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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 29. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Memoir of Jane Claudia Johnson. (search)
ght be given him, thus: Fortress Monroe, Va., June 6, 1865. General Townsend: General,—Shall I furnish Jefferson Davis writing material Nelson A. Miles, Brevet-Major General Volunteers. To this General Townsend replied with cautious liberality: Brevet-Major General N. Apecific purpose of accepting or declining Mr. O'Conor's offer. E. D. Townsend, Assistant Adjutant General. (121 War of Rebellion, p. 642.) General Miles, and on the 26th of May, 1866, he wrote to Adjutant-General Townsend, enclosing him a number of extracts from the papers, of won, 919): Confidential. Fort Monroe, Va., May 28, 1866. General E. D. Townsend, Assistant Adjutant-General. General,—I regret to say thth New York regiments, under the commands of Colonels Allen, Carr, Townsend, Duryea, and Bendix, respectively; the First Vermont, Fourth Massa previously. The first move of the Federals was by a portion of Townsend's Third New York regiment against the Confederate right, which was
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 29. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), The trials and trial of Jefferson Davis. (search)
too great. He asked that light be given him, thus: Fortress Monroe, Va., June 6, 1865. General Townsend: General,—Shall I furnish Jefferson Davis writing material to answer Mr. O'Conor's letter received this A. M.? Nelson A. Miles, Brevet-Major General Volunteers. To this General Townsend replied with cautious liberality: Brevet-Major General N. A. Miles, United States Volunteers. r. Davis sufficient for the specific purpose of accepting or declining Mr. O'Conor's offer. E. D. Townsend, Assistant Adjutant General. (121 War of Rebellion, p. 642.) This momentous question se articles were keenly felt by General Miles, and on the 26th of May, 1866, he wrote to Adjutant-General Townsend, enclosing him a number of extracts from the papers, of which he complained very bittewrote (221 War of the Rebellion, 919): Confidential. Fort Monroe, Va., May 28, 1866. General E. D. Townsend, Assistant Adjutant-General. General,—I regret to say that I think Surgeon Cooper is
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 29. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.20 (search)
d to break up this observation post of the Confederates, and organized an expedition for that purpose, consisting of about 4,400 men from the First, Second, Third, Fifth and Seventh New York regiments, under the commands of Colonels Allen, Carr, Townsend, Duryea, and Bendix, respectively; the First Vermont, Fourth Massachusetts, and Second United States Artillery (regulars), under Lieutenant John T. Greble, with orders to burn both Bethels; blow up if of brick (meaning Little Bethel and Big Beth pickets were driven in, and the first battle of the civil war begun at a point about thirteen miles from Yorktown, where the revolutionary war practically ended just eighty years previously. The first move of the Federals was by a portion of Townsend's Third New York regiment against the Confederate right, which was quickly driven back by the Confederate artillery and one company of the Third Virginia. More troops were brought up, and a determined effort made to carry the Confederate left