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Perryville, Md. (Maryland, United States) (search for this): chapter 3
Chapter 3: Maryland's overthrow. While the city of Baltimore was in a frenzy of excitement, on Sunday, the 21st of May, at the approach of the Pennsylvanians from Cockeyville, Brig.-Gen. Benjamin F. Butler, with a Massachusetts regiment, landed at Annapolis, whither he had proceeded by a steamer from Perryville on the Susquehanna. The next day, the 2 2nd, he was reinforced by the New York Eighth and pushed up the Annapolis & Elkridge railroad to its junction with the Washington branch of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. On May 5th he took possession of the Relay House, nine miles from Baltimore, where the main branch of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad leading to Harper's Ferry and the West unites with the Washington branch, which leads to Washington, thirty miles distant. His troops were the Eighth New York, the Sixth Massachusetts and Major Cook's battery of Boston light artillery. He promptly fortified the position with earthworks and artillery. All trains going west and south
Capitol (Utah, United States) (search for this): chapter 3
, that she should be supplied with five hundred Mississippi rifles and ten thousand cartridges, with necessary equipments. This at the time when, in the language of the day, every cartridge was worth a dollar. But her visit and her errand lighted the greatest enthusiasm among her fellow countrymen. The constitutional convention of North Carolina was then in session. It was the most illustrious body of Carolinians that ever assembled. The members of it called a meeting at night in the capitol, under the leadership of Hon. Weldon H. Edwards, president of the convention, Chief Justice Thomas Ruffin of the supreme court of the State, her father, Judge Saunders, and others. The meeting was held in the hall of the house of commons, was presided over by ex-Gov. Thomas S. Reid and was attended with great enthusiasm. The cause of the Marylanders was espoused with ardor, the meeting making a liberal contribution of money on the spot. Hon. Kenneth Raynor, ex-member of Congress, address
North Carolina (North Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 3
federate States. At this crisis Mrs. Bradley T. Johnson came forward and offered to go to North Carolina and apply there for arms and equipment. She was the daughter of the Hon. Romulus M. Saunders, for a generation a leading and distinguished member of Congress from North Carolina, and by appointment of Polk, minister plenipotentiary and envoy extraordinary to Spain, with a special mandate tghted the greatest enthusiasm among her fellow countrymen. The constitutional convention of North Carolina was then in session. It was the most illustrious body of Carolinians that ever assembled. our men that the arms she has obtained shall at the close of the war be returned to the State of North Carolina, without stain or dishonor. Resolved—That these resolutions be signed by the officerol. Larkin Smith, quartermaster-general; and the tents had been ordered on her way back from North Carolina. On June 29th she started back for camp with forty-one tents, and uniforms, underclothes an
Massachusetts (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 3
for the defense of the State. The banks in Baltimore had raised $500,000 for the defense of the city in three hours, and the banks of the State would have supplied $5,000,000 for the defense of the State in a week. The plan of the projectors of the committee of safety was to arm the militia. They expected to equip forty thousand men as promptly as the Northern States had armed and equipped their volunteers, and they knew that Maryland volunteers would take arms as quickly as those of Massachusetts and Ohio. They did not propose to carry the State out of the Union, but they intended to arm their young men and command the peace in the State. When that failed, as fail they knew it would, the State would be represented by forty thousand armed and equipped volunteers who would carry her flag in the front line and would make her one of the Confederate States in fact, if not in name. These were the intentions of Captain Johnson and men of his age in the legislature and in the State,
United States (United States) (search for this): chapter 3
nications between the capital city and the United States. The United States having control of the the war now waged by the government of the United States upon the people of the Confederate States eral government has declared against the Confederate States of the South and our sister and neighborPresident, authorities and people of the Confederate States having over and over, officially and unoo beseech and implore the President of the United States to accept the olive branch which is thus h ground of minority. Under the law of the United States it was unlawful to enlist a minor under ei chief justice of the Supreme court of the United States, assigned to the fourth circuit, of which ested for open and avowed hostility to the United States, and that he had been authorized by the Prrd to be certified to the President of the United States for his information and action. On the of her citizens, by the government of the United States, and do solemnly declare the same to be su[8 more...]
