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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 27. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Diary of Captain James M. Garnett, ordnance officer Rodes's division, 2d corps, army of Northern Virginia. (search)
Diary of Captain James M. Garnett, ordnance officer Rodes's division, 2d corps, army of Northern Virginia. From August 5th to November 30th, 1864, covering part of General Early's campaign in the Shenandoah Valley. [The Editor has pleasure in preserving in the pages of the Southern Historical Society Papers the following interesting diary of a Confederate officer, and well-known educator, Professor James Mercer Garnett, Ll. D.] November 30th, 1864. Private Diary from August 5th to November 30th, ‘64, covering time from last trip across Potomac to return of ordnance trains to camp near Staunton, about two miles out on Waynesboroa road. Troops ed its march back, reaching their old camp near here on Monday. Hope we will now go back and go into winter-quarters. Camp near Staunton (2 miles） Wednesday, November 30th, 1864., Spent latter part of week before last in camp, the weather being miserable—rain all the time. Wednesday, the 11th, the day for Public Worship, w<
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 29. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Memoir of Jane Claudia Johnson. (search)
case with very considerable ability, referring finally, to the military aptitude of negroes as displayed in the Union army and elsewhere, and concluding by saying that If they can be made to face and fight bravely against their former masters, how much more probable is it that with the allurement of a higher reward, and led by those masters, they would submit to discipline and face dangers? General Cleburne—an Irishman born and a gallant spirit—was killed in the battle of Franklin, November 30, 1864. A little while before this event, a bill had been introduced in the Confederate Congress which embodied some of the features of his plan. It was bitterly opposed, a representative from Mississippi saying, for example: All nature cries out against it. The negro was ordained to slavery by the Almighty. Emancipation would be the destruction of our social and political system. God forbid that this Trojan horse should be introduced among us. Finally, however, the bill was passed,
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 29. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.16 (search)
case with very considerable ability, referring finally, to the military aptitude of negroes as displayed in the Union army and elsewhere, and concluding by saying that If they can be made to face and fight bravely against their former masters, how much more probable is it that with the allurement of a higher reward, and led by those masters, they would submit to discipline and face dangers? General Cleburne—an Irishman born and a gallant spirit—was killed in the battle of Franklin, November 30, 1864. A little while before this event, a bill had been introduced in the Confederate Congress which embodied some of the features of his plan. It was bitterly opposed, a representative from Mississippi saying, for example: All nature cries out against it. The negro was ordained to slavery by the Almighty. Emancipation would be the destruction of our social and political system. God forbid that this Trojan horse should be introduced among us. Finally, however, the bill was passed,
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 30. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Graduates of the United States Military Academy at West Point, N. Y., [from the Richmond, Va., Dispatch, March 30, April 6, 27, and May 12, 1902.] (search)
ed May 1o, 1863, Richmond, Va. Stonewall Jackson. John Adams. 1296. Born Tennessee. Appointed Tennessee. 25. Brigadier-General, December 29, 1862. Commanding brigade Loring's Division, Stewart's Corps, Army of Tennessee. Killed November 30, 1864, at Franklin, Tenn. William D. Smith. 1306. Born Georgia. Appointed Georgia. 35. Brigadier-General, March 7, 1862. Commanding District of South Carolina in Department of Georgia, South Carolina, and Florida. Died October 4, 186rthern Virginia. Killed May 12, 1864, at Spotsylvania. Robert F. Beckham. 1830. Born Virginia. Appointed Virginia. 6. Colonel, July 25, 1864. Chief of artillery, staff of General J. B. Hood, commanding Army of Tennessee. Killed November 30, 1864, Franklin, Tenn. Moses H. Wright. 1831. Born Tennessee. Appointed Tennessee. 7. Brigadier-General (acting), December 30, 1864. Commanding P. M. B. Young's old Brigade, Hampton's Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 34. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.25 (search)
s of honor at the banner presentation. He was subsequently elected to Congress and served several terms, when he was appointed Supreme Judge of Mississippi by Governor McLaurin. H. Eugene Weathersby was a graduate of Centenary College, La., in a class with Judge T. C. W. Ellis, of the Civil District Court, and went out as a lieutenant in Captain John T. Lamkin's company, organized at Holmesville in 1862, of the Thirty-third Regiment, and was killed at the battle of Franklin, Tenn., November 30, 1864. He was a son of Dr. Solomon Weathersby and Martha Jane Bennett, of Amite county. His grand-parents were immigrants from South Carolina, and came to the territory of Mississippi early in 1800, and settled in Amite county. The little girl, Miss Norma Dunn, chosen to return the banner to the survivors, is a granddaughter of Captain S. A. Matthews and daughter of H. G. Dunn, of the firm of Dunn Bros., merchants of Summitt, who married Mamie Mathews. Captain John Holmes, of Picayun
