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General James Longstreet, From Manassas to Appomattox, Chapter28: Gettysburg-Third day. (search)
on of the American war, his maladroit manipulation of the Confederate army during the Gettysburg campaign was to him a matter of ceaseless self reproach. If, said he, on many occasions, I had taken General Longstreet's advice on the eve of the second day of the battle of Gettysburg, and filed off the left corps of my army behind the right corps, in the direction of Washington and Baltimore, along the Emmitsburg road, the Confederates would to-day be a free people. Eclectic Magazine, May, 1872. It should be stated that kindest relations were maintained between General Lee and myself until interrupted by politics in 1867. It is difficult to reconcile these facts with the reports put out after his death by members of his family and of his staff, and post-bellum champions, that indicate his later efforts to find points by which to so work up public opinion as to shift the disaster to my shoulders. Some of the statements of the members of the staff have been referred to.
Varina Davis, Jefferson Davis: Ex-President of the Confederate States of America, A Memoir by his Wife, Volume 2, Chapter 50: Virginia campaign, 1864. (search)
success to offset this loss. He had not defeated his adversary in any of the battle-fields of the campaign, nor did it seem that he had stricken him any serious blow. The Army of Northern Virginia, not reinforced until it reached Hanover Junction, and then only by about 9,000 men, had repulsed every assault, and in the final trial of strength with a force vastly its superior, had inflicted upon the enemy, in about an hour, a loss of 13,000 men. John Esten Cooke, in Eclectic Magazine, May, 1872. When the army drew closer to Richmond, Mr. Davis's visits to General Lee, which had been previously made as often as his executive labor permitted, were paid every day, and the spirits in which the President returned were dependent on the General's account of the progress of the enemy; his temper always became more cheerful as affairs looked darker. Mr. Davis had a childlike faith in the providential care of the Just Cause by Almighty God, and a doubt of its righteousness never ente
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), De Smet, Peter John, 1801-1872 (search)
St. Louis he was several times surrounded by the Blackfeet Indians, who, when they saw his crucifix and black gown, showed him the greatest respect. On Sept. 24, 1841, with a party of other missionaries he reached Bitter Root River, where the mission of St. Mary's was begun. After spending about a year in learning the Blackfeet language and in endeavoring to make St. Mary's a permanent mission, he went to Europe to solicit aid. After arousing great enthusiasm in Belgium and France he sailed from Antwerp in December, 1843, with five Jesuits and six sisters, and in August, 1844, arrived at Fort Van couver, and planted a central mission o the Willamette River. In 1845 he undertook a series of missions among the Sinpoils, Zingomenes, Okenaganes, Kootenays, and Flatbows. He made severe trips to Europe for aid. Father De Smet wrote The Oregon missions and travel over the Rocky Mountains; Western missions and missionaries; New India sketches, etc. He died in St. Louis, Mo in May, 1872.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Kellogg, Clara Louise 1842- (search)
Kellogg, Clara Louise 1842- Opera singer; born in Sumterville, S. C., July 12, 1842; removed to New York in 1856, and there received her musical education. She made her first appearance in New York as Gilda, in Rigoletto, in the Academy of Music, in 1861, and in London in Her Majesty's Theatre in 1867. She made tours through the United States from 1868 till her reappearance in London in May, 1872. Returning to the United States she sang in Italian opera for a season; organized an English opera company; then an Italian opera company (1876); subsequently appeared in concert only; reappeared in opera in Europe in 1879-83; later made a tour of the United States with a company of her own; and, marrying her manager, Carl Strakosch, in 1887, retired to private life.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Lanman, Joseph 1811-1874 (search)
Lanman, Joseph 1811-1874 Naval officer; born in Norwich, Conn., July 11, 1811; entered the navy in 1825; became captain in 1861, and commodore in 1862. He commanded the frigate Minnesota in the North Atlantic squadron, in 1864-65, and had the command of the second division of Porter's squadron in both attacks on Fort Fisher. He commanded a squadron on the coast of Brazil from 1869 to 1871, and in May, 1872, was retired. On Dec. 8, 1867, he was promoted to rear-admiral. He died in Norwich, March 13, 1874.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Music and musicians in the United States. (search)
