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Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 2. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book III:—Maryland. (search)
e last to leave the abandoned encampments at Harrison's Landing, and turning his back on Richmond, on the enemy's army and the battle-fields upon which he had so manfully struggled, was sadly retracing his steps over the road which was to lead him to Williamsburg, Yorktown, Newport News, the theatre of the first incidents of this campaign, which had begun under such favorable auspices, and all the fruits of which were lost through the fatal blindness of his superiors. On the same day, August 16th, Porter reached Williamsburg, where he was to wait for the remainder of the army; but having been informed, through an intercepted letter, of Lee's movement against Pope, he immediately started again for Newport News in order to be able the more speedily to come to his assistance. We shall see how badly his zeal was rewarded. On the 18th, after a march of about one hundred kilometres, performed in three days and one night, he encamped on the beach of Hampton Roads. At the same moment t
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 3. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book IV:—Third winter. (search)
mself to offer his resignation to President Davis in a letter full of dignity and modesty. This was of course laid aside and concealed with care from the public: the Army of Northern Virginia was not even to know that their illustrious commander might have left it. When assured by the reports of his scouts that the Federals were preparing no offensive movement, Lee granted numerous leaves of absence to the soldiers who had just made with him such an arduous campaign. By an order of the 16th of August leaves if absence for fifteen or thirty days, according to the States to which they belonged, were granted as a reward in the proportion of twenty-four per cent. of the number of men on the rolls and in active service. But, great events were about to take place in the West. The Confederate government was secretly concentrating, under the command of Braxton Bragg, all the forces which could be disposed of. To Jefferson Davis' favorite was reserved the task of redeeming Lee's defeat an
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 4. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book I:—eastern Tennessee. (search)
provided with horses, so as to enable the head of each column rapidly to gain the most important strategic points; the weak men and horses were left at the depot. The heavy train-wagons were replaced with pack-trains — a change contrary to usages in the American armies, but which was rendered necessary on account of the character of the campaign about to be inaugurated. In order to avoid crowding and to facilitate the distribution of provisions the army was divided, on leaving, on the 16th of August, Camp Nelson near Lexington, into four columns of infantry and one of cavalry, which, collecting some reinforcements on the way, formed in line on the 21st, to the north of the Cumberland Valley, on the different routes which each was appointed to take. To the first column on the right, which had the longest way to go, was assigned the best and surest route: it was entrusted with the heaviest part of the train. Leaving Glasgow, it made, via Tompkinsville and Livingston, for the village
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 4. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book III:—the Third winter. (search)
of the breaching-batteries had been delayed by the construction in the midst of the swamps of the battery which we have described above: this work, the results of which could not compensate for such a loss of time, was nearly finished on the 16th of August. The defensive works of the second and the third parallels had also been completed, despite the very active fire from all the hostile forts. That very day a Confederate shell perforated the shelter with plate-armor established for the teleterior wall of which was exposed to a plunging fire, had been covered on that side with a thick layer of sandbags. The disarmament of the fort continued. Out of the sixty pieces which were there on the preceding month, there remained on the 16th of August but thirty-eight guns and two mortars. The others, for the most part of large calibre, had been distributed among the old forts and the new batteries. Those on James Island had been armed with particular care, and only awaited a signal to o
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 3, 15th edition., Colonial history. (search)
ke. Nicholson, the deputy-governor, had been heard to say, what was July 25. afterwards often repeated, that the people of New York were a conquered people, without claim to the rights of Englishmen; that the prince might lawfully govern them by his own will, and appoint what laws he pleased. The dread of this doctrine sunk deeply into the public mind, and afterwards attracted the notice of the assemblies of New York. At that period of disorder, the committee of safety reassembled; and Aug. 16. Leisler, an insolent alien, assisted, say the principal men of New York, by those who formerly were Chalmers, 610. thought unfit to be in the meanest offices, was constituted the temporary governor of the province. The appointment was, in its form, open to censure Courtland, the mayor of the city, Bayard, and others of the council, after fruitless opposition, retired to Albany, where the magistrates, in convention, proclaimed their allegiance to William and Mary, and their resolution t
