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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 12. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 3 (search)
W. L. Goldsmith. Thirty-fifth Georgia, Lieutenant-Colonel W. H. McCullohs. Forty-fifth Georgia, Captain A. W. Gibson. Forty-ninth Georgia, Colonel John T. Jordan. McGowan's brigade. actual commanders given as shown by inspection reports. Brigadier-General Samuel McGowan. First South Carolina, Lieutenant-Colonel A. P. Butler. Twelfth South Carolina, Captain R. M. Kerr. Thirteenth South Carolina, Captain D. R. Duncan. Fourteenth South Carolina, Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Croft. Orr's Rifles, Major J. T. Robertson. Lane's brigade. actual commanders given as shown by inspection reports. Brigadier-General James H. Lane. Seventh North Carolina, Captain J. G. Harris. Eighteenth North Carolina, Lieutenant-Colonel J. W. McGill. Twenty-eighth North Carolina, Major S. N. Stowe. Thirty-third North Carolina, Captain W. J. Callais. Thirty-seventh North Carolina, Colonel W. M. Barbour. Scales's brigade. Brigadier-General Alfred M. Scales. Thirteenth North Carol
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 12. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Agreement between the United States Government and South Carolina as to preserving the status of the Forts at Charleston. (search)
ton. Letter from General E. Capers and statement of ex-governor Orr, of South Carolina. The following statement was made to me by Governor James L. Orr at the request of General T. W. Crawford, U. S. A. Governor Orr dictated the statement anGovernor Orr dictated the statement and I wrote it down. General Crawford had written to ask me if I could procure from Governor Orr any information respectingGovernor Orr any information respecting the reputed agreement between the United States Government and the State of South Carolina in reference to a fixed status orleston harbor at the time of the State's secession. Governor Orr was at the time of making the statement Judge of the Cin Greenville, S. C. Ellison Capers. Statement of James L. Orr. I retired from Congress on the 4th of March, 1859, ina Convention that body elected Messrs. Barnwell, Adams and Orr commissioners to go to Washington to arrange for a peaceableriginal statement as I took it down when given to me by Governor Orr. I sent a copy to General T. W. Crawford, and have his
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 12. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), The last chapter in the history of Reconstruction in South Carolina. (search)
still might exercise their manliness and seek their fortunes under the changed aspect of affairs. A convention, which had been called by Mr. Perry, the Provisional Governor of the State, met and reorganized the State, and under its provisions General Orr was elected the Governor, and Senators and Representatives were elected to represent the State in Congress. But, though it had been all along asserted that the acts of secession were nullities, when the Representatives-elect went to take theiive Congress to break down the manliness of those whom it stigmatized as rebels. After the convention had done its work an election was held for a Governor, which resulted in the election of Governor W. K. Scott, and General Canby displaced Governor Orr and put Governor Scott in the gubernatorial chair. Governor Scott was first known to the people of this State as the head of the Freedman's Bureau. He did nothing to make him particularly obnoxious to the people. He had made a declaration
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 12. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Some great constitutional questions. (search)
y and mutual interest, which he said were the original motives and sacred ties of union. If these be preserved, as written and consecrated in the solemn preamble, the domestic tranquillity, founded on content, preserves the intended union. Only tyrants and robbers want tied and helpless victims. Iv. two Constructions of the Constitution, Is a common phrase, involving error; opposite interpretations of a written instrument—as Judge Fenner euphemistically puts it. Soon after peace, James L. Orr, of South Carolina, hastened to bridge the bloody chasm by telling the North we differed with her as to the construction of the Constitution; and she proved ours false by whipping us. By parity of reasoning, if you whip a man who denies your statement that your horse is sixteen feet high, you produce the monster; and if you drive a man from his estate, his title is bad and yours good! The truth is, all the fighting or force, since Adam, never produced a truth or changed the character of