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Newport (Rhode Island, United States) (search for this): chapter 7
ything else to eat that a man could desire of the game of the forest, and the fish of the sea,--they sent word to England of their starving condition, like our Pilgrim Fathers at Plymouth, who did the same thing under the same circumstances. These people at Jamestown then waited with anxiety for the outfit of a vessel by Lord Newport containing the coveted material for beer, and at the farthest point of all down the river they established an outpost on this bluff to watch for the coming of Newport's ship from home. After days of watchfulness and anxiety the vessel came in sight. The watchers at the outpost were the first to know of its arrival, and this news they conveyed to Jamestown with the utmost speed, to the great delight of its people. And in honor of that occasion that point was named Newport's News. I saw that this point, if held by us and fortified, would forever keep safe the deep channel and anchorage whereon to concentrate a fleet and make an attack upon Norfolk, w
Delaware (Delaware, United States) (search for this): chapter 7
ur government of almost incalculable weight and potency. Maryland undoubtedly would have hastened to join the Confederacy in such a contingency. That would have transferred the line of battle from the Potomac to the Susquehanna. Very probably Delaware would have in that event joined the Confederacy, or at least have remained neutral, as her leading statesman, Senator Bayard, said that if the war could not be averted, and if his State preferred war to the peaceful separation of the States, he would cheerfully and gladly resign his seat in the Senate. As it was, however, gallant little Delaware remained always loyal and sent sixty odd per cent. of her military population — that is, white men between eighteen and forty-five years of age — to do good service in the Union army. Jefferson Davis could have, and if I had been at his elbow, as he once desired that I should be, would have attended divine service in his own pew in the church at Washington as President of the Confederacy.
Richmond (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 7
ce of the fort, except of that portion beyond Hampton Creek, and then onward to the mouth of the James, a distance of about eleven miles. I had some knowledge of the point of junction of the northhe Elizabeth. I also saw that this post, as long as it was held, would control the ascent of James River certainly as far as Jamestown Island, or some twenty-five miles toward Richmond. Three days xamination proved to me that the point was all I could hope for. Sailing a mile or two up the James River, we turned about and reached home in time for an early supper. That evening I organized andiate occupation by the rebels of Pig Point, which lies precisely on the opposite side of the James River at its junction with the Nansemond. Later on I mounted at Newport News the most efficient pis to fit exactly the grooves of the bore; and later on a shot was thrown six miles across the James River. This being done I felt myself completely established at Fortress Monroe. But there are
Jamestown Island (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 7
st speed, to the great delight of its people. And in honor of that occasion that point was named Newport's News. I saw that this point, if held by us and fortified, would forever keep safe the deep channel and anchorage whereon to concentrate a fleet and make an attack upon Norfolk, which lay at the left from the bluff facing the fort and some seven miles up the Elizabeth. I also saw that this post, as long as it was held, would control the ascent of James River certainly as far as Jamestown Island, or some twenty-five miles toward Richmond. Three days after my arrival at the fort I determined to occupy Newport News. I did not wish to waste time, and as it was distant more than the half day's march to which I was restricted by my orders, I wrote to General Scott that I proposed to make the reconnoissance in person that very day, with the intention, if I found it practical, of seizing Newport News, and intrenching a force there by which this important point could always be held u
Plymouth, N. C. (North Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 7
til they reached a large and apparently primeval forest, were cultivated lands. This point was called Newport News from this incident: When the colonists at Jamestown, some twenty miles up the river, were in a state of starvation,--that is to say, in want of wheat, barley, beer, and roast beef, having almost everything else to eat that a man could desire of the game of the forest, and the fish of the sea,--they sent word to England of their starving condition, like our Pilgrim Fathers at Plymouth, who did the same thing under the same circumstances. These people at Jamestown then waited with anxiety for the outfit of a vessel by Lord Newport containing the coveted material for beer, and at the farthest point of all down the river they established an outpost on this bluff to watch for the coming of Newport's ship from home. After days of watchfulness and anxiety the vessel came in sight. The watchers at the outpost were the first to know of its arrival, and this news they conveyed
