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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 26. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Charles Jones Colcock. (search)
l cotton growing States. This firm was a branch of the great factorage house of Bradley, Wilson & Co., of New Orleans. By a curious coincidence the completion and opening of the Charleston and Savannah Railway, projected by Colonel Colcock, was being celebrated in Charleston when the news of Mr. Lincoln's election was made known, with its attendant excitement. The sentiment of resistance was largely developed at these festivities, where the eloquence of Bartow, of Savannah, and (Alfred) Huger, of Charleston, electrified the great assemblages. After the death of his second wife from pneumonia a new phase of Colonel Colcock's life developed; without military training and experience, his fondness for fine horses and skill as a horseman soon transferred him from civil life to the command of 3d South Carolina cavalry. He was elected colonel early in 1862, and led the regiment with signal ability until the close of the war. Lieutenant-Colonel J. H. Johnson, and Major John Jenkins,
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 26. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), William Henry Chase Whiting, Major-General C. S. Army. (search)
irty yards apart. The firing ceased at dark, when I ordered the line to fall back to the edge of the field and re-form. In the meantime Whiting's Brigade and the right of Pettigrew's had been forced back to the clump of trees just north of Fair Oaks station, where the contest was kept up until night. Battles and Leaders of the Civil War, Vol. II, p. 247. Longstreet says, in writing on June 7th: The failure of complete success on Saturday, I attribute to the slow movements of General Huger's command. * * * I can't but help think that a display of his forces on the left flank of the enemy would have completed the affair, and given Whiting as easy and pretty a game as was ever had upon a battle-field. In the cold, calm light of facts now developed, it is not difficult to see that the slowness was on the part of the writer of that report, who should, by Johnston's orders, have moved at daybreak on the 31st, and who failed to move at all, as ordered by General Smith, on th
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 26. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Index. (search)
289; A Gracious Deed of, 290. Hoge, Rev. Dr., Peyton, 260, 290. Hoge, Rev. Dr. W. J , 8. Hoge Memorial Church, 260. Holderby. Rev. A. R., 260. Holt, Judge Advocate, Gen. J., 337. Honey Hill, Battle of, 36 65, 68; Forces Engaged at, 69; S. C. Officers in, 71, 82; Heroes of, 232; Capt. G. C. Soule on, 86. Horton of Boston, Rev. E. A., 309. Horton, Lucy Frances, 33. Howard, Gen. John H., gallantry of, 77. Howitzers, The Richmond, 245. Hudgin, Capt. J. M., 115. Huger, Gen., Benj., 143. Hunter, R. M. T., 358. Hutson, Mary W., 32. Ingram, John, killed, 11. Iron Armor, first use of in the C. S. Army, 67. Jackson, Gen. T. J.; Death of, 9, 131, 293. James, Capt., Geo. S., 105. Jeffersonton, Battle of, 19 Jenkins, Maj., John, 36, 70. Johnson's Defence of Charleston, 65. Johnson, Maj., John, 67 Johnston, Gen J. E., Surrender of, 37; His Tribute to Gen. Whiting, 158. Johnston, Col., Wm. Preston, 98. Jones, Rev Dr. J. Wm , 29. Jones, Col. R.