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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 16. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Heroes of the old Camden District, South Carolina, 1776-1861. an Address to the Survivors of Fairfield county, delivered at Winnsboro, S. C., September 1,1888. (search)
t Appomattox and ended in the loss of our cause and the failure of the Confederate States. In the first, the invaders found the men of the country present to resist if not repel, and were repaid in some degree at least for their vandalism. In the latter, the men—the descendants of those who rose upon the British—were far away fighting in Virginia; while their families were burned out of their houses by the enemy who had penetrated their rear—having failed to overcome them in front. Colonel Chesney, the able English military critic, comparing these two invasions of this section, is inclined to attribute Sherman's success in the late war to the Federal navy rather than to any greater skill or better conduct on Sherman's part than that of Lord Cornwallis. He thinks that it was the French fleet under Count de Grasse which compelled Cornwallis' surrender, and that had it not been for the command of the ocean by the Federal navy, which gave Sherman communication at Wilmington, the res<
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 16. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Address of Colonel Edward McCrady, Jr. before Company a (Gregg's regiment), First S. C. Volunteers, at the Reunion at Williston, Barnwell county, S. C, 14th July, 1882. (search)
ht to an end Grant's promise to fight it out on that line: But the June of 1864, says Colonel Chesney, found Grant almost in sight of the city, upon the very ground which McClellan had held on so ready to undertake. But abandon it he must, for he had learnt by bitter experience, as Colonel Chesney observes, that the continuous hammering in which he had trusted, might break the instrument Not in the first flush of triumph when his army cheered his victory over McClellan, writes Colonel Chesney, not when hurling back Federal masses three times the weight of his own on the banks of thee from the wealth of the North. But the confidence of the men in their beloved chief, says Colonel Chesney, never faltered, their sufferings were never laid on Uncle Robert. The simple piety which l heroism. I need not recall the agony of those last days. Let me rather quote again from Colonel Chesney's memoir of General Lee. He says: The day will come when the evil passions of the great ci
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 16. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Index. (search)
1: Guards, 15. Century Magazine, cited, 28. Chadwick, Col. W. D., 299. Chaffin's Bluff, 261. Chalmers, Gen. J. R., 297. Chameleon, steamer, 106. Chancellorsville, Battle of, 20, 257. Channing, Dr. W. E., 426. Chappell, Lt., 405, 409. Charleston, S. C., Siege of, 7; College, 13; Survivors' Association of, 395. Charlotte, II. Chase, Hon. S. P., 323 Cheat Bridge, 86; Mountain, 89. Cheatham, Gen. B. F., 72, 77, 82, 313, 372; Tribute to, 349. Chenowith, Lt., 86. Chesney, Col., cited, 4, 258. Chesnut, Col., James, 134. Chester Blues, 15, 17. Chester District, S. C., 7, 9, 14, 16, 18, 22. Chew's. Capt. John C., Battery, 14. Chichester, Rev. C. E., 416. Chickamauga, Battle of, 369; losses in, 377, 380; valor in. 340, 351; Memorial Association, 339. Chilton, Hon., Samuel, 360. China, Capt., Thos. J., 116, 130, 132, 134; killed, 192. Chinn House, 24. Chisholm, Capt A. R., 266. Chisholm's Mill, 134. Christian, Hon., Geo. L., 296. Christiansbu