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Alabama (Alabama, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.59
cey. Now, I have in a scrap-book a clipping from the Columbia (Tenn.) Herald, date not given, but which was published about 1874 or 1876, which says: Among the many events of personal interest that occurred in the South during the late war but few are of more dramatic character or aroused a deeper interest among our people than the unfortunate personal difficulty which took place in the Confederate States Senate at Richmond, during its secret session, between Mr. William L. Yancey, of Alabama, and Mr. Ben. H. Hill, of Georgia. Several different and conflicting versions of this affair have been given through the southern press, but none has yet been published that accords with a statement we recently derived from a gentleman who was at the time a senator, and an eye-witness to all that happened on the occasion. Origin of the trouble. The difficulty had its origin in the heated political contests so common in this country prior to the breaking out of the war. It was when Ya
Atlanta (Georgia, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.59
d on in its furious course, crushing a heavy window facing beyond. Without turning his head, Mr. Yancy, who was at the time addressing the Speaker, continued his speech, deliberately remarking: It is always the prerogative of cowards to strike from the rear. Enraged still more at this remark, Mr. Hill, gathering a chair, rushed upon his antagonist, who heedless of the attack, was continuing his remarks as calmly as if nothing had happened, when a number of senators interposing, the difficulty was ended. Mr. Yancey's wound bled most profusely, and a scene of the utmost confusion prevailed. Cause of Yanceys death. It has been several times stated since Mr. Yancey's death that it resulted from injuries received in this rencounter; but such is not the fact, as he died from a disease that could in no way have been superinduced by this cause. Mr. Yancey died at Montgomery, 28th July, 1863, and B. H. Hill died in Atlanta, 19th August, 1882. O. Richmond, Va., 16th March, 1891.
Richmond (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.59
d on in its furious course, crushing a heavy window facing beyond. Without turning his head, Mr. Yancy, who was at the time addressing the Speaker, continued his speech, deliberately remarking: It is always the prerogative of cowards to strike from the rear. Enraged still more at this remark, Mr. Hill, gathering a chair, rushed upon his antagonist, who heedless of the attack, was continuing his remarks as calmly as if nothing had happened, when a number of senators interposing, the difficulty was ended. Mr. Yancey's wound bled most profusely, and a scene of the utmost confusion prevailed. Cause of Yanceys death. It has been several times stated since Mr. Yancey's death that it resulted from injuries received in this rencounter; but such is not the fact, as he died from a disease that could in no way have been superinduced by this cause. Mr. Yancey died at Montgomery, 28th July, 1863, and B. H. Hill died in Atlanta, 19th August, 1882. O. Richmond, Va., 16th March, 1891.
Georgia (Georgia, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.59
ulty which took place in the Confederate States Senate at Richmond, during its secret session, between Mr. William L. Yancey, of Alabama, and Mr. Ben. H. Hill, of Georgia. Several different and conflicting versions of this affair have been given through the southern press, but none has yet been published that accords with a statemt was when Yancey, with his dazzling eloquence, was firing the Southern heart that a barbecue, attended by thousands, was given in one of the Southern counties of Georgia. It was here that Hill and Yancey met—the one the bold and eloquent defender of the Union, and the other the boasted champion of secession—and during the debate l had uttered had been said innumerable times before by every third-rate politician in the country, and continued by saying: Nature had designed the Senator from Georgia as an imitator; that he had been cast in a certain die, and it was vain to attempt to enlarge his dimensions. An inkstand thrown. Pallid with rage, Mr. Hill
Montgomery (Alabama, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.59
ed on in its furious course, crushing a heavy window facing beyond. Without turning his head, Mr. Yancy, who was at the time addressing the Speaker, continued his speech, deliberately remarking: It is always the prerogative of cowards to strike from the rear. Enraged still more at this remark, Mr. Hill, gathering a chair, rushed upon his antagonist, who heedless of the attack, was continuing his remarks as calmly as if nothing had happened, when a number of senators interposing, the difficulty was ended. Mr. Yancey's wound bled most profusely, and a scene of the utmost confusion prevailed. Cause of Yanceys death. It has been several times stated since Mr. Yancey's death that it resulted from injuries received in this rencounter; but such is not the fact, as he died from a disease that could in no way have been superinduced by this cause. Mr. Yancey died at Montgomery, 28th July, 1863, and B. H. Hill died in Atlanta, 19th August, 1882. O. Richmond, Va., 16th March, 1891.
