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Wendell Phillips, Theodore C. Pease, Speeches, Lectures and Letters of Wendell Phillips: Volume 1, chapter 21 (search)
the third is, a compromise. Now, if the North conquers, or there be a compromise, one or the other of two things must come,--either the old Constitution or a new one. I believe that, so far as the slavery clauses of the Constitution of 1889 are concerned, it is dead. It seems to me impossible that the thrifty and painstaking North, after keeping six hundred thousand men idle for two or three years, at a cost of two million dollars a day; after that flag lowered at Sumter; after Baker and Lyon and Ellsworth and Winthrop and Putnam and Wesselhoeft have given their lives to quell the rebellion; after our Massachusetts boys, hurrying from ploughed field and workshop to save the capital, have been foully murdered on the pavements of Baltimore, -I cannot believe in a North so lost, so craven, as to put back slavery where it stood on the 4th of March last. [Cheers.] But if there be reconstruction without those slave clauses, then in a little while, longer or shorter, slavery dies,--inde
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Carlyle's laugh and other surprises, chapter 14 (search)
indeed one whose actual fame may yet outlast that of all the others by reason of its rare mingling of civil and military service. General Rufus Saxton was born at Greenfield, Massachusetts, on October 19, 1824, graduated at the military academy in 1849, was made brevet second lieutenant, Third United States Artillery, July 1, 1849, second lieutenant, Fourth Artillery, September 12, 1850, and captain and assistant quartermaster, May 13, 1861. He was chief quartermaster on the staff of General Lyon in Missouri and subsequently on that of General McClellan in western Virginia, and was on the expeditionary corps to Port Royal, South Carolina. In May and June, 1862, he was ordered north and placed in command of the defenses at Harper's Ferry, where his services won him a medal of honor; after which he was military governor of the Department of the South, his headquarters being at Beaufort, South Carolina; this service extended from July, 1862, to May 18, 1865, when he rose to be colo
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Harvard Memorial Biographies, 1849. (search)
y service. The volunteer corps here indicated was subsequently organized, and he was appointed its Major. It became the nucleus of the Thirteenth Missouri, and he was commissioned as its Colonel, to rank as such from September 1, 1861. After the capture of the regiment at Lexington, its number was given to another corps, and it was ultimately reorganized as the Twenty-fifth Missouri. Headquarters, Department West, St. Louis Arsenal, May 31, 1861. Sir,—I am directed by Brigadier-General Lyon, commanding, to request you to repair at once to Fort Leavenworth, to confer with the commanding officer there in regard to the organization and equipment of a reserve corps in your city. I am, sir, very respectfully, Your obedient servant, Chester Harding, Jr., A. A. G., 1st Brig. Mo. Vols. To E. Peabody, Esq., St. Joseph, Missouri. Major Champion Vaughan wrote soon after to General J. H. Lane: There is no man in Northern Missouri so well calculated to give you all us
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Harvard Memorial Biographies, Biographical Index. (search)
Lowell, Charles, Rev., I. 275. Lowell, C. R., I. 275, 420;. Lowell, C. R., Jr., Brig.-Gen., Memoir, I. 275-304. Also, I. 395, 398;, 413; II. 165, 324;, 326, 329, 459. Lowell, F. C., I. 395. Lowell, J. J., Lieut., Memoir, I. 395, 408;. Also, I. 288, 289;, 419, 424; II. 165, 459;. Lowell, J. R., Prof., I. 395; II. 208. Lowell, John, I. 395. Luck, J. T., Asst.-Surg., II. 198. Lunt, Lucretia W., I. 206. Lunt, W. P., Rev., I. 204, 206;. Lyman, G. W., I. 417. Lyon, N., Maj.-Gen., I. 158. M. McAlexander, Maj. (Rebel service), I. 212. McCall, G. A., Brig-Gen., I. 217. McClellan, G. B., Maj.-Gen., I. 55, 56;, 213, 216, 244, 289, 404, 410, 428; II. 10, 35;, 161, 217, 227, 288, 338, 341, 405, 420, 426, 459. McCook, A. M., Maj.-Gen., II. 56. McCracken, Patrick, I. 18. McDowell, Irvin, Maj.-Gen., I. 1, 10;, 26; II. 50, 168;, 170, 415. McFarland, Dr., II. 221. Mackenzie, W. S., Rev., I. 330. McKeon, Mr., I. 3. McKnight, J., Maj
Edward H. Savage, author of Police Recollections; Or Boston by Daylight and Gas-Light ., Boston events: a brief mention and the date of more than 5,000 events that transpired in Boston from 1630 to 1880, covering a period of 250 years, together with other occurrences of interest, arranged in alphabetical order, Boston events. (search)
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Massachusetts, died, Mar. 30, 1861 Shaking down a thieves' pastime on Negro Hill, 1808 Revived in jilt shops in Ann street, 1850 Shay's war for resisting the collection of taxes, Sept., 1786 Captured soldiers brought to Boston, Jan. 24, 1787 Sherman, Gen. Wm. T. paid a visit to Boston, July 13, 1866 Sheridan, Gen. Phil. H. paid Boston a visit, Oct. 7, 1867 Ships Sailing, of 30 tons, launched at Boston, July 4, 1631 Lyon, arrived with provisions, Nov. 11, 1631 Fourteen arrived during the month, June, 1634 Several arrived with cattle, June, 1635 Boston has eighty, from forty to one hundred tons each, 1666 Fifteen French vessels arrive in the harbor, June 8, 1711 Fifty building at the wharves, July, 1741 All the British driven from the harbor, June 14, 1776 Fifty-two clear from the Custom-House, July 13, 1844 One hundred and twenty-nine arrived to-day, May 14, 1846 The Franklin wrecke
