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
View all matching documents...

Your search returned 76 results in 44 document sections:

1 2 3 4 5
Historic leaves, volume 6, April, 1907 - January, 1908, Company E, 39th Massachusetts Infantry, in the Civil War.—(Ii.) (search)
Company E, 39th Massachusetts Infantry, in the Civil War.—(Ii.) [Diary of J. H. Dusseault—Continued.] October 19, 1863. We marched at 8 a. m. for Haymarket on the Manassas Railroad, and arrived at 3 p. m. At 4 p. m. on the next day we set out again, passing through Thoroughfare Gap, in the Bull Run Ridge making camp at 10 p. m. We remained in this neighborhood until the twenty-fourth, when we marched to Kettle Run, where we found the railroad badly used up. As we had orders to guard a bridge over the Run, we stayed here till November 5. All this while the enemy were very near, and both sides were manoeuvring to get the better position. At 4 p. m. that day we started for Catlett's Station, and arrived there at 8.30 p. m. November 7 found us at sunset, after a march of seventeen miles, at Morrisville. The next day we had an all day's march, sixteen or seventeen miles, and halted at night four miles from the railroad station. November 9, at 5 p. m., we marched for Licking Run,
The Daily Dispatch: October 23, 1863., [Electronic resource], The impressment of Provisions. (search)
The impressment of Provisions. --The City Council of Petersburg, Va., recently passed a resolution requesting the Secretary of War to exempt from impressment such articles of food as that city might desire to purchase for the benefit of its people. The following reply was received from the Secretary: The within resolution will be complied with cheerfully. All officers charged with the duty of impressment will abstain from impressing the supplies which may be purchased by the duly authorized agents of the corporation of Petersburg for the purposes specified. Reliance is placed on the municipal authorities not to allow abuse for speculative or other purposes than those mentioned of the privilege of exemption, and to afford such evidences of authority as may be readily recognized by the impressing officers. J. A. Seddon, Sec. of War. October 19th, 1863.
The Daily Dispatch: November 3, 1863., [Electronic resource], Gen. Lee's Official report of his recent operations. (search)
uring many. General Lee pressed down to within a short distance of Cainsville, when he encountered their infantry, and captured prisoners from the first army corps on that road also. The pursuit was continued until after dark. The cavalry force was commanded by Kilpatrick, and composed of ten regiments. Most respectfully, (Signed,) J F B Stuart, Major General. Official: John Withers, Asst. Adj Gen. Headq'rs Valley District,in the Fork of the Shenandoah, Near Front Royal, Oct. 19, 1863. Col. R. H. Chilton, Chief of Staff, A. N. V. Colonel: Yesterday (Sunday) morning, at 2 o'clock, I moved from Berryville to surprise and capture the garrison at Charlestown. The surprise was complete, the enemy having no suspicion of our approach until I had the town entirely surrounded. I found the enemy occupying the Court-House, jail, and some contiguous buildings, in the heart of the town, all loop-holed for musketry, and the Court-House yard enclosed by a heavy wall of oak t
The Daily Dispatch: November 16, 1863., [Electronic resource], Condition of affairs in Memphis. (search)
iscated Government property in Memphis. He visited Secretary Stanton, who told him, after taking a hasty impression of the matter, that he peremptorily refused, for two reasons. First, that the corporation of Memphis had no power to tax the United States. Second, that the people of Memphis, a city in rebellion, were entitled to no favor. The Journal publishes the following letter from Lincoln on the subject. The reader can form his own conclusions in the premises: Washington, Oct. 19, 1863. Henry T. Hulbert, Esq., Memphis, Tenn.: Sir: Assuming the within to be a true and full statement of facts, the claim seems to be a fair and just one. On consultation with the Secretary of War, however, he declares that to enter upon the adjustment of all claims even as meritorious as this while the war continues in its present proportions is more than his Department can bear. Knowing, as I do, how nearly overwhelmed he is, I am unwilling to force him in the matter. A. Lincol
1 2 3 4 5