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Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 1., Chapter 10: Peace movements.--Convention of conspirators at Montgomery. (search)
ffairs.--Messrs. Memminger, Crawford, Martin, Curry, and De Clouet. Judiciary.--Messrs. Clayton, Withers, Hale, T. R. Cobb, and Harris. Naval Affairs.--Messrs. Conrad, Chesnut, Smith, Wright, and Owens. Military Affairs.--Messrs. Bartow, Miles, Sparrow, Keenan, and Anderson. Postal Affairs.--Chilton, Hill, Boyce, Harrison, and Curry. Mr. Brooke, of Mississippi, was made Chairman of the Committee on Patents and Copyrights — an almost <*>seless office. All the laws of the United Stse remarks were highly applauded, and a committee, consisting of one delegate from each State, was appointed to report upon a device for a national flag and seal. The Committee consisted of Messrs. Shorter, Morton, Bartow, Sparrow, Harris, and Miles. Mr. Brooke, of Mississippi, offered a resolution to instruct the Committee to report a design for a flag as similar as possible to that of the United States, making only such changes as should give them distinction. In his speech he talked with
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 4. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 50 (search)
Preston. House of Representatives.  Alabama. North-Carolina. Dist. Dist.  1.T. J. Foster,1.W. N. H. Smith,* 2.W. R. Smith,2.R. R. Bridgers, 3.J. P. Rawls,3.O. R. Keenan, 4.J. L. M. Curry,*4.T. D. McDowell, 5.F. S. Lyon,5.A. H. Herington, 6.W. P. Chilton,*6.J. R. McLean, 7.D. Clopton,7.-----Ashe, 8.J. L. Pugh,8.William Lander, 9.E. S. Dargan.9.B. S. Gaither, Arkansas.10.A. T. Davidson.* 1.G. A. Garland,South-Carolina. 2.James M. Patterson,1.John McQueen, (Incomplete.)2.W. P. Miles,* Florida.3.L. M. Ayer, 1.James B. Dawkins,4.M. L. Bonham, 2.R. A. Hilton.5.James Farrow, Georgia.6.W. W. Boyce.* 1.Julian Hartridge,Tennessee. 2.Chas. S. Munnerlyn,1.J. B. Heiskill, 3.Hines Holt,2.W. G. Swann, 4.A. H. Kenan,*3.-----Tibbs, 5.D. W. Lewis,4.J. B. Gardenshire, 6.W. W. Clark,5.H. S. Foote, 7.R. P. Trippe,6.Meredith P. Gentry, 8.L. J. Gatrell,7.G. W. Jones, 9.Hardy Strickland,8.-----Menses, 10.A. R. Wright.9.J. D. C. Atkins* Kentucky.10.J. V. Wright, (Not yet e
Alfred Roman, The military operations of General Beauregard in the war between the states, 1861 to 1865, Chapter 13: (search)
-flag, one, presented by General Beauregard, was adopted. It was a red field with a diagonal blue cross, the latter edged with white, and bearing white stars. This beautiful design, by a strange coincidence, had been previously devised by Colonel Miles, and recommended, for the Confederate flag, to the Congress then in session at Montgomery, in March, 1861. It had also been proposed by Mr. Edward C. Hancock, at the request of Colonel James B. Walton, at New Orleans, in the month of April. It had been offered by Colonel Miles to General Beauregard, in substitution for one nearly similar in emblem and pattern, but different in the distribution of colors, suggested to him by General Beauregard when the latter was seeking to procure a change in the Confederate flag. And it was now proposed anew to the General by Colonel Walton, who had Mr. Hancock's design. To render it more portable, it was made square instead of oblong, by order of General Johnston. In the beginning of Decem
Hon. J. L. M. Curry , LL.D., William Robertson Garrett , A. M. , Ph.D., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 1.1, Legal Justification of the South in secession, The South as a factor in the territorial expansion of the United States (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), The civil history of the Confederate States (search)
t. The oath was then formally administered to all members on the call by States, and the convention was fully organized for business. The convention was composed of the following members: South Carolina.—R. B. Rhett, James Chestnut, Jr., W. P. Miles, T. J. Withers, R. W. Barnwell, C. G. Memminger, L. M. Keitt, W. W. Boyce. Georgia.—Robert Toombs, Howell Cobb, Benjamin H. Hill, Alexander H. Stephens, Francis Bartow, M. J. Crawford, E. A. Nisbett, A. R. Wright, T. R. R. Cobb, A. H. Kenanffective work was done ashore and part afloat. A few vessels had been constructed and equipped both at home and abroad. Ordnance and ordnance stores had been manufactured, coal and iron mines had been developed, and workshops established. Mr. Miles, of South Carolina, introduced a variety of bills designed to extend the application of the conscription law to all citizens under forty-five years of age; to retaliate where partisan rangers captured by the enemy were not treated as prisoners
The Daily Dispatch: June 4, 1861., [Electronic resource], Ordered off. (search)
. W. Brooke, Vicksburg, Mississippi. J. A. Orr,--, Mississippi. A. M. Clayton, Holly Springs, Mississippi. W. S. Barry, Columbus, Mississippi. J. T. Harrison, Columbus, Mississippi. J. A. P. Campbell, Kosciusko, Mississippi. South Carolina. R. B. Rhett, Sr., Charleston, South Carolina. R. W. Barnwell, Beaufort, South Carolina. L. M. Keitt, Orangeburg C. H. South Carolina. J. Chesnut, Jr., Camden, South Carolina. C. G. Memminger, Charleston, South Carolina. W. P. Miles, Charleston, South Carolina. T. J. Withers, Camden, South Carolina. W. W. Boyce, Winnsboro, Fairfield District, South Carolina. Texas. J. Hemphill, Austin, Texas. W. B. Ochiltree, Jefferson, Texas. W. S. Oldham, Brenham, Texas. T. N. Waul, Gonzales, Texas. J. Gregg, Fairfield, Texas. L. T. Wigfall, Marshall, Texas. Virginia. Wm. C. Rives, Cobham, Virginia. J. W. Brockenbrough, Lexington, Virginia. R. M. T. Hunter, Lloya's, Virginia. W. R. Staples
The Daily Dispatch: February 18, 1862., [Electronic resource], European News. (search)
n. 6. E. Barksdale. 7. Jno. J. McRae. Dist. Missouri. 1. W. M. Cook. 2. Thos. A. Harris. 3. Casper W. Bell. 4. A. H. Conrow. 5. Geo G. Vest. 6. T. W. Freeman. 7. John Hyer. North Carolina. 1. W. N. H. Smith. 2. R. R. Bridgers. 3. Owen R. Keenan. 4. T. D. McDowell. 5. Thos. S. Ashe. 6. A. H. Arrington. 7. Robert McLean. 8. William Lander. 9. B. S. Gaither. 10. A. T. Davidson. South Carolina. 1. John McQueen. 2. W. P. Miles. 3. L. M. Ayer. 4. M. L. Bonham. 5. James Farrow. 6. Wm. W. Boyce. Tennessee. 1. Jos. T. Heiskell. 2. Wm. G. Swan. 3. W. H. Tebbs. 4. E. L. Gardenshire. 5. Henry S. Foote. 6. M. P. Gentry. 7. Geo. W. Jones. 8. Thos. Meneese. 9. J. D. C. Atkina. 10. John V. Wright. 11. David M. Currin. Texas. 1. John A. Wilcox. 2. C. C. Herbert. 3. Peter W. Gray. 4. B. F. Sexton. 5. M. D. Graham. 6. Wm. B. Wright. Virginia. 1. M