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 7, 4th edition., Chapter 8: (search)
ly of arms and military stores must be devised. This is the main thing. Men, in that case, will not be wanting. Our salvation depends upon a persevering union. Every grievance of any one colony must be held as a grievance to the whole, and some plan be settled for a continuation of Chap. VIII.} 1774. Aug. congresses, even though congresses will soon be dedared by parliament to be high treason. Hawley spoke the genuine sentiments of western Massachusetts. When on Tuesday, the sixteenth of August, the judges of the inferior court of Hampshire met at Great Barrington, it was known that the regulating act had received the royal approval. Before noon the town was filled with people of the county and five hundred men from Connecticut, armed with clubs and staves. Suffering the courts of justice to sit, seemed a recognition of the act of parliament, and the chief judge was forced to plight his honor that he and his associates would do no business. When it became known that a gre
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 7, 4th edition., Chapter 9: (search)
flamed with love for a sacred cause. Before Samuel Adams departed, he had concerted the measures by which Suffolk county would be best able to bring the wrongs of the town and the province before the general congress; and he left the direction with Warren, whose impetuous fearlessness Chap. IX.} 1774. Aug. was tempered by self-possession, gentleness, and good sense, and who had reluctantly become convinced that all connection with the British parliament must be thrown off. On the sixteenth of August a county congress of the towns of Suffolk, which then embraced Norfolk, met at a tavern in the village of Stoughton. As the aged Samuel Dunbar, the rigid Calvinist minister of its first parish, breathed forth among them his prayer for liberty, the venerable man seemed inspired with the most divine and prophetical enthusiasm. We must stand undisguised upon one side or the other, said Thayer, of Braintree. The members were unanimous and firm; but they postponed their decision, till i
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 11: (search)
Everything, wrote Marie Antoinette, depends on the present moment. Our fleets being united, we have a great superiority. They are in the channel, and I cannot think without a shudder that, from one moment to the next, our destiny will be decided. Marie Antoinette to Maria Theresa, Versailles, 6 Aug., 1779, Ihr Briefwechsel, herausgegeben von A. von Arneth, 296. The united fleet rode unmolested by the British: Sir Charles Hardy either did not, or would not see them. On the sixteenth of August they appeared Chap. XI.} 1779. Aug. 18. off Plymouth, but did not attack the town. After two idle days, a strong wind drove them to the west. Montmorin had written to Vergennes: I hope the Spanish marine will fight well; but I should like it better if the English, frightened at their number, would retreat to their own harbors without fighting. Montmorin to Vergennes, 30 March, 1779. When the gale had abated, the allies rallied, returned up the channel, and the British retreated
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 15: (search)
Colonel Porterfield threw back the party that made the attack and restored order; but at a great price, for Porterfield received a wound which Chap. XV.} 1780. Aug. 16. proved mortal. To a council of the American general officers held immediately in the rear of the lines, Gates communicated the report of a prisoner, that a lared yards in the rear of the first. The artillery was divided between the two brigades. Gates took his place in the rear of the second line. Chap. XV.} 1780. Aug. 16. He gave no order till Otho Williams proposed to him to begin the attack with the brigade of Stevens, his worst troops, who had been with the army only one day. Sd was nowhere to be found, they were sustained by the reserve, till the brigade was outflanked by greatly superior numbers, and obliged to give Chap. XV.} 1780. Aug. 16. ground. After being twice rallied, they finally retreated. The division which Kalb commanded continued long in action, and never did troops show greater courag
The Daily Dispatch: November 13, 1860., [Electronic resource], A Yankee Belligerent in China (search)
A Yankee Belligerent in China --Capturing Cities by Contract--The Paris Journal des Debates, in the course of a letter from Shanghai, dated August 16th; states that a number of foreign adventurers have joined the Imperial troops, and in their conflicts with the Tai Ping rebels, are achieving a desperate and bloody reputation. Among these soldiers of fortune is an American named Ward, who, it appears, agrees to capture cities by job work. The correspondent writes: Ward had collected a troop of four to five thousand Tagalog, belonging to Manilla, and about a dozen sailors from different seaports of the East. He and his men were paid by the Tou-Tai, or Mayor of Shanghai, three hundred and fifty taels, or about three thousand francs a month, and he enjoyed the title of Colonel. But that was not all. When he retook a city from the insurgents, he received a reward proportionate to the service he had rendered. For instance, the retaking of Sung-Kiang brought the gallant Colone
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