hide Sorting

You can sort these results in two ways:

By entity
Chronological order for dates, alphabetical order for places and people.
By position (current method)
As the entities appear in the document.

You are currently sorting in ascending order. Sort in descending order.

hide Most Frequent Entities

The entities that appear most frequently in this document are shown below.

Entity Max. Freq Min. Freq
United States (United States) 216 0 Browse Search
Stonewall Jackson 170 2 Browse Search
Jefferson Davis 162 8 Browse Search
John B. Gordon 156 2 Browse Search
Robert Edward Lee 146 6 Browse Search
Robert E. Lee 144 0 Browse Search
J. Cabell Early 122 0 Browse Search
Jackson (Mississippi, United States) 103 1 Browse Search
W. R. Grant 100 0 Browse Search
H. B. McClellan 90 0 Browse Search
View all entities in this document...

Browsing named entities in a specific section of Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 32. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones). Search the whole document.

Found 73 total hits in 35 results.

1 2 3 4
J. E. B. Stuart (search for this): chapter 1.13
than in General Order No. 16, to the Army of Northern Virginia, which says: Let every soldier remember that on his courage and fidelity depends all that makes life worth living, the freedom of his country, the honor of his people and the security of his home. Could they fight for a better cause, and has not such a cause made men superhumanly brave in all ages? Did the North produce in their respective sphere men of such extraordinary military genius as Lee, Jackson, A. S. Johnston, Stuart, Forest and Mosby? No intelligent, candid, Northern man of to-day claims that it did. When I look at the snap judgments on posterity, statues to Northern generals (though most of them are Southern men) in Washington, I wonder how posterity will treat these outrages on justice. They will not find an impartial, competent military historian that will give to one of them, except, perhaps, McClellan, one particle of military genius. These, I believe, to be the true reasons for the long-delayed
Irish (search for this): chapter 1.13
. The foreigners and negroes in the Northern army aggregated 680,-917 or 80,917 more than the total strength of the Confederate army. There were 316,424 men of Southern birth in the Northern army. Mr. Lee's figures are as follows: Northern Army. Whites from the North,2,272,333 Whites from the South,316,424 Negroes,186,017 Indians,3,530 ——— Total,2,778,304 Southern army,600,000 ——— North's numerical superiority,2,178,304 In the Northern army there were: Germans,176,800 Irish,144,200 British Americans,53,500 English,45,500 Other nationalities,74,900 Negroes,186,017 ——— Total,680,917 Total of Southern soldiers,600,000 ——— Southern men in Northern army,316,424 Foreigners,494,900 Negroes,186,017 ——— Total,997,341 Armies at the wars end. Aggregate Federal Army May 1, 1865,1,000,516 Aggregate Confederate Army May, 1865,133,433 No. in Battle.Confederates.Federals. Seven days fight,80,835115,249 Antietam,35,25587,164 Chan
Charles A. Dana (search for this): chapter 1.13
ere in the Confederate ranks during the war. Of those we do not believe one-half are alive this day. Of the 300,000 of the Confederate soldiers yet alive no man can say what proportion are wholly or in part disabled by wounds or disease. General J. A. Early, in Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume II, page 20, says This estimate is very nearly correct, and there was no better authority in the South than General Early. The American Cyclopedia (D. Appleton & Co., 1875), of which Charles A. Dana, late Assistant Secretary of War, was editor, in Volume V, page 232, says: The Adjutant-General of the Confederate army, General S. Cooper, in a statement made since the close of hostilities, estimates the entire available Confederate forces capable of active service in the field at 600,000. Of this number not more than 400,000 were enrolled at any one time, and the Confederate States never had in the field at once more than 200,000 men. The letter of General Cooper relating to t
J. William Jones (search for this): chapter 1.13
friends in that latitude have tried by every means that ingenuity could devise to disprove the claim of these Confederates that they fought against immense odds, but Mr. Lee has come back in a calm, dignified, and perfectly conclusive reply, in which he shows the accuracy of the figures he gave in his original statement. This reply, which is given below, should be widely published and preserved as a conclusive statement of relative numbers engaged in the great war between the States. J. Wm. Jones. Richmond, Va., December 27, 1904. Mr. Lee's reply to his critics. Messrs. Editors,—Several months ago you published some Civil war statistics prepared by me. These have been widely republished and much criticised. Will you kindly publish my authorities for these figures? The statement most objected to is the totol number of enlistments in the Confederate army; that is, 600,000 men. The New York Tribune never, to my knowledge, said anything kind or generous about the S
Stonewall Jackson (search for this): chapter 1.13
uld not be better stated than in General Order No. 16, to the Army of Northern Virginia, which says: Let every soldier remember that on his courage and fidelity depends all that makes life worth living, the freedom of his country, the honor of his people and the security of his home. Could they fight for a better cause, and has not such a cause made men superhumanly brave in all ages? Did the North produce in their respective sphere men of such extraordinary military genius as Lee, Jackson, A. S. Johnston, Stuart, Forest and Mosby? No intelligent, candid, Northern man of to-day claims that it did. When I look at the snap judgments on posterity, statues to Northern generals (though most of them are Southern men) in Washington, I wonder how posterity will treat these outrages on justice. They will not find an impartial, competent military historian that will give to one of them, except, perhaps, McClellan, one particle of military genius. These, I believe, to be the true rea
