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Judith White McGuire, Diary of a southern refugee during the war, by a lady of Virginia, 1861. (search)
icularly to love and charity to our enemies. He is full of enthusiasm and zeal for our cause. His whole heart is in it, and from the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh, for he talks most delightfully and encouragingly on the subject. He says that if our ancestors had good reason for taking up arms in 1775, surely we had much better, for the oppression they suffered from the mother-country was not a tithe of the provocation we have received from the Government at Washington. June 16th, 1861. Rumours are abundant to-day of a Federal force approaching Strasburg. We are not at all credulous of the flying reports with which our ears are daily pained, and yet they make us restless and uneasy. We thank God and take courage from the little successes we have already had at Pigs Point, Acquia Creek, Fairfax Court-House, and Philippi. These are mere trifles, they say; well, so they are, but they are encouraging to our men, and show that we can hold our own. A most decided
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 2. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 93 (search)
guns near the main camp, and as guns were moving up, I ascertained that the enemy had retreated. I am now pushing on to Beverly, a part of Colonel Rosecrans's troops being now within three miles of it. Our success is complete, and almost bloodless. I doubt whether Wise and Johnson will unite and overpower me. The behavior of the troops in the action and toward the prisoners was admirable. G. B. McClellan, Major-Gen. Commanding. Statement of David L. Hart. Clarksburg, Va., June 16, 1861. The following is the statement of Mr. David L. Hart, the guide to General Rosecrans' column at the battle, which was fought on his father's farm: I was with General Rosecrans as guide at the battle of Rich Mountain. The enemy--four thousand strong — were strongly intrenched at the foot of the mountain on the west side. They had rolled whole trees from the mountain side and lapped them together, filling in with stones and earth from a trench outside. General McClellan, after rec
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 10. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Notes and Queries. (search)
are collecting the most conclusive proofs, which we will hereafter submit. Meantime we refer the reader to Colonel Preston Johnston's Life of Albert Sidney Johnston (pp. 279, 280, 282, and 291), where it is shown that Armistead was in Califonia when the war broke out — that he promptly resigned his commission as Major in the United States army--that he joined General Albert Sidney Johnston and his party in their perilous overland journey to Texas--that he bore his full share of the hardships and dangers which those noble patriots encountered in order to reach the Confederacy and tender their swords to the land that gave them birth — and that having left Los Angeles on the 16th of June, 1861, and arrived at Mesilla on the 28th of July, it was as much a physical impossibility that Armistead could have been at Manassas on the 21st of July, as it was a moral impossibility that a man of his sentiments and his high sense [of honor, could have drawn his sword against his native Virgini
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 10. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Notes and Queries. did General Armistead fight on the Federal side at First Manassas or confess when dying at Gettysburg that he had been engaged in an Unholy cause? (search)
ion from some of the soldiers to desert over to us, and then to seize the place and plunder it. But for the General's coolness on that occasion, we would in all like-lihood have left Fort Yuma behind as a heap of smoking ruins. Colonel Wm. Preston Johnston in his Life of General Albert Sidney Johnston (from which the above extracts are taken), goes on to narrate other interesting details of this journey, and (on page 291) gives an Intinerary which shows every stage of the route from June 16th, 1861, when the party left Los Angels, to July 28th when they arrived at Mesilla. If further confirmation were needed we might give other proofs, but will only submit the following letter: Safe Deposit Co., of St. Louis, 513 Locust street, St. Louis, July 20th, 1882. Rev. J. Wm. Jones, Secretary of S. H. Society: Dear Sir,--In your issue of July, I find this in your Notes and Queries: Did General Armistead fight on the Federal side at First Manassas? General A. Sidney Johnston, C
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Harper's Ferry, (search)
with about 15,000 men in June, 1861. Just at this moment commenced Wallace's dash on Romney, which frightened Johnston, and he abandoned Harper's Ferry, and moved up the valley to Winchester. Before leaving he destroyed the great bridge of the Baltimore and Ohio Railway at the Ferry with fire and gunpowder. It was 1.000 feet long. Then he spiked the heavy guns that could not be taken away, and encamped a few miles up the valley. Patterson, who was at Hagerstown, Md., pushed on, and on June 16 and 17 about 9,000 of his troops crossed the Potomac by fording it at Williamsport. These were led by Brig.-Gen. George Cadwalader, at the lead of five companies of cavalry. At that moment Patterson received orders by telegraph from General Scott, at Washington, to send to him all the regulars, horse and foot, under his (Patterson's) command, and a Rhode Island regiment. Patterson was embarrassed, and requested the general to leave the regulars with him, for he expected to hold the pos
