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Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 1. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book II:—secession. (search)
eral staff of the Confederate army, whose ranks were opened to all those who had thus resigned their commissions. The example of Virginia fired the enthusiasm of the secessionists everywhere, and they applied themselves to the task of drawing into the conflict those slave States which were still hesitating. On the 18th of April, the same day which witnessed the burning of Harper's Ferry, they assembled at Louisville, in Kentucky, for the purpose of openly organizing the rebellion. On the 20th the authorities of North Carolina took possession of the Federal mint at Charlotteville, and finally, the secession movement broke out in Maryland. The sight of the Pennsylvania volunteers had caused a great irritation in Baltimore. That city, the largest in the slave States, containing a large number of proud and powerful families, still wealthy, but already touched with the first symptoms of that decay which slavery engenders soon or late, was envious of the prosperity of New York and Phi
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 1. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book III:—the first conflict. (search)
he vicinity of this village with 28,000 men at the utmost; and although only ten leagues from Washington, he was in a strange country without maps or reliable guides to shape his course; before he could form his new plan of attack, he was obliged to spend two entire days in having the ground studied by his topographical officers. These two days, which were moreover required to complete the organization of his army, gave the enemy time to concentrate his forces. Finally, the arrival, on the 20th, of the supply-trains so long expected allowed the issue of three days rations, and the Federal army got in readiness for the movement it was about to undertake. The right and centre of the Confederates being covered by formidable obstacles, McDowell determined to turn their extreme left, where Bull Run, fordable and badly guarded, no longer afforded them sufficient protection; and on the evening of the 20th he ordered an attack to be made the next morning. Miles remained at Centreville i
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 1. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book IV:—the first autumn. (search)
he Federals was becoming intolerable; some of them were only armed with pistols; water began to fail; the heat increased, and their strength was giving way. On the 20th, the Confederates, having resolved to make an end, piled up large packages of wet hemp, which they pushed in front of them against the entrenchments, like gabions d for the arrival of a few regiments stationed in the blue-grass region, whom he had apprised of the approach of the enemy. If Zollicoffer had attacked him on the 20th, he would probably have obtained an easy victory; but General Schopf, hastening during the night to respond to Garrard's call, arrived with two regiments of infants mind as to the false estimate he had formed of the strength of his adversary; notwithstanding the reports of all the reconnoitring parties he had sent out on the 20th, who had not seen the enemy in force anywhere, he did not dare to put his army in motion, and thus lost the best opportunity he ever had of beginning a successful
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 1. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book V:—the first winter. (search)
Fort Donelson. Having started on the 13th in full haste, it reached Bowling Green on the 14th just in time to see the last Confederate troops evacuate that place, set fire to their storehouses, and quickly disappear, destroying all the railroad bridges behind them. It required no less than nine days for Mitchell's soldiers, who had been delayed for want of provisions, to reach Nashville. They got there, however, in advance of the Federal gun-boats and the conquerors of Donelson. On the 20th the indefatigable Foote had taken possession of Clarksville, an important position situated on the river, below Nashville, and was preparing to take four thousand of Grant's soldiers on board for the purpose of occupying the capital of Tennessee without delay. But this operation was forbidden by orders from General Halleck. Grant's army, worn out by that trying campaign, and still more by the climate than by battle, counted many on the sick-list, and needed rest. Consequently, it was only