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Colonel William Preston Johnston, The Life of General Albert Sidney Johnston : His Service in the Armies of the United States, the Republic of Texas, and the Confederate States., Chapter 25: the fall campaign. (search)
I believe ought not to be estimated over 65,000 men. Our returns at this place show a force of between 18,000 and 19,000, of which about 5,000 are sick (about 8,600 at Nashville), and our effective force is under 13,000 men. The volunteers, I hear, are turning out well, but the time taken up in procuring arms has thus far prevented much accession to our force from that source .. To the Hon. J. P. Benjamin, Secretary of War. headquarters, Western Department, Bowling Green, December 25, 1861. Sir: The recent movement of the enemy, and the concentration of heavy masses of troops, indicated an early advance; and the weather, which has been unusually fine, resembling the fall rather than winter, rendered it probable that a battle would be fought in this vicinity. Information from various sources shows that every effort has been made by General Buell to concentrate all his strength for a movement upon Tennessee through Central Kentucky, and that not less than 75,000 men
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 4. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Correspondence between General A. S. Johnston and Governor Isham (search)
Correspondence between General A. S. Johnston and Governor Isham G. Harris. [We are indebted to His Excellency Governor Porter, of Tennessee, for the following original correspondence, which will be found to be of interest and value.] Headquarters Western Department, Bowling Green, Ky., December 25th, 1861. To His Excellency< ISHAM G. Harris, Governor of Tennessee: Sir: The present situation of affairs is such that I deem it necessary to call the attention of your Excellency to it in connexion with the movements which the enemy meditate towards Tennessee. My information continues to convince me that a heavy concentration of force on this line has been made to invade Tennessee on the route to Nashville. The troops of Western Virginia and Eastern Kentucky have been withdrawn and ordered upon the line in my front. These regiments, with large reinforcements from Ohio, Indiana and other Northwestern States, have been assembled, and the estimates from the most reliable
William F. Fox, Lt. Col. U. S. V., Regimental Losses in the American Civil War, 1861-1865: A Treatise on the extent and nature of the mortuary losses in the Union regiments, with full and exhaustive statistics compiled from the official records on file in the state military bureaus and at Washington, chapter 10 (search)
& M. W. Camden, N. C. 1 North Anna, Va. 1 Manassas, Va. 67 Bethesda Church, Va. 7 Chantilly, Va. 1 Cold Harbor, Va. 2 South Mountain, Md. 1 Petersburg, Va. 20 Antietam, Md. 7 Mine Explosion, Va. 20 Fredericksburg, Va. 15 Weldon Railroad, Va. 1 Wilderness, Va. 6 Peebles Farm, Va. 16 Spotsylvania, Va. 18 Fall of Petersburg 4 Present, also, at Siege of Vicksburg; Jackson, Miss.; Totopotomoy; Hatcher's Run. notes.--Organized at Keene, N. H., leaving the State Dec. 25, 1861. It sailed from Annapolis, Jan. 7, 1862, with the Burnside expedition, disembarking at Hatteras Island, where it went into a camp of instruction. After some active service with Reno's Brigade in North Carolina, it returned to Virginia with the Ninth Corps, in August, 1862. It had been assigned in the meantime to Nagle's (1st) Brigade, Reno's (2d) Division, in which command it fought at Manassas, where it lost 30 killed, 117 wounded, and 70 missing, out of 450 engaged; the missing ones
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Poetry and Incidents., Volume 4. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 35 (search)
Mrs. Sarah Larrabee, an old lady residing in Rockville, Massachusetts, has four sons, seventeen grandsons, and one great grandson now in the Union army. National Intelligencer, December 25, 1861.
