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The Annals of the Civil War Written by Leading Participants North and South (ed. Alexander Kelly McClure), The battle of Beverly ford. (search)
was shot by a soldier on foot, who sprang from behind a tree in the edge of the first wood. He was borne back in a blanket just as General Pleasonton gained the southern bank of the river; and in a moment more we met some men carrying Captain George A. Forsyth, Eighth Illinois Cavalry, who was shot through the thigh. This able and daring officer has since become renowned as an aide-de-camp of General Sheridan throughout his campaigns in Virginia, and as the hero of the most remarkable fight with Indians on the plains of which there is any record. Forsyth reported a sharp fight at the front, and expressed great regret that he had not been wounded at sundown instead of at sunrise. Meantime the reserve brigade of cavalry had passed on to join in the melee, the sounds of which were now formidable in front, while shells came flying from our right and demanded attention. The reserve brigade, which included the regular regiments and the Sixth Pennsylvania Cavalry, was soon hotly engag
Philip Henry Sheridan, Personal Memoirs of P. H. Sheridan, General, United States Army ., Chapter III (search)
I sent back to Wright all the cavalry except one regiment, which escorted me through Manassas Gap to the terminus of the railroad from Washington. I had with me Lieutenant-Colonel James W. Forsyth, chief-of-staff, and three of my aides, Major George A. Forsyth, Captain Joseph O'Keefe, and Captain Michael V. Sheridan. I rode my black horse, Rienzi, and the others their own respective mounts. Before leaving Cedar Creek I had fixed the route of my return to be by rail from Washington to Martis time Colonel Wood, my chief commissary, arrived from the front and gave me fuller intelligence, reporting that everything was gone, my headquarters captured, and the troops dispersed. When I heard this I took two of my aides-de-camp, Major George A. Forsyth and Captain Joseph O'Keefe, and with twenty men from the escort started for the front, at the same time directing Colonel James W. Forsyth and Colonels Alexander and Thom to remain behind and do what they could to stop the runaways.
Philip Henry Sheridan, Personal Memoirs of P. H. Sheridan, General, United States Army ., Chapter XII (search)
on the Republican River the 17th of September by my Aide, Colonel George A. Forsyth, and party, against about seven hundred Cheyennes and Sioux. Forsyth, with Lieutenant Beecher, and Doctor J. H. Mooers as surgeon, was in charge of a company of citizen scouts, mostly expert rifle- the towns that grew up over-night on the Kansas-Pacific railway. Forsyth pursued this party, but failing to overtake it, made his way into ole some horses from the stage company. This unexpected raid made Forsyth hot to go for the marauders, and he telegraphed me for permission,as soon as a large enough force was mustered, but as this was what Forsyth was after, he pushed ahead with confidence and alacrity. The nighon the hills overlooking the camp and so menacingly as to convince Forsyth that his defense must be one of desperation. The only place at h proceeded to lay siege to the party. The first man struck was Forsyth himself. He was hit three times in all-twice in one leg, both ser
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 10: The Armies and the Leaders. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller), Chapter 9: roster of general officers both Union and Confederate (search)
7, 1865. Farrar, B. G., Mar. 9, 1865. Fearing, Benj. D., Dec. 2, 1864. Fisher, Benj. F., Mar. 13, 1865. Fisher, Joseph W., Nov. 4, 1865. Fisk, Henry C., April 6, 1865. Fiske, Frank S., Mar. 13, 1865. Fiske, Wm. O., Mar. 13, 1865. Fitzsimmons, C., Mar. 13, 1865. Flanigan, Mark, Mar. 13, 1865. Fleming, R. E., Mar. 13, 1864. Fletcher, T. C., Mar. 13, 1865. Flood, Martin, Mar. 13, 1865. Flynn, John, Mar. 13, 1865. Fonda, John G., June 28, 1865. Ford, James H., Dec. 10, 1865. Forsyth, Geo. A., Feb. 13, 1865. Foster, Geo. P., Aug. 1, 1864. Foster, John A., Sept. 28, 1865. Foust, B. F., Mar. 13, 1865. Fowler, Edw. B., Mar. 13, 1865. Franchot, R., Mar. 13, 1865. Francine, Louis R., July 2, 1863. Frank, Paul, Mar. 13, 1865. Frankle, Jones, Sept. 3, 1865. Frazer, D., Mar. 13, 1865. Frazer, John, Mar. 13, 1865. Frederick, C. H., Mar. 13, 1865. French, W. B., Mar. 13, 1865. Frink, Henry A., Oct. 4, 1865. Frisbie, H. N., Mar. 13, 1865. Fritz, Peter, Jr. , Mar. 13, 186
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America. (search)
y 27, 1868 Second session adjourns to Sept. 21, after sitting 239 days . July 27, 1868 Fourteenth Amendment ratified by Georgia, July 21, 1868; proclaimed by President......July 27, 1868 Gen. J. Reynolds appointed to command 5th Military District (Texas)......July 28, 1868 Thaddeus Stevens, born 1793, dies at Washington, D. C.......Aug. 11, 1868 Ordinance of secession declared null and void in Louisiana by Constitution, ratified by the people......Aug. 17-18, 1868 Col. George A. Forsyth engages in an eight days fight with Indians on the north fork of the Republican River, Kan......September, 1868 Second session reassembles for one day and adjourns to Oct. 16......Sept. 21, 1868 Congress meets and adjourns to Nov. 10......Oct. 16, 1868 Grant and Colfax, Republicans, elected President and Vice-President by votes of twenty-six States and a popular vote of 3,015,071; Seymour and Blair, Democrats, receive votes of eight States and a popular vote of 2,709,613....
