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Eliza Frances Andrews, The war-time journal of a Georgia girl, 1864-1865, chapter 3 (search)
and I are to spend next week in Albany with Mrs. Sims, if we are not all water-bound in the meantiuld seem to favor the Baptists just now. Mrs. Sims almost made me cry with her account of poor . The rain held up about dinner time and Mrs. Sims determined to return to Albany, in spite of ers. There was no service at St. Paul's, so Mrs. Sims kept Metta and me in the line of duty by rea. We spent the morning making calls with Mrs. Sims, and found among the refugees from South Carre busy returning calls all the morning, and Mrs. Sims, always in a hurry, sent us up to dress for l our escorts came for us at nine o'clock. Mrs. Sims is one of these fidgety little bodies that i Jim Chiles home with me. I took dinner with Mrs. Sims and met several friends, whom I invited to osoon as Mecca and I were safely deposited at Mrs. Sims's. The train was not due till three, and ourer. She was very tired and went directly to Mrs. Sims's, but Mecca and I walked down Broad street [10 more...]
Eliza Frances Andrews, The war-time journal of a Georgia girl, 1864-1865, chapter 4 (search)
s of those who will never need her services again. I love to hear her tell about her experiences in the Atlanta hospitals during the siege. Some of them are very funny, but more of them are sad. She was called the hospital angel in Atlanta, and well deserved the name. The Cuthbert Thespian Corps gave Richelieu at the theater this evening, for the benefit of the hospitals. Dr. Robertson acted the part of De Mauprat, and I dressed him for the occasion in the velvet cloak I bought from Mrs. Sims, and sleeves of crimson silk that had been the trousers of a Turkish costume that sister wore at a fancy ball in Columbus before the war. I didn't go to see the play because I am keeping Lent. April 12, Wednesday Breakfast so late that visitors began to call before we had finished. In the evening, Mr. Renaud and Mr. Jeffers called. Mr. Jeffers is a wonderful mimic, and sings a comic song so well that I told him I wondered how he ever escaped being a vagabond. Dr. Robertson had
The Annals of the Civil War Written by Leading Participants North and South (ed. Alexander Kelly McClure), Confederate negro enlistments. (search)
on the 1st of March, Barksdale's resolution, materially amended, came up in the House and was passed. Wigfall, Hunter, Caperton, Miles, and other leaders opposed the enlistment policy savagely, but, still, when the bill of Barksdale finally came up in the Senate, Hunter and Caperton voted for it, even while speaking against it. The vote in the Senate on the final passage of the bill, March 7th, 1865, was as follows: YEAs-Messrs. Brown, Burnett, Caperton, Henry, Hunter, Oldham, Semmes, Sims, and Watson--9. NAYs — Mssrs. Barnwell, Graham, Johnson (Ga.), Johnson (Mo.), Maxwell, Orr, Vet, and Witfall-8. Thus, the instructions of the Virginia Legislature, by compelling Hunter and Caperton to vote contrary to their opinions, carried the bill through. This bill enacted that in order to secure additional forces to repel invasion, etc., the President be authorized to ask for and accept from slave owners the services of as many able-bodied slaves as he thinks expedient; the
J. B. Jones, A Rebel War Clerk's Diary, XL. July, 1864 (search)
tion of Confederate States bonds, while private persons, for speculative purposes, are, through the favor (probably for a consideration) of government officials, enabled to ship thousands of bales, and he submits a copy of a correspondence with Col. Sims, Assistant Quartermaster-General, and Lieut.-Col. Bayne, who is charged with the control of the exporting and importing business. Mr. Daniel thinks there is some bribery and corruption even in the South. But Mr. Seddon is incredulous sometimes. The express company has an arrangement with Col. Sims, the Assistant Quartermaster-General, by which much freight is transported. New potatoes are selling at $4 per quart in the market. July 6 Hot and dry. We have no news to-day, but there are rumors that Grant is preparing to abandon his position. He cannot remain where he is, inactive. There is a scarcity of water, and the location is unhealthy. We had corn bread and gravy for dinner, with a tremendous dessert, the
J. B. Jones, A Rebel War Clerk's Diary, chapter 46 (search)
ght. The following dispatch was received this morning: Wilmington, December 20th, 1864, 10 A. M. The head of the enemy's fleet arrived off this port during last night. Over thirty steamers are now assembling, and more are following.-Braxton Bragg. It may be hoped that Gen. Bragg will do something more than chronicle the successes of the enemy this time. He is nearer to him than when he remained at Augusta; and yet the press could be made reticent on arrivals, etc. Lieut.-Col. Sims, Assistant Quartermaster General, has contracted with the Southern Express Company to transport all the funds of the Quartermaster's Department--hundreds of millions! Mr. Hunter was with the Secretary this morning, when I laid before the latter Bragg's dispatch. I doubt not it failed to contribute to a mollification of their painful forebodings. By Northern papers I see President Lincoln disapproves Gen. Dix's order to troops to cross the Canada line in pursuit of raiders.
Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Chapter XXII: Operations in Kentucky, Tennessee, North Mississippi, North Alabama, and Southwest Virginia. March 4-June 10, 1862., Part II: Correspondence, Orders, and Returns. (ed. Lieut. Col. Robert N. Scott), Confederate correspondence, Etc. (search)
eneral Special orders, no 64. headquarters Army of the West, Memphis, Tenn., April 24, 1862. * * * * * * * VIII. The regiments of Colonels Borland, Stone, Sims, and [W. H.] Brooks' battalion, and a battery of light artillery, which will be assigned by Maj. M. L. Clark, chief of artillery, will constitute a brigade. Lieutding.   Williamson's battalion Arkansas Infantry441594 Borland's regiment Arkansas Dismounted Cavalry319474 Brooks' battalion Arkansas Dismounted Cavalry450450 Sims' Ninth Regiment Texas Dismounted Cavalry657869 Stone's regiment Texas Dismounted Cavalry803968 Gaines' battery (Arkansas) artillery7389  2,7433,444 Brigade cav. S. Roane commanding. Williamson's battalion Arkansas Infantry. Borland's regiment Arkansas Dismounted Cavalry. Brooks' battalion Arkansas Dismounted Cavalry. Sims' regiment Texas Dismounted Cavalry. Stone's regiment Texas Dismounted Cavalry. Gaines' battery. Second Division. Maj. Gen. Sterling Price commanding. First Br
William F. Fox, Lt. Col. U. S. V., Regimental Losses in the American Civil War, 1861-1865: A Treatise on the extent and nature of the mortuary losses in the Union regiments, with full and exhaustive statistics compiled from the official records on file in the state military bureaus and at Washington, List of regiments in the Union Armies, with total number of deaths in each. (search)
  4 4 2 10 12 16 Reserve Nineteenth. Aug., ‘62 18th Ind. Lilly's 1 10 11   31 31 42 Reynolds's Fourteenth. Aug., ‘62 19th Ind. Harris's 1 9 10   21 21 31 Baird's Fourteenth. Sept., ‘62 20th Ind. Noble's   1 1   24 24 25 Reserve Art'y Fourteenth. Sept., ‘62 21st Ind. Andrews's   4 4   24 24 28 Reynolds's Fourteenth. Dec., ‘62 22d Ind. Denning's 1 1 2   11 11 13 Hascall's Twenty-third. Nov., ‘62 23d Ind. Myers's   2 2   17 17 19 Cox's Twenty-third. Nov., ‘62 24th Ind. Sims's         31 31 31 Hovey's Twenty-third. Sept., ‘64 25th Ind. Enlisted for one year. Sturm's   1 1   6 6 7   Fourth. June, ‘61 26th Ind. Reenlisted and served through the war. Wilder's       1 12 13 13 Hovey's Twenty-third.   Infantry.                   April, ‘61 6th Indiana Three-months' service, 1861.         3 3 3     April, ‘61 7th Indiana Three-months' service, 1861.   1 1   2 2 3     April, ‘61 8t
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 9. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 88 (search)
army, when it retired across the Potomac. To both officers and men much credit is due for the courage and daring they exhibited throughout the engagement. Major Campbell, commanding the Eighteenth regiment, was seriously wounded, and taken from the field, while nobly leading his regiment in the fight. Lieutenant-Colonel McElroy, of the Thirteenth regiment, although wounded, remained in command of his regiment until the battle ceased. Lieutenant-Colonel Fizer, of the Seventeenth, and Captain Sims, of the Twenty-first, were conspicuous for the coolness and gallantry with which they handled their respective commands. To Colonel Humphries, of the Twenty-first, and Lieutenant-Colonel Luse, of the Eighteenth, who reached the field just as the battle was closing, I am under peculiar obligations. Their timely presence not only cheered and animated their own regiment, but the entire brigade. Lieutenant J. A. Barksdale, of my staff, was prompt and fearless in the execution of all orders
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 10. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 2 (search)
Colonel Carter, of the Nineteenth regiment. I detached Captain Renfue, with his company, to the foot of William Street, and Captain Green, with his company, to the foot of the street leading from the Episcopal Church, and placed Captains Stamps, Sims, and Gibson, with their companies, on Main Street. By this time it was dark. Captain Green discovered the enemy advancing slowly down the river bank, and immediately opened fire upon him, and stubbornly resisted until, stricken down by a minie ball, his company fell back, bearing his body with them. The enemy, pursuing, charged up the street. Captains Stamps, Sims, and Gibson opened a galling fire upon him, and drove him off the streets, up towards the pontoon bridge, and held him in check until about seven o'clock, when I was ordered to withdraw my troops from the city, and form a line of battle at the foot of the hill, on the Telegraph road, where I remained until I was relieved by the gallant and lamented General Cobb, when I moved
Edward Porter Alexander, Military memoirs of a Confederate: a critical narrative, Chapter 23: the fall of 1864 (search)
Longstreet's front Gordon had all the morning been engaged with Sheridan, and firing, both of musketry and artillery, was still in progress. Lee had at first neglected to give authority to ask for a truce, but later sent it to Gordon who sent Maj. Sims of Longstreet's staff to request one. Sims met Custer who had himself conducted to Gordon, and demanded the immediate and unconditional surrender of the army, which Gordon refused. Custer said: — Sheridan directs me to say to you, GeneralSims met Custer who had himself conducted to Gordon, and demanded the immediate and unconditional surrender of the army, which Gordon refused. Custer said: — Sheridan directs me to say to you, General, if there is any hesitation about your surrender, that he has you surrounded and can annihilate your command in an hour. Gordon replied: — There is a flag between Lee and Grant for the purpose of surrender, and if Gen. Sheridan decides to continue the fighting in the face of the flag of truce, the responsibility for the bloodshed will be his and not mine. On this, Gordon says, Custer rode off with Maj. Hunter of Gordon's staff, asking to be guided to Longstreet's position. Finding Long<
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