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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 29. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Memoir of Jane Claudia Johnson. (search)
uiesced in. On the 5th of August, 1864, he (Grant) wrote to General David Hunter, who preceded Sen to the torch. （2 Am. Conflict, 610-11. 2 Grant's Memoirs, 581, 364-5.) The facts about theew above referred to, he said in a note to General Grant, that the time for the surrender of his arted of three pones of cornbread. May 4th, General Grant crossed the Rapidan with 117,000 men, the eved General Lomax's division of cavalry. General Grant had consolidated his forces at and around August, 1901.] It was not offered to General Grant at Appomattox. Colonel Marshall's testit is without the slightest Foundation—What General Grant wrote about the matter. The following cl in arranging the terms of surrender with General Grant to avoid any humiliation, but on the contrult on the 3d, not long after told me that General Grant did wish to make another assault, but was The campaign was as yet but a month old. General Grant crossed the Rapidan on the night of May 4 [71 more...]<
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 29. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), The trials and trial of Jefferson Davis. (search)
mies and the civil deparments, and especially between them and Judge Advocate-General Holt, and it gives pleasure and speaks well for human nature to note that whenever a gallant Union soldier had to deal with the matter of the treatment of a Confederate soldier or citizen, his tone was one of mercy, of justice, and of respect, without insult or harsh expressions, and with the utmost consideration for the defenceless, the weak, and the unfortunate. Every one knows this was characteristic of Grant, but the same may be well said of Sheridan, of Sherman, of Thomas, and of many others. The young Major-General who acted as jailor at Fortress Monroe is pehaps the most notable of the exceptions which prove this rule. Even in the case of General Miles it is fair to say his conduct resulted more perhaps from an intense desire to win the applause of his superiors—President Johnson, Mr. Stanton, Mr. Dana, and General Holt—than from the cruel nature which one might infer from his acts and cor
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 29. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), The life and character of Robert Edward Lee. (search)
ement of one to whom falsehood was impossible. Of this General Grant bears emphatic witness in his dictated memoirs, where, inst Pope, in the battles of 1863, in his manner of meeting Grant's advance through the Wilderness, and even after lines of n any of the Union commanders with whom he measured swords, Grant being a possible exception. To the uninitiated his penetrament essentially was repeated in the following spring when Grant came southward of the river. Here again, instead of retirie, from the initial gun at the Wilderness to the passage of Grant's army to the south side of the James, Lee would deserve toon the campaign. Up to this time, including Smith's corps, Grant had received in reinforcements 51,000 muskets, Lee 14,000. until the lost time was repaired — the situation seemed to Grant or Meade to justify a renewal of those clashes of solid linvies thronging to swell the already overwhelming numbers of Grant's array. Each frozen morn told to the anxious eyes how sad
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 29. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Report of the history Committee (search)
by the Army of the Potomac, both under McClellan and under Grant. At the time McClellan was in command guards were stationeanding general. But, when the same army came, commanded by Grant, every house on the place, except one negro cabin, was burnher non-combatants (as to which he wrote in his telegram to Grant, I can make this march and make Georgia howl, Boynton, pagethrough that State smashing things to the sea. He wrote to Grant after his march through South Carolina, saying: The pd have to carry his own rations. In Sheridan's letter to Grant, dated Woodstock, October 7, 1864, he says of his work: e part of Sheridan was directly inspired and ordered by General Grant, who, in his Memoirs, writes with great satisfaction ahe least, acquiesced in. On the 5th of August, 1864, he (Grant) wrote to General David Hunter, who preceded Sheridan in co, was now given to the torch. （2 Am. Conflict, 610-11. 2 Grant's Memoirs, 581, 364-5.) The facts about the alleged murd
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 29. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.13 (search)
afe. I remember, indeed, that as a boy I felt some anxiety when the conqueror of Vicksburg was placed in command of the Army of the Potomac; but it never seriously occurred to me, or to any one else, that Lee could not successfully cope with General Grant, and this conviction grew steadily stronger as the former defeated the latter in battle after battle, from the Wilderness to the Crater before Petersburg. On the other hand, the people little realized with what an ever-increasing superior fo which I write he had just returned from the war, and I think the little party was given in honor of his and his brother's safe arrival home. During the evening, a gentleman, whom we afterwards learned was General Dent, a brother-in-law to General Grant, came to pay a visit to a Mrs. Young, occupying rooms on the third floor, and to whom General Dent had been, and was always, uniformly most kind. Instead of ringing the bell at once, General Dent waited several minutes—so long, indeed, as to