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Kansas, (search)
...1867 Vote upon amending constitution: For striking out the word white, 10,483; for striking out male, 9,070; against, 19,857......Nov. 5, 1867 Indian raids in Solomon Valley and along the Republican and Saline rivers......August, 1868 Kansas academy of science founded at Topeka, under the name of Kansas Natural History Society......Sept. 1, 1868 Governor Crawford calls for the organization of a cavalry regiment, the 19th Kansas, for Indian service......Oct. 10, 1868 Col. George A. Forsyth engages in an eight days fight with Indians on the north fork of the Republican River......Sept. 17, 1868 State convention of colored people at Topeka ask the legislature to memorialize Congress for negro suffrage......Jan. 20, 1869 Woman suffrage convention at Topeka......Feb. 4, 1869 Eight million acres of the Osage diminished reserve lands opened by Congress to settlement......April 10, 1869 Indian raids on the Republican River......May 21, 1869 Fifteenth Amendment
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), War of 1812, (search)
at Prescott. Brown, meanwhile, successfully took the flotilla past Prescott on the night of the 6th, and the forces were reunited 4 miles below Ogdensburg. There Wilkinson was informed that the Canada shores of the St. Lawrence were lined with posts of musketry and artillery to dispute the passage of the flotilla. To meet this emergency, Col. Alexander McComb was detached with 1,200 of the best troops of the army, and on the 7th landed on the Canada shore. He was followed by Lieutenant-Colonel Forsyth with his riflemen. On the 8th a council of war was held, and, after receiving a report from Col. J. G. Swift, the chief engineer, concerning the strength of the army, the question Shall the army proceed with all possible rapidity to the attack of Montreal? was considered, and was answered in the affirmative. General Brown at once crossed the river with his brigade. Meanwhile a large reinforcement had come down from Kingston to Prescott, and were marching rapidly forward to meet
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Webster, Daniel 1782-1852 (search)
ot say this to reproach Carolina; I only state the fact, and I think it will appear to be true, that among the earliest and boldest advocates of the tariff, as a measure of protection, and on the express ground of protection, were leading gentlemen of South Carolina in Congress. I did not then, and cannot now, understand their language in any other sense. While this tariff of 1816 was under discussion in the House of Representatives an honorable gentleman from Georgia, now of this House—Mr. Forsyth—moved to reduce the proposed duty on cotton. He failed by four votes, South Carolina giving three votes—enough to have turned the scale— against his motion. The act, sir, then passed, and received on its passage the support of a majority of the representatives of South Carolina present and voting. This act is the first in the order of those now denounced as plain usurpations. We see it daily in the list by the side of those of 1824 and 1828, as a case of manifest oppression justifyin
Adam Badeau, Military history of Ulysses S. Grant from April 1861 to April 1865. Volume 2, Chapter 34: (search)
es, and requesting him to maintain the truce until positive orders from Grant could be received. But the hours were passing, and the distance to Meade's Headquarters, around the national front, was nearly twelve miles, while through the rebel army it was not more than two miles; and, in his anxiety lest the fighting should recommence, Lee now volunteered to send an officer through his own lines with the message to Meade. Babcock's note was accordingly transmitted in this way by General Forsyth, of Sheridan's staff, escorted by a rebel officer. Lee then rode on to the village of Appomattox, and selected the house of a farmer named McLean for the interview with Grant. Information was at once sent back to Sheridan's Headquarters, not half a mile away, where the cavalry leader was impatiently awaiting the arrival of his chief. Firing of course had ceased, and Sheridan was at the very front with a handful of officers. Aware that Grant now held the remainder of the army of Northe
Adam Badeau, Military history of Ulysses S. Grant from April 1861 to April 1865. Volume 2, Appendix to Chapter XXXII. (search)
g）3,050 From total effective April 1, 1865 =10,232 Take Crook's strength April 1, 18653,050 —— Total cavalry [Merritt's and Mackenzie's] engaged at Five Forks7,182 Headquarters, military division of the Missouri, Chicago, Illinois, November 26, 1880. I certify that the numbers given as the strength of the commands in the above statement—except the estimated loss of Crook's command at Dinwiddie court-house—are all taken from official reports now on. file at these Headquarters. George A. Forsyth, Lieutenant—Colonel, Aide-de—Camp. With reference to this statement I refer the reader to my remarks in Appendix to Chapter XXV. I have no doubt that all the deductions claimed could be legitimately made; but I have adopted the rule of accepting the official returns of effective strength made to an adjutant-general, whether by rebel or national officers, and am obliged to abide by it in this instance, as in all others. It will not be found to act unfairly, as I decline to
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