hide Sorting

You can sort these results in two ways:

By entity
Chronological order for dates, alphabetical order for places and people.
By position (current method)
As the entities appear in the document.

You are currently sorting in ascending order. Sort in descending order.

hide Most Frequent Entities

The entities that appear most frequently in this document are shown below.

Entity Max. Freq Min. Freq
U. S. Grant 948 0 Browse Search
R. E. Lee 583 5 Browse Search
Sheridan 470 8 Browse Search
Sam Grant 374 0 Browse Search
Billy Sherman 355 1 Browse Search
W. S. Hancock 330 0 Browse Search
Meade 325 43 Browse Search
Halleck Grant 294 0 Browse Search
Warren 252 4 Browse Search
Washington (United States) 242 0 Browse Search
View all entities in this document...

Browsing named entities in a specific section of General Horace Porter, Campaigning with Grant. Search the whole document.

Found 209 total hits in 48 results.

1 2 3 4 5
California (California, United States) (search for this): chapter 23
number of politicians just after his election by the Democratic legislature of Oregon to the United States Senate. In the party was the Republican governor of California. Nesmith said: The governor got to deviling me about my election, and rather got the laugh on me by inquiring: Now, Nesmith, make a clean breast of it, and tele vote was to be taken, and we were playing too big a game to take any such chances. Well, they said there was a man that had recently come into the State from California, and had managed to get himself elected to our legislature, and they thought, from what they had heard of him, that he would n't be stubborn enough to hold on bfelt hurt by my evident lack of appreciation, and roared out in a tone of voice calculated to wake the dead: A hundred and fifty hells! I paid the governor of California twice that much last year to pardon me out of the penitentiary, or else I would n't be up here in your blank old legislature to vote for anybody! We were assure
United States (United States) (search for this): chapter 23
ernor, there were no further questions from that official as to the methods pursued in Oregon elections. I was n't at all surprised, Nes, to see you go to the Senate, said Ingalls; I always believed old Vancouver could furnish talent enough to supply both the civil and military branches of the government. Well, you may not have been surprised, but I was, remarked the senator. I said to the members of our committee one day: When I came here from the wilds of Oregon as senator of the United States I could n't realize it; I felt that it was a greater honor than to have been a Roman senator; I could n't help wondering how I ever got here. Well, said Preston King of New York, now that you have been here a couple of weeks, and have got the hang of the school-house, how do you feel about it? My answer was, Well, since I've had time to look round and size things up, my wonder now is, how in thunder the rest of you fellows ever got here. Upon this, as upon one or two other occasion
Pacific Coast (United States) (search for this): chapter 23
man Reaches the sea coast Butler's expedition against Fort Fisher Grant's children at City Point Upon the return of General Ingalls from another trip to Washington, he brought with him on a visit to City Point Senator Nesmith of Oregon, who had been an intimate acquaintance of Generals Grant and Ingalls when these two officers were stationed at Fort Vancouver, Oregon, in 1853. Nesmith was a great wag, and used to sit by the headquarters camp-fire in the evening, and tell no end of Pacific-coast stories. By the way in which he elaborated all the incidents, and led up with increasing humor to the climax of an anecdote, he stamped himself a true artist as a raconteur. One evening he told General Grant of a trip he had made on the Pacific coast with a number of politicians just after his election by the Democratic legislature of Oregon to the United States Senate. In the party was the Republican governor of California. Nesmith said: The governor got to deviling me about my elec
Vicksburg (Mississippi, United States) (search for this): chapter 23
tmas holidays with the general. Rawlins always called Fred the Veteran, for the reason that he had been with his father in the fight which took place in rear of Vicksburg the year before, when he was only thirteen years of age. One evening Rawlins said, in referring to that campaign: Fred crossed the Mississippi with his fathent to withdraw at once from where he was, march to Grand Gulf, and cooperate with Banks against Port Hudson, and then return with the combined forces and besiege Vicksburg. The general read the communication, and just as he had finished it he saw Lawler charging through the enemy's broken lines and heard the men's cheers of victore. Then, putting spurs to his horse, he galloped off to join the advancing lines. The enemy's forces were in full retreat, hurrying on to shut themselves up in Vicksburg, and the general, under such circumstances, had no hesitation in disobeying orders six days old, and written without any knowledge of the circumstances. Soon
Fort Fisher (North Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 23
Chapter 23 Senator Nesmith visits Grant Sherman Reaches the sea coast Butler's expedition against Fort Fisher Grant's children at City Point Upon the return of General Ingalls from another trip to Washington, he brought with him on a visit to City Point Senator Nesmith of Oregon, who had been an intimate acquaintance of Generals Grant and Ingalls when these two officers were stationed at Fort Vancouver, Oregon, in 1853. Nesmith was a great wag, and used to sit by the headquared that one of General Grant's staff should accompany the expedition, and Colonel Comstock was designated for that duty. Delay in taking aboard additional supplies, and severe storms, prevented the expedition from beginning operations against Fort Fisher before December 24. The navy had converted a gunboat, the Louisiana, into a powder-boat. She was filled with two hundred and fifty tons of powder, and disguised as a blockade-runner. This vessel was run in toward the beach, anchored about f
