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Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 2., Chapter 1: effect of the battle of Bull's Run.--reorganization of the Army of the Potomac.--Congress, and the council of the conspirators.--East Tennessee. (search)
anded to Colonel W. R. Lee, of the 20th Massachusetts Regiment, recently captured at Ball's Bluff, who was directed to place them in a deep tin case provided for the purpose, when Mr. Ely was directed to draw one out, the officer whose name it should bear to be held as hostage for William Smith, convicted of piracy. The lot fell upon Colonel Corcoran, then a prisoner in Castle Pinckney, in Charleston harbor. The names of the other thirteen hostages were drawn in the same way. They were: Colonels Lee, Wilcox, Cogswell, Wood, and Woodruff; Lieutenant-Colonels Bowman and Neff; Majors Potter, Revere, and Vogdes; and Captains Rockwood, Bowman, and Keffer.--Journal of Alfred Ely, Nov. 10, 3861, pages $10 to 216, inclusive. The latter, as we have observed, were, for the sake of humanity, treated as prisoners of war, and in due time the hostages were exchanged. On the establishment of the so-called government at Richmond, Davis's committee of advisers, whom he dignified with the title of
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 7: Prisons and Hospitals. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller), Prisoners of war (search)
major in the regular artillery, and General Lee was colonel of the Twentieth Massachusetts. Brevet Brigadier-General G. W. Neff Brevet Brigadier-General P. J. Revere Brigadier-General I. Vogdes Colonel W. E. Woodruff Brevet Brigadier-General W. R. Lee Colonel A. M. Wood the unreasoning censure of public opinion, and at the same time keep their prisoners. Prisoners in the North got more to eat than in the South, after 1862, at least, yet they often got less than the amount led on the field and 25,976 died while in captivity. A letter under date of March 9, 1911, says that he has no further information justifying a change in these figures. Of course, this large number of Confederates captured includes the armies of Lee, Johnston, Taylor, and Kirby Smith surrendered during the months of April and May, 1865. This report is probably as nearly correct as can be made, owing to the partial destruction of records, though it differs very widely from two other reports
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1: prelminary narrative, Preliminary narrative. (search)
W. Briggs, D. D. The 15th Mass. Infantry (Colonel Devens) and the 20th (Col. W. R. Lee) were (with the 71st Pennsylvania) the regiments chiefly engaged, the two c. (Report of Lieutenant Colonel Palfrey, Official War Records, V, 318.) Col. W. R. Lee of the 20th was captured, with the major and surgeon, four captains (three man), the 18th (Col. James Barnes), the 19th (Col. E. W. Hincks), the 20th (Col. W. R. Lee), and the 22d (Col. J. A. Gove). The 1st Battery (Capt. Josiah Porter), theampton Legion before it; and the 20th, which had now regained from captivity Colonel Lee, Major Revere and Adjutant Pearson, took an especially prominent part. The the following day, his gratitude for the service rendered by the regiment. Col. W. R. Lee resigned the command of this regiment from ill-health after the contest at 4th, died not long after him. See Harvard Memorial Biographies, I, 192, 238. Lee never gained a cheaper victory. （Cook's 12th Mass., p. 85.) The 29th lost no co
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 34. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.29 (search)
them Colonel Cogswell of the Tammany Regiment, but now acting brigadier-general in place of the gallant Baker, and Colonel W. R. Lee, 20th Massachusetts, together with the rifle cannon. Remarkable event of war. A remarkable incident, attend omitted. After Baker was killed, Cogswell says, in his report, that he went to the point occupied by Colonels Devens and Lee and found that they had decided on making a retreat—that he informed them he was in command of the field—that a retreat ac period in the war, by their tenacious contention upon the river banks at Fredericksburg, checked Burnside's advance until Lee was prepared to welcome and overwhelm him. The Richmond Howitzers. Major Robert Stiles, who was with the Howitzers, ginia. Colonel Devens was afterwards brevetted Major General, and was Attorney-General under the Hayes administration; Colonel Lee was brevetted Brigadier, and was Attorney-General of his State; Lieutenant Oliver Wendell Holmes, of the Twentieth Mas
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 34. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Index. (search)
on, 63; Last order of to Army of Northern Virginia, 110; commanded in West Virginia, 121, 245, 292; Abiding spirit of, 350, 387; Tribute to by B. H. Hill, 356. Lee, Captain, Wm. Fitzhugh, 364. Lee, General W. H. F., Rooney, 179, 192. Lee, General W. R., 273. Lemmon, George, 170. Lincoln, Mrs. A. 37. Lincoln, Proclamation, War, 281; Emancipation, 311. Lipscomb, Captain, Martin Meredith, 187. Long, General A. L., 2, 15 Louisiana, Purchase of, 61. Lynch, Wilson B., 149. McClellan Williams, John Jefferson, 221. Williams, John Skelton, :36. Williams, Colonel Lewis B, 329. Willis, Chaplain E. J ,253. Wilson, Captain J. A., 76. Winder, General John H., 85. Wirz, Captain, Henry, Stigma, removed from, memory of, 69. Wise, Captain, O. Jennings, 355; General Henry A, 354 Women of the Confederacy, what they saw and suffered, 191. Wooldridge, Colonel W. B., 259. Worsley, Philip Stanhope, his lines on General R. E Lee, 63 Wright, General Marcus J., 128.
