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Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: The Opening Battles. Volume 1., chapter 14.53 (search)
osition, and the enemy had advanced so close that canister was fired on them with effect, and they again fell back. The ammunition in the limber boxes was exhausted, and during the temporary absence of Colonel Wright the artillery left the field. The enemy made a charge upon our line, but the steady fire at close distance caused them to break in confusion, and they fell back. The Confederate forces were the 3d Georgia, some drafted militia under Colonel Ferebee, McComas's battery, and Gillette's company of cavalry. The Confederate loss was 6 killed, 19 wounded, and 3 prisoners. The Union forces were the 6th New Hampshire, 21st Massachusetts, 9th and 89th New York, .51st Pennsylvania, and 1st New York Marine Artillery (4 pieces); and the losses were: killed, 13; wounded, 101; captured, 13,--total, 127. General Jesse L. Reno says in his report that the object of his expedition was to convey the idea that the entire Burnside expedition was marching upon Norfolk.-editors. as it is n
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 2. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 6 (search)
eugnet put me in charge of the hospital, and allowed me to choose 20 from the prisoners and wounded, who were able to take care of the wounded, to assist me. The same morning a lady of the neighborhood brought us a bottle of wine and two dozen eggs, and we bought at noon twelve dozen eggs from a sutler. Thursday morning a number of secession doctors made their appearance, bringing with them some luxuries, which they gave to our doctors. Some time during the day Noble, of Company F, and Gillette, of the Engineer Corps, both of the Seventy-first, were brought in as prisoners, and were retained as assistants at the hospital. They were not wounded. This day a number of ladies and farmers of the surrounding country visited our hospitals, bringing with them milk, soup, and cakes. On Friday, they commenced removing the prisoners and wounded, amongst them Capt. Gordon, of the Eleventh Massachusetts, Lieut. Hamlin, Scott Life Guard, and all the noncommissioned officers, leaving instru
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Speaker of Congress, the (search)
ary to the standing rules, the general question of the appointment of the committees by the speaker was again raised. This was natural, as the complexion of the committees was a political factor of primary importance. Mr. Sackett, of New York, then moved that the committees of this House be appointed by the House under a viva voce vote of the members thereof, and that it shall require a majority of those voting to elect. The speaker ruled the resolution out of order. In recent years Mr. Gillette's proposition in 1880, to restrict the power of the speaker to appoint until especially authorized by the House, was unsuccessful. Mr. Orth's motion of Jan. 11, 1882, to change the methods of appointing committees, was referred to the committee on rules, of which the speaker was chairman. Mr. Orth claimed that in the present method the responsibility was too great for any single individual, and that a one-man power is always dangerous and in conflict with republican principles of govern
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 3, Chapter 38: repeal of the Missouri Compromise.—reply to Butler and Mason.—the Republican Party.—address on Granville Sharp.—friendly correspondence.—1853-1854. (search)
in a body from their Southern associates, and their absorption in a new antislavery party, which would consolidate the free States,— a movement which he denounced as contemplating civil war, servile insurrection, and disunion. Indeed, there were already tokens of the revolution in politics which Wade and Chase had foreshadowed. The Administration had lost New Hampshire, the President's State, by a union of the forces opposed to it; and the Whig Legislature of Connecticut had chosen as senator Gillette, a Free Soiler of the Chase and Sumner type, who had that morning taken his oath, and was that night to give his vote against the bill. Sumner's speech on the night of the final passage of the bill commanded unusual attention. It was briefer than most of his efforts, and found a place in many newspapers which had not before printed his speeches. As a vindication of the New England clergy by a New England senator, without reserve or apology, it was the discharge of a duty which his co
