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Broad River (South Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 4
the Atlantic, and is staying with General Saxton. ... It was entertaining to see the ex-actress's eye for effect — a tablecloth here, a scarlet-lined coat there, Miss Brown's curls in an available vista, and blackberries and black sentinels in the background. About four came the band, the officers, the young ladies, General Saxton without his livelier half, Mr. Hay laboring not to appear new-mown. It went off better than the average; the place was beautiful, old trees and a view across Broad River to the rebel shore, a great sail-cloth laid down to dance on; General S. leading out Mrs. L. in lingering widow's weeds, his dancing as direct, grave, and simple as his policy, hers graceful as if she were sweeping the boards, technically so called. We all like her. She is so off the stage what she was on it, simple, earnest, high-minded, sensible. We had blackberries and milk, and after this pastoral entertainment galloped home through the wood paths by the young moon. I forgot to t
Maine (Maine, United States) (search for this): chapter 4
nd unenjoying! In all the really rustic entertainments I have ever seen, from Katahdin to Kansas, there has been a certain stiffness which I supposed inherent and inevitable. I remember a ball of lumbermen at South Moluncus, or Number Three, in Maine, that was as joyless as Beacon Street; and yet here in these barracks I have beheld a scene where the wildest revelry absorbed every person, and yet without women or drink. There is no swearing or vulgarity; they are too much absorbed for that; s unerring; the other day he shot an alligator in the eye, the only part visible. . . . We have on board a delightful old pilot seventy years old, who has been on all our trips; a perfect old philosopher, who knows every nook on the coast from Maine to New Orleans, and who, once tapped, talks forever, with the raciest personal adventures. Captain Gomez he is; was of course born in Salem, in Clam Shell Alley, in a part of the city called Buttonhole. His mother could not read and whipped his
Saint Marys River (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 4
he camp and exasperate me by marring the dignity of dress parade, till I almost resolve to let the soldiers kill them — I would if they were composed of anything but pork. January 21, 1863 Being so near Georgia, I have thought it best to be provided with the summer costume attributed to Georgians — a shirt collar and a pair of spurs; and have accordingly purchased both those articles. January 23 saw Colonel Higginson in command of three vessels, bound on a foraging trip up the St. Mary's River. This expedition was fully described in Army life. After his return he wrote: . . . Do you know at Fernandina I tea'd with three schoolmistresses and it is quite bewildering; I had forgotten that there were so many women in the world. . . . Here I never see a white woman, save two Irish lieutenantesses. Camp Saxton, February 24 Our army does not seem to me as vivacious as many suppose, but slouchy and slovenly, ill-kept and ill-handled. In this respect the navy is far super
Beaufort, N. C. (North Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 4
more comfortable. They finally sailed on the 10th and will be ready to sail again in ten days or a fortnight from that time. I suppose you will prefer the Newbern destination. All these plans were changed by General Saxton's proposal that Captain Higginson should take command of a South Carolina regiment of freed slaves. November 16 . . I found this [Saxton's] letter on my table. It may change all my plans. I have telegraphed to Governor Andrew at Washington for leave to go to Beaufort and see General Saxton, there to decide on accepting the post, which is, of course, in itself very attractive. Nevertheless I have almost decided not to sacrifice a certainty for an uncertainty, and not resign my present post till I am sure of a more important one. It came very unexpectedly. Yesterday I came in and told Mary .... Then I went to Boston and saw Edward Hooper . . . and others who have been at Port Royal, and their information leaves me still in doubt how far it will be a d
West Point (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 4
e Florida trip the regiment was picketed at Port Royal Ferry, South Carolina. April 12 . .. In the misty gray of the morning, I rode out to the ferry amid rose scents and the song of early birds, hearing for the first time the chuck-will's widow, the Southern whip-poor-will, whose peculiar note I at once recognized. There all was quiet and I sent the batteries home. I never gave an order to an officer of regulars before, and though it was only a juvenile little lieutenant, fresh from West Point, who had come out on the boat from New York with me, and then threatened to quit the service because he could not bring with him a basket of champagne, still it seemed rather presumptuous. To be sure I have habitually under my command a company of the Massachusetts cavalry detailed as pickets, and that too seemed odd at first; but tout arrive en France. A corporal of cavalry with whom I was riding the other day told me a story of Henry Higginson. ... Once there was an advance beyond t
Jacksonville (Florida, United States) (search for this): chapter 4
's River, which resulted in the capture of Jacksonville, the diary announces the arrival of Colonelrsonal scrapes is partially corked up. Jacksonville, Fla., March 24 I remember Charles Devens sas when, after the men were all on board at Jacksonville, I walked back among the burning buildings s volley, voylly, etc. He formerly lived in Jacksonville among other places, and was delighted to goa nice little sailboat which I brought from Jacksonville. Sometimes I take that and cross to some ithe putting on shore of furniture, etc., at Jacksonville, I certainly did it; for it was a choice bether hand, some of the real Union people of Jacksonville could not get a team to haul their furniturce for them. But I expressed the hope in Jacksonville that I might be kept out of the way of Uniofailure at Charleston and the evacuation of Jacksonville. In another letter Colonel Higginson sn enchanting mosquito netting ... of whose Jacksonville origin there can be no reasonable doubt. . [2 more...]
