Your search returned 26 results in 8 document sections:

The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 8: Soldier Life and Secret Service. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller), With the veteran armies (search)
ing by Richmond, Virginia, and Annapolis, Maryland, they went to Benton Barracks, Missouri, being released on parole, and were declared exchanged on the 19th of November. This photograph was taken while they were held at Richmond, opposite the cook-houses of Libby Prison. The third man from the left in the front row, standing with his hand grasping the lapel of his coat, is George Marion Smith, a descendant of General Marion of Revolutionary fame. It is through the courtesy of his son, N. H. Smith, that this photograph appears here. The Fourteenth Iowa Infantry was organized at Davenport and mustered in November 6, 1861. At Shiloh the men were already veterans of Forts Henry and Donelson. Those who were not captured fought in the battle of Corinth, and after the prisoners were exchanged they took part in the Red River expedition and several minor engagements. They were mustered out November 16, 1864, when the veterans and recruits were consolidated in two companies and assigned
Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Chapter 29: (search)
other ships of war, carrying, as well as I could judge, fifteen thousand men. I proceeded with Captain Odlum to the fort, and found Lieutenant Dowling and Lieutenant N. H. Smith, of the engineer corps, with forty-two men, defending the fort. Until 3 P. M. our men did not open on the enemy, as the range was too distant. The officowing are the names of the company who manned the guns in Fort Grigsby, and to whom the credit is due for the glorious victory: Lieutenants R. W. Dowling and N. H. Smith; Privates Timothy McDonough, Thomas Dougherty, David Fitzgerald, Michael Monahan, John Hassett, John McKeefer, Jack W. White, Patrick McDonnell, William Gleasonwo men and two officers of Fort Grigsby to receive all the credit for the victory which was won. If this be supposable, how is it possible that Captain Odlum, Commander Smith, General Magruder, and Lieutenant Dowling, who had been advised to abandon the work, and had consulted their men as to their willingness to defend it, should
Col. O. M. Roberts, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 11.1, Texas (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 11: (search)
the enemy. Attacked by five gunboats, the fort, mounting but three guns of small caliber and manned by the Davis Guards, Lieut. R. W. Dowling, assisted by Lieut. N. H. Smith, of the engineers, supported by about 200 men, the whole under the command of Capt. F. H. Odlum, steadily resisted the fire, and at last forced the surrendehe Sachem and towed her into the wharf. Her magazine was destroyed by the enemy flooding it. During the engagement I was nobly and gallantly assisted by Lieut. N. H. Smith, of the engineers corps, who by his coolness and bravery won the respect and admiration of the whole command. This officer deserves well of the country. Tealus, Michael Eagan, Daniel Donovan, John Wesley, John Anderson, John Flood, Peter O'Hara, Mike Delany and Terrence Mulhern. The above were enlisted men. Lieut. N. H. Smith, a Louisianian, and Dr. George Bailey, assistant surgeon, volunteered to aid the gunners in the fort, both taking their places at the guns. These names des
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 12. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Sabine Pass. (search)
ther ships of war, carrying, as well as I could judge, fifteen thousand men. I proceeded with captain Oldum to the fort, and found Lieutenant Dowling and Lieutenant N. H. Smith, of the engineer corps, with forty-two men, defending the fort. Until 3 P. M. our men did not open on the enemy, as the range was too distant. The officowing are the names of the company who manned the guns in Fort Grigsby, and to whom the credit is due for the glorious victory: Lieutenants R. W. Dowling and N. H. Smith; Privates Timothy McDonough, Thomas Dougherty, David Fitzgerald, Michael Monahan, John Hassett, John McKeefer, Jack W. White, Patrick McDonnell, William Gleasonwo men and two officers of Fort Grigsby to receive all the credit for the victory which was won. If this be supposable, how is it possible that Captain Odlum, Commander Smith, General Magruder, and Lieutenant Dowling, who had been advised to abandon the work, and had consulted their men as to their willingness to defend it, should
