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Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 2. 604 2 Browse Search
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 3: The Decisive Battles. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller) 570 8 Browse Search
George Meade, The Life and Letters of George Gordon Meade, Major-General United States Army (ed. George Gordon Meade) 498 4 Browse Search
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 3. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.) 456 2 Browse Search
William A. Crafts, Life of Ulysses S. Grant: His Boyhood, Campaigns, and Services, Military and Civil. 439 3 Browse Search
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 2: Two Years of Grim War. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller) 397 3 Browse Search
Edward Alfred Pollard, The lost cause; a new Southern history of the War of the Confederates ... Drawn from official sources and approved by the most distinguished Confederate leaders. 368 6 Browse Search
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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 14. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Annual reunion of Pegram Battalion Association in the Hall of House of Delegates, Richmond, Va., May 21st, 1886. (search)
these gallant fellows attempt to reach the heights. Then it was that the men of this Battalion, seized as it were by a sort of delirium of disdainful daring, dropping sponge-staff and lanyard, sprang upon the parapets and bade them Come on with such a roar of defiance that the whole attacking line, without a shot being fired on our side, broke and fled under that fierce yell which no man ever yet heard unmoved on the field of battle.—Yet, once more, comrades, it seems but yesterday that as Grant attempted to force the passage of the North Anna, following this flag we galloped into action at Jericho Ford, all twenty guns, with cannoneers mounted, while the men of Harry Heth's division, on whose front we came into battery, roared out their rough soldier's greeting with make way, men, make way right and left, here comes the fighting Battalion! But time would fail did I attempt further to recall all the glorious scenes with which Memory, plying her busy loom, proudly fills up every r
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 14. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Ceremonies connected with the unveiling of the statue of General Robert E. Lee, at Lee circle, New Orleans, Louisiana, February 22, 1884. (search)
ver paid by one soldier to another was paid by Grant to Lee in the famous attrition order of the foor a decisive victory. He might not hope that Grant would divide his forces, and give him the chanificent in the audacity with which, as soon as Grant had crossed the Rapidan, and set his vast forcadvantage was on the Confederate side. It was Grant and not Lee who retired from this struggle, ann, and reaching that point simultaneously with Grant, again opposed his army to his advance on Rich Declining the gage of battle here offered, Grant began a series of flank movements eastward, L on the historic field of Cold Harbor. Here Grant again closed with his adversary and hurled his said to have ended with the next movements of Grant, which brought him in front of Petersburg, witake now a brief retrospect of the campaign. Grant started with over one hundred and forty-one the authority of Swinton, the Federal historian, Grant had lost sixty thousand men, a number nearly e[1 more...]
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 14. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Address before the Virginia division of Army of Northern Virginia, at their reunion on the evening of October 21, 1886. (search)
ren of the South, if we are not here to protect them? So saying, he sent in to Grant his flag of truce without further hesitation. Military Biography—Chesney, pa past glories. After reading this distinguished officer's memoirs of Lee and Grant, I am so grateful to him for his appreciation of our beloved leader and the pio Gettysburg; and Lee could not have made his famous defensive campaign against Grant from the Wilderness to Cold Harbor with a straggling army. In singular corroirginia did even greater wonders after this conversation, for it fought through Grant's campaign of 1864 in which it placed hors de combat a number of the enemy equaentire numerical strength at the commencement of the campaign. Swinton says: Grant's loss in the series of actions from the Wilderness to the Chickahominy reachedt if we suppose the two armies starting out on the campaign with equal numbers, Grant would have had no army left after the battle of Cold Harbor on the 3d June. Wi
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 14. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), President Davis in reply to General Sherman. (search)
lbert Sidney Johnston was as equally unnecessary and as uncalled for as the wholly gratuitous assault upon myself. General Grant himself has not been exempt from Sherman's malice. To Colonel Scott, Sherman wrote, if C. J. Smith had lived Grant wGrant would have disappeared to history. This remarkable statement was published by General Fry and pointedly and emphatically denied by General Sherman. Prompt to slander, he is equally quick to deny his language. The letter of Sherman, dated Septemberce, if it brought true and genuine repentance, would have protected the memory of Albert Sidney Johnston, the fame of General Grant and my own reputation from the slanders which called forth this exposure. It would also have prevented the United St myself, the defamation of the character of General Albert Sidney Johnston, the disparagement of the military fame of General Grant, and the shameful and corrupt charge against General Hampton. I have prepared this examination and exposure only bec
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 14. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 21 (search)