Waterloo, Va. (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 4
tion. Without the excitement of love or wine, with simply the pent — up physical energy of two days inaction during a storm, they dance like Maenads or Bacchanals; their whole bodies dance; in the pauses between the figures they throb and tremble all over, as they keep time to the music; sometimes solitary, uncouth men who are not dancing begin to whirl and frisk alone by themselves in corners, unnoticing and unnoticed. In each set there are mingled grim and war-worn faces, looking old as Waterloo, with merely childish faces from school, and there is such an absorption, such a passionate delight, that one would say dancing must be a reminiscence of the felicity of Adam before Eve appeared, never to be seen in its full zest while a woman mingled in it. It is something that seems wholly contrary to all theories of social enjoyment; and then to think that these New Englanders are called grave and unenjoying! In all the really rustic entertainments I have ever seen, from Katahdin to Ka
Barnwell Court House (South Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 4
ey look. It would amuse you, though, to see what a tight rein I keep on them — sending them my compliments (in the style of Sprague and the regular army) and I should be glad to see them for a momentwhen I wish to mildly annihilate them on arrival. They say that when the Colonel makes a little suggestion, it is as formidable as a General Order--and indeed it rarely has to be repeated. Advanced Picket, May 25 Only think of a picnic here the other day! Mrs. Lander got one up at the Barnwell place, the most beautiful on the island, and I helped her a good deal. It was got up for a young Mr. Hay, President Lincoln's private secretary, a nice young fellow, who unfortunately looks about seventeen and is oppressed with the necessity of behaving like seventy. He wrote about Ellsworth... in the Atlantic, and is staying with General Saxton. ... It was entertaining to see the ex-actress's eye for effect — a tablecloth here, a scarlet-lined coat there, Miss Brown's curls in an availab
France (France) (search for this): chapter 4
eign countries, it is galling that they should say such things of us, but they will unsay them when disproved. I do not think there is any danger that England or France will be anything but neutral, and that being the case, though what the newspapers say may be annoying, it is not important. I am satisfied that we are gravitat. To be sure I have habitually under my command a company of the Massachusetts cavalry detailed as pickets, and that too seemed odd at first; but tout arrive en France. A corporal of cavalry with whom I was riding the other day told me a story of Henry Higginson. ... Once there was an advance beyond this ferry a year ago to flliam Curtis, noticed a changed expression in the face of the returned colonel — the change so noticeable after the Great War in the faces of those who fought in France. Mr. Curtis wrote: I see in your face .. . the same influence which has touched all the true soldier faces I have seen, and of which we who stay at home are not
Headquarters (Washington, United States) (search for this): chapter 4
rs which he had led on retaliatory raids into Missouri. He was called the Kansas hero and subsequently commanded the first North Carolina Colored Volunteers. Headquarters, Jacksonville, March 16, 1863 In respect to personal courage I have learnt nothing new, and adhere to the belief that war has not so much harder tests than faces I have seen, and of which we who stay at home are not unconscious. Fire purifies, but it tries. The next extract describes his return to Beaufort. Headquarters, First S. C.V., Beaufort, August 22 As the Arago came up to the pier on Thursday, at Hilton Head, sudden movements were observed among the soldiers detailedfor his name this morning. Dunno he name, sa; speck he name Lieutenant Baby, sa. It seems incredible that it should be serious, but I verily believe it was. Headquarters, First S. C.V., September 8 You don't know what an improved set of officers I've got. Captain-- I shall have court-martialed and dismissed the service as so
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