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John Beatty, The Citizen-Soldier; or, Memoirs of a Volunteer, February, 1863. (search)
February, 1863. February, 3 This has been the coldest day of the season in this latitude. The ground is frozen hard. I made the round of the picket line after dinner, and was thoroughly chilled. Visited the hospital this evening. Young Willets, of the Third, whom I thought getting along well before I left for home, died two days before my return. Benedict is dead, and Glenn, poor fellow, will go next. His leg is in a sling, and he is compelled to lie in one position all the time. Mortification has set in, and he can not last more than a day or two. Murfreesboro is one great hospital, filled with Nationals and Confederates. February, 4 At noon cannonading began on our left and front, and continued with intervals until sunset. I have heard no explanation of the firing, but think it probable our troops started up the Shelbyville road to reconnoiter, discovered the enemy, and a small fight ensued. February, 5 It is said the enemy came within six miles of Murfre
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 7. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 15 (search)
at twelve o'clock midnight, on the thirteenth, and proceeded to the left, arriving just at daylight, where the balance of our brigade (Second) awaited us. Colonel Benedict arrived from opposite Port Hudson on the twelfth, and our regiment was transferred from the First to the Second brigade, and he placed in command. The movemne was formed, and a small one we had. The Major's body was brought in to be sent home, and my pet favorite, Sergeant Fred. Mitchell, (who, as a favor to me, Colonel Benedict had made an acting lieutenant — he was so good a soldier and handsome and talented,) who, the last I saw of him, was his sword flashing in the sunlight as hehousand are here, and we storm on Weitzel's front, on the extreme right. The first officer in our brigade was myself, my Second Lieutenant is another, and Colonel Benedict leads us. It is, as you will perceive, in spite of the flattering order, a forlorn hope. Our position is critical. Something must be done. I am confident
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 5. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 140 (search)
e rebel pickets were within two hundred and fifty yards of us, and if we attempted to distribute poles with our wagon we would be fired upon. Of these facts I informed all our men. Regardless of danger, they unanimously voted for the extension. Fortunately that night was dark, and promptly at nine P. M. we were in readiness to commence operations. After cautioning all hands to work quietly, I detailed the men as follows: Cosgrove, Hoover, Greiner and McGuire to dig holes; Rote, Keiler, Benedict and Jones to distribute poles on their shoulders, who had to carry them a full mile. John Tryer I posted as guard. His duty was to watch the flash of the rebel guns, and notify the men, who were working and could not see, when to fall on the sod, should the rebels hear us and open. Thus far all was quiet in the secesh quarters. Scarcely had our operations commenced when a compliment from Gen. Magruder in the shape of a shell was sent us. Through the timely notice received from our guard
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 8. (ed. Frank Moore), Battle of Pleasant Hill. (search)
brigade, Third division, Sixteenth army corps; Colonel Benedict, Nineteenth army corps, who fell mortally wound, and missing, are estimated at two thousand. Colonel Benedict, commanding a brigade, was the only general ofthe right, General Dwight's on the centre, and Colonel Benedict's on the left. Taylor's battery L, First regud in bad position, did scarcely any damage. Colonel Benedict's brigade on the left was first engaged, soon e commanders, Generals Dwight and McMillan and Colonel Benedict, especially distinguished themselves in the clht of the road, the left resting on the road. Colonel Benedict's brigade formed on the left of General Dwightan eminence on the left of the road and in rear of Benedict's left. Hibbard's Vermont battery was in the reark across the field to the attack. Our left, Colonel Benedict's brigade, came into action first, and soon af fled in the greatest confusion and dismay. Colonel Benedict, while gallantly leading his brigade in the ch
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), D. (search)
years after, the Consul Marcus Valerius Messala brought to Rome a dial from the spoils of Catania, in Sicily, and this he placed on a pillar near the rostrum; but, not being calculated for the latitude of Rome, it was inexact. The obelisk erected by Augustus in the Campus Martius was brought by his orders from Egypt. It was originally hewn for Pharaoh Sesothis, according to Pliny, and was 76 3/4 feet in hight. After being long buried in ruins, it was disinterred but not reerected by Pope Benedict XIV., and was found to be broken. Pliny states that in its position in the Campus Martius it was applied to a singular purpose by the late Emperor Augustus, that of marking the shadows projected by the sun, and so measuring the length of the days and nights. With this object a stone pavement was laid, the extreme length of which corresponded exactly with the length of the shadow thrown by the obelisk at the sixth hour (noon) on the day of the winter solstice. After this period the sha
