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Horace Greeley, The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65: its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union. Volume II., chapter 25 (search)
little river Ny, with his guns planted on the ridge beyond, to sweep our columns as they advanced. After a mutual cannonade, Robinson's overmatched division was advanced to the assault, but repulsed; Robinson being severely wounded. Later in the day, when part of the 6th corps had come up, the assault was renewed, Griffin's division taking part; when the enemy were driven back, with a loss of 1,500. Ours was judged to be less. Miles's brigade of Hancock's corps was attacked this day at Corbyn's bridge, but beat off its assailants. Wilson, with our advance cavalry, penetrated to Spottsylvania Court House; but, being unsupported, was compelled to retire. Next day, May 9. our army cleared the Wilderness and was concentrated around Spottsylvania Court House, now held by Hill and Ewell: Warren in the center, Hancock on the right, Sedgwick on the left. While placing his guns, and bantering some of his men, who winced at tlhe singing of Rebel bullets, Gen. Sedgwick was struck in
Adam Badeau, Grant in peace: from Appomattox to Mount McGregor, a personal memoir, Chapter 18: (search)
eserved. I fancied I saw the shadow of his coming responsibility and that it depressed him. On his arrival at Washington he was at once beset with applications for office, and advice for his own behavior and policy. One of his acquaintances, a Mr. Corbyn, who afterwards became his brother-in-law, wrote out an inaugural address for him in full, and brought it to him in my presence. As soon as Corbyn left the room Grant handed the paper to me and told me to seal it up, and be sure it was not rCorbyn left the room Grant handed the paper to me and told me to seal it up, and be sure it was not read by any human being till after the 4th of March. He never knew the contents, and I never read more than the first line: Fellow-citizens, I appear before you at this time. There were more than six hundred letters waiting for him in Washington, all of which I opened. A newspaper correspondent came in and saw me at this task, and the next week there was a caricature of The man that opens the letters sitting behind a heap of rejected applications as high as the table; this part of the repres
The Daily Dispatch: June 3, 1862., [Electronic resource], article 14 (search)
th. Seventh Company.--Private Jesse Pennington. Eight Company — Capt T A Perry, Corpl J M Drew, Privates B Lauter and J Plane. Ninth Company--Corpl L M. Gresham, Privates A C Roberts, J H. Peeples, J E Tacker, and J B Carson. Tenth Company--Privates N Wilson, J T Bryant, J L Long, and Thos L Blanton Eleventh Company.--Privates F Burns and C S Shippey. Wounded. Lieut.-Col. Pyles, severely. First Company.--Lieut Brown, Lieut C L Wript, Serg J Roberts, Serg R Corbyn, Privates D P Hurlbut, B Masters, J Register, M Berant, H McClellan, Thomas Aybar, W Booth, S Brown, R Wilson, 8 Griffith, C W Johnson. Second Company.--Lieut Tillinghast, Serg W C Butler, Corp'l C S Rains, Corp'l R Cobb, Privates A C Butler, T L Darcy, W W Howard, H E Daffin, R A Jenkins, J L McNulty, J R B Owens, W G Peacock, T P Player, G E Pooser, W R Tuten, W E Bell, R Jordan, E S Barnes, W A Collier, S H Wood. Third Company--Lieut Carlisle, Lieut W B Watson, Privates E Burrough
The Daily Dispatch: February 27, 1865., [Electronic resource], article 2 (search)
e Northern people we noticed Mrs. Ronalds, Mrs. Ryers, Mrs. and Miss. Penniman, Miss. Alice Riggs, Miss. Jessup, Mrs. and Miss. Torrence, beauties, all of them; and of our Confederate friends. Mr. and Mrs. Eustis, Miss. Lillie Hitchcock, the Misses. Sims. Mrs. two Misses and young Mr. Gwin. the Misses Bloodgood, the Misses Bell. Miss. Green-field, Mrs. Williams, Mrs. Wisdom, Miss. Ludlum and sister, Mrs. Moore, also beauties, every one of them; and among the Confederate gentlemen. Mr. Corbyn, of Virginia; Mr. Rost, son of Judge Rost. Confederate agent; Mr. Coleman, grandson of the late J. J. Crittenden; Mr. Prather, Dr. Rudd and Lieutenant Moore, now in command of the Confederate vessel, the Rappahannock, retained by the French Government in the port of Calais for a violation of the neutrality laws. Lieutenant Moore. (who is in command of the vessel, while his superior, Captain Fontleroy, is absent in Italy on a bridal tour,) appeared at the ball in the Confederate uniform,