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Spring Hill (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): chapter 19
al Price, in his report of the battle of Iuka, Miss., fought September 19th, said that Whitfield's legion won, under its gallant leader, a reputation for dashing boldness and steady courage which placed them side by side with the bravest and 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 participated in the successful cavalry battle of Van Dorn near Spring Hill, on March 5, 1863, and received the thanks of General Van Dorn for the skill and valor with which he performed his part in the action. On the 9th of May, 1863, Colonel Whitfield received the commission of brigadier-general, his command consisting of his own battalion and the Third, Sixth and Ninth Texas cavalry. Operating in Mississippi, under Gen. J. E. Johnston, on July 4, 1863, the very day that Vicksburg surrendered, General Whitfield encountered a party of 500 Federals. He attacke
Charleston (South Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 19
ices were very great. The high esteem in which he was held by his superior officers is shown by the fact that after the surrender of Lee and Johnston, but before the final submission of the Trans-Mississippi department, he was in Gen. Kirby Smith's general orders promoted to major-general, May 16, 1865. After the war he went back to his law business, continuing to reside in Texas, his adopted State. Brigadier-General Hamilton P. Bee Brigadier-General Hamilton P. Bee was born at Charleston, S. C., July 22, 1822, the son of Col. Barnard E. Bee. A younger son of the latter bore the father's name and fell at Manassas after giving Stonewall Jackson his immortal name. Colonel Bee was one of the earliest and most noted of the Texas pioneers, and his wife and son Hamilton joined him at Galveston in 1837. Two years later Hamilton P. Bee was appointed secretary, on the part of Texas, to the commission which established the line between Texas and the United States, and in 1846 he was e
San Antonio (Texas, United States) (search for this): chapter 19
rnment he resided in Mexico until 1876, when he made his home at San Antonio, where he lived in peace, loved and respected by the community, t the Confederate flag, which was presented him by the ladies of San Antonio at the outbreak of the war, was buried with him, wrapped about tState troops, and obtained the surrender of the Federal posts at San Antonio and elsewhere. Subsequently commissioned brigadier-general, Mayal Hebert, by whom he was assigned to command in the vicinity of San Antonio, including coast points. On June 12, 1862, by virtue of a commirton, Steele and Parsons. In 1867, General Steele settled at San Antonio, Tex., and became a commission merchant. For some years after the State, and in that office rendered valuable service. He died at San Antonio, January 12, 1885. Brigadier-General Richard Waterhouse Brigadiers of the Confederacy. Since the war he has resided at San Antonio, Tex., devoting himself to the law and business in real estate.
Demopolis (Alabama, United States) (search for this): chapter 19
round Corinth, Colonel Moore was promoted to brigadier-general, being commissioned on the 26th of May, 1862. In the assault on Corinth his brigade went further than any other, according to General Maury, and at the Hatchie river it did heroic deeds. In the Vicksburg campaign Moore led his brigade in the marching and fighting that preceded the siege, and shared the hardships and dangers and final disaster of the surrender. After the troops were paroled, they were gathered into camp at Demopolis, Ala., and as fast as they were exchanged were sent where most needed. Moore, with the Alabama regiments of his old command, was sent to Bragg in time to participate in the battles of Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge, in Cheatham's division of Hardee's corps. Afterward General Moore was sent with his brigade to report to Gen. Dabney H. Maury at Mobile, Ala. On February 3, 1864, he resigned his commission in the Confederate army. Brigadier-General Allison Nelson Brigadier-General
Battle Creek (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): chapter 19
ected to the State senate, but immediately after joined the Texas military forces and did not take his seat. Organizing the Ninth Texas infantry, he was commissioned colonel, September, 1861, and assigned to the army of Albert Sidney Johnston. He was commissioned brigadier-general March 4, 1862, and in command of a brigade, including his regiment, was ordered to Chattanooga by Gen. E. Kirby Smith. In that vicinity he displayed great activity, driving a Federal force from Bridgeport and Battle Creek, which General Bragg, in general orders, declared was one of the most dashing achievements of the day. He commanded a brigade of Louisiana and Tennessee troops, also including the Seventh Texas, at Port Hudson, early in 1863, and thence went to Jackson, Miss., and took part in the Mississippi campaign of Gen. Jos. E. Johnston. In December, 1863, he was especially honored by President Davis, by assignment to command of the Indian Territory. He soon brought about a complete reorganizati
Arkansas (Arkansas, United States) (search for this): chapter 19
pecially the case in Louisiana, Texas and western Arkansas. James E. Harrison, of Texas, was one of ed in the fierce battle of Pea Ridge, in northern Arkansas. Colonel Greer, again commanding the briLittle Rock. Six Texas brigades were put into Arkansas, and he was for a time in command of a divisi was ordered to report to General Hindman, in Arkansas, he marched at the head of one of the finest Hindman, at that time commanding the army in Arkansas, spoke of this regiment as a well-armed and fon of Texans and four unattached companies of Arkansas troops, under P. H. Wheat, assisted by severaen Hindman first took charge of operations in Arkansas there was great demoralization among troops al 30, 1864, at the crossing of the Sabine, in Arkansas. In him Texas and the South lost a gallant dce, who was opposing the advance of Steele in Arkansas. Waul led his brigade in this campaign, and some of the flower of the youth of Texas and Arkansas who, filled with enthusiastic devotion, haste[8 more...]
