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Adam Badeau, Military history of Ulysses S. Grant from April 1861 to April 1865. Volume 2, Chapter 34: (search)
pediments. He had the wonderful impetus of flight, with the chance of safety and something like success before him as his prize. He, besides, was moving towards supplies, while Grant must leave his base, and rebuild a railroad in order to provision his army. There was every military chance, when Lee fled from Petersburg, that he would succeed in eluding his pursuer. The intention was to take the direction of Danville, and turn to our advantage the good line for resistance offered by the Dan and Staunton rivers. The activity of the Federal cavalry and the want of supplies compelled a different course.—Four Years with General Lee. Accordingly he ordered supplies from Danville to meet him, and by daylight on the 3rd of April his advance was sixteen miles on the road to Amelia. And now came a contest between the wits and genius of the two commanders. For the first time they were pitted against each other, absolutely out. side of works, and in the open field. Lee no longer had
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 15. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Introduction. (search)
After a gallant resistance, our troops were retired to the second or inner line of defence around the city of Petersburg, and there maintained their line till nightfall. By the dawn of day next morning the lines had been evacuated and the gallant, but sadly reduced Army of Northern Virginia had made good its way in its retreat westwardly toward Amelia Courthouse. The intention was to take the direction of Danville, and turn to our advantage the good line for resistance offered by the Dan and Staunton rivers. The activity of the Federal cavalry and the want of supplies compelled a different course, and the retreat was continued up the Southside railroad toward Lynchburg. In this trying retreat, the skeleton mules and horses were scarce able to drag the scantily loaded wagons and the artillery through the miry roads. Every article that burdened them that could be dispensed with was abandoned, and food for horse and man was finally the same—unshelled corn—three ears of whi
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 34. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Townsend's Diary—January–May, 1865. (search)
termined to put on a bold front and take the risks. Either because the size of our party intimidated them or because they imagined that a body of men that were bold enough to march through this country which had for so long a time been a terror to all travellers must also be a very troublesome set in a fight, or because they had been too much scattered by the recent defeat which they had sustained, we were not molested on our journey. At about 12 o'clock we arrived at Buck Island Pond on Dan river, which is a rapid rocky stream at that point. Here several of the party waded across the water, being in no place more than two and a half feet deep, and finding a boat upon the other side and a good place above the ford to ferry it started for the remainder of the boys. All of them were gotten over without accident or adventure until the last boat full. For this Todd volunteered to act as ferryman, and in one of his fits of mischief nearly succeeded in carrying the boat over some rapid
Adam Badeau, Military history of Ulysses S. Grant from April 1861 to April 1865. Volume 3, Chapter 34: (search)
pediments. He had the wonderful impetus of flight, with the chance of safety and something like success before him as his prize. He, besides, was moving towards supplies, while Grant must leave his base, and rebuild a railroad in order to provision his army. There was every military chance, when Lee fled from Petersburg, that he would succeed in eluding his pursuer. The intention was to take the direction of Danville, and turn to our advantage the good line for resistance offered by the Dan and Staunton rivers. The activity of the Federal cavalry and the want of supplies compelled a different course.—Four Years with General Lee. Accordingly he ordered supplies from Danville to meet him, and by daylight on the 3rd of April his advance was sixteen miles on the road to Amelia. And now came a contest between the wits and genius of the two commanders. For the first time they were pitted against each other, absolutely out. side of works, and in the open field. Lee no longer had
The Daily Dispatch: may 22, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 3 (search)
ough weeping mothers, sisters and wives were left behind, they were not heeded when the desire to defend their country became their first object. Nine companies have been organized in the county, which shows that her sons are of the "right stamp." her daughters being denied the pleasure of fighting the Yankees, but desirous to show their patriotism in some way, have wielded their needles, instead of the sword.--They met at the parsonage some weeks ago, and in a few days uniformed the Dan River Riffles, which left last week, having for their commander Capt. D. A. Claiborne, our late member of the Legislature. They are now busily engaged in making the uniform of another company, which will leave Clover Depot next week, under the command of Dr. J. C. Coleman, of the late "United States Navy." The tenth company is now being raised, when the ladies will willingly offer their services to the captain, to be of any use that is on their power, with the hope that they may be amply reward
The Daily Dispatch: June 17, 1862., [Electronic resource], From Europe. (search)
The Milton Chronicle says that the severe freshets on Dan River have injured the wheat exspect-riously, and will probably prevent the planting of the usual Quantity of corn. The story of the killing of Andy Johnson, in Nashville, is revived. It needs contribution however. Col. Alexander H. Brown has been appointed Provost Marshal of Charleston. A patriotic butcher in Savannah proposes to furnish the citizens with good beef at fifteen cents per pound.
The Daily Dispatch: December 29, 1863., [Electronic resource], No Conference to be with Beast Butler on the Exchange question. (search)
Wanted --Twenty good negro Clliers, to work in our mines on Dan river, thirty miles west of Danville, in Rockingham county, N. C. Our haft is a new one, not yet 100 feet deep, and is free from gas. The locality is healthy, and as as any in the Confederacy. Owners of each hands would do well to apply to us in person, or by letter to Denville. Jones & Neal. de 15--
The Daily Dispatch: September 5, 1864., [Electronic resource], "The Pacification." (search)
rs Reward. --Ran away from our farm, near Danville, on Tuesday night, our two men, Todd and Alex. Todd is black, rather large size, weighs perhaps one hundred and seventy-five pounds, well made, about forty to forty-five years old, and a little bald; talks well and very plausibly; he is about five feet eight inches high. We bought him of Dr. Wiley Jones's estate, near Milton, North Carolina. He has a wife at Mr. William Taylor's, five miles from Milton. He is well acquainted on Dan river as far as Clarkesville, and may be in that neighborhood. Alex is very black, healthy looking, speaks slow, and slow in his movements; height about five feet four inches, well made, and weighs about one hundred and fifty pounds. We bought him in Richmond, some eighteen months ago, from a gentleman from Eastern South Carolina. We will pay the above reward, or $150 for each, if they are delivered to us in Danville, or confined in jail so that we can get them. Thomas C. Williams &
The Daily Dispatch: March 28, 1865., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
ersects the Roanoke Valley road, which sweeps in a curve from Hicksford junction, on the Petersburg and Weldon road, westward to Clarkesville, a distance of twenty-two miles. This point is on the south bank of the Roanoke, near the junction of the Dan and Staunton rivers, and but a short distance from Boston, on the Richmond and Danville road, thirty-one miles above Danville. In order to cut Johnston off, or reach the vicinity of the Danville road as soon as he does, General Sherman has to movnto the interior of Virginia, west of Burkesville, he must do this, and preserve intact the road from Richmond to Burkesville, and thence to Lynchburg;--Johnston, by retreating slowly, and giving battle, so as to impede Sherman's progress over the Dan and Staunton rivers, will materially aid his chief in this movement; and that is, probably, the intention. The entire route is now valueless to Lee. He cannot obtain from any State south of Virginia one pound of provisions for his army, and is co