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Robert Lewis Dabney, Life and Commands of Lieutenand- General Thomas J. Jackson, Chapter 1: parentage, and Early years. (search)
ew and cheaper lands on which to establish their household gods, and made their first home on the south branch of the Potomac River, at the place now known as Moorefields, the county seat of Hardy County. But after residing for a time in this lovely valley, John Jackson, with his young family, crossed the main Alleghany ridge into Northwestern Virginia, where lands yet wider allured his enterprising spirit. He fixed his home on the Buchanan River, in what was first Randolph, but is now Upshur County, at a place long known as Jackson's Fort, now occupied by the little village of Buchanan. Here he spent his active life, and reared his family. He is said to have been a spare, diminutive man, of plain mind, quiet but determined character, sound judgment, and excellent morals. His wife was a woman of masculine stature; and her understanding and energies corresponded to the vigor of her bodily frame. When the young couple emigrated to the Northwest, the Indians were still contestin
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events, Diary from December 17, 1860 - April 30, 1864 (ed. Frank Moore), 1861, August (search)
st 20. General McClellan assumed the command of the army of the Potomac, and announced the officers attached to his staff.--(Doc. 201.) The Convention of Western Virginia passed the ordinance creating a State, reported by the select committee on a division of the State, this morning, by a vote of fifty to twenty-eight. The boundary as fixed includes the counties of Logan, Wyoming, Raleigh, Fayette, Nicholas, Webster, Randolph, Tucker, Preston, Monongahela, Marion, Taylor, Barbour, Upshur, Harrison, Lewis, Braxton, Clay, Kanawha, Boone, Wayne, Cabell, Putnam, Mason, Jackson, Roane, Calhoun, Wirt, Gilmer, Ritchie, Wood, Pleasants, Tyler, Doddridge, Wetzel, Marshall, Ohio, Brooke, and Hancock. A provision was incorporated permitting certain adjoining counties to come in if they should desire, by expression of a majority of their people to do so. The ordinance also provides for the election of delegates to a Convention to form a constitution; at the same time the question for a
Col. Robert White, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 2.2, West Virginia (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 8: (search)
contributed 60 men to the Sixty-second regiment, 25 to the Eighteenth cavalry, 125 to the Nineteenth cavalry, 10 to the Twentieth cavalry, 20 to the Fourteenth cavalry, 125 to the Thirty-first infantry, 100 to the Twenty-fifth infantry, and 50 to other commands, including Edgar's battalion and Miller's battery. The Twenty-fifth regiment Virginia infantry was organized of West Virginia companies collected on the Laurel Hill line under General Garnett, mainly from Pendleton, Braxter, Webster, Upshur and Pocahontas counties. George A. Porterfield was the first colonel, succeeded by George H. Smith, of Pendleton, and John C. Higginbotham, of Upshur. The latter was killed at Spottsylvania Court House, May 10, 1864, while gallantly leading a brigade in battle. The Thirty-first infantry was organized at the same time, with the following companies: A, of Marion county, Capt. W. W. Arnett, afterward lieutenant-colonel Twentieth cavalry, succeeded by Capt. W. P. Thompson, promoted to colone
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 34. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.32 (search)
h county, under Capt. Arch Richards. One company of cavalry from Rockbridge county, Capt. John Rice McNutt. One company of cavalry from Augusta county, under Capt Frank Sterrett. One company of infantry, under Capt. Felix Hull, from Highland county. Two companies of infantry from Pendleton county—one under Captain Anderson and the other under Captain Moorman: Two companies from Barbour county—one under Captain Reger and the other under a Captain Strums. One company from Upshur county, under Captain Higginbotham. And all other volunteer forces as far west as the city of Wheeling were required to report at Grafton, but the diaries show that probably not more than half of the companies that have been enumerated did reach Grafton. The record shows that a few hundred of Colonel Porterfield's forces did reach Grafton from the 25th to the 28th days of May, when a report came from Ohio of this big army of McClellan's coming on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, when Colon
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 34. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.33 (search)