New England (United States) (search for this): chapter 3
restoring communications between the capital city and the United States. The United States having control of the bay and the great rivers emptying into it—the Patapsco, the Patuxent and the Potomac, all parts of the State were dominated by Federal guns. The Northern frontier was open, with the Baltimore & Ohio railroad from Wheeling and the West, the Northern Central railroad from Harrisburg and the central North, and the Baltimore, Wilmington & Philadelphia railroad from New York and New England, and the North, West and East in arms to pour down over these great avenues of travel to subjugate Maryland and to protect the capital. It was too late for Maryland to act with the Confederacy. There never had been an hour when she could have struck a blow for independence. It was impossible to move before Virginia. Virginia did not move until May 24th, when Maryland was bound hand and foot to the Union by the overwhelming force of the army of occupation. The general assembly of th
Perryville (Kentucky, United States) (search for this): chapter 3
Ferry and the West unites with the Washington branch, which leads to Washington, thirty miles distant. His troops were the Eighth New York, the Sixth Massachusetts and Major Cook's battery of Boston light artillery. He promptly fortified the position with earthworks and artillery. All trains going west and south were searched, and scouts scoured the surrounding country. On the 8th of May communication between Washington and the North was further strengthened by a new route by water from Perryville to Locust Point, and thence by rail to Washington. On the night of May 13th General Butler, with the major part of his command, entered Baltimore, seized Federal Hill, which commands the city, fortified it with fifty heavy guns, and Baltimore was in his control. He acted with intelligence and promptness, and to him the Union side was greatly indebted for restoring communications between the capital city and the United States. The United States having control of the bay and the great ri
Harper's Ferry (West Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 3
ain branch of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad leading to Harper's Ferry and the West unites with the Washington branch, which son; while he went into the field. The battalion at Harper's Ferry was helpless. Company A was the only company that preThis arm was the original breechloader manufactured at Harper's Ferry for the United States army, and was so inefficient thades on the cars or had walked to Point of Rocks and to Harper's Ferry where they were fed. Provisions were plenty, but they southward cut. Returning, she and her staff went up to Harper's Ferry and thence by Winchester and Strasburg and Manassas Jupanies A and B had during her absence been moved up to Harper's Ferry to unite with the rest of the command, and on June 3, history of war: Received, Ordnance Department, Harper's Ferry, Va., June 3, 1861, of Mrs. Bradley T. Johnson, Five Hundy rank and fiber. Colonel Jackson, then in command at Harper's Ferry, afterwards the world-famous Stonewall, called on her,
Maryland (Maryland, United States) (search for this): chapter 3
er these great avenues of travel to subjugate Maryland and to protect the capital. It was too late s, in the judgment of the General Assembly of Maryland, the war now waged by the government of the Uis hereby resolved by the General Assembly of Maryland, that the State of Maryland owes it to her owState of Maryland owes it to her own self-respect and her respect for the Constitution, not less than her deepest and most honorable sd better counsels. Resolved, That the State of Maryland desires the peaceful and immediate recogtes, assigned to the fourth circuit, of which Maryland formed a part, issued the writ of habeas corpsonal rights and liberties of the citizens of Maryland, but have been extended into every departmented, That the senate and house of delegates of Maryland, in the name and on behalf of the good peopleequipped their volunteers, and they knew that Maryland volunteers would take arms as quickly as thosuccessful efforts in arming and equipping the Maryland Line. Resolved—That we, the officers, pled[16 more...]
Vicksburg (Mississippi, United States) (search for this): chapter 3
tition that he was under the lawful age and had been enlisted illegally. Major Morris neither produced the man nor made any response to the mandate of the writ; but on May 7th he addressed a letter to Judge Giles, in which he peremptorily refused to obey the writ. In this first trial of strength between law and arms, law became silent, as usual. On May 25th John Merryman, one of the first citizens of Baltimore county, was arrested at his home by a squad of soldiers and locked up in Fort McHenry. The next day Roger Brooke Taney, chief justice of the Supreme court of the United States, assigned to the fourth circuit, of which Maryland formed a part, issued the writ of habeas corpus to General Cadwallader, commanding at Fort McHenry, requiring him to produce the body of Merryman before the circuit court of the United States for the district of Maryland, at Baltimore, on Monday, May 27th. The chief justice issued the writ on Sunday! On Monday Colonel Lee, aidede-camp to General Cad
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