hide Matching Documents

The documents where this entity occurs most often are shown below. Click on a document to open it.

Document Max. Freq Min. Freq
William Tecumseh Sherman, Memoirs of General William T. Sherman . 5 1 Browse Search
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Name Index of Commands 2 0 Browse Search
View all matching documents...

Browsing named entities in William Tecumseh Sherman, Memoirs of General William T. Sherman .. You can also browse the collection for N. W. Day or search for N. W. Day in all documents.

Your search returned 3 results in 3 document sections:

William Tecumseh Sherman, Memoirs of General William T. Sherman ., volume 1, Chapter 3: Missouri, Louisiana, and California. 1850-1855. (search)
months leave of absence, go to San Francisco, see for myself, and be governed by appearances there. I accordingly, with General Twiggs's approval, applied to the adjutant-general for a six months leave, which was granted; and Captain John F. Reynolds was named to perform my duties during my absence. During the stay of my family in New Orleans, we enjoyed the society of the families of General Twiggs, Colonel Myers, and Colonel Bliss, as also of many citizens, among whom was the wife of Mr. Day, sister to my brother-in-law, Judge Bartley. General Twiggs was then one of the oldest officers of the army. His history extended back to the War of 1812, and lie had served in early days with General Jackson in Florida and in the Creek campaigns. lie had fine powers of description, and often entertained us, at his office, with accounts of his experiences in the earlier settlements of the Southwest. Colonel Bliss had been General Taylor's adjutant in the Mexican War, and was universally
William Tecumseh Sherman, Memoirs of General William T. Sherman ., volume 1, chapter 14 (search)
had about thirty or forty thousand men. I took post near a plantation of one Trible, near Markham's, and frequently reconnoitred the whole line, and could see the enemy engaged in like manner, on the east side of Big Black; but he never attempted actually to cross over, except with some cavalry, just above Bear Creek, which was easily driven back. I was there from June 20th to the 4th of July. In a small log-house near Markham's was the family of Mr. Klein, whose wife was the daughter of Mrs. Day, of New Orleans, who in turn was the sister of Judge T. W. Bartley, my brother-in-law. I used frequently to drop in and take a meal with them, and Mrs. Klein was generally known as the general's cousin, which doubtless saved her and her family from molestation, too common on the part of our men. One day, as I was riding the line near a farm known as Parson Fox's, I heard that the family of a Mr. Wilkinson, of New Orleans, was refugeeing at a house near by. I rode up, inquired, and found
William Tecumseh Sherman, Memoirs of General William T. Sherman ., volume 2, chapter 25 (search)
y commanding. first division. Brevet Major-General H. W. Birge. First Brigade. Colonel H. D. Washburn. 8th Indiana Volunteers. 18th Indiana Volunteers. 9th Connecticut Volunteers. 14th New Hampshire Volun. 12th Maine Volunteers. 14th Maine Volunteers. 75th New York Volunteers. Second Brigade. Colonel Harvey Graham. 159th New York Volunteers. 13th Connecticut Volunt'rs. 22d Iowa Volunteers. 131st New York Volunteers. 28th Iowa Volunteers. Third Brigade. Colonel N. W. Day. 38th Massachusetts Vol. 156th New York Volun. 128th New York Volun. 175th New York Volun. 176th New York Volun. 24th Iowa Volunteers. Second division. Brevet Major-General A. Ames. First Brigade. Colonel R. Daggett. 3d New York Volunteers. 112th New York Volunteers. 117th New York Volunteers. 142d New York Volunteers. Second Brigade. Colonel J. S. Littell. 47th New York Volunteers. 48th New York Volunteers. 203d Pennsylvania Volun. 97th Pennsylvania