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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 10. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 46 (search)
he still held his position, but that he was hard pressed, and concluded by asking when Major-General Loring would arrive. In reply, he was notified, by telegram, that another brigade from Vicksburg was en route to reinforce him, and would probably reach him before Major-General Loring could arrive from Jackson. At 5.30 P. M., he informed me that he was falling back across the Bayou Pierre, and that he would endeavor to hold that position until the arrival of reinforcements. On reaching Rock Springs, about eighteen miles from Grand Gulf, Major-General Loring, learning that Brigadier-General Bowen had fallen back before a large force from Port Gibson, in the direction of Grand Gulf, directed two regiments and a field battery of Tilghman's brigade, which had been withdrawn from the Big Black Bridge, to move as rapidly as possible to Grand Stone Ford, and hold it at all hazards, to prevent the enemy from flanking Bowen in that direction, and then proceeded himself to the headquarters of
John M. Schofield, Forty-six years in the Army, Chapter XXVIII (search)
he proposes to move his troops, whether on foot or on horseback or in cars. It appears to have been almost forgotten that the transcontinental railroads were built, at great expense to the national treasury, mainly as a military bond between the Atlantic States and the Pacific States, and that this is by far their most important service, and this explains the meaning of the language employed in the acts of Congress creating them. At the time of the massacre of Chinese laborers at Rock Springs, Wyoming, during President Cleveland's first administration, I was ordered by the President to go to that place from Chicago and suppress that violation of the treaty obligations between this country and China. On my arrival at Omaha, I was informed by press reporters that a grand conclave at Denver that night was to consider a proposition to order out all the train-men on the Union Pacific Railroad the next morning, for the purpose, as I understood, of preventing the passage of my train.
John M. Schofield, Forty-six years in the Army, Index (search)
in its capture, 347; various plans for the capture of, 358; S. commanding at, 395, 397, 400, 418; Grant at Peabody Fund meeting at, 413 Richmond Dispatch, the, quoted, 401 Rifle, the, supersedes the bayonet, 145, 146 Rio Grande, the, Sheridan ordered to, 379; proposed inspection tour by S. to, 380-383 Riots, tactical dealing with, 495, 504, 505 Rives, Judge, declines office of chief justice of Virginia, 396, 397 Roanoke, the river, Sherman's proposed movement to, 334 Rock Springs, Wyo., massacre of Chinese at, 509 Rocky-Face Ridge, military operations near, 124, 126, 129 Rocky Mountains, the, development of the country west of, 491 Roddey, Brig.-Gen. Philip D., on the Tennessee, 318 Rolla, Mo., military movements near, 37, 38, 40, 42, 47, 48, 65; retreat from Wilson's Creek to, 47, 48 Rollins, James S., memorandum furnished to, by S., 89-91; relates anecdote of Lincoln's reception of a Missouri delegation, 108 Rome, Ga., military movements near,
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America. (search)
S. Grant dies at Mount McGregor, near Saratoga, N. Y., 8.08 A. M.......July 23, 1885 Proclamation of President suspending all public business on the day of funeral of General Grant......July 23, 1885 General Grant buried at Riverside Park, New York City......Aug. 8, 1885 James W. Marshall, the discoverer of gold in California, dies there in poverty,......Aug. 8, 1885 Helen Hunt Jackson, author, born 1831, dies at San Francisco, Cal.......Aug. 12, 1885 Massacre of Chinese at Rock Springs, Wyo.; fifty killed by the opposing miners......Sept. 2, 1885 Maj. Aaron Stafford, last surviving officer of the War of 1812, dies at Waterville, N. Y., aged ninety-five......Sept. 6, 1885 American sloop Puritan wins the America's Cup in a race with the British cutter Genesta at New York......Sept. 14-16, 1885 John McCloskey, first American cardinal, born 1810, dies at New York......Oct. 10, 1885 Breaking up at one blast of Flood Rock, Hell Gate, N. Y., covering nine acres; 28
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories, California Volunteers. (search)
Duty at Los Angeles till March, 1862. Attached to Carlton's California Column on Expedition from Southern California through Arizona to Southwest Texas and New Mexico April 9-September 20, 1862. Occupation of Fort Quitman August 22. Duty at various points in Dept. of New Mexico till July, 1864. Operations against Navajo Indians in New Mexico August 20-December 16, 1863. Action at Pecos River, near Fort Sumner, January 5, 1864. Patrol Mojave Road between Camp Cady and Rock Springs, Southern California, July to September, 1864. Ordered to San Francisco September 26, thence to Camp Union, Sacramento, Cali., November 12. Duty in District of California and Nevada till mustered out. Expedition from Dun Glen to Fairbanks Station, Nov., June 13-26, 1865. Company C --Ordered to Fort Creek October 22, 1861, and duty there till muster out. Expedition to Honey Lake Valley November 3-29, 1862. Company D --Ordered to Los Angeles, Cali., December 28, 1861, and
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories, Illinois Volunteers. (search)
