Named Entity Results, January 26th, 1865 AD

n a moment of fearful responsibility, from the consequences of a proper act which might have injured him in his profession, but which cannot harm me, who have a different one. The judgment of cool reason hereafter will applaud it, but hot passion might have harmed you, as it has done me, for the hour. Indeed, it was in view of this very event that I went at all. With the invocation of every blessing upon you and yours, I am, your friend, Benj. F. Butler, Major-General. Cincinnati, Jan. 26, 1865. My Dear General:--I was so delighted this morning to receive your note from Willard's. As the truth became developed I saw I had not made a mistake. At first, I was terribly frightened. Many of my friends and fellow-citizens here, too, at first, made long faces, and only one paper, our oldest and most respectable, the Gazette, stood out for you boldly as against marking Pot Porter as they called him. In one of his best despatches, however, Porter is compelled to acknowledge th

kes from Galveston Harbor the blockade-running schooner Belle. January, 1865. January 15, 1865. Grand assault on Fort Fisher, which was captured with entire garrison. Union loss 110 killed, 536 wounded. Confed. loss 2500 prisoners, 72 guns. January 15, 1865. U. S. monitor Patapsco sunk by a Confed. torpedo in Charleston Harbor. 60 of the officers and crew were lost. January 23-24, 1865. Confed. ironclads attempt descent of the James, and are driven back. January 26, 1865. Steamer Eclipse explodes on the Tennessee River, killing 140 persons. February, 1865. February 4, 1865. Lieut. Cushing with 4 boats and 50 men takes possession of All Saints Parish, on Little River, S. C., capturing a large amount of cotton. February 18, 1865. Charleston occupied by Union forces. March, 1865. March 4, 1865. U. S. transport steamer Thorne blown up by a torpedo in Cape Fear River. March 28-29, 1865. U. S. monitors Milwaukee and

ust 6, 1864. He resigned in 1866, with the brevet of major-general of volunteers and served as United States consul-general at Havana in 1871. September 30, 1880, he was drowned in the wreck of the ill-fated steamer Vera Cruz off the Florida coast. Major-General Wesley Merritt (U. S.M. A. 1860) was born in New York, June 16, 1836. In 1861, he was at first, second and then first lieutenant of cavalry. He served throughout the Civil War, for the most part in the cavalry of the Army of the Potomac, where he rose to the command of the Cavalry Corps in the Shenandoah on January 26, 1865, and in the Army of the Potomac from March 25–May 22, 1865. After the war he served in various Indian campaigns, was superintendent of the United States Military Academy at West Point, and in May, 1898, was given command of the United States forces to be sent to the Philippines. He was first American military governor of those islands. He retired from the army in 1900 and died December 3, 1910

H., June 10, 1864. Salm Salm, F. P., April 13, 1865. Salomon, C. E., Mar. 13, 1865. Salomon, E. S., Mar. 13, 1865. Sanborn, Wm., Mar. 13, 1865. Sanders, A. H., Mar. 13, 1865. Sanders, H. T., April 19, 1865. Sanderson, T. W., Mar. 13, 1865. Sanford, E. S., Mar. 13, 1865. Sargent, H. B., Mar. 21, 1864. Sawyer, Frank, Mar. 13, 1865. Scates, W. B., Mar. 13, 1865. Schmitt, Wm. A., Mar. 13, 1865. Schneider, E. F., Mar. 13, 1865. Schofield, H., Mar. 13, 1865. Schofield, Geo. W., Jan. 26, 1865. Schwenk, S. K., July 24, 1865. Scribner, B. F., Aug. 8, 1864. Scott, Geo. W., Mar. 13, 1865. Scott, Rufus, Mar. 13, 1865. Seaver, Joel J., Mar. 13, 1865. Seawall, Thos. D., Mar. 13, 1865. Selfridge, J. L., Mar. 16, 1865. Serrell, Edw. W., Mar. 13, 1865. Sewall, F. D., July 21, 1865. Shaffer, G. T., Mar. 13, 1865. Shaffer, J. W., Mar. 13, 1865. Shafter, Wm. R., Mar. 13, 1865. Sharpe, Jacob, Mar. 13, 1865. Shaurman, N., Mar. 13, 1865. Shaw, Jas., Jr. , Mar. 13, 1865. Shedd

e of a Mrs. Williams in Greeneville, east Tennessee. In attempting to escape he is killed......Sept. 4, 1864 Federals under Schofield repulse Confederates under Hood at Franklin......Nov. 30, 1864 Federals retire from Franklin and occupy Nashville Dec. 1; Hood advances and partially invests Nashville......Dec. 3-14, 1864 Thomas defeats Hood at Nashville......Dec. 15-16, 1864 Constitutional amendment abolishing slavery framed by a convention which sits at Nashville, Jan. 9 to Jan. 26, 1865, ratified by a vote of the people, 21,104 to 40......Feb. 22, 1865 Legislature ratifies the Thirteenth Amendment......April 5, 1865 President Lincoln dies, Andrew Johnson President......April 15, 1865 Law disfranchising all citizens who have voluntarily borne arms for or aided the Confederate government......1866 Law making negroes and Indians competent witnesses......1866 Race riot in Memphis; twenty-four negroes killed......May 1-3, 1866 Fourteenth Amendment to Cons

