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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Allen, Henry Watkins, 1820- (search)
Allen, Henry Watkins, 1820- Military officer; born in Prince Edward county. Va., April 20, 1820; became a lawyer in Mississippi; and in 1842 raised a company to fight in Texas. He settled at West Baton Rouge, La., in 1850; served in the State legislature; was in the Law School at Cambridge in 1854; and visited Europe in 1859. He took an active part with the Confederates in the Civil War, and was at one time military governor at Jackson, Miss. In the battle of Shiloh and at Baton Rouge he was wounded. He was commissioned a brigadier-general in 1864, but was almost immediately elected governor of Louisiana, the duties of which he performed with great ability and wisdom. At the close of the war he made his residence in the city of Mexico, where he established the Mexican times, which he edited until his death, April 22, 1866.
Hon. J. L. M. Curry , LL.D., William Robertson Garrett , A. M. , Ph.D., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 1.1, Legal Justification of the South in secession, The South as a factor in the territorial expansion of the United States (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Biographical: officers of civil and military organizations. (search)
ipe age of seventy-three. Henry Watkins Allen Henry Watkins Allen, second war governor of Louisiana, was born in Prince Edward county, Virginia, April 29, 1820. His father, a noted physician, removed to Lexington, Mo., and Henry was placed in Marion college, whence he went to Grand Gulf, Miss., in consequence of .a family dispute. There he became a lawyer, and after creditable service in the Texan war with Mexico, he was elected to the legislature in 1846. Later he settled near West Baton Rouge, and was elected to the Louisiana legislature, in 1853. In 1859 he went to Europe to engage in the Italian struggle for independence, and made a tour of the continent. On his return he again sat in the legislature. When war broke out he was commissioned lieutenant-colonel and stationed at Ship Island. Subsequently he was made colonel of the Fourth Louisiana regiment and military governor of Jackson. He was wounded at Shiloh, and at Vicksburg rendered valuable service in the constru
The Daily Dispatch: may 17, 1861., [Electronic resource], Cotton. (search)
Cotton. --The Captain of Her Majesty's ship "Hydra," is reported to have said to Captain Allen, of West Baton Rouge, "Sir, what do we care about the bloody nigger — we have got nothing to do with him; our Government wants cotton, and cotton we must have. Go ahead and fight your battles on land, England will take care of the seas, and, if necessary, would bridge the Atlantic with her ships in order to carry your cotton to Manchester."
The Daily Dispatch: July 6, 1861., [Electronic resource], Patriotic Move in West Baton Rouge. (search)
Patriotic Move in West Baton Rouge. --We learn from the West Baton Rouge Gazette and Comet, of the 21st, that the planters of West Baton Rouge parish have organized a Confederate League, and a number have signed the following agreement: We, the subscribers, agree to deliver, at the dates and places named below, to the agent of the Government, at the market prices, the military stores and provisions set down to our respective names, to be paid for in the eight per cent. bonds of the Confederate States: W. B. Robinson, 1st January, 1862, New Orleans, 100 hogsheads sugar, 200 barrels molasses. J. T. & W. Nolan, October and November, Memphis, 250 hogsheads centrifugal sugar, 300 barrels molasses. Wm. D. Winter, January, 1862, wherever wanted, 150 hogsheads sugar, 100 barrels molasses, 1,000 bushels corn. James R. Devail, January, 1862, New Orleans, 75 hogshead sugar, 100 barrels molasses. A. C. Woods, January, 1862, 70 hogsheads sugar, 100 barrels molass
The Daily Dispatch: September 28, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 17 (search)
Death of a Pioneer. --Capt. Jesse Hart died at his residence, in West Baton Rouge, 23d September. Capt. Hart was one of the pioneers in the Western steamboat trade, and was greatly respected by a large number of our citizens. He was, we believe, a native of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, but died, as he had lived, a true and ardent Southern gentleman.
The Daily Dispatch: November 22, 1861., [Electronic resource], Ranaway--ten dollars reward. (search)
A Diabolical act --Just Punishment Visited Upon the Fiend.--A baker by the name of Bounematson was killed by a Mr. Trahan it West Baton Rouge, La. a few days since, while attempting to commit a rape upon his (fraban's) wife. Trahan had been out hunting when his attention was attracted towards his house by the screams of his wife. On arriving at the spot and witnessing the outrage that Bonnemaison was attempting upon his wife, he instantly shot both loads of his gun into him, from which death resulted almost instantly. He was tried and acquitted immediately, on the ground that it was justifiable homicide.
The Daily Dispatch: may 5, 1862., [Electronic resource], Spirit of the Southern people. (search)
dies of negroes from the plantations of those interested were at once sent to the some of disaster and a few days of patient and persevering labor crowned the effort with success. Other slight crevasse, however have since occurred, but they are dubiously safe. Various portions of the leves are in a very critical condition, and loss to be regretted that by gligence and supineness should be permitted to hold away among those in authority, whilst great interests are at the mercy of procrastination. The parish leves on Grosse Tere bayon, above the saw rail of our patriotic friend, Lieut. F. Arbour, has given way, and presents a crevasses of three miles in length — This misfortune, however great, as if undoubtedly is to families in that section of the country, is a blessing to the planters of the southwestern portion of West Baton Rouge, as had the leves withstood the present unusually high water, the waters of Bayon Choctaw would have overflowed land which is now high and dry.
The Daily Dispatch: July 22, 1862., [Electronic resource], The Yankees in Louisiana. (search)
The Yankees in Louisiana. Rev. Henry T. Lee. of West Baton Rouge, La., which place he left two weeks ago, has arrived in this city. He gives an interesting account of affairs in Baton Rouge, the capital and the vicinity.--The people of Baton Rouge are immovable in their loyalty to the Confederate States. The Federal force there, under Gen. Williams, is about 1,800, about half of whom are sick. It is a common sight to see the Yankee soldiers lying sick in the store doors, and squads of them totter from the hospital where a breath of air may cool their fever-rack frames. For some time before Mr. L. left, the citizens of West Baton Rouge were not allowed to cross the river to Baton Rouge unless on "parole," a ceremony which is described as nearly equal to taking the oath of allegiance. The force at the capital might easily be captured by a sudden dash made by our troops from Camp Moore, which is only 70 miles from there. It is a camp of instruction, under Gen. Ruggles, and do