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The Annals of the Civil War Written by Leading Participants North and South (ed. Alexander Kelly McClure), The War's Carnival of fraud. (search)
s in gross of fifteen per cent. on all Stovers' open purchase orders, the deposit of the money in Henderson's bank, and its deduction each time from Stover's. But the Secretary had confidingly accepted Stover as State's witness, and was cheated when the pinch came! The other seven indictments were not tried. One experiment with such witnesses was enough. Things were bad enough at New York, but, if anything, worse at Philadelphia. Discovery was brought about by an honest dealer, named Barstow, sending to the Navy Department, for examination, four cases of thirty-two ounce sheathing copper, that he had bought, in good faith, of a responsible firm, but which was of the kind rolled at the Washington Navy Yard. The copper was easily traced back to one Harris, keeper of a sailors' boarding-house, and a man of bad repute at the time. He was arrested by General Cadwallader, for account of the Secretary of the Navy, and lodged in Fort Mifflin. A political striker named Anthony Hale-T
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events, Diary from December 17, 1860 - April 30, 1864 (ed. Frank Moore), 1862, November (search)
November 7. At Big Beaver Creek, Missouri, a block-house, occupied by portions of two companies of the Tenth Illinois cavalry, and two militia companies, was attacked by the rebel Colonel Green, who had one thousand three hundred men and three pieces of artillery. On the destruction of the block-house, the militia retreated to the woods, and fought five hours, when Captain Barstow, who was in command, displayed the white flag, and surrendered the garrison.--New York Tribune. To-day a debate took place in the rebel Senate, on the bill to extend the operation of the sequestration act to all persons natives of or residents within any of the rebel States, and who had refused to submit to the constitution and laws of those States. A substitute proposed by the Committee of the Judiciary was adopted. It provided that the President of the rebel States should issue his proclamation, ordering all persons within the limits of those States who were loyal, and adhered to the United
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: Volume 2., Fighting Jackson at Kernstown. (search)
illips Mansion, sent down an aide-de-camp to arrest all of our officers, and compel the men to rebuild the fence. Officers laughed and the men jeered at him. The rails were soon on fire, and our dinners cooking. King called up his adjutant, Major Barstow, who had been General Lander's adjutant when he commanded us, and ordered him to detail sufficient troops to arrest our whole division, exclaiming: Who are these vandals? Why, said Barstow, they are Lander's old troops from Western Virginia;Barstow, they are Lander's old troops from Western Virginia; you had better keep your guards here at headquarters, for you'll be devilish lucky if they don't steal your house-roof before morning! King was dumfounded, but his fence was never rebuilt. Editors. and Fremont beyond the Shenandoah mountains, Jackson, on the 23d, with his army of about 1500, dashed down upon Banks's 9000, mostly stationed in detachments at Strasburg and Front Royal, nearly 20 miles apart, by the route Banks was forced to take. But not until after three days of hard fighti
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 5. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 211 (search)
marched to within twelve miles of this post, when he was met by an order from me directing him to march for Medon Station, to intercept the enemy near that point. Colonel Dennis countermarched his command, arriving in the vicinity of Denmark that night. About ten o'clock A. M., on the first of September, his advance-guard reported the enemy in stong force at Britton's lane, near the junction of the Denmark and Medon roads. The enemy's force consisted of seven regiments of cavalry, namely, Barstow's, Adams's, Stevens's, Jackson's, Forrest's, Wheeler's, and Parson's, amounting in the aggregate to five thousand men, under the command of Brig.-Gen. Armstrong. The aggregate of Col. Dennis's force was but eight hundred. Discovering that he was outnumbered, Col. Dennis immediately selected the best position the ground would admit, and formed in line of battle. The position was in a large grove surrounded by farms, the fields all being in corn — the wood and some broken ground being in t
William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 1, Chapter 6: (search)
