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Colonel Charles E. Hooker, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 12.2, Mississippi (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 38 0 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 6. (ed. Frank Moore) 27 1 Browse Search
Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government 16 2 Browse Search
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 3. 16 0 Browse Search
Col. J. Stoddard Johnston, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 9.1, Kentucky (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 8 2 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 16. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 7 1 Browse Search
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 7 1 Browse Search
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 2. 5 1 Browse Search
Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Chapter XXII: Operations in Kentucky, Tennessee, North Mississippi, North Alabama, and Southwest Virginia. March 4-June 10, 1862., Part II: Correspondence, Orders, and Returns. (ed. Lieut. Col. Robert N. Scott) 4 0 Browse Search
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 II. 2 0 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Pickens, Fort (search)
ain Vogdes. A few days afterwards the Atlantic and Illinois arrived with several hundred troops under the command of Col. Henry Brown, with ample supplies of food and munitions of war; and Lieutenant Slemmer and his almost exhausted little garrison were sent to Fort Hamilton, New York, to rest. By May 1 there was a formidable force of insurgents menacing Fort Pickens, numbering nearly 7,000, arranged in three divisions. The first, on the right, was composed of Mississippians, under Col. J. R. Chalmers; the second was composed of Alabamians and a Georgia regiment, under Colonel Clayton; and the third was made up of Louisianians, Georgians, and a Florida regiment— the whole commanded by Colonel Gladdin. There were also 500 troops at Pensacola, and General Bragg was commander-inchief. Reinforcements continued to be sent to Fort Pickens, and in June Wilson's Zouaves, from New York, were encamped on Santa Rosa Island, on which Fort Map of Pensacola Bay. Pickens stands. During the e
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Pillow, Fort (search)
ons were going on Forrest sent large numbers of his troops to favorable positions for attack, which could not have been gained while the garrison was free to fight. By this trick he gained a great advantage. Bradford refused to surrender, and Forrest gave a signal, when his men sprang from their hiding-places, which they had gained by treachery, and, with a cry of No quarter! pounced upon the fort at different points, and in a few moments were in possession of it. Generals Forrest and Chalmers entered the fort simultaneously from opposite sides. The surprised and overwhelmed garrison threw down their arms. Some of them attempted to escape down the steep bank of the river or to find concealment in the bushes. The conquerors followed and butchered the defenseless men, who begged for quarter. Within the fort like scenes were exhibited. Soldiers and civilians— men, women, and children, white and black—were indiscriminately slaughtered. The massacre continued until night, and wa
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Sheridan, Philip Henry 1831-1888 (search)
gion, and settling difficulties with the Indians; was made captain in May, 1861, and during the summer was president of a military commission to audit claims in Missouri. In December he was made chief commissary of the Army of the Southwest, and was on the staff of General Halleck at Corinth, performing the same duties. In May, 1862, he was made colonel of the 2d Michigan Cavalry; on June 6 defeated Forrest's cavalry, and on July 1 repulsed and defeated a superior Confederate force under Chalmers at Booneville, Miss. He was then at the head of a brigade of cavalry, and was made brigadiergeneral. In August he defeated Faulkner's cavalry in Mississippi. Late in September he took command of a division in the Army of the Ohio, and led another division at the battle of Perryville. He also commanded a division with great efficiency in the battle at Stone River, and for his services there he was made (Dec. 31) major-general of volunteers. He afterwards rendered signal service in the b
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Worcester, Joseph Emerson 1784-1865 (search)
Worcester, Joseph Emerson 1784-1865 Lexicographer; born in Bedford, N. H., Aug. 24, 1784; graduated at Yale College in 1811. While teaching school at Salem he wrote A Geographical dictionary, or universal Gazetteer, ancient and modern, published in 1817. In 1818 he issued a Gazetteer of the United States. This was followed by several elementary works on geography and history. In 1828 he issued Johnson's English dictionary, as improved by Todd and abridged by Chalmers, with Walker's pronouncing dictionary combined, to which is added Walker's Key. Dr. Worcester is best known by his series of dictionaries. For a complete list of his works see Allibone's Critical dictionary of English Literature, and British and American authors. He died in Cambridge, Mass., Oct. 27, 1865.