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Theodore Winthrop (search for this): chapter 21
506. battle at Big Bethel, 507. death of Major Winthrop, 508. death of Lieutenant Greble, 509. efive broad acres within the walls Major Theodore Winthrop, in the Atlantic Monthly.--had kept tepigram, prophetically wrote the brilliant Major Winthrop, of Butler's staff, who fell in battle a fUnion pickets. J. Bankhead Magruder. Major Winthrop, Butler's aid and military secretary, whos from the latter place. With Scott as guide, Winthrop reconnoitered these positions, and was satisfarming a black man in this war came from Theodore Winthrop. George Scott had a shooting-iron. In one of his last letters to a friend, Winthrop wrote:--If I come back safe, I will send you my notes attery in front of this assaulting party. Major Winthrop was with the Newport-Newce troops at this ceased to live. So, too, will the memory of Winthrop, the gentle, the brilliant, and the brave, beff the body of Lieutenant Greble, but that of Winthrop remained for a time with the insurgents. T[4 more...]
William Newce (search for this): chapter 21
slaves pronounced contraband of War Newport Newce fortified, 501. attack on Pig Point Battery s a leading man in Virginia at that time named Newce--Captain Nuse, as Captain Smith wrote the namech, he argues, is only another way of spelling Newce, and that the name given is a compound of the a compound of those of Captain Newport and Marshal Newce, the author of this work adopts the orthography given in the text-Newport — Newce. They found the white inhabitants in sullen mood, but the no occupy and fortify the promontory of Newport-Newce, where the United States steamer Harriet Lane rom Fortress Monroe and the other from Newport-Newce. Among Major Winthrop's papers was found a rohment from Colonel Phelps's command at Newport-Newce. These latter consisted of a battalion of Vernt-Colonel Washburne had advanced from Newport-Newce, followed by Bendix with his Germans, and Greb of these, was to hold his position at Newport-Newce and the village of Hampton. On the 1st of Jul[11 more...]
May, 1861 AD (search for this): chapter 21
er long in Hampton, but recrossed the bridge, and on the Segar farm he selected a place for an encampment, which was at once occupied by the Vermont regiment and another from Troy (the Second New York), under Colonel Carr, and named Camp Hamilton. On the same day a small redoubt for two guns was cast up at the Fortress Monroe end of Hampton Bridge, so as to command that passage. This was the first military work made by Union troops on the soil of Virginia. On the evening of the 24th, May, 1861. a circumstance occurred at Fortress Monroe which had a very important bearing upon the contest then opening. In the confusion caused by Colonel Phelps's dash into Hampton, three negroes, claimed as the property of Colonel Mallory of that. village, escaped to the Union lines, and declared that many of their race and class were employed by the insurgents in building fortifications, and that they themselves were about to be sent to North Carolina for the same purpose. They were taken befo
24th (search for this): chapter 21
d not linger long in Hampton, but recrossed the bridge, and on the Segar farm he selected a place for an encampment, which was at once occupied by the Vermont regiment and another from Troy (the Second New York), under Colonel Carr, and named Camp Hamilton. On the same day a small redoubt for two guns was cast up at the Fortress Monroe end of Hampton Bridge, so as to command that passage. This was the first military work made by Union troops on the soil of Virginia. On the evening of the 24th, May, 1861. a circumstance occurred at Fortress Monroe which had a very important bearing upon the contest then opening. In the confusion caused by Colonel Phelps's dash into Hampton, three negroes, claimed as the property of Colonel Mallory of that. village, escaped to the Union lines, and declared that many of their race and class were employed by the insurgents in building fortifications, and that they themselves were about to be sent to North Carolina for the same purpose. They were t
June 14th (search for this): chapter 21
y after arriving on the field. He seemed to have had a presentiment that he should not survive the expected battle. To a brother officer he said, on starting, This is an ill-advised and badly arranged movement. I am afraid no good will come of it; and as for myself, I do not think I shall come off the field alive. Lieutenant Greble's body received military honors in Philadelphia. It lay in state in Independence Hall, at Greble's Monument. the request of the City Councils, on the 14th of June, where it was visited by thousands of citizens. It was then borne in solemn procession to his father's residence, escorted by Captain Starr's company of militia, and followed by officers of the Army and Navy, the city authorities, and a large body of military and citizens. From there it was conveyed to Woodland Cemetery, in the vicinity of Philadelphia, when his father-in-law read the final funeral service, and he was buried with military honors. Over his remains his family erected a b
