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Brigadier-General Ellison Capers, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 5, South Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Additional Sketches Illustrating the services of officers and Privates and patriotic citizens of South Carolina. (search)
ered at Appomattox with General Lee's army. Since the war he has resided at Ninety-six, in that part of Abbeville county that is now Greenwood county, engaged in the practice of medicine and caring for farming interests. He is surgeon of the J. Foster Marshall camp and of the Second South Carolina brigade, U. C. V. He was married June 13, 1865, to Miss Lila Wilson, who died August 13, 1878. He has four children, one son and three daughters. Dr. Bozeman had three older brothers in the war: Dan, who died while in the service; Capt. T. L. Bozeman, who was captain of Company E, Hampton legion, at the beginning of the war, but was honorably discharged on account of ill-health and has died since the war; and David L., who served as a private and sergeant in the Twenty-fourth South Carolina regiment, and was severely wounded at the battle of Franklin. He survived the war but was accidentally killed several years later. Captain Daniel Judson Bradham Captain Daniel Judson Bradham wa
Lydia Maria Child, Isaac T. Hopper: a true life, Daniel Benson. (search)
informing him that his slave was legally free, and that he need not expect to receive any more of his wages. He came to Philadelphia immediately, to answer the letter in person. His first salutation was, Where can I find that ungrateful villain Dan? I will take him home in irons. Friend Hopper replied, Thou wilt find thyself relieved from such an unpleasant task; for I can easily convince thee that the law sustains thy slave in taking his freedom. Reading the law did not satisfy him. ou took advantage of it. Now, the law makes me free; and ought you to blame me for taking the advantage which it offers me? But suppose I were not free, what would you be willing to take to manumit me? His master, somewhat softened, said, Why, Dan, I always intended to set you free some time or other. I am nearly forty years old, rejoined his bondsman, and if I am ever to be free, I think it is high time now. What would you be willing to take for a deed of manumission? Mr. Boots answe
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 19. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.21 (search)
be called a born horseman, for he was never so happy as when in the saddle. Though a perfect horseman in every sense of the word, Kilpatrick did not present a good appearance in the saddle. He rode more like a Comanche Indian than the pupil of a school of equitation, and he could fight like a Comanche, too. Before Major-General Sickles lost his leg at the battle of Gettysburg he was a picturesque figure on horseback. Accustomed to the ordinary riding saddle before he donned the uniform, Dan, as his soldiers always called him, fell into the military one with ease and freedom. Sickles sat in the saddle with an aplomb peculiarly his own, and he appeared to advantage on the gallop, for he rode easily. Most men look well when riding over a clean country road at the head of a moving column of troops, for they form a part of the pomp and circumstance of war. At any rate, General Sickles did, for he was a gallant and brave officer, a gentleman by instinct and breeding. Major-Genera
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 21. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.14 (search)
when Dan Emmett was a member of Bryant's Minstrels in New York. Bryant came to Emmett and said: Dan, can't you get us up a walk-around? I want something new and lively for Monday night. At that d the copyright from Emmett and gave him $600. But Werlean sold thousands of copies without giving Dan a nickel. Not only was Emmett robbed of the profit of his songs, but its authorship was disputedht the matter before a musical publishers' convention and settled the question of authorship; but Dan reaped no benefit from this tardy justice. Emmett got into trouble about his song during the war. It was considered a rebel song, and a sapient Maine editor declared Dan to be a Secesh, and that he should be treated as one, although Dixie was written two years before the commencement of the wareers appeared at a matinee, the result of which was over a thousand dollars. I do not credit that Dan is cutting wood, as he is an excellent fiddler and generally makes a living in that vocation. He
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 23. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.9 (search)
te to Judge S. S. Calhoon, of Jackson, Miss., in whom Mr. Murphy has the greatest confidence. Yesterday he received a reply, and, although it is a private letter, Mr. Murphy is willing to have it published: Jackson, Miss., November 29, 1895. Mr. Dan. O'C. Murphy, 1353 Magazine Street, New Orleans, La. my dear Dan: I have yours of the 27th instant, and cannot express to you the pleasure I felt on hearing directly from an old friend and army comrade. We are thinning out almost daily, aDan: I have yours of the 27th instant, and cannot express to you the pleasure I felt on hearing directly from an old friend and army comrade. We are thinning out almost daily, and I feel of kin to the survivors of our old brigade. When I saw the statement of Barney McDermott, I could not at first recall him, but I now remember him very well as a tall, soldierly-looking Irish sergeant, brave in action and attentive to all his duties in camp and on the march. I have the greatest horror of entering into controversies in refference to what transpired in the battles of the war in which I was engaged. There can be no doubt about the fact, however, that Major West is,
