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Drake (search for this): chapter 1.10
llant soldier in the First Maryland battery, C. S. A. (raised and first commanded by Colonel R. Snowden Andrews, of Baltimore), who received them from Rev. James Battle Averitt, (when stationed at Upper Marlboro after the war), who was chaplain of Colonel Turner Ashby's cavalry and the custodian of the treasured documents. Following are copies of the orders referred to above: Hd Qrs Harper's Ferry, June 8th, 1861. Captain, I have ordered the Berlin bridge to be burned to-night, & Capt. Drake to remain in observation until you pass. Burn your bridge as well as you can, & blow up after the fire is well kindled. let the infantry & artillery come up—& as soon as Col. Hunton can have sufficient notice, which please send him, Come up with your cavalry—bringing in any party which may be at Berlin bridge. Your obt servt J. E. Johnston, Brig. Genl., C. S. A. (Confidential.) Capt. Ashby, Comdg at Point of Rocks. near Unger's Store, January 2d 1862. Col., I am on my way t
W. W. Goldsborough (search for this): chapter 1.10
him! The historical connection between the First Maryland Regiment and General Ashby had a tragic termination during the fight near Harrisonburg, Va., on the evening of June 6, 1862, when, that regiment being hotly engaged with the Pennsylvania Bucktail Regiment, Ashby, while rallying the 58th Virginia Regiment to support the Marylanders, was killed, almost in touch with right file of the Maryland Regiment. This regiment did the fighting, losing some of its best officers and men. Major Goldsborough wrote: The commander of the Bucktails, Lieutenant-Colonel Kane, with several of his officers and many of the men were wounded and prisoners in our hands, and, to use Kane's own words, Hardly a dozen of the command escaped. General Ewell issued an order complimenting the First Maryland and Colonel Bradley T. Johnson, and authorized a captured bucktail to be appended to the color staff. Ashby's last words were: Charge men; for God's sake charge! Waving his sword, a bullet pierced
June 18th, 1861 AD (search for this): chapter 1.10
ds this side of Mt Jackson. All my information is to the effect that the Federal troops from the East are for Banks. Very truly yours T. J. Jackson, Maj. Gen. How many men were captured of Harper's company so far as you have ascertained? The first in order of these curious papers is an order from General J. E. Johnston to Captain Ashby, when Johnston commanded the Confederate forces at Harper's Ferry, Va., having relieved Colonel T. J. Jackson (promoted to Brigadier-General June 18, 1861). His farthest outpost eastward, under Ashby, was at Berlin bridge, which in this order of June 8, 1861, he directed to be burned. Johnston evacuated Harper's Ferry June 19, and on the 22d he issued a special order complimenting the First Maryland regiment, under Lieut.-Colonel George H. Steuart, for efficiency in carrying out his orders, and he further said: Owing to their discipline, no private property was injured and no unoffending citizen disturbed. The soldierly qualities of the
July 30th, 1864 AD (search for this): chapter 1.10
he Ashby brothers and the Marylanders. The Maryland infantryman in marble, at parade rest, from his pedastal looks down upon the polished granite sarcophagus over the Ashbys. Rev. James B. Averitt, an Episcopalian minister, and now resides in Cumberland, Md. Under Ashby he was a fighting chaplain. Since the war he has written historical accounts of his experiences and observations. Judge Wilson, also, has a curious memento of the battle of the Crater, fought near Petersburg, Va., July 30, 1864—a cube of flinty clay which was unearthed by the explosion which caused the Crater. He was then serving with his battery, which was engaged in the battle. For the preceding sketch the Southern Historical Society Papers is indebted to Lieutenant-Colonel Winfield Peters, of the Maryland State Line, of Baltimore, the Maryland member of the History Committee of the United Confederate Veterans, late commander of J. R. Trimble Camp Confederate Veterans, etc., who was a private in the first
April, 1866 AD (search for this): chapter 1.10
fame. All shades of religion and politics are represented by the contributors to the monument fund, even as when the two previous bazaars were held in the same place by the same noble women of Maryland in 1885 and 1898, to supply the means to provide for indigent and worthy Confederates in Maryland, who hail from all parts of the South, the proceeds of those two bazaars being collectively about $50,000. A Southern bazaar was first held in Baltimore under the auspices of the ladies, in April, 1866, one year after the war, which yielded over $200,000, for the relief of suffering Southern people. Within a year thereafter the Legislature of Maryland appropriated $100,000 for like purpose. As relating to Maryland Confederate troops, the historical sketch which follows possesses peculiar interest, anent the late successful bazaar. The three military orders which follow below are of great historical value. The copies are exact, the careless punctuation indicating the haste of the
