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William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 1, Chapter 7: (search)
e be changed to New Jersey, his own State. I wish he might be appointed, and, with his regiment, be sent to Texas. He would make a great fighting brigadier. He is magnetic, like Maggi. He was educated at a French military academy; was on Omar Pasha's staff in the Crimea, and served under Fremont in Virginia. Colonel Porter was not appointed brigadier, and resigned as colonel of the Fortieth, July 21, 1863. He was afterwards appointed major in the First Battalion Frontier Cavalry, Jan. 1, 1865, and colonel Third Cavalry March 21, 1865, and discharged at expiration of service, July 21, 1865. Seventh, Colonel, formerly Lieutenant-Colonel, George L. Andrews, of the Second Regiment. Educated at West Point; modest, firm, and methodical; a scholarly soldier, and an honest, faithful man. He is recommended by divers Boston gentlemen for a brigade, and he would be an excellent chief-of-staff for a major-general commanding an army corps. Colonel Andrews was appointed brigadier
William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 1, Chapter 11: (search)
ny words of our own. Of course, there are many letters written by him, relating to the daily routine of his office, during the last six months of the year 1864, to which we have not recurred, but which speak of matters by no means void of general interest; yet it would not be proper to quote from them in this volume. Many of them refer to living persons, and to events of which it would not be wise to speak now. In the preceding pages, we have brought the Governor's correspondence down to Jan. 1, 1865; the eventful year in which the Rebellion was conquered, and victory rested upon our standards. The year 1864 was the presidential year. A Republican National Convention was held in the city of Baltimore, at which Abraham Lincoln was nominated for re-election for President of the United States, and Andrew Johnson, of Tennessee, was nominated for Vice-President. The convention was composed of the leading men of the party,—men who had, from the beginning of the Rebellion, never faltere
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 11. (ed. Frank Moore), Doc. 16. operations in Tennessee. (search)
ecember. On the thirty-first, in accordance with directions from the General commanding, I started with my division from Courtland to proceed as far as La Grange and Leighton. to support the cavalry under Colonel Palmer, that had gone to destroy the train of the enemy. Moved on this day as far as Town Creek, when we found it necessary to build a bridge, which was done with great dispatch by the Eighteenth Ohio volunteer infantry. We moved from Town Creek at four o'clock A. M., January first, 1865, and arrived at Leighton at nine o'clock A. M. Sent Colonel John A. Hottenstein, with the Second brigade colored troops, to La Grange, with orders to take post there and find out all he could about Colonel Palmer, and to communicate to me any information that he might receive. On the second, received orders from the General commanding to move east with my command, and rejoin him at Courtland. I started immediately, but at Town Creek received orders directing me to send one brigade
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 11. (ed. Frank Moore), Doc. 19. the siege of Suffolk, Virginia. (search)
hancellorsville, and it is only reasonable to infer that this difference was in front of you at Suffolk. That with the limited force under your command you should have held in check and defeated the designs of such superior numbers, is a fact of which you may well be proud, and is the most practical proof of your own skill and the gallantry of your troops. Very respectfully yours, (Signed) George G. Meade, Major-General. Army of Georgia, headquarters left wing, Savannah, Ga., January 1, 1865. My Dear General: Your esteemed favor of the twenty-second ultimo, has just come to hand. I was fully convinced, at the battle of Chancellorsville, that the force of the enemy did not exceed fifty thousand men, of all arms, and was satisfied at the time that but a small portion of Longstreet's command was in our front. I believe that the force of the enemy in your front, at Suffolk, far exceeded your own ; and I think the gratitude of the nation is due to you and your gallant arm
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 11. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 122 (search)
ders and the alacrity they have always manifested when danger summoned them to the front. I have the honor to be Your obedient servant, W. T. Sherman, Major-General, Commanding. Major-General H. W. Halleck, Chief of Staff, Washington, D. C. Gfneral Schofield's report. headquarters Department of North Carolina, Army of the Ohio, Goldsboro, N. C., April 3, 1865. General: I have the honor to make the following report of the operations of the troops under my command since January 1, 1865, the date of my last report, addressed to Major-General George H. Thomas, commanding Department of the Cumberland, under whose command I was then serving. On the second of January, 1865, I marched with the Twenty-third Army Corps from Columbia, Tennessee, and arrived at Clifton, on the Tennessee river, on the eighth, under orders to embark my troops at that point, and, move to Eastport, Mississippi. But before the embarkation had commenced, I received, January fourteenth, an order f
