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William Tecumseh Sherman, Memoirs of General William T. Sherman ., volume 2, chapter 21 (search)
the wisdom or wit of my explanation. Very soon after reaching Lafayette we organized a line of supply from Chattanooga to Ringgold by rail, and thence by wagons to our camps about Gaylesville. Meantime, also, Hood had reached the neighborhood of Gadsden, and drew his supplies from the railroad at Blue Mountain. On the 19th of October I telegraphed to General Halleck, at Washington: Hood has retreated rapidly by all the roads leading south. Our advance columns are now at Alpine and Melville Post-Office. I shall pursue him as far as Gaylesville. The enemy will not venture toward Tennessee except around by Decatur. I propose to send the Fourth Corps back to General Thomas, and leave him, with that corps, the garrisons, and new troops, to defend the line of the Tennessee River; and with the rest I will push into the heart of Georgia and come out at Savannah, destroying all the railroads of the State. The break in our railroad at Big Shanty is almost repaired, and that about D
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 9. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 1 (search)
Hood's retreat. We found him intrenched in Ship's Gap, but the leading division (Wood's) of the Fifteenth corps rapidly carried the advanced posts held by two companies of a South-Carolina regiment, making them prisoners. The remaining eight companies escaped to the main body near Lafayette. The next morning we passed over into the valley of the Chattooga, the army of the Tennessee moving in pursuit by La Fayette and Alpine, toward Blue Pond; the army of the Cumberland by Summerville and Melville Post-Office to Gaylesville; and the army of the Ohio and Garrard's cavalry from Villanow, Dirttown Valley, and Goover's Gap to Gaylesville. Hood, however, was little encumbered with trains, and marched with great rapidity, and had succeeded in getting into the narrow gorge formed by the Lookout Range abutting against the Coosa River, in the neighbor-hood of Gadsden. He evidently wanted to avoid a fight. On the nineteenth, all the armies were grouped about Gaylesville, in the rich valle
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), A. (search)
at the siege of Constantinople.1394 Red-hot balls fired by the English at the siege of Cherbourg.1418 The great cannon of Mahomet II. employed against Constantinople.1453 Louis XI. of France has twelve cannon cast to throw metallic shot, for use as a siege train.1477 Brass cannon first cast in England.1521 Iron cannon first cast in England.1547 Howitzers introduced.1697 Maritz of Geneva introduces the method of casting guns solid and boring them out.1749 Carronades invented by General Melville.1779 For continuation of the subject and details, see ordnance; mortars; projectiles; weapons, etc. In European services, artillery is divided into Field ArtilleryHorse Artillery Foot ArtilleryMarine Artillery Garrison ArtillerySiege Artillery Heavy ArtilleryStanding Artillery Ar-tiller-y Car′riage. In the United States service, wrought-iron is now exclusively used as a material for garrison and sea-coast gun-carriages. Experiments have also been made, promising a s
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), I. (search)
the heated spreading-roll traveling faster than the cloth-carrying roll, and so grinding the gum into the cloth. Gum mixed with paint is spread in a layer of the required thickness upon fabric, by rolls of even motion; and the rubber fabric is then cut into pieces according to pattern, for boot or shoe soles, etc. In′dia-rub′ber spring. The first known use of india-rubber for springs is in Lacy's English patent of 1825. He employed blocks of rubber with interposed plates of iron. Melville, 1844, obtained a patent for hollow spheres of rubber, enclosing air and separated by disks of wood or metal, the whole enclosed in iron cases. In 1845, Walker and Mills patented rubber bags filled with air and enclosed in a case for use as springs. Fuller, 1845, cylindrical rings of rubber having perforated disks between them, and a guide-rod passing through the whole. These had a tendency to swell out at the center under pressure, breaking or injuring the material. To remedy this defe