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 10: The Armies and the Leaders. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller), Chapter 6: Federal armies, Corps and leaders (search)
caused him to ask to be relieved of this command, and he was sent to the Department of the Northwest, to carry on the war against the Sioux Indians. He headed other departments in the West until he was retired, in 1886. His last command was the Department of the Pacific. He was brevetted major-general in March, 1865, for his services at Island No.10, and received the full rank in 1882. Major-General Pope died at Sandusky, Ohio, September 23, 1892. Army of the Southwest Created December 25, 1861, from troops in portions of the Department of Missouri. It was merged in the District of Eastern Arkansas, Department of Tennessee, December 13, 1862, and was commanded during its existence by Brigadier-Generals S. R. Curtis, Frederick Steele, E. A. Carr, and W. A. Gorman. This army fought many minor but important engagements in Missouri and Arkansas, including Bentonville, Sugar Creek, and Pea Ridge. Major-General Samuel Ryan Curtis (U. S. M. A. 1831) was born near Champlain,
Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Chapter 28: (search)
o interfered with their construction that the Secretary of the Navy was compelled, on December 24, 1861, to write to General Polk, who was commanding at Columbus, Kentucky, asking that mechanics might be detached from his forces, so as to insure the early completion of the vessels. So promptly had the ironclad boats been put under contract that the arrangements had all been made in anticipation of the appropriation, and the contract was signed on the very day the law was passed. On December 25, 1861, Lieutenant Isaac N. Brown, Confederate States Navy, a gallant and competent officer, well and favorably known in his subsequent service as commander of the ram Arkansas, was sent to Nashville. Information had been received that four river boats were there, and for sale, which were suited for river defense. Lieutenant Brown was instructed to purchase such as should be adaptable to the required service, and to proceed forthwith with the necessary alteration and armament. In the lat
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Missouri, (search)
of secession, Oct. 28, and resolution requesting all members to sign it......Nov. 2, 1861 Indecisive battle at Belmont between Generals Grant and Polk, Nov. 7; Warsaw destroyed by Confederates......Nov. 19, 1861 Major-General Halleck, who succeeded General Hunter, Nov. 7, declares martial law in St. Louis, Dec. 23; and, some men returning from General Price's army having destroyed about 100 miles of the Missouri Railroad, he extends the order to all the railroads in the State......Dec. 25, 1861 Battles at Shawnee Mound and Milford, Dec. 18, 1861, and at Mount Zion......Dec. 28, 1861 New Madrid captured by General Pope......March 14, 1862 Independence captured by the Confederates......Aug. 11, 1862 Battle at Newtonia, Confederates victorious......Sept. 30, 1862 Andrew Allsman, an aged citizen of Palmyra, taken in a raid by Col. John C. Porter's band in September, and not heard of afterwards; General McNeil in retaliation shot ten of Porter's raiders......Oct. 18,
George Meade, The Life and Letters of George Gordon Meade, Major-General United States Army (ed. George Gordon Meade), chapter 4 (search)
will do their work in time. Give them my blessing and my love. Perhaps it may be God's will I shall never see them again. There is a tremendous pressure being brought to bear on McClellan, and there is no telling how long he can or will stand it. No one can predict the future for twenty-four hours, and all we can do is to endeavor to be ready for all contingencies. Good-by! God bless you all and give you a happy and as far as possible a merry Christmas! camp Pierpont, Va., December 25, 1861. I write a few lines on this day of rejoicing and festivity, to let you know I am well, and though absent from you in the body, that I am with you and my dear children in spirit and thought. As this day is the anniversary commemorating the great promise held out to all mankind, let us hope it may promise speedy peace and happiness to us in this world as well as the one to come. God grant it may be so! I see you are greatly concerned about the foreign news. I doubt that there
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Battles, Maryland, 1861 (search)
pt. 16-20: Skirmishes opposite Seneca CreekNEW YORK--34th Infantry (Detachment). Sept. 18: Skirmish near Berlin(No Reports.) Sept. 24: Skirmish, Point of RocksPENNSYLVANIA--28th Infantry. Sept. 29: Skirmish near BerlinMARYLAND--1st Infantry. Oct. 22-Nov. 12: Operations about Budd's FerryHooker's Division, Army Potomac. Nov. 3-11: Expedition into Lower MarylandNEW HAMPSHIRE--5th Infantry. NEW JERSEY--5th, 6th, 7th and 8th Infantry. PENNSYLVANIA--36th and 45th Infantry. RHODE ISLAND--4th Infantry. UNITED STATES--2 Squadrons Cavalry. Nov. 14: Affair, Mouth of Mattowoman CreekMASSACHUSETTS--1st Infantry. UNITED STATES--Battery "A," 5th Arty. Dec. 15: Capture of Sloop "Victory"INDIANA--3d Cavalry. Dec. 17-20: Operations about Dams 4 and 5CONNECTICUT--5th Infantry. MARYLAND--1st Infantry. PENNSYLVANIA--29th Infantry. UNITED STATES--Battery "F," 4th Arty. Dec. 19: Action, Point of RocksPENNSYLVANIA--28th Infantry. Dec. 25: Skirmish, Frederick FortMARYLAND--1st Infantry (Co. "H").
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.
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