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Owen Wister, Ulysses S. Grant, VI. (search)
rbidding men in foreign trade to hold this position. Grant asked to have the law changed! But we will not dwell upon his many improprieties of administration — favouritism, too constant acceptance of presents, too great obstinacy in forcing his notions, invincible misunderstanding of the difference between a lieutenant general and a president. It may be said that, when he happened upon good guides, such as Hamilton Fish, his acts were wise, as in the Alabama case, where he was as right as Sumner was wrong, or as in his courageous veto of the inflation bill in 1874. When he listened to thieves and impostors, as in the San Domingo matter, his acts were mistaken and dangerous. And, alas! unchanged from his childhood innocence revealed in the horse story, he remained such a mark for thieves and impostors that he came to sit in a sort of centre of corruption, credulous to the bitter end. For the end was the bitterest of all. After his second term, when he had gone round the world,
Owen Wister, Ulysses S. Grant, Bibliography. (search)
Bibliography. Since even the important Grant literature offers a pilgrimage of reading such as few have leisure to undertake, those books most directly and compactly authentic or remunerative have been marked with a star. Works of controversy are not included. Several volumes, once conspicuous, are omitted because of their present trifling value. It is impracticable to enumerate many documents,--Sumner's speeches, for example,--essential though they be to the student. I. Grant and his campaigns. By Henry Coppee. (New York, 1866: Charles B. Richardson.) By far the best of the early military biographies. II. With General Sheridan in Lee's last campaign. By a staff officer [F. C. Newhall]. (Philadelphia, 1866: J. B. Lippincott Company.) The most vivid story of the cavalry battles yet told. III.* personal history of Ulysses S. Grant. By Albert D. Richardson. （Hartford, Conn., 1868: American Publishing Company.) Full of anecdote and interest. On the whole, better th
General Joseph E. Johnston, Narrative of Military Operations During the Civil War, Chapter 5 (search)
r's and Kearney's divisions on the right. General Sumner, the ranking Federal officer on the field,eral McClellan's troops advanced very slowly. Sumner's, Franklin's, and Porter's corps, were on ands. The left, however, was thrown back to face Sumner's corps at Fair Oaks. In an hour or two Longs-General Hatton, of Tennessee, killed; and General Sumner's was twelve hundred and twenty-three, acctream, which had swept away their bridges, and Sumner's corps at Fair Oaks was six miles from those nited See map. on the front and left flank of Sumner's corps. Such advantage of position and supernd fell back to their camps on Monday. General Sumner stated to the committee on the conduct of nd the railroad and Fair Oaks, was confronting Sumner's corps. General Sumner's extravagant staten less than one hundred thousand, nor that of Sumner's corps less than twenty thousand; nor his fors than thirteen or fourteen thousand. General Sumner's corps was united at Fair Oaks Saturday e[1 more...]
General Joseph E. Johnston, Narrative of Military Operations During the Civil War, Letters. (search)
dearth of forage-makes it impossible to wait to attack him while landing; the sight of the iron-clad boats makes me apprehensive for Richmond, too-so I move on in two columns, one by the New Kent road, under Major-General Smith; the other by that of the Chickahominy, under Major-General Longstreet. The battle of Williamsburg seems to have prevented the enemy from following from that direction. All the prisoners were of Heintzelman's corps, except a few of the last, who said they belong to Sumner's. Fresh troops seemed to be arriving upon the field continually during the day. Yours, most respectfully, (Signed) J. E. Johnston. General Lee. Headquarters, Cross-Roads, New Kent Court-House, May 10, 1862, 10.30 P. M. General: I have written to you several times on the subject of concentrating near Richmond all the troops within reach. I have ordered Major-General Huger to evacuate Norfolk, and conduct his troops to Richmond, but have no information of his progress. The army of t
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Poetry and Incidents., Volume 2. (ed. Frank Moore), Mr. Julius Bing's Adventures. (search)
shot was fired toward him. Mr. President, said the ex-leader and candidate, rising with great assumption of calm dignity, the Senator from Massachusetts will of course do his duty as he understands it. I, sir, as a Senator from Kentucky, shall endeavor to do mine. [Resumes his seat and the newspaper, which he turns over somewhat conspicuously toward the gentleman on the other side of the house. ] Pearce speaks, half-way, for Maryland. Mr. Clerk Forney presently calls the vote; Trumball, Sumner, Wilson, and others, responding an emphatic Ay; and the chairman remarks that the bill is passed --six Senators voting No. Mr. Tennessee Johnston then postponing his speech, we looked into the House, found the seats as full as usual, and business proceeding; and so we adjourned to the cars, and soon whirled by our pickets, and passed the famous Junction, and the Relay House, and Federal Hill, and noted Pratt street; had a glimpse of Fort McHenry, (we had been told that the retreat would m
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Poetry and Incidents., Volume 2. (ed. Frank Moore), Incidents of the retreat after the panic was stopped. (search)