Col. Robert White, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 2.2, West Virginia (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Appendix. (search)
Boone, he settled in Daviess county, his home at the beginning of trouble in 1861. In this county he was a local minister of the Methodist church. In politics he was an ardent Union man, opposed to war, but in case there should be war, determined to fight for the South. He raised a company of cavalry under Governor Jackson's call for volunteers to defend the State, and being mustered into service with his men June 14, 1861, joined the command of General Slack, which, after a skirmish with Lyon at Booneville, made a junction with Jackson and fought the battle of Carthage, July 5th. After the defeat of the enemy Captain McNeill harassed their rear, taking several prisoners and making the first capture of a baggage wagon in Missouri. He participated in the fierce battle of Wilson's Creek, and, after the repulse of Sigel, aided in dispersing a column of the retreating enemy, capturing 50 prisoners and one cannon. In September he took part in the famous siege of Lexington, and was s
John Dimitry , A. M., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 10.1, Louisiana (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 16: (search)
rd, major, left New Orleans for Little Rock, Ark., to join the forces then organizing to meet the aggressive operations of Lyon, the Federal commander in Missouri. Joining the army organized under Ben McCulloch, of Texas, they marched north into Mising Price. While encamped at Wilson's creek, near Springfield, August 10th, the combined forces were suddenly attacked by Lyon and Sigel. The Federals gained without much opposition the commanding position they desired, but Hebert's Louisianians angain they were called on in the final charge which put the enemy to flight. Having routed Sigel they joined Price against Lyon, and as Lyon fell pushed the enemy before them into rout. Nine of the regiment were killed and 48 wounded. The regiment wLyon fell pushed the enemy before them into rout. Nine of the regiment were killed and 48 wounded. The regiment was in winter quarters, 1861-62, at Fort Smith, and on March 7, 1862, participated in the battle of Elkhorn Tavern, in McCulloch's division. The day was disastrous, McCulloch and McIntosh killed, and Hebert, in command of a brigade, captured; but the
Capt. Calvin D. Cowles , 23d U. S. Infantry, Major George B. Davis , U. S. Army, Leslie J. Perry, Joseph W. Kirkley, The Official Military Atlas of the Civil War, Authorities. (search)
Rappahannock River, Va. 29 i, 614, 615 Lee, Stephen D.: Steele's Bayou Expedition, Miss., 1863 24 i, 462, 463 Lockett, Samuel H.: Big Black River Bridge, Miss. 24 II, 72 Champion's Hill, Miss. 24 II, 71 Loring, Frank W.: Monett's Ferry, La. 34 i, 395 Lovell, W. S.: Raft in Yazoo River at Snyder's Mill 24 III, 606 Lyman, Theodore: North Anna River, Va. 36 III, 190, 191 Richmond Campaign 40 II, 315 Wilderness, Va. 36 II, 411 Lyon, Sidney S.: Arkansas Post, Ark. 17 i, 713 McAlester, Miles D.: Mobile Bay, Ala. 39 i, 409 McArthur, John: Coaker's Ferry, Big Black River, Miss. 24 III, 465 McClernand, John A.: Arkansas Post, Ark. 17 i, 711-715 McComas, William R.: Port Gibson, Miss. 24 i, 605 McCook, Daniel: Chickamauga, Ga 30 i, 872a McCown, John P.: Island no.10 8, 767 Stone's River, Tenn. 20 i, 916 McFeely, Aaron: Gentilly's Plantation, Mo 41 i, 733
James D. Porter, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 7.1, Tennessee (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 12: (search)
th Kentucky, Colonel Crossland; the Eighth, Colonel Lyon; Faulkner's Kentucky regiment, Colonel Faulrice's cross-roads, formed the commands of Colonels Lyon, Rucker and Johnson, and attacked Griersonans gained the rear of the enemy, Buford, with Lyon and Johnson and Rucker, all rushed to the attacBuford's division, of Bell's Tennessee brigade, Lyon's Kentucky brigade, commanded by Col. Ed. Crossigades of Colonels Patterson and Johnson. Colonel Lyon was detached from his own brigade and placee, and Beltzhoover's battalion. On the 12th, Lyon skirmished with the enemy near Pontotoc, and Bain the center, supported by Bell; Chalmers' and Lyon's divisions were held in reserve. According toriver on the 21st of September, with Bell's and Lyon's brigades of Buford's division, Rucker's brigached Paris landing, where Buford's division and Lyon's brigade were already on the ground. As usualoat Undine captured and sunk at Paris landing. Lyon in command at that point with 4,000 men and sev
James D. Porter, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 7.1, Tennessee (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Biographical. (search)
le of Fort Pillow says: I cannot compliment too highly the conduct of Colonels Bell and McCulloch and the officers and men of their brigades which composed the forces of Brigadier-General Chalmers. They fought with courage and intrepidity, and without bayonets assaulted and carried one of the strongest fortifications in the country. In his report of the brilliant victory at Tishomingo creek, Forrest declares that General Buford had abundant reason to be proud of his brigade commanders, Colonels Lyon and Bell, who displayed great gallantry during the day. Forrest again speaks in a complimentary manner of Bell at the battle of Harrisburg, in the Tupelo campaign, a battle in which, though repulsed, Forrest gained the substantial fruits of victory by breaking up the strongest of all the Federal expeditions into north Mississippi during 1864. Still later, Forrest made an expedition along the Tennessee river in October and November, 1864, in which he destroyed 4 gunboats, 14 transports,
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