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Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: The Opening Battles. Volume 1., Holding Kentucky for the Union. (search)
had ordered General O. M. Mitchel to take charge of the East Tennessee expedition, superseding General Thomas, but General Sherman succeeded in having the order recalled. On November 15th, General Don Carlos Buell assumed command of the Department of the Ohio, enlarged so as to include the States of Ohio, Michigan, and Indiana. General Buell was a graduate of West Point. In the Mexican war he twice received promotion for gallant and meritorious conduct, and was severely wounded. May 20th, 1861, to August 9th he was on duty in California, and from Sept. 14th to Nov. 9th in the defenses of Washington. Editors. He was given the advantage, not enjoyed by his predecessors, of controlling the new troops organized in those States. By one of his first orders, General Thomas was directed to concentrate his command at Lebanon. The new commander began at once the task of creating an efficient army out of the raw material at hand. He organized the regiments into brigades and divisi
Varina Davis, Jefferson Davis: Ex-President of the Confederate States of America, A Memoir by his Wife, Volume 2, Chapter 7: preparations for War. (search)
mand or the possibility of arming them. It was shown that if the Government had possessed arms enough for the entire adult white population of the Confederacy, they could have been enrolled at this time. Notwithstanding that men have railed long and loudly over volunteers having been refused, they knew at the time that, having no weapons with which to arm them, to accept their services was but to cripple the industries of the country without increasing the ranks of our defenders. On May 20, 1861, the Congress resolved that the seat of Government of the Confederate States should be transferred from Montgomery to Richmond, and that it should adjourn to meet there on July 20th. It had already become evident that Virginia would be the battle-ground of the coming struggle, and it was desirable, therefore, that the Confederate Government should have its headquarters in that State. Anxiety and unremitting labor had prostrated President Davis; and, when he left Montgomery, it was up
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 1., Chapter 16: Secession of Virginia and North Carolina declared.--seizure of Harper's Ferry and Gosport Navy Yard.--the first troops in Washington for its defense. (search)
a flag which was composed of the colors red, white, and blue, differently arranged from those in the National flag. The colors were arranged as follows in this flag of the Sovereign State of North Carolina : --The red formed a broad bar running parallel with the staff, on which was a single star, and the dates arranged as seen in the engraving, May 20, 1775, which was that of the promulgation of the so-called Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence (mentioned in note 2, page 885), and May 20, 1861, on which day the politicians of North Carolina declared the bond that bound that State to their own chosen Union was forever dissolved. North Carolina flag The Governor of Tennessee (Harris) and a disloyal majority of the Legislature now commenced the work of infinite mischief to the people of their State. Harris called the Legislature together on the 25th of April, and delivered to that body a message, in which he strongly urged the necessity for the immediate secession of the St
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 2., Chapter 1: effect of the battle of Bull's Run.--reorganization of the Army of the Potomac.--Congress, and the council of the conspirators.--East Tennessee. (search)
form:-- Confederate States of America.to all to whom these presents shall come, greeting: I, the undersigned, Secretary of State of the Confederate States of America, hereby request all whom it May concern, to permit safely and freely to pass, a---B---, a citizen of the Confederate States of America, and in case of need to give him all lawful aid and protection. given under my hand and the impression of the seal of the Department of State, at the City of [seal.] Montgomery, May 20, 1861. Robert Toombs, Secretary of State. while on a visit to Fort Fisher, North Carolina, in the spring of 1866, the writer met a resident of Wilmington and a native of North Carolina, who had been employed in the secret service of the National Government during a portion of the war, with the commission of colonel, and in command of a regiment of 850 spies, who were scattered over the Confederacy. He also entered the service of the Confederacy as a spy, in order that he might work more e
Admiral David D. Porter, The Naval History of the Civil War., Chapter 4: death of Ellsworth.--capture of Alexandria, Va.--Potomac flotilla. (search)
wn people slaughtered in transit by these rebel batteries, which seemed to increase in numbers with a rapidity never conceived of, while it appeared as if they had all the military depots of the country to draw from. It was at last determined by the Department that the Potomac flotilla should take the initiative, and make an effort to clear the river banks of the rebel batteries. Commander James H. Ward, an energetic officer, had been placed in command of the flotilla, and on the 20th of May, 1861, he started to engage the batteries at Aquia. Creek, with no expectation, we imagine, of any great success against them with the small and fragile vessels under his command. These consisted of the Freeborn, a paddle-wheel steamer of two hundred and fifty tons, and carrying three guns; the Anacostia, a small screw steamer of two hundred tons, and the Resolute, a small craft of ninety tons and two guns. The largest gun on board this little squadron was a thirty-two pounder, most of t
