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CIVIL WAR, Confederacy, N. Carolina & Va. ƒ?? Col. C. F. COLLIER. ƒ?? H. B. GRIGSBY. Discourse on
CIVIL WAR, Confederacy, North Carolina & Virginia. – Col. Charles Fenton COLLIER (1828-1899). – Hugh Blair GRIGSBY (1806-1881, author).
Discourse on the Life and Character of the Hon. Littelton Waller Tazewell. Delivered in the Freemason Street Baptist Church, before the Bar of Norfolk, Virginia, and the citizens generally, on the 29th day of June, 1860. By Hugh Blair Grigsby. Norfolk: published by J.D. Ghiselin, jun., 1860. Octavo (9 x 5 3/4in; 229 x 146mm). Pp. [1-] 4-123 [-124] + [i-iv publisher’s ads]. With a full-page of penciled notes at the back, relating to a late-May 1861 military inspection of Fort Macon and the adjacent islands, etc. by Brig. Gen. Grayson, accompanied by ‘his aide Col. Collier’. (Some light dampstaining, light toning). Original light purple cloth, blocked in blind, upper cover lettered in gilt, cream glazed endpapers (faded, extremities rubbed and bumped, light old dampstaining to lower cover). Provenance: C.F. Collier (inscription “Presented to Col. Collier / by / Anne E. T. Bradford”); Frances Collier (inscription: “Miss Fannie Collier / Petersburg / Virginia”).
Presentation copy, inscribed by the subject’s daughter, Anne Elizabeth (Tazewell) Bradford.“Littleton Waller Tazewell (December 17, 1774 – May 6, 1860) was a Virginia lawyer, plantation owner and politician who served as U.S. Representative, U.S. Senator and the 26thGovernor of Virginia, as well as a member of the Virginia House of Delegates.“ (wikipedia)
A rare and interesting work – the eulogy of an ex-Governor of Virginia. Extra interest is added by the intriguing page of penciled notes at the back. It is not clear who wrote these, but a supposition is that they are actually an eyewitness record by Col Collier of the actions taken by Walter Gwyn, in his capacity as Brigadier General in the North Carolina Militia, inspecting the Northern Coast Defenses of North Carolina from Fort Macon to Cape Hatteras. According to “Eminent and Repesentative Men of Virginia and the District of Columbia” Collier served as “assistant adjutant-general on Gen Gwyn’s staff” in the Virginia state troops. The note below shows that accompanied Gwynn when he transferred to North Carolina. Collier’s subsequent army career was exemplary, and after the war he returned to Petersburg, Virginia, where he served six terms as mayor.
The notes at the back read:“Genl Gwynn resigned 3 o’clock 23rd of / May 1861 to take effect ½ 6 am 24th at which time / he left Norf[o]lk for Raleigh – arrived in R. that / afternoon accompanied by his aide – Col. Collier / Next morning , 25th was appointed Brig Genl of / the State of N.C. forces. On Sabbath at 7 o’clock / left with Col. C attending to examine the / coast defences of the state – stopped at Goldsbo / gh – to dinner in Ana…. – to Morehead City / The night 26th. On Monday 27th went across / from Morehead City to Ft. Macon – found C in C / C C Z… in command. Dined with him. Ex-/ amined the fortifications and noted its de- / fects and difficulties of supplies. Re- / turned on Atlantic & N.C. R. R. to Newburn, / where we spent the night, and after / breakfast (having reported to Gov Ellis) / We left Newbern on board the Schooner Is / abel bound for Ocracook [sic.] – Anchored the / night 28th in Pamplies Sound 4 miles from / Beacon Island. Capt Wallace sent in the / Gall boat 5 o’clock in the morning of the 29th / to the island, where a steam boat was at the / wharf on the Island opposite. Capt Wallace / returned to the Isabel & was piloted to Beacon / Island. The Genl had an interview with / Col Morris in command at Beacon Is / land. //// /// //// The Genl [sic.] retained the / … of ……. Respecting the ……. & took / charge of …. …. . He left at ½ 10 o’clock / for Hateras Inlet. Capt Osgood , a native of / Maine. Bear South 37 – “
