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Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 1., Chapter 16: Secession of Virginia and North Carolina declared.--seizure of Harper's Ferry and Gosport Navy Yard.--the first troops in Washington for its defense. (search)
ymen, he was perfidiously working to overthrow the Government. He went to Europe, and there used every means in his power, by the grossest misrepresentations, to injure the character of his Government. Finally, on the 25th of May, 1865, when the rebellion was crushed, he wrote a note at sea, to Rear-Admiral S. W. Godon, then at Havana, saying:--In peace, as in war. I follow the fortunes of my native State, Virginia: and expressed his willingness to accept a parol on the terms granted to General Lee. He went to Mexico; and, in the autumn of 1865, Maximilian appointed him Imperial Commissioner of Colonization, to promote immigration from the Southern States of our Republic. General Taliaferro, the commander of all the forces in southeastern Virginia, arrived at Norfolk with his staff on the evening of the 18th, and at once took measures for the seizure of the Navy Yard and the ships of war. The naval officers who had abandoned their flag joined him, and the secessionists of Norfo
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 1., Chapter 17: events in and near the National Capital. (search)
t and Baltimore Emibassies defection of Army officers, 420. resignation of Colonel Lee 421. his inducements to be loyal, 422. Arlington House and its Surroundings, who were unfaithful. Among those who resigned at this time was Colonel Robert Edmund Lee, of Virginia, an accomplished engineer officer, and one of the most tWashington Parke Custis, the adopted son of Washington, and father-in-law of Colonel Lee, was drawn by the author in 1860. Georgetown, he proffered the resignatommission in terms of well-feigned reluctance. The following is a copy of Colonel Lee's letter to General Scott:-- Arlington House, April 20, 1861. Genera June, 1825. No man had stronger inducements to be a loyal citizen than Robert E. Lee. His ties of consanguinity and association with the founders of the Republ tale of unutterable suffering vainly pleading in mute eloquence for mercy, Robert E. Lee might have looked any hour of the day with his field-glass from the rear ga
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 1., Chapter 18: the Capital secured.--Maryland secessionists Subdued.--contributions by the people. (search)
acceptance by the Federal Government of the fact, that the city and all the well-intentioned portion of its inhabitants are loyal to the Union and the Constitution, and are to be so regarded and treated by all. How came Butler and his men on Federal Hill? was a question upon thousands of lips on that eventful morning. They had moved stealthily from the station in the gloom, at half-past 7 in the evening, piloted by Colonel Robert Hare, of Ellicott's Mills, and Captain McConnell, through Lee, Hanover,, Montgomery, and Light Streets, to the foot of Federal Hill. The night was intensely dark, made so by the impending storm. The flashes of lightning and peals of thunder were terrific, but the rain was withheld until they had nearly reached their destination. Then it came like a flood, just as they commenced the ascent of the declivity. The spectacle was grand, said the General to the writer, while on the Ben Deford, lying off Fort Fisher one pleasant evening in December, 1864. I
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 1., Chapter 20: commencement of civil War. (search)
nt thing to record, that while the soldiers of both parties in the contest during the struggle were alternately in military possession of Mount Vernon, not an act is known to have occurred there incompatible with the most profound reverence for the memory of the Father of his country. New York State militia. the conspirators, alarmed by these aggressive movements, and by others in Western Virginia, took active measures to oppose them. The whole military force of Virginia, of which Robert E. Lee was now chief Commander, was, as we have observed, placed, by the treaty of April 24, under the absolute control of Jefferson Davis; see page 383. and by his direction, his Virginia lieutenant, Governor Letcher, issued a proclamation on the 3d of May, calling out the militia of the State to repel apprehended invasion from the Government at Washington. he designated no less than twenty places in the State as points of rendezvous for the militia. One-fourth of these places were westwa
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 1., Chapter 22: the War on the Potomac and in Western Virginia. (search)
reached Lewisburg, the capital of Greenbrier County. The news of Garnett's disaster, and Wise's own incompetence, had so dispirited his troops, that large numbers had left him. At Lewisburg, he was re-enforced and outranked by John B. Floyd, late Secretary of War, who had a brigadier's commission. The war in Western Virginia seemed to have ended with the dispersion of Garnett's forces, and there was much rejoicing over the result. It was premature. The Confederates were not disposed to surrender to their enemy the granaries that would be needed to supply the troops in Eastern Virginia, without a severer struggle. General Robert E. Lee succeeded Garnett, and more important men than Wise and Floyd took the places of these incompetents. Rosecrans succeeded McClellan, who was called to the command of the Army of the Potomac, July 22. and the war in the mountain region of Virginia was soon renewed, the most prominent events of which will be recorded hereafter. Tail-piece — Ca
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 1., Chapter 23: the War in Missouri.-doings of the Confederate Congress. --Affairs in Baltimore.--Piracies. (search)
