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Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: Volume 2., Iuka and Corinth. (search)
vision, Brig.-Gen. Henry Little (k). First Brigade, Col. Elijah Gates: 16th Ark.,----; 2d Mo., Col. Francis M. Cockrell; 3d Mo., Col. James A. Pritchard; 5th Mo.,----; 1st Mo. (dismounted cavalry), Lieut.-Col. W. D. Maupin; Mo. Battery, Capt. William Wade. Brigade loss: w, 10. Second Brigade, Brig.-Gen. Louis Hebert: 14th Ark.,----; 17th Ark., Lieut.-Col. John Griffith; 3d La., Lieut.-Col. J. B. Gilmore (w); 40th Miss., Col. W. Bruce Colbert; 1st Tex. Legion (dismounted cavalry), Col. John W. Whitfield (w), Lieut.-Col. E. R. Hawkins; 3d Tex. (dismounted cavalry), Col. H. P. Mabry (w); St. Louis (Mo.) Battery, Capt. William E. Dawson; Clark (Mo.) Battery, Lieut. J. L. Faris. Brigade loss: k, 63; w, 305; m, 40 = 408. Third Brigade, Brig.-Gen. Martin E. Green: 7th Miss. Battalion, Lieut.-Col. J. S. Terral; 43d Miss., Col. W. H. Moore; 4th Mo., Col. A. MacFarlane: 6th Mo., Col. Eugene Erwin; 3d Mo. (dismounted cavalry),----; Mo. Battery, Capt. Henry Guibor; Mo. Battery, Capt. John C.
Horace Greeley, The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65: its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union. Volume I., chapter 17 (search)
nglish of Ind. A. H. Stephens Gov. Reeder William Philips John W. Whitfield civil War in Kansas Wm. Dow sheriff Jones nomination of Fotes were cast, of which 20 were legal and 584 were illegal. John W. Whitfield, A Tennesseean; last heard from in the Confederate army. an ections for Delegate were held on different days, at one of which Whitfield (pro-Slavery), and at the other Reeder (Free-Soil), was chosen De Fourth: That the election under which the sitting delegate, John W. Whitfield, holds his seat, was not held in pursuance of any valid law, received a greater number of votes of resident citizens than John W. Whitfield, for Delegate. Seventh: That, in the present condition of aid elections, embodies the will of a majority of the people. Whitfield held his seat, notwithstanding, to the end of the Congress, despiand burned on the 5th of June by a pro-Slavery force, headed by Gen. Whitfield. But few of the male citizens were at home, and there was no r
Horace Greeley, The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65: its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union. Volume I., Analytical Index. (search)
ntain. 522-3; Cheat Mountain, 523 ; Carnifex Ferry, 525; Guyandotte destroyed, 526; boundary between West and Old Virginia, 527. Wheeling, Va, meeting and Convention at, 518. Wheeling Intelligencer, The, citation from, 522. Whitney, Eli, 53; early life, etc., 58-9; goes to Georgia, 60; invents the Cotton-Gin, 61; letter to Fulton, 65; his death. 66. White, J. W., letter from T. A. Andrews to, 367. White, Lieut.-Col., at Carnifex Ferry, 525. White, Major frank J., 591-2. Whitfield, John W., 237; 240; 241; sacks and burns Osawatomie, 245. Whittier, John G., poem by, 630. Wigfall, Lewis T., of Texas, 373; 448. Wilcox, Col., wounded at Bull Run, 545. Wild Cat, Ky., Rebels defeated at, 615-16. Wilkes, Capt., seizes Mason and Slidell, 606-7. Wilkesbarre, Pa., fugitive-slave case at, 216. Williams, Euphemia, the case of, 216. Williams, Col. John S., at Piketon, Ky., 616. Wilmot, David, of Pa., 189; 319. Wilson, Senator, of Mass., 309; 571-2.
