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Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Chapter XXII: Operations in Kentucky, Tennessee, North Mississippi, North Alabama, and Southwest Virginia. March 4-June 10, 1862. (ed. Lieut. Col. Robert N. Scott), March 14, 1862.-skirmishes at Big Creek Gap and Jacksborough, Tenn. (search)
and had we been permitted to remain we would no doubt have had an opportunity of meeting the forces at Cumberland Gap which had been sent out to attack us, but on the 19th instant I received an order from you to report at headquarters with my command at the earliest possible moment. I accordingly took up the line of march for this place on the 20th instant, and arrived here on the 23d instant without the loss of a single man. Your obedient servant, Jas. P. T. Carter Colonel Second Bast Tennessee Volunteers. Acting Brigadier-General Carter, Comdg. Twelfth Brigade. No. 2.-report of Maj. Gen. E. Kirby Smith, C. S. Army. headquarters District of Tennessee, Knoxville, March 15, 1862. General: I have the honor to report that the enemy, having passed the Cumberland Mountains, yesterday surprised and captured, without the fire of a gun, I believe, the larger number of two companies of the First East Tennessee Cavalry near Jacksborough. Their force consisted of a regime
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), B. (search)
rger, and having a graver tone. It is held in an upright position when played, the butt-end resting on the floor or some object but little elevated above it. The instrument now generally known as the bass-viol is, in fact, the violoncello. Bast. A rope or cord made of the bark of the lime-tree, bass-wood, or linden; also the bark made into ropes and mats. Bastard file. One of a grade between the rough and the smooth, in respect of the relative prominence and coarseness of the tet the latter was borne by slaves. The name is derived from a people of the Carpathian Mountains, and was afterwards applied to a species of ox-cart or wagon used by the early kings of France. The name survives in a modern European carriage. Bast′ing-ma-chine′. A sewing-machine making the running stitch, and used in basting together the ends of pieces of cotton cloth, in order to form them into a continuous length for convenient feeding and handling during the operations of washing, ble
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), T. (search)
ures. Common Name.Botanical Name of the Genus and Species of the Plant by which the Fiber is produced.Native Place, or where chiefly grown.Qualities, Uses, etc. Agave, or American aloeAgave americanaMexico, etc.Various fabrics and paper are made from this and other species of agave. AmadonPolyporus formentarius.EuropeThe source of German tinder. BambooBambusa arundinaceaeTropicsPaper, cloth, etc., of coarse kinds. BananaMusa sapientumTropicsVarious fabrics; the fiber resembles flax. Bast(See Cuba and Lime)Twine. Tying up cigar-bundles, etc. Bowstring-hempSanseviera zeylanicaIndiaStrong. Used for cordage, etc. Cactus fiberOpuntia tuna, etcTropicsFrom layers of the stem. Baskets, ornamental work, etc. China grass, or RheaBoehmeria niveaChina, India, etcFine. Linen, cambrics, nets, etc. Cocoa-nut, or CoirCocos nuciferaTropicsStrong and coarse. Cordage, mats, brushes, bags, ropes, etc. CottonGossypium her baceum, etcWarm countries.Length, strength, etc., of fiber, vario
The Daily Dispatch: December 19, 1860., [Electronic resource], Secession movement at the South. (search)
red. In case of a dissolution, and the formation of a confederacy from which New England shall be excluded, the Advertiser trusts that the Commonwealth founded by Roger Williams will prefer original sovereignty to a confederation with Massachusetts fanaticism. The magnificence of Newport harbor leads the Advertiser to refer to the history of Hamburg. Bremen, &c., as encouraging "a separate political organization that would command the respect of the world." Political Revolution "down Bast." The remarkable circumstance that the Hon Isaac Davis, an old and sterring Democrat, has been elected Mayor of Worcester — the hotbed of Massachusetts ultra-republicanism — is thus alluded to by the Transcript, (Republican,) of that city: A city that on the 6th day of November cast two thousand six hundred and forty-eight Republican votes to thirteen hundred and forty-eight for all others — just two to one--on the 8th of December, gives a majority of one hundred and seventy-three f<
The Daily Dispatch: August 27, 1862., [Electronic resource], Further from the North. (search)
. He was to address his "fellow citizens of Irish birth" at a meeting in Monument Square, on Wednesday evening. The fact that Gen. McClellan was the "last man to cross the Chickahominy" on the retreat is paraded in the Northern papers. Captain Wm. Clark, has been arrested in Maryland for recruiting for the Confederate States service. The following account of the retreat of McClellan is deeply interesting. It is from the correspondence of the New York Herald: M'Clellan's last Change of Bast. The correspondent dates from "Headquarters, Army of the Potomac," August 17th, and writes as follows: By Wednesday night all requisite arrangements were completed, and the army ready to march at short notice at any time. Nearly all the sick had been embarked, and the rest could be disposed of in an hour's time. In the afternoon it became known that Gen. McClellan had gone down the river for some purpose connected with the anxiously expected movement, and it was reported and gener