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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 1. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Statement of General J. D. Imboden. (search)
ds in which, as an item of hews, I saw it stated that Brigadier-General Gideon J. Pillow had been appointed General Winder's successor. General Pillow was then at Macon, but had received no official notification of his appointment, and I having none, could not, and did not, recognize him as entitled to command me, but cheerfully, ns, and having issued stringent orders to preserve discipline amongst the guarding troops, and subordination, quiet and good order amongst the prisoners, I went to Macon to confer with General Howell Cobb and General Gideon J. Pillow as to the proper course for me to pursue in the event of our situation in Georgia becoming more prer friends at Saint Augustine. This was accomplished in. a few days, the post at Andersonville was broken up, the Georgia State troops were sent to General Cobb at Macon, and in a short time the surrender of General Johnston to Sherman, embracing all that section of country, the Confederate prisons ceased to exist, and on the 3d of
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 1. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), The treatment of prisoners during the war between the States. (search)
rginia, and left the beautiful valleys of Tygart and the Potomac rivers in ashes and desolation. It is to pay for crimes like these, and keep in employment the men who committed them, that created the debt now weighing the people down. It was to pay such monsters, with their tools, that money was refunded by the General Government to the State of Missouri and West Virginia, and the taxes saddled upon the people of the country. The following letter gives its own explanation: Macon, Georgia, October 7, 1867. Henry Clay Dean, Mount Pleasant, Iowa: Dear Sir — I have read your late communication addressed to The prisoners of war, and victims of arbitrary arrests in the United States of America. You allege that the Congress of the United States refused to extend the investigation contemplated by a resolution, adopted by that body on the 10th of July, 1867, appointing certain parties to investigate the treatment of prisoners of war and Union citizens held by the Confeder
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 1. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Diary of Robert E. Park, Macon, Georgia, late Captain Twelfth Alabama regiment, Confederate States army. (search)
Diary of Robert E. Park, Macon, Georgia, late Captain Twelfth Alabama regiment, Confederate States army. [Editorial note.--The following diary has a value, in that it records the daily experience of the men who followed our distinguished leaders, and gives the impressions made upon the mind of an intelligent young soldier as he discharged his daily duty.] What is here written was chiefly for my own satisfaction, and in the hope that in coming years its perusal might give pleasure to myicing his hired soldiery, therefore, seems to me to be heartless and cruel in the extreme. He looks upon his soldiers as mere machines — not human beings — and treats them accordingly. * * * June 12th Three years ago to-day my company--The Macon (county, Alabama) Confederates --were enlisted as soldiers in the provisional army of the Confederate States, and I became a sworn in volunteer. I remember well the day the company took the prescribed oath to serve faithfully in the armies of th
Eliza Frances Andrews, The war-time journal of a Georgia girl, 1864-1865, I. Across Sherman's track (December 19-24, 1864) (search)
Georgia camp of instruction for conscripts, in Macon, we set out under the protection of a reliable Dec. 24, 1864, Saturday Here we are in Macon at last, and this is the first chance I have h them? asked the lieutenant. Sent ‘em to Macon, double quick, was the laconic reply. Got ‘emil just at nightfall, when within two miles of Macon, the train suddenly stopped and we were told twith it came travelers who had walked out from Macon bringing confirmation of the report that no aradies in the car, too; we had paid our fare to Macon, and they intended to see that we got there. r would be sent out to meet the passengers for Macon on the other side of the creek and take us to to connect, as they rolled out of the depot in Macon. It was eight o'clock before our transfer,get aboard, it was nearly ten when we reached Macon. But as soon as they were heard approaching, ht it was nothing but measles. When we got to Macon, Dr. Shine further relieved my mind by assurin[2 more...]<
Eliza Frances Andrews, The war-time journal of a Georgia girl, 1864-1865, chapter 3 (search)
he fun. . . . Brother Troup has come down from Macon on a short furlough, bringing with him a Maj. day Brother Troup and Maj. Higgins left for Macon, and sister drove to Albany with them. She exup says he can send us across the country from Macon in a government wagon, with Mr. Forline for an Father Hamilton, a Roman Catholic priest from Macon, who has been working like a good Samaritan invisit before I go home. She is refugeeing in Macon, and I think I will stop a few days as I pass too weak to make the journey from Mayfield to Macon, and all non-combatants have been ordered to lst. Sister is going to visit Brother Troup in Macon at the same time, and a large party from Albaned to follow on Friday, when sister goes up to Macon. Jimmy Callaway and his father have just comen the old stage coach that used to run between Macon and Albany. The swamps were overflowed then aimmediately, so as to take the first train for Macon; and to give color to the story, she sent word
Eliza Frances Andrews, The war-time journal of a Georgia girl, 1864-1865, chapter 4 (search)
this month, and so our visits to Cuthbert and Macon will just fill in the interval for Mett and meRobertson, of Virginia, and Capt. Graybill, of Macon, are also members of the household. In these new capital of the Confederacy will be either Macon, or Athens, Georgia. The war is closing in upand jubilee together. April 17, Monday. Macon, Ga Up early, to be ready for the train at ort Valley we traveled without interruption to Macon, where the excitement is at its climax. The Yseems to be that the Yanks are advancing upon Macon in three columns, and that they will reach theoombs was very averse to spending the night in Macon, and we were all anxious to push ahead to the t. He said Harry Day was left behind sick, in Macon. When the Central train backed up, there was e government stores that had been shipped from Macon; there was not even an ox-cart or a negro withdgeville is directly on the road from there to Macon. The panic has extended here, and everybody t[12 more...]