Tompkinsville (Kentucky, United States) (search for this): chapter 19
gn. Through the whole campaign of 1864 in the TransMis-sissippi department General Major was untiring and vigilant, always prompt to march and to fight. He was in command of his brigade in Wharton's cavalry corps, in the district of Western Louisiana, when the war came to an end. From 1866 to 1877 he devoted his attention to planting in Louisiana and Texas. He died at Austin, Tex., May 8, 1877. Major-General Samuel Bell Maxey Major-General Samuel Bell Maxey was born at Tompkinsville, Monroe county, Ky., March 30, 1825. His family were of Huguenot descent, and came from Virginia to Kentucky. His father was Rice Maxey, who for years was clerk of both circuit and county courts in Clinton county, and later moved to Paris, Tex., where the son received the best educational advantages, preparatory to entering the West Point academy. He was there graduated in 1846, and was assigned to the Seventh United States infantry. In the Mexican war he was at the siege of Vera Cruz, and th
Mexico (Mexico) (search for this): chapter 19
lands on the frontier. In 1839 he was elected to congress in Texas. During this period of his life he was conspicuous in numerous skirmishes with the Indians, notably the fight at Plum creek, and the following encounters with the Comanches and Mexican raiders. It was during his election to the Texas congress in 1839 that his altercation with Col. Reuben Davis occurred, which terminated in a duel, in which he received a wound in the arm, the full use of which he never regained. He rendered invaluable service as scout in the Indian raid of 1840. When Texas was admitted to the Union, he was elected to the first legislature, and was appointed major-general of all the militia west of the Colorado in 1846. At the opening of the Mexican war, he raised a picked company of Texas Rangers, with their own horses and arms. One of his most brilliant achievements as a scout was his advance of 100 miles into the enemy's country, where he ascertained the exact strength of Santa Afia's forces,
Woodsonville (Kentucky, United States) (search for this): chapter 19
General Thomas Harrison entered the Confederate service as captain of the Eighth Texas cavalry regiment, of which B. F. Terry, the first colonel, was killed at Woodsonville; Thomas S. Lubbock, the second one, died at Nashville; and John A. Wharton, the third, was promoted to brigadier-general in November, 1862. Then Thomas Harrison became colonel of this famous regiment, which, dating its career from Woodsonville, took an active part in the marches and battles of the cavalry of the army of Tennessee. He had risen to the rank of major at the time of the battle of Shiloh, and after the close of the second day's fight he was, on account of a wound received o was a planter, became colonel of this regiment, Lubbock lieutenant-colonel, and Wharton was one of the captains. In the first engagement of the command at Woodsonville, Ky., December 17, 1861, Colonel Terry was killed. His successor, Colonel Lubbock, died soon after at Nashville. Upon the reorganization of the regiment Wharton
Hatchie River (United States) (search for this): chapter 19
in his report of the battle, speaking of the time when the enemy was driven from his first position, alluded to the great gallantry of Colonel Moore. His regiment formed part of the force that enveloped and captured the splendid division of Prentiss. During the operations around Corinth, Colonel Moore was promoted to brigadier-general, being commissioned on the 26th of May, 1862. In the assault on Corinth his brigade went further than any other, according to General Maury, and at the Hatchie river it did heroic deeds. In the Vicksburg campaign Moore led his brigade in the marching and fighting that preceded the siege, and shared the hardships and dangers and final disaster of the surrender. After the troops were paroled, they were gathered into camp at Demopolis, Ala., and as fast as they were exchanged were sent where most needed. Moore, with the Alabama regiments of his old command, was sent to Bragg in time to participate in the battles of Lookout Mountain and Missionary Rid
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