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Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 3. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book I:—the war on the Rapidan. (search)
y their daring manoeuvre. Out of seventeen general officers, the Second corps has lost six of them. The battle of the 3d of May has been much more disastrous than that of the previous day. The heights of Fairview have been captured by the determins absence and to harass the communications of that army while it was engaged with Lee's troops, he flung himself on the 3d of May, with three hundred mounted men, upon the railroad running from Alexandria to Warrenton Junction. But General Stahel, ffer had exercised no influence over the general result of the battle. Averell had been deprived of his command on the 3d of May, even while the action was pending, by the generalin-chief, who reproached him for his inaction; and a few days later H the orders of the President. Longstreet only remained before Suffolk long enough to withdraw his materiel, and on the 3d of May, precisely one year after the evacuation of Yorktown, he abandoned all his positions, which were occupied on the follow
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 3. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book II:—--the Mississippi. (search)
t, for in the midst of the prevailing darkness the reserve of ammunition is submerged and consequently lost. On the 3d of May, at daybreak, the Federal column, dragging painfully along on the road to Rome, reaches the village of Cedar Bluff: thent, Grant's march when the latter descended the right bank of the Mississippi, in order to oppose his landing. On the 3d of May, Loring, with his division and the three brigades that had fought under Bowen at Port Gibson, occupied the right bank ops commanders, Sherman and McPherson, before they reached the enemy. Grant had left Grand Gulf on the evening of the 3d of May for Hankinson's Ferry, whilst Porter was proceeding with a portion of his fleet toward Red River, leaving at the entranslodging their adversaries on the following day, and, having dispersed them, forced the passage of the river. On the 3d of May, just as Grant was leaving Grand Gulf in order to throw himself into the enemy's open country, Porter, with four vessel
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 3. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book III:—Pennsylvania. (search)
which throughout its entire length exposed its flank to the attacks of the enemy. The utmost secrecy could alone ward off the danger of these attacks. The forest of the Wilderness had resumed its wonted stillness, disturbed only by the footsteps of Confederate scouts; the grass had covered the corpses and the debris of every kind which lay scattered among the woods; the Federal trenches, the torn and shattered trees, and the vestiges of fires, alone recalled to mind the conflict of the 3d of May. Precisely one month to a day had elapsed since this battle when Longstreet's First division, under McLaws, penetrated this henceforth historical Wilderness. Another division followed it closely; the Third, under Hood, was already on the banks of the Rapidan, and the whole army corps, crossing this river, reached the neighborhood of Culpeper Courthouse on the evening of the 7th. A portion of Ewells corps had started in the same direction on the 4th; the remainder moved forward on the
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 3. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Addenda by the editor (search)
st Virginia. Second brigade. （1) Brig.-gen. Wm. Hays. Captured May 3. （2) Col. Chas. J. Powers. 14th Connecticut. 12th New Jersey.K. Second division. （1) Major-general Hiram G. Berry. Killed May 3. （2) Brigadier-general Joseph B. Carr. First brigade. （1) Bseph W. Revere. （2) Colonel J. Egbert Farnum. Assigned to command May 3. 70th New York. 71st New York. 72d New York. 73d New York. New York. Third brigade. （1) Brig.-gen. Gershom Mott. Wounded May 3. （2) Colonel Wm. J. Sewell. 5th New Jersey. 6th New Jersey. H. Brooks. First brigade. （1) Colonel Henry W. Brown. Wounded May 3. （2) Colonel William H. Penrose. （3) Colonel Samuel L. Buck. ylvania. Second brigade （1) Colonel William H. Browne. Wounded May 3. （2) Colonel Henry L. Eustis. 7th Massachusetts. 10th Massach8th Pennsylvania. Second brigade. Colonel Samuel Ross. Wounded May 3. 20th Connecticut. 3d Maryland. 123d New Y
Charles A. Nelson , A. M., Waltham, past, present and its industries, with an historical sketch of Watertown from its settlement in 1630 to the incorporation of Waltham, January 15, 1739., January 15, 1738. (search)
at Waltham Abbey, and to reward the hospitality of his entertainers, he granted them the right to hold a fair annually for seven days. Subsequently two fairs Perhaps it was to perpetuate the old home custom that the Freemen of Watertown, March 30, 1639, Ordered yt two Faires at Watertowne, ye one upon the first Friday of ye 4 month [June], ye other upon the first Friday of the 7 month [September], shalbe kept upon the Trayning place. were held, each continuing one day, the first on the third of May, O. S., the Invention of the Cross; and the other on the fourteenth of September, O. S., the Exaltation of the Cross. He also bestowed on it many rich gifts. From his time it became so distinguished by royal and noble benefactors, as to rank with the most opulent establishments in the kingdom. In 1242, it was again solemnly dedicated, probably in consequence of additions being then made to the original buildings, of which Our Lady's Chapel, on the south side, now and for many years use
