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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 9. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 70 (search)
three hundred and six men; and marched to near Stone Mountain, and bivouacked at four A. M. of the sixteenth. 16th. Marched at seven A. M. Crossed Yellow River at half-past 12 P. M., and bivouacked at half-past 5 P. M. at Turtle Field. 17th. Marched at five A. M. Bivouacked at half-past 4 P. M., near Ulcofauhatchie River, on Circle road. 18th. Marched at half-past 5 A. M., and cross ed Ulcofauhatchie River. At seven A. M., passed through Social Circle, and halted for dinner at Ridgeway, fifty-seven miles from Atlanta. Regiment and brigade guarding train. Bivouacked at six P. M. one mile from Madison. 19th. Marched at five A. M. Regiment, brigade, and division left the corps, and went on an expedition by themselves. Our brigade was second in line, and halted at two P. M. until the Second brigade, which was in the advance, destroyed a large section of the Augusta Railroad. Bivouacked at half-past 3 P. M., on a large plantation at Blue Springs. Destroyed about eight
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America. (search)
th Wisconsin Cavalry mustered out, after serving five years and one day; the longest term of volunteers on record......May 28, 1866 Death of Gen. Winfield Scott at West Point, aged eighty......May 29, 1866 Customs officers seize 1,200 stands of Fenian arms at Rouse's Point, N. Y., May 19, and 1,000 at St. Alban's, Vt.......May 30, 1866 Fenian raid into Canada; about 1,200 men cross the Niagara River at Buffalo, N. Y., landing near old Fort Erie, May 31, 1866. After a skirmish near Ridgeway they withdraw to the United States, where many are arrested for violating the neutrality laws, and over 1,000 paroled......June 2, 1866 President's proclamation against the invasion of Canada by Fenians......June 6, 1866 Over 1,000 Fenians attack St. Armand, Quebec, and are routed......June 9, 1866 Fourteenth Amendment to Constitution passes the Senate, June 8; the House, June 13; reaching the State Department......June 16, 1866 Majority of reconstruction committee report the l
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), New York, (search)
furnished by the State in the Civil War in all branches of the service reduced to a three years standard was 392,270, about 12 per cent. of the population......1865 Eliphalet Nott, born in 1773, dies at Schenectady......Jan. 29, 1866 [Made president of Union College in 1804. Over 3,700 students graduated during his presidency.] Fenian raid into Canada; about 1,200 men cross Niagara River near Buffalo, camping near old Fort Erie......May 31, 1866 Slight conflict takes place near Ridgeway......June 2, 1866 [Force withdraws the next evening.] Reuben E. Fenton re-elected governor......November, 1866 Vassar Female College at Poughkeepsie incorporated, Jan. 11, 1861; name changed by legislature to Vassar College......Feb. 1, 1867 Normal school at Brockport established......1867 Public schools made entirely free......Oct. 1, 1867 State board of charities organized......1867 Memorial or Decoration Day made a legal holiday; date of first celebration......May 30
Alfred Roman, The military operations of General Beauregard in the war between the states, 1861 to 1865, Chapter 45: (search)
ry. General Beauregard orders the evacuation of Columbia. it is effected on the 17th. General Beauregard's arrival at Ridgeway. his despatches to the War Department. General Hampton's plan to oppose the advance of the enemy. General Beauregard wards Chester, where he thought he might still be able to form a junction with General Hardee's forces. He arrived at Ridgeway, about twenty-five miles from Columbia, on the night of the 17th, and remained there nearly two days, giving orders to h of importance connected with the movements of his troops. His first telegram to the latter read as follows: Ridgeway, S. C., Feb. 17th, 1865:9.30 P. M. General R. E. Lee, Richmond, Va.: Enemy having forced crossing of Saluda and Broad rid been ordered to Richmond by the Commissary-General, General Beauregard immediately forwarded this telegram: Ridgeway, S. C., Feb. 17th, 1865:9.30 P. M. General Breckinridge, Secy. of War, Richmond, Va.: Far from interfering with provisio
Alfred Roman, The military operations of General Beauregard in the war between the states, 1861 to 1865, chapter 26 (search)
.-Col., and A. A. G. Headquarters, Military division of the West, seven miles from Columbia, on Rice Creek Spring road, Feb. 17th, 1865. Lieut.-Genl. W. Hampton, Comdg. Cavalry: General,—General Beauregard wishes you to inform General Stevenson that, in view of the danger of the enemy crossing Broad River above Wheeler's right, it is deemed best that Stevenson and his command should reach Cookham tonight, between Big Cedar and Little Cedar Creek; and his train, the vicinity of Ridgeway, if possible. Cookham is about eighteen miles from Columbia; Ridgeway, about twenty-five miles. The cavalry will necessarily follow its movements. Delay the enemy as much as possible. I will await at Killian's Station to hear from you. The General wishes you to keep him advised of the enemy's movements. Respectfully, your obedient servant, Jno. M. Otey, Lieut.-Col., and A. A. G. Headquarters, Military division of the West, Columbia, S. C., Feb. 17th, 1865. Col. G. W.