1865 Jan. 4: Skirmish, Thorn HillINDIANA--10th, 12th and 13th Cavalry (Detachments). PENNSYLVANIA--15th Cavalry. TENNESSEE--2nd Cavalry (Detachment). Union loss, 1 killed, 2 wounded. Total, 3. Jan. 26: Skirmish, Paint Rock(No Reports.) Jan. 27: Skirmish, Elrod's Tan YardOHIO--Battery "B," 1st Light Arty. (Detachment). NEW YORK--68th Infantry (Detachment). UNITED STATES--18th Colored Infantry (Detachment). Loss, 1 killed. Jan. 28: Affair, Mobile BayAttack on U. S. Steamer "Octorora." Jan. 31-April 24: Operations in Northern Alabama and Eastern TennesseeILLINOIS--21st, 36th, 38th 42nd, 44th, 51st, 59th, 73rd, 74th, 75th, 79th, 80th, 84th, 88th, 89th, 96th, 100th, and 115th Infantry. INDIANA--9th, 30th, 31st, 35th, 36th, 40th, 51st, 57th, 79th, 81st, 84th and 86th Infantry. KANSAS--8th Infantry. KENTUCKY--21st, 23rd and 28th Infantry. MICHIGAN--3rd and 4th Infantry. MISSOURI--15th Infantry. OHIO--Battery "G," 1st Light Arty.; 6th Indpt. Battery Light Arty.; 13th, 15th, 19th, 26th, 4

nded. Jan. 20: Reconn. to Salkehatchie RiverILLINOIS--10th and 64th Infantry. INDIANA--25th Infantry. MISSOURI--18th Infantry. NEW JERSEY--35th Infantry. OHIO--27th, 39th, 43d and 63d Infantry. WISCONSIN--25th and 32d Infantry. Jan. 25: Reconn. to Salkehatchie RiverILLINOIS--26th, 40th and 103d Infantry. INDIANA--12th, 97th and 100th Infantry. IOWA--4th, 9th, 25th, 26th, 30th and 31st Infantry. MISSOURI--27th, 31st and 32d Infantry. OHIO--46th and 76th Infantry. WISCONSIN--16th Infantry. Jan. 26: Skirmish near Pocotaligo(No Reports.) Jan. 27: Skirmish, Ennis' Cross Roads(No Reports.) Jan. 28: Skirmish, Combahee RiverILLINOIS--40th and 103d Infantry. WISCONSIN--12th Battery Light Arty. Union loss, 50 killed and wounded. Jan. to April: Campaign of the CarolinasALABAMA--1st Cavalry. CONNECTICUT--5th and 20th Infantry. ILLINOIS--11th (Co. "G") and 15th (Co. "K") Cavalry; Batteries "C" and "H," 1st Light Arty.; Battery "I," 2d Light Arty.; 7th, 9th, 10th, 12th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 20th

C. Crowninshield Col. 2d Mass. CavalryJan. 26, 1865, to Jan. 31, 1865. 1st Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Shenandoah, Middle Military Division, Department of the Shenandoah Lt.-Col. 2d Mass. CavalryJan. 18, 1865, to Jan. 26 1865. Reserve Brigade, 1st Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Shenandoah, Middle Military Division, Department of the Shenandoah Lt.-Col. 2d Mass. CavalryJan. 31, 1865, to Feb. 10, 1865. Reserve Brigade, 1st Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Shenandoah,Jan. 26 1865. Reserve Brigade, 1st Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Shenandoah, Middle Military Division, Department of the Shenandoah Lt.-Col. 2d Mass. CavalryJan. 31, 1865, to Feb. 10, 1865. Reserve Brigade, 1st Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Shenandoah, Middle Military Division, Department of the Shenandoah Lt.-Col. 2d Mass. CavalryJan. 6, 1865, to Jan. 15, 1865. Reserve Brigade, 1st Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Shenandoah, Middle Military Division, Department of the Shenandoah Lt.-Col. 2d Mass. CavalryOct. 19, 1864, to Dec. 13, 1864. Reserve Brigade, 1st Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Shenandoah, Middle Military Division, Department of the Shena

Wesley Merritt Brigadier GeneralApr. 10, 1864, to May 7, 1864. Reserve Brigade, 1st Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac Brigadier GeneralAug. 15, 1863, to Sept. 15, 1863. 1st Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac Brigadier GeneralAug. 6, 1864, to Nov. 13, 1864. 1st Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Shenandoah, Middle Military Division, Department of the Shenandoah Brigadier GeneralJan. 15, 1865, to Jan. 26, 1865. 1st Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Shenandoah, Middle Military Division, Department of the Shenandoah Brigadier GeneralJan. 26, 1864, to March 25, 1865. Cavalry Corps, Army of the Shenandoah, Middle Military Division, Department of the Shenandoah Brigadier GeneralJune 28, 1863, to Aug. 12, 1863. Reserve Brigade, 1st Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac Brigadier GeneralMay 25, 1864, to Aug. 6, 1864. Reserve Brigade, 1st Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac Brigadier GeneralMay 7, 1864, to May 25, 1864. 1st Division, Ca

W. M. Rumery Capt. 2d Mass. CavalryJan. 26, 1865, to Jan. 31, 1865. Reserve Brigade, 1st Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Shenandoah, Middle Military Division, Department of the Shenandoah