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ult is but the fruit. His report of the gallantry of individuals I fully confirm from my own observation. I wish to mention Captain Mann, Lieutenant Latham, Lieutenant Hunter, of the Thirty-sixth; Lieutenant Rankin of the first battalion; Captain Adams of the light artillery, as very active and efficient. To Colonel Tansill of my staff we owe many thanks. To his skilful judgment and great experience the defence of the land front was committed at the critical moment of assault. Of Major Riley, with his battery of the Tenth Carolina, who served the guns of the land front during the entire action, I have to say he has added another name to the long list of fields on which he has been conspicuous for indomitable pluck and consummate skill. Major Still, chief of my staff, and Major Strong, aid-de-camp, here, as always, actively aided me throughout. The gallant bearing and active labors of Major Saunders, Chief of Artillery to General Herbert, in very exposed positions, attracted
J. William Jones, Christ in the camp, or religion in Lee's army, Chapter 11: the great revival along the Rapidan. (search)
eresting account of a work of grace in his brigade. In almost every part of the Army God is at work winning souls to Himself. The cry is, Send us tracts, hymns and Testaments. Colporters and evangelists are also in great demand. It cannot be that the people at home will withhold money when it is needed for this work of saving souls—the souls of our brave soldiers.—A. E. D. camp near Hamilton's Crossing, August 27, 1863. A glorious revival is going on in Major Henry's Battalion, Captain Riley's Battery. I have been laboring with them several days, meeting twice a day. The men are deeply interested in the meetings. Four have professed a hope in Christ and many are seriously concerned. Last night twelve came forward for prayer. Dr. W. F. Broaddus has promised to preach for us tonight. Will not some of our brethren come and assist us in this glorious work? The brethren in the company take a lively interest in it. I have been distributing a great many copies of the Herald a
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, John Greenleaf Whittier, Chapter 1: childhood (search)
ot only some which were distinctly secular, but even some so reprehensible that they are now difficult to find, and quite banished from orderly households. One of his first attempts in verse was a rhymed catalogue of the books in the family library — a list which begins as follows: The Bible towering o'er all the rest, Of all other books the best. William Penn's laborious writing And a book 'gainst Christians fighting. A book concerning John's Baptism, Elias Smith's Universalism. How Captain Riley and his crew Were on Sahara's desert threw. How Rollins, to obtain the cash, Wrote a dull history of trash. The lives of Franklin and of Penn, Of Fox and Scott, all worthy men. The life of Burroughs, too, I've read, As big a rogue as e'er was made. And Tufts, too, though I will be civil, Worse than an incarnate devil. Now the lives of George Burroughs and Henry Tufts were the Gil Bias and even the Guzman d'alfarache of the New England readers of a hundred years ago; the former ha
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), Biographical: officers of civil and military organizations. (search)
eral officer with whom he personally served in Mexico made special mention of him in official reports. General Persifer Smith wrote: I wish to record particularly my admiration of the conduct of Captain Lee, of the engineers—the soundness of his judgment and his personal daring being equally conspicuous. General Shields referred to him as one in whose skill and judgment I had the utmost confidence. General Twiggs declared his gallantry and good conduct deserve the highest praise, and Colonel Riley bore testimony to the intrepid coolness and gallantry exhibited by Captain Lee when conducting the advance of my brigade under the heavy flank fire of the enemy. In the subsequent years of peace Lee was assigned first to important duties in the corps of military engineers with headquarters at Baltimore, from 1849 to 1852, and then served as superintendent of the military academy at West Point until 1855, when he was promoted brevet lieutenant-colonel and assigned to the Second cavalry
and infantry of regulars in front, and at the same time Major Ragnet of the Fourth, with four companies of the same, and Captain Ragsdale's company, of the Fifth, were directed by me to charge as cavalry upon the infantry and Mexican cavalry and the two 24-pounder howitzers on our left flank. Our dismounted troops in front were composed of parts of the Fourth and Fifth regiments, Texas mounted volunteers, and parts of Lieutenant-Colonel Sutton's and most of Pyron's battalions, and Teel's, Riley's and Woods' batteries of artillery, numbering about 750 on the ground. Major Ragnet's cavalry numbered about 250, making about 1,000 men in the charge. At the command to charge, our men leaped over the sandbank, which had served as a good covering to them, and dashed over the open plain, thinly interspersed with cottonwood trees, upon the battery and infantry of the enemy in front, composed of United States regulars and Denver City volunteers, and in a most desperate charge and handto-han
