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Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., chapter 4.14 (search)
reason for it or attempting to justify it by citing any instance in which I had failed in any duty I had been called upon to perform. This gives me the right to call General Grant himself as a witness in my own behalf, and to assert that the reasons which moved him to say that the objections to my confirmation were well founded were of a personal, and not of a public nature. The battle of Chattanooga ended on the 25th of November, 1863--my name was not sent to the Senate till the 15th of March, 1864. On the 18th it was returned to the President, with the request that the date of rank should conform to the date of nomination. On the 23d of the same month it was again sent to the Senate, and my nomination was confirmed on the same day. It was therefore nearly four months after the battle when my name was sent to the Senate for promotion, and in three days thereafter the Senate asked the President to make the date of rank conform to the date of nomination; and on the same day th
of 20 and 45, Federal officers commenced such enrollment, a fresh, intense excitement pervaded her slaveholding districts, which impelled her Governor, Thomas E. Bramlette--(elected Aug. 3, 1863. as a Unionist by an overwhelming majority Bramlette, 68,306; Wickliffe (Dem), 17,389. over Charles A. Wickliffe, the Democratic candidate, but not without great and apparently well-grounded complaint of Military interference at the polls, to the prejudice of the Opposition)--to address March 15, 1864. to the people of his State a proclamation, counseling them not to let their indignation, provoked by this enrollment, impel them to acts of violence, nor to unlawful resistance. He continued:-- In the Union, under the Constitution, and in accordance with law, assert and urge your rights. It is our duty to obey tie law until it is declared, by judicial decision, to be unconstitutional. The citizen, whose property may be taken under it for public use, will be entitled, under the imp
ered severely in the assaults. Soon after the surrender of Port Hudson and termination of that campaign, the 22 regiments which had been recruited for nine months left for their homes, their term of service having expired. The loss of these troops necessitated a reduction of the organization to three divisions. The ensuing nine months--July, 1863, to March, 1864--were spent in post or garrison duty, with some reconnoissances and minor expeditions into the enemy's country. On the 15th of March, 1864, the troops started on Banks' Red River Expedition, his Army consisting of parts of the Thirteenth, Sixteenth, Seventeenth and Nineteenth Corps. Major-General William B. Franklin commanded the Nineteenth Corps on this expedition, and took with him the First (Emory's) and Second (Grover's) Divisions; the Third Division was left in the defenses of New Orleans. Upon the arrival of Bank's Army at Alexandria the Second Division was left there, while the First moved on and fought at Sabine
he Teche Campaign,--a march through the garden of Louisiana, --the One Hundred and Fourteenth, on May 30, 1863, joined its Corps, which had already invested Port Hudson, and for forty days participated in the incessant fighting which echoed through the magnolia woods about the works. In the grand assault of June 14th, Colonel Smith, while in command of the brigade, was killed. The total loss of the regiment during the siege of Port Hudson was 11 killed, 60 wounded, and 2 missing. On March 15, 1864,--in Dwight's (1st) Brigade, Emory's (1st) Division,--it started on Banks's Red River campaign, traversing the Teche country for the sixth time, and fighting at Sabine Cross Roads, where Lieutenant-Colonel Morse, the regimental commandant, was wounded. The Nineteenth Corps having been ordered to Virginia, the One Hundred and Fourteenth embarked for Washington on July 15, 1864, and after marching through Maryland, fought under Sheridan in his famous Shenandoah campaign against Early. At
sometimes with desperation. The Eleventh Illinois lost twenty-five--nine of whom were killed. Among them was a lieutenant whose name we could not learn. The Eighth Louisiana lost nearly one hundred in killed, wounded, and missing. The First Mississippi cavalry lost two Lieutenants and several men. Our whole loss is set down at one hundred and thirty--that of the enemy at three hundred. Lieutenant Ingersoll's account camp Eleventh Illinois infantry, Vicksburgh, Mississippi, March 15, 1864. dear C.: I am not much in the mood for letter-writing to-day, but I will try and write a short one to you. My last was written, I believe, before we reached Yazoo City, on our way down from Greenwood. Colonel Coates received orders while at Sulon to proceed to Yazoo City, take possession of the place, and send to Vicksburgh for camp equipage. When within about six miles of the city, (by land, about fourteen by the river,) Colonel Osband's First Mississippi cavalry, A. D., was disem