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), S. (search)
ctrum; and in 1814, Fraunhofer, pursuing the investigation, had discovered and located 576 of these lines. He also observed that these were uniformly the same in light received directly from the sun and reflected from the planets, and that light from the selfluminous fixed stars contained black lines differing from those of the solar light. He thence concluded that these variations were due to causes existing outside of our atmosphere,—a conclusion which has been since amply confirmed. Melville, in 1752, noticed the yellow flame due to sodia; and in 1822 Sir John Herschel remarked that the colors contributed by different objects to flame afford in many instances a ready and neat way of detecting extremely minute quantities of them. Mr. Fox Talbot, in 1834. distinguishes the difference between the red lines produced by the flames of strontia and lithia, and in 1845 Professor W. A. Miller experimented upon the spectra of the alkaline earth metals. Professor Bunsen, however, s
Waitt, Ernest Linden, History of the Nineteenth regiment, Massachusetts volunteer infantry , 1861-1865, Roster of the Nineteenth regiment Massachusetts Volunteers (search)
riv., (C), Aug. 4, ‘63; 30; sub.; deserted Oct. 12, ‘63. Eckelman, James, priv., (C), July 22, ‘63; 39; sub.; transf. to 20th M. V. Jan. 14, ‘64. Edwards, Charles, priv., (B), May 26, 1864 ; 22; sub.; died Nov. ‘64, Andersonville. Edwards, Henry, priv., (—), Dec. 28, ‘64; 21; N. F.R. Edwards, Wm. P., priv., (B), Nov. 29, ‘62; 11; re-en. Dec. 1, ‘63; disch. Aug. 3, ‘65. Edwards, William, priv., (A), Aug. 10, ‘61; 48; wounded July 3, ‘63; M. O. Aug. 28, ‘64; see also V. R.C. Eggleston, Melville, 2nd lieut., (—), May ,6 ‘65; 20; M. O. June 30, ‘65. Eilers, Heinrich, priv., (H), May 13, 1864; 22; sub. Edward Crowell; abs. pris. June 22, 1864; N. F.R Eldridge, James, priv., (C), Aug. 3, ‘63; 31; sub.; transf. to 20th M. V. Jan. 14, ‘61. Ellery, Wm. P., priv., (H), Nov. 1, 1861; 18; wounded as corp., July 3, 1863, Co. C; disch. Aug. 29, ‘64; re-en. in V. R.C. Elliot, William, priv., (B), June 11, ‘64; 25; M. O. June 30, ‘65 as 1st sergt. Ellis
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 17. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), A list of Confederate officers, prisoners, who were held by Federal authority on Morris Island, S. C., under Confederate fire from September 7th to October 21st, 1864. (search)
inft., Fayetteville. Zzz=1st Lt. J. H. Darden, 3d N. C. inft., Snow Hill. Zzz=1st Lt. M. McLeod, 26th N. C. inft., Carthage. Zzz=1st Lt. G. W. Averett, 35th N. C. inft., Longstreet's Brigade. 2d Lt. Alex. H. Brown, 30th N. C. inft., Melville. Zzz=2d Lt. John M. Burgwyn, 12th N. C. inft., Marion. 2d Lt. J. B. Caufield, 1st N. C. inft., Tarboro. Zzz=2d Lt. G. S. Cobb, 44th N. C. inft., Graham. Zzz=2d Lt. G. N. Albright, 6th N. C. inft., Melville. Zzz=2d Lt. D. S. BullarMelville. Zzz=2d Lt. D. S. Bullard, 6th N. C. inft., Owenville. Zzz=2d Lt. John Q. Elkins, 18th N. C. inft., Whitesville. Zzz=2d Lt. G. H. Lindsay, 54th N. C. inft., Madison. Zzz=2d Lt. W. B. Allison, 62d N. C. inft., Zzz=2d Lt. W. H. Ivey, 2d N. C. cav., Jackson. Zzz=2d Lt. W. F. Dales, 32d inft., Wilmington. Zzz=2d Lt. N. H. Fernell, 61st inft., Wilmington. Zzz=2d Lt. F. F. Floyd, 57th inft., Leesville. Zzz=2d Lt. G. F. Higley, 57th inft., Lamberton. Zzz=2d Lt. J. B. Lindsay, 31st inft., Wadesboro.
