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Showing posts with label Philip St Geo Cooke. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Philip St Geo Cooke. Show all posts
Monday, April 18, 2016

Diary of William Howard Russell: May 12, 1861

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Mr. Forsyth had been good enough to invite me to an excursion down the Bay of Mobile, to the forts built by Uncle Sam and his French engine...
Tuesday, May 26, 2015

Diary of Mary Brockenbrough Newton: June 18, 1862

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Our guard in full force to-day. It is so absurd to see the great fellows on their horses, armed from head to foot, with their faces turned ...
Saturday, April 18, 2015

Diary of Judith W. McGuire: June 15, 1862

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General Stuart has just returned to camp after a most wonderful and successful raid. He left Richmond two or three days ago with a portion ...
Monday, November 17, 2014

Captain Charles Russell Lowell III to Charles Russell Lowell Jr., January 23, 1862

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Jan. 23, '62. I don't know whether the newspapers, which have so many facts to telegraph, have said anything about the rainy, m...
Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Brigadier General Thomas J. Jackson to Mary Anna Morrison Jackson, October 1, 1861

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CAMP NEAR FAIRFAX COURT-HOUSE, Oct. 1st. Yesterday I rode down to the station, and while there President Davis, very unexpectedly to me...
Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Since the breaking out of the rebellion . . .

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. . . the southern confederacy have lost the following named rebel Generals: Major Gen. David E. Twiggs, resigned. Brigadier Gen. Henry B. J...