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 10: The Armies and the Leaders. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller), Chapter 9: roster of general officers both Union and Confederate (search)
Lawrence S. Ross commanded a brigade in Wheeler's Cavalry. Walter H. Stevens, chief Engineer, Army of Northern Virginia. Elkanah Greer commanded the Reserve Corps, Trans-Mississippi Department. A. P. Bagby, originally Colonel of the 7th Cavalry; later led a division. John A. Wharton commanded a division of Wheeler's Cavalry in Tennessee. James E. Harrison commanded a brigade of Polignac's division in Louisiana. William H. young led a brigade in the Army of Tennessee. John W. Whitfield commanded a brigade of Texas Cavalry. Joseph L. Hogg led a brigade in the Army in the West. Samuel Bell Maxcy, originally Colonel of the 9th Infantry. William steel led a brigade at Shreveport in 1864. Palmer, Wm. J., Nov. 6, 1864. Partridge, F. W., Mar. 13, 1865. Partridge, B. F., Mar. 31, 1865. Parish, Chas. S., Mar. 13, 1865. Parrott, Jas. C., Mar. 13, 1865. Park, Sidney W., Mar. 13, 1865. Parkhurst, J. G., May 22, 1865. Pardee, D. A., Mar. 13, 1865. Pardee, Ario,
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 10: The Armies and the Leaders. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller), General officers of the Confederate Army: a full roster compiled from the official records (search)
Vance, Robert B., Mar. 4, 1863. Vaughn, A. J., Jr. , Nov. 18, 1863. Vaughn, J. C., Sept. 22, 1862. Villepigue, J. B., Mar. 13, 1862. Walker, H. H., July 1, 1863. Walker, James A., May 15, 1863. Walker, Leroy P., Sept. 17, 1861. Walker, L. M., April 11, 1862. Walker, Wm. S., Oct. 30, 1862. Waterhouse, R., Mar. 17, 1865. Watie, Stand, May 6, 1864. Waul, Thomas N., Sept. 18, 1863. Wayne, Henry C., Dec. 16, 1861. Weisiger, D. A., July 30, 1864. Wharton, G. C., July 8, 1863. Whitfield, John W., May 9, 1863. Wickham, W. C., Sept. 1, 1863. Wigfall, Louis T., Oct. 2, 1861. Williams, John S., April 16, 1862. Wilson, C. C., Nov. 16, 1863. Winder, Chas. S., Mar. 1, 1862. Winder, John H., June 21, 1861. Wise, Henry A., June 5, 1861. Woffard, Wm. T., Jan. 17, 1863. Wood, S. A. M., Jan. 7, 1862. Wright, Marcus J., Dec. 13, 1862. Zollicoffer, Felix K., July 9, 1861. Brigadier-generals of artillery, provisional army Alexander, Ed. P., Feb. 26, 1864. Long, A. L., Sept.
Col. O. M. Roberts, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 11.1, Texas (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 6: (search)
iments for the war all over the State. Gen. Ben McCulloch retired into winter quarters in the northeastern part of Arkansas, where he was reinforced by Texas commands, in addition to Greer's Third cavalry, as follows: Sixth Texas cavalry, Col. B. Warren Stone, Lieut.-Col. J. S. Griffith, Maj. L. S. Ross; Fourth (Ninth) cavalry, Col. Wm. B. Sims, Lieut.-Col. T. G. Berry, Maj. J. N. Dodson; Eleventh cavalry, Col. W. C. Young, Lieut.-Col. Jas. J. Diamond; battalion of Mounted Rifles, Maj. John W. Whitfield; and Capt. John J. Good's artillery company. In the following spring he moved into Missouri, where he was joined by General Price with his Missouri troops, and the combined force being under the command of General Van Dorn, the battle of Elkhorn was fought, in which General Mc-Culloch was killed. In command of the right wing of the army he had put his command in position for a desperate charge, and had fearlessly gone to the front to discover the position of the enemy when he was s
Col. O. M. Roberts, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 11.1, Texas (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 7: (search)