Columbia, Tenn. (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.59
ulty in the Confederate Senate. To the Editor of the Dispatch In the Dispatch of Sunday, March 15th, there is a clipping from the Atlanta Constitution, giving an account of a stormy scene which occurred in the Confederate States Senate between Ben. Hill and William L. Yancey, and the writer says so far as I know neither one ever saw in print any reference to the episode which came so near ending in the immediate death of Yancey. Now, I have in a scrap-book a clipping from the Columbia (Tenn.) Herald, date not given, but which was published about 1874 or 1876, which says: Among the many events of personal interest that occurred in the South during the late war but few are of more dramatic character or aroused a deeper interest among our people than the unfortunate personal difficulty which took place in the Confederate States Senate at Richmond, during its secret session, between Mr. William L. Yancey, of Alabama, and Mr. Ben. H. Hill, of Georgia. Several different and
Yancy (search for this): chapter 1.59
tertaining no kindly feelings for each other. It was when the cause of the South was drooping and every patriot heart was heavy with despondency and gloom that Mr. Yancy, rising in his place in the Senate, declared that the war could no longer be carried on with any hope of success unless many of the constitutional restraints and An inkstand thrown. Pallid with rage, Mr. Hill mounted to his feet, and seizing a heavy glass inkstand, hurled it with all his might and power at the head of Mr. Yancy, which, grazing his forehead, ploughed its way to the skull and passed on in its furious course, crushing a heavy window facing beyond. Without turning his head, Mr. Yancy, who was at the time addressing the Speaker, continued his speech, deliberately remarking: It is always the prerogative of cowards to strike from the rear. Enraged still more at this remark, Mr. Hill, gathering a chair, rushed upon his antagonist, who heedless of the attack, was continuing his remarks as calmly as if n
D. H. Hill (search for this): chapter 1.59
Yancey and Hill. [from the Richmond Dispatch, March 17, 1891.] An account of their difficulty in the Confederate Senate. To the Editor of the Dispatch In the Dispatch of Sunday, March 15th, there is a clipping from the Atlanta Constitution, giving an account of a stormy scene which occurred in the Confederate States Senate between Ben. Hill and William L. Yancey, and the writer says so far as I know neither one ever saw in print any reference to the episode which came so near ending in the immediate death of Yancey. Now, I have in a scrap-book a clipping from the Columbia (Tenn.) Herald, date not given, but which was published about 1874 or 1876, which says: Among the many events of personal interest that occurred in the South during the late war but few are of more dramatic character or aroused a deeper interest among our people than the unfortunate personal difficulty which took place in the Confederate States Senate at Richmond, during its secret session, be
Benjamin Hill (search for this): chapter 1.59
Yancey and Hill. [from the Richmond Dispatch, March 17, 1891.] An account of their difficulty in the Confederate Senate. To the Editor of the Dispatch In the Dispatch of Sunday, March 15th, there is a clipping from the Atlanta Constitution, giving an account of a stormy scene which occurred in the Confederate States Senate between Ben. Hill and William L. Yancey, and the writer says so far as I know neither one ever saw in print any reference to the episode which came so near ending in the immediate death of Yancey. Now, I have in a scrap-book a clipping from the Columbia (Tenn.) Herald, date not given, but which was published about 1874 or 1876, which says: Among the many events of personal interest that occurred in the South during the late war but few are of more dramatic character or aroused a deeper interest among our people than the unfortunate personal difficulty which took place in the Confederate States Senate at Richmond, during its secret session, b
Benjamin H. Hill (search for this): chapter 1.59
between Mr. William L. Yancey, of Alabama, and Mr. Ben. H. Hill, of Georgia. Several different and conflictin the Southern counties of Georgia. It was here that Hill and Yancey met—the one the bold and eloquent defendee. Upon the conclusion of Mr. Yancey's remarks, Mr. Hill promptly arose to reply. The scene was one of thet and break down the Confederate Government. When Mr. Hill concluded, the excitement, already at white heat, liarly his own, commenced his reply. He described Mr. Hill as repeating slanders that had been uttered agains him for the past twenty years, and that all which Mr. Hill had uttered had been said innumerable times beforesions. An inkstand thrown. Pallid with rage, Mr. Hill mounted to his feet, and seizing a heavy glass inkfrom the rear. Enraged still more at this remark, Mr. Hill, gathering a chair, rushed upon his antagonist, wh. Yancey died at Montgomery, 28th July, 1863, and B. H. Hill died in Atlanta, 19th August, 1882. O. Richmond,
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