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Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: The Opening Battles. Volume 1., Responsibilities of the first Bull Run. (search)
red nine sheets of letter-paper, and the ninth sheet (to quote from the original) sums up the matter in these words: My commission is made to bear such a date that my once inferiors in the service of the United States and of the Confederate States shall be above me. But it must not be dated as of the 21st of July nor be suggestive of the victory of Manassas. I return to my first position. I repeat that my right to my rank as General is established by the Acts of Congress of the 14th of March, 1861, and the 16th of May, 1861, and not by the nomination and confirmation of the 31st of August, 1861. To deprive me of that rank it was necessary for Congress to repeal those laws. That could be done by express legislative act alone. It was not done, it could not be done, by a mere vote in secret session upon a list of nominations. If the action against which I have protested be legal, it is not for me to question the expediency of degrading one who has served laboriously from the co
Varina Davis, Jefferson Davis: Ex-President of the Confederate States of America, A Memoir by his Wife, Volume 2, Chapter 14: General Johnston's correspondence. (search)
ill proceed briefly to state the grounds upon which I rest this claim. The act of the Confederate Congress of March 6, 1861, section 8, amended by that of March 14, 1861, section 2, creates the .grade of Brigadier-General as the highest rank in their service, and provides that there shall be five officers of that grade. The fsion in the army of the United States had been that of Colonel. I as resigning the higher rank in that army, was, by the provisions of the act of Congress of March 14, 1861, and the plighted faith of the Government of the Confederate States, the General first in rank in their armies. By that act and that of May 16, 1861, the ra, nor be suggestive of the victory of Manassas. I return to my first position. I repeat that my rank as General is established by the acts of Congress of March 14, 1861, and May 16, 1861. To deprive me of that rank it was necessary for Congress to repeal these laws. That could be done by express legislative act alone. It w
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Toombs, Robert 1810-1885 (search)
ry loins. He demanded the right of going into all Territories with slaves as property, and that property to be protected by the national government. You say no, he said; you and the Senate say No; the House says No; and throughout the length and breadth of your whole conspiracy against the Constitution there is one shout of No! It is the price of my allegiance. Withhold it, and you can't get my obedience. There is the philosophy of the armed men that have sprung up in this country; and I had rather see the population of my own, my native land, beneath the sod than that they should support for one hour such a government. He was expelled from the Senate on March 14, 1861; became a member of the Confederate convention at Montgomery in February, 1861; was made Secretary of State of the provisional government then established; and left the office in September and became a brigadiergeneral in the Confederate army. He died in Washington, Ga., Dec. 15, 1885. See Stephens, Alexander H.
A Roster of General Officers , Heads of Departments, Senators, Representatives , Military Organizations, &c., &c., in Confederate Service during the War between the States. (ed. Charles C. Jones, Jr. Late Lieut. Colonel of Artillery, C. S. A.), Brigadier-Generals of the Confederate States Army, alphabetically arranged. (search)
, Osage battalion, and Howell's Texas Light Battery; Subsequently assigned to command of District Indian Territory. 88Cooper, SamuelVirginiaPresident DavisMarch 14, 1861.March 14, 1861.March 14, 1861. Adjutant and Inspector-General; promoted General August 31, 1861, to take rank from May 16, 1861. 89Corse, M. D.VirginiaGen. LMarch 14, 1861.March 14, 1861. Adjutant and Inspector-General; promoted General August 31, 1861, to take rank from May 16, 1861. 89Corse, M. D.VirginiaGen. LongstreetNov. 1, 1862.Nov. 1, 1862.April 22, 1863. Brigade composed of the 15th, 17th, 29th, 30th and 32d Virginia regiments infantry, Longstreet's corps, Army of Northern Virginia. 90Cosby, George B.KentuckyGen. J. E. JohnstonApril 23, 1863.Jan. 20, 1863.April 23, 1863. Commanding cavalry brigade in General Stephen D. Lee's diviMarch 14, 1861. Adjutant and Inspector-General; promoted General August 31, 1861, to take rank from May 16, 1861. 89Corse, M. D.VirginiaGen. LongstreetNov. 1, 1862.Nov. 1, 1862.April 22, 1863. Brigade composed of the 15th, 17th, 29th, 30th and 32d Virginia regiments infantry, Longstreet's corps, Army of Northern Virginia. 90Cosby, George B.KentuckyGen. J. E. JohnstonApril 23, 1863.Jan. 20, 1863.April 23, 1863. Commanding cavalry brigade in General Stephen D. Lee's division, Department of Alabama, Mississippi and East Louisiana. 91Cox, William R.N. CarolinaGen. R. E. LeeJune 2, 1864.May 31, 1864.June 2, 1864. Brigade composed of the 2d, 4th, 14th and 30th North Carolina regiments and such portions of the 1st and 3d North Carolina regiments as escaped capture on the 12th May, 1864. 92Cox, John
Charles E. Stowe, Harriet Beecher Stowe compiled from her letters and journals by her son Charles Edward Stowe, Chapter 15: the third trip to Europe, 1859. (search)
y at all so much as I might. It was a shame of you not to give me warning before. I could have stopped at Paris so easily for you! All good be with you! Remember me devotedly to the young ladies, and believe me ever affectionately yours, J. Ruskin. In Rome Mrs. Stowe had formed a warm friendship with the Brownings, with whom she afterwards maintained a correspondence. The following letter from Mrs. Browning was written a year after their first meeting. Rome, 126 Via Felice, 14 March, 1861. My dear Mrs. Stowe,--Let me say one word first. Your letter, which would have given me pleasure if I had been in the midst of pleasures, came to me when little beside could have pleased. Dear friend, let me say it, I had had a great blow and loss in England, and you wrote things in that letter which seemed meant for me, meant to do me good, and which did me good,--the first good any letter or any talk did me; and it struck me as strange, as more than a coincidence, that your first
