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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 3. (ed. Frank Moore), Speech of Judge C. P. Daly, on the presentation of flags to the sixty-ninth regiment N. Y. S. V., Nov. 18, 1861. (search)
t gallant Col. Nugent, who, at the head of the Irish horse at the battle of Spires, broke the compact infantry of the Prince of Hesse, and decided the fortune of the day. The Irish soldier has been distinguished by military critics for his recognition of the necessity of implicit military obedience, for the cheerfulness with which he endures the privations and hardships incident to a military life, and for his daring impetuosity in battle. Look to it that you maintain that character. Sir Charles Napier has borne the highest compliment to the merits of a disciplined Irish regiment in the account which he gives of the one led by him at the battle of Meeanee, in the war of Scinde, and which he calls magnificent Tipperary! With this single corps of but four hundred men and two thousand native troops, he encountered and defeated twenty-eight thousand of the warlike Beloochees. (Great cheering.) Of the decisive charge with the bayonet he glowingly tells us how this thoroughly disciplined
The Daily Dispatch: November 9, 1860., [Electronic resource], Fall of a Church Steeple in New Haven. (search)
Fortifications vs. Ships. A memorable admission was made by Lord Palmerston in urging the necessity of a system of fortifications for the defence of England. He said that the Baltic fleet, the largest and most powerful which England ever sent to sea, did not dare to attack Cronstadt. The fortifications of that position were so strong as to prevent Sir Charles Napier, with the most magnificent squadron which the world has ever seen, manned by the flower of the English navy, from firing a single gun at the Russian Gibraltar.
The Daily Dispatch: November 21, 1860., [Electronic resource], Death of Admiral Sir Charles Napier. (search)
Death of Admiral Sir Charles Napier. The Vanderbilt brings us intelligence of the death of Sir Charles Napier, cousin of Gen. Charles Irving Napier. Sir Charles was born at Falkirk, March 6, 1786. He entered the navy at an early age, and served against the French. In 1809, he had risen to the rank of captain of the fleet, and succeeded in taking Fort Edward, in Martinique. In the following year, he served as a volunteer in the peninsula, and distinguished himself in several battles. In elf for his exertions to secure the accession of Queen Donna Maria, particularly by his victory off Cape St. Vincent, for which he was created by Dom Pedro, Visconde de Cabo de San Vincente.--After the expulsion of Dom Miguel from Portugal, Sir Charles Napier returned to England, and, in 1840, resumed active service. He bore a prominent part, as second in command under Admiral Stopford, in the proceedings against Mohammed All and Ibrahim Pacha, upon the coast of Syria, and in the treaty shortly
The Daily Dispatch: November 22, 1860., [Electronic resource], Bad news for Wine drinkers. (search)
Sir Charles Napier, This gallant British sailor, whose death was lately announced, was a scion, of a family which has filled as large a sphere as any other in the illustrious roll of mathematicians, soldiers, sailors, lawyers, and divines, which Scotland has furnished to Great Britain during the last two hundred years. The Pry's rights, there will be no difference of opinion. His very name was synonymous with heroism and daring. It was a terror to the enemies of England. Sir Charles Napier was a cousin of Sir Charles Napier, "the lion of the Punjaub" the conqueror of Scinde, so celebrated for his dashing exploits in Indian, and his going to waSir Charles Napier, "the lion of the Punjaub" the conqueror of Scinde, so celebrated for his dashing exploits in Indian, and his going to war "with two towels and a piece of soap." He was also a cousin of Sir William Napier, whose "History of the Peninsular War" is one of the standard works of our times. Belonging to the lineage of Baron Napier (or Neter of Merchistoun,) the inventor of logarithms, the deceased Admiral in no way derogated from its dignity further tha
The Daily Dispatch: August 8, 1861., [Electronic resource], $100 reward (search)
ying shortcomings of the English Navy in the Crimean war. If there is anything that England justly prides herself on it is her Navy, and never was it more powerful and efficient than in the beginning of the Russian contest — Such a fleet as Sir Charles Napier took to the Baltic, to say nothing of the squadron in the Black Sea, the world had never before seen. We doubt whether the combined navies of the world could have held the ocean an hour in the presence of such an enemy. But the English Navy did literally nothing in the Crimean war.--The small Russian navy kept very prudently under the protection of its fortresses, and those the fleets dared not attack. Sir Chas. Napier invited the Russian Admiral to come out, and the Commandant of Cronstadt invited Sir Charles to come in invitations which neither was in a hurry to accept.--Whenever a ship ventured to attack even a small land battery, it was invariably worsted. These results prompted Louis Napoleon to try the experiment of she
