Tag Archives: Southern Historical Society Papers

Congressman Wheeler Speaks in the House on Causes of the War

Posted on April 30, 2018 by stephendavis

Jack Melton, publisher of Civil War News, often talks with me about little-known sources and items in Civil War history. Recently he pointed me to one such: a speech by Joseph Wheeler, later Confederate major general, then U. S. Representative … Continue reading →

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Another Courier’s Perspective: William Henry Jenkins and the Death of A.P. Hill

Posted on January 11, 2018 by Edward S. Alexander

Earlier this week I shared some new information discovered about William Bennett Kirkpatrick, a previously unidentified courier who relayed A.P. Hill’s last message to his Third Corps headquarters on April 2, 1865. Within the hour, Corporal John Watson Mauk shot … Continue reading →

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Identifying “Courier Kirkpatrick” on A.P. Hill’s Last Ride

Posted on January 9, 2018 by Edward S. Alexander

Lieutenant General Ambrose Powell Hill was killed in the aftermath of the successful Union attack near Petersburg on the morning of April 2, 1865. Sergeant George Washington Tucker, Jr., the general’s chief of couriers, was the only Confederate present at … Continue reading →

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