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Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: The Opening Battles. Volume 1. 8 2 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: April 25, 1862., [Electronic resource] 5 1 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 30. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 2 0 Browse Search
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Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: The Opening Battles. Volume 1., chapter 14.53 (search)
rong, stone, casemated work, mounting 67 guns, garrisoned by above 500 men, commanded by Colonel Moses J. White, located on the eastern extremity of Bogue Island, commanding the channel from the open ence of preparations completed and in hand left no doubt upon the mind of General Parke that Colonel White intended to make a desperate defense. It was therefore decided to besiege the fort, and as irection. General Parke announced the works completed, and his readiness for an attack, and Colonel White was again summoned, and again, in the tersest possible terms, declined to surrender. Thely-part of the bombardment, were compelled to seek deeper water. On the morning of the 26th Colonel White, by the hanging out of a white flag, indicated his willingness to surrender. He and his troof Fort Macon, the combined losses of both sides being only 9 killed and 25 wounded. Colonel Moses J. White says in his report: At 6 A. M., on the 25th, the enemy's land batteries opened upon the
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 30. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Graduates of the United States Military Academy at West Point, N. Y., [from the Richmond, Va., Dispatch, March 30, April 6, 27, and May 12, 1902.] (search)
ing Price's Army, Trans-Mississippi Department. George W. Holt. 1790. Born Alabama. Appointed Alabama. 31. Lieutenant-Colonel, Assistant Adjutant-General to Lieutenant-General S. D. Lee, commanding corps Army of Tennessee. Robert H. Anderson. 1794. Born Georgia. Appointed Georgia. 35. Brigadier-General, July 26, 1864. Commanding brigade, Kelly's Cavalry Division, Army of Tennessee. Lafayette Peck. 1797. Born Tennessee. Appointed Tennessee. 38. 1858. Moses J. White. 1799. Born Mississippi. Appointed Mississippi. 2. Colonel, commanding Thirty-seventh Tennessee Infantry, Marmaduke's Brigade, Third Corps, Army of the Mississippi. Joseph Dixon. 1800. Born Tennessee. Appointed Tennessee. 3. Captain, Confederate States Army, November 20, 1861. Captain engineers, Fort Donelson. Killed February 13, 1862, at Fort Donelson, Tennessee. William H. Echols.* 1800. Born Alabama. Appointed Alabama. 4. Colonel and Chief Engineer, Depart
The Daily Dispatch: April 25, 1862., [Electronic resource], $50 reward (search)
eaufort, N. C., professing to give a list of our officers and companies in Fort Macon, a portion of which we copy: Fort Macon is at present in charge of Col. Moses J. White, who has had command of the garrison since the end of August or beginning of September last. Colonels Tew, Jones, and Bridges were previously in successivet and Coghill, were withdrawn from Harker's Island, so that the rebel garrison of Fort Macon now consists of the following: Field and staff. Colonel, Moses J. White, Mississippi; Quartermaster, Capt. John F. Devine, Baltimore; Acting Assistant, Lieut. Robert E. Walker; Commissary, Captain Wm. C. King; Sergeant Major, Jamet 50 men; but as a large number are not fit for duty, the strength of the garrison is not more than $50 effective men. All these have enlisted for the war. Col. White is said to be a nephew of Jeff Davis. He graduated at West Point in 1858 and as 2d Lieutenant in the U. S. Ordnance corps, served in New Mexico. He was at Bat