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William Swinton, Campaigns of the Army of the Potomac, chapter 13 (search)
outhside Railroad, where it was overtaken by Miles, who in a spirited charge dislodged and defeated it, taking two guns and six hundred prisoners. On reaching the lines immediately around Petersburg, a part of Ord's command, under General Gibbon, began an assault with the view to break through to the city. The attack was directed against Forts Gregg and Alexander, two strong, inclosed works, the most salient and commanding south of Petersburg. The former of these redoubts was manned by Harris's Mississippi Brigade, numbering two hundred and fifty men; and this handful of skilled marksmen conducted the defence with such intrepidity, that Gibbon's forces, surging repeatedly against it, were each time thrown back. At length, at seven A. M., a renewed charge carried the work; but not till its two hundred and fifty defenders had been reduced to thirty; and it is calculated that each of these riflemen struck down at least two assailants, for Gibbon's loss was above five hundred men. T
Capt. Calvin D. Cowles , 23d U. S. Infantry, Major George B. Davis , U. S. Army, Leslie J. Perry, Joseph W. Kirkley, The Official Military Atlas of the Civil War, Authorities. (search)
Henry: Santa Catalina Island, Cal. 50 II, 688 Hancock, Winfield S.: Boydton Plank Road, Va. 42 i, 233 Reames' Station, Va. 42 i, 229 Spotsylvania Court-House, Va. 36 II, 706 Wilderness, Va. 36 II, 408, 411, 491 Harris, Almeron N.: Elgin, Ark 34 II, 107 Harris, David B.: Apalachicola River, Fla. 28 II, 425 Hawley, Joseph R.: Caston's and Frampton's Plantations 14, 170, 171 Secessionville, S. C. 14, 1009 Hazard, John G.: GettysbHarris, David B.: Apalachicola River, Fla. 28 II, 425 Hawley, Joseph R.: Caston's and Frampton's Plantations 14, 170, 171 Secessionville, S. C. 14, 1009 Hazard, John G.: Gettysburg, Pa 27 i, 479 Hazen, William B.: Brown's Ferry, Tenn. 31 i, 83 Fort McAllister, Ga. 44, 112 Resaca, Ga. 38 i, 426 Pickett's Mills, Ga 38 i, 427 Hebert, Louis: Raft in Yazoo River at Snyder's Mill 24 III, 790 Henderson, Thomas J.: Gulley's, N. C. 47 i, 972 Hickenlooper, Andrew: Vicksburg, Miss. 24 II, 201 Hotchkiss, Jed.: McDowell, Va. 12 i, 474, 475 Hotchkiss, William Augustus: Chickamauga, Ga 30 i, 504a Hovey, Alvin
Capt. Calvin D. Cowles , 23d U. S. Infantry, Major George B. Davis , U. S. Army, Leslie J. Perry, Joseph W. Kirkley, The Official Military Atlas of the Civil War, Authorities. (search)
Hains, Peter C.: Big Black River Bridge, Miss., May 17, 1863 37, 7 Jackson (Miss.) Campaign, July 5-25, 1863 37, 3, 5 Port Hudson, La., May 21-July 8, 1863 38, 3 Vicksburg, Miss., Jan. 20-July 4, 1863 36, 1 Hall, Norman J.: Yorktown, Va., April 5-May 4, 1862 15, 3 Halleck, Henry W.: Corinth, Miss., April 29-June 10, 1862 13, 6 Shiloh, Tenn., April 6-7, 1862 12, 4 Haney, J. H.: Middle Tennessee Campaign, June 23-July 7, 1863 31, 5 Harris, David B.: Charleston, S. C. 131, 1 Hartwell, S.: Vicksburg, Miss., Jan. 20-July 4, 36, 2 Hazeltine, Mr.: Jackson (Miss.) Campaign, July 5-25, 1863 37, 3 Hazen, William B.: Atlanta to Savannah, Nov. 15-Dec. 21, 1864 70, 1 Jonesborough, Ga., Aug. 31-Sept. 1, 1864 61, 5 Heck, Jonathan M.: Camp Garnett, W. Va., and vicinity, July, 1861 2, 6 West Virginia Campaign, July 6-17, 1861 2, 4 Heintzelman, Samuel P.: Johnson's Island (Ohio) mil
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 22. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.24 (search)
dquarters A. T. Aug. 22, ‘63, relieved from duty with this Department and ordered to report to General J. E. Johnston. Harris, Robert B., Assistant Surgeon. Passed Board, Bowling Green, Feb. 3d, ‘62. Dec. 31, ‘62, 23d Tennessee Regiment, Oct. 3, ., contract, Asssistant Surgeon. Aug. 31, ‘63, 53d Alabama Cavalry. Contract cancelled Sept. 10, ‘63, by Gen. Roddy. Harris, William Henry, Assistant Surgeon. Aug. 31, ‘63, 30th Georgia. Oct. 20, ‘63, ordered to report to S. H. Stout. Hall, Lucien, Surgeon. Nov. 30, ‘62, ordered to 1st Mississippi Regiment. Exchanged at Vicksburg. Harris, J. V. W., Surgeon, appointed by Secretary of War Aug. 16, ‘62, to rank from May 7, ‘62, to report to Medical-Director Guild. Passed Board at Coriy, Oct. ‘63. Oct. 31, ‘63, 53d Alabama Cavalry. Contract approved by Surgeon-General. Contract annulled Nov. 8, ‘63. Harris, J. L., Surgeon. Oct. 31, ‘63, 59th Georgia Regiment. Hammond, Wm., Assistant Surgeon. Oct. 31,
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 37. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Black Eagle Company. (search)
r sergeant; wounded near Richmond, Va., 1862. Frayser, William, wounded at Gettysburg, Pa., 1863. French, Hugh H.; wounded at Gettysburg, Pa., 1863; dead. Gilliam, Carter, orderly sergeant; killed at Gettysburg, Pa., 1863. Goodman, E. M., exempted from service, 1861. Goodman, Robert T., wounded July 20th, near Manassas, Va., 1861. Goodman, W. D., transferred to cavalry, 1862. Gray, Thomas A., substituted, 1862; dead. Harrison, Dr. T. J., promoted surgeon, 1861; dead. Harris, Henry J., transferred to cavalry, 1862. Hudgins, Elijah G., substituted, 1861; dead. Hudgins, Frank, wounded at Sharpsburg,, Md., 1862; dead. Hudgins, T. W., on detail service, 1862. Hughes, Thomas Anderson, transferred from Twenty-eighth Virginia regiment, 1861; died in service, 1862. Isbell, James T., exempted from service, 1862; dead. Jackson, B. F., sergeant, exempted from service, 1862; dead. Jackson, P. H., exempted from service, 1862; dead. Johnson, Columb
