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William H. Herndon, Jesse William Weik, Herndon's Lincoln: The True Story of a Great Life, Etiam in minimis major, The History and Personal Recollections of Abraham Lincoln by William H. Herndon, for twenty years his friend and Jesse William Weik, Chapter 19. (search)
ntly not alluring to him; but he yielded to the wishes of Mrs. Lincoln and went. They took with them Miss Harris and Major Rathbone, daughter and stepson of Senator Harris, of New York. The theatre was crowded. At 9:20 the President and his par. Next to him, on the right, sat Mrs. Lincoln. A little distance to the right of both, Miss Harris was seated, with Major Rathbone at her left, and a little in the rear of Mrs. Lincoln, who, intent on the play, was leaning forward, with one hand rehe President's left ear, and, though not producing instantaneous death, completely obliterated all consciousness. Major Rathbone heard the report, and an instant later saw the murderer, about six feet from the President, and grappled with him, buington and one in Baltimore. Alison Naylor, the livery man who let Booth have his horse, still lives in Washington. Major Rathbone, who was in the box with Lincoln when he was shot, died within the last four years. Stewart, the man who jumped on th
John G. Nicolay, A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln, condensed from Nicolay and Hayes' Abraham Lincoln: A History, Chapter 37. (search)
went north by an afternoon train. Mrs. Lincoln then invited in their stead Miss Harris and Major Rathbone, the daughter and the stepson of Senator Ira Harris. Being detained by visitors, the play hfe in the other, he opened the box door, put the pistol to the President's head, and fired. Major Rathbone sprang to grapple with him, and received a savage knife wound in the arm. Then, rushing forws knife and shouting, Sic Semper Tyrannis! fled rapidly across the stage and out of sight. Major Rathbone called, Stop him! The cry rang out, He has shot the President! and from the audience, stupight. The President scarcely moved; his head drooped forward slightly, his eyes closed. Major Rathbone, not regarding his own grievous hurt, rushed to the door of the box to summon aid. He found ar of the hall on the ground floor. Mrs. Lincoln followed, tenderly cared for by Miss Harris. Rathbone, exhausted by loss of blood, fainted, and was taken home. Messengers were sent for the cabinet
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 3. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 61 (search)
volley of fire upon their right, indicating that the rebels were in force in that direction. Company A, commanded by Capt. Rathbone, was ordered to deploy as skirmishers to the right, up the side of the mountain, and if possible to flank the enemy oire without flinching or confusion. As Capt. Anderson scaled the breastwork, Capt. Miller closed upon the left and Capt. Rathbone came in upon the right, his men crying Zouave! --the main column moving up the road in double-quick — until they were advancing column, ran in confusion, leaving their dead, wounded, clothing, guns, horses, &c., making their escape by Capt. Rathbone's right, his company being too far up the mountain to cut off their retreat. Capt. West, commanding Company F, was drce was four hundred and fifty infantry, and fifty cavalry. Our force was five hundred and sixty, composed of Co. A, Capt. Rathbone; Co. B, Capt. O. P. Evans; Co. C, Capt. Miller; Co. F, Capt. S. West; Co. I, Capt. Anderson; Co. H, Capt. H. E. Evans
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Poetry and Incidents., Volume 6. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 12 (search)
A singular armistice was agreed upon with the guerrillas in Western Virginia on May eighteenth. It was arranged between Colonel Rathbone, of the Eleventh Virginia regiment, and Captains Dounes, Hays and Silcot, of the guerrillas, that hostilities should cease for eight days, and in the mean time the rebels should withdraw from without our lines, and in case the city of Richmond was captured they should surrender themselves as prisoners of war. The last heard of the rebels they were up on the west fork of the Little Kanawha River, going southward.--N. Y. Times, May 29.
