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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 5. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 97 (search)
thus: headquarters army of Potomac, May 27, 1862. Lieut. Davis, Third Pennsylvania Cavalry: Sir: I am instructed by the Major-General Commanding, to express to you his thanks for the very discreet, prompt and satisfactory manner in which you and the small party under your command performed the important duty assigned to you by Colonel Averell, of communicating with the commander of the gunboats on the James River. (Signed) R. B. Marcy, Chief of Staff. Lieutenant Davis and Sergeant Vandergrift, with the command of ten picked men, started on Sunday morning, and proceeded in the direction of the James River, to reach the point opposite City Point. After proceeding about four miles, he learned that six of the enemy's pickets were posted in the woods near by. He avoided these, and about one mile further on came across a negro, who stated that about three hundred yards further on were twelve mounted rebel pickets at a house. The Lieutenant avoided these by making a detour to t
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 5. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 125 (search)
thus: headquarters army of Potomac, May 27, 1862. Lieut. Davis, Third Pennsylvania Cavalry: Sir: I am instructed by the Major-General Commanding, to express to you his thanks for the very discreet, prompt and satisfactory manner in which you and the small party under your command performed the important duty assigned to you by Colonel Averell, of communicating with the commander of the gunboats on the James River. (Signed) R. B. Marcy, Chief of Staff. Lieutenant Davis and Sergeant Vandergrift, with the command of ten picked men, started on Sunday morning, and proceeded in the direction of the James River, to reach the point opposite City Point. After proceeding about four miles, he learned that six of the enemy's pickets were posted in the woods near by. He avoided these, and about one mile further on came across a negro, who stated that about three hundred yards further on were twelve mounted rebel pickets at a house. The Lieutenant avoided these by making a detour to t
Col. O. M. Roberts, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 12.1, Alabama (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 4: (search)
zer and Major Thornton, as on the first day, were eminently and conspicuously brave. Captain Harrell and Lieutenant Johnson, Captains Crenshaw and Holland, Lieutenants Clow, Ward, Perry, Rourk and Anderson, and Lieutenant Mills were severely wounded. Captain Avirett was wounded in the shoulder by a fragment of a shell before the charge, but he remained with his company and behaved with great coolness and gallantry. Commends Captain Lee, Lieut. J. F. McClellan, Lieutenant Goodwyn, Lieutenant Vandergrift and Lieutenant Hinton, who led their regiments bravely at all times and in the hottest fire. Late in the evening the remnant of the regiment united in making a last charge . . . capturing a large number of prisoners. Regiment was saluted on the field by General Bate. （397) Mentioned in Lieutenant-Colonel Frayser's report. (402) General Clayton, speaking of pursuit of the enemy, says: I take pleasure in mentioning that Captains Crenshaw and Lee, with their companies from the Fifty-
The Daily Dispatch: October 17, 1861., [Electronic resource], Population of Tennessee. (search)
eases, or has anything to transport. A private soldier, from the army, named-- --, was detailed to act as conductor and mail messenger on the train between the two places: and they transported the mails as they pleased, under the impression that they were benefitting the Post-Office Department, as well as themselves, in carrying the mails. I endeavored to get the regular mail train run to Fairfax Station, or such portion of it as was necessary to convey the mails and soldiers; but Mr. Vandergrift, the Superintendent of the road, informed me that it was impracticable, from the fact that they had no turn-table at Fairfax Station, and that it would be dangerous to run so long a train backwards (ten miles) in the night. There has been a great deal of complaint about the Winchester mails, and while at Tudor Hall, I learned that it arose from a want of connection with the Manassas Road by the Orange and Alexandria Railroad. Very respectfully, [Signed,] W. E. M. Word, Special
The Daily Dispatch: December 20, 1861., [Electronic resource], Letter from Ex-Governor Lowe, of Maryland. (search)
Railroad meeting. --A number of railroad officers, representing Southern lines, met at the Exchange Hotel yesterday to consider the subject of establishing manufactories of railroad iron. Mr. Hawkins, of the Raleigh and Gaston road, was chosen chairman, and Messrs. Talcott and Vandergrift secretaries. Without transacting any business of importance, the meeting adjourned until night. We shall endeavor to give an abstract of the proceedings to-morrow.
The Daily Dispatch: May 15, 1862., [Electronic resource], The Williamsburg battle (search)
p'l W S Brookes; Privates, John Wilson, J H Garrard, T M Wilson. Company K--Killed: T. Sims. Wounded: T Dolin, H W Lang, W D Hill. Nineteenth Virginia regiment. To the Editors of the Dispatch: The following is the list of casualties of the 19th Virginia regiment in the engagement near Williamsburg Virginia, on the 5th of May, 1862: Company A--Sergeant A H Hoffman, killed; Corporal William Culin, slightly wounded; Privates William T. Jones, badly wounded in face; C W Vandergrift, badly wounded in body; John D Durrett, wounded in head, (supposed to be dead;) John J Christian, wounded in arm, (very slight;) M W Wing field. wounded in arm, (very slight;) William A Johnson, wounded in arm, (slight;) A J Brown, wounded in head, (slight) Company B--James B Hamner, killed; David R Goodman, badly wounded in side and arm; J W Via, slightly wounded in head; Sergeant P H Craven, slightly wounded in arm; Lieutenant R West Wirt, slightly wounded in finger. Company C--Se