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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 11. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 120 (search)
cond corps and Gregg's division of cavalry, while at Reams' station destroying the railroad, were attacked, and after desperate fighting, a part of our line gave way, and five pieces of artillery fell into the hands of the enemy. By the twelfth of September a branch railroad was completed from the City Point and Petersburg railroad to the Weldon railroad, enabling us to supply, without difficulty, in all weather, the army in front of Petersburg. The extension of our lines across the Weldonloyed and put my army in final order for a march on Augusta, Columbia, and Charleston, to be ready as soon as Wilmington is sealed as to commerce, and the city of Savannah is in our possession. This was in reply to a letter of mine of date September twelfth, in answer to a despatch of his containing substantially the same proposition, and in which I informed him of a proposed movement against Wilmington, and of the situation in Virginia, etc. City Point, Va., October 11, 1864--11 A. M.
J. William Jones, Christ in the camp, or religion in Lee's army, Chapter 11: the great revival along the Rapidan. (search)
n Christ, and have asked for membership among some one of the evangelical denominations. The interest is unabated. Scores and hundreds are asking, What must we do to be saved? H. E. H., Army Evangelist. Rev. B. T. Lacy writes to the Central Presbyterian from the Army of Northern Virginia: Since the arrival of the army at its present location, about 1,000 have professed faith in Christ, and more than 2,000 are earnestly inquiring the way of salvation. camp, Twenty-Sixth Virginia, September 12. Dear Brother Dickinson: Find enclosed the sum of $186.98, subscribed by this regiment to aid in circulating Bibles, Testament, tracts, etc., in the army. We have been very much indebted to you for about two years, and we very cheerfully contribute the above amount. Many in this regiment, no doubt, will, in the great day, thank you and those co-operating with you, for sending and bringing them the glorious Gospel of the blessed God in so many forms. Thousands of pages of your tract
William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 2, Chapter 6: Essex County. (search)
ent for this town; and that said agent be instructed to see to it that those sick and wounded ones want for nothing which may be in his power to give, and we pledge ourselves as citizens to pay the bills. Two other resolutions complete the series: one of which was complimentary to the First Regiment Heavy Artillery Massachusetts Volunteers, in which many Methuen men were members; and the other congratulated those who had bravely, and without injury, faced danger in the battle-field. September 12th, The selectmen were authorized to deposit money with the Treasurer of the Commonwealth to obtain twenty-five recruits to fill the quota of the town, or to procure them in any other manner at the same rate. Methuen furnished three hundred and twenty-five men for the war, which was a surplus of fifty-one over and above all demands. Fifteen were commissioned officers. The whole amount of money appropriated and expended by the town on account of the war, exclusive of State aid, was thir
William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 2, Chapter 15: Worcester County. (search)
se in the army hospitals, the same to be paid by the selectmen to the Ladies' Patriotic Relief Society of Sterling. 1862. July 21st, The selectmen were authorized to pay a bounty of one hundred dollars to each volunteer who shall enlist for three years military service and be credited to the quota of the town. The treasurer was authorized to borrow money to pay the same. The town-record has this entry: After a stirring speech by Rev. Dr. Putnam, of Roxbury, the meeting dissolved. September 12th, Voted, to pay a bounty of one hundred dollars to each citizen of Sterling who shall enlist in the company forming in the town for nine months service. 1863. No action appears to have been taken by the town in its corporate capacity during this year in relation to the war. 1864. April 4th, Voted, to raise a sum equal to one hundred dollars per man of the quotas of this town under the orders of the President dated Oct. 17, 1863, and Feb. 1, 1864, and that from the money so raised th
Waitt, Ernest Linden, History of the Nineteenth regiment, Massachusetts volunteer infantry , 1861-1865, Chapter 17: to South Mountain and Antietam. (search)
ick City. Here and there traces of the rebels were found and, on the whole, they did not seem to have left a very good impression on the soil or in the hearts of the Marylanders. Once in a while a fellow in a grey coat was discovered, worn, sick and dispirited by the fatigue and exposure he had suffered, but there were not many of them, as their discipline was severe and they were forced to go as long as it was possible for them to move. The regiment marched through Frederick City on Sept. 12, two days after the Confederates had left it, and camped on the outskirts. Here the command was brought into close column by division, and a rigid order against foraging was read. Lee's proclamation of a few days before had been couched in terms which he thought would cause the citizens of Maryland to rally about the Confederate flag and it was probably thought wise to restrain any undue trespass by the Union forces. Lieut. Reynolds had brought with him from the Peninsula a colored boy
Waitt, Ernest Linden, History of the Nineteenth regiment, Massachusetts volunteer infantry , 1861-1865, Chapter 33: the advance to Culpepper and Bealton. (search)
