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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 49 3 Browse Search
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 10: The Armies and the Leaders. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller) 10 2 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Chancellorsville, battle of (search)
le. Meade's corps, with Couch's, formed his left; Slocum's, and a division of Sickles's, his centre, and Howard's his right, with Pleasonton's cavalry near. Lee's , however, believing it to be a retreat of the Confederates towards Richmond. Sickles pushed forward Birney's division to reconnoitre, followed by two brigades of He double-quick, under Generals Berry and French, and also a courier to apprise Sickles, who had pushed some distance beyond the National lines, of the disaster to thenough for Pleasonton to bring his own horse-artillery and more than twenty of Sickles's guns to bear upon the Confederates, and to pour into their ranks a destructive storm of grape and canister shot. Generals Warren and Sickles soon came to Pleasonton's assistance, when there was a severe struggle for the possession of cannonde a desperate charge under cover of their fire, and were soon struggling with Sickles's corps and four other divisions. These were pushed back, and a fierce battle
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Everett, Edward, 1794-1865 (search)
ll, who had so gallantly sustained themselves during the toil and peril of the day, were cheered by the arrival of General Slocum with the 12th Corps and of General Sickles with a part of the 3d. Such was the fortune of the first day, commencing with decided success to our arms, followed by a check, but ending in the occupationce of infantry, brigade after brigade, commencing on the enemy's right against the left of our army, and so onward to the left centre. A forward movement of General Sickles, to gain a commanding position from which to repel the rebel attack, drew upon him a destructive fire from the enemy's batteries, and a furious assault from Lide there fell, in the whole campaign, of generals killed, Reynolds, Weed, and Zook, and wounded, Barlow, Barnes, Butterfield, Doubleday, Gibbon, Graham, Hancock, Sickles, and Warren; while of officers below the rank of general, and men, there were 2,834 killed, 13,709 wounded, and 6,643 missing. On the Confederate side there were
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Gettysburg, battle of. (search)
, was then advancing with his own corps, followed by Howard's, having those of Sickles and Slocum within call. The sound of fire-arms quickened his pace, and he marward's disposition of the troops. The latter had called early upon Slocum and Sickles, and both promptly responded. Sickles joined the left of the troops on CemeteSickles joined the left of the troops on Cemetery Hill that night. Hancock had gone back; and, meeting his own corps, posted it a mile and a half in the rear of Cemetery Hill. Meade had now given orders for theheir front. It was late in the afternoon before a decided movement was made. Sickles, on the left, between Cemetery Hill and Round Top, expecting an attack, had adnd pushed him back, with a loss of half his men and three guns. In this onset Sickles lost a leg, and Birney took command of the corps. Elated by this success, the Round Top. The Confederates fled; and in this sortie the whole ground lost by Sickles was recovered, with 260 men captives, 7,000 small-arms, a cannon, and wounded
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Malvern Hill, battle of. (search)
orm of battle. Then Lee ordered another assault on the batteries. His columns rushed from the woods over the open fields to capture the batteries and carry Gunboats at the battle of Malvern Hill. the hill. They were met by a deadly fire of musketry and great guns; and as one brigade recoiled another was pushed forward, with a seeming recklessness of life under the circumstances. At about seven o'clock in the evening, while fresh troops under Jackson were pressing the Nationals sorely, Sickles's brigade, of Hooker's division, and Meagher's Irish brigade, of Richardson's division, were ordered up to their support. At the same time the gunboats on the James River, full 150 feet below, were hurling heavy shot and shell among the Confederates with terrible effect, their range being directed by officers of the signal corps on the hill. The conflict was furious and destructive, and did not cease until almost 9 P. M., when the Confederates were driven to the shelter of the woods, rav
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Mott, Gershom -1884 (search)
Mott, Gershom -1884 Military officer; born near Trenton, N. J., April 7, 1822; was a second lieutenant in the 10th United States Infantry in the war with Mexico. He was lieutenant-colonel of the 5th New Jersey Volunteers that hastened to the field in 1861, and, as colonel, served with distinction in the campaign on the Peninsula. He was promoted brigadiergeneral in September, 1862, and was wounded in the battle of Manassas. At Chancellorsville he commanded a New Jersey brigade in Sickles's division, and was again wounded. He also distinguished himself in the battle of Gettysburg. In the operations before Petersburg in 1864-65 he commanded a division of the 3d Corps, and while in pursuit of Lee was again wounded. After the war he was major-general commanding the National Guard of New Jersey, State treasurer, and keeper of the State prison. He died in New York City, May 29, 1884.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Oak woods, battle of (search)