George R. Gaither (search for this): chapter 1.10
861, was at Romney, Va., operating against the enemy. On or about June 26th, Captain Dick Ashby, with a small detachment, while scouting near New creek, was ambuscaded by Federal infantry. Ashby, having fallen with his horse, and helpless, was bayoneted repeatedly by coward hands. Being rescued, he was carried back to Romney, where he died, about July 3d. His tragic fate spread gloom through the regiment and among all the troops. The funeral escort consisted of his company and Captain George R. Gaither's Maryland company. Between the two brothers, Ashby, the close, tender ties existed that are so often found in Southern homes; hence the mortal wounding, under harrowing circumstances, of Dick Ashby, was believed by many to have made his brother, Turner, daring to desperation—reckless of personal peril, and ever keen for a fight. Ashby's cavalry and the Ashby brothers will be the theme of story and song for generations through the Valley and the Confederacy. Many Marylande
Sir Percy Wyndham (search for this): chapter 1.10
on and ideal of chivalry and fearlessness), some one had placed a beautiful wreath of flowers, which concealed the gaping hole torn by the cruel bullet. He was not only the eye of Jackson, but he was felt, as the avant-courier (being always with the advancing column), to be the protecting Aegis of our army, and thus, his death was to our cause and to all an incalculable loss. The newspapers have recently given us a tribute from a foe, from whom much was expected by the Federals—Colonel Sir Percy Wyndham, that it was a cruel calamity that one so brave as Ashby should fall. I viewed the remains about the same time at Waynesboro that the doughty Englishman did, although the tribute was not uttered in my hearing.—Editor. his horse having been killed just before. Private M. Warner Hewes of Ashby's Cavalry cut the saddle girth and secured the saddle. Jackson visited the room where Ashby's body lay and asked to be left alone in silent communion with his dead cavalry chief. Within o
J. R. Trimble (search for this): chapter 1.10
mento of the battle of the Crater, fought near Petersburg, Va., July 30, 1864—a cube of flinty clay which was unearthed by the explosion which caused the Crater. He was then serving with his battery, which was engaged in the battle. For the preceding sketch the Southern Historical Society Papers is indebted to Lieutenant-Colonel Winfield Peters, of the Maryland State Line, of Baltimore, the Maryland member of the History Committee of the United Confederate Veterans, late commander of J. R. Trimble Camp Confederate Veterans, etc., who was a private in the first Maryland infantry, C. S. A. This regiment, forming at Harper's Ferry, Va., was recruited largely from the First Rifle regiment of Baltimore, through the efforts of its commander, Colonel George Peters, father of Lieutenant-Colonel Peters, and his son. The Senior Colonel Peters also entered the Confederate service, served faithfully to the end, and died from the consequences of privation and exposure soon after the surrender.
R. Snowden Andrews (search for this): chapter 1.10
lating to Maryland Confederate troops, the historical sketch which follows possesses peculiar interest, anent the late successful bazaar. The three military orders which follow below are of great historical value. The copies are exact, the careless punctuation indicating the haste of the writers. The originals are in the possession of Judge George W. Wilson, of Upper Marlboro, Md., who was a gallant soldier in the First Maryland battery, C. S. A. (raised and first commanded by Colonel R. Snowden Andrews, of Baltimore), who received them from Rev. James Battle Averitt, (when stationed at Upper Marlboro after the war), who was chaplain of Colonel Turner Ashby's cavalry and the custodian of the treasured documents. Following are copies of the orders referred to above: Hd Qrs Harper's Ferry, June 8th, 1861. Captain, I have ordered the Berlin bridge to be burned to-night, & Capt. Drake to remain in observation until you pass. Burn your bridge as well as you can, & blow up aft
January 2nd, 1862 AD (search for this): chapter 1.10
e, which please send him, Come up with your cavalry—bringing in any party which may be at Berlin bridge. Your obt servt J. E. Johnston, Brig. Genl., C. S. A. (Confidential.) Capt. Ashby, Comdg at Point of Rocks. near Unger's Store, January 2d 1862. Col., I am on my way to Bath and hope to be at Hancock to morrow, so you need not be concerned should you hear firing in that direction Your Obd't Servt T. J. Jackson, Maj. Genl. Lt. Col. Turner Ashby, Comdg Cavalry. Hd'qrs. Valleo happened, frequently. Among the property thus saved from destruction was 17,000 musket stocks, which were sent to North Carolina to be completed, in acknowledgment of that State having armed and equipped the Marylanders. The order of January 2, 1862, from General Jackson to Colonel Ashby, ocurred during Jackson's sudden movement from Winchester to Romney, Va., with the design to destroy the B. & O. Railroad, but the result, while satisfactory, was not among Jackson's famous successes.
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