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 29. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.17 (search)
Williamsburg Junior Guards. [from the Richmond, Va., dispatch, December 1, 1901.] Battle-Roll of a gallant band, Worth preserving. The Thirty-second Virginia Regiment was organized in 1861, by Colonel B. S. Ewell (late emeritus president of William and Mary College), the brother of General Richard S. Ewell, and classmate of General U. S. Grant and other celebrities, at West Point. The Colonel afterwards served on the staff of General Joseph E. Johnston, in the South. On our retreat from the Peninsula, when General Joseph E. Johnston came down from Manassas to assist General J. Bankhead Mc-Gruder, who was confronted by the superior forces of General Geo. B. McClellan, we dared to hold a company election at Bottom's bridge, by bivouac, when quite all the officers were changed. In the face of the enemy, such would never have been allowed in any European army. It was accomplished, however, without a hitch of unpleasantness. Octavius Coke, brother of your fellow-townsmen
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 29. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.18 (search)
ew above referred to, he said in a note to General Grant, that the time for the surrender of his ar the Southern Confederacy were gloomy indeed. Grant with his hosts had swung around upon a new bad upon the enemy in the campaign, resulting in Grant's change of base. But with inadequate suppliey addressed the-following communication to General Grant: Petersburg, Va., Jan. 30, 1865. Lieuteted States, January 31, 1865, and signed by U. S. Grant, Lieutenant-General: Gentlemen,—Your c Babcock, with an escort and conducted to General Grant's headquarters, at City Point. They were ary 2d, the following telegram was sent by General Grant to Mr. Stanton, Secretary of War: To Hoed to General Grant as follows: To Lieutenant-General Grant, City Point, Va.. Say to the gentlMonroe, Va.: Induced by a dispatch from General Grant, I join you at Fortress Monroe as soon as ort of Col. Babcock. They there again met General Grant and he was evidently disappointed that not[4 more...]
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 29. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.19 (search)
because we had little extra baggage; second, our three days rations consisted of three pones of cornbread. May 4th, General Grant crossed the Rapidan with 117,000 men, the flower of the Federal army. Confronting him in the Wilderness was General Lee, with 55,000 ill-clad and poorly fed Confederates. May 5th, General Grant charged us in the Wilderness with three columns across Palmer's old field. Result: 1,100 killed in few hours; 146th New York nearly annihilated, and its commander, Majorthe front, and continued 'till nightfall. When we reached by double quick a point some miles in the rear, we came to General Grant's headquarters. He was busy dispatching couriers with orders to his various commanders. When he saw us a smile cae march to Fredericksburg we met 25,000 soldiers who had been doing garrison duty at Washington, and ordered to join General Grant. We were meeting each other for some hours and they guyed us all along. I recollect one said, Hello, Johnnies. We
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 29. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.26 (search)
e's Division. This command arrived at Cold Harbor from Monroe Draft (now Ronceverte, West Va.) They had been on the road one month and three days and had fought Sigel at New Market, May 15th. From there they went to Staunton, and thence by train to Hanover Junction, and joined Lee's immortals. Hard fighting commenced at once and continued all along the line to the Patawet river. We fell back from this point to Cold Harbor (June 2d) and relieved General Lomax's division of cavalry. General Grant had consolidated his forces at and around this position, and Lee had gathered his invincibles to oppose hint. On the afternoon of the 2d the enemy obtained an advantage by capturing our picket line, but this was of short duration. With the alacrity only known to the southern soldier, we recaptured the line, and were fully established in our first position, where we remained, soldier-like, oblivious to the coming storm. On the morning of June 3d, just at dawn, the artillery pealed fo
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 29. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), The sword of Lee. [from the Baltimore sun, August, 1901.] (search)
connected with General Lee's surrender to General Grant at Appomattox. The correspondence was elis present during the interview between Lee and Grant: The truth of history. I know that I siml in arranging the terms of surrender with General Grant to avoid any humiliation, but on the contrircumstances attending the meeting between General Grant and General Lee on April 9, 1865, did not d that General Lee made that offer, or how General Grant could have made such a demand. This sub, very truly yours, Charles Marshall. General Grant's testimony. Mr. Bird also writes the Se II, Chapter XXV, pages 344-346. I quote General Grant's own words: No conversation—not a w Lee's army. It is highly creditable to General Grant, and in keeping with his courtly and knightory that General Lee offered his sword to General Grant, which the latter refused to accept, with wore on the occasion of his interview with General Grant at Appomattox, were the gifts of Baltimore[11 more...]
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