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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 17. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), The Twelfth Georgia Infantry. (search)
or five days, accomplishing about seventy-two miles, when, on Saturday evening, at Greenbrier Creek, near the foot of Cheat Mountain, we received intelligence of the fight at Rich Mountain, the retreat of General Garnett and the probable occupation by General McClellan of Beverley, and his probable advance to the top of Cheat Mountain, on the road between us and Beverley, a point so fortified by nature that a small force could hold it against greatly superior odds. Here also we met a Virginia iles by the road, though perhaps not exceeding twelve on an air line. We occupy the summit of the Alleghany, they of Cheat Mountain, and their tents are in full view from several points around our camp. I have thus given you a sort of chronicle othat battle, but if the North desire it we will seek to furnish more of the same sort. R. T. D. [2] operations in Cheat Mountain, etc. Orders of Gen. R. E. Lee. Special order No.—. headquarters Valley Mountain, 8th September, 1861. The
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 17. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Robert Edward Lee. (search)
h the lost ground from an enemy weakened by great detachments. So Lee was sent to Valley Mountain to combine all the elements of our strength, and by a stroke of daring recover West Virginia. The Confederate President was convinced that he was the leader for such a campaign—the opinion of the army and of the people enthuiastically confirmed his choice. Lee quickly mastered the problem before him by personal reconnoissances, and laid his plans with skill and vigor. But the attack on Cheat Mountain, which a year later would have been a brilliant success, ended in failure and mortification. Lee was able to show to the public but one of the high qualities of a great general—magnanimity under disappointment and defeat. His old comrades of the Mexican war knew him; the Confederate President knew him and still believed in him; but the verdict of the general public on Robert Lee in the winter of 1861-62 might have been summed up in the historian's judgment of Galba, who by common cons
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 17. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Index. (search)
oll of, 403. Boyce, Hon. W. W, Death of, 62. Brander, Major, Thos. A., 251. Brown, General John C., Death of, 61. Brown Raid, John, 289. Burke, Edmund, 6. Bury me on the field, boys, 56. Cabell, Hon. D. S. G., 357. Campbell, Governor James E., 349. Cardwell, Hon. R. H., Address of, 114. Carswell, General, 75. Chancellorsville, Report of Colonel E. Willis, 12th Georgia regiment, in battle of, with casualties, 177; mentioned, 327. Chaplains, Confederate, 298. Cheat Mountain, Operations in, 165, 367. Chloroform, Use of, 8. Clark, Colonel J J., 68. Clark, Captain John W., 76. Clayton, General H. D., Death of, 61. Climate, Effects of, 7. Cold Harbor, Battle of, 331. Confederate Revolution, Address of General E. M. Law, 85. Confederate States, Medical and Surgical Journal, 17; Spirit of the soldiers of the, 18, 107; Officers-prisoners under fire on Morris' Island, S. C., 34; Scant resources of, 98, 240, 336; Disparity of its armies, 99,
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 25. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.43 (search)
re county. P. B. Akers, Eleventy Infantry, Lynchburg. L. Green, Fifth Cavalry, Petersburg. H. C. Jones, Fiftieth Infantry, Gladesville. J. S. Hempstead, Twenty-fifth Infantry, Dubuque, Ia. W. D. Dodson, Fifth Cavalry, Danville. Robert B. Hart, Fifth Cavalry, Stevensville. John W. Davis, Twentieth Cavalry, Clarksburg. Hopkins Harden, Nineteenth Infantry, Scottsville. Francis R. Haynes, Twenty-fourth Cavalry, Cobb's Creek. Thornton J. Berry, Twenty-fifth Infantry, Salt Lick. Norman D. Embry, Twenty-fifth Cavalry, Pineville. Alex. R. Humphries, Twenty-sixth Battalion, Lewisburg. C. D. Fitzhugh, First Cavalry, Hagerstown, Md. Seven Virginia officers whose names were omitted from the list. Editor of The Times. Sir,—The list of the Virginia officers given in the article on the gallant 600 in the Times of last Sunday will be highly appreciated by all survivors as well as by the many friends. It has been read, re-read, reflected and meditat
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 27. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.4 (search)
rning of the 12th of July, then rejoining the regiment late in the evening of that charge at Cheat mountain. It is evident that, as the turnpike road was open for the Yankee cavalry, it was equally open for Garnett to have joined Scott at Beverley, and retreat that way to Cheat mountain and entrench there, as the enemy did afterwards. At Travellers' Rest, on Greenbrier river, near dark of the er's Rest, on the Greenbrier, to hold the Parkersburg turnpike, and prevent any advance from Cheat mountain on Staunton, General Henry R. Jackson, of Georgia, being in command. We had been reinforcedment to say, They were as immobile under fire as a parcel of tarrapins on a sandbar. At Cheat mountain. Soon after this General Robert E. Lee, then in command in West Virginia, when he planned an attack on Cheat mountain from the west, called for 2,500 volunteers from this force to storm the entrenchments from the east. He got them, and they marched to position at midnight, awaiting all d
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 27. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Index. (search)
