Southern Historical Society Papers, Volumes 29-31Virginia Historical Society, 1901 - Confederate States of America |
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... army . During his childhood his father removed first to Louisiana , and then to Wilkinson county , Mississippi . He received his primary educa- tion in the local schools , and then became a student at Transylvania University , in ...
... army . During his childhood his father removed first to Louisiana , and then to Wilkinson county , Mississippi . He received his primary educa- tion in the local schools , and then became a student at Transylvania University , in ...
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... army and married Miss Taylor . He then determined to devote himself to the occupation of a planter , and , accepting ... Mississippi , and employed himself in the opening and establishment of the Brierfield plantation , adjoining that of ...
... army and married Miss Taylor . He then determined to devote himself to the occupation of a planter , and , accepting ... Mississippi , and employed himself in the opening and establishment of the Brierfield plantation , adjoining that of ...
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... Mississippi was raising for active service in the field . He immediately accepted , and repairing to Mississippi , com- pleted its organization and promptly joined the army then fighting under Taylor . The record of the brilliant ...
... Mississippi was raising for active service in the field . He immediately accepted , and repairing to Mississippi , com- pleted its organization and promptly joined the army then fighting under Taylor . The record of the brilliant ...
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... Mississippi river ; he directed surveys for a railway to the Pacific ; he revised the army regulations ; he introduced light infantry or the rifle system of tactics ; he inaug- urated the manufacture of rifles , pistols and the use of ...
... Mississippi river ; he directed surveys for a railway to the Pacific ; he revised the army regulations ; he introduced light infantry or the rifle system of tactics ; he inaug- urated the manufacture of rifles , pistols and the use of ...
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... army , for gallantry in the Black Hawk war ; ' tis in his watch , worn at the capture of Monterey , when commanding the First Mississippi Rifles ; ' tis in the swords presented to him by a foreign minister , whilst Secretary of War of ...
... army , for gallantry in the Black Hawk war ; ' tis in his watch , worn at the capture of Monterey , when commanding the First Mississippi Rifles ; ' tis in the swords presented to him by a foreign minister , whilst Secretary of War of ...
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