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Showing posts with label James J Pettigrew. Show all posts
Showing posts with label James J Pettigrew. Show all posts
Tuesday, April 12, 2022

Diary of Private Louis Leon: March 14, 1863

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This morning, at daybreak, cannonading was heard by us from General Pettigrew's line, which is on our left flank. We immediately fell in...
Friday, October 14, 2016

Diary of Sir Arthur James Lyon Fremantle: Friday, July 3, 1863

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At 6 A.M. I rode to the field with Colonel Manning, and went over that portion of the ground which, after a fierce contest, had been won fr...
Thursday, September 24, 2015

Diary of Judith Brockenbrough McGuire: July 19, 1863

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When shall we recover from this fatal trip into Pennsylvania? General Pettigrew, of North Carolina, fell on the retreat, at a little skirmi...
Thursday, April 16, 2015

Diary of Mary Boykin Chesnut: June 3, 1862

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Doctor John Cheves is making infernal machines in Charleston to blow the Yankees up; pretty name they have, those machines. My horses, the ...
Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Diary of Mary Boykin Chesnut: June 2, 1862

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A battle 1 is said to be raging round Richmond. I am at the Prestons’. James Chesnut has gone to Richmond suddenly on business of the Mili...
Tuesday, April 14, 2015

Diary of Judith W. McGuire: June 2, 1862

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The battle continued yesterday near the field of the day before. We gained the day! For this victory we are most thankful. The enemy were r...
Sunday, March 29, 2015

Governor Francis W. Pickens to Colonel James J. Pettigrew, December 27, 1860

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Headquarters, charleston , December 27, 1860 To Colonel J. J. Pettigrew, Sir: You are ordered to take possession of Castle Pinckney...
Tuesday, March 24, 2015

Diary of Mary Boykin Chesnut: March 17, 1862

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Back to the Congaree House to await my husband, who has made a rapid visit to the Wateree region. As we drove up Mr. Chesnut said: '”Di...
Tuesday, July 8, 2014

Major-General George G. Meade to Margaretta Sergeant Meade, July 14, 1863

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Headquarters Army Of The Potomac , July 14, 1863. I found Lee in a very strong position, intrenched. I hesitated to attack him, without...
Monday, July 1, 2013

Official Reports of the Battle of Gettysburg: No. 549 Report of Maj. Gen. Henry Heth, C. S. Army, commanding division.

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HEADQUARTERS HETH'S DIVISION, Camp near Orange Court-House, September 13 , 1863 . CAPTAIN: I have the honor to report the operati...
Sunday, June 9, 2013

Major General George B. McClellan to Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton, June 1, 1862

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FIELD OF BATTLE, June 1 , 1862 – 12 o'clo ck. Hon. E. M. STANTON, Secretary of War: We have had a desperate battle, in which ...
Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Exchanged Confederate Prisoners in Richmond

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A special dispatch from Richmond to the Atlanta Intellegencer states that Gens. Buckner, Tilgman, Mackall and Pettygrew have arrived in Rich...