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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 35. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.37 (search)
Boy soldiers. From the N. O. Picayune, September 15, 1907. Captain Dinkins Asks each State to count her young Heroes—Lads who went from schoolroom and Playground to the Grim work of war. Having read a statement recently that one county in Virginia gave nine boys under seventeen years of age to the Confederate cause, I am induced by every feeling of pride and patriotism for my native (Madison) County, State of Mississippi, to make record, as well as comparison of the boys who volunteered from that county, and I tender my thanks to the Canton Picket and Canton Times for kindly aiding in the matter. It will be noted that six entered the service at fifteen, twenty-nine at sixteen, and five at seventeen years of age. It is almost certain the list is incomplete, but I am only able to give the following: Richard Courtney, fifteen; Landon C. Cheek, fifteen; Mat Chambers, fifteen; W. L. McKee, fifteen; Joseph Tucker, fifteen; Charles Vanhouten, fifteen; Leon Bailey, si
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 35. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), The cruise of the Shenandoah. (search)
mmemorial one of the most effective and damaging means resorted to in wars between nations and peoples has been an attack upon the commercial marine of an adversary. It was a mode of warfare legitimatized by being resorted to all through the ages. It was adopted by our colonial cruisers during the revolutionary war, and during the war of 1812, 1813 and 1814 seventy-four British merchant vessels were captured by the United States Navy under direct orders from their Navy Department and President Madison. Such depredations only became piratical, in the minds of the Federal Government, when their own interests were jeopardized during our late war. Situated and conditioned as we were when that war began and during its continuance, such means of warfare were peculiarly alluring and suggestive of many and great results. The Southern Confederacy had no commerce and was at war with the United States, which had a large commercial marine. To attack it was not only to inflict heavy pecuniary
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 35. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Roster of Company E, Nineteenth Virginia Infantry. (search)
nlisted May 10, 1861. Mundy, Thomas W., promoted second sergeant; wounded August 30, 1862, in battle of Second Manassas; killed July 3, 1863, at Gettysburg. Mundy, Henry B., died November 3, 1861, in hospital at Charlottesville. Mooney, Madison, wounded in battle, Frazer's Farm, June 30, 1862; wounded November 17, 1863, at Howlett House; evidently shot June 8, 1864, and died from effects of wound. Meeks, Henry M., captured at Yorktown, April 26, 1862; exchanged August 5, 1862. MaYorktown, April 26, 1862; exchanged August 5, 1862; wounded in battle of Gettysburg, July 3, 1863, and captured. Minor, Peter H., captured at Yorktown, April 26, 1862; exchanged August 5, 1862; killed July 3, 1863, in battle of Gettysburg. Madison, James A., captured at Yorktown, April 26, 1862; exchanged August 8, 1862. Mitchell, W. F. Martin, Timothy, by exchange with N. T. Routt, March 24, 1865. McCue, H. T., exchanged with E. Goss, November 23, 1864. McCue, W. M., exchang