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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 33. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), My personal experiences in taking up arms and in the battle of Malvern Hill. (search)
ults conspiring to thwart the plans of a consummate soldier and peerless leader, that farther dissension should be deprecated. It has never been my privilege to meet Judge Crocker, but his brother, by the second marriage of his mother, Hon. Richard S. Thomas, of Smithfield, I have had cause to rejoice in the friendship of for years. They come of worthy life-springs in an ancestry dating to the settlement of Ould Virginia. James Francis Crocker, the second son of James and Frances Hill (WoN. Y., and later to Johnson's Island. By his comrades of the trying days of the momentous struggle of the South, he is warmly beloved for admirably exemplified traits, nor is he less regarded universally in his honorable civil career. Hon. R. S. Thomas is the second son of the mother of Judge Crocker, by her second marriage with James Thomas, and as Mister Dick, as he is familiarly called by those of his section who know well why they should love him, writes: His (Judge Crocker's) father
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 34. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Yankee gunboat Smith Briggs. from the Times-dispatch, March 18, 1906, and July 15, 1906. (search)
dgers, 2553 North Colorado Street, Philadelphia, Pa. Fraternally yours, William W. Rodgers. Mayor Joyner, of Smithfield, referred the above letter to Mr. R. S. Thomas, who, in making the following full reply, added to the store of very interesting Confederate history. Mr. Thomas' reply. Smithfield, Va., Feb. 27information that you would like to have relative to the engagements alluded to, or to the town and its people, I will be pleased to furnish it. Yours truly, R. S. Thomas. Hardware, Fluvanna Co., Va. Mr. R. S. Thomas: Dear Sir,—I was very much pleased to see your description of the capture of the gunboat Smith Briggs at SmMr. R. S. Thomas: Dear Sir,—I was very much pleased to see your description of the capture of the gunboat Smith Briggs at Smithfield in the Times-Dispatch of recent date. I was a member of Captain Nat. A. Sturdivant's battery of Artillery, but was not present at Smithfield; was with those who went to Cherry Grove the day before, and as Mr. Rodgers expressed the wish that some one would give an account of the engagement at Scott's Factory, and as all
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 34. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Index. (search)
Artillery, Officers of the, 85. Sowell, B A., 169 Steuart, General George H., 173. Stewart Colonel W . H, 155. Sti es, Major Robert, 265. Stockdale, Colonel, Thos. R. 241. Stonewall Jackson's way, The Song, 175. Sturdivant, Major N. A., 164. Swanson, Address of Governor C. A., 231. Swope, Dr., David, 30. Symington, Major, W. Stuart,, 322. Talcott, Colonel T. M. R., 1. Tansill, Colonel, Robert, 87 Taylor, Colonel Walter H., 11. Thomas, Julius O., 43, 161. Thomas, Richard S., 163. Thompson, Captain John H., 149. Townsend, Harry C., Diary of, January May, 1865, 99. Traitors have been ever cruel, 38. Van Lew, Miss Elizabeth L, 187 Virginia, The Iron-clad, 89; career of, 316; Destruction of, 317; Construction of, 319. Virginia cavalry 13th regiment, its flag and roll of Company E, 210; Company I, roster of, 228. Virginia Infantry, 4th regiment and 32d regiment at Sharpsburg, 250; 8th regiment, field officers of, 266. Virginia Convention
The Daily Dispatch: July 8, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 5 (search)
timber they found on the shore, which clearly prove that it was a Federal steamer and not the famous " Hygeia." The gentlemen were enabled to discern the wreck from this point by aid of a spy-glass. On Wednesday a handsome flag was presented to Company F., stationed at Craney Island. The presentation speech was made by our excellent Mayor, Wm. W. Lamb, in behalf of the ladies of Norfolk. This was replied to by some happy and appropriate remarks from our talented young townsman, Richard S. Thomas, in behalf of the " F. 's " The affair drew together a large number of spectator who expressed themselves highly pleased with the sociality of the occasion.-- A fine hand of music was in attendance, and altogether, the affair was such an one as it will be a pleasure to those present to recut to it hereafter with every feeling of rejoicing.--The " F. 's " no doubt, feel the great honor just accorded them in receiving so appropriate a gift. Three or four ships went to Old Point on W
The Daily Dispatch: July 8, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 6 (search)
To be Condemned. --We learn that Mr. P. H. Aylett, the District Attorney of the Confederate States, has instituted proceedings in admiralty in the District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, for the formal condemnation and sale of the steamer St. Nicholas, as well as for the vessels, the "Margaret," the " Mary Pierce," and the "Monticello, " recently captured by Col. Thomas and Capt. Hellins, of the army and navy of the Confederate States.