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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 27. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 3 3 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Jeffers, William Nicholson 1824-1883 (search)
Jeffers, William Nicholson 1824-1883 Naval officer; born in Gloucester county, N. J., Oct. 6, 1824; joined the navy in 1840; served in the war with Mexico, and also through the Civil War; was promoted commodore in February, 1878. His publications include Short methods in navigation; Theory and practice of naval gunnery; Inspection and proof of cannon; Marine surveying; Ordnance instructions for United States Navy, etc. He died in Washington, D. C., July 23, 1883.
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 27. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.6 (search)
the Philadelphia Times a detailed account of the campaign and battle of Gettysburg. This article was reprinted in Southern Historical Society Papers (January-February, 1878). In this he denied that Lee gave him the order to attack at sunrise on July 2, 1863. To sustain his assertion, Longstreet published extracts from letters wrhes me to attack. I do not wish to do so without Pickett. I never like to go into a battle with one boot off. (Southern Historical Society Papers, January-February, 1878, page 79.) Upon its face this note is rather indefinite as to the time of the conversation among the officers, the time proposed for the attack, and the ticompleted his chain of evidence to disprove the assertions in regard to the rumored order for a sunrise attack. （Southern Historical Society Papers, January-February, 1878, page 79.) Hood's statement, however, in Early's mind, was given a different interpretation. Early re-entered the lists, in the pages of the Southern Hist