Brigadier-General Ellison Capers, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 5, South Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Additional Sketches Illustrating the services of officers and Privates and patriotic citizens of South Carolina. (search)
roved irresistible. He returned to Winnsboro to find the town in ashes, and the printing office established by his father perished in the conflagration. He then went into mercantile business with Col. John L. Black, the latter having discovered four bales of cotton which had escaped destruction and the captain putting his war horse into the assets. With this capital they began business. Not long afterward Captain Des Portes purchased his partner's interest, and continued the business at Ridgeway until 1880, when he removed to Columbia, and built up one of the leading mercantile establishments of that city. He was also prominent in banking affairs, insurance and other financial enterprises, and was connected at one time or another with most of the prominent business ventures of the city. He served many years as commander of Camp Hampton, U. C. V., whose members were warmly attached to him. He-was distinguished throughout his life for great personal attractiveness and manly bearing
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 13. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Return of a refugee. (search)
sheltered so many warm and happy hearts, vanished into smoke and ashes. Among such scenes as met me here I could not linger. A few days more and I went on to Columbia. An old-fashioned stagecoach, revived by the necessities of the case, ran between the two towns, and in this my seat was taken one August evening. The passengers consisted of a merchant from Baltimore, two way-farers of the indefinite sort which leaves no vivid impression, and a very fat old lady, who was going as far as Ridgeway. The condition of the road rendered sleep impossible, and probably it was years before the footprints of Sherman's army were obliterated. Every available path was cut up by the wheels of heavy ordnance and wagon-trains; and even at this favorable season of the year the hoof-marks of cavalry were plainly visible in the sun-baked mud over each side of the main track. But this was not the only enemy to repose. Rumors of highwaymen were rife, and only a night or two previous the stage
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 16. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Charge of Black's cavalry regiment at Gettysburg. (search)
Charge of Black's cavalry regiment at Gettysburg. By P. J. Malone, of its Color-Guard. Orangeburg District, S. C., January 6th, 1867. Colonel John Logan Black, Ridgeway, South Carolina: Dear Colonel,—I have taken the earliest opportunity to attend to your request, and trust that the sketch herewith given, though hastily drawn from materials only in memory, may fully comprehend the object you contemplate. You may find that I am occasionally led into the recital of facts irrelevant to the matter of inquiry, but they are concomitant facts, and serve to illustrate the statement I desire to make more fully than could be accomplished did I avoid all digression. It is the history of a single charge that I propose to write, but no leaf in the history of any revolution bears record of a prouder heroism, a more invincible courage, than was on that day exhibited along our depleted ranks. I find it impossible to speak with certainty of our arrival on the field of Gettysburg, or o
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 28. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Personal reminiscences of the last days of Lee and his Paladins. (search)
p, but, with the kindly ministrations of Mrs. Mahone, I was on my feet Monday morning, and after breakfast, Blakemore and I, the last of the Paladins of our little group who had left Appomattox together, renewed our journey. We travelled together about half a day, when he turned off to go to his aunt's, Mrs. J——, in Mecklenburg county, Virginia, and I took the road for Louisburg, N. C., where my wife and children had been refugeeing. I had no companion for the balance of that day, reached Ridgeway about night, and found hospitable quarters at an old friend and college mate's, Dr. J——. The next morning, I met our Adjutant Turner sitting by the side of the railroad, recalling to my mind some lines of patience on a monument. I then made for Louisburg, about twenty-five miles, saw and overtook many of Lee's soldiers trugging their way on foot to different portions of the State, and saw several splendid teams belonging to the quartermaster department of the government, which had bee
The Daily Dispatch: May 8, 1862., [Electronic resource], Burning cotton. (search)
ersons out the way it is to be collected and forwarded suggest that the Quartermasters at the different stations be instructed to advertisement receive all that may be offered. It will add to their and then the people would carry and to whom to deliver to Mr. James D. Haskins is the Quartermaster at , Mecklenburg, Va., living immediately at the and terminus of the Roanoke Valley Railroad, and would, no doubt attend to this business with pleasure. Wm. wkins is also Quartermaster at Ridgeway, immediately on the Raleigh and Gaston road, where every article collects, could be sent directly to Richmond. There is, Mr. Editor, an immense amount of old and useless from, brass and copier in the country, that would be cheerfully donated by the people, if there was only a known agent to whom they could deliver it. If the Government really stand in head of such things, why not let the people know how they can get to them? If any person demanded pay as no doubt some would instruct the