Chapter 33: the advance to Culpepper and Bealton. The Nineteenth regiment left Morrisville on September 12th with the Second Corps, which marched in support of Buford's cavalry in the advance to Culpepper. This and other similar quotations which follow are extracts from a diary written by Lieut. Joseph E. Hodgkins, of Co. K.September 12, 1863. The day is very sultry and hot. Can just breathe. Many are falling out. A number have fainted and fallen in their tracks. The mules are falling dead along the line of march. In the afternoon a heavy thunderstorm came up, drenching us to the skin, which greatly refreshed us. Camped at night in the woods. Heavy showers all night, making it very uncomfortable for us, but we must take it as it comes. This march was not long or rapid, but it was, perhaps, the most distressful ever made by the Second Corps. In the shade of large trees the temperature rose in the forenoon to 106 degrees. The sun beat upon the troops with terrible p
Waitt, Ernest Linden, History of the Nineteenth regiment, Massachusetts volunteer infantry , 1861-1865, Roster of the Nineteenth regiment Massachusetts Volunteers (search)
Regt. Brown, John 2nd, priv., (B), Aug. 3, ‘63; 24; sub.; deserted Sept. 12, ‘63. Brown, John G., priv., (B), Jan. 6, ‘65; 19; deserted June rmingham, Jas., priv., (E), Aug. 28, ‘61; 40; transf. to V. R.C., Sept. 12, ‘63. Burnham, George, priv., (I), Aug. 4, ‘63; 21; sub. Geo. E. (G), Aug. 19, ‘61; 21; wounded Sept. 17, ‘62; transf. to V. R.C. Sept 12, ‘63. Leppiere, Jean, priv., (G), Jan. 5, ‘65; 20; M. O. June 30,iv.,(A), Jan.25, 1862;21;wounded Dec. 13, 1862;transf. to V. C.R. Sept. 12, ‘63,19 Co., 2nd Batt.; disch. Feb. 20, ‘65. Nulty, Peter, corp.Phelan, John E., priv., (I), July 27, ‘61; 20; transf. to V. R.C. Sept. 12, ‘63; disch. from 27 Co., 2nd Batt., V. R.C. July 26, ‘64. Phelp (B), Aug. 19, ‘61; 24; wounded Dec. 13, ‘62; transf. to V. R. C. Sept. 12, ‘63. Rogers, Wm. H. G., priv., (B); July 26, ‘61; 20; disch. Ja; 25; wounded July 3, ‘63; transf. to V. R.C. Nov. 20, ‘63; M. O. Sept. 12, ‘64. Shields, David, priv.,
Allan Pinkerton, The spy in the rebellion; being a true history of the spy system of the United States Army during the late rebellion, revealing many secrets of the war hitherto not made public, compiled from official reports prepared for President Lincoln , General McClellan and the Provost-Marshal-General ., Chapter 37: (search)
Halleck was of the opinion, on the evening of the day before Antietam, that Lee's whole force had crossed the river, and so telegraphed McClellan, when the fact was that the rebel army was actually in our front, and ready for the battle that so speedily followed. Still, the importance of moving with extreme caution was kept constantly in view, and the army was moved so that it extended from the railroad to the Potomac River, the extreme left flank resting on that stream. On the twelfth of September, a portion of the right wing of the army entered Frederick, Md., and on the following day the main body of the right and the center wings arrived, only to find that the enemy had marched out of the place two days before, taking the roads to Boonesboroa and Harper's Ferry. Lee had left a force to dispute the possession of the passes, through which the roads across South Mountain ran, while he had dispatched Jackson to effect the capture of Harper's Ferry. In these plans he was par
Oliver Otis Howard, Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general , United States army : volume 1, Chapter 18: the battle of South Mountain (search)
s environment. The old armory and its dependencies were already in 1862 in ruins, and there was little else there. A well-pronounced ridge called Bolivar Heights, two miles out toward the southwest, extended from the upper Potomac to the Shenandoah. To an unpracticed eye these heights signified a line of defense. Colonel Dixon Miles, not realizing how completely Loudon and Maryland Heights commanded every nook and corner of his position, remained at Harper's Ferry to defend it. By September 12th our Army of the Potomac, well in hand, had worked its way northward to Frederick City. Lee, after he was north of the Potomac, had pushed off westward, crossing the Catoctin Range, seizing and occupying the passes of the South Mountain, with the intention to take Harper's Ferry in reverse and pick up the garrison of Martinsburg, that he might have via the Shenandoah clear communications with Richmond, and gain the prestige of these small victories, while he was making ready to defeat
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Margaret Fuller Ossoli, Chapter 14: European travel. (1846-1847.) (search)
. The Manse. Sunset on Ben Lomond. I was alone. Evening. Dance of the reapers in the barn. Highland strathspey and fling? Enormous price of fruit in Edinburgh; total wait of it in the country. Quote of Sir W. Scott the feelings of Fitz James about treachery, etc., in his dream; speak of his character and quote concluding lines in Lady of the Lake. Observation on figures of men and women engaged in the Highland dances. Labor alone will not develop the form. Next day. Saturday, 12th September. Ascent of Ben Lomond. Lost, and pass the night on a heathery mountain. All the adventures of the eventful twenty hours to be written out in full. Love Marcus and Rebecca [Spring] forever. Sunday. Sick all day from fatigue or excitement. Dinner given by M. [Marcus Spring] to the shepherds. Their natural politeness and propriety of feeling. Peter Cameron. Monday. Still ill, but walked out in the afternoon and saw the purple hills and lake, with what delightful emotions. I
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