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Alfred Roman, The military operations of General Beauregard in the war between the states, 1861 to 1865 273 19 Browse Search
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 181 13 Browse Search
William Tecumseh Sherman, Memoirs of General William T. Sherman . 136 4 Browse Search
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 3. 108 0 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 7. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 106 2 Browse Search
Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government 71 5 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 10. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 57 5 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 8. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 56 2 Browse Search
Horace Greeley, The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65: its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union. Volume II. 54 4 Browse Search
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 3: The Decisive Battles. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller) 49 1 Browse Search
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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 7. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), An alleged proclamation of President Lincoln. (search)
intelligence and culture, and of undoubted veracity. He is a native of Pennsylvania, but went to South Carolina in 1847, and remained until after the war. Previous to and during the war he was editor of the South Carolina Guardian, published at Columbia. His position gave him acquaintance and association with the State authorities, and he speaks from personal knowledge regarding the matters herein stated. The proclamation looking to a peaceful separation of the States was obtained by Dr. Ton on official paper bearing the impress Executive mansion, is undoubtedly true. The proclamation and editorial were shown by Governor Pickens to Mr. Cavis, and by the latter published in his paper, the South Carolina Guardian. In the burning of Columbia by Sherman's troops the office and files of the Guardian were destroyed, and there is no copy of the paper extant containing these documents. The original papers, however, are in the possession of Mrs. Pickens, at Edgefield, South Carolina, who
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 7. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Operations of Second South Carolina regiment in campaigns of 1864 and 1865. (search)
e enemy. It was afterwards sent to the Valley and operated there under General Early for several months, sharing his victories and defeats. It was then ordered back to the lines in front of Richmond, and was marched almost every night in midwinter, the ground covered with snow, to some threatened point, and was at last sent to South Carolina, in January, 1865, to aid in defending its native State from the invasion of Sherman. But they were marched to Charleston whilst Sherman was burning Columbia, evacuated that place with scarcely an enemy in sight, and were conducted in ignominious retreat into North Carolina, while Sherman, unresisted, was destroying the vitals of their State. The regiment was engaged in the two small battles in North Carolina--Bentonville and Averasboroa. They were small affairs and merely intended as temporary checks to the enemy. General Joe Johnston, I believe, never had any other object in view. The regiment was reorganized at Smith-field, North Carolina
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 7. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Letter from General Hampton on the burning of Columbia. (search)
Letter from General Hampton on the burning of Columbia. We propose at some future day to publish in full the facts concerning the burning of Columbia, and to fix beyond all controversy the responsit a petition from Benjamin Kawles, of Columbia, South Carolina, asking compensation for the destructthe following language: The citizens of Columbia set fire to thousands of bales of cotton rollets, and which were burning before we entered Columbia. I, myself, was in the city as. early as 9 osibility to arrest the fire. I saw in your Columbia newspaper the printed order of General Wade Hy, emphatically, that any cotton was fired in Columbia by any order. I deny that the citizens setl the facts connected with the destruction of Columbia, and thus fixing upon the proper author of thGeneral Sherman in relation to the burning of Columbia was in an official report, and was fully susthis Memoirs published in 1875, maintains that Columbia was burned by accident and not by design, and
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 7. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Who burned Columbia?--a Review of General Sherman's version of the affair. (search)
de Hampton with having burned his own city of Columbia, not with a malicious intent, or as the manifree statements of his version of the story of Columbia's burning. They show a toning down as we comhat seems in store for her. * * * I look upon Columbia as quite as bad as Charleston. （Page 291.) IRivers Walker--General Sherman stated that in Columbia soldiers not on duty and of the Fifteenth corfectly well that General Hampton did not burn Columbia; that no one was authorized to say that our t to say, the Federal troops had possession of Columbia fully ten hours previous to the fires that deiver, shot up, and in ten minutes the fate of Columbia was settled. Colonel Stone, it will be rememime. General Hampton was assigned to duty at Columbia on the night of the 16th, Thursday; and the oat General Sherman desired the destruction of Columbia; second, that General Sherman knew that his soldiers; thirteenth, that several citizens of Columbia, during the day (Friday) were warned by offic[22 more...]
