attack upon this point. The facts are these: Jenkins, with four hundred and eighty-one men, with others in reserve, came down the Kanawha on flatboats from Buffalo, to within a mile of this place, landed his men, and attacked, at ten A. M., the Point from three directions simultaneously, and so suddenly that his advance was within effective range of the court-house, situated in the centre of the town, before the alarm was given. Captain Carter, of company E, Thirteenth Virginia volunteer infantry, commanded the post, and instantly rallied his fifty men from their camp to the court-house, where for more than four hours he successfully thwarted every essay to capture them. When summoned to surrender, he replied: Go to----! Take me if you can! They then, by threats of burning the town, induced s
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Todd, John 1750- (search)
Todd, John 1750- Military officer; born in Montgomery county, Pa., in 1750; was adjutant-general to Gen. Andrew Lewis in the action of Point Pleasant, Va., in 1774; accompanied Daniel Boone (q. v.) on an exploring tour as far as Bowling Green, Ky., in 1775; settled near Lexington, Ky., in 1776; represented Kentucky county in the Virginia legislature in the same year; was commissioned colonel in 1777; for two years was commandant of the civil government of that county, which subsequently was made the State of Illinois. He was killed while leading his forces against the Indians at the Blue Licks, Ky., Aug. 19, 1782.
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Battles, Virginia, 1864 (search)
RYLAND--1st P. H. B. Cavalry. MASSACHUSETTS--2d Cavalry. PENNSYLVANIA--22d Cavalry. Aug. 19-20: Skirmishes near BerryvilleMICHIGAN--5th Cavalry. WEST VIRGINIA--9th Infantry. Aug. 20: Skirmish, Opequan CreekMARYLAND--1st P. H. B. Cavalry. MASSACHUSETTS--2d Cavalry. PENNSYLVANIA--22d Cavalry. Aug. 21: Skirmish, Loudon CountyVIRGINIA--Loudon Rangers. Aug. 21: Skirmish near BerryvilleMARYLAND--1st P. H. B. Cavalry. MASSACHUSETTS--2d Cavalry. PENNSYLVANIA--22d Cavalry. Aug. 21: Skirmish, Point PleasantNEW JERSEY--10th Infantry. Aug. 22: Skirmish, Vaughan RoadDISTRICT OF COLUMBIA--1st Cavalry. PENNSYLVANIA--11th Cavalry. Aug. 23: Action. Dinwiddie Road, near Ream's StationDISTRICT OF COLUMBIA--1st Cavalry. MAINE--1st Cavalry. MASSACHUSETTS--1st Cavalry. NEW JERSEY--1st Cavalry. NEW YORK--10th Cavalry. OHIO--6th Cavalry. PENNSYLVANIA--1st, 2d, 4th, 8th, 11th and 16th Cavalry. UNITED STATES--Battery "A," 2d Arty. Aug. 24: Skirmish, AnnandaleNEW YORK--16th Cavalry (Detachment). Aug. 24
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories, Ohio Volunteers. (search)
t Brigade, 4th Division, West Virginia, to April, 1864. 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry, Division Dept. West Virginia, to June, 1864. Service. Moved from Point Pleasant, Va., to Clarksburg, August 11-12, 1861, thence to Buckhannon, August 17-19, to Bulltown August 28-29, to Sutton September 1 and to Summerville September 7-9. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, West Virginia, to April, 1865. 1st Brigade, 4th Provisional Division, West Virginia, to June, 1865. Service. Duty at Point Pleasant, Va., till September 26. 1862. Raid up the Kanawha to Buffalo September 26-28. Action at Buffalo September 27. Advance to Gauley Bridge, Falls of the GOrganized at Camp Marietta and at Gallipolis, Ohio, August-September, 1862. (Cos. A, B and C garrison duty at Gallipolis, Ohio, September.) Ordered to Point Pleasant, Va., October 7, 1862. Attached to District of the Kanawha, W. Va., Dept. of the Ohio, to December, 1862. 2nd Brigade, Kanawha Division, W. Va., Dept. Ohio
The Daily Dispatch: March 29, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 33 (search)
1st of April, and will probably bring out a very full vote. The Louisiana Convention has a resolution before it, declaring in favor of "entire free trade" with the Western States, slave and free, by the Confederated States. The Jail at Vienna, Dooly county, Ga., and a negro, confined therein, were burnt on Saturday morning last. Mrs. Lieut. Slemmer is on a visit to Burlington, N. J., and has, as usual, been "serenaded." A patent has been issued to C. A. McEvoy of Richmond, for an improvement in the mode of loading fire-arms. Lindsay M. Shumaker has been appointed route agent on the Richmond and Danville Railroad. The Savannah (Ga.) Republican learns of six extensive New York merchants who are about removing to that city. Dr. F. J. Hill, a venerable physician of Wilmington, N. C., died on the 26th inst. Capt. Rynders, the U. S. Marshal for New York, has sent in his resignation. W. H. Tomlinson has been elected Mayor of Point Pleasant, Va.
