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William Tecumseh Sherman, Memoirs of General William T. Sherman ., volume 1, Chapter 8: from the battle of Bull Run to Paducah--Kentucky and Missouri. 1861-1862. (search)
nnounced in General Orders No. 62, from the War Department: To the Department of the Cumberland, Brigadier-General Robert Anderson commanding: Brigadier-General W. T. Sherman, Brigadier-General George H. Thomas. . . . . . . . . . By command of Lieutenant-General Scott: E. D. Townsend, Assistant Adjutant-General. After some days, I was relieved in command of my brigade and post by Brigadier General Fitz-John Porter, and at once took my departure for Cincinnati, Ohio, via Cresson, Pennsylvania, where General Anderson was with his family; and he, Thomas, and I, met by appointment at the house of his brother, Larz Anderson, Esq., il Cincinnati. We were there on the 1st and 2d of September, when several prominent gentlemen of Kentucky met us to discuss the situation, among whom were Jackson, Harlan, Speed, and others. At that time, William Nelson, an officer of the navy, had been commissioned a brigadier-general of volunteers, and had his camp at Dick Robinson, a few miles
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Peary, Robert Edwin 1856- (search)
Peary, Robert Edwin 1856- Explorer; born in Cresson, Pa., May 6, 1856; graduated at Bowdoin College in 1877; appointed civil engineer United States navy in 1881; assistant engineer Nicaragua ship-canal in 1884. Lieutenant Peary made voyages to Greenland in 1886, 1891, 1893, 1896, and 1898. He is the author of Over the Great ice; A complete narrative of Arctic work.
Elias Nason, The Life and Times of Charles Sumner: His Boyhood, Education and Public Career., Chapter 12: (search)
ech. the effect of the speech. remarks of Mr. Wilson. the assault on Mr. Sumner. his account of the same. the effect of this assault on the North and South. Mr. Brooks challenges Mr. Wilson, also Mr. Burlingame. Mr. Sumner at Cape May; at Cresson; at Philadelphia. I know no figure in history which commands more of my admiration than that of Charles Sumner in the Senate of the United States, from the hour when Douglas presented his ill-omened measure for the repeal of the Missouri Comu. Arise now, and liberty will be secured forever. Mr. Sumner went to Philadelphia July 9, and thence to Cape May for the benefit of the sea-breeze; but, continuing very feeble, he was advised by his physician, Dr. Caspar Wistar, to repair to Cresson on the Alleghany Mountains, in Pennsylvania, where he arrived on the 3d of August, and resided in the family, and had the medical advice, of Dr. R. M. Jackson. In the beginning of September he became again the guest of his friend J. T. Furness,
Emilio, Luis F., History of the Fifty-Fourth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry , 1863-1865, Roster of the Fifty-Fourth Massachusetts Infantry. (search)
on. $325. Hall, Amos Sergt. 24, mar.; farmer; Oxford, O. 28 Apl 63; died 16 Sept. 64 Gen. Hos. Beaufort, S. C. of disease. $50. Hamilton, Napoleon 24, sin.; farmer; Ypsilanti, Mich. 23 Apl 63; 20 Aug 65. $50. Lansing, Mich. Harmon, William 24, sin.; farmer; Selina, Mich. 23 Apl 63; 30 May 65 St. Andrews Parish, S. C; dis. $50. Harrison, Isaiah 19, sin.; laborer; Mercersburg, Pa. 22 Apl 63; 18 Oct 65 New York; dis. $50. Mercersburg, Pa. Hockins, Henry E. 19, sin.; laborer; Cresson, Pa. 22 Apl 63; 20 Sep 65 Boston. Wounded 20 Feb 64 Olustee, Fla. $50. Howard, Charles. Corpl. 26, mar.; waiter; Carlisle, Pa. 29 Apl 63; 20 Aug 65. $50. Jackson, Francis 23, —— —— Rockingham, Vt. 16 Dec 63; 20 Aug 65. —— Jackson, George 19, sin.; laborer; Harrisburg, Pa. 22 Apl 63; killed 9 Oct 63 in trenches before Ft Wagner. $50. Jackson, Levi 18, sin.; laborer; Oxford, O. 28 Apl 63; 20 Aug 65. $50. 30 Mead st. Dayton, O. Johnson, David 22, sin.; fanner; Detroit, Mich.
