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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 10. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Correspondence and orders concerning the army of Northern Virginia. (search)
ett's Landing, seven miles below, and two gunboats coming up, firing occasionally to clear the banks. We have only a small force to prevent them from outflanking us. I do not know who commands the forces outside. S. S. Lee, Captain, Commanding. Petersburg, Virginia, June 1, 1862. Hon. G W. Randolph, Secretary of War: Two gunboats and one transport passed our pickets at Giles's Landing, on James River, at 12 M. on their way up the river. No particulars. Your obedient servant, James F. Milligan, Captain and Signal Officer. Petersburg, Virginia, June 1, 1862. Hon. G. W. Randolph: The Thirtieth Virginia left here at 10 P. M., and the Forty-eighth Georgia at 11. A train has also [been] ordered, as I understand, to take up the Arkansas regiment of Colonel Manning at Port Walthall Junction. These troops could be stopped in Richmond and ordered back to Half-Way Station, thence take the line of march for Drewry's Bluff. R. Ransom. Richmond, Virginia, June 2, 1862. Senior O
The Daily Dispatch: August 15, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 13 (search)
Personal. --Captains Osborne Peters and James F. Milligan, of the Confederate Revenue service, arrived in this city yesterday from Norfolk, on official business.
The Daily Dispatch: October 19, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 15 (search)
o be seriously apprehended from this newly-discovered plan of the enemy. A man who is supposed to entertain sentiments hostile to the South was arrested yesterday at the Navy-Yard. A review of the Light Artillery batteries near the city will take place to-morrow afternoon. There was another storm here last night.--Yesterday afternoon rain fell in considerable quantities, and a heavy gale took place during the night — the wind blowing very strongly from southeast. Lieut. Jas. F. Milligan, who has recently received a commission as Captain in the Confederate States Army, was formerly connected with the United States revenue service, and as soon as the war commenced, he took an active part in opposition to the efforts of the presumptuous hirelings of Lincoln, and showed himself very useful as signal officer, &c. He is from the noble State of Missouri, where his father resides. Capt. M. has seen hard service among the Indians of the Northwestern frontier, an is ready f
The Daily Dispatch: February 3, 1862., [Electronic resource], article 2 (search)
de of the river, nobly stood up to their duty in spite of infirmities and regardless of exposure; indeed there seemed to be on hand just the men wanted for the occasion. On the 20th of April, the day before the great Navy-Yard fire, Lieut. Jas. F. Milligan, a removed officer, took command of the Empire, two days after she was steaming off to Richmond, with the first guns forwarded from the Navy-Yard, and a few days later she again passed up James river, loaded with powder, shot, shell, &c. Returning the last time, she had to run the blockade, which she did safely, notwithstanding she had two barges in tow. The zeal and the efficient and able services of Lieutenant, now Captain Milligan, then and since, have been deservedly appreciated and acknowledged in proper quarters. No one has labored more willingly and untiringly. As signal officer, his services have been specially useful, and his system of signals is believed to be equal to any that has been adopted. The steamer Ran