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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 34. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Index. (search)
illed, 365. Butler, Mrs. Mary A. (H. A.), 36. Cabell, Wm. Preston. 353. Campbell, Major S. H., Engineer Corps, 6. Canal, James River and Kanawha, primitive travel on, 354. Carnochan, Dr. J. M. 40. Carrington, Colonel H. A., 333. Carter, Captain, 15. Cedar Creek, Great Battle of 194. Chambersburg, Burning of, 65, 76. Chancellorsville, General Lee's Strategy at, 1; Reports as to by Confederate Officers, 8,35, 55, 206. Chaplains of Army of Northern Virginia, 313. Cheat Mountain Attack on, 396. Charlotte Cavalry, Organization, Engagements and Casualties of, 75. Churchville Cavalry, 76. Clopton, Captain, Wm. Izard, 82. Confederate Commissioners to Washington in 1861, 281. Confederate Soldier morale and intelligence of, 65; valor of, 157; faith and inspiration of, 337. Confederate Currency, Depreciation of, 50. Confederate Battle Flg, Suggested by General Beauregard, 172. Confederate Artillery, Reorganization of the, 1862, 153. Conference
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Index (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller), C (search)
nfederate food supplies, reinforced, VIII., 52, 103, 207, 208; where Sherman's march began, VIII., 219; troops at Indian Mound. VIII., 219; Ohio First, Light Art., VIII., 249, 252, 277, 325, 356, 358, 360; railroad near Knoxville, Tenn., VIII., 362; IX., 101, 115, 182, 327. Chattanooga and Nashville Rail-road, II., 273, 274. Chattanooga Creek, military bridge over, II., 315. Chattanooga River Ix., 170. Chattanooga,, U. S. S., II., 297, 299, 310; V., 292. Cheat Mountain, W. Va., I., 352. Cheat River, W. Va., IV., 104. Cheatham, Adj. VII., 88. Cheatham, B. F., II., 326; III., 132, 134; X., 251, 264. Cheatham, F., X., 298. Cheatham, W. S., I., 360. Cheer Boys, Cheer, E. C. Foster, IX., 346. Cheney, J. W., I., 19. Cherbourg, France Vi., 320. Cherokee,, U. S. S., III., 342. Cherokees Ii., 287. Chesapeake, Va., VI., 314. Chesapeake Bay I., 88; II., 19; V., 80. Chesapeake Hospital, Hamp
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 1. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book III:—the first conflict. (search)
ce. Without losing a minute, he abandoned Laurel Hill in his turn before daybreak, and proceeded in great haste towards Beverly, where he hoped to join Pegram and find the southern route still open to him. But McClellan had preceded him there by a few hours with a force which the Confederate general did not deem it prudent to attack. The position of the latter was critical in the extreme. He had become entangled in a narrow pass between the two impassable ridges of Rich Mountain and Cheat Mountain; he found its southern extremity, through which he might have reached the interior of Virginia, in possession of the enemy, while the troops who watched him at Laurel Hill had only to follow in his tracks in order to surround him completely. He could find no means of escape except to the northward, by descending the valley of Cheat River through difficult roads, and striking the frontier of Maryland in order to force his way into the upper gorges of the Alleghanies. Retracing his ste
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 1. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book IV:—the first autumn. (search)
nbrier Mountain; at the south it is called Cheat Mountain, as far as the point where it slopes down was unable to find any practicable road at Cheat Mountain by which to escape to the east, and was obthe branch which turns to the east crosses Cheat Mountain at the defile of Cheat Summit, descends inbrier River. South of the three passes of Cheat Mountain, Staunton Pike, and Cloverlick, all three tposts in front along the eastern slope of Cheat Mountain. It seemed as if the Confederates had onl. Unable to extricate himself by way of Cheat Mountain from the blind alley in which he found himhe vicinity of the Ohio and the other near Cheat Mountain, alone disturbed the quiet which winter imeynolds in command of the troops posted on Cheat Mountain. He resolved to renew the attack of his pup his project, retraced his steps towards Cheat Mountain. This battle was a bloody one, each party that moral influence which his success at Cheat Mountain had given him over all his subordinates; i[1 more...]
