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William Boynton, Sherman's Historical Raid, Chapter 16: (search)
nt I had also ordered General Schofield from Newbern and General Terry from Wilmington. I knew that General Jos. Johnston was in supreme command against me, and that he would have tried to concentrate a respectable army to oppose the last stage of this march * * * * On Tuesday, the 15th [probably a misprint for Thursday the 16th], General Slocum found Hardee's army from Charleston, which had retreated before us from Cheraw, in position across the narrow swampy neck between Cape Fear and North Rivers where the road branches off to Goldsboro. There a pretty severe fight occurred, in which General Slocum's troops carried handsomely the advanced line, held by a South Carolina brigade commanded by a Colonel Butler. * * * * We resumed the march toward Goldsboro. I was with the left wing until I supposed all danger had passed, but when General Slocum's head of column was within four miles of Bentonville, after skirmishing as usual with cavalry, he became aware that there was infantry a
Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Chapter 47: (search)
as made against Ramseur's left by Crook's corps. The movement to put Pegram's brigades into line successively to the left produced some confusion, when the enemy advanced along his entire line, and after a brief contest our force retired in disorder. We fell back to a place called Narrow Passage, all the trains being removed in safety. Some skirmishing ensued as we withdrew up the Valley, but without important result. On October 1st our force was in position between Mount Sidney and North River, and the enemy's had been concentrated around Harrisonburg and on the north bank of the river. On the 5th we were reenforced by General Rosser with six hundred mounted men, and Kershaw's division, numbering twenty-seven hundred muskets, with a battalion of artillery. On the morning of the 6th it was discovered that the foe had retired down the Valley. General Early then moved forward and arrived at New Market with his infantry on the 7th. Rosser pushed forward on the back and middle ro
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), New York, colony of (search)
New York, colony of The bay of New York and its great tributary from the north, with the island of Manhattan, upon which part of the city of Greater New York now stands, were discovered by Henry Hudson (q. v.), in the early autumn of 1609. The Indians called the river Mahiccannick, or River of the Mountains. The Dutch called it Mauritius, in compliment to Prince Maurice, and the English gave it the name of Hudson River, and sometimes North River, to distinguish it from the Delaware, known as South River. The country drained by the Hudson River, with the adjacent undefined territory, was claimed by the Dutch. The year after the discovery, a ship, with part of the crew of the Half Moon, was laden with cheap trinkets and other things suitable for traffic with the Indians, sailed from the Texel (1610), and entered the mouth of the Mauritius. The adventurers established a trading-post at Manhattan, where they trafficked in peltries and furs brought by the Indians, from distant re
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Battles, Virginia, 1864 (search)
30th, 35th, 37th, 39th, 40th and 45th Mounted Infantry. MICHIGAN--11th Cavalry. OHIO--12th Cavalry. UNITED STATES--5th and 6th Colored Cavalry. Union loss, 54 killed, 190 wounded, 104 missing. Total, 348. Oct. 2: Skirmish, Gladesville, Pound GapKENTUCKY--1st Cavalry; 3d Mounted Infantry. Oct. 2: Skirmish, Mount CrawfordMASSACHUSETTS--2d Cavalry. MICHIGAN--1st, 5th, 6th and 7th Cavalry. NEW YORK--6th, 9th, 19th and 25th Cavalry. UNITED STATES--1st, 2d and 5th Cavalry. Oct. 3: Skirmish, North River(No Reports.) Oct. 3: Skirmish, Mount JacksonPENNSYLVANIA--14th Cavalry (Detachment). Oct. 4: Skirmish, BridgewaterOHIO--2d Cavalry (Detachment). Oct. 4: Skirmish, Poplar Springs ChurchNEW YORK--2d Mounted Rifles. Oct. 4: Skirmish, FellmoreUNITED STATES--1st Colored Cavalry. Oct. 4: Action, Sandy MountainMICHIGAN--11th Cavalry. Oct. 4: Skirmish, SalemPENNSYLVANIA--5th Heavy Arty. Oct. 6: Skirmish, Salem ChurchMICHIGAN--7th Cavalry. Oct. 6: Skirmish, North ShenandoahOHIO--8th Cavalr
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Chapter 12: civil History. (search)
a high price; but it does not appear that any such buildings were erected. North Canal, 60 feet wide, 180 feet easterly from Portland Street, and extending from Broad Canal to a point near the northerly line of the Bordman Farm. This canal was subsequently extended to Miller's River. According to an agreement, June 14, 1811, between the Lechmere Point Corporation and Davenport & Makepeace, the latter were to have perpetual right to pass with boats and rafts through Miller's Creek or North River, so called, to North Canal and Broad Canal, and to extend North Canal, through land owned by the Corporation, to Miller's River; and the Corporation was to have the right to pass through the said canals to Charles River, so long as the canals should remain open. Cross Canal, bounded by two straight lines, 30 feet apart, and running at a right angle with Broadway from Broad Canal, between lots 279 and 280, through Broadway, and between lots 263 and 264 to South Dock. South Dock, boun
