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John Dimitry , A. M., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 10.1, Louisiana (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 6 2 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2 4 0 Browse Search
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Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 1., Chapter 6: Affairs at the National Capital.--War commenced in Charleston harbor. (search)
ountry, he consults daily with men who publicly avow, in their seats in Congress, that the Union is dissolved, and that the laws are standing still! Is it not time, then, for the American people to take the country into their own hands, and to administer the Government in their own way? And the veteran editor, Duff Green, the friend and confidential co-worker with Calhoun when the latter quarreled with President Jackson, and who naturally espoused the cause of the secessionists, told Joseph C. Lewis, of Washington, while under the half-finished dome of the Capitol, early in 1861:--We intend to take possession of the Army and Navy, and of the archives of the Government; not allow the electoral votes to be counted; proclaim Buchanan provisional President, if he will do as we wish, and if not, choose another; seize the Harper's Ferry Arsenal and the Norfolk Navy Yard simultaneously, and sending armed men down from the former, and armed vessels up from the latter, take possession of Wa
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Washington, D. C. (search)
the national capital and its archives. The Confederates were so confident of the success of their scheme that a leading Virginian said openly: Mr. Lincoln will not dare to come to Washington after the expiration of the term of Mr. Buchanan. The city will be seized and occupied as the capital of the Southern Confederacy, and Mr. Lincoln will be compelled to take his oath of office in Philadelphia or New York. The veteran journalist Duff Green, the warm co-worker with Calhoun, said to Joseph C. Lewis, of Washington: We intend to take possession of the army and navy and of the archives of the government; not allow the electoral vote to be counted; proclaim Buchanan provisional President, if he will do as we wish—and if not, choose another; seize the Harper's Ferry arsenal and the Gosport navy-yard simultaneously, and, sending armed men down from the former and armed vessels up from the latter, seize Washington and establish a new government. The Confederates believed the President w
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2, I. List of officers from Massachusetts in United States Navy, 1861 to 1865. (search)
Atlantic.Aug. 22, 1865.Hon. discharged.Actg. Master. Commodore Morris; Miami.North Atlantic. Lewis, Elnathan, Credit, Somerville.Mass.Mass.Mass.Oct. 3, 1861.Actg. Master.Vanderbilt.Special Service.Mar. 1, 1864.Appointment revoked.Actg. Master. Lewis, John W., Sick. Credit, Somerville.Mass.Mass.Mass.May 13, 1863.Actg. Ensign.Guard; Shamrock.West Gulf; North Atlantic.Feb. 10, 1864.Appointment revoked.Actg. Ensign. May 16, 1864.Actg. Ensign.June 8, 1865.Dismissed.Actg. Ensign. Lewis, Joseph C.,Mass.Mass.Mass.Jan. 15, 1862.Actg. 3d Asst. Engr.Rhode Island; Alabama.Supply Steamer; North Atlantic.Oct. 24, 1865.Hon. discharged.Actg. 2d Asst. Engr. Apr. 14, 1864.Actg. 2d Asst. Engr. Lewis, William J.,England.Mass.-Jan. 7, 1864.Actg. Master's Mate.Passaic; New Ironsides.South Atlantic.June 9, 1865.Appointment revoked.Actg. Master's Mate. Lincoln, David F.,Mass.Mass.Mass.Sept. 5, 1862.Actg. Asst. Surgeon.Montgomery.North Atlantic.Feb. 10, 1864.Resigned.Actg. Asst. Surgeon. Li
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2, Index of names of persons. (search)
d, C. S., 472 Leonard, Edwin, 499 Leonard, Ezra, 90 Leonard, George, 90 Leonard, J. A., Jr., 472 Leonard, James B., 310 Leonard, Joseph B., 219 Leonard, J. D., 472 Leonard, James, 310 Leonard, Nahum, 310 Leonard, O. W., 310 Leonard, S. H., 219 Leonard, William G., 310 Leonard, William Glidden, 428 Leonard, W. W., 90 Lester, C. E., 675 Lesure, S. L., 310 Lewis, A. A., 90 Lewis, A. H. G., 310 Lewis, E. R., 310 Lewis, Edward, 310 Lewis, Einathan, 90 Lewis, H. B., 576 Lewis, J. C., 90 Lewis, J. F., 310 Lewis, J. M., 472 Lewis, J. W., 90 Lewis, S. W., 310 Lewis, Thomas, Jr., 572 Lewis, W. J., 90 Lewis, Willard, 583 Libby, Jonah, Jr., 472 Libby, Joseph, 310 Lilley, E. V., 310 Lincoln, Abraham, 645, 675 Lincoln, Abraham, Mrs., 597 Lincoln, B., 583 Lincoln, B. C., 491 Lincoln, D. F., 90 Lincoln, E. T., 90 Lincoln, F. D., 310 Lincoln, F. M., 384 Lincoln, George, 605 Lincoln, J. M., 7th Mass. Inf., 310 Lincoln, J. M., 13th Batt. Mass. L. A., 310
John Dimitry , A. M., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 10.1, Louisiana (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 18: (search)
lars by Maj. S. S. Batchelor; the Thirteenth by Lieut.-Col. Francis L. Campbell; the Sixteenth and Twenty-fifth by Col. Joseph C. Lewis; the Nineteenth by Col. R. W. Turner, Lieut.-Col. Hyder A. Kennedy; the Twentieth by Maj. Samuel L. Bishop; the Fo on the line of New Hope church, facing westward. On the evening of May 25th, A. P. Stewart sent Austin's battalion and Lewis' Sixteenth regiment forward as skirmishers near the church, the enemy showing activity. Soon the remainder of the brigadtry at New Hope church. The gallant Austin, capable of commanding a regiment, had 60 men at Dalton, and had lost 23. Colonel Lewis mentioned in addition to names already given, AssistantSur-geon Bass as greatly distinguished, and Sergeant-Major Bra. In fifteen minutes, in the second charge, half the command that was left fell killed or wounded. Conspicuous was Col. J. C. Lewis, who fell mortally wounded at the head of his regiment, within a few paces of the enemy. Others who fell within arm