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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 3. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 141 (search)
Doc. 135. retirement of General Scott. Resolution of the New York Chamber of commerce. At a meeting of the Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York, held November 7th, 1861, the following solved, That the Chamber of Commerce, at this its first meeting after the retirement of Lieutenant-General Scott from the command of the army of the United States, desires to join its voice to that of nation and of the people at large, in bearing testimony to the signal services of Lieutenant-General Winfield Scott, and to his illustrious example as a man, a soldier, and a citizen, through a perital with overwhelming forces, and the head of the nation called all loyal men to the rescue, Winfield Scott at Washington was our sword and buckler, and to him flocked instantly thousands and tens of ace upon its records this memorial of grateful appreciation. Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions, duly authenticated, be presented to Lieutenant-General Scott by a committee of this body.
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 3. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 146 (search)
you particularly relative to the reasons which induced my action in making them prisoners. When I heard at Cienfuegos, on the south side of Cuba, of these commissioners having landed on the Island of Cuba, and that they were at the Havana, and would depart in the English steamer of the 7th November, I determined to intercept them, and carefully examined all the authorities on international law to which I had access, viz.: Kent, Wheaton, and Vattel, beside various decisions of Sir William Scott, and other judges of the admiralty court of Great Britain, which bore upon the rights of neutrals and their responsibilities. The Governments of Great Britain, France, and Spain, having issued proclamations that the Confederate States were viewed, considered, and treated as belligerents, and knowing that the ports of Great Britain, France, Spain, and Holland in the West Indies, were open to their vessels, and that they were admitted to all the courtesies and protection vessels of the Unit
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 3. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 178 (search)
etain him in the valley of Winchester. He made the demonstrations, and on the 16th, the day General Scott said he would attack Manassas, he drove the enemy's pickets into his intrenchments at Winche But no instructions came. This was eight days before the battle of Manassas. On the 17th, General Scott telegraphed: McDowell's first day's work has driven the enemy beyond Fairfax Court House. Tterson's column had been done. On the 18th, at half-past 1 in the morning, he telegraphed General Scott the condition of the enemy's force and of his own, referring to his letter of the 16th for fo be attacked where he was, and if Manassas was not to be attacked on that day, as stated in General Scott's despatch of the day previous, he ought to have been ordered down forthwith to join in the rtillery force, in a southeasterly direction. He immediately telegraphed the information to General Scott, and knew that he received it the same day. In accordance with instructions he came to Harpe
Benjamnin F. Butler, Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler, Chapter 1: lineage and education. (search)
before one and stopping at six. I then returned to the office at seven, and closed usually at ten. For exercise, my brother-in-law had given me a small gray saddle horse, very sprightly and strong. I usually rode him four or five nights a week, for an hour or two hours, about the suburbs of the city and lonely ways of the neighborhood, meanwhile amusing myself by recalling and reciting snatches of poetry, especially from Byron, and Moore, whom I much admired, and sometimes from Pope and Scott. Commencing in the early autumn of 1838, this continued till late in the spring of 1839. By this time, I had finished my Blackstone, and was told to read Kent's Commentaries for American law. I had lighted upon a treatise published in Rhode Island upon the Constitution of the United States, apparently a text-book for schools. I began by committing to memory the Constitution. Then I read the author's comments upon it, which learning has stood me in good stead ever since. I also read w
Benjamnin F. Butler, Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler, Chapter 3: the Democracy in 1860. (search)
ts and interests of those they leave behind, we shall feel bound to urge and insist that their wishes be gratified,--their demand conceded. It will be observed that these utterances were made after secession had become a pronounced and vital question; and as I have shown, I voted for Davis in 1860, with intent to preserve the Union and ward off that very secession which Greeley long afterwards justified, advised, and did all that he could to incite. Nearly a year after my vote, Gen. Winfield Scott, then the Commander of the United States Army, being organized to prevent secession, declared in regard to the secession of certain Southern States: Wayward sisters; let them go in peace. It will be seen hereafter that at the time Greeley was writing these editorials, I was declaring to the leading members of the Southern States, my political associates, that there was no right of secession; that the government had a right to restrain it by force of arms, and that the North would f
Benjamnin F. Butler, Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler, Chapter 4: the call for troops. (search)
ey told me that General Patterson had from General Scott some sort of military position in Philadel. wrote thus: Having been intrusted by General Scott with the arrangements for transporting you until further orders can be received from General Scott. This letter from Miller I knew was anen I got into Washington I reported him to General Scott who relieved him, and another quartermaste. At any rate, as will be seen hereafter, General Scott put it under my command very quickly when onduct, and was made military secretary to General Scott while in Mexico. Both Winthrop and Hamiltould do so. He stated that his orders from General Scott, when he sent him out, were such that it wh, for he had other business, and meantime General Scott laid his hand upon him for his own privatecott what he had been sent to ascertain. When Scott heard of Keyes' proceedings, he said:-- Whashal. Among the orders that came to me from Scott, was one creating the military department of A[9 more...]
