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Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 2., Chapter 22: the siege of Vicksburg. (search)
ard toward Port Gibson with three days rations, followed by the Seventeenth corps under McPherson, which had lately come down from beautiful Lake Providence, The picture on page 604, giving a view of a portion of the shore of Lake Providence, a little west of the-Mississippi, in Upper Louisiana, is from the pencil of Henri Lovie. The fine building in the foreground was the, Headquarters of General McPherson during the time his troops were encamped on the lake. It was the residence of Dr. Sellers. as fast as it crossed the river. The advance was met by a Confederate force the next morning May 1. at two o'clock, eight miles from Bruinsburg, where the foe was pressed back, but was not pursued until daylight. McClernand then pushed on to the parting of roads, four miles from Port Gibson, each running along a ridge with deep hollows on each side. There he was confronted by a strong force from Vicksburg, under General John Bowen, with troops advantageously posted on the two roads a
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 10. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 41 (search)
en every one did so well, it is impossible to particularize individual instances of gallantry, but in the death of Captain Ford and Lieutenant Crozier, Second Tennessee cavalry, I have lost two brave and gallant officers, whose places it will be most difficult to fill. Very respectfully, Your obedient servant, J. L. Scott, Colonel, commanding Brigade of Cavalry. Report of Brigadier-General B. R. Johnson, commanding division. headquarters Chattanooga, October 24, 1863. Major-General Sellers, Assistant Adjutant-General: Sir: I have the honor to submit the following report of the part taken by the division under my command in the action of the Chickamauga: At five o'clock A. M., September eighteenth, 1863, four brigades and three batteries of artillery from Catoosa Station, and vicinity of Ringgold, Georgia, moved, under my command, with orders from headquarters Army of Tennessee, to proceed via Pleasant Grove Church to Leet's Tan-yard. Law's brigade, under Colonel
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 10. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 45 (search)
shed battery at the mouth of Vincent's Creek, he was attacked, at about nine o'clock, by a party from the navy and from the Twenty-fifth South Carolina volunteers, under Lieutenant Commanding Warley of the Confederate States steamer Chicora, Captain Sellers commanding the land forces. The party proceeded in four boats, guided by Mr. J. Fraser Mathews, to the northern entrance of Lighthouse Creek, where Captain Sellers landed and proceeded against the enemy's. picket. Lieutenant Warley, with tCaptain Sellers landed and proceeded against the enemy's. picket. Lieutenant Warley, with two boats, went round to the mouth of Vincent's Creek to cut of the enemy's barges. A brisk skirmish ensued, which resulted in the capture of one boat, with one Captain and ten non-commissioned officers and privates of the enemy, of which the Captain and four non-commissioned officers and privates were wounded, one mortally. The remainder of the enemy's party were driven off in another boat under a heavy fire, which undoubtedly caused them some damage. On our side, one private of the Twenty-f
Edward Porter Alexander, Military memoirs of a Confederate: a critical narrative, Chapter 13: Sharpsburg or Antietam (search)
r, under the personal direction of Richardson himself and of Barlow commanding two regiments in Caldwell's brigade, the battle was kept up by the troops already engaged, who were encouraged by their recent success and were quite disposed to follow it up. But there were no fighters in the Confederate army capable of more desperate and pertinacious defence than Longstreet and D. H. Hill. The latter's official report thus briefly summarizes what followed: — Col. Bennett of the 14th, and Maj. Sellers of the 30th N. C. regiment rallied a portion of their men. There were no troops near to hold the centre except a few hundred rallied from various brigades. The Yankees crossed the old road which we had occupied in the morning and occupied a corn-field and orchard in advance of it. They had now got within a few hundred yards of the hill which commanded Sharpsburg, and our rear. Affairs looked very critical. I found a battery concealed in a corn-field, and ordered it to move out and open
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), B. (search)
d, and is kept pressed against its work by the weight of the lever, which exerts a constant strain upon the rack. As soon as the lever has descended, it is again raised by hand, and this is the only attention necessary. Mandrel and cutter. Sellers's boring-mill. 5. The work is dogged to a rotating-table, and the cutter is advanced as in Sellers's boring-mill (Fig. 812). This is a heavy boring-machine for car-wheels and general work, fitted with universal chuck for all sizes up to 36 Sellers's boring-mill (Fig. 812). This is a heavy boring-machine for car-wheels and general work, fitted with universal chuck for all sizes up to 36 inches diameter, and capable of boring driving-wheels 6 feet in diameter; the cross-head for holding the boring-bar is counterbalanced and arranged with power-feed and quick hand-traverse in either direction; the sliding surfaces are kept clear of chips which fall through the face-plate as in mills where the bar is supported above, as in Fig. 814. A vertical boring-machine, expressly adapted for boring car-wheels, yet also available for many kinds of miscellaneous boring. It is so made as t