Texas to find active service in 1862, others went eastward for the same purpose. The following commands went to Mississippi for service: Ector's regiment, M. D. Ector, colonel; Abram Harris, lieutenant-colonel; T. M. Garrison, major. A legion—Whitfield's regiment, John W. Whitfield, colonel; E. R. Hawkins, lieutenantcol-onel; John H. Broocks, major. A legion—Waul's regiment, Thos. N. Waul, colonel; B. Timmons, lieutenant-colonel; Allen Cameron, major. Also Parker's, Smith's and Weeks' cavalJohn W. Whitfield, colonel; E. R. Hawkins, lieutenantcol-onel; John H. Broocks, major. A legion—Waul's regiment, Thos. N. Waul, colonel; B. Timmons, lieutenant-colonel; Allen Cameron, major. Also Parker's, Smith's and Weeks' cavalry battalions. Some of these were in Brigadier-General Ross' command, and gained distinction in the service in Mississippi. In mentioning these regiments, the lieutenant-colonels and majors have been given when practicable, because the first colonels were often taken from their regiments by promotion, death or sickness, leaving others in command. Ector's regiment went to Tennessee, where he afterward commanded a brigade. There also went the regiment of cavalry of M. F. Locke, colonel; J. <
Col. O. M. Roberts, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 11.1, Texas (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 14: (search)
l. Thos. Harrison; Capt. J. P. Douglas' battery (formerly the Good battery, organized at Dallas in 1861). There were on duty in the State of Mississippi in 1862– 63, Gregg's brigade; Seventeenth Texas regiment, Major K. M. Van Zandt; and under command of Brig-Gen. L. S. Ross, Sixth Texas cavalry (originally Col. W. B. Stone's, in which L. S. Ross was major), Willis' battalion of Waul's legion, subsequently Third Texas cavalry, Giles Boggess, colonel; Ninth cavalry, D. W. Jones, colonel; Whitfield's legion, J. W. Hawkins, colonel: Sixth Texas cavalry, Jack Wharton, colonel, and P. F. Ross, lieutenant-colonel. At Vicksburg the Texas troops were Waul's legion, Col. T. N. Waul commanding; infantry battalion, Maj. E. S. Bolling; infantry battalion, Lieut.-Col. Jas. Wrigley; cavalry battalion, Lieut.-Col. Thos. J. Cleveland; artillery company, Capt. J. G. Wall; Second Texas infantry, Col. Ashbel Smith. At Chickamauga there were Deshler's brigade—Sixth, Tenth, Fifteenth, Seventeen
Col. O. M. Roberts, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 11.1, Texas (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), chapter 18 (search)
Stone's regiments, Roane's brigade; Greer's regiment and Whitfield's battalion, Hebert's brigade; Crump's, Diamond's and Locohn A. Wharton. To the army of the West were assigned: Whitfield's First legion (or 27th regiment), dismounted, and Greer' Third Louisiana, the Third Texas dismounted cavalry, and Whitfield's Texas legion. The Third Louisiana and Third Texas had y wounded. Brave men were never more bravely commanded. Whitfield's legion not only took a battery with the aid of the Thir conflicts the leadership of their able commander, Col. John W. Whitfield, who was painfully wounded, though not dangerouslymands, after, it is reported, eight attempts had failed. Whitfield had 460 men in action and reported that he lost 106 in kixth, Col. L. S. Ross; Ninth, Lieut.-Col. D. W. Jones, and Whitfield's legion, Lieut.-Col. John H. Broocks, under brigade command of Col. J. W. Whitfield, was distinguished in the defeat and capture of a strong Federal reconnoitering expedition at Th
Col. O. M. Roberts, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 11.1, Texas (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Biographical. (search)
eral Baylor at Houston, Tex. Brigadier-General John W. Whitfield began his military career as co into confusion. At the time of this battle Whitfield was major of a battalion designated in the reports as Whitfield's battalion, under the command of Brig.-Gen. Albert Pike. Col. Henry Little, whMissouri volunteers, in his report thanks Major Whitfield, with several others, for the manner in w about to cross the Mississippi in 1862, Colonel Whitfield was ordered to proceed to Memphis with huka, Miss., fought September 19th, said that Whitfield's legion won, under its gallant leader, a reand the best, and noted with regret that Colonel Whitfield was painfully wounded. At the close of the year Colonel Whitfield, having recovered, was at Yazoo City with his cavalry command. He partiin the action. On the 9th of May, 1863, Colonel Whitfield received the commission of brigadier-genthe very day that Vicksburg surrendered, General Whitfield encountered a party of 500 Federals. He