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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 7. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 15 (search)
ess to the rebels by our sharp-shooters. Rebel deserters and prisoners brought into camp speak of our artillery practice as splendid, and say that they were not able to fire a gun more than five or six times before they had to move it, as the accuracy of our range would work it certain destruction. As before mentioned, we commenced preparations for the attack while yet it was scarcely daylight. The plan of the assault was briefly as follows: The Seventy-fifth New-York, under command of Captain Cray, and the Twelfth Connecticut, led by Lieutenant-Colonel Peck, were detailed as skirmishers, forming a separate command under Lieutenant-Colonel Babcock, of the Seventy-fifth New-York. The Ninety-first New-York, Colonel Van Zandt, commanding — each soldier carrying a five-pound hand grenade, with his musket thrown over his shoulder — followed next in order. The skirmishers were to creep up and lie on the exterior slope of the enemy's breastworks, while the regiment carrying the grenades
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 6. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 79 (search)
report. Much credit is due to Mr. H. W. Wilson, engineer, who, in charge of the pioneers and a force of contrabands, did most excellent service in building bridges, repairing roads, etc. I inclose to General E. A. Hitchcock the list of paroled prisoners, numbering four hundred and ninety-six. I herewith inclose lists of the killed, wounded, and missing, showing an aggregate of ninety killed, four hundred and seventy-eight wounded, and nine missing. Among the killed I must mourn Col. Cray, of the Ninety-sixth New-York regiment. He was killed at the head of his regiment, at the Kinston bridge. Though but a few days in this department, he had already won the high esteem of all here. In the charge of the Tenth Connecticut, they lost Capt. H. A. Wells, and Lieuts. H. W. Perkins, T. D. Hill, and J. C. Coffing, all good and excellent officers, who died doing a gallant duty. For many details of distinguished services of individual officers, I beg to refer to the brigade an
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), C. (search)
ng (rastrum); also as flakes for drying fruit. The latter were sometimes made of sedge or straw. Large crates were used in bridging fosses, protecting military engines, etc. Crawl. A pen of stakes and hurdles on the seaside, for fish. Cray. A small sea-vessel. Cray′on. 1. A colored pencil consisting of a cylinder of fine pipe-clay colored with a pigment. Black crayons are colored with plumbago, or made of Italian black chalk. A white crayon is a cylinder of chalk, comCray′on. 1. A colored pencil consisting of a cylinder of fine pipe-clay colored with a pigment. Black crayons are colored with plumbago, or made of Italian black chalk. A white crayon is a cylinder of chalk, common in England and France. Red chalk is found in France. The holder is a porte-crayon. Crayons are said to have been made in France in 1422, and imported thence into England in 1748. It is hard to say how long ago charcoal, chalk, and ochreous earths were used. Hans Holbein drew portraits in crayon in 1540. Sir Thomas Lawrence excelled in this style of portrait-painting, 1800 – 1830. 2. (Lithography.) A composition formed as a pencil, and used for drawing upon lithographic stones<
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), L. (search)
per cent. Its characteristics, as compared with dynamite, are: (1) greater sensitiveness to temperature, exploding at 120°, while dynamite explodes at 190°; (2) greater sensitiveness to moisture from the presence of the hygroscopic nitrate of soda; (3) the gases from the explosion always contain carbonic oxide from the carbon in the compound; (4) for equal volumes it has the less explosive power. — Journal of Applied Chemistry. Lith′o-glyph. An engraving on a gem. Lith′o-graph′ic Cray′on. In drawing on stone for the purposes of lithographic printing, crayons are used. They are composed essentially of soap, wax, fat, and lampblack, and are cast in the form of little cylindrical sticks. These are fastened in a portecrayon or quill in the ordinary way. The above constituents, with various additions of shellac, mastic, etc., are fused together and finally set on fire. The longer the mixture burns, the harder the product becomes; three or four grades are usually made
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), U. (search)
through the aperture e. The oil and sediment may be removed by unscrewing the plugs f g. Great variety is shown in the steps for spindles of spinningmachines. Ver′ti-cal steam-en′gine. One in which the piston reciprocates vertically, as distinguished from the horizontal, inclined, or rotary, — all common forms. Ver′vel. A silver name-ring around the leg of a hawk. Ves′sel. See under the following heads:— Argosy.Corvette. Ark.Cowan. Armor-plated vessel.Crane. Azogue.Cray. Bac.Cutter. Baggula.Dandy. Ballahore.Dhoney. Ballast-lighter.Dhow. Ballon.Dingy. Balsa.Dispatch-boat. Banker.Dogger. Barangay.Doney. Barca.Dory. Barcon.Dow (dhow). Barge.Dredge-boat. Bark.Drogher. Barquantine.Dug-out. Barque.Dummy. Batardates.Dwang. Bateau.Farcost. Becasse.Felucca. Bilalo.Ferry-boat. Bilander.Fire-ship. Bireme.Flat-boat. Bir-lin.Floating-battery. Boat.Floating-light. Bomb-ketch.Fly-boat. Brig.Fourth-rate. Brigantine.Frigate. Broad-horn.Frigatoo
The Daily Dispatch: April 18, 1862., [Electronic resource], article 18 (search)
s $150,000 to enable the mints to exchange coin for bullion. The gold bars assayed shall be of nine tenths fineness. The coinage laws of the United States, so far as they are not inconsistent with the bill, are re-enacted. It was passed and sent to the House. Mr. Barnwell, of South Carolina, from the same committee, reported favorably upon and recommended the passage of the bill in relation to auditing accounts for the War Department. The bill was passed and sent to the House. Mr. Cray, from the Committee of Foreign Affairs, asked to have the resolution of the Senate, in relation to Foreign Consuls transferred to the secret calendar. So ordered. Mr. Hill, of Ga, from the Judiciary Committee, reported three bills regulating the fees of clerks and marshals of the District Courts, and limiting the fees of the clerks, marshals and district attorneys — all of which were read and passed. Mr. Mitchell offered the following: Resolved,That the Secretary of the Cong
The Daily Dispatch: April 6, 1863., [Electronic resource], The capture of the schooner Hanover by the "Pirate" Retribution. (search)
aw a schooner running down with the American flag flying; her course was directly towards me; as she crossed my bow I first saw her battery, with the guns run out; as her Captain hailed me the American flag dropped, and that of the Confederate States hoisted in its place; the display of force on the "pirate" was of course overwhelming, and I was obliged to obey his orders; he sent his lieutenant and five of his crew aboard in a boat; the lieutenant was a mere boy, a Southerner, of the name of Cray, who appeared to be ill at case at the business in which he was engaged; he was quite courteous, remarking that the Hanover was a good price for them, and then requested me to go aboard the Retribution to have an interview with her commander. When Captain Case stepped upon the deck of the Retribution, her commander, Capt. Lock, stepped forward and said: "Ah, Capt. Case, do you know me — have you ever seen me before?" Capt. Case replied that to the best of his recollection he never had. "But