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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 32. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), The battle of Shiloh [from the New Orleans, la, Picayune, Sept., 25, 1904.] (search)
an, Thomas and Nelson. The Confederacy had 4,000 poorly-armed and badly-equipped troops at Cumberland Gap under General Zollicoffer, guarding the only line of Communication between Virginia and Tennessee. Eastern Tennessee was hostile to the Confederacy, and required constant guarding and vigilance. Besides Zollicoffer's force there were only about 4,000 available men to protect General Johnston's line against some 40,000 Federal troops. His line extended from Cumberland Gap to Columbus, ing menaced Donelson and Henry, while his centre was directed against Bowling Green and his left was advancing against Zollicoffer at Mill springs on the upper Cumberland. The campaign opened with the defeat of the Confederates under Crittenden and Zollicoffer on the 19th of January, 1862, by General Thomas at Mill springs, or Fishing creek. While the loss was not severe, it ended with a rout, which left General Johnston's right flank exposed. To then reduce the force at Columbus would
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 32. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Address of General Stephen D. Lee, [from the Richmond, Va., News-leader, June 14, 1934.] (search)
endured, the battles fought, the men who bravely lived, the men who nobly died. Your dead comrades shall live again in your words. Their last Commission. The infinite pity and glory of it all will awake the hearts of those who listen and they will never forget. Tell them of Albert Sidney Johnston, of Stonewall Jackson, of Stuart, with his waving plume; of Forest, with his scorn of death. Tell them of Wade Hampton and Gordon, the Chevalier Bayards of the South. Tell them of Zollicoffer, of Pat. Cleburne and Frank Cheatham, of Pelham, of Ashby. Tell them of the great soldier with the spotless sword and the spotless soul who sleeps at Lexington, in the Valley of Virginia. Tell them of the great president, who bore upon his sad heart the sorrows of all his people, and upon whom fell all the blows which passed them over. This, my comrades, is your last commission. Do this for the dead, that they may be loved and honored still. Do this for the living, that they may a
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 32. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Index. (search)
ysburg, 33; casualties of, 39; 21st at Second Manassas, 77; Contribution of to the Confederate States Army, 43. Virginia, The Iron-Clad; what she did, 273; her officers, 249, 347, 348. Waddell, Captain James Iredell, 320. Walker, General James A., 175. Walker, Leroy Pope, 111. Walker, Norman S., 115. Wallace, General Lew, 128. Wallace, General W. H. L., 132. War, 1861-5, Causes of the, 13, 275. War of 1812, 19. Webster, Daniel, 29. Weldon Railroad, Battle of, 337. Wells, Edward L., 41. Wells, Julian L., 13. Wheeler, Major-General Joseph, 41. Whittle, Captain W. C., 223. Wickham, General W. C., 9. Wigfall, General Louis T., 107. Welbourn, Captain R. E., 94. Wilderness Campaign, 9, 334. Williams, Colonel Lewis B., killed, 38. Withers, Colonel R. E., 219. Worsham, John H., 77. Women of the South in 1861-65, 146, 290. Wynn of the Signal Corps Killed, 95. Yancey, William L., 117. Zollicoffer, General Felix, 125.