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J. B. Jones, A Rebel War Clerk's Diary, chapter 47 (search)
It is said with more confidence, however, that Butler's canal is not vet a success. Daily and nightly our cannon play upon the works, and the deep sounds in this moist weather are distinctly heard in the city. The amount of requisition for the War Department for 1865 is $670,000,000, and a deficiency of $400,000,000! Mr. Hunter had his accustomed interview with Judge Campbell this morning in quest of news, and relating to his horoscope. His face is not plump and round yet. A Mr. Lehman, a burly Jew, about thirty-five years old, got a passport to-day on the recommendation of the Secretary of the Treasury, to arrange (as agent, no doubt) for the shipment of several thousand bales of cotton, for which sterling funds are to be paid. No doubt it is important to keep the government cotton out of the hands of the enemy; and this operation seems to indicate that some fear of its loss exists. Some 40,000 bushels of corn, etc. were consumed at Charlotte, N. C., the other day
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 3. (ed. Frank Moore), Doc. 217. affair near Williamsport, Md. (search)
e quantity of intrenching tools. I have the honor, &c., Gilbert Robinson, Captain Commanding Post. An eye-witness gives the following account of the attack: Williamsport, Md., Sunday, December 8, 1861. I have just returned from Dam No. 5, about seven miles above this on the Potomac, where a sharp skirmish has been going on all day. When the firing was first commenced, about four o'clock last evening, by the rebels on the other side of the river, Capt. Robinson's Company, of Col. Lehman's regiment, the Virginia First, who were on picket duty at that point, were the only men we had present; but they were reinforced this morning about two o'clock by Company C, Capt. Wm. H. Jackson, of the Thirteenth Massachusetts, Col. Leonard, who left this place last night about ten o'clock. The rebels opened the battle by throwing shell and canister in rapid succession. They had four or five ten-pound rifled cannon, and one large Parrott gun; but when they had ceased firing at dark
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 11. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 38 (search)
to the White Oak Swamp. By a thorough examination, I found a line of high bluffs commanding all the approaches from Chickahominy Swamp. Four different sites were selected for lines of rifle-pits, and the work commenced; one was completed and Colonel Lehman's regiment placed in position that night. The instructions from headquarters to destroy Bottom's and the railroad bridge, in case an attack should be made in overwhelming force, I communicated to General Naglee, and the necessary preparatient dispositions, of which I am happy to make mention. Colonel Russell, Seventh Massachusetts, was in advance of the advance as usual, and exhibited his anxiety to meet the foe with his fine regiment. Colonels Farniman, Ninety-sixth New York; Lehman, One Hundred and Third Pennsylvania; Rose, Eighty-first New York; Belknap, Eighty-fifth Pennsylvania; and Lieutenant-Colonel Durkee, Ninety-eighth New York, are all meritorious officers who have rendered the country good service, and exert a salu
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 3, chapter 14 (search)
er's to the Miserere from the Doria gallery; was greatly interested in the bronze doors for our national Capitol, still in the studio of Rogers, to whom he suggested persons and events for commemoration; talked earnestly with Story and with Hamilton Wild of statuary and paintings; met other friends from Boston,—Edward N. Perkins, Turner Sargent, J. L. Motley, Miss Emma Weston, and Hawthorne, then writing his Marble Faun; passed many hours in studios,—those of Story, Rogers, Overbeck, Cranch, Lehman, Hosmer, Ives, and Page; made a melancholy visit to that of Crawford, which still held the artist's unfinished works; gathered a stock of photographs at Macpherson's; visited with Bemis galleries and churches and studios. The latter wrote in his journal: He talked with Page about art, and evidently made an impression; he talked about the historical incidents of the Venus di Medici. I was wearied with the hard work which he put me to. Sumner was sad at leaving Rome, feeling that he should
The Daily Dispatch: November 1, 1860., [Electronic resource], The election Fraud in Philadelphia--Conviction. (search)
The election Fraud in Philadelphia--Conviction. -- the conviction of Wm. Birely, a Judge of Elections, in Philadelphia, on Tuesday, of forging the returns so as to defeat Lehman, the Democratic candidate for Congress, was published yesterday. The Bulletin, of Tuesday afternoon, says: The case was concluded yesterday. At half past 2 o'clock the jury took charge of the case and retired, and at three o'clock no verdict having been agreed upon, the Court adjourned. For a long while after the Court adjourned the immense crowd, which had been in attendance during the day, lingered in the neighborhood of the State-House, discussing the probable issue of the trial. Bets were made as to the verdict, and the length of punishment to be meted out in case of a conviction. During the evening numerous rumors prevailed in the lower part of the city in regard to the rendition of a verdict. This, of course, was not true, but credit was given to the story from the fact that Mr. Bir
The Daily Dispatch: November 9, 1860., [Electronic resource], Fatal accident. (search)
Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, Nov. 8. --The Governor has issued his proclamation declaring Lehman, (Dem.,) of this city, elected to Congress from the first district.
