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Alfred Roman, The military operations of General Beauregard in the war between the states, 1861 to 1865, Chapter 48: (search)
nville had proved to General Beauregard that the spirit of the Confederate troops was unbroken, and that, with approximate equality in numbers, those troops could achieve victory. It was now plain that the grand drama which had lasted for four years was fast drawing to an end. But he resolved, nevertheless, not to relax his efforts to uphold the cause until the last hour. On his return to Greensboroa, General Beauregard was greeted with kindness by its leading citizens, especially ex-Governor Morehead, whose hospitality he accepted, for himself and staff, during the remainder of his stay in that town. A system of light defensive works was now devised by General Beauregard for the protection of Greensboroa, which had become an important depot of supplies. The troops temporarily detained there were called out to construct these defences, in which he caused to be placed a few field-pieces, procured from Hillsboroa, where they then lay, unsupplied with horses and of no use. The
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories, Maryland Volunteers. (search)
Maryland Volunteers. 1st Maryland Regiment Cavalry Organized at Baltimore and Williamsport, Md., Pittsburg, Pa., and Washington, D. C., August, 1861, to June, 1862. Companies A, B, C, D, E and F organized at Baltimore, Md. Company G organized at Pittsburg, Pa., as Patterson's Union Cavalry April 5, 1861. Companies H and I organized in Washington and Allegheny Counties, Pa. Company K organized at Allegheny City, Pa., as Morehead's Cavalry Company August 19, 1861. Companies L and M organized at Washington, D. C., May, 1862. Companies G, H, I and K were attached to 1st Virginia Union Cavalry August, 1861, to January, 1862, when assigned to 1st Maryland Cavalry. Regiment attached to Dix's Command, Baltimore, Md., to March, 1862 (Cos. A, B, C, D, E and F ). Department of West Virginia to March, 1862 (Cos. G, H, I, K ). (Co. K ordered to Washington, D. C., August 19, 1861. Attached to Landers' Command, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1862. Duty at Williamspo
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Harvard Memorial Biographies, 1865. (search)
ed. I hope I and the regiment will behave well. I think we shall. On the next day the regiment set out on an expedition. While marching in the dark they were attacked, and a short but sharp action took place, in which our sergeant was for the first time under fire. He bore himself bravely and with a coolness that was creditable to so young a recruit. A few days later he writes:— The interest of our life has fizzled out, and we are not to go on the expedition which is now at Morehead. . . . . We and the Fifth Rhode Island are left behind. Is it not rough to lose the honor of having Charleston on our flags? And again:— O, do not think of giving up! How can one? I had rather fight forever than go back and be what we must be. As the winter wore away it became evident that he would not be willing to leave the service; and as the term of his enlistment drew towards its close, his appeals for a place in the artillery or cavalry became more earnest. In respon
George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard), Chapter 9: (search)
roken, but still as lady-like and gentle as ever, and with one of those beautiful faces of old age whose beauty consists in their moral expression. Her very intelligent and excellent daughter devotes herself wholly to her. We dined with the Rev. Mr. Ramsay Dean Ramsay, author of Reminiscences of Scottish Life, etc. and Mrs. Ramsay; the latter being our old Boston acquaintance, Miss Cochrane. Mr. Sinclair and Mr. Territ, the two preachers in the old church that was Dr. Alison's and Dr. Morehead's, . . . . were of the party; Miss Sinclair, the daughter of the famous Sir John, and herself an authoress, Authoress of Modem Accomplishments, Modern Society, etc. Mr. Forbes, brother of the late Sir William, and one or two others, were there. Forbes is an intelligent, spirited, accomplished gentleman, upon whom much reliance is placed that the Edinburgh monument to Sir Walter Scott shall be what it ought to be; but the rest were a sort of Tory and high Orthodox clique, whose talk
George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard), chapter 30 (search)
ngo del, II. 256 note. Monteagle, Lord, II. 363, 366, 371, 380. Montebello, Duc and Duchesse de, II. 35. Montgomery, James, I 440, 441. Montgomery, Mrs., I. 386. Monticello, I. 30; visits, 34-38. Montijo. See Teba. Montmorency, Duc Mathieu de, I. 304 and note. Montmorency-Laval. See Laval. Moore, Thomas, I. 420, 422, 425. Moore's Charity School, Elisha Ticknor head of, I. 1; connected with Dartmouth College, 2. Moratin, L. F., I. 252. Moreau, General, 1. 488. Morehead, Rev. Dr., I. 280, 414. Morgan, Lady, I. 425, II. 178. Morley, First Earl of, I. 407, II. 181; Countess of, I. 407, II. 181, 384. Morley, Second Earl of, 11. 366, 372; Countess of, 372. Morley, Third Earl of, II. 482. Mornington, Countess of, 1. 295, 296. Morpeth, Viscount, II. 197. See Carlisle, Earl of. Morris, Gouverneur, I. 256. Morris, Rev. Mr., II. 396. Morrow, Governor, I. 372. Mortemart, Viscomnte and Viscomtesse de, II 61, 66. Mos, Marquesa de, I. 207.