cousin of Thomas Jonathan Jackson, better known as Stonewall. He was a lawyer by profession, and in the year 1859 was elected circuit judge of the Twenty-first Judicial District of Virginia, that was composed of the counties of Taylor, Preston, Upshur, Harrison, Barbour, Tucker, Randolph and Marion, and was known at the beginning of the war of 1861 as Judge Jackson, and at this time was the most widely known, as well as the most popular man in all that part of Virginia. Before beginning the the soldiers who were with General Jones, at this day, get excited when that fire is mentioned, so terrific was it in appearance. In the meantime, General Imboden's command spread all over the counties of Randolph, Barbour, Taylor, Monongahela, Upshur, Lewis, Harrison and Doddridge, and from there gathered fully eight thousand fine cattle and two thousand horses and mules. The writer was in a position to see most all of this stock, nearly all of which was in splendid condition. When we met
The Daily Dispatch: February 16, 1861., [Electronic resource], House of Delegates. (search)
rescribing punishment for petit larceny, as to authorize Courts and juries to sentence such convicts to labor on the public works; by Mr. Haymond, of providing by law that writs shall hereafter be made returnable to quarterly Courts, instead of monthly rules. Petitions.--The following petitions were presented and referred; By Mr. Baily, the petition of citizens of McDowell county in relation to the removal of the Court-House of said county; by Mr. Bessel, the petition of citizens of Upshur county, asking to have refunded certain sums of money by them erroneously paid; also, by same, petition of citizens of the same county, asking the passage of a stay law; by Mr. Alderson, for the formation of a new county out of parts of Greenbrier, Fayette and Nicholas; by Mr. Harrison, of citizens of Rockingham county, for the relief of John Robinson. The Covington and Ohio Railroad.--A bill for the suspension of the sale of State bonds, and to provide for the completion of the contracts
The Daily Dispatch: March 5, 1861., [Electronic resource], Robbing the mail. (search)
Robbing the mail. --Two young men, James and Sidney Kidd, were arrested in Buckhannon, Upshur county, Va., last week, on the charge of robbing the mail.
The Daily Dispatch: may 6, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
and Norfolk. At Smithfield, the counties of Isle of Wight, Surry and Sussex. At Petersburg, the counties of Pr. George, Chesterfield and Dinwiddie. At Buffalo, Putnam County, the counties of Mason, Jackson and Putnam. At Barboursville, Cabell County, the counties of Cabell, Wayne and Logan. At Charleston, the counties of Kanawha, Boone, Wyoming, Raleigh, Fayette, Nicholas and Clay. At Parkersburg, the counties of Wood, Wirt, Roane, Calhoun, Gilmer, Ritchie, Pleasants, Doddridge. At Moundsville, the counties of Tyler, Wetzel, Marshall, Ohio, Brooke, Hancock. At Grafton, the counties of Braxton, Lewis, Harrison, Monongalia, Taylor, Barbour, Upshur, Tucker, Marion, Randolph, Preston. At Richmond, the counties of Pittsylvania, Halifax, Charlotte, Mecklenburg, Brunswick, Grayson, Nottoway, Prince Edward, Appomattox, Buckingham, Louisa, Hanover, Goochland, Powhatan, Cumberland, Henrico, Amelia, Fluvanna and the city of Richmond. my 4-- d3tcwdt
The Daily Dispatch: may 7, 1861., [Electronic resource], France and the Confederacy. (search)
g and Norfolk. At Smithfield, the counties of Isle of Wight, Surry and Sussex. At Petersburg, the counties of Pr. George, Chesterfield and Dinwiddle. At Buffalo, Putnam County, the counties of Mason, Jackson and Putnam. At Barboursville,Cabell County, the counties of Cabell, Wayne and Logan. At Charleston, the counties of Kanawha, Boone, Wyoming, Raleigh, Fayette, Nicholas and Clay. At Parkersburg, the counties of Wood, Wirt, Roane, Calhoun, Gilmer, Ritchie, Pleasants, Doddridge. At Moundsville, the counties of Tyler, Wetzel, Marshall, Ohio, Brooke, Hancock. At Grafton, the counties of Braxton, Lewis, Harrison, Monongalla, Taylor, Barbour, Upshur, Tucker, Marion, Randolph, Preston. At Richmond, the counties of Pittsylvania, Halifax, Charlotte, Mecklenburg, Brunewick, Grayson, Nottoway, Prince Edward, Appomattox, Buckingham, Louisa, Hanover, Goochland, Powhatan, Cumberland, Henrico, Amelia, Fluvanna and the city of Richmond. my 4--d3tcw6t.
The Daily Dispatch: June 21, 1861., [Electronic resource], Discovery of a New planet. (search)
The Tories in Conclave. --In the "Western Virginia Convention," on Tuesday, Traitor Carlile, from the Committee on Business, reported an ordinance fixing the compensation of State officers and members of the Legislature much lower than now. Traitor Farnsworth, of Upshur county, offered a resolution that one of the leading objects of the Convention, after establishing a Provisional Government, was the separation of Western from Eastern Virginia. After a long debate, it was laid on the table — ayes 57, nays 17. Resolutions of respect to the memory of the late Senator Dougles were unanimously ordered to be entered upon the journal.
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