life of, his descent, and exalted character, 351, 359. Brown, John, Raid of, 79. Burnside, General A. E., 234. Cabell, Colonel, H. Coalter, 327. Campbell, Sir, Colin, 171. Carter, Captain R. R.. 221. Catlett's Station, Raid on, 303 Cedar Creek, Battle of, 13 Cedar Run, Battle of, 89, 144. Chambersburg, Pa., 273. Chancellorsville, Battle of, 218. Chandler, Zach W., 73. Chapman, Rev., Captain Sam, 314. Charlestown, Engagement at, 2. Chase, Salmon P., 368, 369. Cheat Mountain, Advance on, 42. Clinkscale, Dr., Frank, killed, 162. Cold Harbor, Battle of, 162, 218. Confederate, Ability of generals, 290; Supreme Court—there was none, 307; Soldiers, privations of, 323; their amusements, 325; conduct after the surrender, 333; valor and devotion of, 383. Corinth, Battle of, 343. Couch, General D. N., 267. Cox, General W. R., 92. Craven, Commodore T. T., 223. Creigh, David, Murder of, 183. Custer, General George A., 255, 321, 329; his brutality,
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 28. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.5 (search)
r of Virginia. It went by Farmville, Cumberland Courthouse and Richmond, to Ashland, Virginia, to a camp of instruction. On the 27th of May, 1861, it was mustered into service. This roll contains not only those mustered in there, but the others who were mustered in afterwards. After drilling for some weeks, it was ordered to reinforce General Garnett in West Virginia, and with the Pittsylvania Cavalry, went to Staunton on the railroad from Ashland, and then marched to Monterey and Cheat Mountain, arriving at Laurel Hill July 6, 1861. General Garnett was forced to retreat by General McClellan, who had taken Rich Mountain, on his flank. Our army retreated by Carrock's ford, and participated in that battle, where Garnett was killed. It went then to Moorefield, in July, 1861. At Franklin, West Virginia, the company spent the winter of 1861 and 1862. While at Franklin, a new Captain and Second and Third Lieutenants were elected, the First having resigned. It guarded the right fl
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 28. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.28 (search)
luvanna. After drilling at Camp Lee a few weeks, it was ordered to reinforce General Garnett at Rich Mountain, W. Va. It arrived just in time to witness his defeat and death. It then fell back to a strong position, where the Staunton and Parkersburg turnpike crosses the Greenbrier river. Colonel Edward Johnson, of the 12th Georgia, and others, under command of General Henry R. Jackson, arrived and fortified this position. The Federals, under General Reynolds, advanced and fortified on Cheat mountain, about nine miles distant. The two armies remained inactive until the 3d of October, when the Federals advanced and attacked in large force the Confederate works, but were repulsed, with heavy loss. As the winter came on the Confederate troops fell back to Alleghany and Crab Bottom and fortified. On the 13th of December the Federals made a night attack on Colonel Edward Johnson's camp. They were repulsed with heavy loss. No more fighting occurred on this line during the winter. In t
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 34. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.32 (search)
ing language (see page 394): If traitors fall into your hands, deal summarily with them. In aggravated cases bring them before a court martial; in ordinary cases either keep them under guard or send them to the Columbus penitentiary, as circumstances may render expedient. Such was the animus that accompanied this vast army with which General McClellan invaded the northwestern part of Virginia, and so great and so aggressive was this army of invasion that a part of it reached the top of Cheat Mountain, between Randolph and Pocahontas counties, a distance of more than one hundred and fifty miles from Parkersburg, before the Confederates could bring a sufficient force against it to stop it. So much for the plans and movements of the Federal army. And now before locating the town of Philippi and describing the Confederate forces, the writer desires to say he has before him three diaries that were kept by two enlisted soldiers and one by a Presbyterian minister, who accompanied this Pr
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 34. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.33 (search)
attlefield of Camp Bartow, twenty miles west of Hightown. Here it was Colonel Ed. Johnson defeated the Federals on the 3d day of October, 1861. The next morning it was raining, and began to snow as we began to ascend that mighty barrier, Cheat Mountain. The snow fell fully six inches on the top of Cheat Mountain that day, and many of the men who were scantly dressed suffered fearfully from the cold. But we pushed on through the storm and reached Huttonsville, a distance of twenty miles frCheat Mountain that day, and many of the men who were scantly dressed suffered fearfully from the cold. But we pushed on through the storm and reached Huttonsville, a distance of twenty miles from where we had camped the night before. By this time it was fully known among the soldiers that General William E. Jones, with his brigade of cavalry, was to operate in conjunction with us and was to strike the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad near Martinsburg, and to go west, doing all the damage he could to the railroad, and we were to meet him somewhere near Clarksburg The fact that General Jones was on this raid gave General Imboden and his men greater courage and confidence in their own undert
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