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William Tecumseh Sherman, Memoirs of General William T. Sherman ., volume 1, Chapter 3: Missouri, Louisiana, and California. 1850-1855. (search)
along with the rest toward that Niagara that none foresaw at the time. Shortly after arriving out in 1853, we looked around for a site for the new bank, and the only place then available on Montgomery Street, the Wall Street of San Francisco, was a lot at the corner of Jackson Street, facing Montgomery, with an alley on the north, belonging to James Lick. The ground was sixty by sixty-two feet, and I had to pay for it thirty-two thousand dollars. I then made a contract with the builders, Keyser & Brown, to erect a three-story brick building, with finished basement, for about fifty thousand dollars. This made eighty-two thousand instead of fifty thousand dollars, but I thought Mr. Lucas could stand it and would approve, which he did, though it resulted in loss to him. After the civil war, he told me he had sold the building for forty thousand dollars, about half its cost, but luckily gold was then at 250, so that he could use the forty thousand dollars gold as the equivalent of one
Col. Robert White, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 2.2, West Virginia (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 4: (search)
. Under his command nearly 4,000 men were stationed at Grafton and along the railroad. In September, Col. Angus W. McDonald, a leader in the Confederate cause in the lower Shenandoah valley, was stationed at Romney with his cavalry regiment, the Seventy-seventh militia regiment under Col. E. H. Mc-Donald, the One Hundred and Fourteenth militia under Col. A. Monroe, and one gun under Lieutenant Lionberger, in all about 600 men. Upon this command an attack was made from New Creek Station, or Keyser, by Kelley's soldiers, September 23d. The advance pickets being driven in, the enemy attempted to force their passage through the Mechanicsburg and Hanging Rock passes, of the South Branch mountain, toward Romney, but were repulsed at the first by Major Funsten, while Capt. E. H. Myers and Col. E. H. McDonald, with a few men, defeated the attack at Hanging Rock in true mountaineer style, by rolling rocks down upon the road as well as using their rifles, before which attack the Federal caval
Maj. Jed. Hotchkiss, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 3, Virginia (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 6: (search)
retard the progress of the Federal troops toward the Shenandoah valley. When Patterson ordered Lew Wallace to occupy Cumberland with the Eleventh Indiana, June 10th, he warned him to be very cautious, but the ambitious colonel, learning that a considerable Confederate force was quartered at Romney, Hampshire county, in the South Branch valley, left Cumberland at 10 p. m. of the 12th, with eight companies of infantry, about 500 in number, and went by rail 21 miles southwest to New Creek (Keyser) station of the Baltimore & Ohio. On the morning of the 13th, about 4 a. m., he started to march across the mountains, by a rough country road, hoping to reach Romney, 23 miles distant, by about 8 a. m. When within a mile and a half of the town, coming from the west from Mechanicsburg, his advance was fired upon by a mounted picket, which fell back and gave the alarm, although the camp had an hour's previous notice of his coming. Pushing forward to the bridge over the South Branch, he saw
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 37. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Affidavit of Supervisors of Co. C, 149th regiment. Pa. Vols. (search)
mmencement to close. He was our fifth sergeant, and there were present, to my certain knowledge, four officers superior to him in rank, to-wit: Capt. Gimber, Lt. Keyser, Ord. Serg. Evans and First Duty Sergt. Chas. T. Street. Keyser was killed in field north of pike after Kensill was wounded; Evans was with the company till tKeyser was killed in field north of pike after Kensill was wounded; Evans was with the company till the close of the day, and he and I left the Seminary together; Street also was there through the engagement: I saw and spoke to (Giber a full hour after Kensill had gone to the rear. I will now give you some extracts from my note book, under head of Statements of sundry persons in regard to reported recapture of 149th colors by w no dash, knows nothing of recapture; F. M. James, of F, wounded in field north of road, saw nothing of dash; Ned Fowler, of F, was in field north of pike, saw Lt. Keyser killed, noticed 149th colors, but says we did not get them; Ned Hess and Geo. Bates, both of F, crossed pike, know nothing of dash; MacDonald, of F, crossed the
The Daily Dispatch: November 1, 1860., [Electronic resource], Homespun. (search)
.00. Class no. 12.-- Knitting, Netting, Tatting and Tape Work. To Miss Ann Eliza Base, for Tatting Collar, First--Class Premium, $3.00. To Miss R. Yancey, for an Afghan, Second--Class Premium. 2.00. To Mrs. M. F. Harrison, for four pair Knit Hose, Third--Class Premium, 1.00 Class no. 13.-- Lace and transferred Work. To Miss E. A. O'Brien, for a fine Muslin Dollar, First-Class Premium. $3. To Mrs. E. J. Motley, for a Skirt, Second-Class Premium, 2.00. To Miss Keyser, for an Infant's Skirt, Third-Class Premium, 1.00 Class no. 14.-- Plain Sewing. To Miss M. Rennie, for an Infant's Dress, First--Class Premium, $3. To Mrs. J. C. Burton, for Gent's Shirt, Second--Class Premium. 2.00. Class no. 15.-- Bead, Shell, Seed, and Burr Work. To Mrs. Thos. J Evans, for Shell Vase, First--Class Premium, $3. To Mrs. Wm. L. Pendleton, for Frame and Rustic Work, Second--Class Premium, 2.00. To Miss A. Ehrhart, for Book Shelf, made of
The Daily Dispatch: July 26, 1862., [Electronic resource], Later from the North. (search)
ing the offensive. Then Morgan turned east, crossed the Kentucky river at Saryock's Station, and marched to Versailles, which is about equidistant from Franklin and Lexington. There he stayed Monday night. Finding the coast clear, he next day moved north to Midway Station, on the Louisville and Lexington Railroad, tore up the track and destroyed the Elkhorn bridge, while his advance guard, passing by Georgetown, made a sudden dash on the Kentucky Central Road, destroyed a bridge and burned Keyser's extensive distillery, between Paris and Cynthiana, thus completely cutting Lexington off from its northern and western communications. --His exploits seem to have been arose familiar to Cincinnati than to those of us who were at Lexington. Morgan's great objects in this raid into Kentucky have been panic among the people and indecision among military managers. He has, in fact, kept every considerable place in Central Kentucky in a state of sledge, and frantically calling for assistan
The Daily Dispatch: August 9, 1862., [Electronic resource], The affair at Malvern Hill. (search)
ture good behavior. Tobias Thomas and Rosser Goheen were fined — the first $10 and the latter $20--for huckstering in the markets. The articles bought by the parties in each case were ordered to be confiscated. --Charles Oak, imprisoned for three weeks past on the charge of stealing $75 from Ann Disney, underwent an examination, and the testimony pointing to him as the abductor of Disney's funds, he was remanded to the August and George each fined $5 for violating the health or ance--Da Keyser, free negro, without papers, was committed.--Mary Johnson, a free negress, was charged by Caleb Couner with stealing a lot of wearing apparel owned by him. He also charged her with poisoning milk sold by her to customers. The Recorder deemed the first charge sustained, and ordered 39 lashes to be bestowed on Mary Johnson. The second charge was dismissed as irrelevant — Rebecca Chandler, a young female, was arraigned for lying down drunk on the sidewalk of Main street on Thursday, occasiona
The Daily Dispatch: February 28, 1865., [Electronic resource], Proclamation by the President, appointing a day of fasting, humiliation and prayer, with thanksgiving. (search)
Wanted to Hire, for the balance of the year, a Servant Woman, to do the cooking and washing for a small family. Apply at the corner of Catherine and Monroe streets to Mrs. Keyser. fe 28--1t*