Alexander H. Stephens (search for this): chapter 1.13
nd fed, still it does not prove they were less brave, for they came from the same race of people; but it does prove they were without a cause and without leaders. A great leader will incite men to brave actions even in a bad cause, but a noble cause will incite them to brave action without a leader. The attempt was made to convince the North that they fought for the Union, and some think so even now, but the truth is, if the Northern leaders had loved the Union as devotedly as did Davis, Stephens, Lee and the Johnstons war would have been impossible. What the North did fight for was a fanatical frenzy on the part of its leaders to free the negroes, in which nine-tenths of the men felt no interest, and on the part of the politicians and contractors to feather their nests. On the other hand, the cause of the South could not be better stated than in General Order No. 16, to the Army of Northern Virginia, which says: Let every soldier remember that on his courage and fidelity dep
J. A. Early (search for this): chapter 1.13
re in the Confederate ranks during the war. Of those we do not believe one-half are alive this day. Of the 300,000 of the Confederate soldiers yet alive no man can say what proportion are wholly or in part disabled by wounds or disease. General J. A. Early, in Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume II, page 20, says This estimate is very nearly correct, and there was no better authority in the South than General Early. The American Cyclopedia (D. Appleton & Co., 1875), of which Charles General Early. The American Cyclopedia (D. Appleton & Co., 1875), of which Charles A. Dana, late Assistant Secretary of War, was editor, in Volume V, page 232, says: The Adjutant-General of the Confederate army, General S. Cooper, in a statement made since the close of hostilities, estimates the entire available Confederate forces capable of active service in the field at 600,000. Of this number not more than 400,000 were enrolled at any one time, and the Confederate States never had in the field at once more than 200,000 men. The letter of General Cooper relating to t
Editors (search for this): chapter 1.13
e claim of these Confederates that they fought against immense odds, but Mr. Lee has come back in a calm, dignified, and perfectly conclusive reply, in which he shows the accuracy of the figures he gave in his original statement. This reply, which is given below, should be widely published and preserved as a conclusive statement of relative numbers engaged in the great war between the States. J. Wm. Jones. Richmond, Va., December 27, 1904. Mr. Lee's reply to his critics. Messrs. Editors,—Several months ago you published some Civil war statistics prepared by me. These have been widely republished and much criticised. Will you kindly publish my authorities for these figures? The statement most objected to is the totol number of enlistments in the Confederate army; that is, 600,000 men. The New York Tribune never, to my knowledge, said anything kind or generous about the South, and, therefore, what it says in support of that section may be received as authentic. I
British Americans (search for this): chapter 1.13
negroes in the Northern army aggregated 680,-917 or 80,917 more than the total strength of the Confederate army. There were 316,424 men of Southern birth in the Northern army. Mr. Lee's figures are as follows: Northern Army. Whites from the North,2,272,333 Whites from the South,316,424 Negroes,186,017 Indians,3,530 ——— Total,2,778,304 Southern army,600,000 ——— North's numerical superiority,2,178,304 In the Northern army there were: Germans,176,800 Irish,144,200 British Americans,53,500 English,45,500 Other nationalities,74,900 Negroes,186,017 ——— Total,680,917 Total of Southern soldiers,600,000 ——— Southern men in Northern army,316,424 Foreigners,494,900 Negroes,186,017 ——— Total,997,341 Armies at the wars end. Aggregate Federal Army May 1, 1865,1,000,516 Aggregate Confederate Army May, 1865,133,433 No. in Battle.Confederates.Federals. Seven days fight,80,835115,249 Antietam,35,25587,164 Chancellorsville,57,21213
T. Herbert Davis (search for this): chapter 1.13
lothed and fed, still it does not prove they were less brave, for they came from the same race of people; but it does prove they were without a cause and without leaders. A great leader will incite men to brave actions even in a bad cause, but a noble cause will incite them to brave action without a leader. The attempt was made to convince the North that they fought for the Union, and some think so even now, but the truth is, if the Northern leaders had loved the Union as devotedly as did Davis, Stephens, Lee and the Johnstons war would have been impossible. What the North did fight for was a fanatical frenzy on the part of its leaders to free the negroes, in which nine-tenths of the men felt no interest, and on the part of the politicians and contractors to feather their nests. On the other hand, the cause of the South could not be better stated than in General Order No. 16, to the Army of Northern Virginia, which says: Let every soldier remember that on his courage and fid
1 2 3 4