Grand Gulf (Mississippi, United States) (search for this): chapter 23
nd taking him to a surgeon, it was found that the ball had only clipped out a little piece of flesh, so that he was not damaged enough to have to join the ranks of the disabled. Speaking of the charge of Lawler's brigade, continued Rawlins, while the general was watching the preparations for it an officer came up bearing a despatch from Halleck, written six days before, which had been forwarded through General Banks. It ordered General Grant to withdraw at once from where he was, march to Grand Gulf, and cooperate with Banks against Port Hudson, and then return with the combined forces and besiege Vicksburg. The general read the communication, and just as he had finished it he saw Lawler charging through the enemy's broken lines and heard the men's cheers of victory. Turning to the officer who had brought the message, he said: I'll have to say, in this case, what the Irishman said to the chicken that was in the egg he swallowed, and which peeped as it was going down his throat: You
Ossabaw Sound (Georgia, United States) (search for this): chapter 23
terward that he took the precaution, nevertheless, to show the despatch to an army officer who had served in the Northwest, to get him to verify my translation. As General Grant knew a good deal of Chinook, he was able to appreciate the joke fully, and he enjoyed the story greatly. Nesmith had served to enliven the camp for several days with his humorous reminiscences of life in the West, and when he left every one parted with him with genuine regret. On December 13 Sherman reached Ossabaw Sound, southeast of Savannah, just a month after he had left Atlanta, and communicated with the fleet which had been sent to meet him. His 65,000 men and half that number of animals had been abundantly fed, and his losses had been only 103 killed, 428 wounded, and 278 missing. The destruction of the enemy's property has been estimated as high as one hundred millions of dollars. On December 15 General Sherman received General Grant's letter of the 3d. In this he said, among other things: Not
Louisiana (Louisiana, United States) (search for this): chapter 23
a general conversation in regard to what would be required of the expedition, which was merely a reiteration of the written orders which had been carefully prepared. It was decided that one of General Grant's staff should accompany the expedition, and Colonel Comstock was designated for that duty. Delay in taking aboard additional supplies, and severe storms, prevented the expedition from beginning operations against Fort Fisher before December 24. The navy had converted a gunboat, the Louisiana, into a powder-boat. She was filled with two hundred and fifty tons of powder, and disguised as a blockade-runner. This vessel was run in toward the beach, anchored about five hundred yards from the fort, and exploded about 2 A. M. on the 24th. The report was not much greater than the discharge of a piece of heavy artillery; no damage was done to the enemy's earthworks, and no result accomplished. A negro on shore was afterward reported to have said when he heard the sound: I reckon d
Oregon (Oregon, United States) (search for this): chapter 23
to Washington, he brought with him on a visit to City Point Senator Nesmith of Oregon, who had been an intimate acquaintance of Generals Grant and Ingalls when these number of politicians just after his election by the Democratic legislature of Oregon to the United States Senate. In the party was the Republican governor of Califrd, yer talkin‘ business. I don't know just what the state of the market is in Oregon, but what would you propose as a kind o‘ starter? I continued: How would a hunthere were no further questions from that official as to the methods pursued in Oregon elections. I was n't at all surprised, Nes, to see you go to the Senate, saaid to the members of our committee one day: When I came here from the wilds of Oregon as senator of the United States I could n't realize it; I felt that it was a grthwestern Indian tribes. Ingalls and I, and all the fellows that served out in Oregon, picked up that jargon. Now I'll read it to you in English: Send me half barre
Fort Vancouver (Washington, United States) (search for this): chapter 23
turn of General Ingalls from another trip to Washington, he brought with him on a visit to City Point Senator Nesmith of Oregon, who had been an intimate acquaintance of Generals Grant and Ingalls when these two officers were stationed at Fort Vancouver, Oregon, in 1853. Nesmith was a great wag, and used to sit by the headquarters camp-fire in the evening, and tell no end of Pacific-coast stories. By the way in which he elaborated all the incidents, and led up with increasing humor to the climof retaliating upon the California governor, there were no further questions from that official as to the methods pursued in Oregon elections. I was n't at all surprised, Nes, to see you go to the Senate, said Ingalls; I always believed old Vancouver could furnish talent enough to supply both the civil and military branches of the government. Well, you may not have been surprised, but I was, remarked the senator. I said to the members of our committee one day: When I came here from the wi
1 2 3 4 5