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Varina Davis, Jefferson Davis: Ex-President of the Confederate States of America, A Memoir by his Wife, Volume 2, Chapter 19: effort to effect exchange of prisoners-evacuation of Manassas-visit to Fredericksburg. (search)
r-General T. H. Holmes, commanding Acquia District, is relieved from the command of that district, and assigned to duty temporarily with General Lee, and will report to the Adjutant and Inspector-General, Richmond, Va., for further orders. By command of General Johnston. A. P. Mason. The following letters, written by residents of Fredericksburg, are also appended to prove conclusively that Mr. Davis, and not General Johnston, is right: Fredericksburg, Va., August 10, 1885. Judge William S. Barton. my dear Sir: In reply to your inquiry whether I knew that President Davis visited Fredericksburg in March, 1862, I beg to say that I know he did. At what time of the month it was, I cannot now state positively, but my impression is, it was between the 15th and the 20th. On my return from Richmond, about g or 10 A. M., I found President Davis, General Johnston, and General Holmes at my house. Very soon after General Holmes ordered me (I was his aide) to go with the Preside
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 4. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book IV:—the war in the South-West. (search)
h a proposition for an expedition into the interior of Florida. With every latitude allowed him to direct and organize it, he embarked on February 6th at Hilton Head with Seymour's division. This, divided into three infantry brigades under Colonels Barton, Hawley, and Montgomery, comprised two regiments of cavalry under Colonel Henry and four batteries of artillery— about seven thousand men, all told. The convoy, composed of twenty transports escorted by two gunboats, entered the next mornincover of the woods, on the other hand they are sustaining considerable loss. The colored troops, well commanded, stand the test bravely, but they are forced to lengthen their front on the right to lend a helping hand to the Seventh Connecticut. Barton's brigade, which has cleared the narrow pass, comes to their support and prevents the enemy from assuming the offensive, without being able, however, to charge the positions which he holds. In the mean time, profiting by the advantages afforded
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 4. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Addenda by the Editor. (search)
Infantry. Lieutenant Henry T. Waterman101st Infantry. Iowa. Lieutenant Thomas H. Cramer4th Infantry. Lieutenant Charles S. Miller5th Infantry. Captain Robert Allison6th Infantry. Lieutenant George H. Conant10th Infantry. Lieutenant Isaac Sexton10th Infantry. Captain Luther F. McNeal17th Infantry. Captain John L. Steele26th Infantry. Kentucky. Lieutenant Gavine D. Hunt3d Infantry. Captain John P. Hurley5th Infantry. Captain Upton Wilson5th Infantry. Lieutenant William S. Barton9th Infantry. Michigan. Major Benjamin G. Bennet11th Infantry. Minnesota. Lieutenant Samuel G. Trimble2d Infantry. Missouri. Captain Herman Hartmann2d Infantry. Captain William A. J. Russell10th Infantry. Captain Joseph A. Ledergerber12th Infantry. Lieutenant Frederick Kessler12th Infantry. Captain John G. Reis15th Infantry. Lieutenant August F. Hranitzky17th Infantry. Lieutenant George Maehl17th Infantry. Captain Edward H. Stoddard26th Infantr
The Daily Dispatch: January 22, 1861., [Electronic resource], The National crisis. (search)
To the Voters of Spotsylvania county. --I see that Wm. S. Barton, Esq., is a candidate for a seat in the State Convention, to be held in Richmond on the 13th of February, I trust your high appreciation of him personally, and a reciprocation of the views expressed by him in his recent address to you, will be practically illustrated in his being returned a delegate to the Convention. I have read his address with great care and attention, and, devoted to the Union as I am. I could conscientneration for it so great that he would only destroy it temporarily, as a necessity and the only means of saving it, by re-construction upon principles which would guarantee the safety and honor of both sections. I feel warranted in saying that Mr. Barton would rejoice in the preservation of the Union. on the terms just indicated, and that, consequently, he would aid in dissolving the bands only when it was no longer honorable that Virginia should preserve them. His position is one of high, ma
The Daily Dispatch: January 23, 1861., [Electronic resource], The National crisis. (search)
C. Allen, James Dunlop, John E. Wadsworth, Edwin Wortham. By the Executive. R. O. Haskins, J. J. Wagoner, S. C. Robinson, N. C. Read. Norfolk. J. M. Smith, Kader Biggs, John James, W. B. Rogers. D. S. Cherry, W. H. C. Ellis, W. D. Reynolds. Petersburg. John Kevan. Chas. Corling, Andrew Dunn, John McGill. T. O. Hinton, R. R. Collier, T. C. Elder. Fredericksburg. J. H. Wallace, John Coakley. Samuel Gordon, Joseph Alsop. W. S. Barton, John J. Chew, W. Roy Mason, Jr. Farmville. Clem. C. Read. Chas. D. Anderson, John T. Thornton, Jas. McNutt. J. J. Walker, N. H. Cobbs, Jas. B. Hilliard. Danville. Wm. L. Green, John W. Paxton, Thos. D. Stokes, John R. Wilson. A. G. Taylor, J. F. Hobson, J. W. Holland. Lynchburg. John M. Speed, W. L. Morris, Jno. S. Langhorne, David W. Burton. Thos. J. Kirkpatrick, Wm. H. Hall. H. F. Bocock. Blacksburg. Jas. R. Kent, Jas.
The Daily Dispatch: January 23, 1861., [Electronic resource], The National crisis. (search)
To the Voters of Spotsylvania county. --I see that Wm. S. Barton, Esq., is, a candidate for a seat in the State Convention, to be held in Richmond on the 13th of February. I trust your high appreciation of him personally, and a reciprocation of the views expressed by film in his recent address to you, will be practically illustrated in his being returned a delegate to the Convention. I have read his address with great care and attention, and, devoted to the Union as I am, I could conscineration for it so great that he would only destroy it temporarily, as a necessity and the only means of saving it, by re-construction upon principles which would guarantee the safety and honor of both sections. I feel warranted in saying that Mr. Barton would rejoice in the preservation of the Union, on the terms just indicated, and that, consequently, he would aid in dissolving the bands only when it was no longer honorable that Virginia should preserve them. His position is one of high, man