phony soirees in New YorkDec., 1864 Oberlin Conservatory of Music founded.1865 Der Nordamerikanische Sangerbund reorganized at Chicago1868 National Peace Jubilee held in Boston, Mass.; over 10,000 singers and 1,000 musicians; P. S. Gilmore, conductor.June 15-20, 1869 New England Conservatory of Music established at Providence, R. I., 1859: removed to Boston, 1867; incorporated1870 Beethoven Conservatory of Music founded at St. Louis1871 Fisk University Jubilee singers Oct., 1871, to May, 1872 World's Peace Jubilee and International Musical Festival held in BostonJune 17 to July 4, 1872 Beethoven Quintet Club organized in Boston1873 Music Teachers' National Association organized1876 New York College of Music incorporated1878 Cincinnati College of Music incorporated1878 The Metropolitan Opera-house, New York, opened with the opera FaustOct. 22, 1883 Dr. Leopold Damrosch engaged for a season of German opera which began.Nov. 17, 1884 Dr. Damrosch diedFeb. 15, 1885 American
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Reconstruction. (search)
will. He uniformly vetoed acts passed by Congress, but his vetoes were impotent for mischief, for the bills were passed over them by very large majorities. His conduct so estranged his cabinet ministers that they all resigned in March, 1866, excepting the Secretary of War (Mr. Stanton), who retained his post at that critical time for the public good. Congress pressed forward the work of reconstruction in spite of the President's opposition. Late in July Tennessee was reorganized, and took its place in the councils of the nation: The President's official acts finally caused his impeachment, when, after a trial, he was acquitted by one vote. Finally, the disorganized States, having complied with the requirements of Congress, the Union was fully restored in May, 1872. On the 23d of that month every seat in Congress was filled for the first time since the winter of 1860-61, when members from several of the slave-labor States abandoned them. See Civil rights bill; Freedmen's Bureau.
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), S. (search)
11 feet. The longest bridge in England is that built by Bernard Abbot of Burton, over the Trent at Burton, in the twelfth century. It is all of squared freestone, is strong and lofty, is 1,545 feet in length, and consists of 34 arches Most of the 339 bridges of Venice are of stone. The Union arch of the Washington Aqueduct over Cabin John Creek has 220 feet span, is 450 feet long, 20 feet 4 inches wide; the elevation of the roadway above the bed of the stream is 100 feet. Cost to May, 1872, $237,000. Stone-cem′ent. A hard composition of the nature of mortar, which will harden and form a watertight joint. A mineral compound for uniting stone and resisting water is male by mixing 19 lbs. of sulphur with 42 lbs. of powdered glass or stone ware Over a gentle heat the sulphur melts, and the whole is stirred till a homogeneous mass is obtained, when it may be run into molds. It melts at 248° Fah., and becomes hard as stone, and will resist boiling at 230° Fah. It may be
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Carlyle's laugh and other surprises, chapter 12 (search)
er of being forgotten, but they cannot in the long run save it from the doom which awaits too great diffuseness in words. During all this period of hard work, he found room also for magazine articles, always thoroughly done. Nowhere is there a finer analysis, on the whole, of the sources of difficulty in Homeric translation than will be found in Stedman's review of Bryant's translation of Homer, and nowhere a better vindication of a serious and carefully executed book ( Atlantic Monthly, May, 1872). He wrote also an admirable volume of lectures on the Nature and Elements of poetry for delivery at Johns Hopkins University. As years went on, our correspondence inevitably grew less close. On March 10, 1893, he wrote, I am so driven at this season, let alone financial worries, that I have to write letters when and where I can. Then follows a gap of seven years; in 1900 his granddaughter writes on October 25, conveying affectionate messages from him; two years after, April 2, 1903,
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 4, Chapter 50: last months of the Civil War.—Chase and Taney, chief-justices.—the first colored attorney in the supreme court —reciprocity with Canada.—the New Jersey monopoly.— retaliation in war.—reconstruction.—debate on Louisiana.—Lincoln and Sumner.—visit to Richmond.—the president's death by assassination.—Sumner's eulogy upon him. —President Johnson; his method of reconstruction.—Sumner's protests against race distinctions.—death of friends. —French visitors and correspondents.—1864-1865. (search)
on, Dennison, and Speed for the inclusion, and McCulloch, Welles, and Usher against it. The President took the papers without expressing an opinion. Sumner was quickly informed of what had transpired in the Cabinet— as appears by his interview the next day with Welles—and he counted at this time on the President's decision in favor of equal suffrage, irrespective of race. This statement as to Stanton's draft and Sumner's relation to it rests on Welles's articles in the Galaxy April and May, 1872, pp. 525-531, 666,667. Welles in Hartford Times, March 19, 1872; Sumner's Works, vol. IX. p. 479. Mr. Johnson was, during the weeks following his accession, waited upon by delegations to express their sympathy and confidence. To these he talked with a certain vigor, but with looseness, declaring, with repetition, that treason is a crime and ought to be punished. His apparent ardor in this direction caused apprehension among thoughtful men, even among those who favored radical measur
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