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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 1,300 0 Browse Search
Joseph T. Derry , A. M. , Author of School History of the United States; Story of the Confederate War, etc., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 6, Georgia (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 830 0 Browse Search
Alfred Roman, The military operations of General Beauregard in the war between the states, 1861 to 1865 638 0 Browse Search
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories 502 0 Browse Search
A Roster of General Officers , Heads of Departments, Senators, Representatives , Military Organizations, &c., &c., in Confederate Service during the War between the States. (ed. Charles C. Jones, Jr. Late Lieut. Colonel of Artillery, C. S. A.) 378 0 Browse Search
Horace Greeley, The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65: its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union. Volume I. 340 0 Browse Search
Hon. J. L. M. Curry , LL.D., William Robertson Garrett , A. M. , Ph.D., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 1.1, Legal Justification of the South in secession, The South as a factor in the territorial expansion of the United States (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 274 0 Browse Search
J. B. Jones, A Rebel War Clerk's Diary 244 0 Browse Search
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 3. 234 0 Browse Search
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 1. 218 0 Browse Search
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W Walker, of Medissia. Asa Rogers, of Londeun. Samufl C. Williams, of Sheuandoah. S. McDOWFLL Reid, of Rockbridge. Henry A. Edmundson of Roanoke. Jas. W. Sheffey, of Smyth. Henry J Fistier, of Mason. Joseph Johnson, of Harrison. E. H. Fitzhugh, of Olno. Now, therefore, by vitue of authority vested in the executive by law, Thereby proclaim and make known that the said persons have been duty elected Electors of a President and Vice President of the Confederate States for an on behalf of the State of Virginia. The Electors are required by law to meet at the Capitol, in the city of Richmond, on the first Wednesday in December next, by the hour of ten o'clock in the morning. L. S. Given under my hand, as Governor, and under the Seal of the common wealth, at Richmond, this 26th day of November, 1861, and in the year of the Commonwealth the eighty sixth. John Letcher. By the Governor: Geo. W. Munford, no 30--td Sec'y of the Com'th.
Ex-Gov Jno. L. Manning has been elected to represent Clarendon district in the Senate of the South Carolina Legislature, vice Hon. Richard I. Manning, deceased. Henry Webster, a member of the 1st Tennessee regiment, shot and instantly killed a man named Henry Snyder a bar-keeper, in Staunton, Va., on the night of the 27th ult. The colored people of Vicksburg, Miss., advertise in the papers of that city to give a ball in a few days for the benefit of the soldiers from that State in the Confederate service. Commissary General Whitaker, of Georgia, has seized in that State during the past week 1,540 sacks of salt, for which he paid as heretofore directed by Governor Brown. Twenty gallons of o are extracted from one ton of coal found in Louisiana, and the manufacture is about to be extensively engaged in. Counterfeit ten dollar notes of the Bank of Cape Fear, North Carolinas, have made their appearance in Charleston, S. C.
The Daily Dispatch: December 2, 1861., [Electronic resource], The second American Revolution, as Viewed by a member of the British parliament. (search)
hole debt, from the fact that many of the States had threatened to secede. In the year 1797 we have the fact that Washington (than whom there was no man more thoroughly acquainted with his countrymen) wrote, on his retirement from office, an epistle which at the time rendered him very unpopular, to the effect that, if at any time any portion of the States attempted to carry their own interests to the detriment of other States, the Republic would break up. In the year 1825 the Government of Georgia, feeling itself ill used by the General Government respecting some Indian land, the Governor called upon the people of his State to "stand by their arms,"and warned the General Government that it would be treated as a public enemy. Again: In 1829 South Carolina pronounced the national tariff "to be unauthorized by the Constitution, null and void; not binding on South Carolina, its officers and citizens." I quote these examples to show that the question of secession is as old as the St
The Daily Dispatch: December 2, 1861., [Electronic resource], The second American Revolution, as Viewed by a member of the British parliament. (search)
By the Governor of Virginia — a proclamation. --Whereas, a vacaney has occurred in the House of Delegates of this States, by the resignation of A. R. Eoteder, Esq., the Delegate elect for the county of Jefferson. Therefore, I, John Letcher, Governor of the Commaonwealth of Virginia, in Exercise of authority vested in the Executive by law, do hereby require the Sheriff of the said county of Jefferson to cause an election to be hold in that county on the 17th day of December next, for a Delegate to fill the vacancy aforesaid. L. S. Given under my hand as Govenor, and under the Seal of the Commonwealth, at Richmond., this 18th day of November, 1861 and in the year of the Commonwealth the eighty-sixth. John Letcher. By the Governor: Geo. W. Munford. Sec'y of the Commonwealth. The papers at Charlestown to public until the day of election. no 30--ide
The Senate of Georgia has passed a bill securing to married women all the property they owned at the time of marriage, free from the debts or control of their husbands, except in relation to the profits.
street's Division was drawn up in the form of a hollow square to receive from the hands of Gen. Beauregard the battle flag, the origin of which is so beautifully described in your yesterday's paper. Securing a position on the breastwork near by, there burst upon my enraptured vision a scene which a master hand might delight to paint. Before me stood Johnston, Beauregard, Smith, Van-Dorn, Longstreet, and other gallant officers too numerous to mention, surrounded by brave sons of Louisiana, Georgia, Carolina, and the Old Dominicans, who had won imperishable glory on the memorable 21st. As far as the eye could reach, hillside and valley were whitened with tents, and the smoke from our encampments carried gracefully upwards, while in the distance the Blue Mountains peacefully sleeping in the West added not a little to the effect. The exercises were opened by Adjt. Gen. Jordan, who, in a brief but eloquent address, charged the men to preserve from dishonor the flags committed to th
By the Governor of Virginia.--a proclamation. --Whereas, a vacancy has occurred, in the representation of this Commonwealth, in the General Assesmbly, by the resignation of James G. Paxuon, the Senater for the District composed of the counties of Bath, Highland, and Rockbridge: Therefore, I John Letcher, Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, do hereby require teh Sheriffs of the said counties to hold elections in their respective counties on the 12th day of December next, for a Senator to fill the vacancy aforesaid. L. S. Given under my hand as Governor, and under the less seal of the Commonwealth, at Richmond, this 18th day of November, A. D. 1861, and in the 86th year of the Commonwealth. John Letcher. By the Governor: Geo. W. Munford, no 19--tde Sec'y of the Commonwealth. Lezington papers copy.