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Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: The Opening Battles. Volume 1., Organization of the two governments. (search)
e: Lewis Cass (Mich.) Secretary of State: Jeremiah S. Black (Pa.), appointed Dec. 17, 1860. War Department Secretary of War: John B. Floyd * (Va.） Secretary of War: Joseph Holt (Ky.) (ad interim), Dec. 31, 1860; regularly appointed Jan. 18, 1861. Navy Department. Secretary of the Navy: Isaac Toucey (Conn.) Treasury Department. Secretary of the Treasury: Howell Cobb* (Georgia） Secretary of the Treasury: Philip F. Thomas (Md.), appointed Dec. 12, 1860 Secretary of thepointed Dec. 2, 1864. Post-office. Postmaster-General: Montgomery Blair (Md.) Postmaster-General: William Dennison (Ohio), appointed September 24, 1864. The United States War Department. Secretary of War: Joseph Holt (appointed Jan. 18, 1861); Simon Cameron (appointed March 5, 1861） Secretary of War: Edwin M. Stanton (appointed January 15, 1862). Assistant secretaries of War: Assistant Secretary of War: Thomas A. Scott (appointed Aug. 3, 1861 Assistant Secretary of Wa<
Horace Greeley, The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65: its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union. Volume I., chapter 22 (search)
to follow South Carolina in her fatal plunge. Her new Legislature, moved by an impassioned Message from her Governor, Joseph E. Brown, passed November 13, 1860. a bill appropriating $1,000,000 to arm and equip the State; and, on the 18th, a bill calling a Convention of delegates, to be chosen in the several counties on the 2d of January ensuing, and to meet one week thereafter. The Convention bill passed by a unanimous vote; the Convention thus chosen and convened finally passed January 18, 1861. an Ordinance of Secession: Yeas 208; Nays 89. The names of A. H. Stephens and Herschel V. Johnson, late Douglas leaders in the South, were recorded among the Nays. A sad thing to observe is, that those who are determined on immediate secession have not the coolness, the capacity, or the nerve, to propose something after that. We must secede, it is said; but, what then we are to do, nobody knows, or, at least, nobody says. This is extremely foolish, and more wicked than foolish.
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 2. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 195 (search)
Doc. 173 1/2.-U. S. Executive Government, 1857-61. President.--James Buchanan, of Penn. Vice-President.--John C. Breckinridge, of Ky. Secretaries of State.--Lewis Cass, of Michigan; Jeremiah S. Black of Penn., appt. Dec. 17, 1860. Secretary of the Navy.--Isaac Toucey, of Conn. Secretaries of War.--John B. Floyd, of Va.; Joseph Holt, of Ky., appt. Jan. 18, 1861. Secretaries of the Treasury.--Howell Cobb, of Ga.; Philip F. Thomas, of Md., appt. Dec. 12, 1860; John A. Dix, of N. Y., appt. Jan. 11, 1861. Secretary of the Interior.--Jacob Thompson, of Miss. Postmasters-General.--Joseph Holt, of Ky.; Horatio King, of Me., appt. Feb. 12, 1861. Attorneys-General.--Jeremiah S. Black, of Penn.; Edwin M. Stanton, of Penn., appt. Dec. 20, 1860.
William Tecumseh Sherman, Memoirs of General William T. Sherman ., volume 1, Chapter 6: Louisiana. 1859-1861. (search)
6th of the same month. At all events, after the seizure of the arsenal, and before the passage of the ordinance of secession, viz., on the 18th of January, I wrote as follows: Louisiana State seminary of Learning and military Academy, January 18, 1861. Governor Thomas O. Moore, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. sir: As I occupy a quasi-military position under the laws of the State, I deem it proper to acquaint you that I accepted such position when Louisiana was a State in the Union, and when thes to secede, for on no earthly account will I do any act or think any thought hostile to or in defiance of the old Government of the United States. With great respect, your obedient servant, W. T. Sherman, Superintendent. [private.] January 18, 1861. To Governor Moore. my dear sir: I take it for granted that you have been expecting for some days the accompanying paper from me (the above official letter). I have repeatedly and again made known to General Graham and Dr. Smith that, in
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Missouri, (search)
rom the family of Calvin C. Chaffee, who inherited then......May 26, 1857 First overland mail leaves St. Louis for San Francisco......Sept. 16, 1858 First overland mail from California arrives at St. Louis twenty-four days eighteen and a half hours from San Francisco......Oct. 9, 1858 Legislature calls a State convention, that the will of the people may be ascertained and effectuated, but providing that no ordinance of secession should be valid unless ratified by the people......Jan. 18, 1861 Edward Bates, of Missouri, United States Attorney-General......March 5, 1861 State convention assembles in the courthouse at Jefferson City; ninety-nine delegates. Sterling Price chosen president, Feb. 28. They adjourn to meet at St. Louis on March 4, when a committee reports against secession......March 9, 1861 In reply to President Lincoln's call for troops, Governor Jackson writes, Not one man will the State of Missouri furnish to carry on such an unholy crusade ......April
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 1. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 82 (search)
in the present Union. The falling off say of Texas, or of all the Atlantic States, from the Potomac south, was not within the scope of General S.'s provisional remedies. It is his opinion that instructions should be given, at once, to the commanders of the Barrancas, Forts Moultrie and Monroe, to be on their guard agains surprises and coups de main. As to regular approaches nothing can be said or done, at this time, without volunteers. There is one (regular) company at Boston, one here, (at the Narrows,) one at Pittsburg, one at Augusta, Ga., and one at Baton Rouge — in all five companies only, within reach, to garrison or reinforce the forts mentioned in the Views. General Scott is all solicitude for the safety of the Union. He is, however, not without hope that all dangers and difficulties will pass away without leaving a scar or painful recollection behind. The Secretary's most obedient servant, October 30, 1860. W. S. --National Intelligencer, January 18, 1861.
