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George Meade, The Life and Letters of George Gordon Meade, Major-General United States Army (ed. George Gordon Meade) 476 2 Browse Search
Varina Davis, Jefferson Davis: Ex-President of the Confederate States of America, A Memoir by his Wife, Volume 1 164 8 Browse Search
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George Meade, The Life and Letters of George Gordon Meade, Major-General United States Army (ed. George Gordon Meade), chapter 1 (search)
pendence by Texas, and her subsequent annexation to the United States, had at this time assumed so serious an aspect that the force which, as a precautionary measure, had been collected at Fort Jessup, Louisiana, under the command of Brigadier-General Zachary Taylor, and known as the army of observation, was ordered to proceed to some point on the coast of Texas, convenient, in case of necessity, for advancing to the western frontier of that State. General Taylor had selected Aransas Bay as thaGeneral Taylor had selected Aransas Bay as that point, and had proceeded there early in July, 1845. It was with no light heart, but with the promptness of a true soldier, that Lieutenant Meade bade farewell to his quiet home and set forth on the second day after receiving his orders, leaving his wife and three little children, one of whom was so ill that he never expected to see him again. But in this trying moment he was nobly supported by his young wife, who thus early in their career evinced that unselfish devotion to his interests a
George Meade, The Life and Letters of George Gordon Meade, Major-General United States Army (ed. George Gordon Meade), chapter 2 (search)
a gun or committed a hostile act, and when General Taylor made a formal demand for the two dragoons voluntary and without permission, prevents General Taylor from demanding his release. Now I belie for Point Isabel. At first I considered General Taylor had made a mistake in ever leaving the plaand indeed this, was placed under guard by General Taylor, and no one, officer or private, was allowfficial reports will have been published. General Taylor has again (much to the dissatisfaction of much occupied in making some drawings for General Taylor, which he desired to send by the mail; butsgust of General Taylor. On the contrary, General Taylor gave him full power to do whatever he thoutter from Santa Anna. This was a reply to General Taylor's communication from Saltillo. He agrees the Mexicans, that the armies had met and General Taylor had routed the enemy. But the report is pen days or two weeks for Vera Cruz, unless General Taylor should require of General Scott reinforcem[219 more...]
George Meade, The Life and Letters of George Gordon Meade, Major-General United States Army (ed. George Gordon Meade), chapter 3 (search)
of Lieutenant Meade. recollection, for it will in due time be productive of results, and I wish her to remember it. By universal concession the corps (Topographical) has gained greatly in public favor during the war as an arm of importance. General Taylor, it is understood, has become convinced of it, though at first he held it in little estimation. You observe, too, that recently more of the corps (five) have been sent to the army, and it is now proposed to increase its force. The fact, theIt was to assist in this duty that Lieutenant Meade had been ordered to join the command. Judging from previous experience with General Twiggs, he did not anticipate a pleasant tour of duty. He had served with that officer in the advance of General Taylor's army from Corpus Christi to the Rio Grande, in 1846, and owing to some unpleasant passages occurring at that time no good feeling existed between them. He reported to the general in October, at Fort Brooke, and his reception is described
George Meade, The Life and Letters of George Gordon Meade, Major-General United States Army (ed. George Gordon Meade), chapter 4 (search)
ion have at last come to their senses, brought thereto, doubtless, by a fear that a large part of Beauregard's army is coming from Corinth to Richmond. I suppose you have noted in the papers that Colonel Kane has been made a prisoner, also Captain Taylor, of the same regiment, who is a very clever gentleman. I expected Kane, who has been thirsting for fame, would get himself in some such scrape, and therefore am not greatly surprised at its occurrence. P. S.—June 11, 5 P. M. I am gla left toward the New Market Road. On and about the road were the fragments of Meade's brigade, now commanded by Colonel Sickle, of the Third Regiment Pennsylvania Reserves. Burns's brigade was moving in this direction on the south of the road. Taylor's brigade of Slocum's division was formed in the rear across the road. Meagher's brigade, as we have seen, was occupying a position in the woods south of the road, to the rear of what had been McCall's centre. On Meagher's left Sully and others