Archibald H. Grimke, William Lloyd Garrison the Abolitionist, Chapter 7: master strokes. (search)
, and therefore I must be black! Garrison promptly threw down his challenge to Elliott Cresson, offering to prove him an impostor and the Colonization Society corrupt in its principles, proscriptive in its measures, and the worst enemy of the free colored and slave population of the United States. From the first it was apparent that Cresson did not mean to encounter the author of the Thoughts in public debate. Even a mouse when cornered will show fight, but there was no manly fight in Cresson. Garrison sent him a letter containing seven grave charges against his society, and dared him to a refutation of them in a joint discussion. This challenge was presented four times before the agent of colonization could be pursuaded to accept it. Garrison was bent on a joint public discussion between himself and Mr. Cresson. But Mr. Cresson was bent on avoiding his opponent. He skulked under one pretext or another from vindicating the colonization scheme from the seven-headed indictment
C. Edwards Lester, Life and public services of Charles Sumner: Born Jan. 6, 1811. Died March 11, 1874., Section Sixth: the interval of illness and repose. (search)
pon the brain, connected with weakness in the spinal column, would render any early recovery an impossibility. He became the guest of Francis P. Blair, at Silver Spring—within an easy carriage ride of Washington. In the fore part of July, he found himself well enough to go on to Philadelphia, where he received the kindest attention from the family of Mr. James T. Furness. At their invitation, he went with them to Cape May. Afterwards, under advice of Dr. R. N. Jackson, he was removed to Cresson, among the highlands of Pennsylvania. But no signs of immediate restoration appeared, and in the beginning of October he once more reached his home in Boston. This return he had postponed, at the earnest persuasion of his medical adviser, who foresaw that his entry to Boston would be attended with the greatest excitement, for the feeling which inflamed the people of Massachusetts, of indignation on the one side, and of the tenderest affection on the other, could not be repressed. Ii.
C. Edwards Lester, Life and public services of Charles Sumner: Born Jan. 6, 1811. Died March 11, 1874., I. (search)
ressure upon the brain, connected with weakness in the spinal column, would render any early recovery an impossibility. He became the guest of Francis P. Blair, at Silver Spring—within an easy carriage ride of Washington. In the fore part of July, he found himself well enough to go on to Philadelphia, where he received the kindest attention from the family of Mr. James T. Furness. At their invitation, he went with them to Cape May. Afterwards, under advice of Dr. R. N. Jackson, he was removed to Cresson, among the highlands of Pennsylvania. But no signs of immediate restoration appeared, and in the beginning of October he once more reached his home in Boston. This return he had postponed, at the earnest persuasion of his medical adviser, who foresaw that his entry to Boston would be attended with the greatest excitement, for the feeling which inflamed the people of Massachusetts, of indignation on the one side, and of the tenderest affection on the other, could not be represse
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 3, Chapter 40: outrages in Kansas.—speech on Kansas.—the Brooks assault.—1855-1856. (search)
avagance some apology for an act which was beyond all apology. Whenever in any speech or article I have noticed regrets for the language I deemed it my duty to use, I invariably discarded what followed as being the forced offering of the hour and not of the heart. Please let Mr. Garrison know that I was much touched by his resolution and speech. Without any sensible improvement he left the seaside, August 3, for a change of air, and became the guest and patient of Dr. R. M. Jackson at Cresson, in the Allegheny Mountains. New York Evening Post, August 4 and 16. Works, vol. IV. pp. 329, 338, 339, 340, where the reports of Drs. Wister and Jackson are found. Wilson, after conferring with Seward and other Republican senators, advised him not to return to Washington during the session, which lasted till the middle of August. At the mountains the former symptoms clung to him, weakness generally, pallor of countenance, a tottering gait, wakeful nights, a sense of weight on the b