The Daily Dispatch: May 10, 1864., [Electronic resource], Confederate States Congress. (search)
Lessons from history. That distinguished English officer, Sir Charles Napier, on presenting new colors to the 22d British infantry, in India, made a characteristic speech, reported in the Times July 17, 1851, in the course of which he said: "Never can I forget the banks of the Fulallee, and the bloody bed of that river, where 2,000 of our men fought 35,000 enemies! where, for three hours, the musket and the bayonet encountered the sword and the shield in mortal combat; for on that dreadful day no man spared a foc--we were too weak for mercy." In the Bible history of the Jewish people occur numerous examples and warnings of the dangers of false clemency. One of the most striking of these is the invasion of Israel by Benhadad, King of Syria. This Benhadad seems to have been as arrogant and boastful as a Yankee, and far superior in military power to the invaded country.--Indeed, his immense force rendered the idea of opposition ridiculous. The message he sent to the King of
The Daily Dispatch: December 3, 1864., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
yardarm. But the Yankee Secretary may plead it in but with great effect; for it is a standing maxim of Great Britain, in international affairs, that what England has done cannot be wrong. Her great history man, Smith, --he who lectures on history-- we know not what his name is besides Smith — has, of late, openly proclaimed that doctrine, long practiced on by the Government. Smith justifies the atrocious crime of exciting negroes to insurrection by the somewhat English argument that Sir Charles Napier recommended it, and intended to have put it in practice in the war of 1812. Of course, then, Seward has no difficulty in shutting the mouth of Russell, if he dare open it — which we doubt — by showing that he has English precedent for his support.--The act was so much the more rascally that Genoa was unable to help herself. That circumstance the Yankees will consider only a proof of "smartness".--a proof that the English had "cut their eye-teeth, " to use their own elegant and expres<
The Daily Dispatch: January 4, 1865., [Electronic resource], Our Wilmington correspondence. (search)
been lying off this port for some days, and which consisted, it was supposed, chiefly of transports, was found to be composed of over fifty ships of war, including two monitors, several armored vessels, and a large proportion of heavily-armed frigates and sloops. This formidable fleet stood in at 11 o'clock yesterday morning, and at twenty minutes to one, it opened a furious fire upon Fort Fisher, the principal work at the mouth of the Cape Fear. An English naval officer who was with Sir Charles Napier in the Baltic, and at Sebastopol, says the fire exceeded anything he had ever seen. It was maintained with unabated vigor until half-past 5, when the fleet drew off. The enemy's shot averaged thirty to the minute, being nine thousand for the five hours he engaged the fort. The space above the fort was filled with white puffs of smoke from bursting shells, many of which were of frightful size. Some of these monster projectiles passed entirely over the fort and fell in the river beyon
The Daily Dispatch: January 6, 1865., [Electronic resource], article 3 (search)
Our Wilmington correspondent states that an English officer who was with Sir Charles Napier in the Baltic, and who was also at Sebastopol, says that the fire of the Federal fleet upon Fort Fisher on the 24th ultimo exceeded anything he had ever seen. But fearful as this bombardment was, it was a mere prelude to the infernal fire of Christmas day.--From ten in the morning till six in the evening, there was "such a rain of shot and shell as never before fell upon any spot of earth since gunpowder was invented." And yet the fort remained uninjured, and not a dozen men were killed. Colonel Lamb and his brave garrison have covered themselves with immortal renown; the former not more by the heroical fortitude of his defence than by the signal forethought, judgment and energy by which he was prepared for the terrific collision. If all our fortifications had been in such hands, the Confederacy would be spared many a humiliating page in its history. If anything is now clearly de