Alfred Roman, The military operations of General Beauregard in the war between the states, 1861 to 1865, chapter 27 (search)
bted for their indefatigable and valuable assistance, night and day, during the attack, transmitting my orders in open boats with alacrity and cheerfulness to the different batteries, amid falling balls and bursting shells. Captain Wigfall was the first in Fort Sumter to receive its surrender. I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, G. T. Beauregard, Brig.-Genl. Comdg. Appendix to Chapter VI. Headquarters Department of Alexandria, Va., Manassas Junction, June 16th, 1861. Sir,—* * * * * * * * * * Can I be informed why it is that none of my communications to the War Department through the Adjutant-General's Department are answered? They are not even acknowledged. I refer more particularly to my letters of the 5th, 9th, and 12th instant. Ought my communications (reports, etc.) to be sent through General Lee or not? He is the only one from whom I receive any official orders of any importance. I beg to call your attention particularly to my
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Battles, California, 1861 (search)
t) and Volunteers. May 30: Skirmish, Keatuck CreekUNITED STATES--7th Infantry (Detachment) and Volunteers. June 2: Skirmish, Larabee's HouseUNITED STATES--4th Infantry (Detachment) and Volunteers. June 4: Skirmish, Eel River, opposite Bell SpringUNITED STATES--7th Infantry (Detachment) and Volunteers. June 8: Skirmish, Larabee's HouseUNITED STATES--4th Infantry (Detachment) and Volunteers. June 14: Skirmish, South Fork, Eel RiverUNITED STATES--4th Infantry (Detachment) and Volunteers. June 16: Skirmish, South Fork, Eel RiverUNITED STATES--4th Infantry (Detachment) and Volunteers. June 17: Skirmish, KettenshawUNITED STATES--4th Infantry (Detachment) and Volunteers. July 21: Skirmish, South Fork, Eel RiverUNITED STATES--6th Infantry (Detachment) and Volunteers. Aug. 3-12: Scout from Fort Crook, to Round ValleyUNITED STATES--1st Dragoons (Detachment Co. "F"). Aug. 5: Skirmish, Pitt ValleyUNITED STATES--1st Dragoons (Detachment Co. "F"). Aug. 15-22: Exp. from Fort Crook, to Pit
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories, Massachusetts Volunteers. (search)
ay 23-26. Jericho Ford May 23. Line of the Pamunkey May 26-28. Totopotomoy May 28-31. Cold Harbor June 1-12. Bethesda Church June 1-3. White Oak Swamp June 13. Before Petersburg June 16-18. Ordered home for muster out June 25. Mustered out July 8, 1864. Regiment lost during service 18 Officers and 175 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 83 Enlisted men by disease. Total 276. 13th Massachusetts Regiment Infantry. Organized at Fort Independence June 16, 1861. Left State for Washington, D. C., July 30. Attached to Stile's Brigade, Banks' Division, Army of the Potomac, to October, 1861. Abercrombie's Brigade, Banks' Division, to March, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Banks' 5th Army Corps and Dept. of the Shenandoah, to May, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, Dept. of the Rappahannock, to June, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army of Virginia, to September, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 1st Army Corps, A
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories, Missouri Volunteers. (search)
zed at Franklin September and October, 1861. Duty guarding railroad till January, 1862. Mustered out January 23, 1862. Knox County Regiment home Guard Infantry. Organized July, 1861, by authority of Gen. Lyon. Duty in Marion, Lewis, Clark, Scotland, Knox, Shelby, Monroe, Macon, Adair and Schuyler Counties. Action at Clapp's Ford August 14. Mustered out October, 1861. Lawrence County Regiment home Guard Infantry. Organized May 25, 1861. Accepted by Gen. Sigel June 16, 1861. Scouting and guarding trains and posts till August. Mustered out August 10, 1861. Lewis County Company home Guard Infantry. Organized June, 1861, by authority of Gen. Hardin. At St. Catherine and guarding bridges on Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad. Mustered out July 16, 1861. Lexington County Company home Guard Infantry. Organized at Lexington, Mo., August 12, 1861, by authority of Gen. Lyon. Siege and surrender of Lexington September 11-21. Mustered out at St
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories, New York Volunteers. (search)
Battle of Cedar Creek October 19. Duty in the Shenandoah Valley and in the Dept. of West Virginia till July, 1865. Mustered out July 6, 1865. Battery lost during service 4 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 13 Enlisted men by disease. Total 17. 6th New York Independent Battery Light Artillery Organized at New York City as Artillery Company K, 9th Regiment State Militia Infantry, later known as 83rd Regiment Infantry, and mustered in June 15, 1861. Left State June 16, 1861. Served with its Regiment till September 25, 1861, then detached and designated 6th Battery December 7, 1861. Attached to Stone's Division, Army of the Potomac, to December, 1861. Hooker's Division, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1862. Artillery, 2nd Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to June, 1862. Artillery Reserve, 3rd Army Corps, to December, 1862. Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac, to February, 1863. 1st Brigade, Horse Artillery, Army of the Pot
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