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Varina Davis, Jefferson Davis: Ex-President of the Confederate States of America, A Memoir by his Wife, Volume 2, Chapter 26: the gun-boats in the James River-battle of seven Pines. (search)
on her knees and raising her hands to heaven, ejaculated, Lord Jesus, save and help me. Notwithstanding the crucial period through which we were passing, we all laughed heartily, except our friend. She was a woman of rare attainments and keen wit, and had written a journal which extended over a long period of intercourse with the greatest men of their day at home and abroad. Such a record of the passing show would have been almost as valuable an addition to the history of the time as Madame Junot's or Madame de Remusat's diaries, but she burnt it at once for fear of its being taken from her by the enemy. We left for Raleigh, N. C., on the morning of May Ioth; the panic began some days later, and it was pitiable to see our friends coming in without anything except the clothes they had on, and mourning the loss of their trunks in a piteous jumble of pain and worriment. The Sunday before our departure, Mr. Davis was baptized at home by Mr. Minnegerode, in the presence of the
Baron de Jomini, Summary of the Art of War, or a New Analytical Compend of the Principle Combinations of Strategy, of Grand Tactics and of Military Policy. (ed. Major O. F. Winship , Assistant Adjutant General , U. S. A., Lieut. E. E. McLean , 1st Infantry, U. S. A.), Sketch of the principal maritime expeditions. (search)
6,) after some successes at Maida, had to regain Sicily. That against Buenos-Ayres, more unfortunate, was terminated by a capitulation. In 1807, Lord Cathcart made a descent with twenty-five thousand men at Copenhagen, besieged and bombarded it; he took possession of the Danish fleet, the object of his enterprise. In 1808 Wellington made a descent on Portugal with fifteen thousand men. It is known how, victorious at Vimiero, and supported by the insurrection of all Portugal, he forced Junot to evacuate that kingdom. The same army increased to twenty-five thousand men under the orders of Moore, wishing to penetrate into Spain for succoring Madrid, was driven back upon Corunna, and forced to re-embark with great loss. Wellington debarked anew in Portugal with some reinforcements, having united thirty thousand English and as many Portuguese, avenged that defeat by surprising Soult at Oporto, (May, 1809,) and by going afterwards as far as the gates of Madrid to fight Joseph at Ta
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), N. (search)
is especially useful in plating brass and copper, and is much superior to cyanide nickel of potash, as recommended by Ruolz. He proceeds at some length to state the effectiveness of the battery in producing a deposit of nickel on copper in half an hour, which would deflect the needle, and preserve the lower metal from the effect of nitric acid more perfectly than a coating of gold deposited in the same time. Parkes, 1845, melted an alloy of nickel with a flux for coating metal plates. Junot, 1852, alloyed silicum, titanium, tungsten, etc., with nickel for electro deposition. Thomas, 1854, used ferro-cyanide of potassium and nitromuriatic acid to obtain a nickel solution for the battery. In 1855 he used the same, with carbonate of ammonia and oxide of alumina. Cheatley, 1855, deposited alloys of nickel by a battery (British patent 1543, of 1855). An alloy of nickel was applied to iron plates by friction and heat by Barron in 1856 Shepard, 1858, deposited an alloy of
The Daily Dispatch: January 5, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 2 (search)
oleon, but nearly at the same time Gen. Jean Bernadotte paid his addresses to her, and was accepted. They were married August 16th, 1798, General Bonaparte having consoled himself by wedding the beautiful widow Beauharnais. An older sister of Madame Bernadotte had previously married Joseph Bonaparte, and became after wards, successively, Queen of Naples, Queen of Spain, and Countess of Survilliers, under which latter title she may be remembered by people of Bordentown and of this city. Madame Junot, in her Memoirs, speaks of her as "an angel of goodness," "adored by all about her," and "fondly attached to her sister, the Queen of Sweden," adding that the latter was "an excellent, in-offensive creature, prodigiously fond of everything melancholy and romantic. She had very fine eyes and a most pleasing smile." The public need not be reminded how Bernadotte, through his relationship to Napoleon, rather than through any native genius, rose in the French army, and subsequently to t
The Daily Dispatch: October 9, 1861., [Electronic resource], Wanted (search)
a post, when the Mexicans did not try to take them? How could he lose a detachment, when the enemy was always on the trot? Upon the basis of this one campaign, old Scott is accustomed to class himself with the great captains of the world. His flatterers published in the newspapers that the Duke of Wellington pronounced him the greated Captain of the age. We doubt very much whether the Duke of Wellington ever spent a thought upon him, and his petty achievements. The Duke of Wellington had seen war in India, in the Peninsula, and in Flanders. He had commanded at Assy, at Vimeira, at Oporto, at Talavere, at Busaco, at Fuentes d'onoro, at Badajos, at San Sebastian, at Salamanes, at Vittoria, at Thoulouse, at Waterloo, He had defeated in the field, such men as Junot, as Victor, as Soult, as Massena, as Marmont, as Jourdan, as Ney, as Napoleon him self. It is not credible that such a man should have pronounced such a judgment upon the small potato doings of old Scott in Mexico.
