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Varina Davis, Jefferson Davis: Ex-President of the Confederate States of America, A Memoir by his Wife, Volume 1, Chapter 6: Fort Crawford, 1828-29. (search)
Chapter 6: Fort Crawford, 1828-29. Cadet Davis graduated in July, 1828, received the usual brevet of Second Lieutenant of Infantry, went to visit his family on a short furlough, and then reported for duty at Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis. There he found Lieutenants Gustave Rousseau, Kinsman, Thomas Drayton, Sidney Johnston, and several other old and dear friends. Very soon after Lieutenant Davis arrived there he was sent up to Fort Crawford, built on the site of what is now Prairie du Chien, in Wisconsin. The Fort was then in an unfinished condition, and he aided in building a larger and more impregnable fortification, as the Indians were then in a restless condition, and the muttering of hostilities that soon burst forth into war-cries, could now be plainly heard. Fort Crawford was situated on the Wisconsin, near its junction with the Mississippi, and was, at an early day, the northern limit of the Illinois tribe. It was a starting-point for their raids against the Iroq
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 7. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 19 (search)
mmunition and cotton. A number of the enemy were found dead upon the field, but nothing now is certainly known of his loss in killed and wounded. The loss on our part was limited to my own forces, which alone were engaged. The Ninth division lost ten killed, nineteen wounded, and one missing. The Fourteenth division, nineteen killed, two hundred and twenty-three wounded, and one missing; making in all three hundred and seventy-three killed, wounded, and missing. Among the killed is Colonel Kinsman, Twenty-first Iowa, who fell mortally wounded while leading his regiment in the charge upon the enemy's works. Driven across the river, the enemy made a feeble stand to cover his trains and retreat upon Vicksburgh, but several hours before sunset was dislodged by my forces, leaving tents and a considerable quantity of clothing and other stores, together with a large number of small arms, a smoking ruin. During the following night and morning a bridge was thrown across the Big Blac
Horace Greeley, The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65: its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union. Volume II., V. New Orleans and the Gulf. (search)
ir homes at his approach; while the negroes, joyfully hailing him as their liberator, speedily filled his camps with crowds of men, women, and children, destitute of food, and fearing to go outside of his lines lest they should be reduced again to Slavery. Gen. Butler, after anxious consideration, felt obliged to subject the whole district to sequestration, in order to secure the cutting and grinding of the cane, so as to save the remaining inhabitants from death by famine. Maj. Bell, Lt.-Col. Kinsman, and Capt. Fuller, were appointed a commission, who were to take charge of all personal property, and either apply it to the use of the army or transport it to New Orleans and there sell it to the highest bidders, dispensing to loyal citizens and neutral foreigners their just share of the proceeds, and applying the residue to the uses of the Federal service in this military department. Thus were the negroes employed, paid, and subsisted, the crops saved, and a large sum turned over to
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Poetry and Incidents., Volume 6. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 77 (search)
New-Orleans, Oct. 10.--A case of some interest to the cullered population was decided, yesterday, by Judge Kinsman. It appears that a free colored man named John Montamat was married to a slave woman, by whom he had two children, one of which died; the other, a little girl about eleven years of age, a bright mulatto, quite fair to look upon, still survives, and was the subject of the present legal proceedings. Montamat, at the time of his marriage, determined to purchase the freedom of his wife from her owner, and, in furtherance of that object, had paid six hundred dollars. In order to secure the freedom of his surviving child, he sent her to Cincinnati, where she was baptized into the Catholic Church. Montamat, the father, subsequently became involved in debt in this city, and mortgaged his daughter as a slave to secure his creditors. The mortgage was foreclosed in February, 1862, and the child of this father was sold to a Mr. Slavoie, at sheriffs sale. In the present case,
Adam Badeau, Military history of Ulysses S. Grant from April 1861 to April 1865. Volume 1, Chapter 7: (search)
other ferries, might reach Vicksburg almost simultaneously with myself, or perhaps interpose a heavy force between me and that city. I myself proceeded at once to Vicksburg to prepare for its defence. Grant, indeed, could have gone into Vicksburg, that night, if the bridges had not been destroyed. The battle of Black river bridge was over by ten o'clock in the morning. Lawler had received no orders to make his gallant charge; he and his men deserve all the credit of its success. Colonel Kinsman, of the Twenty-Third Iowa, who was killed at the head of his regiment, is said to have suggested the charge. Of course, it greatly facilitated the advance of the national army, entirely uncovering every road to Vicksburg. Grant at once directed the construction of bridges, for at this place the Big Black is wide and deep, and the rebels had secured at least twelve hours advance, by the destruction of the crossing. He also ordered all the cavalry at his disposal to move out as far as
