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William Tecumseh Sherman, Memoirs of General William T. Sherman ., volume 1, Chapter 7: Missouri. April and May, 1861. (search)
St. Louis, which I could not throw off at pleasure; that I had long deliberated on my course of action, and must decline his offer, however tempting and complimentary. He reasoned with me, but I persisted. He told me, in that event, he should appoint Lyon, and he did so. Finding that even my best friends were uneasy as to my political status, on the 8th of May I addressed the following official letter to the Secretary of War: office of St. Louis railroad Company, May 8, 1861. Hon. S. Cameron, Secretary of War, Washington, D. C. dear sir: I hold myself now, as always, prepared to serve my country in the capacity for which I was trained. I did not and will not volunteer for three months, because I cannot throw my family on the cold charity of the world. But for the three-years call, made by the President, an officer can prepare his command and do good service. I will not volunteer as a soldier, because rightfully or wrongfully I feel unwilling to take a mere private's
William Tecumseh Sherman, Memoirs of General William T. Sherman ., volume 1, Chapter 8: from the battle of Bull Run to Paducah--Kentucky and Missouri. 1861-1862. (search)
Colonel Corcoran; Seventy-ninth New York, Colonel Cameron; Second Wisconsin, Lieutenant-Colonel Pec ranks, talking, and in great confusion. Colonel Cameron had been mortally wounded, was carried tojunction with Colonel Hunter's division. Colonel Cameron was mortally wounded leading his regiment who turned out to be newspaper reporters. Mr. Cameron's first inquiry was, when he could start font us a good lunch and something to drink. Mr. Cameron was not well, and lay on my bed, but joinednts that were then en route for St. Louis. Mr. Cameron ordered him to divert these to Louisville, e the same troops which had been ordered by Mr. Cameron when at Louisville, and they were all that leaving Kentucky. On reaching Washington, Mr. Cameron called on General Thomas, as he himself aft stated to be the Secretary of War himself, Mr. Cameron, who never, to my knowledge, took pains to and natural conclusion from this remark of Mr. Cameron's was that whatever views might be submitte[20 more...]
William Tecumseh Sherman, Memoirs of General William T. Sherman ., volume 2, Chapter 22: campaign of the Carolinas. February and March, 1866. (search)
celebration, comprising all the arrangements that it may be necessary to make for the accommodation of the orator of the day, and the comfort and safety of the invited guests from the army and navy, and from civil life. By command of Major-General Q. A. Gillmore, W. L. M. Burger, Assistant Adjutant-General. Copy of Major Anderson's Dispatch, announcing the Surrender of Fort Sumter, April 14, 1861. Steamship Baltic, off Sandy Hook, April 18, 1861, 10.30 A. M.--Via New York. Honorable S. Cameron, Secretary of War, Washington: Having defended Fort Sumter for thirty-four hours, until the quarters were entirely burned, the main gates destroyed by fire, the gorge-walls seriously injured, the magazine surrounded by flames, and its door closed from the effect of heat, four barrels and three cartridges of powder only being available, and no provisions remaining but pork, I accepted terms of evacuation offered by General Beauregard, being the same offered by him on the 11th inst.,
Rebellion Record: Introduction., Volume 1. (ed. Frank Moore), Contents of Thie first volume. (search)
0,264 182.Tennessee 2d Regiment,265 183.Confederate Act on Debtors to U. S. Creditors,265 184.American Affairs in Germany,265 185.Sam Houston's Speech at Independence, Texas,266 186.Howell Cobb's Speech at Atlanta, Ga., May 22,268 187.Secretary Cameron's Letter on Volunteers,269 188.New York Volunteers, 2d Regiment,269 188 1/2.Dr. McClintock's Speech at Exeter Hall, London,269 189.A. H. Stephens' Speech at Atlanta, Ga., May 23,270 190.New York Volunteers, 5th Regiment, (Duryea's Zouavoklyn, May 29,307 212.Military Departments, U. S. Army,310 213.To Volunteer Nurses--(War Department,)310 214.Col. Mann's Regiment, (Pennsylvania,)311 214 1/2.London Daily News on the War, May 29,313 215.Contraband Negroes--Gen. Butler and Sec. Cameron,313 216.Maine 2d Regiment Volunteers,314 217.W. H. Russell's Letters from South Carolina and Georgia, April 30-May 1,314 218.New York 7th Regiment (S. M.) Papers,318 219.Maine 1st Regiment Volunteers,320 220.Fight at Acquia Creek,320 221
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1: prelminary narrative, Preliminary narrative. (search)