shot was fired toward him. Mr. President, said the ex-leader and candidate, rising with great assumption of calm dignity, the Senator from Massachusetts will of course do his duty as he understands it. I, sir, as a Senator from Kentucky, shall endeavor to do mine. [Resumes his seat and the newspaper, which he turns over somewhat conspicuously toward the gentleman on the other side of the house. ] Pearce speaks, half-way, for Maryland. Mr. Clerk Forney presently calls the vote; Trumball, Sumner, Wilson, and others, responding an emphatic Ay; and the chairman remarks that the bill is passed --six Senators voting No. Mr. Tennessee Johnston then postponing his speech, we looked into the House, found the seats as full as usual, and business proceeding; and so we adjourned to the cars, and soon whirled by our pickets, and passed the famous Junction, and the Relay House, and Federal Hill, and noted Pratt street; had a glimpse of Fort McHenry, (we had been told that the retreat would m
William Tecumseh Sherman, Memoirs of General William T. Sherman ., volume 1, Chapter 1: early recollections of California. 1846-1848. (search)
age or daring. lie spoke but little, and answered questions in monosyllables. I asked for his mail, and he picked up his light saddle-bags containing the great overland mail, and we walked together to headquarters, where he delivered his parcel into Colonel Mason's own hands. He spent some days in Monterey, during which time we extracted with difficulty some items of his personal history. He was then by commission a lieutenant in the regiment of Mounted Rifles serving in Mexico under Colonel Sumner, and, as he could not reach his regiment from California, Colonel Mason ordered that for a time he should be assigned to duty with A. J. Smith's company, First Dragoons, at Los Angeles. He remained at Los Angeles some months, and was then sent back to the United States with dispatches, traveling two thousand miles almost alone, in preference to being encumbered by a large party. Toward the close of June, 1848, the gold-fever being at its height, by Colonel Mason's orders I made prepa
William Tecumseh Sherman, Memoirs of General William T. Sherman ., volume 1, Chapter 3: Missouri, Louisiana, and California. 1850-1855. (search)
ession by the United States marshal. The ground was laid off, the city survey extended over it, and the whole was sold in partition. I made some purchases, and acquired an interest, which I have retained more or less ever since. We continued to reside in St. Louis throughout the year 1851, and in the spring of 1852 I had occasion to visit Fort Leavenworth on duty, partly to inspect a lot of cattle which a Mr. Gordon, of Cass County, had contracted to deliver in New Mexico, to enable Colonel Sumner to attempt his scheme of making the soldiers in New Mexico self-supporting, by raising their own meat, and in a measure their own vegetables. I found Fort Leavenworth then, as now, a most beautiful spot, but in the midst of a wild Indian country. There were no whites settled in what is now the State of Kansas. Weston, in Missouri, was the great town, and speculation in town-lots there and there — about burnt the fingers of some of the army-officers, who wanted to plant their scanty dol
William Tecumseh Sherman, Memoirs of General William T. Sherman ., volume 1, Chapter 5: California, New York, and Kansas. 1857-1859. (search)
e embryo towns all along the route, and a few farms sprinkled over the beautiful prairies. On reaching Indianola, near Topeka, I found everybody down with the chills and fever. My own driver became so shaky that I had to act as driver and cook. But in due season I reconnoitred the road, and made contracts for repairing some bridges, and for cutting such parts of the road as needed it. I then returned to Fort Leavenworth, and reported, receiving a fair compensation. On my way up I met Colonel Sumner's column, returning from their summer scout on the plains, and spent the night with the officers, among whom were Captains Sackett, Sturgis, etc. Also at Fort Riley I was cordially received and entertained by some old army-friends, among them Major Sedgwick, Captains Totten, Eli Long, etc. Mrs. Sherman and children arrived out in November, and we spent the winter very comfortably in the house of Thomas Ewing, Jr., on the corner of Third and Pottawottamie Streets. On the 1st of January
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Poetry and Incidents., Volume 1. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 197 (search)
y, and ne'er will we sever “Manhood and Anderson.” Freedom's libation Pours forth from million hearts through all the nation. Vengeance is now the cry, no more betraying; Treating with traitors is senseless delaying; Sons of the Bay State their Sumner remember; Wrongs to be righted now wake from their slumber. Pass on the battle-cry! sound it forth, trumpeter! Hand it from man to man--“Sumner and Sumter” Hark! now from Baltimore comes, madly driven, One more foul insult that can't be forgivSumner and Sumter” Hark! now from Baltimore comes, madly driven, One more foul insult that can't be forgiven. Go forth, then, gallant hearts, bearing the casket Holding our city's blood — seek not to mask it! Fling it before you far, fight your way to it; Stay them not, Maryland, or you will rue it! Fathers are arming fast, mothers are praying, While you are noble deeds skilfully playing; Soon we will follow you; New York is coming! Hark, do you hear the rush, like Niagara booming? Onward, then, “Seventh!” delay not, nor waver! Rush to fair Freedom's side, guard her and save her! Give th
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