Adam Badeau, Military history of Ulysses S. Grant from April 1861 to April 1865. Volume 3, Chapter 29: (search)
oth in infantry and cavalry; but after Hood was defeated with a loss of six thousand men at Franklin, and Thomas was reinforced by ten thousand men under Smith, and five thousand under Steedman, as well as the black brigade from Chattanooga, while additions were daily making to Wilson's command, there could be no question of the national preponderance. On the 2nd of December, Thomas's infantry in front of Nashville, numbered forty thousand, The field returns of Thomas's command for November 30, 1864, show present for duty, equipped:-- Infantry. Officers. Enlisted Men. Fourth corps72415,378 Twenty-third corps49410,033 Smith4838,284 Steedman1996,757 ———— 1,90040,452 Hood's return for December 10 was—Effective total, 23,053. There is nothing to show that any force was included in Hood's army, outside of this return, except Forrest's cavalry. while Hood was reduced to twenty-three thousand; yet Thomas remained behind his fortifications and Hood enjoyed all the moral a
Adam Badeau, Military history of Ulysses S. Grant from April 1861 to April 1865. Volume 3, Appendix to Chapter XXVIII. (search)
lery726872289811320 Signal Corps116811631890108 Veteran Reserve Corps8327332751,0911,096 —————————————— Total2,54557,8592,50957,0254,646104,764109,410 November 30, 1864. 4th Corps76616,20072415,3781,41730,35831,775 23d Corps49410,03349410,03391420,45621,370 Detach. Army of the Tenn. A. J. Smith's Divisions.4888,8434832571987106 Veteran Reserve Corps1552215522181,1211,139 —————————————— Total3,31276,1063,09267,1805,920136,462142,382 The battle of Franklin was fought November 30, 1864, and the battle of Nashville December 15 and 16, 1864. The total number of officers and men for battle, October 31, 1864, was58,415 The total number of officers and men for battle, November 20, 1864, was59,584 The total number of officers and men for battle, November 30, 1864, was71,452 The total number of officers and men for battle, December 10, 1864, was70,272 The strength of General Hood's army, as per returns on file in th
Benjamin Cutter, William R. Cutter, History of the town of Arlington, Massachusetts, ormerly the second precinct in Cambridge, or District of Menotomy, afterward the town of West Cambridge. 1635-1879 with a genealogical register of the inhabitants of the precinct., chapter 10 (search)
G. CushingH43April 18, 1864; die. May 12, 1865, by order War Department. Fifty-Ninth Regiment Infantry. (three Years.) Name.Co.Age.Term of service. 146*Andrew CallanB41Jan. 5, 1864; tr. June 1, 1865, to 57th Inf. 149Arthur BoyerF27Feb. 20, 1864; deserted Feb. 26, 1865. 147*Charles A. Sargent, sergt.H21March 12 1864 trans. June 1, 1865 to 57th Inf. Sixtieth Regiment Infantry. (one hundred Days.) Name.Co.Age.Term of service. 160Charles CunninghamG21July 19, 1864, to Nov. 30, 1864. Sixty First Regiment Infantry. (one Year.) Name.Co.Age.Term of service. 161Charles K. Drury, sergt. maj.21Aug. 26, 1864, to June 4, 1865. 162John H. GrantA22Aug. 17, 1864, to June 4, 1865. 151*Charles K. Drury, sergt.B21Aug. 26, 1864; sergt. maj. May 13, 1865. First Company Sharpshooters. (three Years.) Name.Co.Age.Term of service. 153Ammi Hall28Sept. 2, 1861; dis. Sept. 26, 1862, disa. First Light Battery. (three Months.) Name.Age. Term of service. 154Jo
The Daily Dispatch: December 1, 1864., [Electronic resource], article 2 (search)
Confederate Congress.Senate. Wednesday, November 30, 1864. The Senate met at 12 o'clock M. Prayer by the Rev. M. D. Hoge, of the Presbyterian church. Mr. Orr, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, submitted a report of the facts relative to the seizure of the Florida, together with the following series of resolutions, both of which were ordered to be printed: "Resolved. That the seizure of the Confederate war Florida by the United States steam slooped Wachusett, in the bay of Bahia, on the 7th of October last, was a flagrant outrage upon the territories sovereignty of Brazil, violative of the rights of the Government in neutral waters, in disregard of the of nations, and therefore a wrong done maritime power. "Resolved, That it was the duty of Brazil, under law of nations to protect the property of the Confederate States whilst within its territory the hostile acts of every power; and having to give such protection, that that Government is bound to t
The Daily Dispatch: January 17, 1865., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
his report to be in error where he states that he returned after having effected a landing in obedience to my instructions. On the contrary, these instructions contemplated no withdrawal or a failure after a landing was made. U. S. Grant, Lieutenant-General. The inside history of the reasons which led to the inauguration of an attack on Wilmington will be found in the following orders to Butler before he sailed: Headquarters Armies of theUnited States, City Point, November 30, 1864. Major-General Butler: I have files of Savannah and Augusta papers, by Colonel Mulford, from which I gather that Bragg has gone to Georgia, taking with him, I judge, most of the forces from about Wilmington. It is therefore important that Weitzel should get off during his absence; and if successful in effecting a landing, he may, by a bold dash, succeed in capturing Wilmington. Make all the arrangements for his departure, so that the navy will not be detained one moment for the
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