The Daily Dispatch: March 13, 1862., [Electronic resource], One hundred and twenty-five Dollars reward. (search)
General 1795, poisoned in 1797-one of the best Generals of that period. Joubert — Soldier 1789, General 1795; very distinguished; killed at the battle of Novi. Jourdan, Marchal de France — Soldier 1778, General 1789, Marchal 1804. Junot, well known — Soldier in 1792, General 1797. Kellermann — Soldier at 15 years old, 1750; General 1792. Kellermann, (son of the aboge,)--Soldier 1793, General 1797; decided the victory of Marengo. Kleber — Educated in a Bavarian milficer 1789, General 1792, deserter and conspirator, died in prison 1804. Reynier (Count)--Born 1771, Colonel 1792, General 1793, died in Paris 1815; nothing remarkable. Salm-Salm (Prince de)--Major of cavalry in 1802, in Portugal, under Junot. Sebastiani (Count)--Born 1775 in Corsica, Lieutenant, then Captain, Major, Colonel; General about 1794, went through all the campaigns until 1815, Ambassador to Turkey in 1805 and member of the Chamber of Deputies in 1819. Segur (Co
The Daily Dispatch: June 28, 1862., [Electronic resource], The battles of Port Republic. (search)
The example of Spain. During the month of August of this year, an English army, under Sir Arthur Wellesley, landed in the Mondego, and captured the army of Junot, which held possession of Portugal. That English army was subsequently reinforced and placed under the command of Sir John Moore, with orders to enter Spain and lend all possible assistance to the patriots whenever an opportunity might offer. Napoleon had gone to Erfurth, to meet the Emperor Alexander, and settle the affairs of the world. In the meantime, while the Spanish armies, apparently overcome by their late exertions, were resting in fancied security, the French were pouring in troops by all the passes of the Pyrenees. By the 1st of November, their armies, seven in number, presented a force of 325,000 veteran troops; the most formidable force, when, their character, their equipments, and the character of their officers is taken into consideration, that up to that day had ever threatened the subjugation of a f
The Daily Dispatch: October 5, 1864., [Electronic resource], Napoleon and his Generals. (search)
you? who has made you? Your brother; and you menace him! Burn your letter, Sire, and think again." "What!" exclaimed the king, "am I not his eider brother, the chief of his family?" "Yes, Sire, but you speak not as a brother; you speak and would act as a king; and you are not the chief of monarchs.--Burn your letter." Marceau.--"Marceau was clever and good, and of great promise, but he had little experience before he fell." Moreau.--"No great things." Augereau.--Ditto. Junot.--Ditto. Gouvion St. Cyr.--"A clever and a good officer, but deficient in enterprise and vigor." Macdonald.--"Too regular, too methodical; an excellent man, but not a great general." Ney.--"No extent of capacity; but he was unfortunate; he is dead." Victor.--"An old woman, quite incapable." Jourdan--"Not capable of leading large armies." Massena.--"Excellent in great danger; negligent and of no goodness out of danger. Knew war well." Marmont.--"Understands