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Browsing named entities in Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 26. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones). You can also browse the collection for Charleston (South Carolina, United States) or search for Charleston (South Carolina, United States) in all documents.
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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)
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 26. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.7 (search)
Fort Sumter.
[from the Sunday news, Charleston, S. C., April 17, 1898.]
Report of the bombardment of, as given in the Charleston courier, April 13, 1861, with some account of the beginning of the news Association in the United States.
The first News Association formed in the United States grew out of the demand for news from the war in Mexico, in advance of the regular mails.
Never had there been a finer opportunity for the display of newspaper enterprise.
It consumed seven days to transmit the mails from New Orleans to New York at the that time (near the close of the year 1846), and Moses Y. Beach, of the New York Sun, conceived the idea of outstripping it and supplying his readers with the latest intelligence from the front a full day in advance of his competitors.
The Charleston Courer was then published by Wm. S. King, a man of rare judgment and journalistic enterprise, and to him Mr. Beach proposed a co-partnership in a pony express that would accomplish what
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 26. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), William Henry Chase Whiting , Major-General C. S. Army . (search)
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 26. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.13 (search)
Heroes of Honey Hill.
[from the Charleston, S. C., Sunday news, Nov. 20, 1898.]
Magnificent work of the field Artillery.
Brief sketches of Stuart's, Kanapaux's and Earle's Batteries—An enemy's praise of the conduct of the Confederates and their management of the Fight—Splendid discipline of the infantry, cavalry and Artillery forces engaged.
[Reference may be made to preceding articles by Hon. William A. Courtenay, ante pp. 52 and 62. This was received from the accomplished writer since they were printed although it preceded them in the date of original publication.
Whilst the articles are mutually illustrative they are not affected in their value by being printed as they are in this volume.
Major Courtenay writes as to the artillery heroes of the Battle of Honey Hill: It was just wonderful what the boys did—Why, a rabbit could not have crossed the road. —Ed.]
It is remarkable enough to be particularly mentioned that field pieces from three separate commands sh