The Daily Dispatch: July 19, 1861., [Electronic resource], Gen. Jesse Clemens (search)
he invaders of our soil. We shall defer, till we have more precise particulars, any attempt to inquire into the causes of this misfortune. We are but imperfectly acquainted with the localities of Northwestern Virginia. We had supposed that Cheat Mountain, where five hundred men could with case dispute the progress of five thousand, would of course be occupied by our troops. It is stated that this has been abandoned, and that Col. Scott's command has fallen back upon Monterey, Highland county. It is true that a series of admirable positions for defence still remain, before an enemy can reach Staunton from the West, and we have no disposition, till all the facts are placed in our possession, of discussing the abandonment of Cheat Mountain.--But it is a position which, defended by five hundred men, may be found literally impregnable and we can scarcely credit even now the statement that it has been given up to the enemy. Except the melancholy loss of the valuable lives which has bee
The Daily Dispatch: July 19, 1861., [Electronic resource], Subscriptions to the Dispatch. (search)
om Fort Pickens. The battery consists of four pieces (twelve-pounders) and eighty-four men. New military Prison. We learn that Gen. Mansfield to-day takes possession of the old Capitol building, which is to be used as a military prison hereafter. Tender of Services. Ex-Governor Stevens, of Washington Territory, reached Washington this morning. He comes to offer his services to the Government in a military capacity for the war. He was formerly a distinguished officer of the United States Army, it will be recollected. "St. George's." This village, in Western Virginia, is fast becoming a place of note in these stirring times, as a point frequently mentioned by the press in connection with current movements of General McClellan's army and that of Gen. Hob Garnett. It is situated in a gorge of Cheat Mountain, thirty miles east of north of Beverly, and consist of but four or five houses. It is sixteen miles south (higher up on Cheat river) of Rowlesburg.
The Daily Dispatch: July 20, 1861., [Electronic resource], Letter from a Yankee volunteer. (search)
arn by a gentleman (more direct from Beverly) that they are there as prisoners, with about 500 others of the troops which were at Rich Mountain under Colonels Heck and Pegram. The retreat was made through the woods to the road leading from Beverly to Laurel Hill, with a view of joining Gen. Garnett; but finding that he had left, and the post was in the hands of the enemy, who also held Beverly, they had no alternative except to surrender, or undertake the hopeless task of pushing across Cheat Mountain, without provisions, or the means of getting them. They had then suffered very much by fatigue and fasting, and sent a flag of surrender to Beverly, into which place they were marched on Saturday morning. By the best accounts which can be had, it is believed all are together, with the exceptions mentioned in the telegram sent you by Mr. Read and myself. It is known to many near the college, that I came to look after the safety of this company, and if necessary and possible do whate
The Daily Dispatch: July 24, 1861., [Electronic resource], Cavalry and flying Artillery. (search)
News from Garnett's late command. --The following brief but reliable information we obtain from Mr. John G. Powell, who left Cheat Mountain Pass on Friday last. Mr. P. was accompanied by his son, who was in the recent engagement between Gens Garnett and McClellan. Our forces are in possession of the Pass at Cheat Mountain, and large numbers of volunteers were rapidly concentrating there. They came from mountain and valley, from far and near, to aid in repelling the further advance of the Federalists. Mr. P. states that our actual loss is greatly loss than has been reported; that several of the Georgia companies, said to have been captured, had returned to our encampment, and that a great many others, believed to have been lost, have found their way to the pass in safety. The suffering among our troops, however, has been of an extraordinary character. After their fatiguing engagements, and their long, tedious and heavy retreat, many were compelled to go without a mouthful of
The Daily Dispatch: July 27, 1861., [Electronic resource], Francis S. Bartow. (search)
we came within three miles of, when we found that a very formidable blockade had been erected, which we could not pass, and, therefore, had to march back on the route we had previously come, to a road that led to the Northeast, towards St. George, in Tucker county, which we entered early in the morning. [Here I would state, in the way of parenthesis, that it was the object of General G. to form a connection with Colonels Pegram and Heck, who were stationed at Rich Mountain, and move on Cheat Mountain, via Huttonsville; but the enemy, it seems, cut us off, and got between the two commands, and had our small force almost completely surrounded.] Thus, you will see, our command, composed of four companies of cavalry, Captain Shoemaker's Danville Artillery, Colonel William B. Tallaferro's 231 Regiment, Colonel Jackson's Regiment, Colonel Fulkerson's 37th Regiment, and the Georgia Regiment, Colonel Ramsey, and a small Battalion under Colonel Hansborough, all under the immediate charge of G
The Daily Dispatch: August 5, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 5 (search)
e county seat of Highland county, about forty-five miles from Staunton, and has a population of about two hundred. Since the commencement of hostilities it has become to be a place of some note, being one of the military posts for the army of the Northwest. Its Court- House is now filled with commissary stores, and its beautiful little Church is occupied as a hospital for the sick. There is no news of any importance, save rumors, the last of which is, that the enemy have evacuated Cheat Mountain and returned to Phillippi; and that a number of their regiments have returned home, which I give you for what they are worth. The 23d Regiment, Col. Tallaferro, is here. Captain Hames, of this command, passed through here a few days ago, for his home, having been taken prisoner and released on parole. He says the enemy treated him well while he was in their custody Sergeant L'Ecuyer, and privates Miller, Brandt, and C. C. and J. W. Beazley, all of the Sharp-Shooters of Richmond, w
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