Benjamnin F. Butler, Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler, Chapter 5: Baltimore and Fortress Monroe. (search)
irs in Washington at the beginning of the war Scott's farcical parade of strength Davis might eas explanation indignant communication from General Scott why he was mad promoted to be Major-Geneport of that secession. Consequently Lieutenant-General Scott, commanding the armies of the United . This was done so late in the afternoon that Scott's exhibit of his forces showed only two compansoon afterwards. Lee, then relied upon by General Scott to command the Union forces, threw up his called upon to explain the proposition to General Scott. But he bade it wait, as I supposed he worongest possible suspicion that if I asked General Scott for orders to occupy Baltimore he would rettle irritable. In my first dispatch to General Scott, after I reached the Relay House from Wash Carolina a part of my department, I wrote General Scott as follows:-- headquarters Departmenteen them. May I ask the attention of Lieutenant-General Scott to this omission, which might prove e[38 more...]
Benjamnin F. Butler, Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler, Chapter 6: contraband of War, Big Bethel and Hatteras. (search)
War, to whom I had duplicated my letter to General Scott. His instructions gave me no directions tured slaves. If he had read my letters to General Scott he would have seen that I was asking from as the popular belief, not mine. I was asking Scott for instructions as to what I should do with tound The Throne. I made requisition on General Scott for horses, for artillery, for wagons, andered thither at once. Reply immediately. Winfield Scott. headquarters Department of Virginia, Foke leave to transcribe his first letter to General Scott, August 24, three days after he was put in, Fortress Monroe Va, August 24. Lieutenant-General Winfield Scott, General-in-chief: General:--d not feel aggrieved at all; that I would beat Scott at his own game, as indeed I was already prepa; that Wool did not like Scott any better than Scott did me; that Wool wanted all the work done by ar. I also told Wool that in his assignment Scott did not mean to let him do anything any more t[11 more...]
Benjamnin F. Butler, Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler, Chapter 7: recruiting in New England. (search)
a little reconnoissance into Eastern Virginia on the peninsula to see if that section could easily be separated from the rebel State. I had communicated with General Scott, and I found soon after I got home that General Dix was permitted to gather a force with which to make my expedition. I say my, because the dates will show whcratic friend, Capt. Paul R. George, who had been a quartermaster under General Cushing in the Mexican War, and was afterwards appointed chief quartermaster of General Scott's division, in which he served through that war. We were the warmest personal friends, and I had in mind for the colonelcy his brother, Lieut.-Col. John H. Geo He immediately came out with various orders in the newspapers, abusing me and my enterprise of recruitment. I went to Washington and saw the President and General Scott, and in order that I might not be overruled by any military order of Governor Andrew as commander-in-chief of the Massachusetts militia, I asked for the creati
Benjamnin F. Butler, Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler, Chapter 11: military operations. (search)
ccessful fellow soldier. General Williams graduated at West Point in 1837; at once joined the Fourth Artillery in Florida, where he served with distinction; was thrice brevetted for gallant and meritorious services in Mexico as a member of General Scott's staff. His life was that of a soldier, devoted to his country's service. His country mourns in sympathy with his wife and children, now that country's care and precious charge. We, his companions in arms, who had learned to love him, w There were no draught mules in Mexico, and there were substantially none in all the West India Islands. There were plenty of pack mules in Mexico, but heavy ordnance could not be carried on the back of pack mules from Vera Cruz to the capital. Scott had met with the same misadventure. The French Emperor wanted those mules to transport the munitions of war with which to besiege the city of Mexico. Now, I was honestly on the side of Mexico, and as I was making preparations for an expeditio
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