Oak woods, battle of In the Civil War the siege of Richmond had gone on quietly until near the close of June, 1862, when General Heintzelman's corps, with a part of Keyes's and Sumner's, was ordered to move forward on the Williamsburg road, through a swampy wood, for the purpose of ascertaining the nature of the ground beyond, and to place Heintzelman and Sumner in a position to support a proposed attack upon the Confederates at a certain point by General Franklin. They met a Confederate force, and a fight ensued, in which the brigades of Sickles and Grover, of Hooker's division, bore the brunt. The Confederates were driven from their encampment, and the point aimed at was gained. The National loss was 516 men killed and wounded.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Sickles, Daniel Edgar 1822- (search)
Sickles, Daniel Edgar 1822- Military officer: born in New York City, Oct. 20, 1822; was admitted to the bar in 1844; became a member of the legislature in 1847, and was soon a prominent leader in the Democratic party. He went to England with Minister Buchanan as secretary of lega- Daniel Edgar Sickles. tion. In 1855 he was elected State Senator, and the next year he was elected to Congress. He shot Philip Barton Key (Feb. 27, 1859), in Washington, D. C., for alleged unlawful intimacyDaniel Edgar Sickles. tion. In 1855 he was elected State Senator, and the next year he was elected to Congress. He shot Philip Barton Key (Feb. 27, 1859), in Washington, D. C., for alleged unlawful intimacy with his wife; was tried for murder, but acquitted, and was re-elected to Congress in 1860. When the Civil War broke out he raised the Excelsior (New York) Brigade; was made colonel, and commissioned brigadier-general of volunteers in September, 1861. He commanded a brigade on the Peninsula; took command of General Hooker's troops when that officer was placed at the head of an army corps; and had a division at Antietam and Fredericksburg. At Chancellorsville he commanded an army corps; also
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Trials. (search)
s P. Casey, for shooting James King, of William, editor of the San Francisco Bulletin, and Charles Cora, murderer of United States Marshal Richardson; tried and hanged by the vigilance committee in San Francisco......May 20, 1856 Dred Scott case (q. v.)......1856 R. J. M. Ward ( the most extraordinary murderer named in the calendar of crime ), Cleveland, O.......1857 Emma A. Cunningham, for the murder of Dr. Burdell, in New York City, Jan. 30, 1856; acquitted......May, 1857 Daniel E. Sickles, for killing Philip Barton Key, Washington, D. C.; acquitted......April 4-26, 1859 John Brown, for insurrection in Virginia; tried Oct. 29, and executed at Charlestown, Va.......Dec. 2, 1859 Albert W. Hicks, pirate; tried at Bedloe's Island, May 18-23; convicted of triple murder on the oyster-sloop Edwin A. Johnson in New York Harbor; hanged......July 13, 1860 Officers and crew of the privateer Sa-vannah, on the charge of piracy; jury disagree......Oct. 23-31, 1861 Nathanie
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America. (search)
William H. Prescott, author, dies at Boston, Mass., aged sixty-three......Jan. 28, 1859 Oregon admitted as the thirty-third State......Feb. 14, 1859 Daniel E. Sickles, Congressman from New York, kills Philip Barton Key at Washington for adultery with his wife......Feb. 27, 1859 Thirty-fifth Congress adjourns......March 3, 1859 Trial of Daniel E. Sickles begun at Washington, D. C.......April 4, 1859 [It lasted eighteen days and resulted in his acquittal.] A rich gold mine opened in Colorado, on the north fork of Clear Creek, by John H. Gregory......May 10, 1859 Unexampled frost prevails throughout the northern United States night of...ts.] General Orders No. 10, issued from army headquarters by direction of the President, assigning Gen. J. M. Schofield to command 1st Military District; Gen. D. E. Sickles to command 2d Military District; Gen. G. H. Thomas to command 3d Military District; Gen. E. O. C. Ord to command 4th Military District; Gen. P. H. Sheridan
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), North Carolina, (search)
by President Johnson, and Governor Worth assumes office......Dec. 23, 1865 Convention of colored delegates meets at Raleigh to promote the mental and political elevation of their race......Oct. 1, 1866 Legislature passes an act granting a general amnesty and pardon to all officers and soldiers of the State of North Carolina, or of the late Confederate States armies, or of the United States, for offences committed against the criminal laws of North Carolina ......Dec. 22, 1866 Gen. D. E. Sickles assigned by the President to command the 2d Military District, North and South Carolina, with headquarters at Columbia......March 11, 1867 General Sickles removed, and Gen. Edward R. S. Canby appointed to the command......Aug. 26, 1867 Conservative mass-meeting at Raleigh define their aim to ward off the dangers which threaten us from the success of the ultra-Republicans or Radical party in the State ......Sept. 27, 1867 Convention called under the reconstruction acts of Congr
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