The Daily Dispatch: may 2, 1861., [Electronic resource], Affairs in Philadelphia. (search)
ed at York since Saturday. They will be protected by troops as they advance, Sills and heavy beams of timber have been forwarded, to be used whenever necessary, with any amount of lumber, from this point. The five regiments now here will move tomorrow for York. The intention is to guard every bridge with troops all the way to Baltimore. When the troops reach that point, they will pass around to the Relay House, at the Junction of the Washington Branch of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, which will be permanently occupied. Gov. Curtin sent a message to the Legislature to-day, embracing the recommendations already published. He says the Government has a right to unobstructed passage to the Capital, which must be enforced if not yielded. It is confirmed that Gov. Dennison, of Ohio, will move two regiments to Bridgeport, one to a point opposite Parkersburg, Va. one opposite Guyandotte, and one opposite Point Pleasant, Va. Another will be held in reserve at Zanesville,
The Daily Dispatch: July 27, 1861., [Electronic resource], The Maryland Regiment in the battle at Stone Bridge. (search)
f the 8th Ohio, were at the engagement as spectators, and when Captain Campbell left Pocatella Creek, twenty hours after the conflict, they had not returned. The inference is strong that they were taken prisoners, and we are afraid our troops met with a severe reverse. Capt. Campbell reports that they fought gallantly, and did not retire until their ammunition was completely exhausted. A rebel's statement. Captain W. O. Roseberry, who, it will be remembered, was arrested at Point Pleasant, Va., and taken to Columbus, Ohio, but subsequently released, being charged with sympathy with the rebels, was also among the passengers by the steamer Dunlefth. The following is his version of the conflict: On the 17th, Gen. Cox ordered the 12th Ohio, Col. Lowe, two companies of the 21st Ohio, together with the Cleveland Artillery and Capt. Rogers' Cavalry company from Ironton, Ohio, to cross the Kanawha river at the mouth of Pokey Creek, twenty miles below Charleston, and reconnoi
The Daily Dispatch: October 31, 1862., [Electronic resource], Later from the South. (search)
Cuba refining goods at @ with a small lot of plain New Orleans at 9 ½ 50 bbls. New Orleans molasses sold Coffee was firm, but quiet. Freights in American vessels were unchanged, while engagements were fair. In central vessels rates were steady, with moderate engagements. Miscellaneous. Lewis Welzel, a member of the Western Virginia Legislature, and editor of the Point Pressant Register, was by John Hall President of the Western Virginia Constitutional Convention, at Point Pleasant, Virginia, on the 23d inst. An off article and appeared in the Register against Mr. During a gale on the 21 inst. two barges, composing the tow of the steamboat Ethan Allen, on Lake complain, parted their hawsers, and sunk off Point of Rocks, carrying down five men. A number of other vessels had their dock loads swept off. In consequence of the frequent firing by "partisan ranger." upon unarmed steamers between Cairo and Helena, Gen. Sherman proposes that prominent Secessionists