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), C. (search)
is secured by latches or otherwise, as in the example, where it is clamped against the inside of the box by a bolt and an outer bridge-piece over the opening. Sellers's car-axle lathe. Car-ax′le lathe. A lathe specially designed for turning car-wheel axles, being strongly geared for heavy cut. The axle is hung upon theews were cut by hand in the old form of lathe, before the slide-rest and feed-screw were invented. Seller's chasing-lathe. In the illustration, which shows Sellers's improved form of lathe for brass work, a is the live-head, which is back-geared. The spindle e, for holding the chasing-hobs, is so arranged as to accommodate rom end to end of the cylinders. The bar draws entirely out, to allow the work to be shifted, and independent slide-rests face off the ends of the cylinder. Sellers's cylinder boring-machine. Cyl′in-der-cock. （Steam-engine.) A faucet in the end of a cylinder to allow water of condensation to escape when the piston ap<
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), D. (search)
especially for lining. Drilling. Drill-clamp. A fastening device a for attaching a drill-holder or stock b to a work-bench. Drill-clamp. Drill-gage Sellers's drill-grinding machine. Vertical-drill. Drill-bar′row. A seeding-machine, driven by manual power in the manner of a wheelbarrow. A hand-driven grain-d m n o are the parts for feeding forward or retracting the drill p. The table q is for the convenience of the smaller class of work. Radial drilling-machine. Sellers's horizontal drilling-machine. Drill-jar. Drill-press. Drill-stock Fig. 1772 shows Sellers's horizontal drilling and boring machine for car-boxes, with Sellers's horizontal drilling and boring machine for car-boxes, with self-acting variable speed to drilling-spindle. See also boring-machine. Drill-jar. A form of stone or well-boring tool in which the tool-holder is lifted and dropped successively. The drill-rod is raised sufficiently between each impulse to loosen the tool from its impression in the stone, and is then dropped to give a bl
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), F. (search)
giving any proposed angle of elevation to a piece of ordnance. See level. Foot-light. A light on the front of a stage. Foot-hammer. Foot-pace. A dais, or raised floor. Foot-pad. （Menage.) a. A piece of elastic substance, say rubber, to cover the sole of a horse's foot and prevent balling. b. An anklet or ridge-piece on the corona to prevent cutting of one foot by the other in traveling. Foot-plate. The platform for the driver and fireman of a locomotive. Sellers's foot-lathe. Foot-pound. A term in mechanics; the unit of energy, 1 pound avoirdupois raised 1 foot. See unit. Foot-press. A form of standing press in which the upper die or follower is depressed by a treadle. Foot-press. In the example, the motion is obtained by the mashing of two segmental camgears forming a toggle. Foot-rail. A railroad-rail having wide-spreading foot flanges, a vertical web, and a bulbshaped head. Such a rail may be spiked to the sleepers
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), G. (search)
patent, 1844) are set an angle of 45° beneath the truck, and have sunken rectangular faces which bear upon the inner angles of the square rails. The guide-wheel enables the flanges of the bearing-wheels to be dispensed with. No extra rail is introduced. The guide-rail gripped by horizontally rotating wheels, driven by the engine, the combination of wheels and center-rail forming the means of ascending gradients, is first found in the English patent of Vignolles and Ericsson, 1830. Sellers's United States patent, 1835, has a similar device, and it is also used by Fell on the White Mountain Railroad in New Hampshire and the Mt. Cenis Railway, which climbs the Alpine pass, connecting St. Michel on the French side with Susa on the Italian. A correspondent of the Hartford Courant thus describes it: — The carriages are about half the length of ours at home, with seats on each side, so that the passengers face each other as in an omnibus, and with windows at the sides, fro
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), H. (search)
ge in case of overwinding. E is a factory-hoist like the modern elevator so much used in hotels. It is known in the North of England as a teagle (? tackle). Sellers's hoisting-machine. Sellers's hoisting-machine for warehouses or hotels is shown at Fig. 2529. It exhibits the wire-rope drum together with the up-and-down pSellers's hoisting-machine for warehouses or hotels is shown at Fig. 2529. It exhibits the wire-rope drum together with the up-and-down pulleys, and the middle loose pulley. Miller's hoisting-machins. Fig. 2530 exhibits the hoisting-machine with the steam-engine by which it is driven. This is a donble-cylinder, and reverses by a single movement of the valve-lever at the front. The platform moves at a speed of from 10 to 150 feet per minute, and has safety-rthe horizon can be seen. Hor-i-zontal Di′al. One with a plane parallel to the horizon, having its gnomon elevated according to the latitude of the place. Sellers's horizontal drill. Hor-i-zon′tal drill. （Machinery.) A boringmachine whose drill-arbor works horizontally and parallel with the bed to which the work is<
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