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), S. (search)
7. 76,340MinorApr. 7, 1868. 82,183VanduzerSept. 13, 1868. 4. Reciprocating Surface below Cloth. (continued). No.Name.Date. 83,133ColeOct. 20, 1868. 83,596BenedictNov. 3, 1868. 84,389SmithNov. 24, 1868. 93,553PlummerAug. 10, 1869. 98,452WhitneyDec. 28, 1869. 98,771HouseJan. 11, 1870. (Reissue.)3,795WillcoxJan. 11, 25,255GolayAug. 30, 1859. 3. Corders (continued). No.Name.Date. 26,561BradyDec. 27, 1859. 28,776Rank inJune 19, 1860. 31,494TaylorFeb. 19, 1861. 39,336BenedictJuly 28, 1863. 42,657HenryMay 10, 1864. 49,968BradySept. 19, 1865. 91,285SulgroveJune 15, 1869. 114,254BarnumMay 2, 1871. 115,048Fowler et al.May 23, 1871. . 11, 1866. 61,103RehfussJan. 8, 1867. 64,840ClemonsMay 21, 1867. 64,968GarvieMay 21, 1867. 65,395KingJune 4, 1867. 67,590Safford et al.Aug. 6, 1867. 81,466Benedict et al.Aug. 25, 1868. 81,604ClineSept. 1, 1868. 84,783WensleyDec. 8, 1868. 5. Guides (continued). No.Name.Date. 85,364CarpenterDec. 29, 1868. 86,474Van Vl
William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 1, Chapter 9: (search)
e regiment lost seven killed and forty-one wounded. Among the killed was Lieutenant-Colonel O'Brien. He fell early in the engagement, pierced by a rifle-shot, as he turned to cheer forward the storming party he was leading. He was a brave soldier, a generous companion and friend, and a true-hearted patriot. June 5.—The regiment was sent to the Plains Store for rearguard duty. On the 14th, having reported to General Dwight, it formed a part of the assaulting column under command of Colonel Benedict. In that engagement it lost two killed and eleven wounded. The next day, it was ordered back to its brigade, and shared all the exposure and hardships of the siege of Port Hudson. In the engagement at Donaldsville on the 13th July, the Third Brigade, under command of Colonel Dudley, suffered considerably. The loss in the Forty-eighth was three killed, seven wounded, twenty-three taken prisoners. On Aug. 1, the regiment returned to its camp at Baton Rouge, having left it seventy-
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 11. (ed. Frank Moore), Doc. 16. operations in Tennessee. (search)
the officers killed, was Captain E. Grosvenor, Eighteenth Ohio volunteers, and First Lieutenant Samuel W. Thomas, Eighteenth Ohio volunteers. They fell, gallantly leading their commands, on the fifteenth of December, in the assault upon the enemy's works. They held high character in the service for manly and soldierly qualities. A lieutenant of the Second battalion, Fourteenth corps, was also killed, whose name and regiment has not yet been obtained. Among the officers wounded were Captains Benedict, Eighteenth Ohio volunteers; Henderson, One Hundred and Twenty-first Ohio volunteers; Brown, Twenty-seventh Ohio volunteers, and J. B. Emery, Eighteenth Ohio volunteers. The number of men who were left at Nashville, by direction of the surgeons, and from various points sent to hospitals in rear, was large, owing to the material of the command-reached eleven hundred during the campaign. Those left at Nashville were reported at five hundred. The number sent back by trains from Limes
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 11. (ed. Frank Moore), Friday, January 13. (search)
the officers killed, was Captain E. Grosvenor, Eighteenth Ohio volunteers, and First Lieutenant Samuel W. Thomas, Eighteenth Ohio volunteers. They fell, gallantly leading their commands, on the fifteenth of December, in the assault upon the enemy's works. They held high character in the service for manly and soldierly qualities. A lieutenant of the Second battalion, Fourteenth corps, was also killed, whose name and regiment has not yet been obtained. Among the officers wounded were Captains Benedict, Eighteenth Ohio volunteers; Henderson, One Hundred and Twenty-first Ohio volunteers; Brown, Twenty-seventh Ohio volunteers, and J. B. Emery, Eighteenth Ohio volunteers. The number of men who were left at Nashville, by direction of the surgeons, and from various points sent to hospitals in rear, was large, owing to the material of the command-reached eleven hundred during the campaign. Those left at Nashville were reported at five hundred. The number sent back by trains from Limes
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1: prelminary narrative, Preliminary narrative. (search)
ation on the part of all. Col. Albert G. Browne, afterwards the governor's military secretary, was sent to the governors of Maine and New Hampshire; Colonel Wardrop, commander of the 3d Mass. Volunteer Militia, was sent to Vermont, and others to Rhode Island and Connecticut. The military historians of Maine and New Hampshire make no reference to this communication; and it is evident that in Vermont it led only to some correspondence but to little open or actual preparation for fighting. Benedict's Vermont in the Civil War, p. 7. The first direct and overt step taken by Governor Andrew was the apparently mild one of causing a salute to be fired on Jan. 8, 1861, General Order No. 2, Headquarters, Boston. in commemoration of the battle of New Orleans, this being at the suggestion of the Hon. Charles Francis Adams. The next step took place on January 16, G. O. No. 4, Headquarters, Boston (Schouler, I, 20). when an order was issued requiring each company commander in a militi
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