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Judith White McGuire, Diary of a southern refugee during the war, by a lady of Virginia, 1862. (search)
very unfaithful, and let the enemy in to the most private places. There are some honourable exceptions to this last remark. Our relative, Mr. P., has moved below the mountains for security; but he was in the habit, when at home, of intrusting every thing to his house-servant, including his wine and ardent spiritsand it was all kept sacredly — the master knew not where; but on each departure of the enemy every thing would be returned to its accustomed place, in good order. November November 23, 1862. Poor Fredericksburg! The enemy on the Stafford side of the river in force ; their cannon planted on the hills. Day before yesterday they demanded the surrender of the town, which was declined by General Lee. They then threatened to shell it, at nine o'clock this morning; but it is now night and it has not been done. It is hourly expected, however, and women and children are being hurried off, leaving every thing behind, except what they can get off in bundles, boxes, etc. Ther
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 6. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 62 (search)
heart, obey your order to the utmost of my power, devoting to the movement, one of the utmost delicacy and difficulty, whatever skill I may possess, whatever the result may be, and may God grant that I am mistaken in my forebodings. I shall at least have the internal satisfaction that I have written and spoken frankly, and have sought to do the best in my power to arrest disaster from my country. Geo. B. Mcclellan, Major-General. official copy. Headquarters, army, Washington, D. C., November 23, 1862. Exhibit no. 2. Washington, August 6, 1862. Major-General George B. McClellan, Commanding, etc., Berkeley, Va.: General: Your telegram of yesterday was received this morning, and I immediately telegraphed a brief reply, promising to write you more fully by mail. You, General, certainly could not have been more pained at receiving my order than I was at the necessity of issuing it. I was advised by high officers, in whose judgment I had great confidence, to make the order i
George Meade, The Life and Letters of George Gordon Meade, Major-General United States Army (ed. George Gordon Meade), chapter 4 (search)
ve to take the consequences. Perhaps the difficulty of moving may become so great and apparent that we will be compelled to go into winter quarters here, but this will be resisted to the last by the sages at Washington. I could not get to General Burnside's headquarters either yesterday or the day before, although his camp is only six miles from mine, but the condition of the roads, and the rise in a creek between us, effectually cut off all communications. camp near Acquia Creek, November 23, 1862. We moved here yesterday to be on the railroad, nearer to our supplies, for the condition of the roads was such that there was danger of starvation from the impossibility of hauling loaded wagons over them. You will see by the papers that the enemy have appeared at Fredericksburg, and evinced a disposition to dispute our crossing the river and occupying that place. I think this is only to gain time, and do not believe they have any very serious intentions of fighting here, as it
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Battles, Tennessee, 1862 (search)
.) Nov. 18: Action, Rural HillKENTUCKY--8th Cavalry. OHIO--13th Infantry. WISCONSIN--3d Indpt. Battery Light Arty. Nov. 18: Skirmish, Double BridgesILLINOIS--4th Cavalry. Nov. 19: Reconnoissance toward La VergneILLINOIS--34th and 79th Infantry. INDIANA--29th Infantry. OHIO--Battery "E" 1st Light Arty. PENNSYLVANIA--77th Infantry. Nov. 19-20: Expedition from Grand Junction to Ripley, Miss.IOWA--2d Cavalry (Detachment). KANSAS--7th Cavalry (Detachment). MICHIGAN--3d Cavalry (Detachment). Nov. 23: Skirmish, La VergneINDIANA--44th Infantry. Nov. 25: Skirmish, ClarksvilleILLINOIS--15th Cavalry. Nov. 25: Capture Henderson StationILLINOIS--45th Infantry (Co. "B"). Nov. 26: Skirmish near SumervilleILLINOIS--7th Cavalry. Nov. 26-27: Reconnoissance to La VergneILLINOIS--34th and 79th Infantry. INDIANA--3d Cavalry (Detachment); 29th and 30th Infantry. PENNSYLVANIA--77th Infantry. Nov. 26-30: Operations about SpringfieldINDIANA--38th Infantry. OHIO--2d Infantry. Nov. 26-Dec. 1: Expedit
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories, California Volunteers. (search)
Mustered out April 2, 1866. 2nd California Regiment Cavalry Organized at San Francisco September 5 to October 18, 1861. Company A --Ordered to Fort Churchill October 22, 1861, and duty there till July, 1862. March via Ruby Valley to Utah to protect Overland mail routes July to November, 1862. Duty in District of Utah at Camp Douglass and other points till November, 1864. Expedition from Camp Douglass to Cache Valley November 20-27, 1862. Skirmish at Cache Valley November 23, 1862. Engagement on Bear River, Utah, January 29, 1863. Expedition from Camp Douglass to Cedar Mountains, Utah, March 20-April 3. Skirmish, Cedar Fort, April 1. Expedition from Camp Douglass to Spanish Forks, Utah, April 11-20, 1863. Skirmish at Spanish Fork Canon April 15. Ordered to Camp Union, Sacramento, November, 1864. Duty there and in Districts of California and Nevada till muster out. Company B --Moved to Southern California December, 1861. Duty at Los Ang
