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Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 2. 2 0 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 14. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 2 0 Browse Search
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Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 2., Chapter 6: the Army of the Potomac.--the Trent affair.--capture of Roanoke Island. (search)
nd thus forever bind her over to keep the peace in relation to neutrals, and so acknowledge that she has been wrong for sixty years. For more than a hundred years Great Britain had denied the sanctity of a neutral ship, when her interests seemed to require its violation. That Power had acquired full supremacy of the seas at the middle of the last century, and Thompson had written that offering to British pride, the song of Rule Britannia, boastingly asserting that--When Britain first, at Heaven's command, Arose from out the azure main, This was the charter of the land, And guardian angels sung the strain-- Rule Britannia! Britannia rules the waves I Britons never shall be slaves! Conscious of its might, Great Britain made a new law of nations, for its own benefit, in 1756. Frederick the Great of Prussia had declared that the goods of an enemy cannot be taken from on board the ships of a friend. A British orderin Council was immediately issued, declaring the reverse of this t
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 14. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Ceremonies connected with the unveiling of the statue of General Robert E. Lee, at Lee circle, New Orleans, Louisiana, February 22, 1884. (search)
iot, in whose honor the monument was erected. The associations of the armies of Northern Virginia and Tennessee, the militia of the State, and a large delegation from the Grand Army of the Republic honored the occasion by their presence. Just as the ceremonies were about to begin, the storm, which had been gathering, burst in torrents of rain which lasted for hours, dispersing the immense audience and rendering it impossible to proceed. In the midst of it, however, and while the salvos of Heaven's Artillery almost drowned the salute with which, in despite of the storm, the event was greeted by the famous Washington Artillery, the monument was unveiled by a private soldier of Lee's army, who, at the suggestion of Miss Lee, in herself declining the honor, had been selected to perform this duty. Immediately a meeting of the Directors was held at the Washington artillery armory, of the proceedings of which the following official minute gives a full account and forms the appropriate c
The Daily Dispatch: June 21, 1861., [Electronic resource], $50 reward (search)
rktown, 15 miles off. The others retired (whether in good order or not, I forbear to say,) to a tavern 3 miles in the rear. Speaking of the flight of cattle, I was struct with this just after the firing began. On our right was a field, in which there was a herd of cattle feeding, and I cannot convey to your readers the terror written in their faces. A lion in hot pursuit could not have alarmed them more. They seemed to know not where to fly. They had been accustomed to the thunder of Heaven's artillery, but these rapid peals and exploding shells, quite confounded the poor creatures, and they fled in the wildest confusion. What a sad commentary upon our humanity! The implements invented for man's destruction terrify brutish beasts, and send them howling from their coverts. But our poor nature is full of contradictons and extremes. Our comfortable condition now reminds me of this contrariety, and I wish to inform our friends in your city how highly we appreciate their liberal
The Daily Dispatch: March 10, 1863., [Electronic resource], The affair at Gloucester Point. (search)
The affair at Gloucester Point. The information by parties from York river fails to confirm the reported fight at Gloucester Point on Sunday morning. On the contrary, passengers by the York train were positive in their assertions that nothing of the sort occurred. It is probable, therefore, that the "heavy firing" heard at day break was neither more nor less than the reports of Heaven's artillery, which took the people of Richmond by surprise at that early hour. Our information, which we regard as entirely reliable, is to the effect that a body of Confederate cavalry reconnoitered the enemy's position last Friday, and ascertained that the pickets of the enemy had been called in, and the troops withdrawn from the outer line of works to the strong fortifications on Glances or Point. These outer works, which are about a mile and a half this side, were entirely deserted. It was not deemed advisable, if, indeed, it was contemplated, to attack the Yankees in their stronghold, where