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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 8. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), History of Lane's North Carolina brigade. (search)
History of Lane's North Carolina brigade. By Brigadier-General James H. Lane. No. 2. Battles around Richmond-report of Brigadier-General Branch. headquarters Fourth brigade, Light division. Major R. C. Morgan, Assistant Adjutant-General: Major — On Tuesday, June 24th, I received orders from General Lee to take a position on the Chickahominy, near Half Sink, Wednesday evening and cross the river and take the road to Mechanicsville as soon as I should be informed by General Jackson that he had crossed the Central railroad. In my written orders, it was stated that General Jackson would cross the railroad at three o'clock Thursday morning, and allowing one hour for the transmission of the message, I was under arms and prepared to cross at 4 o'clock A. M. on Thursday. Not having received any intelligence from General Jackson, and General Lee's orders to me being explicit, there was no danger of my mistaking a false movement; but, after eight o'clock in the morning, I receive
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 8. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Lieutenant Charlie Pierce's daring attempts to escape from Johnson's Island. (search)
g object was not to be abandoned, and his third attempt exceeded the previous ones in strategy and execution. With a chosen few, he conceived the project of scaling the parapet, attacking the sentinels with rocks, and breaking for the Canadian shore, the lake being frozen over. Scaling ladders were made as secretly as possible, and a bright moonlight night selected for the attempt. There was only one pistol obtainable, and this fell, by lot, to the possession of Lieutenant Wheeler, of Morgan's cavalry. The others armed themselves with rocks. Lieutenants Pierce, Wheeler and J. B. Bowles, of Louisville, Kentucky, were the first to get their ladders in position and attempt the ascent. Our hero, however, was the only one who gained the parapet. A rock in his hand was as true as a rifle ball, thanks to his base-ball experience. With it he felled the sentinel. His cousin, Lieutenant Bowles was shot on the ladder, and his body fell inside. His dying words to Charlie were to push
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 8. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Literary notices. (search)
make any complete catalogue of the books that have been written by Southern men since the war, yet one is surprised to find omitted from the list given Rev. Dr. A. T. Bledsoe's able discussion of the secession question in Is Davis a Traitor? Rev. Dr. Dabney's life of Stonewall Jackson; John Esten Cooke's Life of Lee, and Military biography of Stonewall Jackson; Colonel Charles C. Jones' Siege of Savannah, Chatham artillery, Life of Commodore Tatnall, &c.; General Basil W. Duke's History of Morgan's cavalry ; General Jordan's Forrest and his campaigns, Admiral Semmes' Service Afloat; Boykin's Life of Howell Cobb; Handy's United States Bonds; Stevenson's Southern side of Andersonville; Brevier's First and Second Confederate Missouri brigades; Hodge's First Kentucky brigade; Wilkinson's Blockade Runner; Alfriend's Life of Jefferson Davis; Miss Emily Mason's Popular life of General R. E. Lee; Hotchkiss and Allan's Chancellorsville with their superb maps; General J. A. Early's Memoirs of
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 8. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), History of Lane's North Carolina brigade. (search)
he battle of Cedar Run, in which battle it bore a very conspicuous part, as will appear from the following report: General Branch's report of battle of Cedar Run.headquarters Branch's brigade, A. P. Hill's division, August 18, 1862. Major R. C. Morgan, Assistant Adjutant-General: Sir — I have the honor to report that on Saturday, 9th August, whilst on the march to Culpeper Courthouse, I was ordered to halt my brigade and form in line of battle on the left of and at right angles to the I am sorry to say, great dissatisfaction to a few of the officers of the Seventh regiment, at the time of its appearance, during the war, in some of the North Carolina papers. J. H. Lane. headquarters Fourth brigade, November 8th, 1862. Major R. C. Morgan: I have the honor to submit the following report of the part taken by this brigade in the various engagements from Cedar Run to Shepherdstown, inclusive. The report must necessarily be imperfect, as I was not in command of the brigade u
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 8. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), General Hardee and the Military operations around Atlanta. (search)
r corps and the cavalry, and so dispose of your force as to best protect the Macon Railroad and communications in rear, and retain provision and ordnance trains. Please return Reynolds' brigade. Should Lee have been badly cut up to-day, and you think you can spare them, send back some of the troops of your own corps. There are indications that the enemy may make an attempt on Atlanta to-morrow. Very respectfully, &c., F. A. Shoup. Enemy at Rough-and-Ready in considerable force. Morgan thinks that they will attack Eastpoint early to-morrow. Send back Lieutenant-Colonel McMicken, Chief Quartermaster. Respectfully, &c., F. A. S., C. S. General Hood, fifteen years later, states his plan of operations on this occasion, at page 205 of the text, as follows: A Federal corps crossed Flint river, at about six P. M., near Jonesboroa, and made an attack on Lewis' brigade, which was gallantly repulsed. This action became the signal for battle. General Hardee was instruct
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 8. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), History of Lane's North Carolina brigade. (search)
History of Lane's North Carolina brigade. By Brigadier-General James H. Lane. No. 8. Battle of Fredericksburg--General Lane's report. headquarters, Lane's brigade, December 23d, 1862. Major R. C. Morgan, Assistant Adjutant-General: Major — I have the honor to submit the following report of the operations of my brigade in the late engagement before Fredericksburg. At half-past 6 o'clock, on the morning of the 12th, we left our bivouac and took the position assigned us on the railroad — my right being about two hundred and fifty yards to the left of the small piece of woods beyond the track, and my left resting on a dirt road which crosses the railroad near the point where it makes a bend. Several batteries were to my left and rear, and General Pender some distance farther back, my left nearly covering his right. When I had made this disposition of my command, I rode to the right of General Archer's brigade, which was posted in the woods some four hundred yards from th