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An English Combatant, Lieutenant of Artillery of the Field Staff., Battlefields of the South from Bull Run to Fredericksburgh; with sketches of Confederate commanders, and gossip of the camps., Chapter 23: (search)
charged the Administration with imbecility; others shook their heads, as if the final hour were rapidly approaching; while a few, I thought, betrayed more pleasure than pain in the anxiety and the feverish excitement of the majority. Of President Davis I knew something, but nothing in his character was like the picture angrily drawn of him by the unthinking. He could not attend to every thing; after appointments were made, the most he could do was to suggest on matters pertaining to the doore entertained half a dozen round the fire with his reminiscences of the Emerald Isle. Said Major Jones, emptying his glass: Smithers, I entirely disagree with you. The campaign wasn't worth a cent till Lee took the helm, and I believe that Davis himself endeavored to map out operations before that. See what miserable failures Roanoke and Donelson were. Who was commander — in chief before Lee? Nobody that I know; and the fact of sending men to be cooped up, surrounded, and destroyed on
An English Combatant, Lieutenant of Artillery of the Field Staff., Battlefields of the South from Bull Run to Fredericksburgh; with sketches of Confederate commanders, and gossip of the camps., Chapter 24: (search)
going to give up Richmond like every thing else, and will continue to fall back until we are all swimming in the Gulf of Mexico. There was not the slightest trepidation observable in the Government offices; all things went on as usual, and President Davis took his evening ride as placidly as ever. It was seen, however, that the enemy could never come up the river to Richmond, for heavy works had been hastily erected and mounted at Drury's Bluff. The immense raft was considered impregnable; h very secretly accomplished, the thing was known, and no notice taken of it by our authorities. The idea of giving up Richmond was heart-breaking, but so doubtful were appearances that it was not until Governor Letcher, in an audience with President Davis, had been positively assured that Virginia should not be given up, but defended until the streets of Richmond ran with blood, that any certainty was felt regarding ministerial measures. When the Governor rehearsed the substance of his inter
Varina Davis, Jefferson Davis: Ex-President of the Confederate States of America, A Memoir by his Wife, Volume 1, Chapter 26: after the battle of Monterey. (search)
ening. Lancers seen hovering near the camp — supposed to be a body of 400 or 500. Not a Mexican soldier have I seen since leaving Monterey. Monday, January 4th: Colonel J. Davis rejoined this regiment, and this day assumed the command. Mr. Davis's own account is here again quoted: The projected campaign against the capital of Mexico was now to be from Vera Cruz up the steppes and against the fortifications which had been built to resist any anticipated invasion, instead of from to return through a country of hostiles to Monterey. Then went to Agua Nueva, beyond Saltillo, where he was joined by General Wool with his command from Chihuahua. An extract of a letter from Agua Nueva, Mexico, 8th February, 1847, from Colonel Davis to me, expresses their impatience for the impending battle: We are here on the table-lands of Mexico, at the foot of the Sierra Madre. We came expecting a host and battle, have found solitude and externally peace. The daily alarms of
Varina Davis, Jefferson Davis: Ex-President of the Confederate States of America, A Memoir by his Wife, Volume 2, Chapter 38: Gettysburg. (search)
foe, the charge had failed, and the brave survivors of this grand assault recrossed the blood-stained field, and reformed their depleted ranks in the wood of Seminary Hill, from which they had lately advanced so gallantly to the charge. There they found General Lee, riding calmly up and down the lines, with only words of encouragement upon his lips. Never mind, he said, as he urged them to form, we'll talk of this afterward; now, we want all good men to rally. All will be well. Mr. Davis thus writes of Gettysburg in his Rise and fall: The battle of Gettysburg has been the subject of an unusual amount of discussion, and the enemy has made it a matter of extraordinary exultation. As an affair of arms it was marked by mighty feats of valor, to which both combatants may point with military pride. It was a graceful thing in President Lincoln if, as reported, when he was shown the steeps which the Northern men persistently held, he answered: I am proud to be the countryma
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 3. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 137 (search)
n person, to support a flank movement which I had directed. It was a hard-fought battle, lasting from half-past 10 A. M. to five P. M. They took Beltzhoover's battery, four pieces of which were re-captured. The enemy were thoroughly routed. We pursued them to their boats seven miles, then drove their boats before us. The road was strewn with their dead and wounded, guns, ammunition, and equipments. Our loss considerable; theirs heavy. L. Polk, Major-General Commanding. Reply of President Davis. Richmond, Nov. 8, 1861. To Major-General Polk: Your telegraph received. Accept for yourself, and the officers and men under your command, my sincere thanks for the glorious contribution you have just made to our common cause. Our countrymen must long remember gratefully to read the activity and skill, courage and devotion of the army at Belmont. J. Davis. Letter from Gen. Grant. The following is from a private letter from General Grant to his father, written on the ni
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 3. (ed. Frank Moore), Secession reports. (search)
nts under Gen. Pillow to his relief, then at intervals three others, then Gen. Cheatham. I then took over two others in person, to support a flank movement which I had directed. It was a hard-fought battle, lasting from half-past 10 A. M. to five P. M. They took Beltzhoover's battery, four pieces of which were re-captured. The enemy were thoroughly routed. We pursued them to their boats seven miles, then drove their boats before us. The road was strewn with their dead and wounded, guns, ammunition, and equipments. Our loss considerable; theirs heavy. L. Polk, Major-General Commanding. Reply of President Davis. Richmond, Nov. 8, 1861. To Major-General Polk: Your telegraph received. Accept for yourself, and the officers and men under your command, my sincere thanks for the glorious contribution you have just made to our common cause. Our countrymen must long remember gratefully to read the activity and skill, courage and devotion of the army at Belmont. J. Davis.
