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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 16. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Notes by General H. L. Benning on battle of Sharpsburg. (search)
int, It was never printed and cannot be found.—E. P. A. I suppose, but I know a few facts which I wish to state in justice to General Toombs. Toombs was nominally in command of a division, consisting of his brigade, Anderson's brigade, and Drayton's brigade; but at Sharpsburg he had only one regiment of Drayton's brigade, the Fiftieth Georgia; five companies of the Eleventh Georgia, of Anderson's brigade, and his own brigade. The rest of the division was immediately under General Jones. Drayton's brigade, the Fiftieth Georgia; five companies of the Eleventh Georgia, of Anderson's brigade, and his own brigade. The rest of the division was immediately under General Jones. Two regiments of Toombs's brigade, Fifteenth and Seventeenth, and the five companies of Eleventh Georgia, had been sent off after the enemy's cavalry that had escaped from Harpers Ferry, so he was reduced to the Second and Twentieth Georgia under my command, the former having about 120 or 130 men and officers, and the latter about 220 or 230, and to Kearse's regiment, Fiftieth Georgia, consisting of from 130 to 150. Besides, he had Richardson's battery, four guns. The Second and Twentieth h
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 16. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), The Old South. (search)
tain. This is the statement of a Northern writer, and not the fabrication of an enemy. How did the belief start among the British people that New England wished to return to its allegiance to the Mother country? Hence, in this war, the old 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, Stewart, Lawrence, Porter, Preble, &c. The Don't Give up the Ship of dying Lawrence is a precious legacy to the whole American people. But the unmaritime South claims, among the naval heroes of that period, Decatur, of Maryland; MacDonough, of Delaware; Jaco
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 16. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Index. (search)
Gen. W. G., 134. Deshields, Major, 114. Dibble, Sergeant-Major S. W., 144. Dickinson, Capt., Geo. C., 68. Dickson, Rev. A. F., 166, 173, 176. Dimitry, Prof., Alex., 418. Discipline in the Union army, 56; in the Confederate, 69. Diuguid, Lt. John W., 232. Doby, Lt., 389. Dodson, Lt. W. G., 58, 61, 62. Doggett, Lt. J. L., 92. Dottera, W. A., 262. Dougherty, Gen., 61. Douthat, Capt. H. C., 60, 65, 66; Battery, 61. Dowdall, Theodore. 63. Dranesville, Battle of, 16. Drayton, Gen., 393. Drewry's Bluff, 190; engagement at, 193, 408. Du Barry, 104. Dublin, Va., 67. Du Bose, Gen., 406. Dubroca, Capt., 303. Dudley, Major, Thos. U., 65. Due or Dew, Lt. V, 187, 192. Duel of Waggaman and Prieur, 447. Duke, Gen. Basil, 59,. 61, 62, 64, 65. Dukes, Robert E., 161. Dukes, W. D., 129 Duncan, D. D., Rev. J. A., 205. Dunlop, Senator, 322. Dunlop, Capt. W. S, 21. Dunnavant, Col. R. G. M., 18. Dunn's Hill, Va., 265. Dutch Gap, Va., 261. Duvall, L