George Meade, The Life and Letters of George Gordon Meade, Major-General United States Army (ed. George Gordon Meade), chapter 5 (search)
to notice that some of his staff, during the enforced inactivity while awaiting the pleasure of their general, were gradually, and probably unconsciously, edging around to the lee side of the house. Gentlemen, he said, stopping and smiling pleasantly, are you trying to find a safe place? You remind me of the man who drove the ox-team which took ammunition for the heavy guns on to the field of Palo Alto. Finding himself within range, he tilted up his cart and got behind it. Just then General Taylor came along, and seeing this attempt at shelter, shouted, You damned fool, don't you know you are no safer there than anywhere else? The driver replied, I don't suppose I am, general, but it kind oa feels so. During all the time of the cannonade orders were being sent from Headquarters to take troops from every part of the line from which they could be spared and to place them in reserve for the support of that part of the line which the enemy's artillery fire indicated was about to
George Meade, The Life and Letters of George Gordon Meade, Major-General United States Army (ed. George Gordon Meade), chapter 6 (search)
nd has but little manner, indeed is somewhat ill at ease in the presence of strangers; hence a first impression is never favorable. His early education was undoubtedly very slight; in fact, I fancy his West Point course was pretty much all the education he ever had, as since his graduation I don't believe he has read or studied any. At the same time, he has natural qualities of a high order, and is a man whom, the more you see and know him, the better you like him. He puts me in mind of old Taylor, and sometimes I fancy he models himself on old Zac. Yesterday I sent my orderly with old Baldy to Philadelphia. He will never be fit again for hard service, and I thought he was entitled to better care than could be given to him on the march. I have just had a visit from a very intelligent young Englishman, named Stanley, a son of Lord Stanley, of Alderney. He is no relative, I believe, to the Earl of Derby, though his father is in the Ministry as Secretary for the Colonies. He is
George Meade, The Life and Letters of George Gordon Meade, Major-General United States Army (ed. George Gordon Meade), Appendix E (search)
Reserve Corps. There is one—your former commander, first of brigade and then of division, one of the noblest souls among men, one of the most accomplished officers of this army—Major-General John F. Reynolds, I cannot receive this sword without thinking of that officer, and the heroic manner in which he met his fate in front at Gettysburg. There I lost, not only a lieutenant most important to me in his services, but a friend and brother. When I think, too, of others fallen—of McNeill and Taylor, of the Rifles; of Simmons, of the Fifth; of DeHone of Massachusetts; of young Kuhn, who came from Philadelphia and assisted me so efficiently, and many more who are gone, I am saddened by the recollection. It is more oppressive to go over the names of those who have been sacrificed. I wish I could mention the names of all the soldiers, but it would be a long, long list, that would include the names of all those from the Pennsylvania Reserve Corps who are now resting in honorable graves or<
George Meade, The Life and Letters of George Gordon Meade, Major-General United States Army (ed. George Gordon Meade), Index. (search)
, 192, 196. Sully, Alfred, I, 294, 296. Sumner, Edwin V., I, 250, 253, 282, 284, 294, 319, 326, 328, 337, 340, 344, 350. Sweitzer, J. B., II, 84-86, 334. Swift, Capt., I, 20. Swinton, W., II, 213, 214, 396-399, 401, 403, 407, 408, 421. Sykes, George, I, 196, 276, 296, 328, 355, 368, 370-372; II, 8, 12, 25, 38, 40, 57, 72, 83, 84, 86, 95, 122, 140, 182, 185, 192, 331, 333, 334, 338-340, 358, 363, 369, 391, 409, 410, 413, 415, 419, 422. T Talcott, Andrew, I, 14. Taylor, Zachary, I, 18, 23, 24, 26, 27, 37, 40, 46, 49, 50, 51, 53, 55-57, 60, 62, 63, 66, 69-74, 77, 79, 80-82, 85-87, 89, 91, 93, 97-105, 108, 110-114, 116, 117, 119, 121-123, 126-129, 131, 132, 134, 135, 137-139, 141, 142, 145, 147-153, 156, 158-162, 165-175, 178, 179, 182-184, 186, 188-190, 193, 196, 200, 201; II, 107, 191. Taylor, Chas. F., I, 273; II, 315. Terrejone, Gen., I, 97. Terry, A. H., II, 284. Thomas, Adj.-Gen., I, 265. Thomas, E. L., II, 52. Thomas, George H., I, 196,