Your search returned 245 results in 125 document sections:

1 2 3 4 5 6 ...
General James Longstreet, From Manassas to Appomattox, Chapter 27: Gettysburg-Second day. (search)
report to show the attack on the 2d was expected by him to begin earlier, except that he notices that there was not proper concert of action on that day. ... Respectfully, Charles Marshall. Big Island, Bedford, Va., May 31, 1875. Dear General,-- . . . I do not recollect of hearing of an order to attack at sunrise, or at any other designated hour, pending the operations at Gettysburg during the first three days of July, 1863... Yours truly, A. L. Long. Freestone P. O., Prince William County, Va., November 12, 1877. My Dear General Longstreet, . . . The winter after the death of General Lee I was in Lexington, visiting my sons at the V. M. I. General Pendleton called to see me at the hotel. General Custis Lee was in my room when he came in. After General Lee left, General Pendleton asked me if General Longstreet was not ordered to attack on the 2d of July at Gettysburg at six o'clock in the morning, and did not attack until four o'clock in the evening. I told him it w
James Redpath, The Roving Editor: or, Talks with Slaves in the Southern States., My third trip. (search)
racy to these negrofraternizing Southern brethren? I pause for a reply. V. Fauquier county, etc. Prince William county facts education and Theologism a Free colored farmer ignorance of people negro driving of horses in H el! need of white labor Charlottesville, Prince William county. Warrenton, Fauquier county, May, 18,--I have walked, to-day, across Prince William county, on the turnpike road, from Centreville to Warrenton. Prince William county is a small one.Prince William county, on the turnpike road, from Centreville to Warrenton. Prince William county is a small one. It has a population of over 5,000 whites, 2,500 slaves, and 550 free negroes. It has a thousand dwellings. Its annual educational income is $695! Only 316 pupils attend the public schools. Seven hundred and eighty-four white adults can neither Prince William county is a small one. It has a population of over 5,000 whites, 2,500 slaves, and 550 free negroes. It has a thousand dwellings. Its annual educational income is $695! Only 316 pupils attend the public schools. Seven hundred and eighty-four white adults can neither read nor write, and nearly two thousand youths, between five and twenty years of age, are in the some benighted state of ignorance. The county, however, has church accommodations for nearly five thousand souls. It is evident, therefore, that altho
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 5. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 67 (search)
last, a short distance from this place. It was another of those desperate efforts they have from time to time put forth to recover lost opportunity and atone for past defeats. The surprisal of Banks by Jackson, though of a more formidable and successful character, was not more complete, sudden, and unexpected than the one experienced in this department. A part, some say a whole regiment, of the First Virginia cavalry, under the command of Gen. Stewart, crossed the Pamunkey from Prince William County, a few miles above this place, at a point known as Garlick's Landing. There they commenced a series of depredations, which had they been as successful throughout as they were at the beginning, would have resulted most disastrously to our cause in this quarter. With a fiendish ferocity, more akin to devils than men, the rebels began murdering all who came in their way. Men, women, and some say even children, black and white, were, without hesitation, shot or cut to pieces in an inst
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Cleveland, Benjamin 1738-1806 (search)
Cleveland, Benjamin 1738-1806 Military officer; born in Prince William county, Va., May 26, 1738; removed to North Carolina in 1769; entered the American army in 1775; led a company in the campaign of Rutherford against the Cherokee Indians in 1776; greatly distinguished himself at King's Mountain (q. v.); and later settled in South Carolina, where he became a judge. He died in October, 1806. Cleveland, Grover
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Graham, James Duncan 1799-1865 (search)
