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Galveston (Texas, United States) (search for this): chapter 41
carried thence to Galveston by steamer. Galveston had been the home of General Johnston at onein's order: headquarters district of Texas, Galveston, January 24, 1866. Sir: My attention has commanding. Hon. C. H. Leonard, Mayor of Galveston, Texas. This order was without warrant of larcest. Wainwright and Lea were so buried in Galveston. Colonel Baylor stated that he buried Colonn. The following is the correspondence: Galveston, Texas, January 24, 1867. The citizens of Galk of beneficent despotisms: Mayor's Office, Galveston, January 24, 1867. I am in receipt of a cffin, dated headquarters, District of Texas, Galveston, January 24, 1867, forbidding the contemplatiffin gave a verbal assent: Mayor's Office, Galveston, January 13, 1867. General: While on the part of the citizens of Galveston I would state that they did not intend, by the published programmveston, January 25, 1867. The citizens of Galveston are hereby respectfully requested to implici[7 more...]
Tennessee (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): chapter 41
a. The great importance of the news just received from Tennessee induces me to depart from the established usages, and to ns the news of the recent glorious victory of our arms in Tennessee. Resolved, That the death of General Albert Sidney Joe that part of his resolutions which locates the fight in Tennessee. Mr. Davis, of Mississippi: That battle was fought in Tennessee, very near the Mississippi line. Mr. Moore, of Kentucky: Mr. Speaker, I do not arise for the purpose of d. Mr. Kepler, of the Episcopal Church. Mr. Haynes, of Tennessee, moved that the resolution touching the victory near Corif Congress on hearing of the great victory of our army in Tennessee, paying a glowing tribute of respect to the memory of thely over the hills of Kentucky, and through the forests of Tennessee, amid the inclemency of wintry weather, to the memorable row of the Federal army, and the recovery of Kentucky and Tennessee. I will not say that it would have changed the result; I
Louisiana (Louisiana, United States) (search for this): chapter 41
, Congress do now adjourn until twelve o'clock to-morrow. Mr. Perkins, of Louisiana, thought that we could best evince our regret for the fall of our heroes by ithe attention of the House. Mr. Foote: I would ask the gentleman from Louisiana to withdraw his objection to the consideration of these resolutions. Whiing the removal of the remains of General Albert Sidney Johnston from the State of Louisiana, and their interment in the State Cemetery: Whereas, The remains of heir representatives can do, in justice to the living and the dead, to ask of Louisiana the mouldering body of their warrior, that he may be buried by the waters of f so many who, in their time, had been loved and revered by the population of Louisiana. It was the occasion of the disinterment and removal of the remains of ond the Confederacy of his services. There was Beauregard, the favorite son of Louisiana, who immediately succeeded him in command of the army; there was Bragg, his e
New Orleans (Louisiana, United States) (search for this): chapter 41
y Johnston, in the State Cemetery, in the city of Austin; and that a joint committee of the Legislature, consisting of one from the Senate, and two from the House of Representatives, be appointed, who shall proceed, in vacation, to the city of New Orleans, and carry this resolution into effect, in an appropriate manner. Approved October 3, 1866. (Signed) J. W. Throckmorton. The question being upon the motion to amend the joint resolution by providing that a committee of the two Hoiffin, commanding, has issued a prohibitory order. Will you give authority to the citizens here to give civil escort to his remains? (Signed) Charles H. Leonard, Mayor. Major-General P. H. Sheridan, commanding Department of the Gulf, New Orleans, Louisiana. Sir: I respectfully decline to grant your request. I have too much regard for the memory of the brave men who died to preserve our Government, to authorize Confederate demonstrations over the remains of any one who attempted to
Europe (search for this): chapter 41
rt. He did not pause before the careering waves of that Rubicon which held mirrored in its fearful depths the evils that were to come; he did not murmur in the wilderness, and curse the Moses who tried to lead his people from the savory flesh-pots and the galling bondage of Egypt; but in all, and through all, his manly heart defied the storm, and he fell ‘mid its wrathful fury, still true to all the instincts of Southern manhood, and blameless in his unspotted glory. When the nations of Europe combined to crush the arms and the heart of the peerless Napoleon, and sent him to the barren rocks of St. Helena to sorrow, and sicken, and die, they did not dream that a day would come when France would seek the very ashes of her illustrious emperor, and bow with bleeding heart before his coffined form; but so it was, and, after the lapse of twenty years, Paris was illuminated by a thousand fires, and the whole nation bowed its head and wept as his sacred dust was laid close to the music o
Alabama (Alabama, United States) (search for this): chapter 41
