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Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 4, Chapter 45: an antislavery policy.—the Trent case.—Theories of reconstruction.—confiscation.—the session of 1861-1862. (search)
e will be a vain masquerade of battles, a flux of blood and treasure, and nothing done! Never has there been a moment of history when so much was all compressed into a single line and brought directly under a single mind. Our President is now dictator, imperator,—which you will; but how vain to have the power of a god and not to use it godlike! I am sad, for I know that we are to spend energy and resource of all kinds, and accomplish nothing until there is a change of policy. To Dr. W. H. Russell, of the London Times, he wrote, September 16:— Let me add that I have been astonished at the minuteness of criticism directed against your account of the panic [at Bull Run], which I regarded very much as a battle-piece by Wouverman with his perpetual white horse. If I can judge from what I hear, people are much less sensitive with regard to your errors of fact than with regard to the tone in which you wrote. They feel that this is not friendly; that it is de haut en bas; that y
William Swinton, Campaigns of the Army of the Potomac, Index. (search)
he death of, 330. Rich Mountain, Pegram defeated by Rosecrans, 38. Richmond the objective point of the war, 17; the lines of advance to wards in 1861, 22; what a direct march on would have effected, 147; outer line of redoubts pierced by Kilpatrick, 400; merits of plans of advance discussed, 406; outer defences penetrated by Sheridan, 460; entered by Union troops, 605. Rivers of Virginia, system of the, 19. Rivers, theories of defence of, 415. Round Top—see Gettysburg. Russell, W. H., on McDowell's army, 43. Schenck, General, flight of his reconnoitering party near Vienna, Virginia, 33; on Vienna masked batteries, 34. Scott, Lieutenant-General, views and plans of the war—how they were overruled, 41; dispatch to General Patterson on operations against Johnston, 45. Sedgwick, General, at Mine Run, 395; his death at Spottsylvania, 447; see also Chancellorsville, Seminary Ridge—see Gettysburg, 336. Seven days retreat, the, 140; Lee discovers McClellan's mo<
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2, chapter 16 (search)
de. Atlantic, vol. 16, p. 364. —E pluribus unum. Atlantic, vol. 7, p. 235. —Gen. McClellan's report, rev. of. North American Rev., vol. 98, p. 550. —Latest views of Mr. Biglow, poem. Atlantic, vol. 11, p. 260. —Mason and Slidell; a Yankee idyll, poem. Atlantic, vol. 9, p. 259. —Message of Jeff. Davis in secret session, poem. Atlantic, vol. 9, p. 512. —Mr. Hosea Biglow to the editor of the Atlantic Monthly, poem. Atlantic, vol. 15, p. 501. —My diary North and South. W. H. Russell, rev. of. Atlantic, vol. 11, p. 391. —Next general election; opposing Gen. McClellan's nomination for presidency, 1864. North American Rev., vol. 99, p. 557. —Pickens and Stealin's rebellion. Atlantic, vol. 8, p. 757. —Political essays, rev. of. N. Y. Nation, vol. 47, p. 115. —Question of the hour. Atlantic, vol. 7, p. 117. —Scotch the snake, or kill it? nominally in review of Frank Moore's Rebellion record. North American Rev., vol. 101, p. 190.
The Daily Dispatch: March 13, 1861., [Electronic resource], The acquittal of W. H. Russell. (search)
The acquittal of W. H. Russell. --The acquittal, in Washington, of W. H. Russell, charged with complicity in the Indian Trust Fund Defalcation, was made under the statute which provides that no man shall be prosecuted for a crime touching which he has been examined before any committee of Congress. The decision was in accordance with the plea of the counsel, and the indictment was ordered to be quashed. The acquittal of W. H. Russell. --The acquittal, in Washington, of W. H. Russell, charged with complicity in the Indian Trust Fund Defalcation, was made under the statute which provides that no man shall be prosecuted for a crime touching which he has been examined before any committee of Congress. The decision was in accordance with the plea of the counsel, and the indictment was ordered to be quashed.
The Daily Dispatch: March 20, 1861., [Electronic resource], Arrived. (search)
Arrived. --Among the passengers who arrived at New York by the steamship Arabia was Mr. W. H. Russell, the special correspondent of the London Times, who has come to this country for the purpose of giving a fair and impartial account of the nature and extent of our political troubles.
The Daily Dispatch: may 16, 1861., [Electronic resource], Why the troops were hurried up. (search)
Mr. Russell in Mobile. Mobile, May 12.--W. H. Russell, the correspondent of the London Times, visited Forts Morgan and Gaines to-day. He was accompanied by several prominent citizens. Mr. Russell made several important suggestions to Col. Hardee, regarding the fortifications, gathered from his experience in the Crimea, and seemed well pleased with Hardee's command. He says Col. Hardee is every inch a soldier. Mr. Russell in Mobile. Mobile, May 12.--W. H. Russell, the correspondent of the London Times, visited Forts Morgan and Gaines to-day. He was accompanied by several prominent citizens. Mr. Russell made several important suggestions to Col. Hardee, regarding the fortifications, gathered from his experience in the Crimea, and seemed well pleased with Hardee's command. He says Col. Hardee is every inch a soldier.
The Daily Dispatch: may 21, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 5 (search)
W. H. Russell, of the London Times, has deemed it prudent to disavow connection or complicity with a satellite of a New York illustrated paper, who has been traveling South as his shadow. Two good powder mills are in operation in Flokene District, S. O.
The Daily Dispatch: June 24, 1861., [Electronic resource], A Funny idea. (search)
A Funny idea. --In Mr. Russell's sixth letter to the London Times, written somewhere in South Carolina, he says: "From all quarters has come to my ears the echoes of the same voice," * * * "the chorus that rings through the State of Sumter, Pinckney, and Marion" --* * * "That voice says:-- "If we could only get one of the Royal race of England to rule over us, we should be content!" Pray, who has been "poking fun" at our clever visitor, after this fashion? To soft-soldier a foreigneone of the Royal race of England to rule over us, we should be content!" Pray, who has been "poking fun" at our clever visitor, after this fashion? To soft-soldier a foreigner to a moderate extent, may be excusable on the score of politeness; but when such broad humbugs as this are palmed off on intelligent travelers, really it is too bad We think the "chorus of the State of Sumter, Pinckney and Marion" has been guilty of a positive discourtesy towards Mr. Russell.--Savannah Republican.
The Daily Dispatch: June 24, 1861., [Electronic resource], More Villainy on the Potomac. (search)
W. H. Russell. --A dispatch from Cairo, Ill., June 19, says: W. H. Russell, correspondent of the London Times, arrived from the South to-day.--He says nothing in regard to Southern affairs, but complains that his correspondence has been tampered with by Secessionists, his letters detained and altered, and some not sent from Southern post- offices at all. W. H. Russell. --A dispatch from Cairo, Ill., June 19, says: W. H. Russell, correspondent of the London Times, arrived from the South to-day.--He says nothing in regard to Southern affairs, but complains that his correspondence has been tampered with by Secessionists, his letters detained and altered, and some not sent from Southern post- offices at all.
The Daily Dispatch: January 9, 1861., [Electronic resource], The late Government Defalcation. (search)
The late Government Defalcation. --The friends of W. H. Russell, residing in Lafayette county, Missouri, have signed bonds amounting to a million dollars, which will be tendered to the Federal authorities for his release from prison.
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