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A Roster of General Officers , Heads of Departments, Senators, Representatives , Military Organizations, &c., &c., in Confederate Service during the War between the States. (ed. Charles C. Jones, Jr. Late Lieut. Colonel of Artillery, C. S. A.) 296 0 Browse Search
Horace Greeley, The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65: its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union. Volume I. 246 0 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events, Diary from December 17, 1860 - April 30, 1864 (ed. Frank Moore) 230 0 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 24. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 214 0 Browse Search
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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) 170 0 Browse Search
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D. H. Hill, Jr., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 4, North Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Preface (search)
Preface in presenting this sketch of the North Carolina troops in the Civil war, the author feels that, in justice to himself and to the heroic soldiers whose deeds it attempts to commemorate, some facts in connection with its preparation should be stated. The authorship of this chapter was originally assigned to a distinguished participant in the deeds recorded. He, however, after vainly striving for about a year to find time in which to write the sketch, was reluctantly forced by his engagements to relinquish the undertaking. Thereupon the author was invited to prepare the chapter. The time which the publishers could then allow for the collection of material and the completion of the manuscript necessitated more rapid work than such a subject merits. This necessity for haste especially prevented the collection of much-needed data about the last twelve months of the war. During those months the Confederate officers wrote very few official reports. The only way, therefo
D. H. Hill, Jr., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 4, North Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 1: (search)
eparing for war the dual Organizations of North Carolina troops, State and Confederate. When thet volley of the army of Northern Virginia, North Carolina's time, her resources, her energies, her ye's army had been fed almost entirely from North Carolina, and that at the time of his own surrendere adjutant-general's office says: The State of North Carolina was the only one that furnished cloththat, so far as I have been able to learn, North Carolina furnished more soldiers in proportion to rate flag. What proportion of these ought North Carolina to have furnished? The total white populad it was third in white population. Hence North Carolina would have discharged. to the letter everat, estimating the offensive troops alone, North Carolina exceeded her quota 41,715 men. Including the extraordinary fact that in the whole of North Carolina there were only 3,889 men subject to militath. The long struggle that was to cost North Carolina all its wealth, except its land; that was [9 more...]
D. H. Hill, Jr., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 4, North Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 2: (search)
from place to place in search of munitions and stores; North Carolina was hardly more than one big camp, quivering with excittle, so signally victorious for the Confederate arms, North Carolina had fewer troops engaged than it had in any other impo battle ended the fighting in Virginia for that year. North Carolina, however, was not so fortunate, for the next month saw Butler's descent upon its coast. The coast of North Carolina, as will be seen by the accompanying map, is indented by thacoast portion of the Confederacy..... These sounds of North Carolina were no less important to that State than Hampton Roadssion of the best sea entrance to the inland waters of North Carolina, and the stoppage of a favorite channel through which oth that was possible; Capt. A. Myers was sent through North Carolina, South Carolina and as far south as Savannah, purchasilined with cotton and made into quilts. The troops of North Carolina were clothed the first winter of the war, if not exact
D. H. Hill, Jr., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 4, North Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 3: (search)
d to follow up its successes at Hatteras by descending upon the North Carolina coast with the famous Burnside expedition. This expedition wasar army, and three of them were veterans of the Mexican war. North Carolina, as shown above, was at that time not prepared, either in the aBern, and Fort Macon soon fell into Federal hands, and all eastern North Carolina above Bogue inlet went with these fortified points. Nothing more strongly marks North Carolina's subordination of her own interests to the welfare of her country than that her authorities consented orts. The object of this expedition was to seize the coasts of North Carolina above Hatteras, and penetrate into the interior, thereby threct his army against New Bern, the second largest town on the North Carolina coast Events soon showed this to be his intention. Hence the Story being lost. They saw, not without some bitterness, enough North Carolina troops sent into the State, after the fall of New Bern, to have
D. H. Hill, Jr., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 4, North Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 4: (search)
ring from one intrenchment to another, the North Carolina soldiers, in common with all their comrade, was commanded by Gen. L. O'B. Branch, of North Carolina, and of the seven regiments present all weng. There, as at Hanover, an officer from North Carolina directed the fiercest and most protracted et an intelligible idea of the part of the North Carolina troops in this great battle, it will be nesion as brigadier-general, the governor of North Carolina received a communication from the war depaut explanation, seem incredible. The State of North Carolina had at this time fifteen regiments, ean was fully made known to the governor of North Carolina. In brief, the plan, as told me by my chould find out the defenseless condition of North Carolina and move forward. Every night he telegrap000 strong. At the close of this campaign North Carolina had forty regiments in Virginia. The fiftd been somewhat chilled by the reverses in North Carolina and in the Mississippi valley. Only to Ki[11 more...]