nd scatters white roses over the new-made graves of Sir Francis Hincks and Lord Houghton. The gonfalons of Spain are drooping in honor of King Alphonso and the sagacious Serrano. The soul of music is even now breathing a requiem for Dr. Damrosh, and the Mussulman sits with bowed head for the careers of El Mahdi and Oliver Pain are ended. Within the limits of this country, since our last annual convocation, the death harvest of prominent personages has been perhaps unprecedented. Ulysses S. Grant—commander-in-chief of the Federal armies during the civil war, twice president of these United States, and complimented abroad with tokens of respect and distinguished consideration never before accorded to a living American; Thomas A. Hendricks—vice-president of this puissant Republic, of exalted statesmanship and manly qualities, a citizen of national fame and a Christian gentleman; Cardinal McCloskey—supreme prelate, in this land, of the Roman Catholic Church, venerated for his profe<
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 14. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Fortification and siege of Port Hudson—Compiled by the Association of defenders of Port Hudson; M. J. Smith, President; James Freret, Secretary. (search)
anently held without a loss that would be severely felt by our weakened garrison. The fall of Vicksburg. During the forenoon, on the 7th of July, the Federals called out to our men in many places that Vicksburg had been surrendered to General Grant on the 4th of July, with its garrison. To give us greater assurance of the truth of their assertions, there was sent in to General Gardner, throught some of the pickets, an official copy of General Grant's dispatch to General Banks, announGeneral Grant's dispatch to General Banks, announcing the capitulation of Vicksburg. A Council of war. That night a council of war was held at General Gardner's headquarters, which was protracted until 2 o'clock on the morning of the 8th. The situation of Port Hudson was well worthy of serious consideration by the chief officers of its garrison. It was sixty-one days since the commencement of the bombardment by the fleet; forty-eight days since the virtual beginning of the siege, and there had been forty-five days of actual investment
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 14. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), The Stonewall brigade at Chancellorsville. (search)
Brigade, who had crossed from the left to the right of the plank road, and who had halted in rear of the troops behind the breastworks. General Ramseur expressed himself as perfectly satisfied that he had made a mistake and that he would correct his report. This was on the 4th May, 1864, and the battle of the Wilderness commenced on the 5th. All who were engaged or took an interest in the movements of the army, will remember how active the campaign of 1864 was. Readers will remember General Grant's flank movement from the Rapidan to reach Richmond. After second Cold Harbor General Early was detached with his corps. He met Hunter in front of Lynchburg, and drove him back into West Virginia. Early then moved down the Valley; fought the battle of Monocacy and advanced even to the defences of Washington city. He then retired into Virginia, and over into the Valley. Many small affairs took place in the Valley between the armies of General Early and General Sheridan. The armies
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 14. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), The Maryland Confederate monument at Gettysburg. (search)
the batteries of Gaines Mills, and the desperate charge of the Second regiment, the gallant battalion, at Cold Harbor and at Gettysburg; the fight at Cedar Mountain, where the First artillery charged and dove back a line of battle, the only case on record of such a feat of arms; the reckless gallantry by which the Maryland line saved Richmond from Kilpatrick and Dahlgren's sack; and let them take equal pride and do equal honor to the memory of their ancestors who fought under McClellan and Grant, Hancock and Buford, or who followed Jackson and Ashby, and charged under Lee and Stuart. Let this be the common heritage of glory of our posterity to the remotest time, as long as honor is revered, chivalry is cherished, courage is respected among the descendants of the founders of free thought in all the world. The heart of the poet already feels the inspiration of noble deeds, and one of the tenderest singers of our time, himself a Union soldier of repute, has even now embalmed the memo
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 14. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), A visit to BeauvoirPresident Davis and family at home. (search)
re to annihilate McClellan's army was due chiefly to the fact that when General Lee took command there were at headquarters no maps of the country below Richmond, and it was then too late to procure them, and that our army moved all the time in ignorance of the country and with guides who, for the most part, proved themselves utterly inefficient. He said that General Lee's object in the retreat from Petersburg was to reach Danville, and then to unite with Johnston and crush Sherman before Grant could come up. After General Johnston's surrender, his object was to reach the Trans-Mississippi department and see if he could rally the forces there. And this he believes he could have accomplished, as he knew every swamp along his proposed route, but he was turned aside by information that a band of robbers were about to attack his family, who were traveling on a different line. He gave deeply interesting details of the foreign relations of the Confederacy, and of how near we were
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 14. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Address of honorable B. H. Hill before the Georgia branch of the Southern Historical Society at Atlanta, February 18th, 1874. (search)
e truth is, we failed because too many of our own people were not determined to win. Malcontents at home and in high places, took more men from Lee's army than did Grant's guns. The same agencies created dissensions among our people, and we failed to win independence because our sacrifices ceased, our purpose faltered, and our strolonels, and captains, and lieutenants, sufficient to make a small army, and scarcely statesmen enough to form a good committee. I will not allude unkindly to General Grant. However much wrong he may have done otherwise, we, in Georgia, owe him a debt, of which I have personal knowledge, and I shall never speak of him unkindly. But I am speaking of a great principle, and if General Grant had adopted and acted upon the grand truth uttered by Lee, he would have lived deeper in the affections of his people and higher in the esteem of mankind than all the battles he has won, and all the presidential terms he can receive can ever secure for his name. The se
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