James Buchanan, Buchanan's administration on the eve of the rebellion, Chapter 7: (search)
and vitally important section, as amended. Ibid., p. 70. This section, on which all the rest depended, was negatived by a vote of eight States to eleven. Those which voted in its favor were Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Tennessee. And those in the negative were Connecticut, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, Missouri, New York, North Carolina, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Virginia. It is but justice to say that Messrs Ruffin and Morehead, of North Carolina, and Messrs. Rives and Summers, of Virginia, two of. the five commissioners from each of these States, declared their dissent from the vote of their respective States. So, also, did Messrs. Bronson, Corning, Dodge, Wool, and Granger, five of the eleven New York commissioners, dissent from the vote of their State. On the other hand, Messrs. Meredith and Wilmot, two of the seven commissioners from Pennsylvania, dissented from the majority in voting in favor of the section
D. H. Hill, Jr., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 4, North Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 12: (search)
onel Stagg's rear cut off and captured. Gordon's cavalry brigade attacked, near James City, on the 10th, the front of a cavalry force while General Stuart led Young's brigade to make a flank attack. The Federals were driven into James City, but Stuart found the cavalry and infantry there too strong for his force, and he made no attack. On the 11th of October, the Fourth North Carolina cavalry dispersed a cavalry force at Culpeper Court House. In this charge, Colonel Ferebee and Adjutant Morehead of the Fifth were wounded, and Lieutenants Baker of the Second and Benton of the Fourth were killed. On the same day, Gen. W. H. F. Lee with his cavalry force and Johnston's North Carolina brigade commanded by Colonel Garrett of the Fifth regiment, opposed the crossing of Buford's cavalry division at Morton's and Raccoon fords. The brigades of Buford that had crossed over were driven back. The Fifth, Twenty-third and five companies of the Twelfth regiment, under Colonel Garrett, cr
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)
re upon all who did not halt. While thus engaged his horse was shot under him, and he narrowly escaped with his life. He was commissioned brigadier-general in September, 1862, and was assigned the Thirty-second regiment, commanded by Brabble, who perished amid the wild glare of battle at Spotsylvania; the Forty-third by Kenan, wounded and captured at Gettysburg, but restored to us, and here to-day, thank God, to gladden these melancholy days by his delicious presence; the Forty-fifth by Morehead, who lingered and died at Martinsburg, West Virginia, ministered unto by the saintly and heroic women, who carried the standard of the Confederacy in their hands and the cross of heaven in their precious hearts (afterwards by Boyd, wounded and captured upon the tempestuous slopes of Gettysburg, exchanged to die, near Hanover, in May, 1864); the Fifty-third by Owen, whose heroic soul went up to God from the summit of the mountain at Snicker's Gap; the Second North Carolina battalion by Andre
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 34. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.29 (search)
advance was to be made. He could only conjecture, what we know now with certainty, that Stone's plan was for Baker to break and drive the Confederate left so that when they are pushed, Gorman (at Edwards' Ferry) can come in on their flank. Stone's strategy was good, but Baker's tactics very bad. Evans had previously ordered Lieutenant-Colonel Jenifer, with four companies from the Mississippi regiments and three Virginia cavalry companies, under Captains W. B. Ball, W. W. Mead and Lieutenant Morehead, in all 320 men, to the support of Captain Duff, and to hold the enemy in check until his plan of attack should be developed. About 11 o'clock Devens again advanced, but was met in strong contention by Jenifer's people for about an hour, when the Federals retired. In his report Jenifer speaks in highest praise of the Mississippi companies and the Virginia cavalrymen, who fought dismounted by their side, because of the fences, ravines and thickets in that part of the field. In the
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 1. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book IV:—the first autumn. (search)
n troops. But the two chambers answered him on the 12th by requesting the Federal government to protect Kentucky against the invaders, and by conferring the command of the home-guards upon General Anderson. That officer immediately took up his quarters at Louisville, to organize the militia assembled at Camp Joe Holt, in the neighborhood of that city, and which General Rousseau had already begun to drill. The conflict had commenced in Kentucky. One of the chiefs of the secession party, Mr. Morehead, was arrested in Louisville and sent to Fort Lafayette; the rest took refuge with the Confederate armies. Among them might be seen Mr. Breckinridge, Vice-President of the republic under Mr. Buchanan, a skilful and bold politician, but who, under the Confederate uniform, made but a poor general; Humphrey Marshall, the brilliant cavalry colonel of the Mexican war; finally, John Morgan, who was soon to make himself known as the bravest and most daring of guerilla chiefs. While Anderson w
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