The Daily Dispatch: April 19, 1862., [Electronic resource], Federal Congress. (search)
Nays--Messrs. Aldrich, Alley, Arnold, Ashley, Babbitt, Baker, Baxter, Beaman, Bingham, Blair (Mo.), Blair (Pa.), Blake, Browne (R. I.), Buffington, Campbell, Chamberlain, Clark, Colfax, Frederick A. Conkling, Roscoe Conkling, Covode, Davis, Dawes, Delano, Diven, Duell, Dunn, Edgerton, Edwards, Eliot, Fenton, Fessenden, Fisher, Franchor, Frank, Gooch, Goodwin, Granger, Gurley, Haight, Hall, Hanchett, Harrison, Hooper, Horton, Hutchins, Julian, Kelley, Kellogg, (Mich.,) Killinger, Lansing, Lehman, Loomis, Lovejoy, McKnight, McPherson, Mitchell, Morehead, Morrill (Me.,) Morrill (Vt.,) Nixon, Odell, Olin, Patton, Phelps (Cal.,) Pike, Pomeroy, Porter, Potter, Rice (Mass.,) Rice (Me.,) Riddle, Rollins (N. H.,) Sargeant, Sheffield, Shellabarger, Sherman, Sloan, Spaulding, Stevens, Stration, Thomas (Mass.,) Train Trowbridge, Vanhorn, Van-Valkenburg, Verr Wallace, Walton (Vt.,) Wheeler, White (ind.,) Wilson, and Windom. Mr. Roscoe Conkling, of N. Y., moved to reconsider the vote, and t
The Daily Dispatch: April 28, 1862., [Electronic resource], article 5 (search)
lature of the State to take a State out of the Union. He did not consider any of the states were out of the Union. Mr. Lovejoy, of Ill., would inquire of the gentleman if the President had a right to appoint a Governor for Tennessee? Mr. Lehman, of Penn., thought the President had a right in cases of necessity. Mr. , of Kentucky, said that Gen. A. Johnson had been appointed by the President, in his capacity as Executive, as a Military, and no as a civil Governor. Mr. Lehman,Mr. Lehman, of Penn., resuming, considered that South Carolina was much in the Union as Massachusetts. Several members asked and obtained leave to have their remarks prepared and printed in the Globe. Mr. Hickman, of Penn., favored the bill. He was in favor of confiscating all the property of the rebels. In conclusion, he said that the military process would reach where the civil process would not and the persons who had been impression of any civil law but he will never which the President h
The Daily Dispatch: August 20, 1863., [Electronic resource], Additional from the North. (search)
are forwarded to the Army of the Potomac, under a sufficient guard. In view of the fact that substitutes from other parts of the State, as well as from other States, are going forward, the army will soon be filled. In a short time the drafted men of Philadelphia will be required to report for duty, and the addition to the army will prove a large one. The bill in equity, filed in the Supreme Court, to test the constitutionality of the draft, by praying an injunction to restrain Provost Marshal Lehman from taking a drafted man named Nichols, will not be heard before the first Monday in September. In another instance, a writ of habeas corpus has been issued from the Court of Quarter Sessions, at the instance of a drafted man. The writ has been directed to Col. Collis, in charge of the drafted men, and he will make a return to the writ, objecting to the jurisdiction of the Court. The case may be taken up on Tuesday, at which time the Quarter Sessions meets for the purpose of dispo
The Daily Dispatch: August 25, 1863., [Electronic resource], Events of the war. (search)
e to throw himself into various attitudes. His toes and fingers must be practically perfect. He is made to pick up a grain of corn from the ground without bending his knees; to stand upon the points of his toes, and to show that he is perfect in his anatomy. If he stands this test he is accepted, and a release is given to the man who brings him. The substitute then receives his money, and is taken into the custody of a guard. He is then a United States soldier for three years. At Capt. Lehman's office yesterday we saw some humorous incidents. A man about 40 years of age came limping into the office. He wanted exemption. "What ails your leg?" was the first question. "Why, it's stiff, that air leg is. "It's been stiff nigh on two year." "What makes it stiff?" "Why, I reckon it's the rheumatis, Doctor. That leg ain't got no more joint in it than a crowbar." "Well, we'll see. Step outside there and we'll look at you." "Oh, you needn't give yourselv