Historic leaves, volume 7, April, 1908 - January, 1909, Company E, 39th Massachusetts Infantry, in the Civil War.—(Iv.) (search)
er 11, 1863; released April 16, 1864; taken prisoner again February 6, 1865; mustered out June 2, 1865; on the Somerville police force; died April 7, 1908. O'Neil, Henry, discharged May 15, 1863; died in Somerville, no date. O'Sullivan, John, wounded June 18, 1864; mustered out June 2, 1865; died in Cambridge November 19, 1875. Paine, Jeremiah T., died in hospital October 13, 1863. Palmer, William D., promoted to corporal; to sergeant; killed in battle May 8, 1864. Parkhurst, Melville C., went out as corporal; promoted to second lieutenant, Company B (Roxbury), September 8, 1864; to first lieutenant January 15, 1865; commissioned captain Company B June 7, 1865; Chief of Police, Somerville; resides at 56 Columbus Avenue, Somerville. Perry, Gideon W., put on special service, September 8, 1864, to May 20, 1865; mustered out June 2, 1865; lives at West Fairlee, Vt. Pinkham, Horace W., discharged December 9, 1862; dead (?). Powers, Robert, killed in battle, May 10, 1
Historic leaves, volume 7, April, 1908 - January, 1909, Index (search)
he, 62-65. Oliver, Francis J., 18. Oliver, Mr., 62. Oliver, Judson W., 8, 18. One Hundred and Fourth New York, 1, 6. O'Neil, Henry, 18. Opelousas, La., 56. Orcutt, Levi, Jr., 48. Order of the Eastern Star, 22. Orient Council of Massachusetts, 72. O'Sullivan, John, 18. Paige, —, 28. Paine, Brigadier-General Charles J., 60. Paine, Jeremiah T., 18. Parker, James, 29. Parker, Leonard Moody, 29, 35. Parker, Sarah Rebecca, 29. Parkhurst, Melville C., 18. Parkhurst, Lieutenant Melville C., 10. Palmer, William D., 18. Passaic, N. J., 15. Partridge, Captain, 64. Patten, Nathaniel, Senor, 89. Penhallow, —, 79. Pennock, Anna Louisa, 24. Pennock, Ellen M., 24. Pennock, Nathan Loveman, 21, 24. Pennock, Peter, 24. Pennock, Phebe (Fellows), 24. Pennock, Salmon Cotton, 24. Perry, Gideon W., 18. Peru, Ill., 13. Petersburg, 2, 7, 11. Philadelphia, 5, 12. Phipps, David, 81, 82, 84. Phipps, Mrs., 31. Pierce, Adaline, 48. Pierce, Eva Adaline, 48. P
The Daily Dispatch: June 25, 1863., [Electronic resource], The capture of the Maple Leaf by Confederate prisoners. (search)
4th Ark; Capt Jos. Long. Capt J Giesecke, Lt J Schlick, 4th Texas Cav; Perser E A McGowan, Diana; Lt. Jno Smith, Lt J Weish, Lt Z M Porter, Arizona Battalion; Lt Broyle, 7th Texas Cav; Lt H. Wilkinson, C S A, Miss; Lt J M Obley, Choctaw Battalion; Capt Pronett, Lt, Andrew, 1st Ala; Lt D Estis, 9th Tenn Cav; Capt D J Semmes, C S Artillery; Capt E A Scott, Lt D Kirkland, 9th Lt Cav; Capt D H Creath, Gen Bee's staff; Capt G W Holloway, 1st La Bat Inf; Capt G L Fusilier, Gen Taylor's staff; Capt J J Atkinson; Capt E Holmes, Lt Wm Nelson, Lt Sam Aliston, Lt Aug. Burgniens, Lt Wm H Rogers, Crescent La Vols; Lt Jos Hinsofi, Miles's Legion; Lt Chas Comfort, 11th La; Lt T W Brown, 9th La Bat Inf; Lt J Webre, 28th La; Lt Jules Durbiege, Diana; Lt Chas Roupel. C S A; Lt A O Morse, C S Artillery; Lt T D Melville, 18th La; Lt H Fiek, Queen of the West; Lt R Stark Jackson, Lt Geo W Stafford, 8th La Vols; Lt D Hughes, Miles's Legion; Lt W C Jeter, Lt E Carmonche, 4th Lt; Lt J Guillebean, 30th Lt.