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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 20. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.6 (search)
to write this before, but I have refrained from doing it because so many heroes have appeared since the war ended who never handled a sword or gun then, and have been so injudiciously lauded by the press that I did not care to have the appearance of being on the list. But let us refer now to the scenes which were the closing acts of the glorious Southern Confederacy as the closing history of the times. The eventful night. It was night, April 7, 1865. We had crossed the river near Farmville and had taken up a position about, as near as I remember, a mile from the crossing, which the Confederates had attempted to burn, but unsuccessfully. General Miles, commanding a Federal brigade, made a mad attempt to throw the Confederates into confusion on their left by a flank movement (perhaps that was his purpose), but it was a very unfortunate move, for his lines were in a few minutes nearly cut to pieces and his brigade placed hors de combat. A furious picket-firing and sharp-shoot
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 20. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.29 (search)
t, Virginia, H. M. Miller. No. 13. William Watts, Roanoke, Virginia, S. S. Brooke. No. 14. John Bowie Strange, Charlottesville, Virginia, J. M. Garnett. No. 15. Pierre Gibson, No. 15, Culpeper, Virginia, D. A. Grimsley. No. 16. Callcote-Wrenn, Isle of Wight Courthouse, Virginia, N. F. Young. No. 17. Ewell, Prince William county, Virginia, H. F. Lynn, Catharpin, Virginia. No. 18. J. E. B. Stuart, Reams' Station, Virginia, M. A. Moncure. No. 19. Thornton-Pickett, Farmville, Virginia, S. W. Paulett. No. 20. Stover, Strasburg, Virginia, Mason Bly, Lebanon, Virginia. No. 21. J. A. Early, Rocky Mount, Virginia, G. W. Helms. No. 22. Turner Ashby, Winchester, Virginia, Charles W. Mc-Vicar. No. 23. Magruder-Ewell, Williamsburg, Virginia, T. J. Stubbs. No. 24. J. E. B. Stuart, Berryville, Clarke county, Virginia, Samuel J. C. Moore. No. 25. Stonewall Jackson, Staunton, Virginia, Frank B. Berkeley. No. 26. L. A. Armistead, Boydton, Virginia, Char