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Chancellorsville (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.65
7 Capston, Lieutenant J. L. His mission to Ireland, 202. Cary Rebellion, The, 2. Catlett's Station, Action at, 99. Cedar Mountain, Casualties in Battle of, 143, 262. Cedar Run, Battle of, 331. Chalmers, General J. R , 122. Chancellorsville, Battle of, 100-205, 264; burnt field of, 333. Chattanooga, 92. Chickamauga, Battle of, 92. Clarke Cavalry (Co. D), 1st Virginia Cavalry; history and roster of, 145. Clingman, General T. L., The career of, 303; duel with W. L. Ya C., 138 Duel of Clingman and W. L. Yancey, 304. Duke, Colonel Basil, 194. Early, General Jubal A.; an unrepentant rebel, 176; disparity between his and Sheridan's forces, 179. Ellyson, Hon., J. Taylor, 365. Essex Sharpshooters at Chancellorsville, 206. Fayetteville Arsenal; its history, and that of the 6th N. C. Battalion, Armory Guards, with roster, 231. Flag, History and description of the Confederate, 117. Flournoy, Colonel T. S., 133. Ford, Captain N. P., 284. Forrest.
Monticello (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.65
scholar; Hunter, the statesman—men fit to measure with the knightliest. Yet, from the vantage ground of history, his sublime head lifts itself above them all. It is meet and fitting that the ashes of the great souls rest in Virginia's soil. Round him sleep the mighty ones who have gone before—soldiers who won American liberty, jurists who gave it perpetual form, statesmen who filled its flag with stars and made it honorable throughout the world. Let Richmond be added to Mount Vernon, Monticello and Lexington. The South has committed the keeping of his ashes to the mother of States and statesmen. Let him sleep in Virginia, where every river whispers of Confederate heroism and every hill was crimsoned with the soldiers' blood. Let him rest in Richmond, his capital, the city which he walled about with the breasts of the bravest of the brave. His memory is safe with you. You were faithful to the living; you will not forget the dead. In calmer years, when the last ember of sect
New England (United States) (search for this): chapter 1.65
ted by the votes of the States in popular conventions, it is fair to say that there was not a man in the country, from Washington and Hamilton on the one side, to George Clinton and George Mason on the other, who regarded the new system as anything but an experiment entered upon by the States, and from which each and every State had the right to peaceably withdraw, a right which was very likely to be exercised. The Southern States only exercised a right which had often been threatened by New England, and which was generally conceded to be a constitutional right. But in 1861 the Union had grown with the growth of the American people, and strengthened with its strength, until, like a young oak, it had burst the old constitutional rocks asunder on sectional lines and issues. The South was fighting against the stars in their courses. But, standing on this sacred spot, I should be false to the memory of the dead if I did not remind you that he, the man we all adore, battled for the co
Monterey (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.65
rity upon the screen of the ages. We love and honor Mr. Davis for his eminent public services. He came from a stock distinguished for its patriotism. His father and uncles fought through the Revolutionary war. Three of his brothers were in the war of 1812. As a cadet at West Point, he entered the service of his country, and for twelve years he bore its arms. He rendered conspicuous service in the Black Hawk war against the Indians. In the Mexican war his gallantry at the storming of Monterey was most conspicuous, while at Buena Vista, the most brilliant victory ever won by United States troops on foreign soil, he is generally believed to have saved the day. Truly represented us. We love and respect him, for he truly represented us in his political life. He became a member of Congress in 1845, resigning the next year to serve in Mexico. Upon his return from the war he became United States Senator. He was eight years a member of the Senate, during the most brilliant epoc
Gloucester county (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.65
ain; Wor shipful J. A. Cosby, Grand Pursivant; Brother W. C. Wilkinson, Grand Tiler; Brother William Krause, Grand Steward. The Masonic marshals were: Most Worshipful William B. Taliaferro, P. G. M., Grand Marshal; Worshipful J. Thompson Brown, P. M., Assistant Grand Marshal; Right Worshipful William Gibson, Jr., D. D. G. M., Richmond, Va.; Worshipful Samuel W. Williams, P. M., Wytheville, Va.; Worshipful Julius Straus, P. M., Richmond, Va.; Worshipful Thomas S. Taliaferro, P. M., Gloucester county, Va.; Brother Garrett G. Gooch, Staunton, Virginia; Brother Charles H. Phillips, Richmond, Va. Grand Chaplain George H. Ray offered prayer. Grand Master's address. In confiding the implements of operative masonry to Brother Wilfred E. Cutshaw, the Engineer of the city of Richmond, the Grand Master said: Brother Cutshaw, as the Engineer of the city of Richmond, and as a member of the Committee on Designs for this monument, I confide to your hands the implements of operative mas
