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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Buchanan, Franklin, 1800-1874 (search)
Buchanan, Franklin, 1800-1874 Naval officer; born in Baltimore, Md., Sept. 17, 1800: entered the navy in 1815; became lieutenant in 1825, and master-commander in 1841. He was the first superintendent of the Naval Academy at Annapolis. Sympathizing with the Confederate movement, and believing his State would secede, he sent in his resignation. Finding that Maryland did not secede, he petitioned for restoration, but was refused, when he entered the Confederate service, and superintended( td did not secede, he petitioned for restoration, but was refused, when he entered the Confederate service, and superintended( the fitting-out of the old Merrimac (rechristened the Virginia) at Norfolk. In her he fought the Monitor and was severely wounded. He afterwards blew up his vessel to save her from capture. In command of the ironclad Tennessee, in Mobile Bay, he was defeated and made prisoner. He died in Talbot county. Md., May 11, 1874. See monitor and Merrimac. Buchanan, James
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Virginia, (search)
y of the Potomac......July 27, 1861 Holding or accepting office under the federal government declared treason by the State......Aug. 1, 1861 Battle of Ball's Bluff......Oct. 21, 1861 West Virginia votes for a separation from Virginia; vote substantially unanimous......Oct. 24, 1861 Confederate armies in Virginia reorganized under Gen. Joseph E. Johnston......Nov. 9, 1861 Union troops occupy Big Bethel......Jan. 3, 1862 At Hampton Roads the Confederate ram Merrimac, Capt. Franklin Buchanan, sinks the Federal ship Cumberland, captures the Congress, and forces the Minnesota aground......March 8, 1862 Battle between the Merrimac and Monitor, Lieutenant Worden commander; Merrimac retires......March 9, 1862 Manassas Junction evacuated by the Confederates......March 10, 1862 Battle of Winchester, or Kernstown, Gen. James Shields commanding Federal forces; Gen. Stonewall Jackson, Confederates; Confederates retire......March 23, 1862 Peninsular campaign in Virgini
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Veto (search)
g. 4, 1854Internal Improvements. 36Feb. 17, 1855French Spoliation Claims. 37March 3. 1855Subsidy for Ocean Mails. 38May 19, 1856Internal Improvements, MississippiPassed over veto. 39May 19, 1856Internal Improvements, St. Clair Flats, Mich.Passed over veto. 40May 22, 1856Internal Improvements, St. Mary's River, Mich.Passed over veto. 41Aug. 11, 1856Internal Improvements, Des Moines River, Mich.Passed over veto. 42Aug. 14, 1856Internal Improvements, Patapsco River, MdPassed over veto. Buchanan,7 43Jan. 7, 1859Overland MailsPocketed. 44Feb. 24, 1859Land Grants for Agricultural Colleges. 45Feb. 1, 1860Internal Improvements, St. Clair Flats, Mich.Pocketed. 46Feb. 6, 1860Internal Improvements, Mississippi RiverPocketed. 47Apr. 17, 1860Relief of A. Edwards & Co. 48June 22, 1860Homestead. 49Jan. 25, 1861Relief of Hockaday & Legget. Lincoln, 3 50June 23, 1862Bank Notes in District of Columbia. 51July 2, 1862Medical Offices in the Army. 52Jan. 5, 1865Correcting Clerical Errors
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Washington, D. C. (search)
fident of the success of their scheme that a leading Virginian said openly: Mr. Lincoln will not dare to come to Washington after the expiration of the term of Mr. Buchanan. The city will be seized and occupied as the capital of the Southern Confederacy, and Mr. Lincoln will be compelled to take his oath of office in Philadelphiawis, of Washington: We intend to take possession of the army and navy and of the archives of the government; not allow the electoral vote to be counted; proclaim Buchanan provisional President, if he will do as we wish—and if not, choose another; seize the Harper's Ferry arsenal and the Gosport navy-yard simultaneously, and, sendipies in Washington could not trust him. One of them, writing to the Charleston Mercury, said: I know all that has been done here, but depend upon nothing that Mr. Buchanan promises. He will cheat us unless we are too quick for him. Nor would they confide implicitly in each other. The same writer said: Further, let me warn you
A Roster of General Officers , Heads of Departments, Senators, Representatives , Military Organizations, &c., &c., in Confederate Service during the War between the States. (ed. Charles C. Jones, Jr. Late Lieut. Colonel of Artillery, C. S. A.), Commissioned and Warrant officers of the Navy of the Cofederate States January 1, 1864. (search)
Commissioned and Warrant officers of the Navy of the Cofederate States January 1, 1864. Rank.Name.State where born.State from which appointed. Original entry into service of C. S. N.Date of Present Commission.Date of Rank.Present Duty. AdmiralFranklin BuchananMarylandMaryland Sept. 5, 1861.Aug. 21, 1862.Aug. 21, 1862.Commanding at Mobile. CaptainLawrence RousseauLouisianaLouisiana March 26, 1861.Oct. 23, 1862.March 26, 1861.Waiting orders. CaptainFrench ForrestVirginiaVirginia June 10, 1861.Oct. 23, 1862.March 26, 1861.Commanding James River squadron. CaptainJosiah TattnallGeorgiaGeorgia March 26, 1861.Oct. 23, 1862.March 26, 1861.Commanding naval station at Savannah. CaptainV. M. RandolphVirginiaAlabama March 26, 1861.Oct. 23, 1862.March 26, 1861.Waiting orders. CaptainGeorge N. HollinsMarylandMaryland June 22, 1861.Oct. 23, 1862.March 26, 1861.Waiting orders. CaptainD. N. IngrahamSouth CarolinaSouth Carolina March 26, 1861.Oct. 23, 1862.March 26, 1861.Commanding nav
Edward Alfred Pollard, The lost cause; a new Southern history of the War of the Confederates ... Drawn from official sources and approved by the most distinguished Confederate leaders., Chapter 4: (search)
