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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 3. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), The defence of Mobile in 1865 . (search)
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 3. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.6 (search)
Diary of Captain Robert E. Park, Twelfth Alabama regiment.
[continued from December No.]
February 5th, 1865 (Sunday)
My sleep was a very cold and uncomfortable one last night, and I rose early to warm myself by the single stove in the division.
The pen, as our quarters are called, embraces an area of near two acres. The building, a mere shell, unceiled and unplastered, is on three sides, with a high, close plank fence on the fourth side, separating us from the privates' barracks.
The long side of the building (barracks, as it is called), parallel with the fence, is about 300 feet in length, running east and west, and the other two sides or ends are each about 150 feet long.
The campus or exercise ground is low and flat,wet and muddy.
There are narrow plank walks, intersecting each other, and near the building, which are thronged with passing crowds this wet weather.
The bunks or berths in each division are six feet long and about four feet apart, extending entirely
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 3. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), The defence of Fort Gregg . (search)
The defence of Fort Gregg.
Since publishing in our last number General Lane's account of the defence of Fort Gregg, we have received a letter from an officer of the Washington artillery, complaining that injustice was done that gallant command in Captain McCabe's note (page 301, December Number), by omitting all mention of the part borne by them.
In General Lane's account the name of Lieutenant McElroy of the Washington artillery is mentioned.
But in order that we may give all a fair hearing, we take pleasure in republishing, as requested, the following account from A Soldier's Story of the Late War, by Napier Bartlett.
We may add the remark that in the peculiar circumstances which surrounded the heroic band from different commands who collected in Fort Gregg, it is perfectly natural that there should be honest differences of opinion as to the numbers, &c., of the several commands.
But they were all Confederate soldiers, and they bore themselves worthily in the hour of trial.
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 3. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), The Nation on our discussion of the prison question. (search)
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 3. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 5.38 (search)