Eliza Frances Andrews, The war-time journal of a Georgia girl, 1864-1865, V. In the dust and ashes of defeat (may 6-June 1, 1865). (search)
s. The general and Capt. Hudson have gone to Augusta to try to raise money to take them home. The general is going to sell all his horses, even his favorite war horse, Nell, named for his wife. May 10, Wednesday Harry Day came over from Macon looking very pale and ill. He brought letters from our Macon friends. Since Confederate money and Confederate postage stamps have gone up, most of us are too poor to indulge in corresponding with friends except by private hand, and besides, the Macon friends. Since Confederate money and Confederate postage stamps have gone up, most of us are too poor to indulge in corresponding with friends except by private hand, and besides, the mails are so uncertain that one does not feel safe in trusting them. We have had no mail at all for several days and rumor has it that the Augusta post office has been closed by order of the commanding officer, but nobody knows anything for certain. Our masters do not let us into their plans, and we can only wait in suspense to see what they will do next. The Constitutionalist has been suppressed because it uttered sentiments not approved by the conquerors. And yet, they talk about Russian
Eliza Frances Andrews, The war-time journal of a Georgia girl, 1864-1865, chapter 7 (search)
g and scheming to make their way without money. We have been flanking hotels ever since we left Macon, he said with a laugh, and I was so glad we had the remains of our good dinner to give them. Maj. Hallet said he staid in Macon four weeks after he got his discharge trying to raise money enough to pay his fare home, but couldn't clear 50, and Garnett consoled him by confessing that he had ju forwarded by any opportunity he finds. We write to her by sending our letters to Gus Bacon, in Macon, and he has so much communication with Gum Pond that he can easily forward them there. The chief difficulty is in getting them from here to Macon. Nobody has money to travel much, so it is a mere chance if we find anybody to send them by. The express will carry letters, but it is expensive anin the dirty work that is to be done. June 22, Thursday Mary Day and her brother left for Macon, which leaves us with nobody outside our own family, except Capt. Hudson. Our gentlemen were fr
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: The Opening Battles. Volume 1., The Union and Confederate navies. (search)
of complete collapse. The construction and equipment of vessels for the Confederate Government at other points were executed with great difficulty, owing to the want of iron and the absence of properly equipped workshops. In 1861 the only foundry or rolling-mill of any size in the Confederacy was the Tredegar Iron Works, at Richmond, and here the principal work in ordnance and armor was done. By dint of great efforts, foundries and rolling-mills were established at Selma, Atlanta, and Macon; smelting-works and a rope-walk at Petersburg; a powder-mill at Columbia, and an ordnance-foundry and chemical works at Charlotte. These works supplied what was needed in the way of ordnance and equipment, but they could not build vessels. The spring of 1.862 saw the loss of Norfolk, Pensacola, and New Orleans, and after this date the Confederacy had no well-appointed ship-yard. Nevertheless, numerous contracts were entered into with business firms all over the country, and the constructi
Heros von Borcke, Memoirs of the Confederate War for Independence, Chapter 12: (search)
ep to ascend on horseback, so that we were compelled to dismount and lead our horses. The briars and brambles scratched our hands and faces, and made sad work with our uniforms. The night had now deepened into great darkness, and we expected momentarily to lose our way or tumble over one of the frightful precipices along the verge of which we had to pass. But, surmounting all difficulties and escaping all dangers, we at last reached the foot of the Blue Ridge, near the small village of Macon, at a short distant from which place we saw a large camp-fire, and in the glare of the flames discovered a group of soldiers around it. We halted, of course, at once, and with a proper precaution sent forward on foot one of our couriers to ascertain whether the men before us were friends or foes. After a few minutes of extreme anxiety on our part, the courier came back with the pleasing intelligence that all was right, as the picket in sight consisted of soldiers belonging to the division