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Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: The Opening Battles. Volume 1., The Confederate Government at Montgomery. (search)
ich he ever served, and singularly free from revolutionary spirit. The deputies elected to meet at the Montgomery convention were: South Carolina, R. Barnwell Rhett, Lawrence M. Keitt, C. G. Memminger, Thomas J. Withers, Robert W. Barnwell, James Chesnut, Jr., W. Porcher Miles, and William W. Boyce; Florida, Jackson Morton, James B. Owens, and J. Patton Anderson; Mississippi, Wiley P. Harris, W. S. Wilson, Walker Brooke, Alexander M. Clayton, James T. Harrison, William S. Barry, and J. A. P. Campbell; Alabama, Richard W. Walker, Colin J. McRae, William P. Chilton, David P. Lewis, Robert H. Smith, John Gill Shorter, Stephen F. Hale, Thomas Fearn, and Jabez L. M. Curry; Georgia, Robert Toombs, Martin J. Crawford, Benjamin H. Hill, Augustus R. Wright, Augustus H. Kenan, Francis S. Bartow, Eugenius A. Nisbet, Howell Cobb, Thomas R. R. Cobb, and Alexander H. Stephens; Louisiana, John Perkins, Jr., Charles M. Conrad, Edward Sparrow, Alexander De Clouet, Duncan F. Kenner, and Henry Marsha
Varina Davis, Jefferson Davis: Ex-President of the Confederate States of America, A Memoir by his Wife, Volume 2, Chapter 5: the office was not sought. (search)
tude of the war probably to be waged. These expressions called out prompt contradiction from several eminent Confederates who had personal knowledge of the facts. As some of these misrepresentations have found their way into books that may be quoted as authorities when the present survivors of the war are no longer here to refute them, I deem it proper to refer to this evidence, volunteered at a time when the events were fresh in the memories of their contemporaries. The Honorable J. A. P. Campbell, of Mississippi, afterward Justice of the Supreme Court of that State, wrote in 1870: If there was a delegate from Mississippi, or any other State, who was opposed to the election of Jefferson Davis as President of the Confederate States, I never heard of the fact. No other man was spoken of for President in my hearing. It is within my personal knowledge that the statement that Mr. Davis did not have a just appreciation of the serious character of the contest between the seced
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 1., Chapter 10: Peace movements.--Convention of conspirators at Montgomery. (search)
. W. Barnwell, C. G. Memminger, L. M. Keitt, W. W. Boyce. Georgia.--Robert Toombs, Howell Cobb, Benjamin H. Hill, Alexander H. Stephens, Francis Barbour, Martin J. Crawford, E. A. Nisbett, Augustus B. Wright, Thomas R. R. Cobb, Augustus Keenan. Alabama.--Richard W. Walker, Robert H. Smith, Colin J. McRae, John Gill Shorter, S. F. Hale, David P. Lewis, Thomas Fearn, J. L. M. Curry, W. P. Chilton. Mississippi.--Willie P. Harris, Walker Brooke, A. M. Clayton, W. S. Barry, J. T. Harrison, J. A. P. Campbell, W. S. Wilson. Louisiana.--John Perkins, Jr., Duncan F. Kenna, C. M. Conrad, E. Spencer, Henry Marshall. Florida.--Jacksoa Morton, James Powers, W. B. Ochiltree. For days heavy rains had been flooding the whole State House at Montgomery. region between the Savannah and Tombigbee Rivers, damaging railways, and making traveling perilous. The train that conveyed Stephens, and Toombs, and T. R. Cobb, of Georgia, and Chesnut, and Withers, and Rhett, of South Carolina, was thrown from t
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 2. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 120 (search)
d Sparrow. 6.Henry Marshall. Mississippi. 1.Wiley P. Harris. 2.Walter Brooke. 3.W. S. Wilson. 4.A. M. Clayton. 5.W. S. Barry. 6.James T. Harrison. 7.J. A. P. Campbell. South Carolina. 1.R. B. Rhett, Sr. 2.R. W. Barnwell. 3.L. M. Keitt. 4.James Chesnut, Jr. 5.C. G. Memminger. 6.W. Porcher Miles. 7.Thomas J. Withers.Postal Affairs.--Messrs. Chilton, Boyce, Hill, Harrison, Curry. On Patents.--Messrs. Brooke, Wilson, Lewis, Hill, Kenner. On Territories.--Messrs. Chesnut, Campbell, Marshall, Nisbet, Fearn. On Public Lands.--Messrs. Marshall, Harris, Fearn, Anderson, Wright. On Indian Affairs.--Messrs. Morton, Hale, Lewis, Keitt, Sparrow. On Printing.--Messrs. T. R. R. Cobb, Harrison, Miles, Chilton, Perkins. On Accounts.--Messrs. Owens, DeClouet, Campbell, Smith, Crawford. On Engrossments.--Messrs. Shorter, Wilson, Kenan, McRae, Bartow Message of Jefferson Davis: delivered at Richmond July 20. Gentlemen of the Congress of the Confederate St
Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Chapter 5: (search)
conviction of his peculiar fitness. I have consulted no one on the subject, and have appended my name only to avoid resting an important fact upon anonymous authority. Very respectfully yours, (Signed) Alexander M. Clayton. From the Hon. J. A. P. Campbell of Mississippi, now a justice of the Supreme Court of that state: . . . .If there was a delegate from Mississippi, or any other State, who was opposed to the election of Jefferson Davis as President of the Confederate States, I. My opinion is, that no man could have obtained a single vote in the Mississippi delegation against Mr. Davis, who was then, as he is now, the most eminent and popular of all the citizens of Mississippi. . . . Very respectfully, (Signed) J. A. P. Campbell. From the Hon. Duncan F. Kenner of Louisiana: . . . . My recollections of what transpired at the time are very vivid and positive. . . . Who should be President, was the absorbing question of the day. It engaged the attention of
