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Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 1. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book I:—the American army. (search)
xt for the insurrection of 1861. Under this fatal influence the army of the United States gradually disappeared, the entire defence of the extensive frontiers of Canada and the Indian tribes was entrusted to the militia of each State, and in 1784 the national army found itself reduced to the absurd total of eighty men and officerof New Orleans, it scarcely displayed aught save the ordinary defects of American volunteers, without bringing their best qualities into relief. The campaigns in Canada, if such a term may be applied to a series of disjointed operations as insignificant in their results as in the means employed, are utterly destitute of interest.y, but the offensive difficult, to maintain. Absorbed by their struggle with France, the British, instead of attacking, were obliged to wait for the Americans in Canada; this necessity constituted their strength. In 1814, peace with France, by restoring to them all freedom of action, seemed to have given them a guaranty of indis
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 1. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book II:—secession. (search)
ave picked up a handful of sailors from the coasts of France or England, or it may have received a few of the deserters which every European ship drops into the ports of the New World. Doubtless, also, some English soldiers from the garrisons of Canada may have crossed the frontier, allured not only by the bounties and high pay, but also by the hope that their military experience would secure them positions among such raw troops. It was easy to recognize under the Federal uniform the old Engl he soon became drillsergeant or sergeant-major; if able to read and write, the epaulet was within his easy reach. These, however, were only isolated instances. It is true that recruiting agents, hoping to make a profit on the bounties, went to Canada and Ireland to decoy recruits in spite of the Federal government, and that they engaged emigrants to come over in the name of fictitious industrial associations, expecting to entice them into the service after they had landed, partly of their own
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 1. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book III:—the first conflict. (search)
rendezvous of the waters, descending from all the cardinal points, and forming between St. Louis and Cairo an immense river which afterwards runs into the sea without gathering any tributary of importance from the east, and only two from the west. St. Louis, whose French name recalls the period of our brief sway over those vast regions, and whose present prosperity reflects honor upon those sturdy colonists who had the sagacity to select that site on the very day following our disasters in Canada,—St. Louis is situated at the confluence of the Missouri, the Mississippi, and the Illinois, flowing from the west, the northwest, and the north. At Cairo, her unfortunate rival, infected with fever, these rivers connect with the Ohio, the Beautiful River, swelled by the Tennessee and other tributaries which pour into it from the south. This wonderful concourse of waters greatly facilitates communications of all kinds, commercial intercourse as well as military operations. The regio
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 1. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book IV:—the first autumn. (search)
its power. It prohibited the exportation of powder, military preparations were made with feverish activity, and a large body of troops was embarked in haste for Canada. The Guards, who have the noble privilege of taking part in all important wars, were the first to start. These troops went on board the vessels playing an air wre even reproached for the premature delight their associates had exhibited when war seemed inevitable. A portion of the troops who had embarked in England for Canada had not yet arrived when the commissioners left Fort Warren. Mr. Seward took advantage of this delay to wind up the negotiation with one of those strokes of wit w at that port, and pass freely through the territory of the United States, to avoid the New Brunswick route—impeded by snow and ice at that season—on their way to Canada. We have reached the end of the first year of the long war the narrative of which we have undertaken. It terminated contrary to the expectations of both parti