d beyond it the stables belonging to the establishment. The house was occupied, at the time of the writer's visit, by General Ord, who had there the table on which Lee and Grant had signed articles of capitulation a few days before. A picture of it will be found in another part of this work. A small black-and-tan terrier dog thaana, on the 26th of April, 1861. It contains nine stanzas, and was very popular throughout the “Confederacy.” It was successfully parodied by a loyal writer, after Lee's invasion of Maryland. The delusion was dispelled when, in the summer of 1863, Lee invaded Maryland, with the expectation of receiving large accessions to his Lee invaded Maryland, with the expectation of receiving large accessions to his army in that State, but lost by desertion far more than he gained by recruiting. At about this time, a piratical expedition was undertaken on Chesapeake Bay, and successfully carried out by some Marylanders. On the day after the arrest of Kane, June 28, 1861. the steamer St. Nicholas, Captain Kirwan, that plied between Baltimo
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 1., Chapter 25: the battle of Bull's Run, (search)
the Confederate position was impracticable; and he ordered the whole body to fall back to Centreville. Beauregard had made his Headquarters, during the engagement, at the house of Wilmer McLean, near McLean's Ford. Soon after this, when military occupation made that region almost untenable, Mr. McLean went with his family to another part of Virginia, near Appomattox Court House, hoping for quiet. There came the same armies, after a lapse of almost four years, and under his roof Grant and Lee signed articles of capitulation early in April, 1865, for the surrender of the Confederate forces under the latter. This severe skirmish was called by the Confederates the battle of Bull's Run, and was claimed by them as a victory. The loss of the combatants was about equal, that of McDowell being seventy-three, and of Beauregard, seventy. Report of Colonel Richardson to General Tyler, July 19, 1861; Report of General Tyler to General McDowell, July 27, 1861; Report of General Beauregard
The Daily Dispatch: July 16, 1863., [Electronic resource], From Gen, Lee's Army. (search)
From Gen, Lee's Army. During the entire day yesterday there was an absence of any intelligence from Gen. Lee's army. There was a repetition of the report from Staunton that our forces have possession of Frederick City, Md. From a passenger who came down on the train we learn that the enemy evacuated the "Maryland Heights," oGen. Lee's army. There was a repetition of the report from Staunton that our forces have possession of Frederick City, Md. From a passenger who came down on the train we learn that the enemy evacuated the "Maryland Heights," opposite Harper's Ferry, on Thursday night last. The train yesterday evening brought to the city two hundred and ninety of those wounded in the late battles in Pennsylvania. Four hundred were sent on to Lynchburg from Staunton yesterday. The Baltimore American, of the evening of the 11th instant, twelve hours later than trthern dates we published Tuesday, contains a telegram from Boonsboro', dated 10 A M, on the 11th, stating that all was quiet in front, and that during the night Gen. Lee's army had evacuated Hagerstown and Funkstown, and fallen back to St. James, College. This movement changed the front of the "rebel army," their line extending
The Daily Dispatch: July 16, 1863., [Electronic resource], article 15 (search)
Record of Confederate officers who were in the Army of the late United States. --The Confederate Army and Navy Messenger gives the following interesting record of distinguished Generals in the Confederate army: Gen. Robert Edmund Lee.--Cadet, 1825, 2d Lieutenant of Engineers, 1st July, 1829. Assistant Astronomer for fixing the boundary of Ohio and Michigan, 1835. 1st Lieutenant, 1836. Captain, July 1838. Chief Engineer of Wool's Army in Mexican war, 1816. Brevet Major, for gallant and meritorious conduct in battles of Cerro Gerdo, 18th April, 1847. Brevet Lieut. Colonel, for gallant and meritorious conduct in battles of Contreras and Chernbusco, 20th of August, 1847. Brevet Colonel, for gallant and meritorious conduct in battle of Chapultepec, 1st September, 1847, in which he was wounded. Superintendent of Military Academy from 1st September, 1852, to March, 1855. Lieutenant, Colonel 2d Cavalry, 3d March, 1855. Thomas J. Jackson, Va.--Cadet, 1842.--Brevet 2d Lieutena
The Daily Dispatch: January 7, 1865., [Electronic resource], The pedigree of the Lee family. (search)
of the Bureau of Orders and Detail, Navy Department, in Richmond. He commanded at Drewry's Bluff for a long time. Robert Edmund Lee is at Petersburg — the General Lee of this day. He married Miss Custis, of Arlington, in Alexandria county, thGeneral Lee of this day. He married Miss Custis, of Arlington, in Alexandria county, the daughter and heiress of George Washington Parke Custis, the adopted son of General Washington, who married Mrs. Custis, his mother. General Lee has three sons--Brigadier-General G. W. Custis Lee, aid-decamp to the President (he passed No. 1 aGeneral Lee has three sons--Brigadier-General G. W. Custis Lee, aid-decamp to the President (he passed No. 1 at West Point); Major-General W. H. F. Lee, commanding a division of cavalry in the Army of Northern Virginia, and Robert Edmund Lee, who entered the army, at the instance of his father, as a private in the Rockbridge artillery. He is now on the staRobert Edmund Lee, who entered the army, at the instance of his father, as a private in the Rockbridge artillery. He is now on the staff of General Fitzhugh Lee. Besides these children, General Lee had four daughters — Mary, Anne, Agnes and Mildred — all of them unmarried, and one of whom (Anne) has died died during the war. General W. H. F. Lee married a Miss Wickham, who died a<
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