James Buchanan, Buchanan's administration on the eve of the rebellion, Chapter 7: (search)
ithout paying a just tribute to the vigor and perseverance of his repeated efforts to ward off from his country the direful calamity of disunion and civil war. Well did he merit the almost unanimous vote of the Virginia Convention, on the 11th March, tendering him the thanks of the people of Virginia for his recent able, zealous, and patriotic efforts in the Senate of the United States, to bring about ajust and honorable adjustment of our national difficulties. National Intelligencer, March 14, 1861. This vote, we may remark, was far from being complimentary to the conduct of a majority of their own commissioners (Messrs. Tyler, Brockenbrough, and Seddon) in the Peace Convention. In the House of Representatives, the amendment proposed by the Convention was treated with Still less respect than it had been by the Senate. Con. Globe, pp. 1331, 1332, 1333. The Speaker was refused leave even to present it. House Journal, pp. 446, 448, 449. Every effort made for this purpose was
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 11. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Correction of errors in statement of Governor Anderson, and letter of General Echols. (search)
1788 become one of the United States. Then the Army of Virginia was transferred and became a part of the army of the Confederate States. General Lee was nominated and confirmed to the highest grade then existing in the Confederate army, and to the highest rank of the officers who were transferred by Virginia, as was due to the position he held in that army. The relative rank of officers who left the Army of the United States and joined that of the Confederacy was fixed by the law of March 14th, 1861; beyond this the Executive had authority to select General officers, with the limitation that, after the army was organized, the selection must be made from the officers thereof. Brigadier-General Twiggs was the highest in rank of the officers who left the United States army to serve the Confederacy, and under our law must have had the highest rank if he had been willing to enter for the general service; he declined to do so, and was commissioned in the provisional army. So much for t
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 31. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), History of Crenshaw Battery, (search)
Jackson, John A., private, March 14, 1862; served until surrender. Johnson, T. T., commissary sergeant, March 14, 1862; served until surrender. Joiner, M. J., private, November 3, 1863. Jones, Thomas M., private, December 30, 1864. Johnson, John A., private, March 14, 1862. Johnson, Austin, private, March 14, 1862; died June 5, 1862. Knowles, Marion, private, March 14, 1862; wounded in knee at Gaines Mill, June 27, 1862; permanently disabled. Kendall, H. S., private, March 14, 1861; discharged November 15, 1862. Latham, R. G., private, March 14, 1862; served until surrender. Lumsden, H. C., private, March 14, 1862; served until surrender. Luck, Marcellus, private, March 14, 1862; served until surrender. Lee, Daniel E., private, November 17, 1863; sent forward for orders from Ford's Depot, April 2, 1865; never heard from afterwards. Lewis, John, private, April 17, 1864. Leary, Emile, private, April 10, 1864 Lewis, William T., private, December
The Daily Dispatch: March 15, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
Virginia State Convention.twenty-fifth day. Thursday, March 14, 1861. The Convention was called to order at 12 o'clock Prayer by the Rev. Mr. Baker, of Grace Church, (Episcopal.) Voice of the people. Mr. Neblett, of Lunenburg, presented a series of resolutions adopted by the citizens of his county, favoring immediate secession, opposing a Border State Convention, and repudiating the Peace Conference propositions. Mr. Kent, of Wythe, presented the proceedings of a meeting held in that county, with resolutions in favor of an immediate withdrawal of Virginia from the Union, and against the consideration of any subjects by the Convention not appertaining to National affairs. Referred to the Committee on Federal Relations. The Peace propositions. The Presidentstated the pending question to be on the motion to refer to the Committee or Federal Relations the report from the Commissioners to the Peace Conference. Mr. Tyler, of Charles City, being enti
The Daily Dispatch: March 15, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 5 (search)
General Assembly of Virginia.[Extra session.]Senate. Thursday, March 14, 1861. The Senate was called to order at 10 o'clock, Mr. Thomas, of Fairfax, in the Chair. Prayer by Rev. Mr. Brown. Bills Passed.--Senate bill to increase the pay of certain officers of the Public Guard; House bill to amend chapter 108 of the Code, concerning births, marriages and deaths. On motion of Mr. Douglass, House bill providing for payment of the Peace Commissioners was taken up, and he offered the following amendments: To insert $10 per day instead of $8; also, to give $6 per day additional to John Tyler. The amendments were agreed to, and the bill was passed unanimously.--Senate bill for the relief of the securities of Robert Chambers, Sheriff of Boone county; Senate bill to incorporate the Coal and Oil Company of Braxton county; Senate bill to incorporate the Common wealth Savings Bank, of Richmond; Senate bill to amend the charter of the Virginia Car-Spring Company; also, to amend c
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