D. H. Hill, Jr., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 4, North Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 5: (search)
Cold Harbor, Frayser's Farm, Malvern Hill North Carolina troops conspicuous in all engagements Mcof infantry were engaged. Of this number, North Carolina contributed 36 regiments. The total numbe of wounded, 15,851. To this ghastly list North Carolina contributed in killed, 650; in wounded, 3,by the storm of these battles floated over North Carolina bayonets. Every fifth man who dropped a w palsied by death, left a desolate home in North Carolina. Nearly every fourth wounded man who was the Union casualties to 15,849 was from a North Carolina musket. The first of these desperate ens and Leaders, II, 363. In addition to the North Carolina troops in A. P. Hill's division, Whiting'stless quiver to their bayonet tips, many a North Carolina soldier of only a few months' experience fs around Richmond. As already seen, the North Carolina losses in these seven days were: killed, 6eat campaign, there was little fighting in North Carolina, for most of her troops were in Virginia, [2 more...]
D. H. Hill, Jr., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 4, North Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 6: (search)
Twenty-first regiment and Wharton's sharpshooters were the only North Carolina troops, and they were not engaged until toward the close of theargely due to Branch's front and Pender's flank attack, and the North Carolina soldiers felt proud of stopping an enemy that had just broken the Union loss in this battle was 2,381; the Confederate, 1,276. North Carolina's loss was 15 killed and 102 wounded. This small loss is due tos part, and met with a brigade loss of 310 men. The loss in the North Carolina commands was 26 killed and 37 wounded. Among the killed was Lietwo days of desperate fighting at Second Manassas, or Bull Run. North Carolina had eleven regiments and one battalion of infantry and two batt on Jackson's right, an attack which made little impression, no North Carolina troops were under fire. However, in the afternoon, the Union f Lee's Report. to say nothing of the stores at Manassas. The North Carolina losses in the two days and one night at Manassas were as follow
D. H. Hill, Jr., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 4, North Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 7: (search)
lry regiment, and four batteries were from North Carolina. These were distributed as follows: The FAs this important order was addressed to a North Carolina general, D. H. Hill, it should be stated hD. H. Hill's division were so far the only North Carolina troops engaged. Hood is now sent for, andchardson. To his left, the Twentysev-enth North Carolina and Third Alabama of Walker's brigade were of the field, Gen. George B. Anderson, of North Carolina, received a wound that proved mortal. It ion of D. R. Jones, in which there were no North Carolina troops. Jones' men stood manfully to theihe right. In his brigades were two purely North Carolina ones, Branch's and Pender's. General Longsis brilliant close to a hard day's battle, North Carolina lost a gifted son in the death of General his brigade, Brig.-Gen. L. O'B. Branch, of North Carolina. He was my senior brigadier, and one to whow a total loss of only 363. The total North Carolina losses in the invasion of Maryland so far
D. H. Hill, Jr., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 4, North Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 8: (search)
ops brought by the advance engagements in North Carolina battle near Goldsboro North Carolina troNorth Carolina troops in the Western army battles of Murfreesboro and Stone river. The last great battle of 1862 w stood. General Ransom was in charge of a North Carolina division of eight regiments, and this was illed, 595; wounded, 4,074; missing, 653. North Carolina losses were: killed, 173; wounded, 1,294. itself was the first regiment organized in North Carolina, and while known as the First North Carolis reported by General Smith, was 339. The North Carolina losses, with the exception of the Sixty-fi During the operations mentioned above, North Carolina was represented in the Western army by theis regiment was raised in the mountains of North Carolina and had in it two companies of Cherokee Ibattles at Murfreesboro and Stone's river, North Carolina had engaged these regiments: Twenty-ninth,us, and we were ordered to fall back. The North Carolina losses in these battles were 10 killed, 14[9 more...]
D. H. Hill, Jr., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 4, North Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 9: (search)
Chapter 9: North Carolina in the beginning of 1863 gathering fresh supplies DemonstratAt the opening of this year, the troops of North Carolina were disposed, so far as the records show, of the Confederate armies were drawn from North Carolina, and military operations in Virginia and NNorth Carolina were made to so shape themselves as to facilitate the collection of these supplies. Soduce along the east coast of Virginia and North Carolina, inside the military lines of the Federal t supply trains in the eastern counties of North Carolina, we had hoped to make a diversion upon Newhad been assigned to command the troops in North Carolina when it was thought that another great expleston and expecting to be reinforced from North Carolina, General Hill describes the objects of hisere loud calls for the troops operating in North Carolina. General Lee was trying to reinforce for hthe Western armies. Hence the campaign in North Carolina was again reduced to defensive issues, and
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