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Mexico (Mexico) (search for this): chapter 1.49
of the carrying trade, the banner inscribed Free Trade and Sailors' Rights; the chivalrous Old South, crying out in the person of Randolph Ridgely, when Charley May was about trying the novel experiment of a charge of cavalry upon a battery of Mexican artillery, hold on, Charley, till I draw their fire upon myself. Ah! my countrymen, that Old South did many unselfish deeds which, in the slang of the day, didn't pay. But the world was made purer, nobler and better by them, and they should bes of Otho Williams, John Eager Howard, and William Smallwood, when the Mexican war brought out such men as Ringgold, the first organizer of horse artillery; Ridgely, his dashing successor; and Charley May, the hero of the cavalry charge upon the Mexican battery. Coming down to the Civil War, the President on the Union side was a Southern-born man, his successor was born in North Carolina, and the commanding General, who first organized his troops, was a Virginian. His great War Secretary, t
North Carolina (North Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.49
of April, 1776, the Provincial Congress of North Carolina took the lead of all the States in passingn Ashe, Speaker of the House of Commons of North Carolina, informed Governor Tryon that the law woulto deliver up Houston, the Stampmaster for North Carolina. Having seized upon him, they carried himected against a defenceless ship. But the North Carolina movement, ten years earlier in point of tid Germantown, and, in the latter battle, a North Carolina general was slain, whose troops suffered gJesse D. Elliott, of Maryland; Blakely, of North Carolina, etc. A very large proportion of the naval Cruz to the City of Mexico were Swift, of North Carolina, and R. E. Lee, of Virginia. His chief ofuthern-born man, his successor was born in North Carolina, and the commanding General, who first orgcreated in order to honor him. Winslow, of North Carolina, was made a Rear-Admiral for sinking the Ahe ocean; J. J. Waddell (of an illustrious North Carolina lineage), almost the peer of Semmes as a s[1 more...]
Connecticut (Connecticut, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.49
ch, Md.; H. D. Wallen, Mo.; J. L. Donaldson, Md.; Fred T. Dent, Mo.; David Hunter, Va.; John Pope, Ky. Most of these were good officers, and some of them were superb. I could name six or eight of them who did the very best they could for their native land by going on the Federal side. In addition to these forty-five West Point Southerners in the Federal army, some of the high officers of that army were born in the South, but not educated at West Point; Joseph R. Hawley (now Senator from Connecticut), John C. Fremont, the three Crittendens, Frank Blair, &c. If we come to the United States Navy, we find abundant proof of Southern prowess. Farragut, of Tennessee, was considered the hardest fighter and most successful commander, as shown by his elevation to the highest rank—that of Admiral—a rank specially created in order to honor him. Winslow, of North Carolina, was made a Rear-Admiral for sinking the Alabama. Goldsborough, of Maryland, was made a Rear-Admiral for the capture of
Monmouth, Ill. (Illinois, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.49
command of Virginia troops. Southern blood flowed freely at Brandywine and Germantown, and, in the latter battle, a North Carolina general was slain, whose troops suffered greatly. It was General George Rogers Clarke, of Virginia, who, with a Virginia brigade, chastised the Indians that committed the massacre in the valley of Wyoming. He made a Stonewall Jackson march to the rear, penetrated to the Upper Mississippi, captured the governor of Detroit, and took large booty in his raid. At Monmouth and Saratoga Southern blood was commingled with the Northern in the battles of freedom. In the battle of Saratoga, Morgan's Virginia Riflemen greatly distinguished themselves and slew General Fraser, the inspiring spirit of the British army. The guerilla troops, under Sumter, Marion, Moultrie, Pickens, Clarke, etc., drove the British step by step back to Charleston, where they were cooped up till the end came. It is my deliberate opinion that no battles of the Revolution will compare in
Canada (Canada) (search for this): chapter 1.49
elief start among the British people that New England wished to return to its allegiance to the Mother country? Hence, in this war, the old South furnished more than her proportion of troops. Southern troops flocked North, and, in the battles in Canada, a large number of general officers were from the old South: Harrison, Scott, Wilkinson, Izzard, Winder, Hampton, Gaines, Towson, Brooke, Drayton, etc. Kentucky sent more men for the invasion of Canada than did any other State. All honor to thCanada than did any other State. All honor to the United States sailors of the North, who had no sympathy with the Hartford Convention, and nobly did their duty— Perry, Bainbridge, Stewart, Lawrence, Porter, Preble, &c. The Don't Give up the Ship of dying Lawrence is a precious legacy to the whole American people. But the unmaritime South claims, among the naval heroes of that period, Decatur, of Maryland; MacDonough, of Delaware; Jacob Jones, of same State; the two Shubricks, of South Carolina; Jesse D. Elliott, of Maryland; Blakely, of
