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Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 2., Chapter 6: the Army of the Potomac.--the Trent affair.--capture of Roanoke Island. (search)
admitted this fact, and complained only of the informality of Captain Wilkes, in taking the Ambassadors out of the Trent, instead of taking the ship itself with all on board into port, to have the case adjudicated in a court of admiralty. Such was a feature of the decision in the case, of the law officers of the Crown, in alluding to which Mr. Adams said, in other words, great Britain would have been less offended if the United States had insulted her more. Mr. Adams to Mr. Seward, Nov. 29th, 1861. in opposition to popular feeling and opinion, the Government decided to restore Mason and Slidell to the protection of the British flag; and the Secretary of State, in a very able letter to Mr. Adams, for the ear of the British Government, discussed the subject in the light in which the President had viewed it from the beginning. He corrected the misrepresentations of Captain Williams as to the facts of the capture, declaring that Captain Wilkes was not acting under instructions f
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 3. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 172 (search)
d truthful, as well as detailed account of the most disgraceful rout that our armies have suffered during the war. This unfortunate affair eclipses all the rising fame of General Floyd and ends the ill-fated campaign in Western Virginia in a blaze of glory for the Yankees. Yet the Examiner designates General Floyd as the hero of thirty engagements. Well may General Floyd exclaim, No more of that, Hal, an' thou lovest me. Lynchburg Virginian narrative. camp Cantonment Verina, Nov. 29, 1861. Mr. Editor: Perhaps you have not had a correct detailed account of General Floyd's retreat from Cotton Hill, although you may have heard various accounts about it. I was at Meadow Bluff at the time of the retreat, but soon after left there, and joined the brigade here two days ago, and have carefully taken notes from accounts of the retreat furnished me by various officers. It is another dark shadow in the campaign of Western Virginia. It is an event that gives encouragement to and
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Battles, Missouri, 1861 (search)
Nov. 18: Affair at Price's LandingAttack on Str. "Platte Valley." Nov. 20: Skirmish, ButlerMISSOURI--Cass County Home Guard Cavalry (Co's "A," "C"). Nov. 20: Skirmish, Little Santa FeKANSAS--7th Cavalry. Nov. 21: Affair at WarsawDestruction of U. S. Stores. Nov. 24: Skirmish, LancasterMISSOURI--21st Infantry. Union loss, 1 killed, 2 wounded. Total, 3. Nov. 24: Skirmish, JohnstownMISSOURI--Cass County Home Guard Cavalry. Nov. 26: Skirmish, Independence, Little BlueKANSAS--7th Cavalry. Nov. 29: Skirmish, Black Walnut Creek, SedaliaMISSOURI--4th Cavalry (Detachment). Union loss, 15 wounded. Nov. 30: Skirmish, Grand RiverMISSOURI--Cass County Home Guard Cavalry. Dec. 1: Skirmish, ShanghaiOHIO--39th Infantry. Dec. 8: Skirmish, SalemMISSOURI--Bowen's Battalion Cavalry. Union loss, 4 killed, 8 wounded. Total, 12. Dec. 3-12: Scout through Saline CountyMISSOURI--2d Cavalry. UNITED STATES--Detachment of Cavalry. Union loss, 6 killed, 10 wounded. Total, 16. Dec. 4: Skirmish, Dunksbur
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Battles, West Virginia, 1861 (search)
(No Reports.) Dec. 8: Skirmish, RomneyOHIO--5th Infantry. Dec. 12: Skirmish, Greenbrier RiverINDIANA--9th Infantry. Dec. 13: Engagement, Camp Allegheny, Allegheny Mountain, Buffalo MountainINDIANA--Bracken's Cavalry Company; Wilder's Battery Light Arty.; 9th and 13th Infantry. OHIO--25th and 32d Infantry. WEST VIRGINIA--Battery "G" Light Arty.; 2d Infantry. Union loss, 20 killed, 107 wounded, 10 missing. Total, 137. Dec. 15-21: Expedition to Meadow BluffOHIO--36th Infantry (Cos. "B," "E," "H"). Dec. 25: Skirmish, Cherry RunMARYLAND--1st Infantry (Co. "A"). Dec. 28: Occupation of BeckleyBy Union forces. Dec. 28: Occupation of Raleigh Court HouseOHIO--23d Infantry. Nov. 29: Capture of Suttonville, Braxton Court HouseWEST VIRGINIA--1st Cavalry (1 Co.). Dec. 29-30: Skirmishes in Clay, Braxton and Webster CountiesWEST VIRGINIA--1st Cavalry; 3d Infantry. Dec. 31-Jan. 6, '62: Expedition to HuntersvilleINDIANA--Bracken's Cavalry Co. OHIO--25th Infantry. WEST VIRGINIA--2d Infantry.
