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Edward Porter Alexander, Military memoirs of a Confederate: a critical narrative 68 0 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 8. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 36 20 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 13. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 32 8 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Poetry and Incidents., Volume 7. (ed. Frank Moore) 24 2 Browse Search
An English Combatant, Lieutenant of Artillery of the Field Staff., Battlefields of the South from Bull Run to Fredericksburgh; with sketches of Confederate commanders, and gossip of the camps. 24 4 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 5. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 22 0 Browse Search
J. B. Jones, A Rebel War Clerk's Diary 21 7 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 11. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 20 0 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 20. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 20 10 Browse Search
The Annals of the Civil War Written by Leading Participants North and South (ed. Alexander Kelly McClure) 20 2 Browse Search
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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 36. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.15 (search)
was broached to Mr. Stephens on the way to Montgomery, says Colonel Hamilton. Mr. Toombs took the train with us at Crawfordville, and we found Mr. Chestnut, of South Carolina, aboard. He came over and took the seat in front of Mr. Stephens and me. Mr. Toombs was in the seat behind. Mr. Stephens, said Chestnut, the delegation from my State has' been conferring and has decided to look to Georgia for a President. Well, sir, Mr. Stephens replied, we have Mr. Toombs, Mr. Cobb, Governor Jenkins and Governor Johnson. Either will suit; I will give my vote to either. We are only looking to you and Mr. Toombs, Mr. Stephens, Chestnut answered positively. No other names were mentioned, and the majority of the delegation favors you. No, that can never be, that can never be, Mr. Stephens replied excitedly. And I thought his face turned a little pale. What is it, Alec? Toombs asked, leaning over the back of our seat. Come over here, Stephens told him. Opposed to
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 36. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.22 (search)
on their way to meet the Union Army. As I came along with Longstreet, said Mr. Hume, the woods were all on fire. It was an awful sight. Both the dead and wounded were being burned. The woods were full of bodies. Yes, said Captain Quinn, we were charged with setting the woods on fire, but we did not do it. We tried hard to extinguish the flames, but it was impossible to do so. Every inch of the read was now full of historic interest. The point where Longstreet was wounded, where Jenkins was killed, and where General Wadsworth was fatally shot, were all pointed out. Then, a few minutes later, the party stood around a rough shaft of granite a hundred feet from the road. The stone stood upon some smaller rocks beneath a tree. It marks the spot where a soldier grasped the bridle of General Lee's horse. There had been some wavering on the part of the Confederates, and Lee rode forward, intending himself to lead a charge. He placed himself at the head of a Texas regiment. H
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 36. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Virginia Battlefield Park. (search)
inia what has been done in the Fredericksburg and adjacent National Battle-Fields' Park matter, and to ask the Dispatch if it does not, as a State organ, believe that the Fredericksburg park matter is backed strongly by veterans of the gray and blue both. The Fredericksburg Battle-Field Park matter was taken up, first, by our City Council, in February, 1896, and a committee appointed to inaugurate it. Thereafter, in April, 1896, a meeting was held in our Opera-House, at which Congressmen Jenkins (Republican), of Wisconsin; Walker (Republican), and Jones (Democrat), of Virginia, were present, and gave the matter hearty approval. I. Then provision was made for a joint commission, a voluntary unincorporated body, to consist of members from Fredericksburg, Orange, Spotsylvania, and Stafford, and gentlemen from each of the counties named and Fredericksburg we selected to push the proposition. These gentlemen at once saw, following in the footsteps of Chickamauga, that an incorporati