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 3, Chapter 39: the debate on Toucey's bill.—vindication of the antislavery enterprise.—first visit to the West.—defence of foreign-born citizens.—1854-1855. (search)
h the point was then decided in his favor, he was shortly after declared out of order by the chair. The evening had now come, and the chandeliers were lighted. Gillette, the new antislavery senator from Connecticut, who had been waiting for an opportunity to deliver a speech on slavery in the District of Columbia, took a manuscript from his desk and occupied an hour or more in reading it. All were amused when Jones of Tennessee treated Gillette's prepared speech as proof that the antislavery senators knew of the contest in advance, and had conspired to bring it on. Pettit declaimed with his habitual vulgarity on the inferiority of the African race. Wil Republican Speaker, and opposed the Republican party as sectional (July 24) till a short time before the election, when it announced its support of Fremont. Gillette, the antislavery senator from Connecticut, whose brief term had expired, wrote, December 5, from Hartford, that he regretted leaving the Senate only for losing t
Maj. Jed. Hotchkiss, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 3, Virginia (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Appendix. (search)
ant-colonel. Twelfth Infantry regiment: Brockett, Edgar L., major; Feild, Everard Meade, major, lieutenant-colonel, colonel; Jones, Richard W., major; Lewellen, John Richard, major, lieutenant-colonel; May, John P., major; Taylor, Fielding L., lieutenant-colonel; Weisiger, David A., colonel. Thirteenth Artillery battalion: Gibbes, Wade Hampton, major; King, J. Floyd, major, lieutenant-colonel; Owen, William Miller, major; Belsches, Benjamin W., major; Chambliss, John R., Jr., colonel; Gillette, Joseph E., major; Phillips, Jefferson C., lieutenant-colonel, colonel; Savage, Alexander, lieutenant-colonel; Upshaw, Thomas E., major, lieutenant-colonel; Winfield, Benjamin F., major. Thirteenth Infantry regiment: Crittenden, Charles T., major; Goodman, George Augustus, major, lieutenant-colonel; Hill, Ambrose P., colonel; Sherrard, John B., major, lieutenant-colonel, colonel; Walker, James A., lieutenant-colonel, colonel. Fourteenth Cavalry battalion (Chesapeake battalion. Transf
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 20. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.29 (search)
rfolk, Virginia, Walter F. Irvine. No. 4. Stonewall, Portsmouth, Virginia, R. C. Marshall. No. 5. R. E. Lee, No. 2, Alexandria, Virginia, William A. Smoot. No. 6. A. P. Hill, No. 6, Petersburg, Virginia, W. Gordon Mc-Cabe. No. 7. ClintonHatcher, Leesburg, Virginia, E. V. White. No. 8. Sam. Garland, Lynchburg, Virginia, Kirk Otey. No. 9. George E. Pickett, Richmond Virginia, R. N. Northen. No. 10. R. E. Lee, No. 3, Hampton, Virginia, A. S. Segar. No. 11. Urquhart-Gillette, Courtland, Virginia, L. R. Edwards, Franklin, Virginia. No. 12. John R. Cooke, West Point, Virginia, H. M. Miller. No. 13. William Watts, Roanoke, Virginia, S. S. Brooke. No. 14. John Bowie Strange, Charlottesville, Virginia, J. M. Garnett. No. 15. Pierre Gibson, No. 15, Culpeper, Virginia, D. A. Grimsley. No. 16. Callcote-Wrenn, Isle of Wight Courthouse, Virginia, N. F. Young. No. 17. Ewell, Prince William county, Virginia, H. F. Lynn, Catharpin, Virginia. No. 18. J
The Daily Dispatch: April 25, 1862., [Electronic resource], From the South. (search)
e say thirteen or fourteen--wounded; also, six or eight horses killed or disabled. The loss of the enemy could not be ascertained, but the officer who visited Mr. Gillette's house on Monday, in search of Colonel Robinson, reports that all the rooms in the house, except that wherein Mr. Gillette and family were confined, were coveMr. Gillette and family were confined, were covered with blood, and the Yankees were busily occupied all night attending to the wounded. In another article, the Journal narrates the first instance of Federal decency which we remember to have noticed during the progress of the war: A flag of truce was sent down to Newbern last Wednesday to ascertain the fate of Colonel Robinson, who, it was generally believed, was killed in the skirmish of the 18th with a party of the enemy at Gillette's, Jones . The flag was readily admitted by the enemy's pickets, who conducted the escort (Lieutenant Bryan, of the Second Cavalry,) to the first Colonel's encampment, where that officer was detained, and whenc