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Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories 1,756 1,640 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events, Diary from December 17, 1860 - April 30, 1864 (ed. Frank Moore) 979 67 Browse Search
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Horace Greeley, The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65: its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union. Volume I. 449 3 Browse Search
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Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1, Mass. officers and men who died. 420 416 Browse Search
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Francis Glass, Washingtonii Vita (ed. J.N. Reynolds), EDITOR'S PREFACE. (search)
was Francis Glass, the author of the following work, "The Life of Washington." I found him in a remote part of the county, in a good neighborhnicated to me his long-cherished intention of writing the life of Washington in Latin, for the use of schools. He, after this time, often advet sensibility, when any allusion was made to the deeds or fame of Washington; and his own contemplations on the wishes of his heart, seemed toonly fearing that he should die before he had written the life of Washington. There were moments when hope broke in upon his despondency, andsical inspiration, he saw going onward to perpetuity, the fame of Washington with the honors of a Trajan, and himself not far behind the young nothing had been definitely arranged in reference to the life of Washington. He renewed the subject again and again. I had no one with whom tription of Mount Vernon, and the delineation of the character of Washington, the most rigid critic will find much to commend. The notes speak
Francis Glass, Washingtonii Vita (ed. J.N. Reynolds), CAPUT QUARTUM. (search)
. “ An account of expenses: ” his disinterestedness induced him to decline all pecuniary compensation, save and except indispensable expenses: these, he trusted, his country's munificence would eventually discharge. quam verissimè potero, tenebo: — Pecuniam, quam in commoda publica, necessariò impenderim, mihi, ut spero, cives mei persolvent: hoc mihi sufficit, nec Congressum largiora flagito. ” Postridie ejus diei, diploma speciale,Diploma speciale, “ a special or particular commission; ” Washington's commission was dated June 17, 1775, and signed by Peyton Randolph, as president, and Charles Thomson, as secretary, of the Congress of the United Colonies; it was resigned to Congress, from whom it emanated, at Annapolis, in 1783. à Congressu fœderatarum coloniarum Washingtonio datum, in quo, præcipuè cautum erat, ne quid detrimenti libertas Americana caperet. Simul à Congressu decretum, “ se Washingtonium omnibus facultatibus fortunisque adjuturos, in libertate Americanâ
Francis Glass, Washingtonii Vita (ed. J.N. Reynolds), CAPUT SEPTIMUM. (search)
sve militibus addere. Hæc, autem, sexto post pugnam die, ad Congressum scripsit Washingtonius. “ Conditio nostra miserrima est. DamnumDamnum, the loss our detachment sustained in the action on Long Island, feught 27th August, 1776, and in which Washington did not take an immediate part. a manipulo nostro acceptum copias omnes nimis exanimavit, animosque timore et desperatione replevit. Militia, cum summis viribus ad fortiter resistendum niti oporteret, trepida, intractabilis, domumque remeandi alicum, “ warlike stores. ” vacuando recurrendoque servare conatur, imperator Britannicus Washingtonium pugnâ lacessere, et commeatus intercludere vehementissime nitebatur. In rem eam,In rem eam, “ for that thing, ” or purpose, viz., of bringing Washington to a general action. quatuor hominum millia, quinque navium longarumNavium longarum, by these we mean, men (that is, ships) of war. præsidio munita, haud procul à Novo Eboraco, exposuit.Exposuit, “ he landed or put his men out of the s
Francis Glass, Washingtonii Vita (ed. J.N. Reynolds), CAPUT OCTAVUM. (search)