in and again for orders to enlist them in regiments; for more than a fortnight no reply came from Washington. At last on May 22 a letter was received from Secretary S. Cameron (dated May 15), authorizing the State, almost as a favor, to furnish six regiments, and adding: It is important to reduce rather than enlarge this number, rtance was first recognized by the people, urging on a slow and reluctant government. General Sherman, in his Memoirs (I, 231), describes a conversation with Mr. Cameron in October, 1861, in which the former said: I asserted that there were plenty of men at the North ready and willing to come, if he would only accept their servin all the north-western States, whose services had been refused by the War Department, on the ground that they would not be needed. . . . I thought I had roused Mr. Cameron to a realization of the great war that was before us and was in fact upon us. For regiments declined, see Schouler, I, 148, 165, 167, 169; also Patterson's She
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 18. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 3 (search)
McLean, Hon. John S. Wise, Hon. C. S. Baker, Colonel William Lamb, General P. M. B. Young, Bishop Potter, Rev. Dr. W. W. Page. The toasts. Colonel Dickinson made the opening address, and the following toasts were responded to: The Memory of Lee, Colonel Charles Marshall, of Baltimore; Let Us Have Peace, General Daniel E. Sickles; The Confederate Veteran, General William C. Oates, of Alabama; Our Country, the United States, Colonel Charles T. O'Ferrall, of Winchester, Va.; The Soldier-Journalist of ‘61-‘65, Colonel John A. Cockrill; Our Old Home, the South, Hon. Benton McMillan, of Nashville, Tenn.; Our Soldier Dead, drunk in silence. The Music. The Confederate Veteran Camp quartette, consisting of Messrs. Wilbur Gunn, Frederick Schilling, S. Cameron, and Alfred Poindexter, rendered some excellent music during the evening, The Star-Spangled Banner, I'se Gwine Back to Dixie, and My Country; 'Tis of Thee, being among their selections. Messrs. Gunn and Poindexter sang so
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Index (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller), C (search)
I., 232; VI., 190, 196. Caldwell, G. H., II., 69. Caldwell, J., VIII., 363, 366. Caldwell, J. C., II., 69. Caleb Cushing, revenue cutter, VI., 294. Calef, J. H., IV., 230. Calhoun, J. C., unveiling statue of, IX., 36. Calhoun,, U. S. S., II., 330. California enlistment Viii., 102. Cambridge, Mass., return of the Mass. Sixteenth Inf., IX., 261. Camden, Ark., II., 352. Camden, N. C.: I., 362. Cameron, R. A., X., 203. Cameron, S.: IV., 52; V., 130; VII., 30, 98, 192; VIII., 84, 345. Cameron Dragoons, Pa. Fifth Cav., IV., 253. Cammock, J., VIII., 281. Camps— Camp Allegheny, W. Va., I., 354. Camp Anderson, VIII., 89. Camp Asylum, Columbia, S. C., VII., 44. Camp Butler, near Springfield, Ill., I., 175; VII., 44, 68. Camp Cameron, Va., VIII., 67. Camp Cass, Va., I., 343; VIII., 101. Camp Chase, Columbus, Ohio, VII., 44, 68, 105, 108. Camp Creek, W. Va., I., 362. Camp Defiance, Ill., I.,
The Daily Dispatch: November 6, 1861., [Electronic resource], Message of the Governor of Vermont. (search)
d society, which they have so long enjoyed, the provision which will be made for them will be such as to render their situation as agreeable hereafter as it has been heretofore." General Shaking of hands — the Secretaries to accompany Scott to New York. Each member of the Administration then gave his hand to the veteran, and retired in profound silence. The Secretary of the Treasury, and the Secretary of War, accompany Gen. Scott to New York to-morrow by the early train. Cameron's letter. The following is the response of the Secretary of War to the letter of Gen. Scott: War Department, Washington, November 1, 1861. General: It was my duty to lay before the President your letter of yesterday, asking to be relieved, under the recent act of Congress. In separating from you I cannot refrain from expressing my deep regret that your health — shattered by long service and repeated wounds received in your country's defence — should render it necessary for <
The Daily Dispatch: October 19, 1863., [Electronic resource], Secret history of the subjugation of Maryland. (search)
ion for a spy named Howard, who has been very successful. He says to Gen. Banks: This man has been more than two months passing through secession counties in our State, and has been in Virginia. He is now employed by Lieut.-Gen. Scott in lower Potomac counties. What I desire is, that you be so kind as to write Hon. S. Cameron, Secretary of War, and say that you think this man Howard shall be reasonably compensated. He has spent his own money. I have not furnished a dollar, and Gen. Cameron, he (Howard) says, wishes to hear from you. I wrote the Secretary. This is a valuable man, is shrewd and reliable, and if stopped will be a loss to us. With lively recollections of our brief intercourse and your kindly manner, and a good hope that all will be well, am yours, Tho. H. Hicks. J. Bly denounces a supposed spy as follows: Their passes were procured by E. Petherbridge, who knew their sentiments well having cooperated with them and others during the last