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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 21. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Last days of the army of Northern Virginia. (search)
March, 1865, in the armies of Meade, Ord and Sheridan, an available total of all arms of 162,239. Gutious, Lee next attempted the destruction of Sheridan's force, which was widely separated from the Federal infantry. Sheridan, appreciating the value of Five Forks, had temporarily taken possession use, and isolated a portion of the force from Sheridan's main line at Dinwiddie. The Confederate inwere withdrawn to Five Forks by General Lee. Sheridan followed with the fifth corps and the cavalryac up the north bank of the Appomattox, while Sheridan, followed by Ord and the Fifth Corps, advancene of retreat. Lee resolved to cut through Sheridan's force, and Gordon, who had for several daysccordance with orders. Ord says: In spite of Sheridan's attempt the cavalry was falling back in coned. On one of them was found a dispatch from Sheridan to Grant. The two men then confessed that tha, if Early, whose army had so nearly crushed Sheridan's on the 19th of October, had been able to fi[24 more...]
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 21. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.20 (search)
nce. This was very kind of him. Indeed, they accorded us generous treatment as foemen worthy of their steel, and soon the Blue and the Gray were fraternizing in the most friendly manner. The transition from hard-tack and Confederate coffee to three courses at a meal, supplemented with wine, on the elegant quarters of the Hartford and the Richmond, was something phenomenal. I had formed quite a favorable opinion of Federal hospitality until I had the misfortune to fall into the hands of Sheridan and his troopers, near the close of the war. These marched me and starved me until I became so thin and shadowy, I escaped at night unobserved through the guards. Admiral Buchanan united with Farragut in a petition to General Page at Fort Morgan, to allow a ship to pass out with Federal and Confederate wounded to Pensacola, Florida, where they could be made more comfortable. To this he assented. All the wounded having been transferred to the United States steamer Metacomet, on the morn
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 21. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), The gold and silver in the Confederate States Treasury. (search)
his Cabinet and other officials left the depot for Danville. The train was well packed. General Breckenridge, Secretary of War, however, did not start with the President. He remained with me at the depot until I got off, which was not until somewhere near midnight. The General went out of the city on horseback. Our train being heavily loaded and crowded with passengers—even the roofs and platform-steps occupied—went very slowly. How we got by Amelia Courthouse without falling in with Sheridan's men, has been a mystery to me to this day. We were unconscious of our danger, however, and took matters philosophically. Monday, April 3d, in the afternoon, we arrived at Danville, where we found the President and his Cabinet, save General Breckenridge, who came in on Wednesday. On Monday night Admiral Semmes arrived with the officers and men of the James River squadron. His was the last train out of Richmond. We did not unpack the treasure from the cars at Danville. Some, I belie
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 21. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Appomattox Courthouse. (search)
r of Federal officers of rank, among whom were General Ord and General Sheridan. General Grant greeted General Lee very civilly, and they eParker was so engaged, I sat near the end of the sofa on which General Sheridan was sitting, and we entered into conversation. In the midst oly across the room and was talking with General Lee, turned to General Sheridan and said: General Sheridan, General Lee tells me that he haGeneral Sheridan, General Lee tells me that he has some 1,200 of our people prisoners, who are sharing with his men, and that none of them have anything to eat. How many rations can you spare? General Sheridan replied: About 25,000. General Grant turned to General Lee and said: General, will that be enough? General Lee replied: More than enough. Thereupon General Grant said to General Sheridan, Direct your commissary to send 25,000 rations to General Lee's commissary. General Sheridan at once sent an officer to give the necessary orders. Exchanging official letters. When Colonel Par
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 21. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.34 (search)
ithdraw for the purpose of giving the necessary orders, and at the door met Colonel Kellogg, the chief commissary of General Sheridan's command. I asked him if he could feed the Army of Northern Virginia. He expressed his inability, having something very important to do for General Sheridan. I then found Colonel M. P. Small, the chief commissary of General Ord's army, and asked him, as I had asked General Sheridan's chief commissary, if he could feed the Army of Northern Virginia. He repliGeneral Sheridan's chief commissary, if he could feed the Army of Northern Virginia. He replied, with a considerable degree of confidence, I guess so. I then told him to do it, and directed him to give the men three days rations of fresh beef, salt, hard bread, coffee, and sugar. He mounted his horse immediately, and proceeded to carry outd, and we soon found sufficient to supply the famishing army. I incline to the opinion that any conversation with General Sheridan, who was also present, about issuing 25,000 rations must have taken place after I was on my way to see that General
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 21. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.37 (search)
eries of battles which lasted for days. General Grant had consolidated the numerous divisions into three corps—Hancock, a brilliant soldier, whom we met so often, commanding the Second Corps; Warren, who tried to run over us at Five Forks, with Sheridan's cavalry, commanding the Fifth, and Sedgwick, a popular officer, whose fame was eclipsed at Fredericksburg, just previous to the battle of Chancellorsville, commanding the Sixth, with General Phil. Sheridan to manage the cavalry, and to do all General Phil. Sheridan to manage the cavalry, and to do all the destroying of growing crops that he and his bold troopers could in the short space of time he was to remain in the Valley. It is said that Grant's army would fill any road in the State for more than a hundred miles with his soldiers, trains of wagons &c. This was something like the force that the Confederate commander was to meet in the jungles of Spotsylvania in the early part of the month of May—about the 3d or 4th—and the Federal army, after occupying the whole night of the 3d in crossi<