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Leonidas Polk (search for this): chapter 5
ed General Bragg, who then shook hands with General Polk, the officers of their respective Staffs, appear before the civil court next October. General Polk and his officers were all much vexed at thet he will. In the evening, after dark, General Polk drew my attention to the manner in which thheavy skirmishing all day. I got out of General Polk the story of his celebrated adventure with 's. The modest yet graphic manner in which General Polk related this wonderful instance of coolnessIf these lines should ever meet the eyes of General Polk, 1 hope he will forgive me if I have made awo other infantry brigades. After dark, General Polk got a message from Cheetham, to say that th it without a struggle. I took leave of General Polk before I turned in. His kindness and hospit corps d'armee 40,000. But I know that neither Polk nor Hardee have got any thing like that number.ritish army. All the Generals-Johnston, Bragg, Polk, Hardee, Longstreet, and Lee — are thorough sol[8 more...]
Waltham Abbey (search for this): chapter 5
es. The Augusta powder-mills and arsenal were then commenced, and no less than 7,000 lbs. of powder are now made every day in the powder manufactory. The cost to the Government of making the powder is only four cents a pound. The saltpetre (nine-tenths of which runs the blockade from England) cost formerly seventy-five cents, but has latterly been more expensive. In the construction of the powder-mills, Colonel Rains told me he had been much indebted to a pamphlet by Major Bradley of Waltham Abbey. At the cannon foundry, one Napoleon 12-pounder is turned out every two days; but it is hoped very soon that one of these guns may be finished daily. The guns are made of a metal recently invented by the Austrians, and recommended to the Confederate Government by Mr. Mason. They are tested by a charge of ten pounds of powder, and by loading them to the muzzle with bolts. Two hundred excellent mechanics are exempted from the conscription, to be employed at the mills. The wonderful
A. P. Hill (search for this): chapter 5
tities of horses, mules, wagons, beeves, and other necessaries; he is now at or beyond Carlisle, laying the country under contribution, and making Pennsylvania support the war, instead of poor, used-up, and worn-out Virginia. The corps of Generals A. P. Hill and Longstreet are now near this place, all full of confidence and in high spirits. 28th June, 1863 (Sunday). No officer or soldier under the rank of a general is allowed into Chambersburg without a special order from General Lee, whccused him of any of the greater ones. He generally wears a well-worn long gray jacket, a high black felt hat, and blue trousers tucked into his Wellington boots. I never saw him carry arms I never saw either Lee or Longstreet carry arms. A. P. Hill generally wears a sword. ; and the only mark of his military rank are the three staff on his collar. He rides a handsome horse, which is extremely well groomed. He himself is very neat in his dress and person, and in the most arduous marches
Pope (search for this): chapter 5
Orleans, and that his two sisters had been turned, neck and crop, into the streets there, with only one trunk, which they had been forced to carry themselves. Every one was afraid to give them shelter, except an Englishwoman, who protected them until they could get out of the city. Talking of the just admiration which the English newspapers accorded to Stonewall Jackson, he expressed, however, his astonishment that they should have praised so highly his strategic skill in outmanueuvring Pope at Manassas, and Hooker at Chancellorsville, totally ignoring that in both cases the movements were planned and ordered by General Lee, for whom (Mr. Benjamin said) Jackson had the most childlike reverence. Mr. Benjamin complained of Mr. Russell of the Times for holding him up to fame as a gambler --a story which he understood Mr. Russell had learnt from Mr. Charles Sumner at Washington. But even supposing that this was really the case, Mr. Benjamin was of opinion that such a revelation
John Brown (search for this): chapter 5
great gallantry, was one of the few victims to yellow fever last year. The Yankees attacked the fort three times with much bravery and determination, and actually reached the superior slope of the parapet before they were driven back. They were within an ace of being successful; and although they deserved great credit for their behavior on that occasion, yet it is understood that the officer who organized the attack has either been dismissed the service or otherwise punished. Lieutenant-colonel Brown, the commandant, who showed me over the fort and bomb-proofs, is quite young, full of zeal, and most anxious to be attacked; he has — artillerymen to man this and the neighboring works, and two regiments of infantry are also encamped within a short distance. At the time of the attack on Charleston last April, there were 30,000 men to defend it; since that time 20,000 had been sent into Mississippi to reinforce Johnston. I imagine that, as the fortifications are so very extensi
