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Long Island City (New York, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.49
uce another like unto him, and of whom Wellington said: He was the grandest, the sublimest, and yet withal the plainest and simplest character in the world's history. That the Old South did its duty in this war, I will try to show, notwithstanding imperfect records and deceptive pension rolls. The Old South went nobly to the assistance of their Northern brethren, who were first attacked, and nearly all the battlefields of the North were drenched with Southern blood. In the retreat from Long Island, Smallwood's Maryland regiment distinguished itself above all the continental troops, losing two hundred and fifty-nine in killed and wounded. The Virginians made up a large portion of the army of Washington at Trenton and Princeton, where the wails of despair of the American people were changed into shouts of victory. Two future presidents of the United States of Southern birth were in those battles, one of whom was wounded. The only general officer there slain was in command of Virg
West Point (Georgia, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.49
olina, though he would never admit it. The Union Generals who struck us the heaviest blows, next to those of Grant and Sherman, were from our own soil. From West Point there came forth forty-five graduates of Southern birth, who became Federal Generals. I have their names, from George H. Thomas and George Sykes to David Huntesuperb. I could name six or eight of them who did the very best they could for their native land by going on the Federal side. In addition to these forty-five West Point Southerners in the Federal army, some of the high officers of that army were born in the South, but not educated at West Point; Joseph R. Hawley (now Senator frWest Point; Joseph R. Hawley (now Senator from Connecticut), John C. Fremont, the three Crittendens, Frank Blair, &c. If we come to the United States Navy, we find abundant proof of Southern prowess. Farragut, of Tennessee, was considered the hardest fighter and most successful commander, as shown by his elevation to the highest rank—that of Admiral—a rank specially cr
Wisconsin (Wisconsin, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.49
arty of 1765? Yea, verily, the Old South has sorely needed historians of its own. Virginia gave seven Presidents and many illustrious statesmen and warriors to the nation. She gave Patrick Henry, the war-trumpet of the revolution, Washington, its sword, and Jefferson, its mouthpiece. When independence and white-winged peace came to the colonies, she gave to the Union that vast northwest territory, out of which have been carved the great States of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin. Oh, but generosity does not pay. Possibly the mother of States and statesmen thought so when the soldiers of these five great States swarmed over her soil, and grand old Virginia became District No. 1. I'll now take up the second question: Did the Old South furnish brave soldiers? The commander-in-chief in the rebellion against Great Britain was the Southern-born Washington, of whom Byron lamented that the earth had no more seed to produce another like unto him, and of whom Welling
Moores Creek National Battlefield (North Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.49
shington, and the free use of the bayonet by that peerless soldier, your own John Eager Howard. The old tar-heel State, on the 16th of May, 1771, in the battle of the Alamance, poured out the first blood of the Revolution in resistance to British tyranny. The battle of Guilford Courthouse, fought on her soil solely by Southern troops, gave Cornwallis his first check in his career of victory, and led eventually to his capture. The first victory of the Revolution was won at Moore's Creek Bridge, in North Carolina, by Caswell and Lillington, in which one thousand Scotch loyalists were captured. Who knows of that battle? Oh! modest tar-heel State, in the slang of the newlydis-covered country, modesty does not pay. Nevertheless, true courage and true modesty walk hand-in-hand. One word as to the misleading rolls of the Revolution. I was born in the Scotch-Irish settlement of Carolina, which furnished troops to Sumter, Pickens, Davie, Davidson, Shelby, etc., etc. These men were neve
Baltimore, Md. (Maryland, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.49
The Old South. [An address by Lieutenant-General D. H. Hill, on Memorial Day, June 6th, 1887, at Baltimore, before the Society of the Army and Navy of the Confederate States in the State of Maryland.] Comrades of the Society of the army and Navy of the Confederate States in the State of Maryland: Ladies and gentlemen—Yeentle ministrants receive scorn, contumely and contempt for their gracious deeds to the friendless, the hated and the despised. May God bless the noble women of Baltimore forever and forevermore. But there came a time when my people owed a still deeper debt of gratitude to your generous city. It was the time of the gentle fannf both of them to the presidency. All, too, readily concede that the brilliant land-fights of that war were in defence of New Orleans, Mobile, Craney Island and Baltimore, all fought by Southern troops on Southern soil. Although that war was waged in the interests of the maritime rights of the North, it soon became unpopular in
