hide Matching Documents

The documents where this entity occurs most often are shown below. Click on a document to open it.

Document Max. Freq Min. Freq
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2 4 4 Browse Search
An English Combatant, Lieutenant of Artillery of the Field Staff., Battlefields of the South from Bull Run to Fredericksburgh; with sketches of Confederate commanders, and gossip of the camps. 3 3 Browse Search
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 1 1 Browse Search
View all matching documents...

Your search returned 8 results in 5 document sections:

and determined to make a bold push for victory, Crittenden himself rode to the front, and endeavored to gain the hill: after three hours fighting, he was obliged to retreat to Beech Grove and push onwards to the Cumberland, leaving many dead, wounded, some prisoners, stores, a few pieces of cannon, and other things behind him. General George B. Crittenden is a Kentuckian, about fifty-five years of age. He entered the United States service as brevet Second Lieutenant, Fourth Infantry, July first, 1832; resigned April thirtieth, 1833, was appointed Captain of Mounted Rifles, May twenty-seventh, 1846, and served with much distinction in the Mexican war, and was appointed Lieutenant-Colonel Mounted Rifles, December thirtieth, 1856. He is generally considered to be an excellent and reliable officer when free from the influence of drink and gay company. It is said that, previous to his appointment as commander at Beech Grove, he had rendered himself unfit for service by intemperance, an
mpossible for our infantry to feel their way in the gloom. The enemy's musketry flashed in the darkness like sheets of flame; but their fire, except in so far as it served to protect the flanks of their batteries, was a mere waste of ammunition. Keyes commanded the Federals at this point, and had prepared his line with great precision and care ; General Erastus D. Keyes, United States army, is from the State of Maine; entered the service as brevet Second Lieutenant Third Artillery, July first, 1832; and in 1861 was Major First Artillery, commission dating October twelfth;1858. He has risen rapidly during the war, and is about forty-five years of age. His division behaved well at Seven pines, and although General Whiting assailed it furiously, was so well placed and projected by batteries that all our efforts were of little avail. but had Whiting commenced earlier, there can be no doubt he would have driven them on a line with Longstreet's advance down the Williamsburgh road. As
are before us; you cannot miss them! Steady! Forward, guide centre, march and off they went up the hill, yelling and firing like madmen. Brigadier-General Daniel P. Whiting is a native of New-York, about fifty years of age, small in stature, thin, wiry, and active, an excellent officer in any department, and, though always in the infantry, proved himself an admirable engineer, by fortifying Harper's Ferry, in May, 1861. He entered the old service Second Lieutenant Second Infantry, July first, 1832; was Brevet Major April eighteenth, 1847; and full Major when hostilities commenced. He was assigned to Johnston's command in the Shenandoah Valley, May, 1861, as chief engineer there-Johnston on many occasions testifying to his merit and industry. In the absence of General Gustavus Smith, Whiting always commanded the division, and proved himself an officer of great ability at Seven Pines, where he commanded the left attack. At the battle of Gaines's Mills he won immortal honor by th
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Weaver, Aaron Ward 1832- (search)
Weaver, Aaron Ward 1832- Naval officer; born in the District of Columbia, July 1, 1832; graduated at the United States Naval Academy in 1854; commissioned lieutenant in 1855; cruised along the coast of Africa in 1858-59 and returned home in command of the prize slaver Ardennes; served through the Civil War, winning distinction in the actions at Plaquemine, La., Donaldsonville, and in those which occurred below that place after the fall of Port Hudson. In 1865, while in command of the monitor Mahopac he took part in the capture of Fort Fisher, and with the same vessel was present at the surrender of Richmond. He commanded the iron-clad Dictator in Cuban waters during the threatened war with Spain on account of the Virginius affair in 1873; promoted captain in 1876; commodore in 1886; and rear-admiral, June 27, 1893; and was retired Sept. 26 following.
Keyes, Erasmus Darwin. Born at Brimfield, Mass., May 29, 1810. Cadet, U. S. Military Academy, July 1, 1828, to July 1, 1832. Brevet Second Lieutenant, 3d U. S. Artillery, July 1, 1832. Second Lieutenant, Aug. 1, 1833. First Lieutenant, Sept. July 1, 1832. Second Lieutenant, Aug. 1, 1833. First Lieutenant, Sept. 16, 1836. Captain, staff, Assistant Adj. General, July 7 to Nov. 16, 1838. Captain, 3d U. S. Artillery, Nov. 30, 1841. Major, 1st Artillery, Oct. 12, 1858. Lieut. Colonel, staff, Military Secretary to the General-in-Chief, Jan. 1, 1860, to Apr. 19 Marcy, Randolph Barnes. Born at Greenwich, Mass., Apr. 9, 1812. Cadet, U. S. Military Academy, July 1, 1828, to July 1, 1832. Brevet Second Lieutenant, 5th U. S. Infantry, July 1, 1832. Second Lieutenant, Nov. 25, 1835. First Lieutenant, June July 1, 1832. Second Lieutenant, Nov. 25, 1835. First Lieutenant, June 22, 1837. Captain, May 18, 1846, to Aug. 22, 1859. Major, staff, Paymaster, Aug. 22, 1859. Chief of staff of Maj. General McClellan, May 21, 1861, to Nov. 5, 1862. Colonel, staff, Insp. General, Aug. 9, 1861. Engaged in the campaign of western V