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Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: The Opening Battles. Volume 1., Organization of the two governments. (search)
, 1862） Assistant Secretary of War: Christopher P. Wolcott (appointed June 12, 1862 Assistant Secretary of War: resigned Jan. 23, 1863） Assistant Secretary of War: Charles A. Dana (appointed August, 1863). （Colonel Scott was regularly commissioned under the act of August 3, 1861, authorizing the appointment of one assistant secretary of war. Subsequently three assistant secretaries were authorized by law.) Adjutant-General's Department Colonel Samuel Cooper * (resigned March 7, 1861） Brig.-Gen. Lorenzo Thomas (assigned to other duty March 23, 1863） Colonel Edward D. Townsend. Quartermaster's Department Brig.-Gen. Joseph F. Johnston * (resigned April 22, 1861） Brig.-Gen. Montgomery C. Meigs. Subsistence Department Colonel George Gibson (died Sept. 29, 1861） Brig.-Gen. Joseph P. Taylor (died Jan. 29, 1864） Brig.-Gen. Amos B. Eaton. Medical Department Colonel Thomas Lawson (died May 15, 1861） Colonel Clement A. Finley (retired A
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events, Diary from December 17, 1860 - April 30, 1864 (ed. Frank Moore), 1861, March (search)
March 7. No entry for March 7, 1861.
Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Chapter 2: (search)
nal, which had bound them from their youth up to the time when the Southern states, asserting the consecrated truth that all governments rest on the consent of the governed, decided to withdraw from the union they had voluntarily entered, and the Northern states resolved to coerce them to remain in it against their will. These officers were—first, Samuel Cooper, a native of New York, a graduate of the United States Military Academy in 1815, and who served continuously in the army until March 7, 1861, with such distinction as secured to him the appointment of adjutant general of the United States army. Second, Albert Sidney Johnston, a native of Kentucky, a graduate of the United States Military Academy in 1826, served conspicuously in the army until 1834, then served in the army of the republic of Texas, and then in the United States Volunteers in the war with Mexico. Subsequently he reentered the United States army, and for meritorious conduct attained the rank of brevet brigadier
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), United States of America. (search)
eding States (which will take 300,000 men) and hold them as conquered provinces; or, fourth, say to the seceding States, Wayward sisters, go in peace ......March 3, 1861 Thirty-sixth Congress adjourns......March 4, 1861 nineteenth administration—Republican, March 4, 1861, to March 3, 1865. Abraham Lincoln, Illinois, President. Hannibal Hamlin, Maine, Vice-President. State of Louisiana seizes the bullion in the New Orleans mint, $536,000, for the Confederate government......March 7, 1861 John Forsyth, of Alabama, and Martin J. Crawford, of Georgia, present credentials as commissioners of the Confederate States to the Secretary of State......March 12, 1861 He declines official intercourse with them......March 15, 1861 Gen. P. T. G. Beauregard summons Fort Sumter to surrender......April 11, 1861 Fire opened on Fort Sumter on the morning of......April 12, 1861 [First gun fired by Edmund Ruffin, a Virginian, seventy-five years of age.] Fort Sumter surrender
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Kansas, (search)
ion of the Mississippi forever to all States. To give the South protection in the United States Senate from unconstitutional or oppressive legislation upon slavery ......Dec. 9, 1860 Col. W. S. Featherstone as commissioner from Mississippi visits Frankfort to urge Kentucky to co-operate in efficient measures for the common defence and safety ......Dec. 25, 1860 Joseph Holt, of Kentucky, Secretary of War......Dec. 31, 1860 Montgomery Blair, of Frankfort, Postmaster-General......March 7, 1861 Governor Magoffin answers a War Department call for troops: I say emphatically, Kentucky will furnish no troops for the wicked purpose of subduing her sister Southern States ......April 15, 1861 Union meeting at Louisville declared that Kentucky would not take sides, but maintain a neutral position and remain loyal until the government became the aggressor......April 18, 1861 Capt. Joseph Desha, with a company of over 100 men, leaves Harrison county to join the Confederates, wit
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Battles, Texas, 1861 (search)