Lincoln (search for this): chapter 5
charming widow, for whom I had brought a letter from her only son, aid-de-camp to General Magruder, in Texas. Mrs. S-- is clever and agreeable. She is a highly patriotic Southerner; but she told me that she had stuck fast to the Union until Lincoln's proclamation calling out 75,000 men to coerce the South, which converted her and such a number of others into strong Secessionists. I spent a very pleasant evening with Mrs. S -- , who had been much in England, and had made a large acquaintanhat their own troops have been for two years treating Southern towns with ten times more harshness. They are the most unpatrioti people I ever saw, and openly state that they don't care which side wins, provided they are left alone. They abuse Lincoln tremendously. Of course, in such a large army as this there must be many instances of bad characters, who are always ready to plunder and pillage whenever they can do so without being caught: the stragglers, also, who remain behind when the
Dupont (search for this): chapter 5
merous creeks, burning and devastating every thing. He said that when he became acquainted with the habits of one of these critturs, he arranged an ambuscade for her, and with the assistance of his fancy Irishman (Captain Mitchell), he captured her. This was the case with the steamer Stono, a short time since, which, having been caught in this manner by the army, was lost by the navy shortly afterwards off Sullivan's Island. News has just been received that Commodore Foote is to succeed Dupont in the command of the blockading squadron. Most of these officers appeared to rejoice in this change, as they say Foote is younger, and likely to show more sport than the venerable Dupont. 15th June, 1863 (Monday). I called on General Beaure. gard to say good-by. Before parting, he told me that his official orders, both from the Government and from the Town-Council, were, that he was to allow Charleston to be laid in ashes sooner than surrender it; the Confederates being unanimous
Bradley (search for this): chapter 5
he Southern States. The Augusta powder-mills and arsenal were then commenced, and no less than 7,000 lbs. of powder are now made every day in the powder manufactory. The cost to the Government of making the powder is only four cents a pound. The saltpetre (nine-tenths of which runs the blockade from England) cost formerly seventy-five cents, but has latterly been more expensive. In the construction of the powder-mills, Colonel Rains told me he had been much indebted to a pamphlet by Major Bradley of Waltham Abbey. At the cannon foundry, one Napoleon 12-pounder is turned out every two days; but it is hoped very soon that one of these guns may be finished daily. The guns are made of a metal recently invented by the Austrians, and recommended to the Confederate Government by Mr. Mason. They are tested by a charge of ten pounds of powder, and by loading them to the muzzle with bolts. Two hundred excellent mechanics are exempted from the conscription, to be employed at the mill
Venables (search for this): chapter 5
ommanderin-chief; but as he was evidently engaged I did not join him, although I gave my letter of introduction to one of his Staff. Shortly afterwards, I presented myself to Mr. Lawley, with whom I became immediately great friends. The Honorable F. Lawley, author of the admirable letters from the Southern States, which appeared in the Times news paper. He introduced me to General Chilton, the Adjutant-general of the army, to Colonel Cole, the Quartermaster-general, to Major Taylor, Captain Venables, and other officers of General Lee's Staff; and he suggested, as the headquarters were so busy and crowded, that he and I should ride to Winchester at once, and afterwards ask for hospitality from the less busy Staff of General Longstreet. I was also introduced to Captain Schreibert, of the Prussian army, who is a guest sometimes of General Lee and sometimes of General Stuart of the cavalry. He had been present at one of the late severe cavalry skirmishes, which have been of constant
Jefferson Davis (search for this): chapter 5
ement of this war, with his usual perspicacity, President Davis selected Colonel Rains as the most competent pe Fort Sumter. Our party consisted of an invalid General Davis, a Congressman named Nutt, Captain Feilden, the re Gen. Jordan, Chief of the Staff to Beauregard; Gen. Davis, Mr. Nutt, and Col. Rhett, of Fort Sumter. Thelatoo — the first I had tasted in the Confederacy. Mrs. Davis was unfortunately unwell and unable to see me. Mr. Jefferson Davis struck me as looking older than I expected. He is only fifty-six, but his face is emaciautrality laws had pressed hard upon the South; and Mr. Davis asserted that the pressure might have been equalizon. While walking home, Mr. Benjamin told me that Mr. Davis's military instincts still predominate, and that hy travels, many people have remarked to me that Jefferson Davis seems in a peculiar manner adapted for his offi his opinion with regard to appointing an officer, Mr. Davis is always most determined to carry out his intenti
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