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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Carnifex Ferry , battle of. (search)
Carnifex Ferry, battle of.
The Confederate troops left by Garnett and Pegram in western Virginia in the summer of 1861 were placed in charge of Gen. Robert E. Lee.
At the beginning of August he was at the head of 16,000 fighting men. John B. Floyd, the late Secretary of War, was placed in command of the Confederates in the region of the Gauley River.
From him much was expected, for he promised much.
He was to drive General Cox out of the Kanawha Valley, while Lee should disperse the army of 10,000 men under Rosecrans at Clarksburg, on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, and so open a way for an invading force of Confederates into Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Ohio.
Early in September Rosecrans marched southward in search of Floyd.
He scaled the Gauley Mountains, and on the 10th found Floyd at Carnifex Ferry, on the Gauley River, 8 miles from Summersville, the capital of Nicholas county, Va. Already a detachment of Floyd's men had surprised and dispersed (Aug. 26, 1861.) some Nati
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Civil War in the United States . (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Custis , George Washington Parke 1781 - (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hall of fame, (search)
Lee, Fitzhugh 1835-
Military officer; born in Clermont, Va., Nov. 19, 1835; nephew of Gen. Robert E. Lee; graduated at the United States Military Academy in
Fitzhugh Lee. 1856, and entered the army as second lieutenant of the 2d Cavalry.
In 1860 he was appointed instructor of cavalry at West Point, and in 1861 he resigned his commission to become adjutant-general under Ewell, in the Confederate army.
From September, 1861, to July, 1862, he was lieutenant-colonel and colonel of the 1st Virginia Cavalry, with which he took part in all the movements of the Army of Northern Virginia.
He was then promoted brigadier-general, and, on Sept. 3, 1863, major-general.
From March, 1865, until he surrendered to General Meade, at Farmville, he commanded the whole cavalry corps of the Army of Northern Virginia.
In 1886-90 he was governor of Virginia.
In 1896 President Cleveland appointed him United States consul-general at Havana, where he served till war was declared against Spain.
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Lee , Robert Edward 1807 - (search)
Lee, Robert Edward 1807-
Military officer; born in Stratford, Westmoreland co., Va., Jan. 19, 1 ched Amelia Court-house he received
General Robert E. Lee. orders from Richmond to hasten thit he army of the latter:
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April 7. Gen. R. E. Lee, Commander, C. S. A.:
Sir,—The result o will offer on condition of its surrender.
R. E. Lee, General. To Lieut.-Gen. U. S. Grant, Comman United States.
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April 8. To Gen. R. E. Lee, Commanding Confederate States Army:
Ge f the United States.
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April 9. General R. E. Lee, Commanding C. S. A.:
General,—Your n
Very respectfully, your obedient servant, R. E. Lee, General. To Lieutenant-General Grant, Comma
Appomattox Court-House, April 9, 1865. Gen. R. E. Lee, Commanding C. S. A.:
In accordance wit
Very respectfully, your obedient servant, R. E. Lee, General.
On the day of the surrender Gen self, I bid you an affectionate farewell.
R. E. Lee, General.
At the final act of surrender,
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), McCabe , James Dabney 1842 -1883 (search)
McCabe, James Dabney 1842-1883
Author; born in Richmond, Va., July 30, 1842; received an academic education.
His publications include Fanaticism and its results; Life of Gen. Thomas J. Jackson; Memoir of Gen. Albert S. Johnston; Life and campaigns of Gen. Robert E. Lee; Planting the wilderness; The Great republic; History of the Grange movement; Centennial history of the United States; Lights and shadows of New York life, etc. He died in Germantown, Pa., Jan. 27, 1883.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Battle of Mechanicsville , or Ellison's Mill , (search)
Battle of Mechanicsville, or Ellison's Mill,
Gen. Robert E. Lee, who had been recalled from Georgia, was placed in command of the Confederate army led by Johnston, after the latter was wounded (see fair Oaks, battle of). He prepared to strike McClellan a fatal blow or to raise the siege of Richmond.
He had quietly withdrawn Jackson and his troops from the Shenandoah Valley, to have him
Mechanicsville, 1862. suddenly strike the right flank of McClellan's army at Mechanicsville and uncover the passage of that stream, when a heavy force would join him, sweep down the left side of the Chickahominy towards the York River, and seize the communications of the Army of the Potomac with the White House.
McClellan did not discover Jackson's movement until he had reached Hanover Court-house.
He had already made provision for a defeat by arrangements for a change of base from the Pamunkey to the James River; and when, on the morning of June 25, 1862, he heard of the advance of Jackson on
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Peabody , Selim Hobart 1829 - (search)