ersy. the Lecompton Convention. the Topeka Constitution. President Buchanan's position and arguments. opposition of Senator Douglas. hi contest for political power between two rival sections. When Mr. Buchanan came into the Presidential office, in 1S57, lie at once perceivehe Constitution, without slavery, 509. Under this Constitution, Mr. Buchanan recommended the admission of Kansas into the Union; and indeed hd Societies of New England. In his first message to Congress, Mr. Buchanan surveyed the whole ground of the controversy. He explained thatlar approbation. These views appeared reasonable enough. But Mr. Buchanan found that they were opposed by many members of Congress who hadch lad taken place between Mr. Douglas and the administration of Mr. Buchanan. The anti-slavery sentiment in the North was conciliated by thes; and then it came in with an anti-slavery Constitution, and President Buchanan, consistently, signed the bill of admission. But the troub
Edward Alfred Pollard, The lost cause; a new Southern history of the War of the Confederates ... Drawn from official sources and approved by the most distinguished Confederate leaders., Chapter 5: (search)
irginia on the subject of State Rights. President Buchanan on the Secession question. his weak chatermeddling. his impracticable advice. President Buchanan's perfidy in the Moultrie Sumter affairWest affair. the situation. At the close of Buchanan's administration. the country waiting for th and to provoke hostility. The policy of Mr. Buchanan was unfortunately weak and hesitatingan at distribute his favours. It is true that Mr. Buchanan was over-censured by the North for his faile for this military operation. But while Mr. Buchanan's course in refusing to distribute a thousathe Federal Government. At the instance of Mr. Buchanan, their communication was put in writing, anto order Anderson back to Fort Moultrie, President Buchanan determined to take another step-actuallen the result of this expedition was known, Mr. Buchanan affected surprise and indignation at the reexpressions of indignation and contempt. Mr. Buchanan's administration terminated with results al[2 more...]
Edward Alfred Pollard, The lost cause; a new Southern history of the War of the Confederates ... Drawn from official sources and approved by the most distinguished Confederate leaders., Chapter 6: (search)
lict of counsels the Washington administration hesitated. Mr. Lincoln, at one time, although with bitter reluctance, agreed that the fort should be evacuated, if the responsibility of the act could be thrown on the preceding administration of Mr. Buchanan. A leading article for a New York paper had been prepared, the proof-sheet of which was submitted to Mr. Lincoln and approved. In this, the ground was taken that the evacuation was an absolute military necessity, brought about by treason on the part of Mr. Buchanan, who, it was insisted, might have reinforced and supplied the garrison, but not only failed to do so, but purposely left it in such condition as to force his successor in office to encounter the ignominy of yielding it up to time Southerners. This same article lauded Mr. Lincoln's pacific policy, saying: Had war — not peace --been his object,--had he desired to raise throughout the mighty North a feeling of indignation which in ninety days would have emancipated every s
Edward Alfred Pollard, The lost cause; a new Southern history of the War of the Confederates ... Drawn from official sources and approved by the most distinguished Confederate leaders., Chapter 7: (search)
ar. But in respect of small arms, at least, she found herself amply furnished. Mir. Floyd, the Secretary of War under Mr. Buchanan's administration, had taken occasion to transfer to the different arsenals at the South more than one hundred thousand a favorite theme of reproach and censure in the North, and was most unjustly taken as a proof of incipient treason in Mr. Buchanan's Cabinet. It was certainly an important assistance to the South (although this contribution of arms was really less nd the story of the stolen arms was perpetuated in every variety of Yankee publication. It is strange indeed, as ex-President Buchanan remarks in a recent printed defence of his Administration, to what extent public prejudice may credit a falsehood arming the militia. Could the force of misrepresentation further go than to torture from these facts the charge that Mr. Buchanan's Secretary of War had fraudulently sent public arms to the South for the use of the insurgents! Yet this is but one
Edward Alfred Pollard, The lost cause; a new Southern history of the War of the Confederates ... Drawn from official sources and approved by the most distinguished Confederate leaders., Chapter 8: (search)
enerous expressions did not stop here. Personalities were freely indulged in. The President was vilely abused for not having recalled Mr. Harvey, the minister to Portugal, because he had corresponded with the South Carolina authorities during Mr. Buchanan's administration; and Gen. Scott, who was sacrificing for the Northern objects of the war, all that remained to him of the years and honours of a long life, was not spared from an atrocious libel charging him with having offered premiums to trs well as the fortifications on and near the mouth of the Mississippi. About the beginning of the year 1861, he was appointed superintendent of the Military Academy at West Point; but the appointment was revoked within forty-eight hours by President Buchanan, for the spiteful reason, as is alleged, that Senator Slidell of Louisiana, the brother-in-law of the nominee, had given offence by a secession speech at Washington. Subsequently, Major Beauregard resigned his commission in the service of
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