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., Additional Notes. (search)
nd adding to the peril of the Union of these United States. From the date of this action — which seems to have been but a more explicit reaffirmance of the older testimonies of the Church against Slavery, and to have stopped far short of declaring slaveholding inconsistent with the Christian character — the New School Presbyterian Church had hardly a foothold in the Slave States. III. the Albany evening Journal on Gov. Seward and Judge Campbell. The Albany Evening Journal of May 20th, 1861, commenting on a very abusive attack on Gov. Seward, in a then recent Richmond Whig, with regard to his assurances to or through Judge Campbell, respecting Fort Sumter, says: If the Secretary of State were at liberty to reply to ex-Judge Campbell, revealing all that passed between them on several occasions, not only no imputation of insincerity would rest upon the Secretary, but the facts would seriously affect Judge Campbell's well-established reputation for candor and frankness. T
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Poetry and Incidents., Volume 2. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 98 (search)
die. Her father and her brothers, too, are gone, (she gave consent;) She parted with them tearfully, and yet she's glad they went; But now that they are far away-her mother long since dead, She's left at home, and all alone-perhaps she'll want for bread. She says she may, and yet she smiles; she boasts her kinsmen brave Have gone to bear her country's flag where it of right should wave. She loves that banner more than life, and were she but a man, She vows 'twould be her pride and boast to lead the Union van. God bless the maid of Ulster, that all so freely gave; God bless the noble father, may he be strong and brave; God bless the two dear brothers, may they be bold and true; God bless the faithful Henry, the gifted uncle too. The soldiers of the Union, God bless them one and all; They were no noisy braggarts, but they will gladly fall; If lives will save the Union, they're ready quite to die, These noble Northern soldiers, that bade us all good-bye. Ulster County, May 20, 1861.
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Poetry and Incidents., Volume 2. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 305 (search)
Flag of North Carolina.--The flag agreed upon for the State of North Carolina is said to be very handsome. The colors are a red field, with a single star in the centre. On the upper extreme is the inscription, May 20, 1775, and at the lower, May 20, 1861. There are two bars, one of blue and the other of white. A rebel letter. falls Church, October 5, 1861. Editor National Republican: Enclosed I send you a correct copy of a letter found by me, pinned on a gate near Falls Church. The letter is something of a curiosity; so I send it to you for publication. The direction on the outside is to Yankees, Care of luck. Yours, &c., W. H. G., 35th Regiment N. Y. S. V. dear Yankees:--Having been resident denizens of Falls Church for some time, we to-day reluctantly evacuate, not because you intimidate us by your presence, but only in obedience to military dictation. We leave you fire to cook potatoes, also to warm by, as the nights are now uncomfortable on account of
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 3. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 191 (search)
State were represented by delegates and authorized proxies. Ordinances were adopted by the Convention declaring vacant all State offices the incumbents whereof have disqualified themselves to hold them by violating their official oaths to support the Constitution of the United States, which North Carolina has solemnly accepted as the supreme law of the land; pronouncing void and of no effect the ordinance of secession from the Federal Union, passed by the Convention assembled at Raleigh, May 20, 1861; continuing in full force the Constitution and laws of the State, as contained in the revised code of 1855-6, together with all subsequent acts not inconsistent with our paramount allegiance to the United States; appointing a Provisional Governor, and empowering him to fill such official vacancies and to do such acts as in his judgment might be required for the safety and good order of the State. We have attempted no revolutionary innovations; we have made no change in the organic law,
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Poetry and Incidents., Volume 6. (ed. Frank Moore), Trophies of the field of Antietam. (search)
the field at the top is inscribed Seven Pines, on the yellow bar, Gaines' farm and Eltham's Landing, and Malvern hills on the purple bar. It is much torn and stained, and is bordered with heavy but tarnished silver fringe. This is evidently a Texan standard. I regret that I could not learn its history. 7. Flag of North-Carolina. Red field with single star. Above the star is the inscription, May 20th, 1775, referring to the Mecklenburgh Declaration of Independence; below the star, May 20th, 1861, referring to the rebel declaration of independence. In other respects it is similar to the regular battle-flag of the confederate States. 8. Battle-flag abandoned by the rebels on the battle-field of Shepherdstown Bluffs, September 19, 1862, when a portion of Griffin's brigade, of Morell's division, Gen. Fitz-John Porter's Fifth army corps, forded the Potomac and carried the heights by assault. This is a silk flag of large size. Its color originally was pink, but now faded by expo
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