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 9: Poetry and Eloquence. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller), Chapter 6: lyrics (search)
copied it. Mr. Randall says: I did not concern myself much about it, but very soon, from all parts of the country, there was borne to me, in my remote place of residence, evidence that I had made a great hit, and that, whatever might be the fate of the Confederacy, the song would survive it. Union soldiers at Federal Hill,Maryland. These Union soldiers at Federal Hill, Maryland, in 1862, are the Gun Squad of the Fifth Company in New York's representative Seventh regiment. Sergeant-Major Rathbone is handing an order to Captain Spaight. Personally, the invaders were far from despots, as Southerners soon ascertained. In the picture below are veterans of this same Seventh regiment, as they appeared seventeen years later in a different role—hosts and escorts of the Gate City Guard. In 1861, this had been the first body of troops to enter Confederate service from Atlanta. In 1879, its neighborly call upon New York City was met by one courtesy after another, under the auspices
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Flag, National. (search)
s unfurled over the fort on Aug. 3, 1777. Paul Jones was appointed to the Ranger on June 14, 1777, and he claimed that he was the first to display the stars and stripes on a naval vessel. the Ranger sailed from Portsmouth, N. H., on Nov. 1, 1777. It is probable that the national flag was first unfurled in battle on the banks of the Brandywine, Sept. 11, 1777, the first battle after its adoption. The Culpeper flag. It first appeared over a foreign stronghold, June 28, 1778, when Captain Rathbone, of the American sloop-of-war Providence, with his crew and some escaped prisoners, captured Fort Nassau, New Providence, Bahama Islands. The captors were menaced by the people, when the stars and stripes were nailed to the flagstaff in defiance. John Singleton Copley, the American-born painter, in London, claimed to be the first to display the stars and stripes in Great Britain. On the day when George III. acknowledged the independence of the United States, Dec. 5, 1782, he painte
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Lincoln, Abraham 1809- (search)
dent's box.—G. Closed door.—N. Place where Booth vaulted over to the stage below. A, B, C, D, E. Chairs and settee.—A. President Lincoln; B. Mrs. Lincoln; C. Major Rathbone; D. Miss Harris; E. Mrs. Ira Harris.] Our American cousin; and just before its close, at a little past ten o'clock, John Wilkes Booth, an actor, entered thepassed through his brain, and lodged near one of his eyes. The President lived nine hours afterwards, but in an insensible state. The assassin was seized by Major Rathbone, who was in the box. Booth dropped his pistol, struck Rathbone on the arm with his dagger, tore away from his grasp, rushed to the front of the box with the gRathbone on the arm with his dagger, tore away from his grasp, rushed to the front of the box with the gleaming weapon in his hand, and, shouting Sic semper tyrannis! ( So may it always be with tyrants! —the motto on the seal of Virginia), leaped upon the stage. He was booted and spurred for a night ride. One of his spurs caught in the flag, and he fell. Rising, he turned to the audience and said, The South is avenged! and then
The Daily Dispatch: November 3, 1860., [Electronic resource], Oil in Western Virginia. (search)
de in Western Virginia. He gives some instances as follows: Mr. Karns leased a piece of ground (two acres,) from Mr. Rathbone, only six miles above mine, for twenty years, and at the depth of 150 feet reached a vein of oil which yields 15 barre.) has been offered $70,000. This well has been in operation, without any decrease in quantity, for over three months. Mr. Rathbone, after he saw the success of Mr. Karns' well, sank one himself below Karns', on the river, and I was there the eveningstern containing 130 barrels of 40 gallons each — that is to say, 5,200 gallons of pure oil, worth 25 cents per gallon. Rathbone's well still continued to pour out the same quantity of oil up to last night, but that they had to stop pumping for want of cisterns and barrels; and that Mr. Karns told him that I had the best and surest prospect for oil next to Rathbone's, on the river. They have made another discovery in a hill or rather mountain on Hugh's River, a tributary of the Kanawha, an
The Daily Dispatch: September 11, 1862., [Electronic resource], Later from the North. (search)
ong force, and strike for Harrisburg, and ultimately for Philadelphia. Twenty-two thousand stand of arms are ready for distribution. Over 100 recruits for the old regiments are sent every day. Philadelphia, Friday, Sept. 5. --Mayor Henry recommends the citizens to meet at the various Precinct houses on Monday afternoon to form military organizations to repel invasion. The rebels in Western Virginia. Philadelphia, Sept. 5. --The Wheeling of yesterday, learns that Col. Rathbone, of the 11th Virginia infantry, has surrendered Spencer to the rebels. No particulars. Col. Mulligan has been unable to find the rebels on the line of Northwestern Virginia. The war in Kentucky. Louisville, Ky. Sept. 4. --The city was thrown into considerable excitement this afternoon by rumors that the Union forces under Gen. Gilbert were attacked at noon to-day by the rebels near Shelbyville, about thirty miles east of Louisville. The result was unknown. La
The Daily Dispatch: September 16, 1862., [Electronic resource], By the Governor of Virginia — a proclamation. (search)
more soldiers is a sign of real weakness of heart. What we want is not the legions of Xerxes, but the spirit of the Greeks who beat them. If we cannot conquer the South with one million men, it is quite clear that with two millions we shall only conquer ourselves by exhausting the country's resources. The Confederates in Ohio. A dispatch from Pomeroy, Ohio, dated the 6th, says that Gen. Jenkins had taken the town of Spencer, Va., and captured the command of the Federal Colonel, Rathbone. The dispatch adds: On Wednesday morning Jenkins's forces entered Revenswood, Va., and on the same evening crossed the Ohio river at Buffington's Island, and came down to Racine, Ohio, where they killed one man and wounded two others, and stole twelve horses. They then recrossed the river at Wolf's Bar, and encamped for the night. The people were rising to resist further attempts at invasion by the rebels. A later report says the rebels are crossing at Racine, and are comin