Best known as a railroad engineer of international renown, at ‘the start of the Civil War, Walter Gwynn was a major in the engineers of the South Carolina Militia. At the request of the governor, he had accepted the commission and was instrumental in the planning of the attack on Fort Sumter in early 1861 as a member of the Ordnance Board. He was later charged with constructing batteries at various strategic points in Charleston Harbor, facing Fort Sumter. On April 10, 1861, he accepted a commission as major general of the Virginia Militia and was directed by Virginia governor John Letcher to assume command of the defenses around Norfolk and Portsmouth until mid-May. Working with Gwynn at Norfolk was William Mahone, who was the president of the Norfolk and Petersburg Railroad. Working under Gwynn's authority, Mahone (who was still a civilian) helped bluff the Federal troops into abandoning the Gosport Shipyard in Portsmouth by running a single passenger train into Norfolk with great noise and whistle-blowing, then much more quietly, sending it back west, and then returning the same train again, creating the illusion of large numbers of arriving troops to the Federals listening in Portsmouth across the Elizabeth River (and just barely out of sight). The ruse worked, and not a single Confederate soldier was lost as the Union authorities abandoned the area, and retreated to Fort Monroe across Hampton Roads.. In 1861, Gwynn oversaw construction of defensive fortifications at Sewell's Point, which was across the mouth of Hampton Roads from Fort Monroe at Old Point Comfort. He also participated in the Battle of Big Bethel during the Blockade of the Chesapeake Bay.
Gwynn also served as a brigadier general in the Virginia Provisional Army and then brigadier general in the North Carolina Militia, commanding the Northern Coast Defenses of North Carolina. All of these general-officer assignments were in the spring and summer of 1861.
By August he joined the Confederate States Army as a major of engineers and was promoted to colonel on October 9, 1862. (Fellow railroader Mahone also joined the Confederate Army, eventually achieving the rank of major general after becoming the so-called 'Hero of the Battle of the Crater,' which took place near Petersburg in 1864.)’ (wikpedia)
Norfolk, Va.
1860
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CIVIL WAR, Confederacy, North Carolina & Virginia. – Col. Charles Fenton COLLIER (1828-1899). – Hugh Blair GRIGSBY (1806-1881, author).
Discourse on the Life and Character of the Hon. Littelton Waller Tazewell. Delivered in the Freemason Street Baptist Church, before the Bar of Norfolk, Virginia, and the citizens generally, on the 29th day of June, 1860. By Hugh Blair Grigsby. Norfolk: published by J.D. Ghiselin, jun., 1860. Octavo (9 x 5 3/4in; 229 x 146mm). Pp. [1-] 4-123 [-124] + [i-iv publisher’s ads]. With a full-page of penciled notes at the back, relating to a late-May 1861 military inspection of Fort Macon and the adjacent islands, etc. by Brig. Gen. Grayson, accompanied by ‘his aide Col. Collier’. (Some light dampstaining, light toning). Original light purple cloth, blocked in blind, upper cover lettered in gilt, cream glazed endpapers (faded, extremities rubbed and bumped, light old dampstaining to lower cover). Provenance: C.F. Collier (inscription “Presented to Col. Collier / by / Anne E. T. Bradford”); Frances Collier (inscription: “Miss Fannie Collier / Petersburg / Virginia”).
Presentation copy, inscribed by the subject’s daughter, Anne Elizabeth (Tazewell) Bradford.“Littleton Waller Tazewell (December 17, 1774 – May 6, 1860) was a Virginia lawyer, plantation owner and politician who served as U.S. Representative, U.S. Senator and the 26thGovernor of Virginia, as well as a member of the Virginia House of Delegates.“ (wikipedia)
A rare and interesting work – the eulogy of an ex-Governor of Virginia. Extra interest is added by the intriguing page of penciled notes at the back. It is not clear who wrote these, but a supposition is that they are actually an eyewitness record by Col Collier of the actions taken by Walter Gwyn, in his capacity as Brigadier General in the North Carolina Militia, inspecting the Northern Coast Defenses of North Carolina from Fort Macon to Cape Hatteras. According to “Eminent and Repesentative Men of Virginia and the District of Columbia” Collier served as “assistant adjutant-general on Gen Gwyn’s staff” in the Virginia state troops. The note below shows that accompanied Gwynn when he transferred to North Carolina. Collier’s subsequent army career was exemplary, and after the war he returned to Petersburg, Virginia, where he served six terms as mayor.