George Bancroft, History of the Colonization of the United States, Vol. 1, 17th edition., Chapter 2: (search)
ither to make a settlement on the fruitful soil around them, or to return. The governor was a stern man, and of few words. Willingly hearing the opinions of others, he was inflexible, when he had once declared his own mind; and all his followers, condescending to his will, continued to indulge delusive hopes. Portuguese Relation, c. XIII. and XIV.; Vega, l. III. c. II.—XVII. Compare Belknap, i. 188. I cannot follow McCulloh, 524. The direction of the march was now to the north; May 3. to the comparatively sterile country of the Cherokees, Nuttall's Arkansas, 124; McCulloh's Researches, 524. and in part through a district in which gold is now found. The inhabitants were poor, but gentle; they liberally offered such presents as their habits of life permitted—deer skins and wild hens. Soto could hardly have crossed the mountains, so as to enter the basin of the Tennessee River; Martin's Louisiana, i. 11. it seems, rather, that he passed from the head-waters of the S
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 7, 4th edition., Chapter 31: (search)
y, wrote Dunmore, wherein part of the people have not taken up arms, and declared their intention of forcing me to make restitution of the powder. Alarmed by the insurrections, he convened the council of Virginia, and in a proclamation of the third of May did not scruple to utter the falsehood May 3. that he had removed the ammunition lest it should be seized by insurgent slaves. Message after message could not arrest the march or change the purpose of Henry. Lady Dunmore, who need have fearMay 3. that he had removed the ammunition lest it should be seized by insurgent slaves. Message after message could not arrest the march or change the purpose of Henry. Lady Dunmore, who need have feared nothing for herself, professed to dread being retained as a hostage, and with her family retired to the Fowey man-of-war. The governor first resolved to resist and then thought it best to yield. On the morning of the fourth, at about sunrise, a May 4. messenger met Patrick Henry at Doncastle's Ordinary in New Kent, and as a compensation for the gunpowder taken out of the magazine, paid him three hundred and thirty pounds, for which he was to account to the provincial congress of Virgini
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 8, Chapter 62: (search)
could be done with effect. In South Carolina he was to attack and reduce Charleston, as a prelude to the fall of Savannah, and to the restoration of the whole of the sea-coast to the king's government. The fleet and transports, designed to act under Clinton, did not leave Cork harbor till February; they were scattered by a storm soon after going to sea; for two weeks they met constant and most violent adverse gales; they long continued to be delayed by contrary winds; and not till the third of May, after a passage of more than eighty days, did Sir Peter Parker, Cornwallis, and such ships as kept them company, enter Cape Fear River. Most of the transports had arrived before them. All joined to lament the fatal delays. What was to be done with the formidable armament, was the first question for deliberation. Clinton inclined to look into the Chesapeake, which would bring him nearer New York; but Lord William Campbell earnestly urged upon Sir Peter Parker an attack on Charlesto
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 16., The Society's work. (search)
oman Catholic Church in Medford. Mrs. Louise F. Hunt. December 16.—Milestones in and around Boston. Charles F. Read, Esq. January 20.—Old Salem Street. Miss Helen T. Wild. February 17.—Old Medford Records. Allston P. Joyce, Esq. March 17.—John Trumbull, Painter of the Revolution. Mr. Samuel Abbott. April 21.—The Massacre at Lancaster and the Story of Mrs. Rowlandson. Mrs. Augusta R. Brigham. May 19.—The Romance of Records. Rev. Arthur W. H. Eaton, D. C.L. On Saturday evening, May 3, at a special meeting, Mr. F. H. C. Woolley exhibited his water-color of the Pilgrim, and told the story of this last Medford ship. The society rooms have been open to members on Saturday evenings, and members are privileged to invite friends to the meetings. It is to be regretted that more do not avail themselves of the opportunity and become acquainted with our work, and also that our limited means prohibit the opening of the rooms to the public on stated days. With this issue
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 22., Medford a century ago—1819. (search)
e.) James Ford surveyed eleven tons and fourteen feet of pine timber at ninepence per ton, and $1.40 paid his fee. Probably this was for the great bridge. Timothy Bigelow seems to have been the town's banker, as the selectmen directed the payment of $99.00 interest on $1,650, loaned by him to the town. As the educational matters were administered by the selectmen we find: To Eliza Wait teacher 26 wks 4.00 including board104.00 Wm. Bradbury boarding Miss Eliza Gray schoolmistress May 3 to Oct. 3. 26 wks52.00 Eliza Gray teaching at the schoolhouse 26 wks52.00 Rhoda Turner, use and improvement of room for a schoolroom 6 mos.25.00 To Jeduthun Richardson the 3 following accts. For the services of his daughters Sally & Harriet keeping school May I to Oct. 30 25 wks 3 1/2d. a 2.00 per wk51.40 use of room for school20.00 for boarding teachers 25 wks 5 1/2d.51.57 —— 122.97 By the above it appears that the town paid the teachers' board for the Sundays before and after
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