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Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories 71 1 Browse Search
Elias Nason, McClellan's Own Story: the war for the union, the soldiers who fought it, the civilians who directed it, and his relations to them. 70 4 Browse Search
Benjamnin F. Butler, Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler 66 0 Browse Search
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 57 1 Browse Search
Fitzhugh Lee, General Lee 52 0 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 10: The Armies and the Leaders. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller) 50 0 Browse Search
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: Volume 2. 48 0 Browse Search
William F. Fox, Lt. Col. U. S. V., Regimental Losses in the American Civil War, 1861-1865: A Treatise on the extent and nature of the mortuary losses in the Union regiments, with full and exhaustive statistics compiled from the official records on file in the state military bureaus and at Washington 44 2 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 5. (ed. Frank Moore) 44 4 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: September 30, 1861., [Electronic resource] 36 0 Browse Search
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Browsing named entities in Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 27. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones). You can also browse the collection for West Point (Virginia, United States) or search for West Point (Virginia, United States) in all documents.

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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 27. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Oration and tender of the monument. (search)
which each side had fought, involving differences which had to be settled by the sword, and by the sword were settled. Looking out, said he, to-day upon yonder tented city, we see Illinois and North Carolina, Wisconsin and Virginia under one flag, for a common cause, the only rivalry being as to which shall carry the flag further for freedom. He paid a beautiful tribute to those whom the monument commemorates, among whom were old comrades dear to him; that his first service after leaving West Point was in the company of Captain Kirby Smith, whose medallion appears on the monument. Patriotic Hymn. La Marsellaise. Ye sons of fame, awake to glory, Hark! Hark! What myriads bid you rise— Your children, wives, and grandsires hoary— Behold their tears and hear their cries. Shall reckless tyrants, mischief's breeding, With hireling hosts—a ruffian band— Affright and desolate our land While peace and liberty are calling? To arms! To arms! Ye braves, Tha avenging sword unsheat
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 27. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), The monument to Mosby's men. (search)
g fall. I therefore call upon you to put your rifles and shotguns in good order, and also supply yourselves with plenty of ammunition. Your cornfields, mountain forests, thickets, buildings, etc., furnish favorable places for cover; and at the same time enable you to kill the murderers, recollecting that if they come it is to plunder, destroy and burn your property. D. N. Couch, Major-General Commanding. This appeal to Pennsylvanians to turn bushwhackers is signed by a graduate of West Point and an officer of the regular army, who once commanded a corps in the Army of the Potomac. I was a soldier of a great military power; in the Forum of Nations I was Sheridan's equal. I had every right of war that he had. The Southern Confederacy, like the Empires of Alexander and Charlemagne, has passed away, but that does not change the fact that it once existed. From this it appears that Sheridan had begun hanging my men before he received Grant's dispatch of the 16th. At Berryville o
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 27. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.47 (search)
etermined that the law was not to his liking, and applied for, and received, an appointment to West Point. His comrades at West Point. In the corps of cadets at the Military Academy during GenerWest Point. In the corps of cadets at the Military Academy during General Maury's four years there were many men destined to become among the greatest in American annals—George B. McClellan, Thomas J. Jackson, Ulysses S. Grant, A. P. Hill, Winfield Scott Hancock, Bee, Frnk of first lieutenant. After spending a few weeks at home, Lieutenant Maury was ordered to West Point to assume the duties of assistant professor of ethics and tactics. He remained in this positid when he left they found they had lost much happiness. While Lieutenant Maury was on duty at West Point he had opportunity to come to Virginia with comparative frequency, and he often saw his sweeth her reinstated. Four years in Texas. At the expiration of his fourth year of service at West Point, Captain Maury was ordered to rejoin the Mounted Rifles at Fort Inge, on the Leona river, in
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 27. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Index. (search)
e, Prof. J. P. Address by, 352, 359 McDowell, Battle of, 43. McLaws, General L., 55. McCaw, Dr J. B., 335. McMasters, Lieutenant, killed, 316 Magruder: Colonel John Bowie, Sketch of, 205. Marshall, Colonel, Thomas, killed, 15. Marye's Heights, 225. Mason, Wiley Roy, 338 Massachusetts advocated secession, 65. Massie, Captain LIV., killed, 9 Matthews, James P.. 26 Mattison, J. W., 157. Mauk, Sergeant John H., 26. Maury, General D. H., Sketch of, 335; comrades at West Point, 336; in the Mexican war 337; last days in the U. S. army, 339; in tile C. S. army, 341; funeral services of, 347; tributes to, 349 Maury, Jr., D H., 345. Maury, Captain, John Minor, 335. Maury, Commodore M. F., 335. Maury, Mrs., Nannie Mason, 338. Maury, Colonel R. L., 335. Mayo, Mayor, Joseph, 20. Mechanicsville, Battle of, 160. Merritt, General, Wesley, 273, 315. Metts, Captain James I., 92. Minor, B. B., Ll.D., Address on Judge Wm. Brockenbrough, 350. Minor, Dr C.