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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 29. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Memoir of Jane Claudia Johnson. (search)
ociety Papers, page 77.) Butler's order. Butler's infamous order, No. 28, directing that any lrch, Va., between the Federal forces of General B. F. Butler (with General Pierce in immediate commaore Winthrop, of New Haven, Conn., who was General Butler's private secretary, and who volunteered afederate side, as a lieutenant-general. General Butler, on the Federal, as a major-general, who wommand of Captain Winthrop, aid-de-camp to General Butler, crossed over the creek and appeared at thnd were the Eighth Massachusetts, under General B. F. Butler. They went from Perryville to Annapolit as mediator between the North and South. General Butler seized the railroad, restored such portion tended to cause excitement. On May 5, General B. F. Butler occupied, with two regiments, the Relayan. Spies and informers abounded. One of General Butler's soldiers at the Relay had a case of cholesired, and then withdrew the cork and allowed Butler to go to Drewry's Bluff and dig the Dutch Gap [7 more...]
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 29. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Report of the history Committee (search)
that Sheridan says he ordered all the houses of private citizens within an area of five miles to be burned. (See proof of facts of this occurrence, to the satisfaction of Lieutenant Meigs' father, 9th South. His. Society Papers, page 77.) Butler's order. Butler's infamous order, No. 28, directing that any lady of New Orleans who should by word, gesture or movement insult or show contempt for any officer or soldier of the United States, she shall be regarded and treated as a woman of tButler's infamous order, No. 28, directing that any lady of New Orleans who should by word, gesture or movement insult or show contempt for any officer or soldier of the United States, she shall be regarded and treated as a woman of the town, plying her avocation, not only infuriated the people of the South and caused the author to be outlawed by our government and denominated the beast, but Lord Palmerston, in the British House of Commons, took occasion to be astonished to blush and to proclaim his deepest indignation at the tenor of that order. （2 Greeley, p. 100.) But we are sick of these recitals, and must conclude our report, already longer than we intended it should be. We, therefore, only allude to the orders fou
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 29. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Brook Church fight, and something about the Fifth North Carolina cavalry. (search)
Rebel cavalry. This shows, I regret to say, how unreliable his statements are, as he soon had full proof of by that same Rebel cavalry. That the reader may see what a desperate state they were in at Meadow bridge, I refer to volume 67, pages 791, 813, 814, 819, and 835. He lost 625 men on his raid and 1,003 horses—volume 67, page 185, and volume 68, page 851. We had no force to follow Sheridan, and it was useless, as, after his passage of the Chickahominy, he could easily connect with Butler on the James, as he did, near Haxall's Landing on May 14th. James B. Gordon killed. Our great loss at Brook Church was the gallant and glorious James B. Gordon. The Fifth loved him as its commander during the Gettysburg campaign, and, as his entire brigade did, for his splendid courage and merit in all respects. He was the Murat of the Army of Northern Virginia, and had he lived he would have added increased lustre to our North Carolina cavalry. I want to identify him in closer rela
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 29. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.20 (search)
t Bethel Church, Va., between the Federal forces of General B. F. Butler (with General Pierce in immediate command) and the Death to Traitors! Down with the Rebels! etc. General B. F. Butler, who was in command of the Department of Virginia, the Federal army, in command at Hampton, was in charge of Butler's forces, and his command broke camp at 1 o'clock on the m Major Theodore Winthrop, of New Haven, Conn., who was General Butler's private secretary, and who volunteered as an aid on ter the battle there was a great clamor for the removal of Butler, the New York Tribune declaring that the President would sinia who were up to their work, while the Herald sustained Butler as evidently the right man in the right place. The Char, on the Confederate side, as a lieutenant-general. General Butler, on the Federal, as a major-general, who was bottled u and under command of Captain Winthrop, aid-de-camp to General Butler, crossed over the creek and appeared at the angle on o
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 29. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.29 (search)
ned to give it. The next troops to reach Maryland were the Eighth Massachusetts, under General B. F. Butler. They went from Perryville to Annapolis on the 21st and landed at the Naval Academy, altrd Lyons, the British Minister, be requested to act as mediator between the North and South. General Butler seized the railroad, restored such portions as had been demolished or obstructed and got hisxcept on the Federal Government buildings, as they tended to cause excitement. On May 5, General B. F. Butler occupied, with two regiments, the Relay House, and on the 13th he entered Baltimore, whic A reign of terror. The work of oppressing the citizens of Baltimore began as soon as General Butler had established himself, and a reign of terror began. Spies and informers abounded. One of General Butler's soldiers at the Relay had a case of cholera morbus. He assumed that the man had been poisoned with strychnine and he threatened to put an agent armed with poison in every family in