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Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Chapter 16: (search)
for resistance to a land attack or investment by an enemy. Generals Pillow and Floyd were ordered with their separate commands to Fort Donelson. General Buckner also was sent with a division from Bowling Green, so that the Confederate effective force at the fort during the siege was between fourteen thousand five hundred and fifteen thousand men. The Life of General Albert Sidney Johnston, by his son. The force of General Grant was not less than thirty to thirty-five thousand men. On February 12th he commenced his movement across from Fort Henry, and the investment of Donelson was made without any serious opposition. On the 13th General Buckner reports that the fire of the enemy's artillery and riflemen was incessant throughout the day; but was responded to by a well-directed fire from the intrenchments, which inflicted upon the assailant a considerable loss, and almost silenced his fire late in the afternoon. The object of the enemy undoubtedly was to discover the strength and
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), China. (search)
the Boxers, of whom he was an accomplice, who used all his influence with high persons in the empire, being tutor to the heir-apparent. Hsu Cheng Yu, who has the same responsibility. Kih Sin, one of the officials most hostile to foreigners, and the minister at the rites of service of the Boxers. The ministers insisted that the sentences must be inflicted on the living, except in the cases of Prince Tuan and Duke Lan, whose sentences might be commuted to banishment to Turkestan. Feb. 12 the Chinese plenipotentiaries received telegraphic instructions from the Court to notify the ministers of the powers that an edict had been issued regarding the punishments of Chinese officials, in conformity with the demands made by the ministers, as follows: Gen. Tung Fu Siang, to be degraded and deprived of his rank. Prince Tuan and Duke Lan, to be disgraced and exiled. Prince Chuang, Ying Nien, and Chao Su Kiam, to commit suicide. Hsu Cheng Yu, Yu Hsien, and Kih Sin, to be b
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Cuba (search)
avana. During the same week riots occurred in that city which required the presence of regular troops. On Jan. 25 the United States battle-ship Maine entered the harbor on a friendly visit. Her officers made the customary formal calls on the Spanish authorities, who, in turn, were received with the prescribed honors aboard ship. On Feb. 11, Captain Sigsbee, of the Maine, and Consul-General Lee called officially on General Blanco, who was absent from Havana when the Maine arrived, and on Feb. 12 a visit of courtesy was paid to President Galvez, of the new Cuban cabinet, who soon returned it. All of these courtesies were marked by the warmest cordiality by both parties. On the night of Feb. 15, the Maine was suddenly blown up at the anchorage designated for her by the Spanish authorities on her arrival, with the result that two officers and 264 men perished. Great excitement immediately ensued, and every effort was made to save the survivors. In this work of relief the Spaniard
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), King, Horatio 1811-1897 (search)
King, Horatio 1811-1897 Lawyer; born in Paris, Me., June 21, 1811; received a common school education; studied law, and was admitted to the bar; became a clerk in the Post-Office Department in Washington in 1839; was made first assistant Postmaster-General in 1854, and was Postmaster-General from Feb. 12 to March 7, 1861, during which time he introduced the official-penalty envelope. Later he engaged in the practice of his profession in Washington. He published Turning on the light (a review of the administration of President Buchanan), etc. He died in Washington, D. C., May 20, 1897.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Roosevelt, Theodore 1858-1893 (search)
ublican party of the State of New York, and was selected as the candidate for the governorship on the first ballot by a vote of nearly three-fourths of the delegates of the convention. The campaign was a very picturesque one, and resulted in Mr. Roosevelt's election by a majority of 18,000 votes. During the winter of 1899 and 1900 suggestions that Governor Roosevelt be nominated for Vice-President were made by the politicians and by the public. The governor discouraged the idea and on Feb. 12 spoke as follows: In view of the continued statements in the press that I may be urged as a candidate for Vice-President, and in view of the many letters that reach me advising for and against such a course, it is proper for me to state definitely that under no circumstances could I or would I accept the nomination for the Vice-Presidency. It is needless to say how deeply I appreciate the honor conferred upon me by the mere desire to place me in so high and dignified a position; bu
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Tea in politics. (search)