Doc. 111.-President Lincoln's order. General orders, no. 100. war Department, Adjutant-General's office, Washington, March 15, 1864. the following is an order by the President of the United States: Executive mansion, Washington, March 14, 1864. In order to supply the force required to be drafted for the navy, and to provide an adequate reserve force for all contingencies, in addition to the five hundred thousand men called for February first, 1864, the call is hereby made and a draft ordered for two hundred thousand men for the military service, army, navy, and marine corps of the United States. The proportional quotas for the different wards, towns, townships, precincts, or election districts, or counties, will be made known through the Provost-Marshal General's Bureau, and account will be taken of the credits and deficiencies of former quotas. The fifteenth day of April, 1864, is designated as the time up to which the numbers required from each ward of a
Capture of Simmsport and Fort de Russy. see Doc. 96, ante. Report of rear-admiral D. D. Porter. Mississippi Squadron, flag-ship Black Hawk, Fort de Russy, Red River, March 15, 1864. sir: I had the honor to report to you that I was about to ascend Red River with a fleet of gunboats, in company with a portion of General Sherman's command, or that of General Banks, whichever concluded to go. On the seventh of March I had assembled at the mouth of Red River a large fleet of ironclads, composed of the following vessels: Essex, Commander Robert Townsend; Benton, Lieutenant Commander James A. Greer; La Fayette, Lieutenant Commander J. P. Foster; Choctaw, Lieutenant Commander F. M. Ramsey; Chillicothe, Acting Volunteer Lieutenant S. P. Couthouy; Ozark, Acting Volunteer Lieutenant George W. Browne; Louisville, Lieutenant Commander E. K. Owen; Carondelet, Lieutenant Commander J. G. Mitchell; Eastport, Lieutenant Commander S. L. Phelps; Pittsburgh, Acting Volunteer Lieutenant W
James Barnes, author of David G. Farragut, Naval Actions of 1812, Yank ee Ships and Yankee Sailors, Commodore Bainbridge , The Blockaders, and other naval and historical works, The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 6: The Navy. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller), Naval chronology 1861-1865: important naval engagements of the Civil war March, 1861-June, 1865 (search)
bruary 2, 1864. Capture and destruction of U. S. S. Underwriter, Actg. Master Westervelt, by Confed. attack under Comdr. J. T. Wood, in Neuse River, N. C. February 18, 1864. Federal sloop-of-war Housatonic sunk off Charleston, S. C., by Confed. submarine torpedo-boat H. L. Hunley. February 16-29, 1864. Bombardment of Fort Powell, Ala., by Adml. Farragut. March, 1864. March 6, 1864. U. S. gunboat Peterhoff sunk by collision off Wilmington, N. C. March 11-15, 1864. A naval expedition from Brashear City captures camp, arms, and flag on Atchafalaya River, La. April, 1864. April 1, 1864. U. S. Army stmr. Maple Leaf blown up by torpedo in St. John's River, Fla. April 5, 1864. Fight betweeen gunboats and guerrillas at Hickman, Ky. April 12, 1864. Adml. Porter's Red River fleet attacked at Blair's Plantation by 2000 Confed. infantry on shore, who are beaten off. April 14, 1864. Gunboat expedition from Butler's army
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America. (search)
zed to borrow $200,000,000 upon 5.40 bonds ......March 3, 1864 Kilpatrick attempts in vain to release Union prisoners at Libby prison, Feb. 28. Colonel Dahlgren loses his life in a raid......March 4, 1864 Ulysses S. Grant commissioned lieutenant-general, March 9; takes chief command......March 10, 1864 Draft for 200,000 men for the navy and the reserve ordered for April 15 by the President......March 14, 1864 Governor Michael Hahn appointed military governor of Louisiana......March 15, 1864 Enabling act for admission of Nevada and Colorado......March 21, 1864 New York Sanitary Commission fair (receipts $1,200,000) opened. April 4, 1864 Battles of Sabine Cross-roads, Pleasant Grove, and Pleasant Hill, La.......April 8-9, 1864 Fort Pillow, Tenn., captured by Confederates under Forrest, and colored garrison slaughtered......April 12, 1864 Enabling act to admit Nebraska approved......April 19, 1864 Motto In God we trust first stamped upon the bronze 2-cent
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Louisiana, (search)
Maj.-Gen. N. P. Banks relieves General Butler......Dec. 16, 1862 Election held by order of President Lincoln; Messrs. Hahn and Flanders chosen to Congress; they take seats, Feb. 9, 1863, and occupy them until......March 3, 1863 Henry W. Allen chosen governor by Confederates; seat of government at Shreveport......1863 Michael Hahn chosen governor at Federal election in New Orleans and vicinity......Feb. 22, 1864 Governor Hahn appointed military governor by the President......March 15, 1864 Convention at New Orleans to revise the constitution......April 6, 1864 Bureau of free labor, predecessor of the Freedmen's bureau, opened at New Orleans......1865 Governor Hahn resigning, is succeeded by Lieut.-Gov. J. M. Welles......March 4, 1865 Confederate Governor Allen resigns......June 2, 1865 Governor Welles re-elected......Nov. 6, 1865 [This government, though never recognized by Congress, continued until March, 1867.] Constitution of 1864 left the negroes s
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