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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Blooming Gap, skirmish at. (search)
Blooming Gap, skirmish at. Gen. F. W. Lander was sent, early in January, 1862, to protect the Baltimore and Ohio Railway. He had a wily and energetic opponent in Stonewall Jackson. who was endeavoring to gain what the Confederates had lost in western Virginia, and to hold possession of the Shenandoah Valley. With about 4,000 men Lander struck Jackson at Blooming Gap (Feb. 14), captured seventeen of his commissioned officers. nearly sixty of his rank and file, and compelled him to retire.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Lander, Frederick West 1821- (search)
Lander, Frederick West 1821- Military officer; born in Salem, Mass., Dec. 17, 1821; studied civil engineering, and was employed by the government in conducting explorations across the continent. He made two surveys to determine the practicability of a railroad route to the Pacific. In the last, he alone of all the party returned alive. He surveyed and constructed a great overland wagon-road, which had been recently completed when the Civil War broke out, when he was employed on secret missions to the South. On the staff of General McClellan he was very active in the vicinity of the upper Potomac. In a skirmish at Edwards's Ferry, after the disaster at Ball's Bluff (q. v.,) he was wounded in the leg. In January, 1862, he was on active duty, and repulsed a large Confederate force at Hancock, Va. Before his wound was healed he made a brilliant dash, Feb. 14, 1862, on Blooming Gap, for which the Secretary of War gave him special thanks. His health was evidently giving away, and
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Philippi. (search)
hing rain the columns moved over the rugged hills, through hot valleys, and across swollen streams. Kelley was misled by a treacherous guide, and Dumont approached Philippi first. His troops were discovered by a woman, who fired a pistol at Colonel Lander, and sent her boy to alarm Porterfield. The lad was caught and detained, but Porterfield's camp was put in commotion by the pistol. Dumont took position on the heights, with cannon commanding a bridge, the village, and the insurgent camp. Colonel Lander had taken command of the artillery, and, without waiting for the arrival of Kelley, he opened heavy guns upon the Confederates. At the same time Dumont's infantry swept down to the bridge, where the Confederates had gathered to dispute their passage. The latter were panic-stricken, and fled. Kelley, approaching rapidly, struck the flank of the flying force, which was driven in wild confusion through the village and up the Beverly Road. The two columns pursued them about 2 mi
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Rich Mountain, battle of (search)
p Devils. While on the road towards Beverly, McClellan ascertained that about 1,500 Confederates under Col. John Pegram, were occupying a heavily intrenched position in the rear of Garnett, in the Rich Mountain Gap, and commanding the road over the mountains to Staunton, the chief highway to southern Virginia. Pegram boasted that his position could not be turned; but it was turned by Ohio and Indiana regiments and some cavalry, all under the command of Colonel Rosecrans, accompanied by Colonel Lander, who was with Dumont at Philippi. They made a detour, July 11, in a heavy rain-storm, over most perilous ways among the mountains for about 8 miles, and at noon were on the summit of Rich Mountain, high above Pegram's camp, and a mile from it. Rosecrans thought his movement was unknown to the Confederates. Pegram was informed of it, and sent out 900 men, with two cannon, up the mountain-road, to meet the Nationals, and just as they struck the Staunton road the latter were fiercely a
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2, chapter 2 (search)