Graham, James Duncan 1799-1865 Military officer; born in Prince William county, Va., April 4, 1799; graduated at the United States Military Academy in 1817; appointed a topographical engineer in 1829; made the survey of the northeast boundary of the United States; represented the United States under the treaty of Washington in determining the boundary between the United States and the British provinces, etc.; promoted colonel of engineers, June 1, 1863. He died in Boston, Mass., Dec. 28, 1865.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Neville, John 1731- (search)
Neville, John 1731- Military officer; born in Prince William county, Va., in 1731; served with Braddock in his expedition in 1755, and was a representative to the provincial convention from Augusta county in 1774. During the Revolutionary War he was colonel of the 4th Virginia Regiment, and was in the battles at Trenton, Princeton, Monmouth, and Germantown. Later he was an inspector of excise, and aided in suppressing the whiskey insurrection of 1794. He died near Pittsburg, Pa., July 29, 1803
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Stewart, Austin (search)
Stewart, Austin Author; born of slave parents, in Prince William county, Va., about 1793; escaped and went to Rochester, N. Y., in 1817, and was there successful in business; was vice-president of the national convention of negroes in Philadelphia in 1830; became an agent for the Anti-slavery standard in 1839. He was the author of Twenty-two years a slave and forty years a Freeman. He died after 1860.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Virginia, (search)
ag......May 24, 1861 Slaves around Fortress Monroe entering the Federal lines are declared contrabrand by Gen. B. F. Butler......May 27, 1861 Occupation of Newport News by the Federals......May 27-29, 1861 Federal troops cross the Ohio at Wheeling and at Parkersburg.......May 27, 1861 Occupy Grafton, W. Va......May 30, 1861 Affair at Philippi, Confederates retreat to Beverly......June 3, 1861 Gen. P. G. T. Beauregard proclaims to the people of Loudoun, Fairfax, and Prince William counties that the Federals are warring for beauty and booty ......June 5, 1861 Virginia troops transferred to the Confederate government by the governor......June 8, 1861 Affair at Big Bethel, near Fortress Monroe......June 10, 1861 General Patterson crosses the Potomac at Williamsport......July 2, 1861 Affair at Rich Mountain, W. Va.; the Confederates under Col. George H. Pegram defeated by the Federals under General Rosecrans......July 11, 1861 Battle at Carricksford, W. V
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Battles, Virginia, 1863 (search)
YORK--1st (Lincoln) Cavalry (Detachment). PENNSYLVANIA--13th Cavalry (Detachment). Feb. 27-28: Scout from Centreville to FalmouthMICHIGAN--5th and 6th Cavalry. NEW YORK--5th Cavalry. PENNSYLVANIA--18th Cavalry (Detachment). WEST VIRGINIA--1st Cavalry. March 2: Skirmish, AldieVERMONT--1st Cavalry (Cos. "H," "M"). Union loss, 1 wounded, 15 missing. Total, 16. March 3-8: Expedition from Belle Plains to Coan River and Machodoc Creek(No Reports.) March 4: Skirmish, Independence Hill, Prince William CountyNEW YORK--8th Cavalry (Detachment). Union loss, 2 killed, 1 wounded, 15 missing. Total, 18. March 7-9: Reconnoissance from SuffolkNEW YORK--7th Cavalry (1st M. R.). March 9: Skirmish, WindsorNEW YORK--7th Cavalry (1st M. R.). March 9: Affair, Fairfax Court HouseCapture of Gen. Stoughton and 33 men. Union loss, 32. March 15: Affair near DumfriesILLINOIS--8th Cavalry (Detachment). March 17: Engagement, Kelly's FordMASSACHUSETTS--1st Cavalry. NEW YORK--6th Indpt. Battery Light Arty.
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Battles, Virginia, 1865 (search)
hfieldDISTRICT OF COLUMBIA--1st Cavalry. MARYLAND--1st Cavalry. PENNSYLVANIA--11th Cavalry. Feb. 13-17: Expedition from Edenburg to Little Fort Valley and skirmishesMICHIGAN--1st, 5th, 6th and 7th Cavalry (Detachments). Union loss, 1 killed. Feb. 15-16: Scout from Fairfax Court House to Aldie and MiddleburgILLINOIS--8th Cavalry (Co. "B"). Feb. 18-19: Expedition from Winchester into Loudon CountyNEW YORK--21st Cavalry. PENNSYLVANIA--14th Cavalry (Detachments). Feb. 18-19: Scout in Prince William CountyILLINOIS--8th Cavalry (Detachment). Feb. 19: Skirmish, Ashby's GapNEW YORK--21st Cavalry. PENNSYLVANIA--14th Cavalry (Detachments). Union loss, 6 killed, 19 wounded, 64 missing. Total, 89. Feb. 23-24: Expedition from Yorktown to West PointNEW YORK--16th Heavy Arty. (Co. "M"). Feb. 27-March 2: Expedition from Winchester (Sheridan's)CONNECTICUT--1st Cavalry. MASSACHUSETTS--2d Cavalry. MICHIGAN--1st, 5th, 6th and 7th Cavalry. NEW HAMPSHIRE--1st Cavalry. NEW JERSEY--3d Cavalry. NEW YOR
1 2 3 4 5 6 ...