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The Annals of the Civil War Written by Leading Participants North and South (ed. Alexander Kelly McClure), Lee's West Virginia campaign. (search)
lle, by which Cheat Mountain might be turned. he sent Colonel Gilliam, with his own Virginia Regiment and Colonel Lee's Sixtndezvous at Huntersville, and advance by the Pass that Colonel Gilliam had been directed to occupy, to the rear of the enemy'ry, and Marye's and Stanley's batteries of artillery. Colonel Gilliam was at Valley Mountain Pass, fifteen miles west of Hucupation of Valley Mountain by a force as large as that of Gilliam could escape the observation of the Federals, and its posithe time of his probable advance, he proceeded to join Colonel Gilliam at Valley Mountain. He took with him Major Lee's cavaconnoitering. It had now been eight or ten days since Colonel Gilliam first arrived at Valley Mountain Pass. At that time hand patient endurance in this campaign; and Colonels Burk, Gilliam, Campbell, Lee, Munford, Maney, Hatten and Savage were worquarter himself. He, therefore, directed Loring to detach Gilliam with his own regiment (the battalion of State Regulars) an
The Annals of the Civil War Written by Leading Participants North and South (ed. Alexander Kelly McClure), Death of General John H. Morgan. (search)
town fell asleep. Colonel Miller, who was posted near Bull's gap, did not know of the presence of Morgan in that part of the country until six P. M., September 3d. It is said that a woman brought him the news, and many pictures have been painted of her rapid horseback ride from Greenville to the gap; but upon a recent visit to Greenville, those having personal knowledge of the matter denied that there was a woman in it. But, however this may be, when the news came, Colonel Miller and General Gilliam held a short consultation, and the command was ordered to be in readiness to move. At eleven o'clock that night, in the midst of a terrible thunder-storm, which fairly drenched the soldiers, the Thirteenth Tennessee moved out toward Greenville, by way of the Arnett road. At midnight they were followed by the rest of the command, making a total of about two thousand men, fifteen hundred of whom were Tennesseeans. The storm increased, the rain fell in torrents, the heavens fairly shook
Fitzhugh Lee, General Lee, Chapter 6: the campaign in West Virginia. (search)
ume command in person of that department, for his duties of organizing and assigning troops to the different sections had nearly terminated. The Secretary of War and the adjutant general, under the direction of the President, were the proper persons to direct army movements now. General Lee proceeded at once to West Virginia, and for the first time assumed active command of the troops in the field. He went at first to Huntersville, where he found Loring, then to Valley Mountain, where Colonel Gilliam had been stationed. From the former point he wrote to his wife, August 4, 1861: I reached here yesterday to visit this portion of the army. The points from which we can be attacked are numerous, and the enemy's means unlimited, so we must always be on the alert; it is so difficult to get our people, unaccustomed to the necessities of war, to comprehend and promptly execute the measures required for the occasion. General Johnson, of Georgia, commands on the Monterey line, Gene
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 10. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 40 (search)
st in front of Dinwiddie Court House until further orders. Meantime, General Merritt's command continued to press the enemy, and, by impetuous charges, drove them from two lines of temporary works; General Custer guiding his advance on the widow Gilliam's house, and General Devin on the main Five Forks Road. The courage displayed by the cavalry officers and men was superb, and about two o'clock the enemy was behind his' works on the White Oak Road, and his skirmish line drawn in. I then orde to Gravelly Church, and put them into position at right angles to the White Oak Road, facing toward Petersburg, while Bartlett's division, Griffin's old, covered the Ford Road to Hatcher's Run. General Merritt's cavalry went into camp on the widow Gilliam's plantation, and General McKenzie took position on the Ford Road at the crossing of Hatcher's Run. I cannot speak too highly of the conduct of the troops in this battle, and of the gallantry of their commanding officers, who appeared to rea
J. William Jones, Christ in the camp, or religion in Lee's army, Appendix: letters from our army workers. (search)
y in spring of 1862. Also, my captain, W. J. Dance, had prayers often in his own tent, and engaged publicly in Divine services. His example for good was wonderful with his own men. He maintained his Christian character throughout the war. There was Captain Kirkpatrick, of Lynchburg, too, a noble Christian man, who exerted a happy influence. But I can't specify further. Among the men, there were some devoted men whose religion shone brightly. I might name George W. Baily, of my company, Gilliam, of Amherst Battery, etc. We had no revival during that winter. The spring of 1862 was a new era in our history. We left General Pendleton, and were attached to Colonel J. T. Brown's Artillery, where I suppose there might have been about fifty per cent. of religious men among the officers, and something over this among the men. Colonel Brown favored religion and encouraged chaplains, tracts, prayer-meetings, etc. But, coupled with him, we find the indomitable L. M. Coleman, whose whole