Germantown, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.49
all the continental troops, losing two hundred and fifty-nine in killed and wounded. The Virginians made up a large portion of the army of Washington at Trenton and Princeton, where the wails of despair of the American people were changed into shouts of victory. Two future presidents of the United States of Southern birth were in those battles, one of whom was wounded. The only general officer there slain was in command of Virginia troops. Southern blood flowed freely at Brandywine and Germantown, and, in the latter battle, a North Carolina general was slain, whose troops suffered greatly. It was General George Rogers Clarke, of Virginia, who, with a Virginia brigade, chastised the Indians that committed the massacre in the valley of Wyoming. He made a Stonewall Jackson march to the rear, penetrated to the Upper Mississippi, captured the governor of Detroit, and took large booty in his raid. At Monmouth and Saratoga Southern blood was commingled with the Northern in the battles
Louisiana (Louisiana, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.49
m mining, manufacturing, commerce, art, science and literature, found but two fields open in which they could distinguish themselves—war and politics—and into these they entered boldly and successfully, and became leading statesmen and renowned warriors. So the surroundings of the Old South determined the destiny of its sons, just as the surroundings of the North determined that of its sons. Exceptional cases occurred at the South where fame was won outside of politics. Thus Audubon, of Louisiana, was the first, as he is the most distinguished, of American ornithologists. Washington Allston, of South Carolina, ranks among the foremost of American painters. M. F. Maury, of Virginia, has done more for navigation than any one of this century, and he received more medals, diplomas and honors as a man of science from European nations than any other American. John Gill, of Newberne, North Carolina, is the true inventor of the revolver, that has revolutionized the tactics of the world.
Michigan (Michigan, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.49
e Wilmington party of 1765? Yea, verily, the Old South has sorely needed historians of its own. Virginia gave seven Presidents and many illustrious statesmen and warriors to the nation. She gave Patrick Henry, the war-trumpet of the revolution, Washington, its sword, and Jefferson, its mouthpiece. When independence and white-winged peace came to the colonies, she gave to the Union that vast northwest territory, out of which have been carved the great States of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin. Oh, but generosity does not pay. Possibly the mother of States and statesmen thought so when the soldiers of these five great States swarmed over her soil, and grand old Virginia became District No. 1. I'll now take up the second question: Did the Old South furnish brave soldiers? The commander-in-chief in the rebellion against Great Britain was the Southern-born Washington, of whom Byron lamented that the earth had no more seed to produce another like unto him, and of
Quitman, Wood County, Texas (Texas, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.49
e also the rifle regiment, recruited within her borders, making in all 50,000 soldiers. The North, out of a population of 13,676,439, gave but 24,698 volunteers. All New England gave 1,057 volunteers. (I use the American Almanac for these figures, and the census report of 1850). It will be admitted, without question, that Butler's South Carolina regiment and Davis' Mississippi regiment gained more reputation than the other volunteer regiments. I think it will be equally admitted that Quitman's Southern division of volunteers had the confidence of General Scott, next to his two divisions of regulars. Scott's chief engineers on that wonderful march from Vera Cruz to the City of Mexico were Swift, of North Carolina, and R. E. Lee, of Virginia. His chief of ordnance was Huger, of South Carolina. The most brilliant exploit of that war was the attack of Tatnall, of Georgia, in a little gunboat, upon the castle of San Juan D'Ulloa and the land batteries at Vera Cruz. If there wa
South Carolina (South Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.49
all and Taney; of the Pinckneys of Maryland and South Carolina (for they were of the same stock); of Andrew Jamerican ornithologists. Washington Allston, of South Carolina, ranks among the foremost of American painters.the vast grain fields of the West. Stevens, of South Carolina, was the first to use iron as a protection agaioremost men of science. Dr. J. Marion Sims, of South Carolina, had more reputation abroad than any other Amer, Legare, Hayne, Ryan, Timrod, the Elliotts, of South Carolina, Tichnor, Lanier, Thornwell, Archibald Alexandell were alike opposed. Christopher Gadsden, of South Carolina, in a speech delivered in Charleston in 1766, aedom. It was a Southerner—Charles Pinckney, of South Carolina—whose draft of the Constitution was mainly adopcob Jones, of same State; the two Shubricks, of South Carolina; Jesse D. Elliott, of Maryland; Blakely, of Nor Virginia. His chief of ordnance was Huger, of South Carolina. The most brilliant exploit of that war was
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