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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 27. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Charles C. Hemming. (search)
was put in irons for three days. Colonel Shafter no doubt thought that Charlie Hemming was of Northern birth, from the fact that he had an aunt living in the State of New York, to whom he frequently wrote. On the 28th of September, 1864, he escaped from prison, dressed as a Federal soldier, having obtained different articles of the uniform from comrades in the prison. He went immediately to Canada, and by order of the Confederate Consul there, was attached to the raiders under Captain John Y. Beall, who was later captured and hung as a spy. Hemming was with him when captured, but made his escape and visited all the Federal fortifications from Niagara Falls to Chicago, in disguise, and obtained many maps and charts. While thus engaged he was three times captured, but escaped each time. Had he been held and tried, he would, of course, have been executed. He was sent from Canada in January, 1865, as a bearer of dispatches to the War Department of the Confederate Government, and
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 27. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Index. (search)
Index. Adams, John Quincy, 65. Alexander, General E. P., 56. Alien and Sedition Laws, 64. Allen, C. T., 44. Appomattox, Last volley fired at, 92; Wants of Confederates at, and their unyielding spirit, 322, 323. Atkinson J. M. P., 45. August, Colonel T. P., wounded, 49. Balaklava, The valor of the thin red line at, surpassed, 170. Baldwin, Colonel B. G., 117. Barksdale, General, Wm., 234. Beall, Captain John Y., 130. Beers, James H., Devotion of, 17. Blackman, W. H. H., 108. Blacknall, Colonel C. C., 175. Blanchard, General A. G., 206. Blow, Captain W. N., 380. Bloxham, Governor W. D., Address of, 124. Bouldin Captain E. E., 182. Brock, R. A., 349. Brockenbrough, Judge, Wm., Addresses on the life of, his descent, and exalted character, 351, 359. Brown, John, Raid of, 79. Burnside, General A. E., 234. Cabell, Colonel, H. Coalter, 327. Campbell, Sir, Colin, 171. Carter, Captain R. R.. 221. Catlett's Station, Raid on, 303 Cedar Creek