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The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 9: Poetry and Eloquence. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller), Chapter 12: the heritage (search)
he dead soldier's dust beneath, And show the death he chose; Forgotten save by her who weeps alone, And wrote his fameless name on this low stone: Break not his sweet repose. John Albee. Ode at magnolia cemetery used by permission of the B. F. Johnson publishing Company, Richmond, Virginia, publishers of the memorial edition of the Poems of Henry Timrod. Sung on the occasion of decorating the graves of the Confederate dead, at Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, on memorial day, April, 1867. Sleep sweetly in your humble graves, Sleep, martyrs of a fallen cause; Though yet no marble column craves The pilgrim here to pause. In seeds of laurel in the earth The blossom of your fame is blown, And somewhere, waiting for its birth, The shaft is in the stone! Meanwhile, behalf the tardy years Which keep in trust your storied tombs, Behold! your sisters bring their tears, And these memorial blooms. Break not his sweet repose: the burial-ground of sailors who fell at Hilton hea
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Penn, William 1644- (search)
enn sailed for England in August, 1684. The King died a few months after Penn's arrival. He was succeeded by James, Duke of York, who was a warm friend of Penn's. The latter took lodgings near the court, where he constantly used his influence in obtaining relief for his suffering brethren, who thronged his house by hundreds, seeking his aid. He finally obtained a royal decree, by which more than 1,200 Quakers were released from prison. This was followed by a proclamation of the King (April, 1867), declaring liberty of conscience to all, and removing tests and penalties. Meanwhile Penn had made a tour on the Continent, and, by order of James, had a conference with the monarch's son-in-law, William of Orange, and tried to persuade him to adopt the principles of universal toleration. Because Penn had been personally intimate with James, soon after the Revolution (1688) he was summoned before the Tree under which the treaty was made. privy council to answer a charge of treason.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Senate, United States (search)
nnected with the personal history of some of the Senators may be mentioned these: Gen. James Shields represented three different States in the Senate—Illinois, from March 4, 1849, till March 3, 1855; Minnesota, from May 12, 1858, till March 3, 1859; Missouri, from Jan. 24, 1879, till March 3, 1879. Three men of the same family— James A. Bayard, his son of the same name, and his grandson, Thomas F. Bayard—represented Delaware, the first from January, 1805, till March, 1813; the second from April, 1867, till March, 1869, and the third from March, 1869, till March, 1885. Three other men of the same family name also represented Delaware in the Senate—Joshua Clayton, from Jan. 19, 1798, till his death the following July; Thomas Clayton, from Jan. 8, 1824, till March 3, 1827, and again from Jan. 9, 1837, till March 3, 1847; John M. Clayton, from March 4, 1845, till Feb. 23, 1849, and again from March 4, 1853, till his death, Nov. 9, 1856. Three men named Bell, two of them brothers, the thi
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories, United States Colored Troops. (search)
Ky., July 4, 1864. Attached to Military District of Kentucky, Dept. of the Ohio, to January, 1865. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 25th Corps, Dept. of Virginia, to April, 1865. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 25th Corps and Dept. of Texas, to April, 1867. Service. Duty at Camp Nelson and Louisa, Ky., till January, 1865. Ordered to Dept. of Virginia January 3, 1865. Siege operations against Petersburg and Richmond on the Bermuda Hundred Front till March, 1865. Appomattox Campaignsuit of Lee April 3-9. Appomattox Court House April 9. Surrender of Lee and his army. Duty at Petersburg and City Point till June. Moved to Texas June and July. Duty at Brownsville and other points on the Rio Grande, Texas, till April, 1867. Mustered out April 2, 1867. 115th United States Colored Regiment Infantry. Organized at Bowling Green, Ky., July 15 to October 21, 1864. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, District of Kentucky, 5th Division, 23rd Corps, Dept.