, vacuandiVacuandi, &c., “ was especially repugnant to the plan of evacuating and retreating, adopted, at that time, by Washington. ” recipiendique rationi maxime contrarium fuit. Magna Washingtonium spes tenebat, hocce præsidium defendi posse; navestonius tendebat: ubi gradum sistereGradum sistere, “ to make a stand; ” to halt. It seems to have been the intention of Washington, at this period, to hazard an action, if warranted by circumstances. constituit. Scaphas omnes et navigia, quæ ad ripas attacked. ” primùm peteretur, omnino nesciebat. Putnam, Putnam, &c. Meanwhile Putnam, an American general, was sent by Washington, the commander (of the forces,) who should take charge of (to preside over) the defences and ramparts, that were to be : et oppidulum Germanicum, Germanicum, “ Germantown, ” distant about five miles from Philadelphia. This was selected by Washington as a suitable place of rendezvous, in the event of the ability of the British to cross the river, and gain po
Francis Glass, Washingtonii Vita (ed. J.N. Reynolds), CAPUT DECIMUM. (search)
“ patient, ” contented; this adjective often signifies level, even, uniform; hence, when applied to the mind, it may import, unruffled, tranquil, &c. tulerint. Ad hoc, eorum fiduciamFiduciam, “ their confidence; ” that is, which they reposed in Washington. optimo jure meruit Washingtonius; et in milites ejus benignitas, affabilitasque sermonis, ad mala, quoque, omnia simul cum militibus subeunda alacritas, virtusque in rebus arduis dubiisque, mirum in modum, militum studia animosqueAnimos, “ quem castris delegerat, naturâ editus munitusque fuit; aditusque ad Washingtonii castra hostium copiis adeo difficilis, ut hostes, nisi maximo periculo, appropinquare aut accedere minimè poterant. Hinc, Hinc, “ on the one hand, ” he, (that is, Washington,) protected the Jerseys; hinc, “ on the other hand, ” &c. Cæsareas tuebatur, hinc, autem, exercitus Britanni motus omnes sedulò servabat. Insidiæ multæ dolique a duce Britanno, ad Washingtonium ex hoc tam commodo tamque idoneo
Francis Glass, Washingtonii Vita (ed. J.N. Reynolds), CAPUT DUODECIMUM. (search)
Ut supplementa annua, Supplementa annua, “ recruits for the year. ” omniaque, quæ ad exercitum alendum sustentandumque apta forent, quam primùm fierent, pararenturque, summopere institit: Summopere inslilit, “ he vehemently insisted. ” tanta, autem, hominum animos mentesque invaserat securitas, Securitas, “ indifference, ” carelessness, apathy. ut, monitis tam salutaribus spretis, vix tandem impelli quivit Congressus, quò imperatorem Imperatorem, &c., “ to direct the commander-in-chief, (Washington,) again to enlist soldiers. ” milites iterum conscribere jusserit. Parata,Parata, &c., “ the preparations which were making for conducting the war, the following year, ” that is, 1780. quæ ad bellum anno insequenti gerendum necessaria fuere, tardissime procedebant; et Et, &c., “ and, when the army ought to have been in the field, and in a condition to act on the offensive. ” cum exercitum in armis esse, bellumque hostibus inferre oportuit, nihil aliud quam parata decre
Francis Glass, Washingtonii Vita (ed. J.N. Reynolds), CAPUT DECIMUM TERTIUM. (search)
sunt Americani, et omnes in partes disjecti. Disjecti, “ scattered in all directions. ” Quo prælio facto, Cornwallis, comes Anglicus, Virginiam versus iter tendere instituit. Henricus, autem, Clintonius, eques Eques, a knight, called usually, Sir Henry Clinton. Britannus, qui, tempore eo, copiis omnibus Britanni regis, his in regionibus, præfuit, auxilii ad Cornwallis nihil mittere poterat; quippe qui, Washingtonium Eboracum novum è vestigio E vestigio, “ forthwith.” Whether the design of Washington to attack New-York, at this period, was real or feigned, is not, perhaps, perfectly ascertained; the good effects, however, resulting to the American cause, from the continual alarm under which Sir Henry Clinton labored for the safety of New-York, were highly auspicious to the successful termination of the contest between both nations; inasmuch as Sir Henry was prevented from detaching any succor to Lord Cornwallis; for had he sent any, his lordship would have received such an augmenta