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Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 2., Chapter 19: events in Kentucky and Northern Mississippi. (search)
l. In the course of a few hours he had at his command an army of workers and fighters forty thousand strong. While many did not believe that danger was so nigh, If the enemy should not come, after all this fuss, said a doubting friend to the General, you will be ruined. --Very well, he responded; but they will come, and if they do not, it will be because this same fuss has caused them to think better of it. all confided in the General, and the citizens and soldiers of Cincinnati, and Dickson's brigade of colored men, and the Squirrel Hunters from the rural districts of Ohio, streamed across a pontoon bridge that had been erected in a day under Wallace's Pontoon Bridge at Cincinnati. this is a view of the passage of the troops over the pontoon Bridge at Cincinnati on the night of the 3d of September, 1862. the Bridge was laid along the line of the Suspension Bridge since erected. The unfinished piers of that Bridge are seen on each side of the Ohio, in the picture. direct
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 6. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 10 (search)
On the morning of the seventeenth instant, in accordance with orders received from yourself, I sent a detachment of the Sixth Ohio cavalry, which had joined me the night before, with orders to go to Gainesville, push on to New-Baltimore, patrol to Thoroughfare Gap, keep up communication with the (White) Plains, where you would be with your command; and having sent out Capt. Hanley on an expedition, I then proceeded through Middleburgh toward Paris, having thrown a detachment, under Lieutenant Dickson, forward through Upperville toward Paris, who succeeded in driving in the enemy's pickets and capturing one trooper, with his horse, etc. At Rector's Cross-Roads I turned to the left, and marched to Rector; on the road, captured and paroled two confederate soldiers. I then marched to Salem; on the road, overtook a funeral procession, with three of Stuart's cavalry in full uniform as mourners. Upon their word of honor not to try to escape, I allowed them to pass unmolested to Salem, w
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 1. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 149 (search)
rphies, Nail, Hickett, Porter, Richardson, Roberts, Shield, Smith, Sewel, Trevitt, Vaughn, Whitmore, Woods, and Speaker Whitthorne. Nays.--Messrs. Armstrong, Brazelton, Butler, Caldwell, Gorman, Greene, Morris, Norman, Russell, Senter, Strewsbury, White of Davidson, Williams of Knox, Wisener, and Woodard. Absent and not voting--Messrs. Barksdale, Beaty, Bennett, Britton, Critz, Doak, East, Gillespie, Harris, Hebb, Johnson, Kincaid of Anderson, Kincaid of. Claiborne, Trewhitt, White of Dickson, Williams of Franklin, Williams of Hickman, and Williamson. an act to submit to A vote of the PEOple a Declaration of Independence, and for other purposes. section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That, immediately after the passage of this Act, the Governor of this State shall by proclamation, direct the sheriffs of the several counties in this State to open and hold an election at the various voting precincts in their respective counties on the 8th
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories, Alabama Volunteers. (search)
s, Military Division Mississippi, to June, 1865. District Northern Alabama, Dept. of the Cumberland, to October, 1865. Service. Duty in District of Corinth, Miss., till June, 1863. Action at Cherokee Station, Ala., December 12, 1862. Chewalla, Tenn., January 20, 1863. Tuscumbia, Ala., February 22. Bear Creek March 3. Carroll County (Cos. H and L ) April 4. Glendale April 14. Dodge's Expedition to North Alabama April 15-May 8. Barton's Station April 16-17. Dickson, Great Bear Creek, Cherokee Station and Lundy's Lane April 17. Rock Cut, near Tuscumbia, April 22. Tuscumbia April 23. Town Creek April 28. Expedition to Tupelo, Miss., May 2-8. King's Creek, near Tupelo, May 5. Burnsville, Miss., June 11. Ripley Aug. 3. Vincent's Cross Roads and Bay Springs, Ala., October 26. Operations on Memphis & Charleston R. R. November 3-5. Colliersville, Tenn., November 3. Moscow, Miss., November 4. Camp Davies, Miss., November 22
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories, Illinois Volunteers. (search)
attle of Shiloh, Tenn., April 6-7. Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30. Duty at Corinth till March, 1863. Battle of Corinth October 3-4, 1862. Pursuit to Ripley October 5-12. Grant's Central Mississippi Campaign November and December. Reconnoissance to Tupelo, Miss., December 13-19. Expedition to intercept Forest January 2-3, 1863. Regiment mounted March 15, 1863. Dodge's Expedition to Northern Alabama April 14-May 8. Burnsville April 14. Dickson and Lundy's Lane April 17. Dickson Station April 19. Rock Cut, near Tuscumbia, April 22. Florence April 23. Tuscumbia April 23. Town Creek April 28. Expedition from Burnsville to Tupelo, Miss., May 2-8. Tupelo May 4. King's Creek, near Tupelo, May 5. Expedition from Corinth, Miss., to Florence, Ala., May 26-31. Florence May 27-28. Hamburg Landing, Tenn., May 30. Moved to Pocahontas, Tenn., June 3. Expedition to Ripley, Miss., June 8-9. Raid to Riple
Emilio, Luis F., History of the Fifty-Fourth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry , 1863-1865, Roster of the Fifty-Fourth Massachusetts Infantry. (search)
