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Maj. Jed. Hotchkiss, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 3, Virginia (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 12: (search)
egic opportunities presented for driving the enemy from the mountain region to the westward, Jackson asked that his old brigade might be sent him from Manassas, and that all the troops holding the passes of Alleghany mountain to the southwest, some 15,000 or 16,000 in number, be ordered to report to him. The government, not then knowing the man, declined to comply fully with his request, but promptly sent him his old brigade, and one of Loring's brigades reached him from the Staunton and Parkersburg line early in December. Loring did not arrive in person until very nearly the end of the month of December, but Jackson, with characteristic energy, improved the opportunity to drill his command and equip it for service, and to organize certain cavalry companies in his district into a regiment, under the command of Lieut.-Col. Turner Ashby. Unwilling to be idle and leave his foe to believe that he was not ready for action, Jackson dispatched a small force of infantry and a battery to
Maj. Jed. Hotchkiss, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 3, Virginia (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 31: (search)
Greenbrier river and the Cheat mountains and river, he encamped at Stipe's, near the western foot of Cheat mountain, not far from Huttonsville. On the 10th, marching through Huttonsville and down Tygart's valley, he attacked the Federal camp, that night, at Beverly, having proceeded from Huttonsville on byways east of the Tygart's Valley river, and thus was enabled to attack the enemy's camp in the rear, turning its fortifications, which were constructed with reference to an attack from Parkersburg on the west to Beverly. Just before crossing Files creek, on the north side of which was the encampment of the Eighth and Thirty-fourth Ohio volunteer infantry, General Rosser divided his command into two portions—the Eighth Virginia mounted infantry, commanded by Colonel Cooke moved to the left and attacked the eastern side of the Federal camp, interposing itself between that camp, which was just to the north of Beverly, and its fortifications, thus preventing its occupation; while Ross
Capt. Calvin D. Cowles , 23d U. S. Infantry, Major George B. Davis , U. S. Army, Leslie J. Perry, Joseph W. Kirkley, The Official Military Atlas of the Civil War, Index. (search)
1; 20, 1; 21, 9; 74, 1; 81, 6; 92, 1; 100, 2; 137, E8 Panola, Miss. 117, 1; 135-A; 154, D10 Panther Springs, Tenn. 117, 1 Paola, Kans. 66, 1; 119, 1; 135-A; 161, E9 Papinsville, Mo. 47, 1; 135-A; 161, G10 Paraje, N. Mex. 12, 3 Paris, Ky. 117, 1; 118, 1; 135-A; 141, D2; 151, F13; 171 Paris, Mo. 135-A; 152, B5 Paris, Tenn. 24, 3; 117, 1; 118, 1; 135-A; 150, G1; 153, E14; 171 Paris, Va. 27, 1; 85, 1; 100, 1; 136, F6; 137, A6 Parkersburg, W. Va. 135-A, 140, E7; 171 Parker's Store, Va. 39, 3; 43, 7; 44, 3; 45, 1; 47, 6; 55, 1; 74, 1; 81, 1; 91, 1; 94, 6; 96, 1 Park Hill, Indian Territory 47, 1; 119, 1; 160, G9 Parkville, Mo. 135-A; 161, C9 Pass Cavallo, Tex. 26, 1; 65, 10; 157, H4 Pass Christian, Miss. 135-A; 156, C12 Patterson, Mo. 47, 1; 152, H10; 153, B8 Patterson's Creek, W. Va. 82, 3; 135-C, 1, 135-C, 2; 136, F3 Pattersonville, La. 135-A; 156, E6 Pawnee Fork, Ka
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 16. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), A Narrative of the service of Colonel Geo. A. Porterfield in Northwestern Virginia in 1861-1861, (search)
hat from two-thirds to three-fourths of the population of the counties along the line of the railroad from Grafton to Parkersburg, and north of that road to Wheeling, were loyal to the government of the United States. They would believe that a larpediency of sending any troops to the western border, at least for the present. The appearance of troops at Wheeling, Parkersburg, Point Pleasant, or other places on the Ohio river, would serve to irritate and invite aggression. You could not sending fifty thousand men from the other side in twenty-four hours, by the various railroads leading to that point; so at Parkersburg, but in less numbers. The Ohio river is fordable in the summer and fall at many points, and the whole river, from Sanve Grafton. I ordered the destruction of the wooden bridges on the railroads leading from my position to Wheeling and Parkersburg, and withdrew my command to Philippi, in Barbour county. On the evening before I left Grafton, I received an order
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 30. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), The campaign and battle of Lynchburg. (search)
d Lynchburg incident to the attack, it may well be noted that Hunter, after reaching Salem, turned off to Lewisburg, West Virginia, and did not feel safe until he had placed his army far beyond the Alleghanies and upon the banks of the Ohio at Parkersburg. The effect of this remarkable line of retreat was that the Valley was left open, and Early seized the opportunity and at once commenced his march for the Potomac practically unmolested. On the 5th of July, Hunter and his command were at ParParkersburg, on the Ohio, while Early, whom he was to obstruct, was crossing the Potomac river into Maryland. Poor Hunter! he seems to have had few friends, and it is almost cruel to recite his history, but men who undertake great enterprises must expect to be criticised when they fail. He got little comfort, and expected none, from the Confederate leaders, but he got even less from the Federal, except when it came in the form of such reports as that sent by Captain T. K. McCann to General Me