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 7. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Beauregard's and Hampton's orders on Evacuating Columbia — letter from Colonel A. R. Chisolm. (search)
Beauregard's and Hampton's orders on Evacuating Columbia — letter from Colonel A. R. Chisolm. [The following letter from a gallant officer of General Beauregard's staff seems to settle beyond question the character of the orders given when the Confederates evacuated Columbia.] New York, March 23, 1879. Rev. J. William JoColumbia.] New York, March 23, 1879. Rev. J. William Jones, D. D., Secretary Southern Historical Society, Richmond, Va.: My Dear Sir — I have read in the April number of the Society Papers Colonel James Wood Davidson's communication relative to the burning of Columbia by General Sherman, and it may be a matter of interest in future that I inform you of what took place between GenerColumbia by General Sherman, and it may be a matter of interest in future that I inform you of what took place between Generals Beauregard and Hampton on the evening previous to the evacuation of that city. As Aid-de-Camp to General Beauregard I was the only officer present with the two Generals. Beauregard had arrived late in the day from Charleston. Late in the evening Hampton called on him at the hotel, and after stating the condition of affairs
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 7. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Some Corrections of Sherman's Memoirs. (search)
ublished by him, excepting his letters and orders during the four days between the date of In the field opposite Columbia, South Carolina, February 16, 1865, and In the field, Winsboroa, South Carolina, February 21st, 1865, (pages 327, 328 of report). Why are these surpressed? In his Memoirs (page 287) he states that the burning of Columbia [during this four days period] was accidental. Yet in the cotton cases it transpired that General-in-Chief Halleck wrote him: Should you capture Charlestonn South Carolina. I almost tremble at her fate, but feel that she deserves all that seems in store for her. I look upon Columbia as quite as bad as Charleston. It is noteworthy that it was the Fifteenth corps which first entered Columbia. His armColumbia. His army at this date numbered ( Memoirs, page 172) 62,204 men, exclusive of General Foster's army; the Confederate forces in that region embraced only Hardee's 10000 troops in Savannah (one-half militia and reserves above the military age), and some 4,000
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 7. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Prison experience. (search)
weak minded ones yielded, but the majority remained firm. We were told after the drawing was over that it was for hostages to be retained by the United States Government for the safe return of three negroes, who, they affirmed, had been captured by the Confederate authorities in Charleston harbor. The unfortunate men selected by this drawing were Williams, McDowell and Cline,of the Second South Carolina cavalry, who were then confined in the old Carroll Prison, at Washington, District of Columbia. The writer did not know what disposition was made of them, but learned afterwards that they were retained in close confinement during the war, which impaired their health to such a degree that two of them died soon after they came home. From our quarters at Fort McHenry we had a delightful view of the city of Baltimore and suburbs; also of Fort Marshall, situated across the bay. The gallows, upon which the gallant but unfortunate Layfole was hung, was also in full view of our window — le
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 7. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 12.89 (search)
nt back to the army. He arrived at 10.30 P. M. on the night of the 2d, on the north side of Ely's ford. Averell's losses, by his official report, were two officers and two men wounded and one man killed. He numbered, according to the same report, 3,400 sabres and six guns. W. H. F. Lee then turned his attention to Stoneman, who was about Trevylians depot in Louisa county. On May the 3d and 4th, he pursued Wyndham's force, who represented the fragment of shell which was flying towards Columbia, and says he heard by telegrams from Richmond that the enemy were everywhere. On the 5th and 6th he harassed Stoneman's rear as he was returning to his army; on May the 8th he returned to Orange Courthouse, having accomplished as much as could possibly be expected with his small force. I leave my hearers to infer what Stuart would have done in the enemy's rear with ten or twelve thousand cavalry, only opposed by two regiments. And so ended the last of the Federal operations at Chancell