Pris. 16 Jly 63 James Id. S. C.; ex. 4 Mch 65 Goldsboro, N. C.; ret. 7 Je 65. $50. Croslear, Edward A. 26, mar.; laborer; Sheffield. 7 Dec 63; 20 Aug 65. $325. Sheffield. Crozier Oscar James Mus. 20, sin.; hostler; Philadelphia. 21 Feb 65; 20 Aug. 65. $50. Davis, Jeremiah Corpl 33, sin.; farmer; Philadelphia. 3 Mch 63; 25 Aug 65 New York. $50. day, Robert M. 20, mar.; laborer; Philadelphia. 14 Mch 63; 20 Mch 65 Davids Id. N. Y.; dis. Wounded 16 Jly 64 Morris Id. S. C. $50. Dickson, Anderson. 19, sin.; farmer; Muscatine, Ia. 12 May 63; 20 Aug 65. $50. Dixon, John W. 22, sin.; farmer; W. Chester, Pa. 4 Mch 63; 1 Sep 65 New York. $50. Douglass, John 23, sin.; farmer; Unionville, Pa. 11 Mch 63; 20 Aug 65. $50. Draper, Charles 18, sin.; drummer; Philadelphia. 23 Feb 63; deserted 15 Apl 64 Jacksonville, Fla. $50. Elletts, James. 27, mar.; laborer; Hollidaysburg, Pa. 11 Mch 63; died pris. —— Charleston, S. C.; captd 18 Jly 63 Ft. Wagner. $50. Elletts, Samue
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 11. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 122 (search)
eth Army Corps; Major Waterhouse, First Illinois Artillery, Chief of Artillery, Seventeenth Army Corps; Lieutenant Colonel Ross, First Michigan artillery, Chief of Artillery, Fifteenth Army Corps; Major Houghtaling, First Illinois artillery, Chief of Artillery Fourteenth Army Corps. I respectfully ask that each of these officers, who have also served faithfully and creditably through the Atlanta and Savannah campaigns, be recommended for promotion by brevet. The officers of my staff, Major Dickson, Inspector of Artillery ; Captain Marshall, Assistant Adjutant-General; Captain Merritt, and Lieutenant Verplanck, Aides-de-camp, at all times performed cheerfully and well the duties with which they were charged. I am, General, very respectfully, your obedient servant. William F. Barry, Brev. Maj.-Gen., Chief of Artillery. Major-General W. T. Sherman, Commanding Military Division of the Mississippi. Correspondence. Wheeler to General Howard. Grahams, S. C., February 7, 1
Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 2, Index to volumes I. And II. (search)
348; calls Chardon St. Convention, 422. Dawes, William, 2.377. Dawson, W. C., 1.248. Denison, Charles W., Rev. [b. Stonington, Conn., Nov. 5, 1812; d. Washington, Nov. 13, 1881], edits World in Philadelphia, 1.415; delegate Nat. A. S. Convention, 398, committeeman, 406; denounced at South, 2.198; addresses colored people, 210; at N. Y. anniversary, 348, secedes, 349; opposes Borden's reflection, 437. Dickens, Charles [1812-1870], 2.383. Dickey, —, Rev. (of Penn.), 2.249, 250. Dickson, John [1808-1852], 1.482, 483. Dimmick, Luther F., Rev., 1.208; admits G. to his church, 209. Dimmock, John L., 2.11, 17. District of Columbia, Lundy's petitions for abolition of slavery in, 1.98; G.'s first petition, 108, reception in Congress, 110-112; first petition in Lib., 227; systematic Congressional repression, 482, 483, 2.74, 247, 433, Rhett's plan, 244; abolition in, made a political test, 1.455, 456; abolition meeting in Faneuil Hall, 2.274. Disunion, weighed by G., 1.3
Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 1, Chapter 14: the Boston mob (first stage).—1835. (search)
during the Revolution. A cold bath would do them good. Two influences Boston could not escape: one, the example of Congress in repressing free speech; the other, the example of sister cities carried away by Southern panic. On February 2, Mr. Dickson, of New York, Lib. 5.26, 30. presented in the House of Representatives the petition of eight hundred ladies for the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia, and, in a favorable speech, asserting the power of Congress in the premised guided by the Garrisons, the Tappans, and others, their wire-workers. Wise, of Virginia, declared the South would fight to the hilt against emancipation in the District unless upon a petition from slave-owners. The House, which had adopted Mr. Dickson's motion (seconded by his colleague, Mr. Fillmore) to print a memorial from Rochester, N. Y., bearing the mayor's signature, was persuaded by Wise to reconsider and lay it, like the several petitions, upon the table. The same fate attended pe
Brigadier-General Ellison Capers, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 5, South Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 17: (search)
icularly commended the gallantry of the men on his advanced line under unremitting fire for eight days and nights from the enemy's monitors, gunboats, mortar boats and land batteries. These troops were detachments from the First and Second artillery, Company B, siege train; First cavalry, First infantry (regulars), Kirk's and Peeples' squadrons of cavalry and Harrison's and Bonaud's Georgians, the South Carolina officers commanding being Major Manigault, Major Blanding, Capts. R. P. Smith, Dickson, Warley, Rivers, Witherspoon, Burnet, Humbert, Stallings, Kennedy, Porcher Smith and Trezevant. The Stono batteries, under Majors Lucas and Blanding, were commanded by Captains Hayne, Richardson, Rhett, King, Lieutenants Ogier (specially distinguished), Martin, Reveley, Lucas, Ford and Stuart. Lieutenant-Colonel Brown at Fort Lamar, and the light batteries under Captain Wheaton, did good service, and Colonels Black, Frederick and Rhett were faithful and efficient in their duties commandin
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