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 11. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 196 (search)
of those two days bombardment. This ship planted two hundred and thirty (230) shot in the rebel works on the twenty-fifth, and exploded nine hundred and ninety-six (996) shells within them on that day. I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, H. K. Thatcher, Commodore, Commanding 1st Division, N. A. Squadron. Rear-Admiral David D. Porter, Commanding N. A. Squadron, Beaufort, N. C. Report of Commodore Schenck. United States steamer Powhatan, off Beaufort, N. C., January 1, 1865. Admiral — Your General Order, No. 75 did not reach me until this morning, owing to its being sent on board the Colorado. In reply to that part of it requiring me to make a report of the part I took in the actions of the twenty-fourth and twenty-fifth ultimo, I have to state that at twenty minutes past one P. M. on the twenty-fourth, I took my position in the line, as directed by you, with a kedge upon my port quarter acting as a spring, letting go my port anchor with twenty-five (2
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 11. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 209 (search)
    6     1         13 7     2 1486 1117 1038     1184   Dupont's Battery October 10         1               1 1                     Reissued to Batteries in Mid. Mil. Div. by the Ordnance Department Various times between Sep. 1, 1864, and Jan. 1, 1865                       24 24 24                     total   12 9 7 1 29 3 1 11 1 2 1 24 101 83 35 128 2 1530 1151 1682 207 497 1184 5067 headquarters, Middle military division, January 7, 1865. I certify that the above is a correct statement of ordnance and ordnance stores captured by Major-General Sheridan, and turned over to the Ordnance Department for reissue, up to the first day of January, 1865. Geo. W. Mckee, First Lieutenant Ordnance, U. S. A., Chief Ordnance Officer, Mid. Mil. Div. Official Copy: T. W. C. Moore. A. A. G. List of Casualties in the United States Forces commanded by Major-General P. H. Sheridan, Campaign in the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, 1864.
J. William Jones, Christ in the camp, or religion in Lee's army, Chapter 12: progress of the work in 1864-65. (search)
ss twenty-one days, said: Frequent prayer-meetings have been held in the trenches; and even on the advance skirmish line, within easy musket range of the enemy, the song of praise and the voice of supplication have been heard. Sermons have also been preached in the trenches— albeit, they have sometimes been cut short by the bursting of the shell or the whistling of the minnie. Rev. Dr. Burrows baptized twenty-two soldiers at Chaffin's Bluff, a week or two since. Richmond, Virginia, Jan. 1, 1865. We are receiving some very refreshing accounts of the work of grace in the army from our missionaries: Rev. P. H. Fontaine reports the baptism of fifty soldiers. Rev. Harvey Hatcher has held several very interesting meetings, in which some seventy souls professed faith in Christ. Brother Hatcher is employed by the board to visit destitute regiments and battalions. He is eminently adapted to army work. Brother R. W. Cridlin, of the Thirty-eighth Virginia, has been greatly bl
L. P. Brockett, Women's work in the civil war: a record of heroism, patriotism and patience, chapter 8 (search)
the extra diet to the patients, numbering frequently five or six hundred on diet, at one time. Two of these ladies were constantly at the hospital, Mrs. Taylor frequently four days in the week, and when not there, in other hospitals, not allowing herself one day at home during the whole vacation. When obliged to return to her school, her daughter, Miss Alice Taylor, took her place, and with the other ladies continued, Mrs. Taylor giving her assistance on Saturday and Sun day, till January 1st, 1865, when the hospital was finally closed. Mrs. Taylor has been greatly aided by her children; her daughter, as nobly patriotic as herself, in the beginning of the war refusing to present a Confederate flag to a company unless beneath an arch ornamented, and with music the same as on occasion of presenting a banner to a political club the preceding year -viz: the arch decorated with United States flags, and the national airs played. Her son Johnnie is as well known and as beloved by th
William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 2, Chapter 6: Essex County. (search)
priated for the benefit of disabled and discharged volunteers and their families, living in this town. 1863. Nothing of general interest appears to have been done during this year. Recruiting was continued, and bounties were paid to volunteers. 1864. April 26th, Voted, to pay a bounty of one hundred and twenty-five dollars to each volunteer who has been mustered into the military service to the credit of the town since the 1st of April. June 28th, Voted, to pay the same bounty till Jan. 1, 1865. November 14th, The town ratified the action of the selectmen in paying a bounty of one hundred and twenty-five dollars each to ten men who had enlisted for one year; and the treasurer was authorized to borrow money. 1865. June 3d, Voted, to reimburse the money paid by voluntary subscription towards filling the quota of the town. The same to be paid Oct. 1, 1865. Georgetown furnished one hundred and ninety-four men for the war, which was a surplus of twenty-six over and above all d
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