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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 18. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), General John Rogers Cooke. (search)
following should be noted here: He was an early Commander of Lee Camp of Confederate Veterans. He was President of the Boardr centre was sorely pressed, General Gordon suggested to General Lee that a certain movement be made on the right to relieve e. This move was advised against by other officers, but General Lee finally gave the order for attack. Cooke's men were in e, or heroic, patient, stubborn courage in the defence. General Lee's high opinion of General Cooke and his command is best tent suffering from his wounds and facial neuralgia when General Lee rode up, called him out, and asked whether the breastwor, impatiently, and I don't believe they ever will be! General Lee rode off, followed by his staff and General Cooke. An iogressing satisfactorily. Several times during the ride General Lee remarked to the thoroughly confused brigadier: This seem. Colonel Charles S. Venable, who was of the staff of General Lee, and who now fills a chair at the University of Virginia
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 18. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 21 (search)
me such a mass of lies as that evidence could have been proven to be if it had been possible to sift the testimony or examine before a jury the several witnesses. I take as the basis of my comparison the published report made by four returned Andersonville prisoners, who were allowed to come North on their representation tbat they could induce their humane government to consent to an exchange. Vanaspes! Edwin M. Stanton would have seen the whole of them perish before he would give up to General Lee one able-bodied soldier. Comparative mortality. These four prisoners alleged that out of thirty-six thousand in that pen six thousand, or one-eighth of the whole, died between the 1st of February and the 1st of August, 1864. Now, out of less than nine thousand five hundred Confederate prisoners who were at Elmira the 1st of September, three hundred and eighty-six died that month. * * At Andersonville the mortality averaged one thousand a month out of thirty-six thousand, or one t
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 18. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), General Junius Daniel. an Address delivered before the Ladies' Memorial Association, in Raleigh, N. C, May 10th, 1888. (search)
of his men. He spent the autumn of 1862 with his brigade near Drewry's Bluff. He was sent to North Carolina in December of 1862 to meet a division of Foster in favor of Burnside. Soon after the battle of Chancellorsville he was transferred to Lee's army, Rode's division, attached to Ewell's corps, during the Pennsylvania campaign. The conduct of General Daniel at Gettysburg, the first real opportunity he had to display his ability in handling troops under fire, won for him the highest pe of life should expose you to wretched exile and ignominious death. For my own part I adhere to the maxim of antiquity: That the throne is a glorious sepulchre. While the two armies were struggling in the awful shadow of the horse-shoe in General Lee's line, about 2 o'clock in the afternoon of May 12th, 1864, word came down the line from our side, We are out of ammunition; send us cartridges. We cannot hold the works without ammunition. I called for volunteers out of my command to try th
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 18. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), The Southern Historical Society: its origin and history. (search)
material gathered was to be classified and carefully arranged. Copies of the circular, in manuscript, were sent by the Secretary to the following Vice-Presidents of the Society for the several States, who had been appointed: Virginia—General Robert E. Lee. Maryland—Hon. S. Teackle Wallace. North Carolina—Lieutenant-General D. H. Hill. South Carolina—Lieutenant-General Wade Hampton. Georgia—Hon. Alexander H. Stephens. Alabama—Admiral Raphael Semmes. Tennessee—Governor Isha are signed by F. R. Southmayd, Secretary pro tem. Dr. J. W. Caldwell was elected Secretary and Treasurer of the Society. At a meeting held October 9, 1871, General Jubal A. Early was elected Vice-President for the State of Virginia, vice General R. E. Lee, deceased. At a meeting held June 10, 1872, the Secretary and Treasurer reported the receipts of the Society as $708, and the expenditures as $426.75, including salary to himself for six months. Balance on hand, $281.25. The o
