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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 36. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), The Conrad boys in the Confederate service. (search)
o did not enlist were boys under sixteen and men over fifty years of age. Holmes A. Conrad and H. Tucker Conrad, the only sons of Mr. David Holmes Conrad, of Martinsburg (now West Virginia), and nephews of Mr. Robert Y. Conrad, belonged to the Martinsburg Company (D) of the Second Virginia Regiment, Stonewall Brigade. The two br me, I am not afraid to die. Rally to the charge, and in a few minutes was dead. The remains of the two Conrad boys and of Lieutenant Harrison were taken to Martinsburg, and reached there after sundown, and were buried by moonlight. At that time the people of the Shenandoah Valley had not been accustomed to war and its horrors, and the death of these three men made a great impression on the citizens of Martinsburg. A party who was present at the buriel says: We buried them with their cousin, Captain Peyton R. Harrison, together in one tomb. By the struggling moonbeam's misty light, Our lanterns dimly burning. E. Holmes bond. Winchester, Va.
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 36. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.37 (search)
eral Buckner, through General Pillow, and to make an effort for my own extrication by any and every means that might present themselves to me. General Floyd succeeded in getting away during the night with a large part of his own command before the terms of capitulation were made. Colonel Forrest also got out with all his cavalry. I recall frequent conversations with the late General G. C. Wharton; also with Colonel Thomas Smith, of Warrenton, and Dr. (then Captain) I. W. McSherry, of Martinsburg—who were officers in Floyd's command—in regard to the conduct of both General Buckner and General Floyd in connection with the surrender at Donelson, and they all concurred in the opinion that General Floyd was fully justified in the course he pursue. The Confederate authorities at Richmond, however, took a different view and relieved General Floyd of his command. The Legislature of Virginia, indignant at the treatment he had received, made him a major-general, and directed him to rec