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Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Chapter 1: (search)
ipitately in withdrawing from the Union, it may be answered that intervening occurrences show that her delay could not have changed the result; further, her prompt action had enabled her better to prepare for the contingency which it was found impossible to avert. Thus she was prepared in the first necessities of Virginia to send to her troops organized and equipped. Before the convention for cooperation with the Confederate States had been adopted by Virginia, that knightly soldier, General Bonham of South Carolina, went with his brigade to Richmond; throughout the Southern states there was a prevailing desire to rush to Virginia, where it was foreseen that the first great battles of the war were to be fought; so that, as early as April 22d, I telegraphed to Governor Letcher that, in addition to the forces heretofore ordered, requisitions had been made for thirteen regiments, eight to rendezvous at Lynchburg, four at Richmond, and one at Harpers Ferry. Referring to an application
Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Chapter 7: (search)
it, and had been least fatigued during the day, General Bonham's brigade was named. I then suggested that he . Jordan, wrote at my dictation, directing Brigadier-General Bonham to follow the retreating enemy. If you cad the necessity for an urgent pursuit that night by Bonham, who, with his own brigade and that of Longstreet, as did all present. The question of throwing General Bonham forward that night, upon the unverified report hat chivalrous gentleman, soldier, and patriot, General Bonham. It is as follows: (special orders, no of the Potomac, Manassas, July 21, 1861. I. General Bonham will send, as early as practicable in the mornil be sent immediately to these headquarters. General Bonham will advance with caution, throwing out an adva it is insufficient for the purposes indicated, General Bonham will call on the nearest brigade commander for Thomas Jordan, A. A. Adjutant-General. To Brigadier-General Bonham. Impressed with the belief that the e
Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Appendix G (search)
, will either attack or molest the United States forts in the harbor of Charleston, previously to the action of the Convention, and, we hope and believe, not until an offer has been made, through an accredited representative, to negotiate for an amicable arrangement of all matters between the State and Federal Government, provided that no reenforcements shall be sent into those forts, and their relative military status shall remain as at present. John McQUEEN, William Porcher miles, M. L. Bonham, W. W. Boyce, Lawrence M. Keitt. Washington, December 9, 1860. And here I must, in justice to myself, remark that, at the time the paper was presented to me, I objected to the word provided, as it might be construed into an agreement, on my part, which I never would make. They said that nothing was further from their intention; they did not so understand it, and I should not so consider it. It is evident they could enter into no reciprocal agreement with me on the subject. They d
Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Index (search)
ndorsement, 319-21. Letter from Davis concerning organization of troops by states, 385-86. Beckham, Lieut., 325. Bee, Gen., Barnard, 310. Bell, John, 44, 45. Belmont (Mo.), Battle of, 345-46. Beltzhoover, —, 345. Benjamin, Judah P., 391. Selected as Attorney-General (Confederacy), 207-09. Berrien, —, 13-14. Bethel Church, Battle of, 297. Bigler, —, 58. Bingham, S. K., 215. Blair, Austin, 215. Col. F. P., 359, 364. Montgomery, 233-34, 238. Bonham, Gen. M. L., 260,307, 308, 309. Booneville, Battle of, 364. Boston Memorial Presentation to Congress, 140. Extract on equality of states, 153. Bragg, General, 350. Breckinridge, John C., 43, 44, 45, 177, 342. Extracts from address to Kentuckians, 343-44. Brierfield, Warren Co., Miss., 197. Brockenbrugh, John W. Delegate to Peace Congress, 214. Brooklyn navy yard. Site ceded to Federal government by New York, 179. Brown, Mayor of Baltimore, 288. Extract from<