Europe (search for this): chapter 7
ederacy as a power, and not an insurrectionary body simply, all the rest would have followed. As it was, it was with difficulty for months that such a thing was prevented. This lack of recognition was largely due to the diplomacy of Seward, sustained by the energetic exhibition of the enormous capacity and power in raising armies shown by the North, and to the fact that no signal success was achieved by the rebels. I understand the diplomatic rule upon this subject held by the powers of Europe, is that when the capital of a country is taken and held by armed force, by an insurgent power, which has duly organized a government, the possession of that capital so taken is a ground upon which every nation may properly proceed to open diplomatic relations with the insurgent government so holding the capital; and further, if this insurgent government demonstrates ability to maintain itself, other nations ought to proceed to open diplomatic relations with it. At any rate, if the Confed
Jamestown (Virginia) (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 7
until they reached a large and apparently primeval forest, were cultivated lands. This point was called Newport News from this incident: When the colonists at Jamestown, some twenty miles up the river, were in a state of starvation,--that is to say, in want of wheat, barley, beer, and roast beef, having almost everything else tohey sent word to England of their starving condition, like our Pilgrim Fathers at Plymouth, who did the same thing under the same circumstances. These people at Jamestown then waited with anxiety for the outfit of a vessel by Lord Newport containing the coveted material for beer, and at the farthest point of all down the river theter days of watchfulness and anxiety the vessel came in sight. The watchers at the outpost were the first to know of its arrival, and this news they conveyed to Jamestown with the utmost speed, to the great delight of its people. And in honor of that occasion that point was named Newport's News. I saw that this point, if held
Patapsco river (Maryland, United States) (search for this): chapter 7
with General Scott was, as I had occasion to remember, on the 3d of May, and at his request. He said he was desirous of holding the junction of the Washington branch of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad with the main branch which led west up the Patapsco River to Harper's Ferry. This junction was at the Relay House, about eight miles from Baltimore and within my department. He stated that the rebels were gathering in considerable force at Harper's Ferry, and it might portend an attack upon the caortified position at the Relay House, on B. & O. R.R. He thought that I required a very small force, and I replied:-- The railroad comes down for miles beside high cliffs, the water of the river running below. The viaduct crosses the Patapsco River opposite the junction, and can be commanded by artillery for a mile or more, the guns being posted on a small lunette at the head of the viaduct. In case of a threatened attack troops can be brought from Washington in three hours, and we can
Spencer Mill Creek (South Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 7
oon as possible the moat was cleared and the water was afterwards kept in it at its full height. But the question of drinking water was one of the most pressing, as warm weather was coming on. There was quite a spring on the opposite side of Mill Creek, the bridge of which was picketed, and I proposed to Colonel De Russey, who was the engineer officer in charge, a very old and therefore a very formal officer, that we should bring water from there into the fort. He informed me that pipe could with my gun half a nile up the beach. I never afterwards had any opposition from Colonel De Russey to anything I proposed. Meanwhile regiments kept reporting to me from the North. I established a camp of instruction on the other side of Mill Creek on the sacred soil of Virginia, because Virginia was now in open rebellion, and encamped my troops there, soon having seven or eight thousand men. The camp was on the borders of that stream, and just above it a number of wells were dug to suppl
Miles River (Maryland, United States) (search for this): chapter 7
al to bring away in safety. These instructions effectually precluded anything like reaching the enemy, as Norfolk, thirteen miles away, could be approached only by water. The entrance to the port of Norfolk through Elizabeth River was well covered by forts and batteries. Meanwhile, before the New York regiments arrived, myself and staff proceeded to inspect the pine forest. It was about two miles from the fort, on a narrow strip of land next to the beach, and between the sea and Miller's River, and could not possibly have been made a camp-ground for two thousand men. It was a part of the land ceded by Virginia to the United States. Upon inspection, I saw an objection to it as a camp-ground, which I chose to respect. The pine grove had been used as the burying-ground of the garrison. All of the soldiers and others who had died there for more than half a century were buried there, and it was thickly dotted with their graves. In order to try the temper of my soldiers, I had
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