buried at Hatteras; also, the best means for his friends to get his remains to Massachusetts. His wife, Mrs. Abbie P. Boutell, resides in Wrentham. March 9.—The Governor writes to Mr. Stanton, Secretary of War,— I beg leave to report to you, that the honor you paid to the memory of General Lander, by causing his remains to be returned, under a suitable escort, to his native State, was rendered complete by the faithful and decorous manner in which the sad duty was fulfilled by Captain Barstow, and the officers and soldiers accompanying him. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and the city of Salem, the place of General Lander's nativity, have received with much sensibility the manifestation of grateful respect, on the part of the War Department, toward a soldier and gentleman whose fame, now a part of his country's history, is one of the precious possessions of those from whom he went forth to her service and defence. His body now rests in silence beneath the soil on which h
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 1., Medford Historical Society. (search)
F. Cushing, Miss Agnes W. Lincoln. Historic Photographs and Portraits. Will C. Eddy, John H. Hooper, Dr. R. J. P. Goodwin. Members. [Those marked with a star (*) are life members.] Allen, Edward F. Allen, Oscar H. Andrews, Gustavus F. Archibald, Warren M. Atherton, Miss Lily B. Atwood, Miss Louise. Ayers, Miss Alice E. Ayers, Fred E. Baer, John Willis. Balcom, Edward H. Barker, Abner H. Barker, William S., Jr. Barrett, Miss Mary C. Barstow, Rev. John. Bean, James. Bemis, Miss Fannie E. Bird, Charles H. Black, Miss E. Adelaide. Blanchard, Miss Sarah J. *Boynton, Hon. Eleazer. Brooks, Frederick. Brooks, Henry. Brown, Mrs. Abby D. Brown, David H. Brown, Edward B. Brown, Mrs. Harriet W. Bullard, B. F. Burbank, Miss Ella L. Burbank, Miss Ida E. Buss, Herman L. Chandler, Dr. N. F. Chany, Miss A. Clara. Chipman, Miss Bessie. Clark, Mrs. Annie G. Clark, Miss Mary S. Cl
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 15., Medford commerce. (search)
Medford commerce. The business transactions and investments of Benjamin Hall, Sr., Medford's chief merchant and trader of colonial and revolutionary times, were many and varied. The following list of ships and their captains, and the ports to which they sailed, as found in Mr. Hall's account with Edward Payson for insurance on craft and cargo, shows how large his marine ventures were;-- DefianceParsonsto and from West Indies EssexWillcometo and from West Indies FriendshipJacksonto and from Indies HalifaxStilesto and from Indies PollyBarstowto and from Holland DauphinSmithfor France Three FriendsWoodfor France NeptuneFrazierfor West Indies JohnStantonfor West Indies SallyPainefor West Indies FriendshipManchesterfor West Indies BellaGrinnellfor Holland Other sloops were Gloriosa, Mercury, Boston, Speedwell, Minerva. What a scene of activity the coming and going of these vessels must have given to Mystic river! —E. M. G
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 25., Old ships and ship-building days of Medford. (search)
ith John Kennedy of Boston, were the owners of the brig Dolly, Capt. Levi Stetson, captured by a French privateer in 1798 in the short naval war with France. French Spoliation Claims. The following is a list of the vessels in which Benjamin Hall had an interest, with their captains and the ports to which they sailed:— DefianceParsonsTo and from West Indies EssexWillcomeTo and from West Indies FriendshipJacksonTo and from West Indies HalifaxStilesTo and from West Indies PollyBarstowTo and from Holland DauphinSmithFor France Three FriendsWoodFor France NeptuneFrazierFor West Indies JohnStantonFor West Indies SallyPaineFor West Indies FriendshipManchesterFor West Indies BellaGrinnellFor Holland Also the sloops Gloriosa, Mercury, Boston, Speedwell, Minerva. Medford Historical Register, January, 1916. The cargoes to the southern states from Massachusetts were largely rum and salt codfish, but to the West Indies they could carry salt beef and pork, vegetab
The Daily Dispatch: November 20, 1861., [Electronic resource], He is coming to Charleston. (search)
He is coming to Charleston. --Ex-Governor, now Colonel Barstow, of Wisconsin, speaking of his raising a regiment of cavalry, says: At the adjournment of the Democratic National Convention, in Charleston, several gentlemen invited me to come to Charleston again. I promised that I would, and I am going as soon as my regiment is ready to march.
The Daily Dispatch: May 12, 1862., [Electronic resource], article 22 (search)
ri. A. St. Louis correspondent of the Milwaukee News writes as follows, under date of April 24th: I have spent a good many hours in looking around this city and chatting with men from all parts of the State, and I am satisfied that there are as many Secessionists here as ever Nine-tenths of the Americans in this city are Secessionists, and nothing but the sight of brass buttons and red tape keeps them down. Our pickets at Benton barracks are fire last nearly every night. One of Col. Barstow's men was shot in the leg, find one of Colonel Washburn's through the hand, a few nights since. It is amusing to us here who have seen its conversed with hundreds who were in the battle of Pittsburg, to read the different accounts of our loss in that engagement. I can see no good reason for denying the fact that our men taught like so many tigers, but loss was immense. The number of the Federal troops killed and wounded is full 15, besides 5,000 or 6,000 taken prisoners. In a
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