er of U. S. Posts in TexasBy Gen. Twiggs. Feb. 21: Destruction of U. S. property at Brazos Santiago  Feb. 21: Abandonment of Camp CooperBy U. S. Troops. Feb. 26: Abandonment of Camp ColoradoBy U. S. Troops. March 6: Surrender of Fort Brown  March 7: Abandonment of Ringgold BarracksBy U. S. Troops. March 7: Abandonment of Camp VerdeBy U. S. Troops. March 9: Abandonment of Fort LancasterBy U. S. Troops. March 12: Abandonment of Fort McIntoshBy U. S. Troops. March 15: Abandonment of Camp March 7: Abandonment of Camp VerdeBy U. S. Troops. March 9: Abandonment of Fort LancasterBy U. S. Troops. March 12: Abandonment of Fort McIntoshBy U. S. Troops. March 15: Abandonment of Camp WoodBy U. S. Troops. March 17: Abandonment of Camp HudsonBy U. S. Troops. March 19: Abandonment of Forks Clarke and IngeBy U. S. Troops. March 20: Abandonment of Forts Brown and DuncanBy U. S. Troops. March 28: Abadonment of Fort ChadbourneBy U. S. Troops. March 29: Abandonment of Fort MasonBy U. S. Troops. March 31: Abandonment of Fort BlissBy U. S. Troops. April --: Abandonment of Fort StocktonBy U. S. Troops. April 5: Abandonment of Fort QuitmanBy U. S. Troops. April 13: Abandonment
A Roster of General Officers , Heads of Departments, Senators, Representatives , Military Organizations, &c., &c., in Confederate Service during the War between the States. (ed. Charles C. Jones, Jr. Late Lieut. Colonel of Artillery, C. S. A.), Brigadier-Generals of the Confederate States Army, alphabetically arranged. (search)
, the 2d and 6th Virginia reserves, and the 1st and 2d Confederate [mixed] regiments, Walker's division. 47Bragg, BraxtonLouisianaCommanding at Pensacola, Fla.March 7, 1861.March 7, 1861. March 7, 1861. Promoted Major-General September 12, 1861; assigned to command at Pensacola, Florida, of the troops there assembled, consisting oMarch 7, 1861. March 7, 1861. Promoted Major-General September 12, 1861; assigned to command at Pensacola, Florida, of the troops there assembled, consisting of the brigades of Colonels Chalmers, Clayton and Gladden, and the troops under Major Bradford. 48Branch, L. O. B.N. CarolinaLt. Gen. A. P. HillNov. 16, 1861.Nov. 16, 1861. Dec. 13, 1861. Killed at Sharpsburg; brigade composed of the 7th, 18th, 28th, 33d and 37th North Carolina regiments, A. P. Hill's division, Army of Northern VirMarch 7, 1861. Promoted Major-General September 12, 1861; assigned to command at Pensacola, Florida, of the troops there assembled, consisting of the brigades of Colonels Chalmers, Clayton and Gladden, and the troops under Major Bradford. 48Branch, L. O. B.N. CarolinaLt. Gen. A. P. HillNov. 16, 1861.Nov. 16, 1861. Dec. 13, 1861. Killed at Sharpsburg; brigade composed of the 7th, 18th, 28th, 33d and 37th North Carolina regiments, A. P. Hill's division, Army of Northern Virginia. 49Brandon, Wm. L.MississippiMaj. Gen. D. H. HillJune 18, 1864.June 18, 1864.   Assigned to the command of a brigade of cavalry in Mississippi. 50Brantly, W. F.MississippiGen. J. B. HoodJuly 26, 1864.July 26, 1864.   Brigade composed of the 24th, 27th, 29th, 30th and 34th Mississippi regiments. 51Bratton, JohnS. Carolina
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2, chapter 2 (search)
nd, Edward Davis. Born at Boston, Mass., Aug. 22, 1817. Cadet, U. S. Military Academy, July 1, 1833, to July 1, 1837. Second Lieutenant, 2d U. S. Artillery, July 1, 1837. First Lieutenant, Sept. 16, 1838. Regimental Adjutant, July 7, 1838, to Aug. 18, 1846. Brevet Captain, staff, Assistant Adj. General, Aug. 8, 1846. Captain, 2d Artillery, Apr. 21, 1848. Vacated, Apr. 21, 1848. Brevet Major, staff, Assistant Adj. General, July 15, 1852. Lieut. Colonel, staff, Assistant Adj. General, Mar. 7, 1861. Colonel, staff, Assistant Adj. General, Aug. 3, 1861. Chief of staff of Lieut. General Scott, General-in-Chief, Mar. 7 to Nov. 1, 1861. Assistant Adj. General in Adj. General's office, Washington, D. C., Nov. 1, 1861, to Mar. 23, 1863. Acting Adj. General of the army at Washington on Mar. 23, 1863, to Aug. 12, 1866. Brevet Brig. General, U. S. Army, Sept. 24, 1864. Brevet Maj. General, Mar. 13, 1865. Acting Adj. General of the army at Washington, D. C., Aug. 12, 1866, to Feb. 22, 1869.
Joseph T. Derry , A. M. , Author of School History of the United States; Story of the Confederate War, etc., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 6, Georgia (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 2: (search)
Chapter 2: Organization and other events in the State, from spring until close of 1861 Early record of Georgians outside the State, previous to Manassas-coast operations in Georgia in 1861 (including Port Royal). The Georgia convention resumed its session at Savannah, March 7, 1861, and continued its deliberations until March 28th, ratifying the Confederate constitution on March 16th, adopting a new State constitution, authorizing the issue of treasury notes and bonds for revenue for public defense, tendering a tract ten miles square for the Confederate seat of government, and transferring the control of military operations as well as forts and arms. But before the troops were thus formally handed over to the authorities of the new union, an Atlanta volunteer company, Lee's Volunteers, Capt. G. W. Lee, was tendered to the government at Montgomery by its commanding officer, and accepted March 5th. During his return to Atlanta, a number of enthusiastic ladies on the
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