Jula Ward Howe, Reminiscences: 1819-1899, Chapter 14: men and movements in the sixties (search)
asant. After dinner came Mrs. Douglas in her carriage, to take me to my reading. Senator Foster and Mr. Chase announced their intention of going to hear me. Mr. Chase conducted me to Mrs. Douglas's carriage, promising to follow. Proteus, or the secret of success, was my topic. I had many pleasant greetings after the lecture. Mr. Chase took me in his carriage to his house, where his daughter had a party for Teresa Carreño. Here I was introduced to Lord Lyons, British minister, and to Judge Harris. Spoke with Bertinatti, the Italian minister. Mr. Chase took me in to supper. Mr. Channing brought me into the room, which was well filled. People were also standing in the entry and on the stairs. I read my lecture on The Third Party. The audience proved very attentive, and included many people of intelligence. George W. Julian and wife, Solomon Whiting, Admiral Davis, Dr. Peter Parker, our former minister to China, Hon. Thomas Eliot, Governor Boutwell, Mrs. Southworth, Profess
The writings of John Greenleaf Whittier, Volume 6. (ed. John Greenleaf Whittier), The black men in the Revolution and the war of 1812. (search)
o now hears them spoken of in connection with it? Among the traits which distinguished the black regiment was devotion to their officers. In the attack made upon the American lines near Croton River on the 13th of the fifth month, 1781, Colonel Greene, the commander of the regiment, was cut down and mortally wounded; but the sabres of the enemy only reached him through the bodies of his faithful guard of blacks, who hovered over him to protect him, every one of whom was killed. The late Dr. Harris, of Dunbarton, New Hampshire, a Revolutionary veteran, stated, in a speech at Francistown, New Hampshire, some years ago, that on one occasion the regiment to which he was attached was commanded to defend an important position, which the enemy thrice assailed, and from which they were as often repulsed. There was, said the venerable speaker, a regiment of blacks in the same situation,—a regiment of negroes fighting for our liberty and independence, not a white man among them but the offic
The writings of John Greenleaf Whittier, Volume 7. (ed. John Greenleaf Whittier), The conflict with slavery (search)
which the brutal, the revengeful, the intoxicated slave-master, acting in the double capacity of judge and executioner, cannot pass? You will, perhaps, tell me that the general law against murder applies alike to master and slave. True; but will you point out instances of masters suffering the penalty of that law for the murder of their slaves If you examine your judicial reports you will find the wilful murder of a slave decided to be only a trespass Virginia Reports, vol. v. p. 484, Harris versus Nichols. It indeed argues well for Virginian pride of character, that latterly, the law, which expressly sanctioned the murder of a slave, who in the language of Georgia and North Carolina, died of moderate correction, has been repealed. But, although the letter of the law is changed, its practice remains the same. In proof of this, I would refer to Brockenborough and Holmes' Virginia Cases, p. 258. In Georgia and North Carolina the murder of a slave is tolerated and justifie
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 1. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book IV:—the first autumn. (search)
to his numerical strength, Price was enabled to invest the place completely. The division of Rains took position eastward of the town, that of Parsons on the south and south-west, while Slack's division, supported by the brigades of McBride and Harris, penetrated into the town and established itself strongly in the buildings which the Federals had abandoned several days before. The battle began at once all along the line. The Confederate artillery did great damage to the besieged, who repliegement. The Federals did not acknowledge themselves beaten. Eighty soldiers returned to the charge, recaptured the hospital, and drove those who had made a lodgment back toward the river. But this success was not of long duration. McBride and Harris, having considerable forces at their disposal, arrived in large numbers, sweeping before then the handful of men who had for a moment disputed the possession of the hospital, and established themselves securely in that position. It was a fatal b
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 2. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book IV:—Kentucky (search)
ms were stacked, and the men on fatigue duty had gone in search of water and wood. McCook's right was formed by two of Rousseau's brigades, first Lyttle's, then Harris', which occupied corn-fields intersected by hedges and interspersed with numerous barns; a long and narrow strip of underwood, reaching down to the edge of Chaplin's Creek, and connecting with the Perryville woods on the other side, separated the left of Harris from the right of Jackson's division. The latter was drawn up in two lines, Terrill's brigade in front and Webster's in reserve. Finally, the extremity of the ridge which separates the two streams, sloping gradually down, was occuck Buckner and Anderson put themselves in motion. The latter, with the brigades of Jones and Brown, attacked Rousseau's line formed by the brigades of Lyttle and Harris. The Union troops made a vigorous resistance, compelling the enemy to show himself openly. The assailants sustained heavy losses. Their two brigadiers were wou
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