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Varina Davis, Jefferson Davis: Ex-President of the Confederate States of America, A Memoir by his Wife, Volume 2, Chapter 80: General Joseph E. Johnston and the Confederate treasure. (search)
t $20 or $30 were distributed to each soldier. I was told by someone at Washington to draw that amount, but was too much engaged to do so. After leaving Washington, when President Davis determined to part company with the wagon train, Major Van Benthuysen, who had charge of it, handed me $1,200 to transport and took my receipt for it. I regarded it as a trust to be employed, if necessary, in getting our party to the Trans-Mississippi Department. I am of the opinion that our party received from Major Van Benthuysen some $5,000 or $6,000, but am not fully advised. This full suni of $1,200 was taken from my holsters by men of the Second Michigan Regiment when I was captured. I am quite sure that President Davis could not have carried much money about him, as he handed me his derringer to carry, being too feeble to endure its weight. But there is no ground for argument with any man who impugns the personal integrity of Jefferson Davis. The charge recoils upon the author. For
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 11. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 196 (search)
-camp, here, as always, actively aided me throughout. The gallant bearing and active labors of Major Saunders, Chief of Artillery to General Herbert, in very exposed positions, attracted my special attention. I present my acknowledgments to Flag Officer Pinckney, Confederate States navy, who was present during the action, for the welcome and efficient aid sent to Colonel Lamb, the detachment under Lieutenant Roby, which manned the two Brook guns, and the company of marines, under Captain Van Benthuysen, which reinforced the garrison. Lieutenant Chapman, Confederate States navy, commanding battery Buchanan, by his skilful gunnery saved us on our right from a movement of the enemy, which, unless checked, might have resulted in a successful passage. The navy detachment at the guns, under very trying circumstances, did good work. No commendations of mine can be too much for the coolness, discipline and skill displayed by officers and men. Their names have not all been furnished
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 26. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), William Henry Chase Whiting, Major-General C. S. Army. (search)
ten companies; four companies of the 40th North Carolina; Co. D of the 1st North Carolina Artillery Battalion; Co. C, 3rd North Carolina Artillery Battalion; Co. D, 13th North Carolina Artillery Battalion, and the naval detachment, under Captain Van Benthuysen. Colonel Lamb affirms that at no time during the last and heaviest action were there in the Fort more than 1,900 men, including the sick, killed and wounded. The activity of the blockade-running steamers stirred the Federal governm was our own. Of the latter, as a prisoner, I have not been able to ascertain. At 9 P. M. the gallant Major Reilly, who had fought the fort after the fall of his superiors, reported the enemy in possession of the sally-port. The brave Captain Van Benthuysen, of marines, though himself badly wounded, with a squad of his men, picked up the general and colonel, and endeavored to make way to Battery Buchanan, followed by Reilly with the remnant of the forces. On reaching there it was found to
The Daily Dispatch: December 24, 1860., [Electronic resource], Duel Abroad. (search)
Duel Abroad. --A duel is reported to have taken place between Capt. Van Benthuysen, of New Orleans, and Lieut. Many, of Nashville, two American officers attached to Gen. Avezzana's staff, in Italy. Lieut. Many was slightly wounded on the first fire, when the difficulty was amicably adjusted.
The Daily Dispatch: November 26, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 13 (search)
of the reach of the guns of the Fort Our loss up to 1 o'clock was five killed and nine wounded. 9½ o'clock, P. M.--The cannonade is continued to-night, presenting a magnificent spectacle. Several bombs exploded over the rear of Bragg had Gladden's staffs, which injured no one. Gen. Bragg was constantly greeted wherever he went. Three batteries, manned by Louisiana infantry, and commanded by Captains Wheat and Butcher, and Lieut. Malder, greatly distinguished themselves; and Capt. Van Benthuysen's marine battery is entitled to a like distinction for efficiency. One of the enemy's ships is thought to have been badly damaged on yesterday. She was not firing on Saturday. Three frigates were in sight. Some old buildings in Warrington have been burned, but the loss is trifling. Some few shot passed through the hospital, but injured no one, as the sick had been removed. A number of shells have fallen in Fort Pickens, and, it is believed, with much effect. The
The Daily Dispatch: January 20, 1862., [Electronic resource], Southern news. (search)
g, and their object to exchange money for the purchase of goods in Maryland. From Bath they went to Mary land, and returned by Williamsport the day they were arrested. Desertions to the enemy from Pensacola. From a letter in the New Orleans Picayune, dated "Warrington, Fla, Jan, 4, we clip the following paragraph: Since my last writing nothing of moment has occurred, except the desertion of six marines to the enemy. It was a hold step. They belonged to the company of Captain Van Benthuysen, of the C. S. marine corps, and one Sunday, just after reveille, in the grey of the morning, they took a boat and rowed rapidly across, having previously spiked with wood the guns of the battery to which they belonged. It is believed the sentry himself spiked them, else it would have been discovered. They were a considerable distance from shore and rapidly gaining the other side before they were seen; hundreds of soldiers stood on the beach awaiting them. It was very aggravating.
The Daily Dispatch: August 7, 1862., [Electronic resource], Further from the North. (search)
on of Gen. Butler, and that she had conceived a deep respect for him. She was in capital spirits, and seemed to look forward to a residence at the fort with no little delight. The three persons whom I mentioned in my last as having been arrested while trying to pass our lines, have been punished as follows: Messrs. Rossy and Dacres, sent to Fort St. Philip; and Mr. Russell, having been engaged in attempting to get away for the purpose of attending to the business of his employers, Messrs Benthuysen, Lewis & Co., was released after his principals had paid a fine of $500. T. H. Farish, the agent of the Rothschild in New Orleans, had committed suicide. A number of persons had been arrested for an attempt to assassinate Thomas S. Burbank and his brother, among whom was Andre Delarde, a brother-in-law both of John Slidell and General Beauregard. The price of flour had fallen to sixteen dollars per barrel. From Fredericksburg. A letter to the New York Tribune,
The Daily Dispatch: January 13, 1865., [Electronic resource], The late operations at Wilmington — the official reports. (search)
amp, here, as always, actively aide me throughout. The gallant bearing and active labors of Major Saunders, chief of artillery to General Herbert, in very exposed positions, attracted my especial attention. I present my acknowledgments to Flag-Officer Pinkney, Confederate States navy, who was present during the action, for the welcome and efficient aid sent to Colonel Lamb, the detachment under Lieutenant Roby, which manned the two Brooke guns, and the company of marines, under Captain Van Benthuysen, which reinforced the garrison. Lieutenant Chapman, Confederate States navy, commanding battery Buchanan, by his skillful gunnery, saved us on our right from a movement of the enemy which, unless checked, might have resulted in a successful passage. The navy detachment at the guns, under very trying circumstances, did good work. No commendation of mine can be too much for the coolness, discipline and skill displayed by officers and men. Their names have not all been f