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Jackson (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): chapter 19
had been repulsed. As Breckinridge's command, composed of three brigades, was coming up in the rear, General Jackson asked if it would not be better to wait until Breckinridge was in line, as the enemy was very strong; but General Polk replied, Jackson, there's the enemy, go in. He went in, accordingly, and his brigade was cut to pieces. After the battle he was ordered back to Bridgeport and from there to Chattanooga, where he had charge of the communications from Atlanta to Tullahoma. Jackson's brigade, composed of the Fifth and Forty-fourth Georgia, and the Fifth and Eighth Mississippi regiments, fought with distinction at Chickamauga in Cheatham's division. The Fifth Georgia lost sixty-one per cent in that battle, the second heaviest loss of all the regiments engaged. He commanded his brigade in the battle of Missionary Ridge, and his, with General Moore's brigade, was the first to check the enemy after the Confederate lines were broken. When the army fell back to Dalton he
Bavaria (Bavaria, Germany) (search for this): chapter 19
n such condition that he was relieved of active duty and sent to Savannah with General Hardee. On the retreat from Savannah he accompanied General Hardee, but was not afterward actively engaged. He was a gallant soldier, but physically unable to endure the strain of a severe campaign. After the war he returned to Savannah, and was a banker in that city from 1866 to 1869. He then removed to Baltimore, Md., where he was a commission merchant from 1869 to 1872, when he went to Baden Baden, Bavaria, and died there on the 9th of June, 1877. Brigadier-General Paul J. Semmes Brigadier-General Paul J. Semmes was before the war a prominent citizen of Columbus, Ga., and captain of one of the best drilled companies of that city. When the Second Georgia regiment was organized, he was elected its colonel, and when the regiment was sent to Virginia in the summer of 1861 and stationed on the peninsula, he accompanied it in command. In the spring of 1862 he was promoted to brigadier-gener
Greenville, North Carolina (North Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 19
the battles of the Wilderness, Spottsylvania, Cold Harbor, and in the operations before Richmond and Petersburg until September 20, 1864, when he resigned on account of failing health. After the war he returned to Georgia and engaged in various honorable occupations until his death at Augusta. Major-General Howell Cobb Major-General Howell Cobb, a distinguished son of Georgia, was born at Cherry Hill, Jefferson county, September 7, 1815. His father, Col. John A. Cobb, was from Greenville, N. C., and his mother was Sarah Rootes, of Fredericksburg, Va. Howell Cobb was graduated at the university of Georgia in 1834, and in 1836 was admitted to the bar. He began at the same time a career of great distinction in politics, as an elector on the Van Buren presidential ticket. He was elected solicitor-general in 1837, and served in Congress four consecutive terms from 1842, being chosen speaker of the House in 1849. In Congress he won general attention as a bold champion of Souther
Carlisle, Pa. (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): chapter 19
o study law in his father's office at Columbus, Ga., but soon grew tired of that and began contracting on railroads in Georgia. In 1855 he received the appointment of first lieutenant in the First United States cavalry, a regiment just then authorized by Congress. He recruited a company, mostly from Georgia and Kentucky, and reported for duty to Col. E. V. Sumner at Jefferson barracks, Missouri. He was sent into Kansas during the troubles in that territory in 1856. While stationed at Carlisle, Pa., he married Miss Harriet Harris Hutchins, daughter of Judge N. L. Hutchins, of Gwinnett county, Ga. He was in the expedition against the Mormons and on frontier duty at Fort Washita, Indian Territory, and engaged in expeditions against the Comanches and Kiowas. When Georgia seceded from the Union, Lieutenant Iverson resigned his commission in the United States army, and going to Montgomery, then the capital of the Confederacy, offered his sword to the new republic. He was appointed ca
Rochambeau Village (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 19
civil war began. Upon the secession of Georgia, Captain McLaws resigned and offered his services to his State. He was gladly accepted and immediately appointed major, C. S. A., May 10, 1861. On June 17, 1861, he was commissioned colonel of the Tenth Georgia regiment, and on September 25, 1861, was promoted to brigadier-general. His bravery and excellent ability in the discipline and leadership of soldiers soon won the esteem of his superior officers. This was especially noticeable at Lee's mill, on, the retreat from Yorktown to Richmond and at the battle of Williamsburg. Accordingly, on May 22, 1862, he was promoted to major-general in the provisional army of the Confederate States. He proved that the honor conferred upon him was well deserved by the manner in which he led his division in the battles of Savage Station and Malvern Hill. After the retreat of the Union army from the Virginia peninsula, his division was left in observation of the movements of the Federals about Ha
