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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 24. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.40 (search)
of the steamship Sumter, Captain E. C. Reid, laden with two Blakely guns, each weighing, with their carriages, etc., thirty-eight tons. These, with two hundred rounds of amunition, were all she had aboard. The length of the guns necessitated their being loaded in an upright position in the hatchways for a voyage across the Atlantic, and the steamer at sea had the appearance of having three smoke stacks. Captain Reid boldly ran her, in broad daylight, through the fleet into Wilmington, North Carolina, despite a shower of shot and shell. These two guns were presented to the Confederate Government by John Fraser & Co. One of these enormous guns was mounted at White Point Garden, and was never near enough to the enemy to be fired. In February, 1865, at the evacuation of the city, it was burst, to prevent its falling into the hands of the Federal army, and this explosion damaged some of the surrounding property. A fragment of this gun, weighing 500 pounds, is now lodged in th
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 24. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.42 (search)
Fayetteville Arsenal. [from the Wilmington (N. C.) Messenger, March, 1896.] history of the Sixth (N. C.) Battalion Armory Guards. Hon. Walter Clark, Raleigh, N. C.: Dear Sir—In obedience to your request, I beg leave respectfully to write a sketch of the 6th Battalion Armory Guard, stationed at the Fayetteville Arsenal and Armory during the war between the States. It may be well to give a brief sketch of the Fayetteville Arsenal and Armory as a matter of historical record, touching the construction of the various buildings (as there is not a vestage of it left), having been totally destroyed by General Sherman on his famous march through the Carolinas. The Fayetteville Arsenal and Armory was located on what is known as Hay Mount, which overlooks the historic old city of Fayetteville, and was constructed by the United States Government previous to the war, under the immediate supervision of Mr. William Bell, as architect; but in charge of various army officers of high dist
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 24. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.47 (search)
North Carolina soldiers. [from the Wilmington, N. C., Messenger, Feb. 19, 1895.] Paroled at Appomattox. North Carolina had paroled at Appomattox Courthouse, one major-general, Bryan Grimes, and six brigadiers, i. e., W. R. Cox, Matthew W. Ransom, John R. Cooke, William McRae, W. P. Roberts and J. H. Lane. BrigadeCommanded by Total rank and file surrendered. 1. Cox's,Brigadier-General Cox,572 2. Grimes',Colonel Coward,530 3. Johnston's,Colonel Lea,463 4. Lewis',Captain Beard,447 5. Cooke's,Brigadier-General Cooke,560 6. MacRae's,Brigadier-General MacRae,442 7. Lane's,Brigadier-General Lane,570 8. Scales',Colonel Hyman,719 9. Ransom's,Brigadier-General Ransom,435 10. Barringer's, Cavalry.—— —— ——23 11. Robert's, Cavalry.Brigadier-General Roberts,93 Major-General Grimes and staff, Cummings', Miller's, William's, Flanners' and Ramsey's batteries,150 —— Total North Carolinians paroled5,022 The following North Carolina regiments w
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 24. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.50 (search)
but it may be due to Mr. Davis' memory, without injustice to the memory of Whiting, to state some facts which I have reason to believe well-founded. His removal. Whether Mr. Davis removed General Whiting from the field of active operations for wise or unwise motives or reasons, others must settle who are more competent to judge than myself; but my recollection is that nothing could have been more unfortunate for this wonderfully gifted officer than initially giving him command at Wilmington, N. C. We may charitably suppose that Mr. Davis intended no harm to General Whiting, for Wilmington was one of the important sea-gates of the Confederacy, and the man who defended it had need of just such engineering skill as Beauregard had at Charleston. I have always been under the impression from personal experience at the time when stationed at Wilmington, that General Whiting would have been spared many troubles if it had not happened that blockade running was one of the most demoralizi
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 24. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.59 (search)
or bravery, courtesy, and professional attainments as Lieutenant-Colonel Lane, of the gallant Bethel Regiment. Permit us to express our personal hope that we may receive a favorable reply as soon as possible, and to subscribe ourselves, Your obedient servants, S. N. Stowe, Major Commanding Post, William J. Montgomery, Captain Company D, G. B. Johnson, First Lieutenant Company G, Committee in behalf of the 28th Regiment. Immediately after organizing, the regiment was ordered to Wilmington, N. C., where it remained under General Joseph R. Anderson, commanding the Cape Fear District, until the fall of Newbern. During its stay in that kind and hospitable town it performed post duty and guarded various bridges on the Wilmington & Weldon Railroad. It was kept under rigid discipline; and that it was well drilled and properly cared for will appear from the following extracts from the Wilmington Journal. On a recent visit to the camp of the 28th Regiment we were pleased to see t