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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 32. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 5 1 Browse Search
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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 24. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.6 (search)
l R. E. Lee, alone, I think, calmly sitting on his gray horse. I said to Captain J. B. Updike, Here is General Lee. He joined me and others in saying: General Lee to the rear. These are Virginians. General Gordon then rode up, and said: General Lee, these are Virginians; they have never failed to do their duty and they never will, but they don't want you to uselessly expose your life. You go to the rear, and they will follow me; won't you, boys? All echoed Yes, when Sergeant Wm. A. Compton, who had volunteered at the age of seventeen (he is now sheriff of Warren county, Va.), took hold of the bridle of General Lee's horse, and led him back through the ranks of my company and regiment. General Gordon immediately spurred his horse into the thicket, saying: Charge! Men, follow me! and, in the language of John R. Thompson, the poet, Like the waves of the sea That burst the dykes in the overflow, Madly the veterans burst on the foe. Their ranks were torn, and t
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 24. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), The laying of the corner-stone of the monument to President Jefferson Davis, (search)
rnt field of, 333. Chattanooga, 92. Chickamauga, Battle of, 92. Clarke Cavalry (Co. D), 1st Virginia Cavalry; history and roster of, 145. Clingman, General T. L., The career of, 303; duel with W. L. Yancey, 304; as a Senator, 306; his tobacco cure, 307. Cloninger, Lieutenant W. W., killed, 333. Cohoon's Battalion disbanded, 99. Cold Harbor, Battle of, 107; casualties in, 139, 266. Collins, Charles N., 102. Compromise measures in Mississippi, Missouri, 60. Compton, Sergeant W. A., 82. Confederate Flag, 117; army commands from the several States, 200; an incident in the financial history 230; restricted resources, 375. Conyer, Luther, 315. Corcoran, W. W., 307. Crater, Battle of, 193. Cunningham, S. A., 189. Currency in 1853, U. S., 62. Dahlgren, Colonel, Ulric, 278. Daves, Major, Graham, 256. Davidson; Correspondence between Jefferson Davis and Captain Hunter Davidson, 284. Davis, Jefferson, 25; thought resistance feasible until captured