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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 9. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Operations against Newbern in 1864 . (search)
Operations against Newbern in 1864.
Report of General Pickett.
Headquarters Department North Carolina, February 15, 1864.
General,--I have the honor to report that, in accordance with instructions received from General Lee, under date of January 20, 1864, the expedition left Kingston as follows:
General Barton with his own brigade and that of Kemper, and three regiments of Ranson's, eight rifle-pieces, six Napoleons, and six hundred cavalry on the morning of the 30th ultimo to c , Assistant Adjutant-General.
Endorsements.
Headquarters Department of Richmond, February 26, 1864.
Respectfully forwarded at the request of Brigadier-General Barton. Arnold Elzey, Major-General.
Headquarters, 3d March, 1864.
I think it due to General Barton that a court of inquiry be granted him. R. E. Lee, General.
Respectfully submitted to the adjutant and inspector-general. Samuel W. Melton, Major and Assistant Adjutant-General. Organization Office, March 8, 1864.
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 9. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), History of Lane 's North Carolina brigade . (search)
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 9. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Editorial Paragraphs. (search)
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 9. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Expedition into Maryland -battle of Monocacy and advance on Washington . (search)
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 9. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Battle of Hatcher's Run -telegram from General Lee . (search)
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 9. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Reminiscences of the army of Northern Virginia , or the boys in gray, as I saw them from Harper's Ferry in 1861 to Appomattox Court-house in 1865 . (search)
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 9. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), General Lee 's offensive policy in the campaign of 1864 . (search)
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 9. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Notes and Queries. (search)
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 9. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), History of Lane 's North Carolina brigade . (search)
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 9. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Notes and Queries. (search)
Notes and Queries.
did General R. E. Lee descend from Robert, the Bruce King of Scotland? --Professor William Winston Fontaine, in a paper read before the Louisville branch of the Southern Historical Society March 29th, 1881, which we hope before long to find space to publish in full, has shown very conclusively that through the Carters and Spotswoods our King of men was descended from the noble King Robert Bruce of Scotland; and that of the five heroes who particularly distinguished themselves on the glorious field of Bannockburn, in driving back the invader of their beloved country, Lee, through the same channel, was the direct descendant of four--namely: King Robert; Thomas Randolph, Earl of Moray; Walter, the High Steward; and Sir Robert de Keith, Great Marischal of Scotland.
Professor Fontaine cites a number of authorities, and deserves great credit for the industry he has shown in bringing out these interesting links in the lineage of our great chief, who was in himself