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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 24. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.1 (search)
Davis the fourth Attorney General. Other alumni served their individual States in various civil ways. The three commissioners of the North Carolina Board of Claims elected in 1861 were all University men, B. F. Moore, S. F. Phillips, and P. H. Winston. When an agent was appointed later in the war to audit the financial dealings of the State with the Confederacy, P. H. Winston, the third member of the Board of Claims, was chosen for that responsible position. George V. Strong became ConfeP. H. Winston, the third member of the Board of Claims, was chosen for that responsible position. George V. Strong became Confederate District Attorney for North Carolina in 1862; Robert B. Gilliam and William M. Shipp became judges of the superior court in North Carolina in 1862 and 1863 respectively. Thomas C. Manning was chairman of the commission appointed by the governor of Louisiana to investigate the outrages committed by Federal troops under Gen. Banks during the invasion of Western Louisiana in 1863 and 1864. Manning and H. M. Polk were members of the Louisiana secession convention of 1861, and John T. Wheat
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 24. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.62 (search)
o, June 1, 1896. To the Editor of the Dispatch: After the battle of Malvern Hill the cavalry turned its head north, and haltedten days or more near Hanover Courthouse. The 5th Regiment, of which the James City Cavalry was a part, camped in Mrs. Winston's field, which was dotted over with wheat shocks, affording shelter and food for an innumerable host of harvest-bugs. These bugs put themselves upon terms of great familiarity with the men, crawling over them and seeming to have a fancy for roans of the sufferers oftimes made night hideous, and aroused the whole camp. The aid of the surgeon was invoked, and his skill was tested in extracting the bores. While here Colonel Rosser made the acquaintance of the beautiful and classic Miss Winston, and began the most successful campaign of an active and aggressive soldier's life. Here, too, I was detailed as judge of a court-martial, of which Stephen D. Lee was president—a man to whom the coming reunion will give an international fame.
The Daily Dispatch: January 11, 1861., [Electronic resource], Court of Appeals. (search)
Post-Office Affairs. --Virginia Offices Discontinued--Hubbard, Kent co.; Barbeetown, Hardy co.; Fisher's Point, Jackson county. Virginia Appointments--John J. Martin post-master at Hoodville, Marton county, vice Henry C. Black, moved away. Samuel Life post-master at Axton, Pittsylvania county, vice David F. Hodges, resigned. O. N. Retty post-master at Wirt C. H., Wirt county, vice Chas. B. Roberts, resigned. Clivins S. Chisholm postmaster at Hanover C. H., Hanover county, vice P. H. Winston, resigned. Eleanah Wilson postmaster at Indian Creek, Monroe county, vice P. P. Peck, resigned, Edward E. Jefferson postmaster at Roseland, Nelson county, vice Wm. N. Fortune, resigned.