The notes at the back read:“Genl Gwynn resigned 3 o’clock 23rd of / May 1861 to take effect ½ 6 am 24th at which time / he left Norf[o]lk for Raleigh – arrived in R. that / afternoon accompanied by his aide – Col. Collier / Next morning , 25th was appointed Brig Genl of / the State of N.C. forces. On Sabbath at 7 o’clock / left with Col. C attending to examine the / coast defences of the state – stopped at Goldsbo / gh – to dinner in Ana…. – to Morehead City / The night 26th. On Monday 27th went across / from Morehead City to Ft. Macon – found C in C / C C Z… in command. Dined with him. Ex-/ amined the fortifications and noted its de- / fects and difficulties of supplies. Re- / turned on Atlantic & N.C. R. R. to Newburn, / where we spent the night, and after / breakfast (having reported to Gov Ellis) / We left Newbern on board the Schooner Is / abel bound for Ocracook [sic.] – Anchored the / night 28th in Pamplies Sound 4 miles from / Beacon Island. Capt Wallace sent in the / Gall boat 5 o’clock in the morning of the 29th / to the island, where a steam boat was at the / wharf on the Island opposite. Capt Wallace / returned to the Isabel & was piloted to Beacon / Island. The Genl had an interview with / Col Morris in command at Beacon Is / land. //// /// //// The Genl [sic.] retained the / … of ……. Respecting the ……. & took / charge of …. …. . He left at ½ 10 o’clock / for Hateras Inlet. Capt Osgood , a native of / Maine. Bear South 37 – “
Best known as a railroad engineer of international renown, at ‘the start of the Civil War, Walter Gwynn was a major in the engineers of the South Carolina Militia. At the request of the governor, he had accepted the commission and was instrumental in the planning of the attack on Fort Sumter in early 1861 as a member of the Ordnance Board. He was later charged with constructing batteries at various strategic points in Charleston Harbor, facing Fort Sumter. On April 10, 1861, he accepted a commission as major general of the Virginia Militia and was directed by Virginia governor John Letcher to assume command of the defenses around Norfolk and Portsmouth until mid-May. Working with Gwynn at Norfolk was William Mahone, who was the president of the Norfolk and Petersburg Railroad. Working under Gwynn's authority, Mahone (who was still a civilian) helped bluff the Federal troops into abandoning the Gosport Shipyard in Portsmouth by running a single passenger train into Norfolk with great noise and whistle-blowing, then much more quietly, sending it back west, and then returning the same train again, creating the illusion of large numbers of arriving troops to the Federals listening in Portsmouth across the Elizabeth River (and just barely out of sight). The ruse worked, and not a single Confederate soldier was lost as the Union authorities abandoned the area, and retreated to Fort Monroe across Hampton Roads.. In 1861, Gwynn oversaw construction of defensive fortifications at Sewell's Point, which was across the mouth of Hampton Roads from Fort Monroe at Old Point Comfort. He also participated in the Battle of Big Bethel during the Blockade of the Chesapeake Bay.
Gwynn also served as a brigadier general in the Virginia Provisional Army and then brigadier general in the North Carolina Militia, commanding the Northern Coast Defenses of North Carolina. All of these general-officer assignments were in the spring and summer of 1861.
By August he joined the Confederate States Army as a major of engineers and was promoted to colonel on October 9, 1862. (Fellow railroader Mahone also joined the Confederate Army, eventually achieving the rank of major general after becoming the so-called 'Hero of the Battle of the Crater,' which took place near Petersburg in 1864.)’ (wikpedia)
Norfolk, Va.
1860
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