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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 27. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.7 (search)
ith which to invade the Southern Confederacy, and demanded of Virginia her quota. To honor this call was to abandon her principles, join in an unconstitutional invasion of the Southern States, and inaugurate a cruel war upon their people. On the 17th of April, by a vote of 88 to 55, the convention resolved upon an ordinance repealing the act by which Virginia had entered the Union, and submitted to a popular vote of the State, at an election to be held on the 4th Thursday of the following May, the ratification or rejection of this momentous step. The sentiments of many of the Union men of the convention doubtless found expression in the declaration of John B. Baldwin, the great Union leader, who, when called upon to know what would be the course of the Union men in Virginia declared: We have no Union men in Virginia now, but those who were Union men will stand to their guns and make a fight that will shine out on the page of history as an example of what a brave people can do, af
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 27. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.14 (search)
country's call. The plat is enclosed with a wrought-iron fence, thus protecting the last resting place of many a loved one from tramp of horses and cattle and the heedless visitors, that occasionally pay a visit to this lonely spot. As we opened the gate and walked in at the south end of the half-acre enclosure, eight rows of white marble headstones came into view, each bearing a withered wreath of evergreen, placed there by members of McMean's Post of the G. A. R., on Decoration Day in May last. Every year a committee from this post, or the Toland Post, at the Soldiers' Home, near the city, visit this burial plat, and o'er the graves strew flowers and place wreaths upon the headstones of each of the 205 graves. While the duty is a sad one, it is always performed with willingness by members of the Grand Army who live here, and when the exercises of the day are held, a fitting recognition of these sleeping warriors is made by the speaker of the day, who delivers the oration of
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 27. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Confederate dead of Florida. (search)
teers. 1st Wisconsin Volunteers. 49th Iowa Volunteers. 50th Iowa Volunteers. 4th Virginia Volunteers. 4th Illinois Volunteers. Wilson Battery, Florida State Troops. Mitchel Post, G. A. R. Florida Division United Confederate Veterans. Float drawn by four gray horses, upon which were Young Ladies representing the Confederate States and the States and Indian Territory having troops in the Confederate Army, as follows: Confederate States—Miss Belle Dewson. South Carolina—Miss Mai N. Colcock. Mississippi—Miss Julia Stockton. Florida—Miss Elizabeth Legere Fleming. Alabama—Miss Kitty L. Roby. Georgia—Miss Minnie Sollee. Louisiana—Miss Marie M. Prioleau. Texas—Miss Annie Champlain. Virginia—Miss Anna Virginia Taliaferro. Arkansas—Miss Julia Cook. North Carolina—Miss Mamie Rogers. Tennessee—Miss Aline Buckman. Missouri—Miss Ruby DuPont. Kentucky—Miss Isabelle Livingston. Maryland—Miss Mary T. Fleming. Indian
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 27. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), An effort to rescue Jefferson Davis. (search)
he gallant General Wheeler to impute dereliction or disaffection in the companions of General Hampton. General Hampton's letter is published by request through a distinguished Confederate cavalry officer.—Editor. ] Daggers Springs, Va., August 16th, 1899. My Dear General,—Your absence on your patriotic mission, where you not only had the opportunity of gaining additional distinction, but availed yourself of it most gallantly, prevented an earlier answer to your article in the Century of May last. I need not tell you that, like all others of your old Confederate comrades, I have been gratified by your distinguished and brilliant success, for it has been a matter of pride to all of us that an old Confederate soldier was able to show how fields were won, and this has been a special cause of pride to me, because you ended your career as a Confederate soldier as a member of my command. All these considerations, which actuate me now in writing to you, will tend to assure you that my
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 27. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.26 (search)
about 12 o'clock noon. We left Richmond in the afternoon on the Fredericksburg road, reaching Guiney's Station after night. Tents were pitched in short order and a good night's rest obtained. The next morning (April 24th), when reville sounded we formed line in about three inches of snow. After remaining stationed a few days we were moved nearer Fredericksburg, to a point near Massaponax church, picketing the roads towards Fredericksburg. We remained in this camp until the last week in May, when General Johnson evacuated Yorktown and Peninsula and withdrew his forces to around Richmond. The commands near Fredericksburg were ordered to Richmond. When we reached Ashland we met some of our cavalry who had that day engaged the enemy on our extreme left wing. Branch's brigade and the cavalry had driven the enemy back before we reached the field. The next day we reached the Chickahominy above Richmond and camped in a low marshy piece of Woodland. The night of the 29th was a ni
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 27. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Gettysburg. (search)
rser on a river steamer, he entered, in July, 1860, upon the study of law, in the office of his brother, Louis J. Fleming, in Jacksonville, Florida. In consonance with his instincts he was also a member of a local military company—the Minute Men. In April, 1861, in the momentous call of the period, he assisted in raising a company to form a part of the Second Florida infantry, designed as a representative regiment of his State, for service in Virginia. It was organized at Pulatka, early in May, with John W. Starke as captain, C. Seton Fleming, first lieutenant, Alexander Mosely (son of ex-Governor Mosely), senior second lieutenant and John E. Caine, a native of South Carolina, as junior second lieutenant. The Second Florida infantry entered the field by going into encampment at Yorktown, Va., on the 17th September, 1861. In the sight of Yorktown, in the spring of 1862, the Second Florida, received its baptism of fire in a sortie in conjunction with the Second Mississippi batta
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 27. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.34 (search)
. Captain Page ordered his vessel cleared for action, too. He then proceeded leisurely past the two Federal vessels, his three guns keeping silent those of the enemy. Incidentally, Dr. Green told of the court martialing of Commodore Craven, referred to above by Mr. Newton. The Stonewall, shortly after the incident at Lisbon, started across the Atlantic, intending to touch at Bermuda. High winds, however, carried the vessel out of her course, and she finally anchored at Nassau early in May. Here the officers and crew were plunged into inexpressible sadness, hearing there for the first time that President Davis was in chains, President Lincoln had been assassinated, General Lee had surrendered at Appomattox, and the whole Confederate government had been crushed. It was with a sad heart that Captain Page headed for Havana, where he hoped to obtain from the Confederate agent at that place money with which to pay off his men. The agent professed to have no funds. In despair Ca