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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 16. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), My comrades of the army of Northern Virginia, (search)
o prepared and fought her in that memorable naval conflict of the 8th and 9th of March, 1862, may well claim, as they certainly deserve, the eminent distinction of having been the first to discover and employ armored ships of war in battle, certainly ships of this style. They startled naval constructors and officers in the civilized world by the rapidity, audacity and novelty of their original methods, and will be known through all ages for their wonderful achievements. Maury, Buchanan, Brooke, Jones, and their assistants, are the central figures, around whom revolve to the present day the changes from the old to the new in naval warfare. And Ericsson of the North is the originator of another type. Together, they form a group of which any country may well felicitate itself. It would require a volume to recite in detail the wonderfully ingenious inventions of Confederate officers in different waters and regions of the South to meet and overcome difficulties and obstacles that
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 16. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), The Old South. (search)
as Marshall, Kennedy, Gayarre, Wirt, Gilmore, Simms, Hawks, Legare, Hayne, Ryan, Timrod, the Elliotts, of South Carolina, Tichnor, Lanier, Thornwell, Archibald Alexander and his sons, Addison and James W., Bledsoe, Mrs. Welby, Mrs. Terhune, &c. Brooke, of Virginia, solved the problem of deep sea sounding, which had so long baffled men of science. But the other day, General John Newton, of Virginia, was at the head of the Engineering Department of the United States. Stephen V. Benet, of Floridld South furnished more than her proportion of troops. Southern troops flocked North, and, in the battles in Canada, a large number of general officers were from the old South: Harrison, Scott, Wilkinson, Izzard, Winder, Hampton, Gaines, Towson, Brooke, Drayton, etc. Kentucky sent more men for the invasion of Canada than did any other State. All honor to the United States sailors of the North, who had no sympathy with the Hartford Convention, and nobly did their duty— Perry, Bainbridge, Stew
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 16. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Index. (search)
Gen., 342. Branson, Lt. H. L., 59. Bratton, Gen., John, 15, 16: Report of his brigade, with losses, 18. Bratton, Mrs., patriotism of, 8. Bratton, Col., Wm., 7, 8, 16 Breazeal, Capt. W. W., 385, 386. Breckinridge, Fort. 64. Breckinridge, Gen. John C., 48, 58, 60, 62, 64, 66, 273, 300. 310. Brent, Col., Geo. Wm., 270. Brevard, 6. Brice, Capt. J. M., 15. Brick Church, 66. Brinton, Surgeon J. H., 80. Brockenbrough, Hon. J. W., 271. Brockinton, Sergeant B. P., 126. Brooke, Commander J. M., 286. Brouner, Baron Rudolph von, 447. Broun, Col., W. Leroy, 66, 289. Brown, Bailey, 83. Brown, Col., 96. Brown, Lt. F. B., 169, 171. Brown, Gen. John C., 374. Brown, Gov. Joseph E., 269, 274. Brown, Joseph M., 365. Brown, Capt., J. Mike, 15. Brown, Lt.-Col., 174, 176. Brown, Sergeant P. A. H., 91. Brown's Trial, John, its impartiality and decorum vindicated, 357. Brown, Lt., Wm., 277. Bryan's Loyalists, 10. Bryan, Major, 162, 167 Bryan, Capt., Pliny, 95.