Front Royal (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.65
al L. Polk, 92. Forts; Curtis, 197. Donelson, 197, 317. Fisher, 276, Henry, 198. Morris' Island, 228. Sumter, 14, 228. Franklin, Tenn., Carnage at battle of, 189. Frazier's Farm, Battle of, 102. Fredericksburg, Battle of, 99. Front Royal, May 23, 1862, Battle of, 131. Funkhouser, Captain R. D., 80. Fussell's Mill, Battle of, 337. G, Company, 49th Virginia Infantry, Roll of, 171. Gardner, General, Frank. 67 Gettysburg, Battle of; North Carolina troops engaged in the, Federal army, 34; relation to Confederate education, 34. Updike, Colonel J. B., 82. Vance, Governor Z B., 35; furnishes supplies by blockade running, 157. Virginia Artillery, Roll of King William Artillery, 156. Virginia Cavalry, at Front Royal, 132; 1st Regiment, officers of, and roster of Company B, 187; 9th, raid of and capture of Federal prisoners, November, 1862, 213; James City, 353. Virginia Infantry, 7th, Roll of Company A, 361; roll of Company I, 115; 18th, record and rol
Biloxi (Mississippi, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.65
Every shaft aimed at Mr. Davis in Congress, at the hustings, or through the press, drew the hearts of the Southern people closer to him. They are a loyal and faithful folk. Their disfranchised leader became their Prometheus, chained to the rock, with the vultures gnawing at his vitals. It is not the least thing for which they love him that his last years were devoted to the vindication of their cause and the deathless story of their achievements. It is sweet to them to think of him at Beauvoir, aged and bent, invalid, and almost blind, pouring out his last energies in defence of their honor. The seductions of power never reached him. He died in the political faith in which he lived, unchanged to the end, standing like a mast where the ship went down. Brave, unconquerable old man! Enshrined in our affections. I question whether any other man ever received the popular demonstrations of affection which attended Mr. Davis. No sovereign in the height of his power ever witness
Hungary (Hungary) (search for this): chapter 1.65
e the unfortunate. Men do not idly erect monuments to lost causes. Fame has no trumpet for failure. The world hears not the voice of the vanquished. Yet history might teach us strange things of men who fail and causes that are lost. Genius did not keep Hannibal or Napoleon from defeat; heroism went with Joan of Arc to the stake, and Emmett to the scaffold. The eloquence of Demosthenes did not save Greece, or Cato's virtue Rome. The courage of Kosciusko availed naught for Poland, and Hungary went down for all the patriotism of Kossuth. Sometimes defeat gives a tragic pathos which lifts the commonplace into the immortal, and tenderly preserves the memory of the vanquished long after the victor has been forgotten. Since the death of Napoleon there has been no career which illustrates so dramatically the vicissitudes of fortune as that of Jefferson Davis. Born amid the rugged surroundings of a frontier State, he lived to win the triple glory of the soldier, the orator, and th
United States (United States) (search for this): chapter 1.65
ame a member of Congress in 1845, resigning the next year to serve in Mexico. Upon his return from the war he became United States Senator. He was eight years a member of the Senate, during the most brilliant epoch of its history, where he sustain resigned his seat in the Senate and went to his State and cast his lot with his people. Many another officer of the United States bent before the allegiance he acknowledged to his mother State and followed him with bleeding hearts. In spite of hi not cherish their past will never have a future worth recording. The time is even now, that the whole people of the United States are proud of the unsurpassed heroism, sacrifice, and faithfulness of the soldiers and people of the Confederacy. T75. Conyer, Luther, 315. Corcoran, W. W., 307. Crater, Battle of, 193. Cunningham, S. A., 189. Currency in 1853, U. S., 62. Dahlgren, Colonel, Ulric, 278. Daves, Major, Graham, 256. Davidson; Correspondence between Jefferson Davis a
Sharpsburg (Maryland, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.65
s, General, Daniel, 66. Ruffin, Edmond, 111. Ruffin, Julian M., 111. Sailor's Creek, Battle of, 83, 250. St Nicholas, Capture of the Federal steamer, 88. Salem Church, Action at. 100. Savannah Guard; its part at Sailor's Creek, 250. Schaller, Colonel, Frank, 277. Schuricht, Diary of Lieutenant H.; Gettysburg Campaign, 339. Secession a Constitutional right, 369. Seddon, James A., 27. Seven Days Battles. Casualties in the, 143, 262. Shady Grove, Battle of, 101. Sharpsburg, The battle of, discussed, 267; forces at the battle, 272, 331. Shelby, General, Joe, Address of, April 26, 1865, 42. Shepherdstown, Battle of, 331. Shepherd, Joseph H, 151. Shiloh, Battle of, 66; forces engaged in, and compiled account of, 119. Slatter, W. J., 309. Slaughter, General James E., 309. Slaves, Emancipation of the, 53; their conduct during the war, 54. Smith, Miss Anna M. D., 40. Smith, General, E. Kirby, 44, 51. Smith, Lieutenant-Colonel F. W., Sketc
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