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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 26. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Charles Jones Colcock. (search)
elen McIver, now Mrs. C. C. Gregorie; Woodward, William and Agnes. Of the last three William alone survives. Colonel Colcock married at the early age of nineteen, and at first lived on his plantation, Bonnie Doon, on the Okatie river, near Grahamville, spending his summers at this latter place, this community noted as was Bluffton, his later home, for culture, refinement and hospitality. Later he purchased a plantation where the Colleton river empties into the Broad, and next to Foot Poi all of the 3d cavalry on the field, about 250 men with rifles, and a howitzer from Earle's Battery, under Lieutenant J. P. Scruggs; the Georgia infantry to the centre; while he took position with the artillery on the right, at the head of the Grahamville road, and placed Captain H. M. Stuart, of the Beaufort Artillery, in command of the guns. The writer, in an official interview with General Smith the morning after the victory, congratulated him on his timely arrival with the Georgia troops
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 26. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Fragments of war history relating to the coast defence of South Carolina, 1861-‘65, and the hasty preparations for the Battle of Honey Hill, November 30, 1864. (search)
olina cavalry, with headquarters at Grahamville, South Carolina. Lieutenant E. W. Fraser, A. A. G., sent a courier to district headquarters at Grahamville, announcing the presence of the enemy in foand as soon as he learned the news, rode to Grahamville in the cab of a locomotive specially fired antry force, was on the way and would be at Grahamville at sunrise, 30th. Major Jenkins also re, at once mounted his horse and started for Grahamville, stopping at Mr. Bostick's on the way to anafayette Artillery from Bee's creek towards Grahamville, leaving three guns in the field works at ttion to Savannah; at that point the road to Grahamville is at right angles to the Savannah road, an and without rations. The train arrived at Grahamville very early in the morning, just after daylimarch. We finally started, passing through Grahamville to the breastworks at Honey Hill. The men d's Landing. Captain Peeples had arrived at Grahamville on the evening of November 28, and bivouack[15 more...]
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 26. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.13 (search)
t have been aptly described, as Macaulay alluded to some of the officers of the civil war in England, as having the essential military requisites of the quick eye, cool head and stout heart. He and his efficient cannoneers, at the head of the Grahamville road, certainly made a splendid record on November 30, 1864, at Honey Hill. As soon as the carpet-bag government of South Carolina ended, and Governor Hampton took charge of the Executive office, the Beaufort Volunteer Artillery reorganized, bsent on leave. Sergeant J. P. Scruggs, acting lieutenant, was in charge of a gun on the extreme left of the line, commanded by Major John Jenkins. The other guns, with those of the Beaufort and Lafayettes, were in battery at the head of the Grahamville road. Earle's Battery was in a number of engagements on the coast line during the war; did tours of duty at Fort Sumter and at Battery Wagner, and was with the army when it surrendered at Goldsboro, N. C. In conclusion, I remark that Capta