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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 21. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Memorial address (search)
skirmishing for about two hours, and an attack that lasted two and a half hours longer, the enemy retreated in great confusion, with a loss of probably 50 killed and 300 wounded, and were so hotly pursued by our cavalry that they scattered guns, haversacks and knapsacks till they crossed a bridge and stopped the pursuit by destroying it. The names of no soldiers of North Carolina should be inscribed in a more prominent place on the monument to be erected to her heroic dead than those of Henry L. Wyatt, the first offering of the South to the Lost Cause, and his three comrades, who rushed forward in a hail of shot and shell to destroy a house where the sharpshooters of the enemy had taken shelter. Judging of its importance by the numbers engaged and the losses on both sides, the battle of Bethel scarcely rose above the dignity of a skirmish; yet few events in the early history of the war had a more important influence upon the contests of the following year. The splendid bearing of ou
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 21. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Index. (search)
tle of the, 226. Washington, D. C., Advance on, 139. Washington Artillery at Shiloh and other battles, 215. Weddell, D. D, Rev. A. W., 337. Weitzel, Gen., Godfrey, 276. White Oak Road, Action on, 75. White Oak Swamp, 378. Whiting, Gen. 266. Wilderness, Battle of the, 373, 382. Wilkinson, Capt. John N., 264. Williams, Col. Lewis B , 107. Williamsburg, Battle of, 122. Williford, Lieut., killed, 281. Wilmington, N. C., Ladies' Memorial Association of, 38. Wilmington, N. C , Veterans, Address before, by Col. Wm. Lamb, 257. Winchester, Va., 382. Pitcher, Col W. A., 21st Va. Infantry, 243. Women of the South, their sacrifices and devotion to duty, 34, 41, 42. Wood, Col., J. Taylor, Escape of, 312. Wool, Gen., 327. Wright, Dr., David Minton, 326. Wyatt, H. L., First victim of the war, 119. Wyndham, Col., Sir Percy, 225. Yancey, W. L., His character and career by Hon. A. W. Dillard, 151; his Slaughter letter, 153. Young, Charles P., 374.