Carolina City (North Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.49
, and led eventually to his capture. The first victory of the Revolution was won at Moore's Creek Bridge, in North Carolina, by Caswell and Lillington, in which one thousand Scotch loyalists were captured. Who knows of that battle? Oh! modest tar-heel State, in the slang of the newlydis-covered country, modesty does not pay. Nevertheless, true courage and true modesty walk hand-in-hand. One word as to the misleading rolls of the Revolution. I was born in the Scotch-Irish settlement of Carolina, which furnished troops to Sumter, Pickens, Davie, Davidson, Shelby, etc., etc. These men were never regularly 28 enrolled; they gathered together for battle, and went back to their plows when the fight was over. There were no Tories in that region; it was thoroughly Whig. But I never heard of more than one pensioner in all that country. These men scorned the bounty of the government for simply doing their duty. No official records ever bore the names of those gallant partisans, whose
Maryland (Maryland, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.49
Army and Navy of the Confederate States in the State of Maryland.] Comrades of the Society of the army and Navy of the Confederate States in the State of Maryland: Ladies and gentlemen—Years and years ago, the time wtledge; of Marshall and Taney; of the Pinckneys of Maryland and South Carolina (for they were of the same stoctes Ordnance Department, and Dr. Robert Murray, of Maryland, is Surgeon-General. Most of the Southern invenamong the naval heroes of that period, Decatur, of Maryland; MacDonough, of Delaware; Jacob Jones, of same StaShubricks, of South Carolina; Jesse D. Elliott, of Maryland; Blakely, of North Carolina, etc. A very large pron of the naval heroes of the war of 1812 came from Maryland. In the Mexican war, the commanders-in-chief on a cold, miserable, selfish world without them. Maryland had no reason to suppose that her sons had degenerAdmiral for sinking the Alabama. Goldsborough, of Maryland, was made a Rear-Admiral for the capture of Hatter
Blakely (Alabama, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.49
or to the United States sailors of the North, who had no sympathy with the Hartford Convention, and nobly did their duty— Perry, Bainbridge, Stewart, Lawrence, Porter, Preble, &c. The Don't Give up the Ship of dying Lawrence is a precious legacy to the whole American people. But the unmaritime South claims, among the naval heroes of that period, Decatur, of Maryland; MacDonough, of Delaware; Jacob Jones, of same State; the two Shubricks, of South Carolina; Jesse D. Elliott, of Maryland; Blakely, of North Carolina, etc. A very large proportion of the naval heroes of the war of 1812 came from Maryland. In the Mexican war, the commanders-in-chief on both lines were born in Virginia, one of whom became President for his exploits, and the other an unsuccessful candidate for the Presidency. This war was unpopular in the North, and hence the South furnished the troops to carry it on, out of all proportion to her population. The Old South, out of a population of 9,521,437, gave 48,64
Fortress Monroe (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.49
lhoun, Clay and Webster were comparatively poor. Some of our greatest presidents were almost paupers, notably Jefferson, Monroe and Harrison. Dr. Channing gave the distinction between the North and the South with great candor and fairness. But wven years of the eighty were spent under the administration of Southern-born Presidents. Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe and Jackson, each served eight years, in all forty years—just one-half the life of the Nation. Of the six Northern Presithis grand achievement: In the annals of American greatness, Jefferson deserves to be ranked as the second Washington. Monroe found a troublesome neighbor in Florida, and by the payment of $5,000,000, with a few hangings by Andrew Jackson thrown tages thereof, let us cry quits and stop talking about Jeff. Davis and the sour-apple tree, and talk rather of Jefferson, Monroe, Tyler, Polk and Johnson. Probably, too, a few words might be whispered in commendation of the Old South for its Japheti
Cape Fear (North Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.49
sing to our second question: Did the Old South produce brave and successful warriors? I will allude to a few characteristic incidents of the Old South, which do not bear materially upon either of the two questions under consideration. In the year 1765, on the passage of the Stamp Act, Colonel John Ashe, Speaker of the House of Commons of North Carolina, informed Governor Tryon that the law would be resisted to every extent. On the arrival of the British sloop of war Diligence in the Cape Fear river, he and Colonel Waddell, at the head of a body of the citizens of New Hanover and Brunswick, marched down together, frightened the captain of the sloop so that he did not attempt to land the stamped paper. Then they seized the boat of the sloop, and carried it with flags flying to Wilmington, and the whole town was illuminated that night. On the next day they marched to the Governor's house and demanded that Governor Tryon should desist from all attempts to execute the Stamp Act, and
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