April 19th (search for this): chapter 21
ew the conflict, and they served as a cover to the wearied troops in their retreat. That retreat was in good order. The dead and wounded, and arms and munitions were all borne away. Lieutenant-Colonel Warren carried off the body of Lieutenant Greble, but that of Winthrop remained for a time with the insurgents. The bravery of Winthrop was extolled by the foe. They gave his body a respectful burial at Bethel, and it was disinterred a few days afterward and taken to New York. On the 19th of April, says his friend George W. Curtis, in a beautiful sketch of his life, he left the armory-door of the Seventh, with his hand upon a howitzer — on the 21st of June, his body lay upon the same howitzer, at the same door, wrapped in the flag for which he gladly died, as the symbol of human freedom. --The Fallen Brave: edited by J. G. Shea, Ll. D., page 41. Kilpatrick, who was badly wounded by a shot through his thigh, was rescued and borne away by Captain Winslow. In his report, Kilpatric
June 11th (search for this): chapter 21
, John T. Greble, First Lieutenant, U. S. A. Born January 12, 1834; killed at Great Bethel, June 10, 1861. On the convex side, seen in the engraving, John T. Greble, First Lieutenant, U. S. A. Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. The City Councils of Philadelphia adopted a series of resolutions relative to his death; and a portrait of the martyr, painted by Marchant, was presented to the corporation. The officers at Fortress Monroe had already, by resolution, on the 11th of June, borne testimony of their appreciation of their companion-in-arms; and Lieutenant-Colonel (afterward Major-General) Warren said: His efficiency alone prevented our loss from being thrice what it was, by preventing the opposing batteries from sweeping the road along which we marched; and the impression which he made on the enemy deterred them from pursuing our retreating forces, hours after he had ceased to live. So, too, will the memory of Winthrop, the gentle, the brilliant, and the br
June 12th (search for this): chapter 21
s account of the battle at, Bethel is prepared from a written statement of General Peirce to the author, in February, 1865; Report of General Butler to the General-in-chief, June 10, 1861; Reports of Colonels Duryee and Allen, and Captain Kilpatrick, June 11, 1861; Orders of General Peirce, June 9, 1861, and letter of the same to the editor of the Boston Journal, August 3, 1861; Report of Colonel D. H. Hill to Governor Ellis, of North Carolina, June 11, 1861; and Report of Colonel Magruder, June 12, and correspondence of the Richmond Despatch, June 11, 1861. The battle at Bethel, with its disastrous results, surprised and mortified the nation, and the assurance of the Department Commander, that we have gained more than we have lost, was not accepted at the time as a fair conclusion. Our troops, he said, in support of his inference, have learned to have confidence in themselves under fire; the enemy have shown that they will not meet us in the open field, and our officers have lea
June 9th (search for this): chapter 21
's Butler in New Orleans, page 142. In that plan Winthrop put down, among other items, the following:--George Scott to have a shooting-iron. --So, says Parton, the first suggestion of arming a black man in this war came from Theodore Winthrop. George Scott had a shooting-iron. In one of his last letters to a friend, Winthrop wrote:--If I come back safe, I will send you my notes of the plan of attack, J)art made up from the General's hints, part my own fancies. At noon on Sunday, the 9th of June, General Peirce received a note from General Butler, written with a pencil on the back of an address card, summoning him to Fortress Monroe. Peirce was too ill to ride on horseback, and was taken by water in a small boat. There he found a plan minutely arranged for an attack upon the insurgents at the two Bethels, on the Yorktown Road, and received orders to command the expedition. He was directed to lead Duryee's Fifth and Townsend's Third New York Volunteers from Camp Hamilton to a p
June 10th (search for this): chapter 21
erable delay. Colonel Townsend's Albany Regiment, with two mountain howitzers, marched an hour later to support Duryee. The latter was directed to take a by-road, after crossing New Market Bridge, over the southwest branch of Back River, and, getting between the insurgent forces at Big and Little Bethel, fall upon those at the latter place, and, if successful there, push on and attack those at the former. Bartlett and Kilpatrick reached New Market Bridge at one o'clock in the morning, June 10. where they awaited the arrival of the Zouaves three o'clock. They then pushed on toward the new County Bridge at Big Bethel, and at a little before daylight captured an insurgent picket-guard near there. In the mean time Lieutenant-Colonel Washburne had advanced from Newport-Newce, followed by Bendix with his Germans, and Greble with his battery and artillerymen, as supports. Butler had directed the march of both columns to be so timed as to make a simultaneous attack at Little Bethel ju
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