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 12. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 39 (search)
th Mississippi, Lieutenant-Colonel W. L. Sykes and Major J. B. Herring. Eighth Mississippi, Colonel J. C. Wilkinson. Maney's brigade. Brigadier-General George Maney. First and Twenty-seventh Tennessee, Colonel H. R. Feild. Fourth Tennessee (Prov. Army), Colonel J. A. McMurry, Lieutenant- Colonel R. N. Lewis, Major O. A. Bradshaw, and Captain J. Bostick. Sixth and Ninth Tennessee, Colonel George C. Porter. Twenty-fourth Tennessee battalion, (S. S.), Major Frank Maney. Smith's brigade. Brigadier-General Preston Smith-Colonel A. J. Vaughan, Jr. Eleventh Tennessee, Colonel G. W. Gordor. Twelfth and Forty-seventh Tennessee, Colonel W. M. Watkins. Thirteenth and Fifteenth Tennessee, Colonel A. J. Vaughan, Jr., and Lieutenant-Colonel R. W. Pitman. Twenty-ninth Tennessee, Colonel Horace Rice. Dawson's Battalion ( Composed of two companies from the Eleventh Tennessee, two from the Twelfth and Forty-seventh (consolidated), and one from the One Hundredth
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Index (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller), S (search)
283, 292, 298, 364; V., 314; X., 248, 251. Smith, H. B., VIII, 278. Smith, H. H., VII, 21. Smith, J., VI, 52, 184. Smith, J. A., X., 297. Smith, J. B., VI, 162. Smith, J. C., I., 248. Smith, J. D., V., 71. Smith, J. E.: II., 306, 346; X., 291. Smith, J. I., VIII., 151. Smith, J. P., X., 103. Smith, M., VI, 190. Smith, Martin L. I., 232; II., 334; VI., 196; X., 261. Smith, Morgan L. I., 364; II., 328; X., 87. Smith, N. H., VIII., 251. Smith, O. J., VII., 161. Smith, Persifal V., 58. Smith, Preston Ii., 288; X., 153. Smith, T., X., 233. Smith, T. B., X., 297. Smith, T. C. H., X., 231. Smith, T. K., I., 248. Smith, T. W., X., 2. Smith, W.: VI., 168, 208; X., 111. Smith, Will, I., 179. Smith, W. B., VI, 162, 301. Smith, W. F., （Baldy): I., 51, 264, 325; II, 296, 297, 328; III., 84, 86, 88, 92, 95, 188, 190, 230, 338, 340; V., 31; X., 18
The Daily Dispatch: July 16, 1861., [Electronic resource], How many? (search)
Brilliant Action of Florida Volunteers--Recapture of Prizes--United States LI a tenant and Nineteen Sailors Taken Prisoners. The New Orleans Delta of July 12, contains the following: We had the satisfaction to-day of hearing from the lips of Capt. N. H. Smith, of the schooner Olive Branch, the full particulars of one of the most successful and gratifying incidents in the history of the blockade, which an insolent foe is attempting to maintain on our coast. The telegraph has already announced the recapture off the Florida coast of four small schooners. which the piratical Massachusetts stole in the Mississippi Sound, and bore off as prizes, to divide as booty among the hirelings of Abe Lincoln, including those sentimental and patriotic young officers of the United States Navy, who profess so much fraternal feeling for our people, but do not shrink from the most petty stealing, which even a barbarous tribe would scorn to employ in a regular war. The four schooner
The Daily Dispatch: July 16, 1861., [Electronic resource], A Freak of nature. (search)
y morning, and was immediately ordered to take on board-guns, gun-carriages and munitions to reinforce Ship Island, Major-General Twiggs and Captain Higgins and Major Smith using every possible effort to get everything in readiness. The steamer Gray Cloud was also taken into requisition, and was loaded and got under way on Monday ned, and the battle commenced in good earnest. The Gray Cloud coming up slowly, the Oregon took off her ammunition and proceeded at once to the scene of action Major Smith directing the Gray Cloud to follow at a safe distance. Having arrived at the island, Capt. Myers proceeded at once in his yawl, with Major Smith, with a loMajor Smith, with a load of shell and powder, being received with cheers by Capt. Thom, of the C. S. marines, and the sailors and soldiers, who at once carried the supplies to the batteries. The enemy had fired some thirty-odd rounds of shell and round shot, which sank in the sand, and were used by our gallant sailors in returning fire. The explosion