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 34. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.32 (search)
f General McClellan as an organizer of troops. These troops were conveyed over the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, some from Wheeling, but the greater part from Parkersburg, and at the little town of Philippi, the county seat of Barbour county, twelve miles south of the Parkersburg branch of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, on the invasion that a part of it reached the top of Cheat Mountain, between Randolph and Pocahontas counties, a distance of more than one hundred and fifty miles from Parkersburg, before the Confederates could bring a sufficient force against it to stop it. So much for the plans and movements of the Federal army. And now before locati9 miles, between the cities of Baltimore and Wheeling, had been completed in the year of 1853. The Parkersburg branch, a distance of 101 miles from Grafton to Parkersburg, had been completed about two years later. And, in passing, the writer desires to say that when General McClellan heard that Governor Letcher had ordered the S
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 34. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.33 (search)
session at that time in Wheeling, that formed the State of West Virginia, adjourned sine die, and fled in disorder to the States of Ohio and Pennsylvania. When near Clarksburg, General Jones rode with fully fifteen hundred of his men towards Parkersburg, and came so near that place as to produce great consternation, and the presence of a Yankee gunboat on the Ohio River was what prohibited him from taking the place. The next day, forty miles above Parkersburg, on the little Kanawha River, GeParkersburg, on the little Kanawha River, General Jones burnt the oil works in Wirt county. Here was the biggest oil works in Virginia, and there was immense quantities of barreled oil on hand. Some thousand men or more were living here in shacks, engaged in the oil business. The whole thing was completely wiped out with fire, and the soldiers who were with General Jones, at this day, get excited when that fire is mentioned, so terrific was it in appearance. In the meantime, General Imboden's command spread all over the counties of
George P. Rowell and Company's American Newspaper Directory containing accurate lists of all the newspapers and periodicals published in the United States and territories, and the dominion of Canada, and British Colonies of North America, together with a description of the towns and cities in which they are published: description of towns and cities. (ed. George P. Rowell and company), West Virginia, Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia (search)
Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia a city of 7,000 pop., on Ohio River, 100 miles below Wheeling, at the terminus of the branch of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. The center of a large trade, and the second city in West Virginia in point of population.
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 4. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book I:—eastern Tennessee. (search)
his companions being only a matter of time, General Shackelford is chosen to pursue him with the most able-bodied men in his brigade and in Wolford's: the rest of the Union forces return to Cincinnati. The Confederate chief must follow the Ohio, so as to seek a good place to cross, but the course of the river leading him northward, every step will diminish his chances of escape. On the 19th, in the daytime, he arrives at a new fording-place called Blennerhassett, a short distance below Parkersburg; but here, again, a Federal steamer comes to prevent his crossing. From this time his progress is only a desperate run to the northward, and everywhere the militia is posted to meet him. However, he finds means to cross the Muskingum River, notwithstanding all the measures taken by the Federals to guard its course, and advances during six days into the very heart of a region loyal to the Union with a handful of exhausted men, without his adversaries having been able to overtake him. On t
The Daily Dispatch: November 3, 1860., [Electronic resource], Singular explosion. (search)
Singular explosion. --In the school of David Parke, Esq., of Parkersburg, Pa., an ink bottle, pint size, about two-thirds full, was placed for safe-keeping in the oven of a ten plate stove. A few days ago a fire was lighted in the stove, the teacher having forgotten the bottle was there. The consequence was a rousing explosion, so violent as to break the stove in several places, and throw the fire upon the floor, at the same time scattering the ink over the walls and ceiling so profusely as to scarcely leave a square foot that was not more or less spotted. The teacher and scholars escaped unhurt, yet far enough from unscared.
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