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Battles, Florida, 1861 (search)
cRae, and Navy Yard, PensacolaBy State Troops. Jan. 12: Surrender of Fort PickensDemanded. Jan. 14: Garrison of Fort Taylor, Key WestBy U. S. Troops. Jan. 15: Surrender of Fort PickensAgain demanded. Jan. 16: Action at Cedar KeysU. S. Navy. Jan. 18: Garrison of Fort Jefferson, TortugasBy U. S. Troops. Jan. 18: Surrender of Fort PickensDemanded for the third time. Feb. 6: Arrival off PensacolaOf U. S. S. "Brooklyn" with Reinforcements. April 17: Arrival at Fort PickensOf Reinforcements. Jan. 18: Surrender of Fort PickensDemanded for the third time. Feb. 6: Arrival off PensacolaOf U. S. S. "Brooklyn" with Reinforcements. April 17: Arrival at Fort PickensOf Reinforcements. Sept. 2: Destruction of Pensacola Navy YardBy Boats from U. S. Squadron. Sept. 14: Destruction of Privateer "Judah" near PensacolaBy Crew of U. S. Flagship "Colorado." Union loss, 3 killed, 15 wounded. Total, 18. Oct. 9: Action Santa RosaNEW YORK--6th Infantry. UNITED STATES--Battery "A," 1st Arty.; Batteries "C" and "H," 2d Arty.; 3d Infantry (Cos. "C," "E"). Union loss, 14 killed, 29 wounded. Total, 43. Nov. 22-23: Engagement with Confederate works at Pensacola, Bombardment of Fort Picken
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2, chapter 16 (search)
p. 650. Acacia, U. S. steamer; account of her capture of prize steamer Julia, Jan., 1865. Army and Navy Journal, vol. 2, p. 365. Adairsville in Sherman's campaign in 1864. Gen. O. O. Howard. United Service Mag, vol. 14, p. 142 Adams, Chas. Francis. Minority report, disagreeing with the action of the committee of thirty-three in the House of Representatives, which reported a series of resolutions, recommending measures to placate the slave States. Boston Evening Journal. Jan. 18, 1861, p. 4, cols. 3, 4. — Report of speech in the House of Representatives, Washington, Jan. 31, 1861, on the grievances of the South, and its threats of secession. Boston Evening Journal, Feb. 2, 1861, p. 4, cols. 2-4. Adee, David Graham. Sketch of Gen. Geo. L. Hartsuff; position of his brigade at Antietam. United Service Mag., vol. 5, p. 62. Adela, U. S. steamer, captures the Badger, Nov. 6, 1864, in Florida. Army and Navy Journal, vol. 2, p. 221. After taps, poem. H. B.
Rev. James K. Ewer , Company 3, Third Mass. Cav., Roster of the Third Massachusetts Cavalry Regiment in the war for the Union, Company A. (search)
isa. Nov. 7, 1865. John Cashin, New Bedford, 20, s; tailor. Aug. 21, 1862. Deserted Nov. 7, 1862, N. Y. Otis O. Clafin, Southboro, 18, s; shoemaker. Feb. 25, 1864. M. O. Sept. 28, 1865. William E. Clark, Rochester, 22, s; farmer. Jan. 5, 1864. Killed in action Oct. 19, 1864, Cedar Creek, Va. William Clyments, New Bedford, 40, m; blacksmith. Jan. 7, 1864. Trans. to Navy July 31, 1864. Disch. Rec. Ship Phila. Aug. 24, 1865. Thomas F. Cole, Lakeville, 28, m; shoemaker. Jan. 18, 1861. Trans. to Navy July 31, 1864. Sylvester A. Colyer, New Bedford, 25, m; ropemaker. Aug. 18, 1862. Disch. May 20, 1865. James Conlin, Pittsfield, 26; sailor. Dec. 14, 1864. M. O. Sept. 28, 1865. John Connelly, Boston, 25, m; laborer. Nov. 30, 1861. Re.-en. Feb. 19, 1864. Disch. Sept. 28, 1865. Michael Conway, New Bedford, 23, s; teamster. Aug. 21, 1862. Disch. May 20, 1865. David Cook, Provincetown, 26, s; seaman. Jan. 14, 1864. M. O. Sept. 28, 1865. Prior ser
James Buchanan, Buchanan's administration on the eve of the rebellion, Chapter 5: (search)
onsists of a political disquisition on the existing dangers to the Union; on the horrors of civil war and the best means of averting so great a calamity; and also on the course which their author had resolved to pursue, as a citizen, in the approaching Presidential election. These were themes entirely foreign to a military report, and equally foreign from the official duties of the Commanding General. Furthermore, the Views were published to the world by the General himself, on the 18th January, 1861, in the National Intelligencer, and this without the consent or even previous knowledge of the President.This was done at a critical moment in our history, when the cotton States were seceding one after the other. The reason assigned by him for this strange violation of official confidence toward the President, was the necessity for the correction of misapprehensions which had got abroad, both in the public prints and in public speeches, in relation to the Views. The General commen
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