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 12. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Official reports of actions with Federal gunboats, Ironclads and vessels of the U. S. Navy, during the war between the States, by officers of field Artillery P. A. C. S. (search)
respectfully, Your obedient servant, T. A. Faries, Capt. Comd'g Battery, Mouton's Brigade. notes.—The following particulars of the fight from the Federals were received through the lines after this report was written: The U. S. S. Kinsman had the brunt of the combat, she received fifty-four shot and shell in her hull and upper works; had one man killed and five wounded. The U. S. S. Estrella received three shot; had two men killed and one mortally wounded. The U. S. S. Calh its influence on Northern historians; and it is not surprising when a writer magnifies four pieces of artillery into seventy. They tried to remove the obstructions, without success, after they had passed them. The iron covering of the Diana and Kinsman resisted perfectly their fire. Captain McLoefflin was——on the Calhoun with his company. He came on shore with his men and tried to get opposite the Cotton, but this boat had left when he arrived. We will take her if she is not sunk. Yesterd<
The writings of John Greenleaf Whittier, Volume 4. (ed. John Greenleaf Whittier), Occasional Poems (search)
And build, as to Amphion's strain, To songs of cheer thy walls again! How shrivelled in thy hot distress The primal sin of selfishness! How instant rose, to take thy part, The angel in the human heart! Ah! not in vain the flames that tossed Above thy dreadful holocaust; The Christ again has preached through thee The Gospel of Humanity! Then lift once more thy towers on high, And fret with spires the western sky, To tell that God is yet with us, And love is still miraculous! 1871. Kinsman. Died at the Island of Panay (Philippine group), aged nineteen years. where ceaseless Spring her garland twines, As sweetly shall the loved one rest, As if beneath the whispering pines And maple shadows of the West. Ye mourn, O hearts of home! for him, But, haply, mourn ye not alone; For him shall far-off eyes be dim, And pity speak in tongues unknown. There needs no graven line to give The story of his blameless youth; All hearts shall throb intuitive, And nature guess the simple
The writings of John Greenleaf Whittier, Volume 4. (ed. John Greenleaf Whittier), Appendix (search)
. The Prayer-Seeker. The Laurels. A Spiritual Manifestation. To Lucy Larcom. 1871The Sisters. Marguerite. The Robin. The Singer. Disarmament. How Mary Grew. Chicago. My Birthday. 1872The Pressed Gentian. A Woman. The Pennsylvania Pilgrim. The Three Bells. King Volmer and Elsie. The Brewing of Soma. Hymn for the Opening of Plymouth Church. 1873Conductor Bradley. John Underhill. A Mystery. In Quest. The Friend's Burial. The Prayer of Agassiz. A Christmas Carmen. 1874Kinsman. The Golden Wedding of Longwood. Vesta. A Sea Dream. Hazel Blossoms. Summer. 1875I was a Stranger and ye took me in. The Two Angels. The Healer. Child Songs. Lexington. The Library. A Farewell. 1876June on the Merrimac. Sunset on the Bearcamp. Centennial Hymn. 1877Giving and Taking. Hymn of the Dunkers. The Henchman. In the Old South. Red Riding Hood. The Witch of Wenham. The Problem. Thiers. Fitz-Greene Halleck. King Solomon and the Ants. In Response. At Schoo
The writings of John Greenleaf Whittier, Volume 4. (ed. John Greenleaf Whittier), Index of Titles (search)
Italy, III. 360. I was a Stranger, and ye took me in, IV. 204. John Underhill, i. 354. Jubilee Singers, The, III. 268. Judith at the Tent of Holofernes, IV. 342. June on the Merrimac, IV. 181. Kallundborg Church, IV. 265. Kansas Emigrants, The, III. 176. Kathleen, i. 120. Kenoza Lake, IV. 161. Khan's Devil, The, i. 378. King, Thomas Starr, IV. 114. King's Missive, The, i. 381. King Solomon and The Ants, i. 369. King Volmer and Elsie, i. 345. Kinsman, IV. 196. Knight of St. John, The, i. 62. Kossuth, IV. 72. Lady Franklin, IV. 327. Lakeside, The, II. 18. Lament, A, IV. 9. Landmarks, The, IV. 210. Larcom, Lucy, To, IV. 408. Larcom, Lucy, Letter to, IV. 405. Last Eve of Summer, The, IV. 314. Last Walk in Autumn, The, II. 37. Laurels, The, IV. 180. Laus I)eo, III. 254. Lay of Old Time, A, IV. 158. Legacy, A, II. 186. Legend of St. Mark, The, i. 117. Legend of the Lake, A, IV. 402. Leggett'
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 2. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book V:—Tennessee. (search)
on the other side of the bar in such manner as to join her fire to that of the guns posted along the shore. The attack was nevertheless determined upon. At seven o'clock on the morning of the 14th the three Federal vessels, the Calhoun, the Kinsman and Estrella, ascended the Teche, whilst the Diana was conveying over to the left bank a body of troops which had been landed the day before on the opposite side. The Eighth Vermont, being the first to land, was to endeavor to attack the princince of the enemy long before the land-forces, and began the attack without waiting for them. The gun-boats were received by a terrific fire, which swept their decks, covering them with dead and wounded. A torpedo exploded under the hull of the Kinsman, without, however, causing any serious leak. But the dread of these fearful engines stopped two of the Federal vessels. Buchanan, on board the Calhoun, did not permit himself to be intimidated, and, immovable on the bridge of his vessel, steer
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