a was imposed. The ministry would not yield the point, and a series of troubles followed. Merchants in Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Annapolis, and other places agreed not to import tea, and there were combinations against its use in various places. Before North introduced his repeal bill into Parliament the mistresses of 300 families in Boston subscribed to a league, Feb. 9, 1770, binding themselves not to drink any tea until the revenue act should be repealed. Three days afterwards (Feb. 12) the young maidens followed the example of the matrons, and multitudes signed the following document: We, the daughters of those patriots who have, and do now, appear for the public interest, and in that principally regard their posterity —as such, do with pleasure engage with them in denying ourselves the drinking of foreign tea, in hopes to frustrate a plan which tends to deprive a whole community of all that is valuable in life. Violators of the non-importation agreements were sometimes
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America. (search)
Thomas Hutchins, of New Jersey, appointed geographer-general of the United States by act of Congress, which office he holds until his death at Pittsburg, April 28, 1789......1778 Articles of Confederation signed by Thomas McKean, of Delaware, Feb. 12, and by John Dickinson, of Delaware......May 5, 1779 Samuel Huntington, of Connecticut, chosen president of Congress......Sept. 28, 1779 Legislature of New York empowers its delegates to cede to Congress a portion of its western territory Joint resolution for an expedition to the coast of Greenland to relieve the Greely Arctic expedition......Feb. 13, 1884 Floods in the Ohio Valley; the river rises 71 feet at Cincinnati......Feb. 14, 1884 Congress appropriates $300,000, Feb. 12, and $200,000 additional, Feb. 15, for relief of flood sufferers in the Ohio Valley......Feb. 12 and 15, Funeral services in New York, at the Church of the Holy Trinity, for victims of the Jeannette Arctic expedition (brought to New York)...
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Idaho (search)
mendment, to permit the city of Chicago to issue 5-per-cent. bonds to $5,000,000 to aid the World's Columbian Exposition, adopted by legislature......July 31, 1890 George R. Davis selected as directorgeneral of the World's Columbian Exposition......Sept. 19, 1890 Gen. John M. Palmer, Democrat, elected United States Senator on the 154th ballot......March 11, 1891 Laws reducing the legal rate of interest from 6 to 5 per cent., and making the first Monday in September (Labor Day) and Feb. 12 (Abraham Lincoln's Birthday) legal holidays, passed at session ending......June 12, 1891 Governor Fifer signs the ballot reform bill......June 23, 1891 First reunion of survivors of the Black Hawk War of 1832 held at Lena; seventeen veterans present......Aug. 28, 1891 Equestrian statue of General Grant unveiled at Chicago......Oct. 7, 1891 World's Fair amendment to State constitution adopted by vote of 500,299 to 15,095......November, 1891 Alien land law pronounced unconstitu
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), South Carolina, (search)
and......July 16, 1863 Fort Wagner bombarded by Gen. Q. A. Gillmore......July 18, 1863 Charleston bombarded by the Swamp angel, which bursts......Aug. 24, 1863 Fort Wagner bombarded by Gillmore......Sept. 5, 1863 George A. Trenholm appointed Confederate Secretary of the Treasury......1864 Confederates defeat Gen. John P. Hatch at Honey Hill......Nov. 30, 1864 Confederates repulsed in battles of Pocotaligo, Jan. 14; Salkhatchie, Feb. 3; Willston Station, Feb. 8; Orangeburg, Feb. 12; Congaree Creek......Feb. 15, 1865 Columbia surrendered to General Sherman......Feb. 17, 1865 Charleston, burned and evacuated by General Hardee the day previous, is occupied by Federal troops......Feb. 18, 1865 Gen. O. O. Howard defeats the Confederates at Cherau......March 3, 1865 Benjamin F. Perry appointed provisional governor of South Carolina by President Johnson......June 30 1865 A convention called by Governor Perry assembles in Baptist church at Columbia, Sept. 13,
Alfred Roman, The military operations of General Beauregard in the war between the states, 1861 to 1865, Chapter 15: (search)
ion from the fort, but, upon General Pillow's remonstrance, was ordered by General Johnston, on the night of the 12th, to go into Donelson with all the forces under his control, aggregating within the fort an effective force variously estimated at from thirteen thousand to fifteen thousand men, in the reports, and by other authorities at seventeen thousand. See General Floyd's supplemental report in Confederate Reports of Battles, pp. 55-57. See also his letter to General Johnston, of February 12th, advising concentration near Cumberland city. Upon the adoption of this latter course, General Johnston should have left to General Hardee the evacuation of Bowling Green and the conduct of the retreat of its garrison upon Nashville, and should himself have repaired to Donelson, where so critical a struggle was imminent— nay, certain. Such a step on his part would have harmonized the divided counsels of the commanding officers, and undoubtedly have prevented the demoralization of their
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