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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 27. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Colonel Mosby Indicts Custer for the hanging. (search)
fall of Blazer: Charlestown, August 20, 1864. Sheridan to Augur, Washington: I have 100 men who will take the contract to clean out Mosby's gang. I want 100 Spencer rifles for them. Send them to me if they can be found in Washington. P. H. Sheridan, Major-General Commanding. (Indorsement): Approved: By order of the Secretary of War. C. A. Dana, Asst. Secretary. Harper's Ferry, November 19, 1864. Stevenson to Sheridan. Two of Captain Blazer's men came in this morning—Privates Harris and Johnson. They report that Mosby with 300 men attacked Blazer near Kabletown yesterday about 11 o'clock. They say that the entire command, with the exception of themselves, was captured or killed. I have ordered Major Congdon with 300 Twelfth Pennsylvania cavalry to Kabletown to bury dead and take care of wounded, if any, and report all facts he can learn. I shall immediately furnish report as soon as received. Exit Blazer. Richards commanded in the Blazer fight. I was not
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 27. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), William Preston Johnston. (search)
Johnston, of Natchitoches, United States Senator from this State, was an uncle of Colonel Johnston, being the elder half-brother of General Albert Sidney Johnston, who was a son of Dr. John Johnston, of Salisbury, Conn., and Abigail Harris, his second wife. Dr. John Johnston was the third son of Captain Archibald Johnston, of Salisbury, Conn., a Revolutionary soldier, of Scotch descent, the family settling first in Duchess county, N. Y. He was a foremost man in his day and generation. Edward Harris, father of Colonel Johnston's paternal grandmother, was a captain in the Revolutionary army, originally of Massachusetts, and a pioneer of Kentucky. Henrietta Preston, Colonel Johnston's mother, was a daughter of Major William Preston, United States army, and Caroline Hancock, a descendant of the Hancock and Strother families of Virginia. Major Preston served under Anthony Wayne against the Indians after the Revolutionary war. He was a son of Colonel William Preston, of Virginia, a vet
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 27. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Index. (search)
155. Garnett, General R. S., killed, 41. Garnett, Hon. T. S, Addresses of, 151, 155. Gettysburg Battle, discussed, 52; the Florida brigade at, 192, 241. Getz, David, Murder of, 372. Grabill, John H., 374. Grant, General U. S., 266. Greeley, Horace, 366. Green, Dr. B. W.; 222. Green, Judge John W., 355. Hagerstown and Williamsport, Md., C. S. sick and wounded at, 241. Hampden Sidney College Boys, 45. Hampton, General, Wade, 132. Hanover county heroes, 85. Harris, Edward, 295. Hemming, Chas. C., 129. Hill, General A. P, killed, 26. Hill, General D. H., 49. Hood, General J. B., 53. Howitzers, First company of, at Chancellors-ville, 218; in the Appomattox campaign, 322. Hughes, Captain J. M, 43. Hunter, General, David, Vandalism of, 179. Hunter, R. M. T., Address on, 151. Jackson, General Henry R., 41. Jackson, General T. J., 233, 336. Janney, John, 74. Jones, General W. E., killed, 175. Johnson, General Bradley T., 174, 311, 377