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories, California Volunteers. (search)
Service. Companies A, B, C, D, E moved to Southern California and duty at Los Angeles (3 Cos.) and at San Bernardino (2 Cos.) till March, 1862. Pursuit and capture of Showalter's party at Warner's Ranch, near San Jose Valley, November 20-29, 1861 (Detachment). Attached to Carlton's California Column, organized for an Expedition to recapture the Forts and Posts in Arizona and New Mexico, March, 1862. March to Stanwix Rancho, Arizona, March 1-16. Carlton's Expedition through Arizottached to Depts. of the Pacific and New Mexico. Service. In camp at Oakland till October, 1861, and near Los Angeles, Cali., till December, 1861. Pursuit and capture of Showalter's party at Warner's Ranch, San Jose Valley, November 20-29, 1861 (Cos. F and G ). Moved to Fort Yuma December, 1861, and duty there till April, 1862 (Cos. B, D, F, H and I ). Company D at San Diego. Companies A and C at Camp Latham. Carleton's Expedition from Southern California through Arizona to N
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories, New York Volunteers. (search)
f Lee and his army. Moved to Washington, D. C., May. Grand Review May 23. Mustered out 6th, 7th and 8th Companies July 10, 1865. 9th Company August 5, 1863. Battalion lost during service 23 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 38 Enlisted men by disease. Total 62. 1st New York United States Sharpshooters.--(Berdan's Sharpshooters） Companies A, D and H organized at New York City, and Company B at Albany, N. Y. Mustered in at Washington, D. C., November 29, 1861. (See 1st United States Sharpshooters for service.) Company A mustered out August 19, 1864. Company D mustered out August 28, 1864. Veterans and Recruits to Companies I and K November 22, 1864. Veterans of Company H to Company D September 16, 1864. Regiment consolidated with 2nd United States Sharpshooters December 31, 1864. Veterans and Recruits of these Companies transferred to 124th New York Infantry February 28, 1865. 1st New York Regiment Infantry. Organize
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories, Ohio Volunteers. (search)
ct of Eastern Kentucky, Headquarters at Flemingsburg. Engaged in scouting and raiding guerrillas in that District till February, 1864. Skirmish in Morgan County, Ky., October 6, 1863, and at Liberty, Ky., October 12, 1863. Mustered out February 15, 1864. Battalion lost during service 1 Enlisted man killed and 2 Enlisted men by disease. Total 3. McLaughlin's Independent Squadron Cavalry Organized at Mansfield, Ohio, October and November, 1861. Left State for Kentucky November 29, 1861. Attached to 18th Brigade, Army of the Ohio, to March, 1862. District of Eastern Kentucky, Dept. Ohio, to July, 1862. 3rd Brigade, Kanawha Division, West Virginia, to November, 1862. District of Eastern Kentucky, Dept. Ohio, to June, 1863. 1st Brigade, 4th Division, 23rd Army Corps, Dept. Ohio, to September, 1863. Headquarters 23rd Army Corps, Dept. Ohio, to April, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, District of Kentucky, 5th Division, 23rd Army Corps, to June, 1864.
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories, United States Volunteers. (search)
mpanies A, D and H organized at New York City September, 1861; Company B at Albany, N. Y., September, 1861; Company C in Michigan August 21, 1861; Company E in New Hampshire September 9, 1861; Company F in Vermont September 13, 1861; Company G in Wisconsin September 19, 1861; Company I in Michigan March 4, 1862, and Company K in Michigan March 30, 1862. Most of Regiment concentrated at Weehawken, N. J., September, 1861, and moved to Washington, D. C., September 24-25. Mustered in November 29, 1861. Served Unattached, Army of the Potomac, and Martindale's Brigade, Fitz John Porter's Division, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1862. Unassigned, 1st Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to May, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 5th Army Corps, to March, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 3rd Army Corps, to June, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 3rd Army Corps, to September, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 3rd Army Corps, to March, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Div
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 4, Chapter 44: Secession.—schemes of compromise.—Civil War.—Chairman of foreign relations Committee.—Dr. Lieber.—November, 1860– April, 1861. (search)
itate serious difficulty with foreign powers at a time when our burdens could not be increased without national disaster and ruin. N. W. Senior's letter to Sumner, Dec. 10, 1861; Reid's Life of W. E. Forster, vol. i. p. 344; Walpole's Life of Lord John Russell, vol. II. p. 342. According to Earl Russell, Lord Lyons reported that, incredible as it might appear, the American Secretary of State really hoped to overawe England and France by threatening language. Bright wrote to Sumner, Nov. 29, 1861: There is a feeling among our ministers that Mr. Seward is not so friendly in his transactions with them as they could wish. I hope this is not so. Weed, in his semi-official visit to England and France, discovered this prevailing impression concerning Seward, and did his best in private conversation and a letter to the London Times to remove it. Seward's Life, vol. III. pp. 29, 30, 37; Weed's Life, vol. II. pp. 355-361. The Duchess of Sutherland evidently wrote with the same thou
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 4, Chapter 45: an antislavery policy.—the Trent case.—Theories of reconstruction.—confiscation.—the session of 1861-1862. (search)
ons, Lord Lyons, its minister at Washington, after seven days delay in complying with the demand, to break up his legation and leave Washington, and to communicate at once with the British navy in American waters, and with the governors of all British possessions in America. It hastened to despatch troops to Canada and to put the navy in readiness. Refusing discussion and negotiation, it peremptorily laid down its ultimatum, and took initial steps for war. Adams's letter to Seward, Nov. 29, 1861, shows that the former was expecting shortly instructions to close his mission. It encouraged the war spirit among the people by withholding Seward's letter to Adams of pacific purport, which was written immediately after the transaction and promptly communicated to Earl Russell. Seward's Life, vol. III. p. 21. The government and people of the United States, already taxed to their utmost in a civil war, were on the brink of a foreign war with the greatest naval power in the world. T
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