Jefferson Barracks (Missouri, United States) (search for this): chapter 19
he United States military academy in 1845, and graduated in 1849, with promotion to brevet second lieutenant of the Eighth infantry. He was on duty in convoying a train to Pecos, Tex., was stationed at Fort Lincoln in 1850, subsequently at Jefferson barracks, and again in Texas at Brownsville. He was aide-de-camp to General Twiggs, 1851-53, subsequently on frontier duty, engaged in escorting the Mexican boundary commission, and in the Utah expedition. When Georgia seceded, he promptly sent inn 1855 he received the appointment of first lieutenant in the First United States cavalry, a regiment just then authorized by Congress. He recruited a company, mostly from Georgia and Kentucky, and reported for duty to Col. E. V. Sumner at Jefferson barracks, Missouri. He was sent into Kansas during the troubles in that territory in 1856. While stationed at Carlisle, Pa., he married Miss Harriet Harris Hutchins, daughter of Judge N. L. Hutchins, of Gwinnett county, Ga. He was in the expeditio
Columbus (Georgia, United States) (search for this): chapter 19
Senator Alfred Iverson, who married Caroline Goode Holt. Young Iverson spent his childhood in Washington City and in Columbus, Ga. He was at the military institute in Tuskegee, Ala., when the Mexican war began. Though only seventeen years of age hn largely instrumental in equipping. After his service in Mexico he commenced to study law in his father's office at Columbus, Ga., but soon grew tired of that and began contracting on railroads in Georgia. In 1855 he received the appointment of feducated at Yale college and graduated there with high honors in 1839. He studied law and was admitted to the bar at Columbus, Ga., in 1840. He then settled at Savannah and began a remarkably successful career. In 1843 he was appointed United Sta77. Brigadier-General Paul J. Semmes Brigadier-General Paul J. Semmes was before the war a prominent citizen of Columbus, Ga., and captain of one of the best drilled companies of that city. When the Second Georgia regiment was organized, he w
Williamsburg (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 19
ral G. Moxley Sorrel Brigadier-General G. Moxley Sorrel, a native of Georgia, when the war between the Northern and Southern States of the Union began, entered the Confederate service as captain on the staff of Gen. James Longstreet, and was present at the first battle of Bull Run. On September 1st he was appointed acting adjutant-general of Longstreet's brigade. In this capacity he acted throughout the winter of 1861 in Virginia, and in the campaign of 1862, including the battles of Williamsburg and Seven Pines and the battles around Richmond. On July 24, 1861, he was commissioned major and was appointed acting adjutant-general of Longstreet's division. At the battle of Sharpsburg, when the Confederate center had been stripped of troops to help their hard-pressed left, General Longstreet noticed that a strong column of the enemy was advancing against this very point, held by one small regiment, Cooke's Twenty-seventh North Carolina, which was without cartridges. Two pieces of
United States (United States) (search for this): chapter 19
. Uniting his fortunes with those of the Confederate States, he was appointed an aide on the staff o-65 began, he entered the service of the Confederate States as captain in the Sixteenth regiment Geotion of the permanent government of the Confederate States, February 22, 1862, he had withdrawn fror-general in the provisional army of the Confederate States. He had been commissioned a colonel of d captain in the provisional army of the Confederate States, and ordered to report to General Holmesom 1849 to 1853. In 1853 he was appointed United States minister to Austria. This position he resr-general in the provisional army of the Confederate States. He proved that the honor conferred upo8, 1861, and entering the service of the Confederate States, was commissioned captain of infantry, t of brigadier-general in the army of the Confederate States. He served at Pensacola during a part o and in 1893 was appointed minister of the United States to Guatemala and Honduras. While holding [17 more...]
Yorktown (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 19
xth regiment infantry, of which he was elected colonel at the organization, and commissioned May 27, 1861. In October, 1861, he was in command of a brigade near Yorktown, and he and his command were engaged in the battles around Richmond in the spring and summer of 1862. After the departure of McClellan's army for the defense ofthe Tenth Georgia regiment, Col. Lafayette McLaws commanding. The latter being speedily advanced to higher duties, Cumming was in command of the regiment on the Yorktown line, and in October was promoted to colonel. The regiment shared the service of Magruder's command in the Seven Days campaign of 1862, fighting mainly at Savagty in the discipline and leadership of soldiers soon won the esteem of his superior officers. This was especially noticeable at Lee's mill, on, the retreat from Yorktown to Richmond and at the battle of Williamsburg. Accordingly, on May 22, 1862, he was promoted to major-general in the provisional army of the Confederate States.
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