essee till August 16. Passage of Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River and Chickamauga (Ga.) Campaign August 16-September 22. Rossville and Ringgold, Ga., September 11. Lee and Gordon's Mills September 11-13. Leet's Tan Yard, or Rock Springs, September 12-13. Alexander's Bridge and Dyer's Ford September 18. Battle of Chickamauga, Ga., September 19-21. Operations against Wheeler and Roddy September 30-October 17. Hill's Gap, Thompson's Cove, near Beersheba, October 3. rom Decherd, Tenn., August 5-9. Passage of the Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River and Chickamauga (Ga.) Campaign August 16-September 22. Ringgold, Ga., September 11. Lee and Gordon's Mills September 11-13. Lent's Tan Yard (or Rock Springs) September 12-13. Alexander and Reed's Bridges September 18. Pea Vine Creek September 18. Crawfish Springs and Dyer's Ford September 18. Battle of Chickamauga September 19-21. Operations against Wheeler and Roddy September 30-Oc
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories, Indiana Volunteers. (search)
h 3-8. Expedition to Lebanon, Carthage and Liberty April 1-8. Expedition to McMinnville April 20-30. Middle Tennessee (or Tullahoma) Campaign June 23-July 7. Hoover's Gap June 24-26. Occupation of Middle Tennessee till August 16. Passage of the Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River and Chickamauga (Ga.) Campaign August 16-September 22. Bombardment of Chattanooga August 21. Ringgold, Ga., September 11. Lee and Gordon's Mills September 11. Leet's Tan Yard or Rock Springs September 12-13. Alexander's and Reed's Bridges September 17. Battle of Chickamauga September 19-21. Operations against Wheeler and Roddy September 30-October 17. Hill's Gap, Thompson's Cove, near Beersheba, October 3. Murfreesboro Road October 4. McMinnville October 4-5. Farmington October 7. Moved to Huntsville, Ala., and duty there till November. Moved to relief of Knoxville, Tenn., November 28-December 8. Dandridge December 24. Operations about Dandrid
Oliver Otis Howard, Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general , United States army : volume 2, Chapter 64: superintendent of the United States military Academy; commanding Department of the Platte, Omaha, Neb. (search)
situated just north of Nebraska, and at the Pine Ridge Agency farther to the west in the territory of Dakota. In the latter part of my stay in the Department of the Platte there were mining operations quite a distance beyond Fort Steele at Rock Springs and Evanston, Wyo. A large camp of Chinamen was located at Rock Springs by the owner of the mines; they were working quietly and faithfully when they were attacked by a body of men who purported to be American miners-really foreigners themselRock Springs by the owner of the mines; they were working quietly and faithfully when they were attacked by a body of men who purported to be American miners-really foreigners themselves. These Chinamen were driven out of their homes and large numbers of them were maltreated; several of them were killed. The riot was so serious that I sent troops to the spot who built themselves small huts, and, to keep the peace and assert the authority of the Government, remained there several months. On apprehension of trouble at Evanston, I sent a detachment of soldiers there also. This was about the beginning of the outrages against the Chinese laborers which were also going on al
James D. Porter, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 7.1, Tennessee (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 5: (search)
n the 28th and 29th he killed and wounded large numbers, his own command sustaining slight loss. At midnight of the 29th, General Wheeler, reinforced by Col. James E. Carter, First Tennessee cavalry, was ordered to the rear of the enemy. He reported that at daylight he met near Jefferson a brigade train which he took and destroyed, capturing 50 prisoners; at Lavergne attacked and captured 700 prisoners and destroyed immense trains amounting to many hundred thousand dollars in value; at Rock Springs captured and destroyed another large train; at Nolensville captured large trains, stores and arms, and 300 prisoners; after which he proceeded to the left of the Confederate army, thus making a compass of the enemy's rear. At the dawn of day, December 31st, Major-General Mc-Cown (Tennessee) opened the battle of Murfreesboro with his division, composed of Ector's, McNair's and Rains' brigades. A volley was delivered after advancing for several hundred yards under fire, and with fixed b
The Daily Dispatch: September 25, 1863., [Electronic resource], Bound over. (search)
y has burnt all of his stores at Chattanooga, and no Yankee in arms is south of the Tennessee river to-day. There is no confirmation of the report of the occupation of Chattanooga by Gen. Bragg, but it is generally believed. Information comes in slowly from the front. Our loss is variously estimated at from five to ten thousand, of which five-sixths are wounded slightly. The loss of the enemy in killed, wounded, and prisoners, is variously placed at from 25,000 to 35,000. Large quantities of arms, baggage, etc., have been brought in to the various depots in our rear. The army trains have moved forward. Many of the wounded are in hospitals near Rock Springs. Others have been brought to Dalton, Marietta, and Atlanta. The Press Association reporter is at the front, and it is hoped that he will be permitted to send in true reports. Gen. Hood is not dead. His right leg was amputated. He says he will live to fight the Yankees at least another battle.