Maj. Jed. Hotchkiss, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 3, Virginia (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Appendix. (search)
Ninth Infantry battalion (merged into Twenty-fifth regiment): Camden, G. D., Jr., major; Hansbrough, George W., lieutenant-colonel. Ninth battalion Reserves: Taylor, Arch., major. Ninth Infantry regiment: Crutchfield, Stapleton, major; Gilliam, James S., major, lieutenant-colonel; Godwin, David J., lieutenant-colonel, colonel; Hardin, Mark B., major; Owens, John C., major; Phillips, James J., colonel; Preston, John Thomas Lewis, lieutenant-colonel; Richardson, William J., lieutenant-colonel; Jones, Joseph, lieutenant-colonel; Lawson, John, major; Mosby, Robert G., major; Tabb, William B., colonel. Fifty-ninth Militia regiment: Copeland, John R., colonel. Sixtieth Infantry regiment: Corley, James L., lieutenant-colonel; Gilliam, William A., lieutenant-colonel; Hammond, George W., major, lieutenant-colonel; Jones, Beuhring H., lieutenant-colonel, colonel; Rowan, William S., major; Spaulding, J. W., lieutenant-colonel; Starke, William E., colonel; Summers, John C., major
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 23. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Historical sketch of the Rockbridge artillery, C. S. Army, by a member of the famous battery. (search)
M. Effinger, William H. Emmett, Michael J. Eppes, W. H. *Estill, William C. Fairfax, Randolph Faulkner, E. Boyd Fishburne, Clemt. D. Font, Henry Ford, Henry F. Ford, James A. Frazer, Robert *Friend, Benjamin C. M. Fuller, John Garnett, James M. Gay, Charles Gay, Erskine M. Gerard, Edward Died at Chimborazo hospital, of diphtheria, on September 6, 1864.Gibbs, John T., Jr. Gibson, Henry B. Gibson, John T. *Gibson, Robert A. Gilliam, William T. *Gilmer, James B. Gilmore, J. Harvey *Ginger, George A. Ginger, William L. Gold, Alfred Gold, John M. *Gooch, J. T. Gordon, William C. *Graham, Archibald, Jr. Goul, John M. Gray,—— Gregory, John M., Jr. Grosch, Charles Hall, John F. Harris, Alexander Harris, Bolin *Heiskell, J. Campbell Heiskell, J. P. *Henry, Norborne S. Herndon, Francis T. Hetterick, Ferdinand Hitner, John K. Holmes, John A. Hostetter, Geo
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 23. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.12 (search)
eves when I first saw the Yankees, and might have made my escape, but thinking they were our Home Guard, I deliberately walked around the house in full view of them, and saw my mistake when the guns were pointed at me, and I could only throw up my hands in token of surrender. I was carried right off, without a coat, and was all night without coat or blanket, and almost frozen. They issued no rations, but my mother was allowed to supply me with food. My sister went with my parole to General Gilliam and begged him to release me, but he refused to do it. This was Eastereve, 1865. No rations. On Monday we marched twenty miles up the Blue Ridge, and camped at Yadkin spring, where we received our first rations—a half-ear of corn for each prisoner—for twenty-four hours. And this in a land not yet despoiled of provisions, where our captors had plenty and to spare. I had some remains of my lunch, and did not want the corn; but half a dozen famished men were eager for it. Next morn
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 30. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Appendix. (search)
James F. Chavers, J. L. Chenault, C. O. Davidson, F. M. Dayton, E. T. Fields, Leon. Godsey, Frank. Gilliam, James D. Gilliam, Cornelius. Blackwell, Wm. H. Coleman, Clifton L. Cox, William F. Cullen, J. W. ColeGilliam, Cornelius. Blackwell, Wm. H. Coleman, Clifton L. Cox, William F. Cullen, J. W. Coleman, R. H. Camden, William. Day, C. R. Dickell, Charles. Dowdy, James M. Fat, George F. Goff, Thomas. Gilliam, Wm. A. Graham, Thomas. Hughes, Hugh. Heckworth, L. C. Kendall, George E. Laine, J. H. McGuley, J. BGilliam, Wm. A. Graham, Thomas. Hughes, Hugh. Heckworth, L. C. Kendall, George E. Laine, J. H. McGuley, J. B. McCreary, Daniel. Moore, W. S. Moseley, G. W. Mason, J. N. Oliver, William H. Owen, J. B. Padgett, George. Phelps, Thomas. Phelps, Jos. M. Patteson, W. H. Reynolds, Benj. Radley, John. Robinson, A. P. Sump Daniel, John R. Driskill, John R. Echols, Thomas. Fulks, Marshall. Foster, James. Frye, William H. Gilliam, Robert. Hunter, Nehemiah H. Hannah, Robert M. Jones, W. W. Johnson, Thomas H. Kelly, Robert. Layne, D
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 35. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Roster of Company E, Nineteenth Virginia Infantry. (search)
sas battle; wounded in right leg July 3, 1863, at Gettysburg and captured. Eastham, David C., promoted fifth sergeant. Ferguson, Charles M., made corporal; died at home of typhoid fever February 21, 1862. Flynt, James T., wounded badly in right hand June 1, 1862, in battle of Seven Pines; never fit for duty afterwards. Flynt, William D., wounded in right arm in second battle of Manassas August 30, 1862; detailed October 20, 1862, by order of Secretary of War. Flynt, O. K. Gilliam, James L., detailed government tanner, afterwards transferred to 5th Regiment, Virginia Cavalry. Gilbert, Beverly, wounded May 12, 1864, in battle at Brook Church. Gerold, Garland F., wounded in battle at Gaines' Mill, June 27, 1862, left leg amputated; honorably discharged October 7, 1864, for this cause. Garnett, William J., wounded in right arm, at Gaines' Mill, June 27, 1862. Garnett, Milton, transferred to 39th Battalion Virginia Cavalry, December 19, 1864. Gregory, Benj
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