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Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Chapter 21: (search)
but our condition there did not enable us to furnish any, except the division of Ewell, which had been left near Gordonsville in observation of McDowell, now by his withdrawal made disposable, and the brigade of Edward Johnson, which confronted Schenck and Milroy near to Staunton. Jackson, who, when he could not get what he wanted, did the best he could with what he had, called Ewell to his aid, left him to hold Banks in check, and marched to unite with Johnson; the combined forces attacked Milroy and Schenck, who, after a severe conflict, retreated in the night to join Fremont. Jackson then returned toward Harrisonburg, having ordered Ewell to join him for an attack on Banks, who in the meantime had retreated toward Winchester, where Jackson attacked and defeated him, inflicting great loss, drove him across the Potomac, and, as has been represented, filled the authorities at Washington with such dread of its capture as to disturb the previously devised plans against Richmond, an
Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Chapter 43: (search)
n this manner the state government of Maryland was subjugated. A military force, under the authority of the government of the United States, occupied the city of Baltimore at a time when no invasion of the state was threatened, and when there had been no application of the legislature, or of the Executive, for protection against domestic violence, which circumstances alone could give a constitutional authority for this organized military force to occupy the state. The commanding general, Schenck, soon issued an order, of which the following is an extract: Martial law is declared and hereby established in the city and county of Baltimore, and in all the counties of the Western Shore of Maryland. The commanding General gives assurance that this suspension of civil government within the limits defined shall not extend beyond the necessities of the occasion. All the civil courts, tribunals, and political functionaries of State, county, or city authority, are to continue in the di
Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Index (search)
sariat preceding Lee's surrender, 568-70. Extracts from letters concerning shipment of supplies to Amelia Court House, 570-72. Report on commissary after Lee's surrender. 578-79. St. Lawrence (frigate), 165, 166. St. Louis (gunboat), 25. Sallie (ship), 237. San Francisco (steamer), 266. Santissima Trinidad (ship), 234. Satellite (gunboat), 188. Savannah, Ga. Harbor defense, 172. Investment and evacuation, 484-85. Savannah (ship), 9, 494. Schade, Louis, 418. Schenck, General, 97. establishment of martial law in western Maryland, 389. Schofield, General, 475, 488, 489, 534, 537, 540, 548, 592, 613, 618, 619, 621. Schopf, —, 16, 17, 18, 19. Scott, Colonel, 37, 95. Gen. Winfield, 15, 104, 495, 515. Sea King (ship), 221. Secession, 3. Division of Southern sentiment, 4. Sectional rivalry, 12. Acquisition of power by one section, cause of trouble, not slavery, 136-37. Seddon, J. A., 339, 345, 418, 474. Sedgwick, General, 309, 310, 435-36. Selma