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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Poetry and Incidents., Volume 8. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 1 (search)
glorious day; The myriad fires beaming, 'mid planet torches gleaming With fitful glare, revealed the battle horrors in ghastly array. From the blasted souls there moaning comes a wail and sufferers' groaning, And Death in hideous forms dead hopes grim revealed. 'Twas a night of watch and waiting, with no vigilance abating, While the chill wind sang hosannas and a requiem o'er the bloody field. At early dawn the mount was ours, one of heaven's choicest dowers, As the Stars and Stripes and “White Star” were planted on the crest. Two thousand foes were taken from the ranks we had so shaken; Seven colors, and their cannon, and many spoils given to our behest. Lay the laurel on their cold brows, honored martyrs to their Union vows, The brave soldiers whose lives on their country's shrine were given; Bow the head and drop the tear, as you plant banners o'er the bier Of the patriot whose spirit soars with angel wings to heaven. With life-regardless decision — the old “White Star Division,
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 8. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 20 (search)
valor, their patriotism, and their noble endurance of severe hardships, while engaged in the arduous campaign. With heartfelt pride he reverts to their prowess in the assaults which made them the heroes of Lookout Mountain on the twenty-fourth ult., and to their gallant conduct upon Missionary Ridge on the twenty-fifth. Pea Vine Creek on the twenty-sixth, and at Ringgold, upon Taylor's Ridge, on the twenty-seventh. The conquest of Lookout Mountain will, associated with the emblematic White Star of the conquerors, stand out as prominently in history as do the beetling cliffs of that Titanic eminence upon the horizon. For these services he tenders them his heartfelt thanks; for their endurance, his sympathy; for their bereavement in the loss of so many gallant officers, and so many brave and noble men, his condolence. In all the division death could not have selected braver spirits, nobler hearts, than those who have laid their lives a sacrifice upon their country's altar in th
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Steam navigation. (search)
eanJuly, 1874 Dead-meat trade between United States and England by refrigeration commences on White Star liners Celtic and Britannic1874 Bessemer saloon steamer launched at Hull, Sept. 24, 1874, maket deep, 13,800 tonnage, 28,000 horse-power, launched at Stettin, GermanyMay 4, 1897 Oceanic, White Star liner, 685 feet long, 68 feet wide, 44 feet deep, 17,250 tonnage, launched at BelfastJan. 14, quivalent to 692 statute miles, were covered in one day (July 30, 1901）]. Celtic, twin-screw, White Star liner, 700 feet long, 75 feet broad, 49 feet deep, 20,900 tonnage, built at Belfast, first voy261837 Queenstown to New YorkAlaskaGuionSept. 16-22, 188362140 New York to QueenstownTeutonicWhite StarOct. 21-27, 18915213 Queenstown to New YorkTeutonicWhite StarAug. 13-19, 189151631 Glasgow toWhite StarAug. 13-19, 189151631 Glasgow to New YorkCity of RomeAnchorAug. 18-24, 188662035 New York to GlasgowCity of RomeAnchorAug. 13-19, 188561825 New York to AntwerpFrieslandRed StarAugust, 189482213 Approximate Distances: Sandy Hook
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America. (search)
ons on the coast of Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Virginia, and North Carolina......March 3, 1873 Forty-second Congress adjourns......March 4, 1873 Senate convenes in special session......March 4, 1873 President Grant reinaugurated......March 4, 1873 twenty-second administration—Republican, March 4, 1873, to March 3, 1877. Ulysses S. Grant, Illinois, President. Henry Wilson, Massachusetts, Vice-President. Special session of Senate adjourns......March 26, 1873 White Star steamship Atlantic wrecked on Marr's Rock, off Nova Scotia; 547 lives lost......April 1, 1873 Massacre by Indians under Captain Jack of General Canby, in the lava-beds near Fort Klamath, Cal......April 11, 1873 Rescue of nineteen persons (late of the Polaris) from floating ice in Baffin's Bay, by the sealing-vessel Tigress, Captain Bartlett, of Conception Bay, Newfoundland......April 30, 1873 One-cent postal-cards issued by the United States government......May 1, 1873 National
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Wrecks. (search)
ix passengers and all the crew except five......Oct. 20, 1870 Steamer Kensington collides with bark Templar off Cape Hatteras; both wrecked and many lives lost......Jan. 27, 1871 Staten Island ferry-boat Westfield explodes at New York; 100 lives lost, 200 persons injured......July 30, 1871 Steamer Metis sunk in collision on Long Island Sound; fifty lives lost......Aug. 30, 1872 Steamer Missouri, from New York to Havana, burned at sea; thirty-two lives lost......Oct. 22, 1872 White Star steamer Atlantic strikes on Marr's Rock, off Nova Scotia; 547 lives lost out of 976......April 1, 1873 French steamer Ville du Havre, from New York to Havre, sunk in sixteen minutes in mid-ocean by collision with ship Loch Earn; 230 lives lost out of 313......Nov. 23, 1873 American steamer City of Waco burned off Galveston bar; fifty-three lives lost......Nov. 9, 1875 American ship Harvest Queen wrecked by collision about 45 miles from Queenstown; twenty-seven lives lost......Dec
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), S. (search)
n shaft, the two screws moving in opposite directions. For some other modifications of the screw, see pro-Peller. Propeller of Britannic (white star line). Fig. 4749 illustrates a new arrangement in use on the steamship Britannic, of the White Star line, enabling the propeller to be raised or lowered and still be in a position to receive motion from the shaft. The shaft is in two parts a b, coupled at c by a universal joint; and the upward or downward movement of the propeller is effecte, 22,500 tons; the City of Pekin, belong ing to the Pacific Mail Steam-ship Company, 6,000 tons, 423 feet long, 48 feet broad; the Liguria, of the Pacific Steam Navigation Company, 4,820 tons, 460 feet long, 45 feet broad; the Britannic, of the White Star Line, 4,700 tons, 455 feet long, 45 feet broad; the City of Richmond, of the Inman Line, 4,600 tons, 453 1/2 feet long, 43 feet broad; and the Bothnia, of the Cunard Line, 4,500 tons, 425 feet long, 42 1/2 feet broad. See ship, Fig. 5001, page
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 4, Chapter 57: attempts to reconcile the President and the senator.—ineligibility of the President for a second term.—the Civil-rights Bill.—sale of arms to France.—the liberal Republican party: Horace Greeley its candidate adopted by the Democrats.—Sumner's reserve.—his relations with Republican friends and his colleague.—speech against the President.—support of Greeley.—last journey to Europe.—a meeting with Motley.—a night with John Bright.—the President's re-election.—1871-1872. (search)
s that when our little dog would have made friends with him, he remarked that he had never had time to play with dogs. He left us for Liverpool; the day was not a pleasant one,—weather unsettled and rough. I was not well enough to go with him to Liverpool, which I much regretted. I was anxious about his voyage (luring the winter season. I give you these few particulars of his visit; it was a visit most pleasant to me and to my family. Sumner left Liverpool by the Baltic, of the White Star line, November 14, and arrived in New York the 26th, refusing the offer from the company of a free passage. From Queenstown he wrote to Mr. Bright: I leave England with regret, wishing I could see more and mingle more with English people, who are for me most agreeable and interesting. Especially do I regret Inverary, which I should have visited, my last day with you was very pleasant, but too brief. Good-by. The vessel encountered a violent gale for two days, and afterwards boats manne