J. William Jones, Christ in the camp, or religion in Lee's army, Appendix: letters from our army workers. (search)
. At Chapin's Farm, early in spring of 1864, General Lee sent his military carriage to Richmond for Dr. Peterkin. During service Dr. P——knelt to pray; as usual, the men stood up or sat still, for most part; but when General Lee knelt in the dust, all dropped down instantly. I feel a deep interest in your book, and wish you God-speed in it. Fraternally yours, Henry M. White. I>from Rev. John R. Bagby, Baptist, Lieutenant Powhatan Artillery. Powhatan county, Virginia, April, 1867. Dear Brother Jones: I am glad you have undertaken so noble a work, and am only sorry that I can contribute so little towards it. In giving information like this, I do not know where to begin nor what to say after I have commenced. The Powhatan Artillery, of which I was a member, was, in the beginning of the war, a component part of what was known as First Regiment, Virginia Artillery, and afterwards in the command of Colonel J. T. Brown, and finally, after his death, in Hardaway's
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2, chapter 16 (search)
– Feb. Speech in Lowell; Fort Fisher. Army and Navy Journal, vol. 2, p. 377. — – Aug. Quoted about prisoners at Andersonville; in editorial on Wirz trial. Army and Navy Journal, vol. 2, p. 283. — Circular of managers of National asylum, April, 1867, signed Benj. F. Butler, pres. Army and Navy Journal, vol. 4, p. 566. — Characterized by the Comte de Paris in a letter dated Jan. 29, 1888. Army and Navy Journal, vol. 25, p. 617. — In paper on Theo. Winthrop. Geo. Wm. Curtis. Atlantic 1863, p. 2, col. 7. — Two men of 20th Regt. M. V. I. shot and one reprieved; sketch of their career; from N. Y. Herald. Boston Evening Journal, Sept. 1, 1863, p. 2, col. 2. Soldiers, disabled. Circular of managers of National Asylum, April, 1867; signed Benj. F. Butler, Pres. Army and Navy Journal, vol. 4, p. 566. — Committee of Massachusetts Legislature, to consider plan for providing for, 1865. Army and Navy Journal, vol. 3, p. 44. — Gen. E. W. Hincks has Boston off
Edward H. Savage, author of Police Recollections; Or Boston by Daylight and Gas-Light ., Boston events: a brief mention and the date of more than 5,000 events that transpired in Boston from 1630 to 1880, covering a period of 250 years, together with other occurrences of interest, arranged in alphabetical order, Boston events. (search)
at excitement, June 17, 1839 Fifteen-gallon repeal signed by Gov. Morton, Feb. 10, 1840 To sell, refused by the City Government, Sep. 14, 1846 The twenty-eight gallon law passed, Mar. 10, 1848 To sell, granted by the City Government, Apr. 19, 1852 Law prohibiting the sale, took effect, July 22, 1852 Maine Law, took effect in Massachusetts, May 2, 1855 Prosecutions fail with juries in Boston, Nov., 1855 Liquor license Hearing before a Committee, at State House, April, 1867 Prosecutions by the State Police began, May 27, 1867 Prosecutions by the State Police discontinued, Nov. 5, 1867 A new law passed by the Legislature, Apr. 23, 1868 Three Commissioners appointed for Boston, June 17, 1868 Boston Commissioners begin to license, Sep., 1868 Law abolished; prohibitory law passed, June 19, 1869 Seizures began by the State Constables, July 1, 1869 Retail sales stopped ten days (fire crisis) by Chief of Police, Nov. 11, 1872 Three Commis
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 12., Marm Betty. (search)
er death. Kind friends and neighbors united with true Christian kindness and furnished her daily food as follows:— On Sunday, Mrs. Nathaniel Hall, d. December, 1841, ae. 69. Monday, Mrs. Jonathan Porter, d. October, 1852, ae. 87. Tuesday, Governor Brooks, d. March, 1825, ae. 73. Wednesday, Mrs. Joseph Manning, d. August, 1835. Thursday, Mrs. Duncan Ingraham, d. August, 1830, ae. 87. Friday, Mr. John Bishop, d. February, 1833, ae. 77. Saturday, Mrs. Abner Bartlett, d. April, 1867, ae. 89. Governor Brooks always treated Miss Francis with great kindness and polite attention. Mrs. Samuel Swan supplied her with coffee for roasting for several years before 1823. Marm Betty must have filled a worthy place in Medford's history, none the less important because limited to the little home and her little charges. Her long life overlapped the first half-century of the new nation, but it was a day of small things with Medford's school system even, when she passed t
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 14., Sarah Jane Blanchard. (search)
ter of Aaron and Elizabeth (Tufts) Blanchard, and was born in Medford, January 13, 1829. She died in Medford, December 18, 1909. On her mother's side she was a descendant of Peter Tufts, the first of the name in Medford, and on her father's side from George Blanchard, the first permanent settler in that part of Medford now called Wellington. Her father was for many years the sexton of the First Trinitarian Church of Medford, and in childhood and youth she attended that church, but in April, 1867, she united, on confession of faith, with the Mystic (Congregational) Church; thereafter she was devoted to its interests and benevolences. In her young womanhood she was forewoman in the cloak-making department of the store of Spaulding, Hay and Wales of Boston. Later she bought the millinery business formerly conducted by Mrs. Cameron in Usher's Building, High street, Medford. She continued this occupation until failing health necessitated giving up business activity. She was smal