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 12. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Operations in front of Petersburg June 24th, 1864. (search)
ell nearest the enemy's entrenchments. The gallant Lieutenant-Colonel Nelson is missing, it is hoped not killed. Captain Axson, Twenty-seventh regiment, was killed at the head of his company. Lieutenants Huguenin and Trim, of the Twenty-seventh; Lieutenants Chappell, Ford and Vauduford, Twenty-first, and Lieutenant Smith, Eleventh, were wounded. Captains Mulvaney and Buist were captured upon the enemy's works, the latter after receiving two wounds. A mistake. Captain Rayson and Lieutenant Riley, Eleventh regiment; Lieutenant White, Twenty-seventh regiment, and Lieutenant Clements, Twenty-first, are missing. I append a tabular list of casualties. Respectfully, Johnson Hagood, B. G. command.Commander.killed.wounded.missing.total. OfficersEnlisted Men.OfficersEnlisted Men.OfficersEnlisted Men.OfficersEnlisted Men.aggregate. Seventh Battalion S. C. V.Captain Jones111 Eleventh Regiment S. C. V.Captain Mickler1412724338487 Twenty-sixth Regiment S. C. V.Captain Wilds3418
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 16. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Hagood's brigade: its services in the trenches of Petersburg, Virginia, 1864. (search)
of attack being countermanded, I kept out all day as many of my men as the rifle-pits would hold, withdrawing the remainder by squads. At night all were withdrawn. My loss was about a third of the force engaged, twenty-five being killed, seventy-three wounded and two hundred and eight missing, making an aggregate of three hundred and six. The gallant Lieutenant-Colonel Nelson, of the Seventh, Captains Buist and Mulvaney and Lieutenant White, of the Twenty-seventh, Captain Rayser and Lieutenant Riley, of the Eleventh, and Lieutenant Clements, of the Twenty-first, are missing. Lieutenants Huguenin and Trim, of the Twentyseventh, Lieutenants Ford and Vandeford and Chappell, of the Twenty-first, and Lieutenant Smith, of the Eleventh, are wounded, and Captain Axson, of the Twenty-seventh, was killed at the head of his company. I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant, Johnson Hagood, Brigadier-General Commanding. Headquarters Hoke's division, July 2, 1864. Captain—In o
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 16. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Index. (search)
Dr.. 428. Reeves, Lt., Wade, 21. Religion the inspiration of the soldier, 195, 206. Revolution, First victory of the, 433. Reynolds, Gen., 342, 349. Rhea, Lt., Matt., 75. Rhett. Col., 174. Rhodes, Hon. B R , 273. Rice, H. W., 104. Rice. Rev. W. D. 28. Richard, Capt, 88 Richardson. Capt , 379; his battery, 293. Richardson, Gen Richard. 7. Richmond College, 47. Richmond, Va., Siege of, 454. Rich Mountain, 87. Riddock, Joseph, 396. Ridgeley, Major, Randolph, 424. Riley, Lt.. 404. Ringgold, Battle of, 370. Rion, Col., Jas. H.. 15, 23, 401: Battalion of, 25. Ripley Guards, 134. Ripley, Gen. R. S, 159, 396. Ritchie, Miss, Jennie, 93. Rives. Hon. W. C., 68, 271. Rives. Lt. W. H , 21 Robertson. Miss Anna, 352. Robertson, Gen., 383, 386. Robinson. Capt.. 114. Rockbridge Battery Roll, 277. Rockbridge Rifles, 42. Rocky Mount, Battle of, 8, 9, 11, 32. Rogers, Major 382. Roman Hon. A. B., 273. Rose, S., 96. Rosencranz, Gen., 31, 89,
high lands, and streams skirted with groves abound. Leaving Vermillionville, continuing across prairies, we reached and, after a skirmish, entered Opelousas, one of the cleanest and prettiest towns of Louisiana. Here I rode in with our cavalry, and under orders seized and put a guard over the State Land Office, in which I found not only innumerable plans of that part of Louisiana, but also many arms stored under heaps of old papers and rubbish, among them the sword of the Confederate Colonel Riley, killed in a recent engagement, and also the commission of another officer in the rebel army. Under instruction I turned over all these trophies to our provost marshal. The army halted at Opelousas several days. Soon after entering the town, I rode out to its outskirts, and narrowly escaped capture by an ambuscade in the woods near by, being warned by a slave to turn quickly, as the horsemen whom I was riding out to meet in the thick woods were rebels, not Union, as I had supposed.
ect Hill Primary, 36, 40. Prospect Hill School, 23, 35, Putnam Grammar School, Cambridge, 38. Radcliffe College, 86. Randolph, Vt., 24. Rand, Hannah, 45. Rand, Joshua, 82. Rand, Samuel, 82. Rand, Samuel, 82. Rand, Thomas, 44, 45. Rand, Widow, Anna, 45. Rapidan River, 4. Rappahannock, 11. Read, Captain, 64. Readville, 12. Record Commissioners of Boston, Report of, 27. Red River, 53, 57, 58. Reed, Daniel, 90. Remington, Charlotte, 28. Richmond, Va., 2, 11, 60. Riley, Colonel, 56. Roberts, John S., 4, 18. Robinson, Mrs. Albert C., 22. Robinson, Major-General John C., 2, 9. Rollins, Sumner P., 18. Royal Arcanum, 72. Royal, Mr., 62. Runey, John, 32. Russell, Daniel, 27, 28. Russell District, 35, 36. Russell, James, 63. Russell, Jason, 89. Russell, Levi, 37. Russell, Martha (Tufts), 29. Russell, Mr., 62. Russell, Philemon R., 29. Russell, Walter, 89. Rymes, Christopher E., 76. Sachem The, 60. Sagamore John, 88. Salisbury, N. C., 4
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