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 18. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), General R. E. Lee's war-horses, Traveller and Lucy long. (search)
General R. E. Lee's war-horses, Traveller and Lucy long. The following communication from Major Thomas L. Broun, Charleston, Kanawha county, West Virginia, appeared in the Richmond Dispatch August 10, 1886: In view of the fact that great interest is felt in the monument about to be erected to General Lee, and that many a with surprise by some, that there is yet living and in good health, save for the infirmities common to old age, a horse ridden in battle during the war by General Robert E. Lee. It is Lucy long, a little sorrel mare, which many will recall having seen ladies ride through the streets of Lexington alongside of General Lee astride or, and once more mounted Traveller. She was stolen just before the close of the war, and after the surrender was found in the eastern part of the State, and Captain R. E. Lee brought her to Lexington to his father. Several years after General Lee's death, and possibly thirteen years ago, while running at large in the grounds in
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 18. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Monument to the Confederate dead at Fredericksburg, Virginia, unveiled June 10, 1891. (search)
as in command of the parade, which was composed as follows: Marshal and aides, band, carriages containing disabled veterans and prominent guests, General Bradley T. Johnson, General Corse and others; Confederate camps; Maury Camp of this place, R. E. Lee Camp of Richmond, Pickett Camp of Richmond, Pickett-Buchanan Camp of Norfolk, R. E. Lee Camp of Alexandria, Ewell Camp of Prince William; unorganized veterans, comprised of veterans from the surrounding counties; delegations from New York, BaltR. E. Lee Camp of Alexandria, Ewell Camp of Prince William; unorganized veterans, comprised of veterans from the surrounding counties; delegations from New York, Baltimore, Washington, Roanoke, Leesburg, Lynchburg, West Point and Charlottesville Camps; United Order Mechanics, Knights of Pythias and city fire department. The procession marched into the cemetery and formed around the mound where the unknown dead rest and upon which the monument stands. The oration. The exercises here were opened with prayer by Rev. I. W. Canter, followed by an anthem, after which the orator of the day, General Bradley T. Johnson, was introduced, who delivered the follo
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 18. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 34 (search)
ht be made by force of arms to bring back the seceded members to the Empire, but no one would denounce as traitors the individual Prussians, Suabians or Bavarians, because, as citizens of their respective fatherlands, they have submitted to the decision of their individual States—Prussia, Wurtemburg or Bavaria. The odium would be cast upon the States, and not on the citizens. And yet a great part of the German press has not hesitated to brand as traitors to their country such men as General R. E. Lee—men of the highest honor, who, though with heavy heart, but followed the lead of their mother State. If for clearer statement of the argument the German Empire is cited as an illustration, it must yet be expressly observed that the several States of the Union had much more right to withdraw from the common alliance than the members of the German Empire will ever have; for the latter are united with their free will, without reservation, and in loyal agreement of their lawful princes
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 18. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Index. (search)
brigade, Glimpses of Army Life in 1864, 406. Lee, Gen., Fitz., orders disbanding of cavalry, 387, Lee, Gen. G. W. C., 72. Lee, Capt. James K., 431. Lee, Gen. R. E., on battle of Malvern Hill, 62; mentioned, 81; first observance of his birthday at Richmond, 133; Petersburg. 148; Portsmouth, 150; Alexandria, 151; Norfolk,ard, Rt. Rev. Chas. Todd, 192. Ragland House, The, 5. Ramseur. Gen. Stephen D., His Life and Character, Address by Gen. W. R. Cox, 217; parentage of. 225; Gen. R. E. Lee's tribute to. 237; death of; personal appearance of, 258. Rations of a C. S. Soldier in 1864, 409. Rebel The first, in North America, 262; an honorable , Major, Robert, Resolutions by, to the memory of Gen. J. E. Johnston, 162; remarks on the character of, 165. Stringfellow, Major Charles S., his eulogy on Gen. R. E. Lee, 136. Stuart, Gen. J. E. B., 327, 390, 408. Tayleure, Sergeant W. W., 13. Taylor, Lieut. W. A. A.. 7 Temperance tempest, The, 41. The Truth of Histor
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