Brevet Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, March 13, 1865. Honorably discharged on account of wounds, Nov. 19, 1864. Died at San Francisco, Cal., July 23, 1886. Barstow, Simon Forrester. Born in Massachusetts. Volunteer Aide-de-Camp to General Lander, Sept., 1861, and engaged in his campaign on the upper Potomac to March, 1862. Captain and Assistant Adj. General, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 6, 1862. Additional Aide-de-Camp, Mar. 18, 1862. Aide-de-Camp on the staff of General McDowell to June, 1893. Laflin, Byron. Born in Massachusetts. Major, 34th N. Y. Infantry, June 15, 1861. Lieut. Colonel, Mar. 20, 1862. Colonel, Jan. 22, 1863. Mustered out, June 30, 1863. Brevet Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Lander, Frederick West. Born at Salem, Mass., Dec. 17, 1821. Volunteer Aide-de-Camp on the staff of General McClellan; engaged in the capture of Philippi and the battle of Rich Mountain. Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, May 17, 1861; served in an important
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2, chapter 7 (search)
, 56th Mass. Infantry, July 20, 1863. Captain, Assistant Quartermaster, U. S. Volunteers, May 18, 1864. Mustered out, Aug. 21, 1866. Ladd, Jonathan. Born in New Hampshire. Appointed from Massachusetts. Major, Additional Paymaster, U. S. Volunteers, June 1, 1861. Dismissed, July 5, 1865. Lafflin, Byron. See General Officers. Lamb, Samuel T. Born in Massachusetts. Captain, Assistant Quartermaster, U. S. Volunteers, Nov. 26, 1862. Mustered out, July 28, 1865. Lander, Frederick West. See General Officers. Lander, William W. Born in Massachusetts. Captain, Commissary of Subsistence, U. S. Volunteers, Feb. 17, 1865. Brevet Major, U. S. Volunteers, July 31, 1865. Mustered out, Aug. 3, 1865. Larned, Benjamin Franklin. Born in Massachusetts. Ensign, 21st U. S. Infantry, Oct. 1, 1813. Third Lieutenant, Mar. 7, 1814. Second Lieutenant, Mar. 8, 1814. First Lieutenant, Aug. 4, 1814. Brevet Captain, U. S. Army, Aug. 15, 1814. Paymaster, U. S. Army, Jan.
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2, chapter 11 (search)
, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from Mar. 13, 1865. G. O. 91, Oct. 9, 1867. Laflin, Colonel Byron, of the 34th N. Y. Infantry, to be Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, by brevet, for gallant conduct in the field, to date from Mar. 13, 1865. G. O. 65, June 22, 1867. Land, Captain J. F., of the 20th Me. Infantry, to be Major, U. S. Volunteers, by brevet, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from Mar. 13, 1865. G. O. 65, June 22, 1867. Lander, Captain W. W., Commissary of Subsistence, U. S. Volunteers, to be Major, U. S. Volunteers, by brevet, for faithful services in the Subsistence Department, to date from July 31, 1865. G. O 65, June 22, 1867. Lauriat, Captain George W., of the 32d Mass. Infantry, to be Major, U. S. Volunteers, by brevet, for gallant and meritorious services during the campaign terminating with the surrender of the insurgent army under General R. E. Lee, to date from Apr. 9, 1865. G. . 148, Oct. 14,
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2, Index of names of persons. (search)
537 Ladd, R. F., 86 Ladd, W. H., 605 Laffin, Byron, 186, 427, 471, 537 Laforest, S. O., 21st Mass. Inf., 307 Laforest, S. O., 47th Mass. Inf., 307 Laha, Thomas, Jr., 86 Laird, R. W., 86 Lakeman, J. R., 307 Lakeman, M. B., 471 Lakin, J. F., 307 Lalor, Frank, 308 Lamb, C. D., 308 Lamb, S. T., 427 Lamb, Thomas, Mrs., 592 Lamson, C. W., 86 Lamson, D. S., 219 Lamson, R. H., 675 Lamson, W. H., 219, 308, 675 Lancaster, F. A., 308 Land, J. F., 472, 538 Landen, W. J., 308 Lander, F. W., 186, 427, 675 Lander, H. F., 308 Lander, W. W., 427, 538 Landers, J. B., 472 Lane, Everett, 219 Lane, H. F., 394 Lane, S. C., 88 Lane, T. J., 308 Lane, W. N., 88 Lane, Webster, 88 Lang, Anthony, 308 Lang, C. H., 308 Langdon, W. C., 583 Langdon, William, 88 Langford, E. L., 308 Langford, J. H., 308 Langley, A. B., 308 Langley, Freeman, 88 Langley, J. W., 88 Langley, T. J., 308 Langmald, Samuel, 308 Langstaff, James, 88 Lapham, H. K., 88 Lapoint, Alfred, 88 Larabee