Alfred Roman, The military operations of General Beauregard in the war between the states, 1861 to 1865, Chapter 25: (search)
agg notifies the government of the fact. President Davis removes General Beauregard, and gives perDepartment to General Bragg. comments on President Davis. General Bragg's despatch to General Beaneral Cooper. Misstatements contained in President Davis's book. public sympathy with General BeaBeauregard's restoration to his command. President Davis's refusal. notes of the interview, by Mrt Davis's resentment at so simple an act. Mr. Davis quotes the answer made by General Beauregard was not General Beauregard's real answer to Mr. Davis or to the War Department: it was nothing mortion of General Beauregard's remarks to him. Mr. Davis had also before him General Beauregard's ownon the 17th of June, the War Department, and Mr. Davis likewise, had already received General Beauregard's return. It is claimed, on behalf of Mr. Davis, that had such a course been adopted, Generaitary etiquette in matters of this kind, and Mr. Davis had clearly violated it before General Beaur[8 more...]
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), A. (search)
orwarded by the type-shifter G, along the elevated channel g, from whence the addresses are removed in gangs. The notice-bell R is actuated by the type at intervals to announce that a certain galley is exhausted. Schuh's addressing machine. Davis's addressing machine. Davis, September 6, 1859. The blocks r on which the addresses are cut or placed are attached in compact column, but independently, to a flexible band which runs over two rollers p t, the lower one, t, being of small dDavis, September 6, 1859. The blocks r on which the addresses are cut or placed are attached in compact column, but independently, to a flexible band which runs over two rollers p t, the lower one, t, being of small diameter so as to cause the outer edges of the blocks to separate at the lowest point of their revolution, as seen in the figure. By this separation the lowest block for the time being is distinctly presented to the paper or envelope which is placed beneath it, and raised to the type by the treadle which raises the table a. Bowlus's addressing machine. Doty's addressing machine. Bowlus, May 1, 1860. The endless chain has type-boxes e, which have spring sides for clasping the forms, each
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), B. (search)
ge, and attached to the stock, has a graduated spring-piece slipping within a vertical slot in the small of the stock, and is adjusted as required. Its spring retains it in place, or it may be clamped by a set-screw or lowered below the line of the hind-sight on the barrel. 2. (Leveling.) The reading of the leveling-staff; taken back to a station which has been passed. Readings on the forward staff are fore-sights. Back-staff. （Optics.) A peculiar sea-quadrant, invented by Captain Davis, 1590. It has a graduated arc of 90° united to a center by two radii, with a second arc of smaller radius, but measuring 6° on the side of it. To the first arc a vane is attached for sight; to the second, one for shade; at the vertex the horizontal vane has a slit in it. The back of the observer is turned towards the sun at the time of observation. (Admiral Smyth.) It is now superseded by instruments of more modern type, such as the reflecting quadrant and sextant. Back-stay.
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), F. (search)
, 1862. 35,686F. DewzlerApr. 29, 1862. 37,339G. W. WhiteJan. 6, 1863. 37,544J. DavisJan. 27, 1863. 33,455W. AldrichMay 12, 1863 *33,004W. H. RiceMay 19, 1863. 45. 49,583L. W. BroadwellAug. 22, 1865. 51,243W. TibbalsNov. 28, 1865. 51,258J. DavisNov. 28, 1865. 54,744J. LeeMay 15, 1866. 54,934J. V. McigsMay 22, 1866. 59,5ay 5, 1863. 38,643S. StrongMay 19, 1863. 38,644S. StrongMay 19, 1863. 39,198J. DavisJuly 7, 1863. 39,407B. F. JoslynAug. 4, 1863. 41,732J. WarnerFeb. 23, 1864. 42,000B. F. JoslynMar. 22, 1864. 42,529J. DavisApr. 25, 1864. 42,542I. SmithApr. 26, 1864. 42,573J. GouldingMay 3, 1864. 44,798H. HammondOct. 25, 1864. 45,660J. 5,268Belden and CrabtreeDec. 29, 1868. 104,223W. SoperJune 14, 1870. *112,127J. DavisFeb. 28, 1871. 112,589H. HammondMar. 14, 1871. 118,171J. B. WayneAug. 15, 187. †128,644W MasonJuly 2, 1872. †128,991Wesson and KingJuly 16, 1872. 132,357J. DavisOct. 22, 1872. 133,732C. S. WellsDec. 10, 1872. 135.377O. A. SmithJan. 28, 18
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