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 25. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), The Cumberland Grays, Company D, Twenty-first Virginia Infantry. (search)
The journey from Greensboroa to Charlotte, the flight from that point through South Carolina, and last, that final meeting at Washington, are all events of greatest interest, and columns could be written; but these notes cannot be obtained in time for this article. An explosion. But to resume our story at Danville. As stated before, there were warehouses filled with provisions, stores, etc., for the army. The neighboring hills of Virginia and North Carolina and the valley of the River Dan were well populated. The news of the fall of Richmond, the surrender of Lee, and the flight of the Confederate Government had been carried to them. Many stragglers from the army had already reached Danville; in fact, they had been coming daily since the retreat of Lee from Petersburg. With the dawn of day women and children, old and young, began to pour in from the surrounding country and congregated in crowds around the warehouses. There was a rear guard of two companies left to protect
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 25. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.29 (search)
The journey from Greensboroa to Charlotte, the flight from that point through South Carolina, and last, that final meeting at Washington, are all events of greatest interest, and columns could be written; but these notes cannot be obtained in time for this article. An explosion. But to resume our story at Danville. As stated before, there were warehouses filled with provisions, stores, etc., for the army. The neighboring hills of Virginia and North Carolina and the valley of the River Dan were well populated. The news of the fall of Richmond, the surrender of Lee, and the flight of the Confederate Government had been carried to them. Many stragglers from the army had already reached Danville; in fact, they had been coming daily since the retreat of Lee from Petersburg. With the dawn of day women and children, old and young, began to pour in from the surrounding country and congregated in crowds around the warehouses. There was a rear guard of two companies left to protect
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 30. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Appendix. (search)
am S. Hannah. Second Lieut., James W. Hord. Second Lieut., Ro. D. Early. First Sergeant, Jas. O. Freeman. Second Seargt., S. B. Wright. Third Sergeant, D. C. Wright. Fourth Sergt., Wm. S. Thayer. Fifth Sergt., Brandon P. Neville. First Corporal, George L. Jesse. Second Corp., Geo. T. Mitchell. Third Corporal, Pat. H. Rourke. Fourth Corp., Charles Schade. Privates. Akers, H. C. Banton, James H. Blanks, John N. Buford, William. Brown, John C. Callan, Dan. Davis, John R. Daniel, John. Donatini, G. Floyd, Alex. Floyd, Nathan D. Flowers, Joseph W. Fox, Edward. Fitzgerald, Cyrus. Gouldin, H. L. Banton, Robert. Banton, Richard. Blanks, Robert. Boland, John. Cramer, A. W. Cunningham, Felix. Davis, Thomas M. Doyle, Henry. Eagan, Gabriel. Floyd, John J. Flowers, William P. Fulks, Robert. Farrer, Robert. Fitzgerald, Peyton L. Gouldin, William. Geurtz, Peter. Hanly, John.
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 31. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.24 (search)
rstand much of what was said, I held my temper in check until finally one fellow remarked to another in a rich Irish brogue: Oh, Mike, look at that new lefttenant! Don't he think he is purtty wid the new chicken guts (narrow gold lace, insignia of rank), on his arms. Look at his strut! Then it was I broke loose and blessed the impudent rascal in vigorous language. 'Twas thus I first became acquainted with Private Dan Dunn, who subsequently became as brave as Julius Caesar. Poor, dear old Dan, whose name appears three separate times upon the roll of honor issued by the Confederate government! Rough, uncultured old hero and patriot, little thought I that day at Mandeville that in days to come you would be the one to rescue me from in front of the Yankee breastwork, and help carry me to a place unswept by shot or shell, until you sank yourself exhausted by the blood flowing from your own wounds! Such men they were—the men I loved. But I digress. I will, no doubt, digress qui
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 36. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), How Dixie came to be written. (search)
y storm, and the result was the negro minstrel shows which have ever since had so great a run. The company went abroad and had great success in England. Even royalty became enthusiastic, and the present King, who was then in his teens, thought Dan Emmett one of the most interesting Americans. It was several years before Emmett returned, and then he joined the Dan Bryant Minstrel Company. It was during this engagement that he wrote Dixie. Years afterwards, when he was an old man living en? Like most everything else I ever did, said Emmett. It was written because it had to be done. One Saturday night, in 1859, as I was leaving Bryant's Theatre, where I was playing, Bryant called after me, I want a walk-around for Monday, Dan. The next day it rained and I stayed indoors. At first when I went at the song I couldn't get anything. But a line. I wish I was in Dixie kept repeating itself in my mind, and I finally took it for my start. The rest wasn't long in coming
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