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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 33. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), The honor roll of the University of Virginia, from the times-dispatch, December 3, 1905. (search)
862. Baylor, T. G., Va., Petersburg, Va. 1861. Baylor, W. S. H., Va., Manassas, Va. 1862. Beale, J. R., Va., Bedford County, Va., 1862. Beall, J. G., Va., F. Columbus, N. Y., 1865. Bedinger, G. R. W., Va., Gettysburg, Pa., 1863. Bell, R. S., Va., Rappahannock, Bdg., (?) 1863. Bell, L. R. N. C., Malvern Hill, Va., 1862. Berry, L. G. W., Va., Fairfax County, Va., 1861. Bibb, F. S., Lt. Va., Chancellorsville, Va. 1861 Bird, J. W., Va., 1861. Biscoe, T. H., Maj., LaBell, L. R. N. C., Malvern Hill, Va., 1862. Berry, L. G. W., Va., Fairfax County, Va., 1861. Bibb, F. S., Lt. Va., Chancellorsville, Va. 1861 Bird, J. W., Va., 1861. Biscoe, T. H., Maj., La., Spotsylvania Co., Va., 1864. Bonner, S. R., Ga., Shenandoah, Va.. 186-. Booton, W. S., Ga., Gettysburg, Pa., 1863. Boston, R. B., Col., Va., High Bridge, Va., 1865. Bowles, T. B., Va., 1862. Bowling, H. A., Capt., Md., Richmond, Va., 1864. Bowyer, E. F., Capt., Va., Drewry's Bluff, Va., 1862. Bradford, R., Fla., Santa Rosa, Fla., 186-. Brawner, W. G., Capt., Va., Seneca Mills, Md., 1863. Braxton, W. A., Va., 186-. Breckenridge, P. G., Capt., Va., Kennons Landing,
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 33. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Some of the drug conditions during the war between the States, 1861-5. (search)
re sold at $1.00 an oz.; quinine, $25.00 per oz.; morphine, $10.00 per dr.; quinine pills, $1.00 each, and other pills $5.00 a dozen. Prescriptions ranged usually from $5.00 to $15.00. Whiskey sold at $50.00 a bottle. You must recollect that greenbacks were worth about twenty times our money, gold 100 times. I imported a great many goods through Evans' Sons, Liverpool, and regret exceedingly I now have none of the invoices. It was quite an industry, I am told by an Atlanta lady, Mrs. Marcus A. Bell, for the country people to raise castor oil beans. The crushed beans were boiled and the oil skimmed off. She said that the grandmothers of those days revived the traditions of Colonial times. They made their own dyes and coloring matter from the roots and barks of native woods. Dog-wood, sumac and the roots of pine trees were largely used, and indigo was cultivated in the gardens. Instead of paregoric, fennel-seed tea was given to the babies. For rash they used red-oak bark an
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 33. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), The Twelfth Alabama Infantry, Confederate States Army. (search)
getting over them, but the brave and devoted men kept moving forward, until at last an open field was reached near the enemy's works. The men were placed in a hurried line of battle, and continued to rush upon the enemy, who seemed to renew their firing with redoubled fury. Our men fell rapidly, some dying, many dead, and others dangerously wounded. I heard the clarion voice of Colonel Gordon calling to his men on our right, above the roar of battle. His major, Nesmith, was killed. Capt. Bell and 44 of his men were killed or wounded in one company. The 12th's old superb commander, Col. R T. Jones, was instantly killed. But we silenced the battery in front of us, rushed through the moat of water, climbed over the breastwork, ran through the tents, vacated by Gen. Caseys's troops, and moved on beyond the camp, halting in front of a collection of abatis, which was formed by cutting down a dense grove of old field pines and trimming and sharpening the limbs so as to impede our