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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 5. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 209 (search)
off at least a part of the rebel column. In less than ten minutes the Twenty-sixth Ohio, under command of Lieut.-Col. Young, was on its marching way. Two sections of the Eighth Indiana battery, under command of Lieutenants Estep, Vorris, and Jervis, were not far behind, and these were soon followed by the Seventeenth Indiana, commanded by Lieut.-Colonel Gorman, and the Fifty-eighth Indiana, Col. Buell. Time was every thing. Not a moment could be spared for canteens, haversacks or rest. T, over a high fence, and was marching steadily to the front, holding his men well in hand, ready for the square at any moment a charge should be threatened by the cavalry. A few yards further — just a moment more — but now Lieutenants Vorris and Jervis are already sending in the grape and shell. A shell passes within a yard of the rebel General and bursts a few yards behind him. A volley of musketry — another — another.--No! the line is broken. The enemy's left and centre almost simultaneou
Raphael Semmes, Memoirs of Service Afloat During the War Between the States, Chapter 24: (search)
ator a conflagration between Europe and Africa the Sumter anchors in the harbor of Gibraltar the Rock; the Town; the military; the review and the Alameda. The afternoon was bright and beautiful as the Sumter, emerging from the harbor of Cadiz, felt once more the familiar heave of the sea. There was no sail in sight over the vast expanse of waters, except a few small coasting-craft, and yet what fleets had floated on the bosom of these romantic waters! The names of Nelson, Collingwood, Jervis, and others, came thronging upon the memory. Cape St. Vincent and Trafalgar were both in the vicinity. The sun, as he approached his setting, was lighting up a scene of beauty, peace, and tranquillity, and it was difficult to conjure those other scenes of the storm, and the flying ships, and the belching cannon, so inseparably connected with those great names. It was too late to attempt the run to Gibraltar that night, with the hope of arriving at a seasonable hour, and so we held on, i
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 4, 15th edition., Chapter 14: (search)
the expedition against Quebec had repaired to Louisburg; and already Wolfe, by his activity and zeal, his good judgment and the clearness of his orders, inspired unbounded confidence. His army consisted of eight regiments, two battalions of Royal Americans, three companies of rangers, artillery, and a brigade of engineers,—in all, about eight thousand men; the fleet under Saunders had twoand-twenty ships of the line, and as many frigates and armed vessels. On board of one of the ships was Jervis, afterwards Earl St. Vincent; another, which followed, bore as master James Cook, the navigator, who was destined to explore and reveal the unknown paths and thousand isles of the Pacific. The brigades had for their commanders the brave, open-hearted, and liberal Robert Monckton, afterwards governor of New York and conqueror of Martinico; George Townshend, elder brother of Charles Townshend, soon to succeed his father in the peerage, and become known as a legislator for America, a man of qu
The Daily Dispatch: December 2, 1861., [Electronic resource], The second American Revolution, as Viewed by a member of the British parliament. (search)
n, as Viewed by a member of the British parliament. On the 25th October, Capt. Jervis, member of the House of Commons for the borough of Harwich, Essex, England, ucated on the subject of our national difficulties. By special request, Capt. Jervis, R.A., one of the members for the borough of Harwick, delivered a lecture at(Maj. Browness,) presided, and having briefly introduced the subject-- Captain Jervis, M. P., who, on rising, met with a cordial reception, said--Mr. Chairman anneighbors. After reverting to the general features of the American war, Capt. Jervis observed, with reference to the power of the President of the United States required to do so by law, and by the civil authority." In conclusion, Captain Jervis pointed out that the field of emigration which had hith- erto been opapplause. The Mayor then briefly tendered the thanks of the audience to Captain Jervis, and proposed three cheers for him, which, having been heartily given, the
The Daily Dispatch: December 2, 1861., [Electronic resource], The second American Revolution, as Viewed by a member of the British parliament. (search)
Speech of Capt. Jervis, R. A. --We give in another column a speech of Captain Jervis, R. A., delivered on the 25th of October, before a large assembly in Harwich, Essex county, England. A brief paragraph respecting it was re-published in the DCaptain Jervis, R. A., delivered on the 25th of October, before a large assembly in Harwich, Essex county, England. A brief paragraph respecting it was re-published in the Dispatch some time since, but the first full report is that which we now copy from the London Times. This liberal speech is one of many exhibitions of the manner in which the English mind is being educated upon the great Southern question.--Hitherto,f empire; but that, upon personal examination, that opinion had been exactly reversed. Thus such speeches as those of Capt. Jervis will go far to disabuse the public mind of England of anti-Southern prejudices, stimulated, as the English mind now iselfare of England intimately and indissolubly with that of the South. It will be observed that Essex county, to which Capt. Jervis addresses himself, is an agricultural, not a manufacturing county, and that he demonstrates to his audience that not o