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Index (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller), L (search)
, 188, 328, 332, 346; III., 138, 330; V., 67, 72; X.,247 268. Lee, S. P., VI., 119, 120, 149, 179, 190, 260, 315. Lee. W. H. F.: I., 275; III., 196, 324, 344; IV., 29, 72, 82, 237, 240; IX., 243, 284. Lee, W. J., VIII., 281. Lee, W. R., VII., 47. Lee and Gordon's Mills, Ga., II., 270, 276 seq., 285. Lee Ford, Wis., II., 320. 340. Lee Springs, Va., II., 322. Lee's Hill, Va., V., 62. Lee's Mills, Yorktown, Va. : I., 262, 264, 360; V., 29, 31, LLee and Gordon's Mills, Ga., II., 270, 276 seq., 285. Lee Ford, Wis., II., 320. 340. Lee Springs, Va., II., 322. Lee's Hill, Va., V., 62. Lee's Mills, Yorktown, Va. : I., 262, 264, 360; V., 29, 31, Leesburg, Va. (see also Ball's Bluff. Va.): I., 352; II., 58. Leetown. Ark. I., 358. Legal Viii., 72. Legare's Point, S. C., I., 364. Leggett, M. D., X., 91. Leggett Hill, Ga., III., 131. Lehigh,, U. S. S., VI., 179. Leipsic, losses at, X., 140. Leonard, W. H. H., VI., 83. Le Roy Stafford (Camp, X., 298. Les Miserables de Point Look-out. VII., 125. Let us have peace, U. S. Grant, IX., 117, 290. Letcher, J.: IV., 293; V., 306.
The Daily Dispatch: October 25, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 4 (search)
conformity with his orders our military movements are strictly regulated.--So that, whether it was good policy to enter Maryland or not, it is the President, and not the Generals, upon whom the responsibility of action or non-action rests. We don't believe that any service in the world has more accomplished military men than are at the head of the Southern armies. Gen. A. Johnston, of Kentucky, Gen. Johnston, Commander in Chief of the Army of the Potomac, Gen. Beauregard, Gen. Smith, Gen. Lee, Gen. Magruder, --we know not where to stop,--form a host of military worthies that would adorn any service in any age. We conceive that they have every motive to accomplish everything within their power which can operate upon the most unsparing of their critics, and probably understand their business as well. And this is equally true of the President. Undoubtedly, if any one individual in this Government has more interest than any other in the success of our arms, it is the Chief Magistr
The Daily Dispatch: October 25, 1861., [Electronic resource], Kentucky and Missouri. (search)
me a subject of controversy, and while one fellow got a kick in the stomach from a comrade, which somewhat deranged his powers of suction. another was interrupted in the process of drinking by a gruff order--"Don't slabber insider bucket!" The guard interfered, and stopped the row before it became general.--The arrangements for the march being at length completed, the first detachment of prisoners, composed of the following twenty two commissioned officers, passed through the lines: W. R. Lee, Colonel, 20th Massachusetts Regiment. Col. Cogswell, 12th New York. E. J. Revere, Major, 20th Miss. Chas, L, Pearson, Adjutant, 20th Mass. E. H. R. Revere, Ass't Surgeon, 20th Mass. Francis J. Keffer, Captain, 1st California. John M. Studley, Captain, 15th Mass. Henry Bowman, Captain, 15th Mass. Chas S. Simmons, Captain, 15th Mass. John Makall, Captain, 1st Cal. Timothy O'Meara, Captain, 42d N. Y. Geo. B. Perry, Lieut, 20th Mass. J. E. Green, Lieut., 15th Mass. S
The Daily Dispatch: February 24, 1862., [Electronic resource], article 2 (search)
elf as a gentleman. There are now only 138 prisoners left in Richmond, and they consist of disloyal citizens, Yankees deserters, and offending Confederates. For their security the usual guard is kept up. We learn that the smaller portion of Ross's factory will be occupied in future as a hospital, and Howard's factory, on south Main street, will be kept as a prison. The following is a list of the Yankee offices who left on Saturday, viz: Col. M. Cogswell, 42d New York regiment. Col. W. R. Lee, 20th Massachusetts regiment. Col. A. M. Wood, 14th New York regiment. Maj P. J. Revere, 20th Massachusetts regiment. Capt. Henry Bowman, Company C, 15th Massachusetts regiment. Capt. T. J. Keffer, Company N, 1st California regiment. Capt. G. W. Rockwood, Company A, 15th Massachusetts regiment. Capt R Williams, Company E, 12th Indiana regiment. Lieut. C. F. Freeman, Company F, 1st Virginia regiment. Lieut. J. E. Green, Company C, 15th Massachusetts regiment.