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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 13. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), General Sherman's method of making war. (search)
rolina railroad, which caught fire accidentally from the explosion of some ammunition ordered to be sent towards Charlotte, North Carolina. Mayor Goodwyn and Aldermen Stork and McKenzie certify that General Stone was in possession of the city an hour before General Sherman arrived, and that when they passed the cotton with Stone it was not on fire, and that it did not take fire for some time after the authority was vested in him. Alderman Stork says further, that he saw the Yankee soldiers light their cigars and throw the matches in among the cotton, and Captain Pratt, of the Union army, said to Alderman McKenzie: I wish you had burned the whole (of thee city. Immediately thereafter, a number of fires could be seen in every direction. Mr. Shand saw the soldiers attempt to set fire to one of his outhouses. Alderman Stork also saw them set fire to the cotton and to private houses. Soldiers told Captain Stanley, a veteran of the Mexican war, who is still living, that they would
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 14. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Fortification and siege of Port Hudson—Compiled by the Association of defenders of Port Hudson; M. J. Smith, President; James Freret, Secretary. (search)
nd Wilson, Adjutant-General; Captains Jackson and Lanier, Assistant Adjutant-Generals; Major Spratley, Chief Quartermaster; Captain Geo. Simpson, Inspector-General; Lieutenant-Colonel Marshall J. Smith, Chief of Heavy Artillery; Lieutenant-Colonel Jas. P. Parker, Chief of Light Artillery; Captain L. J. Girard, Chief of Ordnance; Lieutenant F. Y. Dabney, Chief Engineer; Colonel J. A. Jacquess, Captain A. Dupree, Aides-de-Camp. Engineers—Fred. Y. Dabney, First Lieutenant and Chief Engineer; Stork and Jas. Freret, Second Lieutenants, Engineers; Butler, Assistant Engineer. River Batteries—Lieutenant-Colonel Marshall J. Smith commanding right wing in front of the village of Port Hudson. I.—One 30-pound Parrott, one 12-pound brass-rifled (removed), First Alabama regiment, Captain J. F. Whitfield. II.—One 42-smooth, two 24-rifled siege, First Alabama regiment, Captain J. D. Meadows. III.—One 42-smooth, one 32-rifled, First Alabama regiment, Captain R. H. Riley. IV.—One
The Daily Dispatch: November 17, 1860., [Electronic resource], From the South. (search)
ese she claims a March." The engine-house of the Palmetto Company, which was illuminated, was saluted with three hearty cheers in passing. A similar tribute was paid to the house of the Independents on the top of which was a transparency, with fourteen stars on one end, and one on the other, with the motto, "The Union of the South, or South Carolina alone." surmounted by a Palmetto flag. Cheers were also given in passing under a banner which had been stretched across the street by Messrs. Stork & Hussung, bearing the motto, "Immediate Separate State Action." The line of march was illuminated by quantities of rocketts, Roman candles, and other fire-works, in addition to the lanterns and torches carried in the procession, forming altogether a most brilliant display. The same paper says: An offer, from New York, of a club of fifty-seven young men, is made to Gov. Gist, if their services are needed. The writer concludes as follows: Among the letters to Gov. Gist, some a