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 3. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book IV:—Third winter. (search)
he valleys of the Cumberland and the Shenandoah. On the north of Staunton the valley, rich and fertile, is watered by the affluents of the James, which, in leaving it, throws itself among the rocks of the Blue Ridge, forming Balcony Falls. These affluents are, on the right, Craig's Creek, a sinuous torrent, near which is found the village of Newcastle, and, more to the southward, the Catawba, upon which, at a short distance, is situated Fincastle, the principal county-town; on the left, North River, on which is situated the town of Lexington, renowned in Virginia for the military academy in which Jackson Stonewall.—Ed. was a professor, and which had the honor of having for its president General Lee during the last years of his life. The road from Fincastle to Lexington crosses the James on Buckhannon Bridge. A gap like that of Balcony Falls, from which it is separated by the large group of the Peaks of Otter, opens a passage to the Roanoke River, which rises in Catawba Mountain a
The Daily Dispatch: March 26, 1861., [Electronic resource], Incident at Pensacola. (search)
ockingham District.-- E. R. Veitch, P. E.; Staunton, Joseph R. Wheeler; Augusta, Robert Smith, C. H. Joyce; Mount Sidney, W. R. Stringer; Rockingham, J. Hildebrand, P. H. Whisner; West Rockingham. H. Hoffman; East Rockingham, T. T. Wysong. J. N. Gray; Woodstock, W. F. Speake, (one to be supplied;) Front Royal. R. R. S. Hough, R. B. Frampton; Luray, W. D. Lippetoe; Franklin, S. H. Griffith, L. W. Haslip; Moorefield, J. E. Armstrong, J. P. Hyde; South Branch, O. P. Wirgman, E. F. Heterick; North River, S. Smith, J. C. McNeer; New Creek, Andrew J. Porter-- W. S. Baird. Principal of the Wesley Female Institute, Staunton.Roanoke District.-- Samuel Resister, P. E; Salem, John C. Dice, Joseph J. Engie; Christiansburg, W. S. Edwards; Blacksburg, Theodore M. Carson; Jacksonville, A. P. Boude; Newcastle and Newport, J. F. Beane, E. G. Jamieson; Roanoke, L. R. Jones; Fincastle, H. A. Gaver, (one to be supplied;) Lexington, F. C. Tebbs; Lexington Circuit, Joseph E. Wassen; Fairfield, Jason P. E
The Daily Dispatch: October 9, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
which is situated between New Inlet and Hatteras Light. The report is that one man was killed on our side. So far as events have transpired since Batler's attack on the fortifications in that vicinity his advantage whatever has been gained by the Federals and in view of their circumstance sphere of operations, we doubt whether they will deem the place worth holding for any considerable length of time. P. S.--Since the above was written we have received full particular of the affair in North which will be found in another columns. From the several divisions of our army in Virginia, nothing of special interest has been received. Some additional incidents of the fight at Greenbrier river are related, one of which is that the enemy fired twenty-six bulge into our hospitals, slightly wounding two of the inmates; and this notwithstanding the building was designated by a white and yellow flag. The Federals, in their retreat, left a stand of regimental colors upon the field whi
The Daily Dispatch: December 25, 1861., [Electronic resource], Runaway in Jail. (search)
Police matters. --Mr. William Gibboney, a citizen of Wytheville, Virginia, retired to his room at the Ballard House, on Monday night, with $1,200 in his watch fob, consisting of $1,000 in North Carolina bank notes, a check for $100, endorsed by James Kylo, and $100 in notes of small denomination; and securely locking and broking the door, slept soundly until he was aroused in the morning by the servant who came to light a fire. After the boy left the room, Mr. G. found that the money had been abstracted from his pocket. The negro, a free boy named Alfred Hill, employed temporarily at the hotel, was arrested, and his statements were of such a nature as to leave little doubt of his guilt. The Mayor yesterday remanded him, to be further examined on Thursday. Charles B. R. Koburg, a stranger, applied yesterday morning to Mr. Adcock, ticket agent at the office of the Central Railroad, for a free ticket; and, in reply to questions, said he was neither a slave nor a citizen of
The Daily Dispatch: December 29, 1862., [Electronic resource], Later from the North. (search)
nt forward the rebel capital. From Petersburg, a cavalry expedition would be necessary only to proceed West to the Burkeville Junction of the Tennessee and Danville Railroads, and destroy them both. It seems to us that if Petersburg were once in our hands, it would give us virtual possession of the entire South, and force Gen. Lee to fight his army either to extermination or submission, without any chance of retreat, or means of obtaining supplies or reinforcements from the South and Southwest. Such a magnificent diversion could now be made without weakening the Army of the Potomac, the expedition of Gen. Banks, or any other independent corps, except, perhaps, that of Gen. Foster, in North and it would have the effect to give us a serious of decisive victories, which would put an end to the rebellion before the enlistment of our "nine months volunteers" is out. This, or some other similar diversion, should be made at once, to render the capture of Richmond by Burnside certain.
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