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Mississippi, (search)
Alcorn University be hereafter known as the Alcorn Agricultural and Mechanical College of the State of Mississippi; to establish the Agricultural and Mechanical College of the State of Mississippi; making the legislative sessions biennial......1878 Mississippi Valley Cotton Planters' Association organized at Vicksburg......1879 Mississippi Valley Labor Convention meets at Vicksburg to consider the negroexodus question......May 5, 1879 Revised code of Mississippi laws made by Hon. J. A. P. Campbell, adopted by the legislature......1880 Law passed prohibiting the selling or giving away of intoxicating liquors within 5 miles of the University of Mississippi......1882 Inter-State levee convention assembles at Vicksburg......Oct. 1, 1883 General local option law passed......1886 Extensive negro emigration from the hill country of Mississippi to the river bottoms along the Mississippi in the Yazoo section commences in Hinds and Rankin counties......November, 1886 Lay
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Ohio, (search)
d......Jan. 23, 1890 Lieutenant-Governor Lampson, Republican, unseated by Democratic majority in the Senate......Jan. 30, 1890 First Monday in September (Labor Day) made a legal holiday by legislature, which adjourns......April 28, 1890 Garfield memorial at Lakeview Cemetery, Cleveland, dedicated......May 30, 1890 Ex-Gov. Edward F. Noyes dies at Cincinnati, aged fifty-eight......Sept. 7, 1890 Legislature meets in extraordinary session, Oct. 14, passes a bill suggested by Governor Campbell, abolishing two public boards of Cincinnati, and creating a nonpartisan board of improvement, appointed by the mayor, and adjourns......Oct. 24, 1890 Charles Foster, Secretary of the United States Treasury......Feb. 25, 1891 Modified Australian ballot act passed at an adjourned session of the legislature......Jan. 6–May 4, 1891 People's party organized at the National Union Conference, held at Cincinnati, 1,418 delegates from thirty-two States......May 19, 1891 City of Hami
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), South Carolina, (search)
Charleston furnish abundant evidence of the determination of England to coerce America by force......April 19, 1775 On receiving news of the battle of Lexington, the arms are removed from the arsenal at Charleston and distributed among the enlisted men......April, 1775 Ship Betsey, from London, surprised by a Carolina privateer, and 111 barrels of powder captured.......August, 1775 Fort Johnson garrisoned by Captain Heyward and the Charleston artillery......September, 1775 Governor Campbell, last royal governor, dissolves the Assembly and retires to the sloop-of-war Tamar......Sept. 15, 1775 Hostilities in South Carolina begun by the British vessels Tamar and Cherokee making a night attack on the schooner Defence, Captain Tufts, while blocking Hog Island channel by sinking hulks. Shots are exchanged, but at sunrise the British vessels retire......Nov. 12, 1775 Colonel Moultrie, authorized by the council of safety, takes possession of Haddrell's Point, and with arti
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 1. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 33 (search)
Doc. 32.--delegates to the Montgomery Convention, Alabama, Feb. 4. Alabama. Robert H. Smith,Richard W. Walker, Colin J. McRae,John Gill, W. R. Chilton,S. F. Hale, David P. Lewis,Thomas Fearn, J. L. M. Curry. Florida Jackson Morton,J. Patton Anderson, James Powers. Georgia. Robert Toombs,Howell Cobb, Francis Barton,Augustus R. Wright, Martin Crawford,Thomas R. Cobb, Judge Nesbitt,Augustus Keenan, Benjamin Hill,A. H. Stephens. Louisiana. John Perkins, Jr.,A. Declomet, C. M. Conrad,E. Sparrow, Duncan F. Kenner,Henry Marshall. Mississippi. Wiley P. Harris,Walker Brooke, W. S. Wilson,W. S. Barry, A. M. Clayton,J. T. Harrison, J. A. P. Campbell. North Carolina. J. L. Bridgers,M. W. Ransom, Ex-Gov. Swann. South Carolina. T. J. Withers,W. W. Boyce, R. B. Rhett, Jr.,James Chestnut, Jr., L. M. Keitt,R. W. Barnwell, G. G. Memminger.
A Roster of General Officers , Heads of Departments, Senators, Representatives , Military Organizations, &c., &c., in Confederate Service during the War between the States. (ed. Charles C. Jones, Jr. Late Lieut. Colonel of Artillery, C. S. A.), chapter 11 (search)
on. Charles M. ConradLouisianaAfterwards member of Confederate Congress. Hon. Dancan F. KennerLouisianaAfterwards member of Confederate Congress. Hon. Henry MarshallLouisianaAfterwards member of Confederate Congress. Hon. John Perkins, JrLouisianaAfterwards member of Confederate Congress. Hon. Edward SparrowLouisianaAfterwards Cenfederate Senator from Louisiana. Hon. William S. BarryMississippiAfterwards Brigadier-General in Confederate service. Hon. Walker BrookeMississippi  Hon. J. A. P. CampbellMississippi  Hon. Alexander M. ClaytonMississippi  Hon. W. P. HarrisMississippi  Hon. James T. HarrisonMississippi  Hon. W. S. WilsonMississippi  Hon. Robert W. BarnwellSouth CarolinaAfterwards Confederate Senator from South Carolina. Hon. William W. BoyceSouth CarolinaAfterwards member of Confederate Congress. Hon. James Chestnut, JrSouth CarolinaAfterwards A. D. C. to the President, with rank of Colonel, and subsequently Brigadier-General C. S. A. Hon. Lawrence M. KeittSout<
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