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories, Indiana Volunteers. (search)
4 Enlisted men by disease. 3 years. Organized at Indianapolis, Ind., May 27 to August 27, 1862, and mustered in August 17, 1862. Left State for Kentucky August 21. Attached to Cruft's Brigade, Army of Kentucky, and moved to Richmond, Ky. Battle of Richmond, Ky., August 30. Regiment mostly captured. Paroled and sent to Indianapolis, Ind., for reorganization. Action at Lexington, Ky., September 2 (Detachment). Regiment left Indianapolis, Ind., for Memphis, Tenn., November 23, 1862. Attached to 2nd Brigade, District of Memphis, Tenn., 13th Army Corps (Old), to December, 1862. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, District of Memphis, 13th Army Corps, December, 1862. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 17th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee, to January, 1863. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 16th Army Corps, to July, 1863. 1st Brigade, 4th Division, 15th Army Corps, to September, 1864. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 15th Army Corps, to June, 1865. Service. Grant's Centr
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories, New York Volunteers. (search)
wounded and 1 Officer and 30 Enlisted men by disease. Total 33. 22nd New York Independent Battery Light Artillery Organized at Lockport, N. Y., and mustered in at Elmira, N. Y., October 28, 1862. Left State for Washington, D. C., November 23, 1862. Duty in the defenses of that city till February, 1863. Assigned to 9th New York Heavy Artillery as Company M February 5, 1863. 23rd New York Independent Battery Light Artillery Organized as Battery A, New York Rocket Battalion,er's Ferry, W. Va., September 12-15, 1862. Regiment surrendered September 15. Paroled September 16 and sent to Annapolis, Md., thence to Camp Douglass, Chicago, Ill., and duty there guarding prisoners till December, 1862. Exchanged November 23, 1862. Ordered to Washington, D. C., and duty in the defenses of that city and at Centreville, Va., till June, 1863. Ordered to join Army of the Potomac in the field and joined 2nd Army Corps June 25. Gettysburg (Pa.) Campaign June 25-Ju
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories, Pennsylvania Volunteers. (search)
and June 24, 1863, to December, 1864; participated in the Atlanta Campaign and Nashville Campaign.) Mustered out at Nashville, Tenn., June 21, 1865. Company A retained in service till July 18, 1865. Regiment lost during service 3 Officers and 22 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 103 Enlisted men by disease. Total 128. 16th Pennsylvania Regiment Cavalry (161st Volunteers). Organized at Harrisburg September to November, 1862. Left State for Washington, D. C., November 23, 1862. Attached to Defenses of Washington to January, 1863. Averill's Cavalry Brigade, Army of the Potomac, to February, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac, to June, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac, to August, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac, to May, 1865. Dept. of Virginia to August, 1865. Service. At Camp Casey, near Bladensburg, Md., till January 3, 1863. Mov
Mary Thacher Higginson, Thomas Wentworth Higginson: the story of his life, XII: the Black regiment (search)
his commission in the 51st Massachusetts, Mr. Higginson went to South Carolina to make sure that the new regiment of freed slaves was really more than a scheme. Satisfied with his survey of the ground, he eagerly accepted General Saxton's offer. When he returned home and announced his decision, a lively niece exclaimed, Will not Uncle Wentworth be in bliss! A thousand men, every one as black as a coal. On his way to take command, when the steamer was nearing Charleston, he wrote, November 23, 1862:— As I approach the mysterious land I am more and more impressed with my good fortune in having this novel and uncertain career open before me . . . . Here is . . . a position of great importance; as many persons have said, the first man who organizes and commands a successful black regiment will perform the most important Service in the history of the war. . . . To say that I would rather do it than anything else in the world is to say little; it is such a masterpiece of felicit
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2, chapter 4 (search)
not mustered. Mustered out, Oct. 20, 1864, as Captain. Long, Alanson B. Captain, 52d Infantry, M. V. M., in service of the U. S., Oct. 2, 1862. Mustered out, Aug. 14, 1863. Long, George H. Second Lieutenant, 29th Mass. Infantry, Nov. 23, 1862. First Lieutenant, Aug. 23, 1863. Captain, June 8, 1864; not mustered. Mustered out, Oct. 8, 1864, as First Lieutenant. Longfellow, Charles Appleton. Second Lieutenant, 1st Mass. Cavalry, Mar. 27, 1863. First Lieutenant, Jan. 24, 1864 22, 1861. First Lieutenant, 22d Mass. Infantry, Oct. 1, 1861. Captain, July 10, 1862. Discharged (disability), Jan. 5, 1863. Washburn, Henry N. Sergeant, 13th Mass. Infantry, Apr. 30, 1861; mustered, July 16, 1861. Second Lieutenant, Nov. 23, 1862. First Lieutenant, May 22, 1863. Captain, Mar. 10, 1864. Mustered out, Aug. 1, 1864. Washburn, Jerome. Second Lieutenant, 38th Mass. Infantry, Mar. 8, 1863. Resigned, Jan. 24, 1864. Washburn, Oscar. First Lieutenant, 3d Infantr
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