mander-in-chief, and conveying the thanks of Congress to General Beauregard and the officers under his command, for their services in that memorable battle. Mr. Haynes stated that he was one of the Tennessee delegation who requested the President to transfer General Johnston's command to some other officer, after the retreat from Nashville. Subsequently, information had caused him to alter his opinion, and he therefore felt it his duty to offer the resolutions named. Mr. Yancey, of Alabama, moved that the resolutions be so amended as to designate the place of the battle as indicated by General Beauregard-viz., the battle-field of Shiloh. He moved, also, that the resolutions be so amended as to tender the thanks of Congress to General Beauregard and the surviving officers and soldiers for their gallantry and skill on that memorable field. On October 1, 1866, the Legislature of Texas by joint resolution of both Houses, unanimously adopted, appointed a select committee to p
Griffin (Georgia, United States) (search for this): chapter 41
ges could do no harm. General Thomas Green, an heroic soldier of the South, had been interred with these tokens of respect at Austin, without derogation to the Federal authority. Such arguments were in vain. General Griffin was inexorable. He affected to mistrust the statements that only a personal significance should be given to the demonstration. His sole concession was, that the body might remain at the wharf until next day. An appeal was made to General Heintzelman, who went beyond Griffin, and whose conduct is said to have been very coarse and cynical. The mayor then appealed by telegraph to General Sheridan. The following is the correspondence: Galveston, Texas, January 24, 1867. The citizens of Galveston wish to give a civil escort, from steamer to cars, to the remains of General Johnston. General Griffin, commanding, has issued a prohibitory order. Will you give authority to the citizens here to give civil escort to his remains? (Signed) Charles H. Leonard,
Shiloh, Tenn. (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): chapter 41
Chapter 36: General Johnston in the grave. From Shiloh to New Orleans. sepulture and public sorrow. General Beation, written in pencil: General A. S. Johnston, C. S. A., Shiloh, April 6, 1862. On one corner some hand had written this: indicated by General Beauregard-viz., the battle-field of Shiloh. He moved, also, that the resolutions be so amended as to The remains of General Albert Sidney Johnston, who fell at Shiloh, were stopped in New Orleans, on their way to Texas, by thned the heads of his columns toward the memorable field of Shiloh. I will not repeat the details of that glorious battle: hument to perpetuate their memory. Perhaps the field of Shiloh will be chosen as the spot for its erection. Broad will bederate army, the victor and victim of the bloody field of Shiloh. The State of Texas had sent a committee for the purpoant John Crowley, who lost a hand at Belmont and an arm at Shiloh, and others who were maimed while serving under the deceas
Pittsburg Landing (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): chapter 41
o you this communication in advance of official reports. From official telegraphic dispatches, received from official sources, I am able to announce to you, with entire confidence, that it has pleased Almighty God to crown the Confederate arms with a glorious and decisive victory over our invaders. On the morning of the 6th, the converging columns of our army were combined by its commander-in-chief, General Albert Sidney Johnston, in an assault on the Federal army, then encamped near Pittsburg, on the Tennessee River. After a hard-fought battle of ten hours, the enemy was driven in disorder from his position, and pursued to the Tennessee River, where, under the cover of the gunboats, he was at the last accounts endeavoring to effect his retreat by aid of his transports. The details of this great battle are yet too few and incomplete to enable me to distinguish with merited praise all of those who may have conspicuously earned the right to such distinction, and I prefer to d
Gettysburg (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): chapter 41
victories-but reaching, nevertheless, through the darkness of successive campaigns, until the Southern Cross descended forever amid the wail of a people's agony behind the clouds upon the banks of the Appomattox. Fearless, honest, and loyal to principles, our hero died for what he thought was right. We know his resting-place, and we can recover his ashes. But, alas I thousands of his soldiers, the children of Texas, will never sleep in her soil. Their graves are upon the heights of Gettysburg, upon the hills of the Susquehanna, by the banks of the Potomac, and by the side of the Cumberland. They sleep in glory upon the fields of Manassas and of Sharpsburg, of Gaines's Mill, and in the trenches of Richmond, and upon the shores of Vicksburg, and upon a hundred other historic fields, afar from the land of their love. Ay, but let them sleep on in their glory. Posterity will do them justice. In the ages that are to come, when all the passions that now animate the bosom and sway
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