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Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 2., Chapter 11: operations in Southern Tennessee and Northern Mississippi and Alabama. (search)
he news of it was hailed with delight by the loyalists, it could not be considered a victory, in its proper sense. The Confederate army had escaped, with its cannon and most of its stores, thereby frustrating and deranging the plans of Halleck; and it was soon again ready for offensive operations. This result was charged to Halleck's tardiness; and experts declared their belief that, if he had remained in St. Louis a week Halleck's Headquarters at Corinth. this was the dwelling of Mr. Symington when the writer visited Corinth, late in April, 1866. it was one of the houses in the suburbs of the village that survived the war. longer, Grant, left free to act, would have captured Beauregard's army, supplies, and munitions of war. After the evacuation of Corinth, no military operations of importance were undertaken by the Grand Army of the Tennessee while General Halleck was in personal command of it. The Confederate fortifications at Corinth were much weaker than Halleck suppo
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 31. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.38 (search)
his staff-officers, four in number (Major Charles Pickett, Captain Baird, Captain Symington and myself), to Generals Armistead, Garnett and Kemper, and to Dearing's When I returned to General Pickett from giving the order to General Kemper, Symington, Baird and Charles Pickett were with the General, they having less distance trshall, history would have been written another way. General Pickett sent Captain Symington and Captain Baird to rally these men. They did all that brave officersn Baird to General Wilcox with the order for him to come in; then he sent Captain Symington with the same order, in a very few moments, and last he said: Captain Bright, you go, and I was about the same distance behind Symington that he was behind Baird. The fire was so dreadful at this time that I believe that General Pickett we did not see this, as all our thoughts were fixed on our left flank. Captain Symington and Captain Baird could each give many interesting incidents if they coul
The Daily Dispatch: December 27, 1860., [Electronic resource], Secession Movement at the South. (search)
urg. Pittsburg, Pa.,Dec. 24. --Intense excitement exists here to-day, in consequence of its being made public that United States Quartermaster Taliaferro was negotiating for the shipment from the Alleghany Arsenal, of seventy-eight guns to Newport, near Galveston Island, Texas, and forty-six more to Ship Island, near Balize, at the mouth of the Mississippi river, the apparent object being to strip the Alleghany Arsenal, and place the guns where the secessionists could get them. Major Symington, of Maryland, in command of the arsenal, declined to give the press any information on the subject. It seems the points referred to are new forts, never yet mounted. These guns were designed for their armament. The guns are ten-inch Columbiads, and carry thirty-two pounders. Carriages for them are being made at Watervliet, N. Y. General Moorhead, our member of Congress, immediately telegraphed Mr. Stanton, Chairman of the House Committee on Military Affairs, for information in r
The Daily Dispatch: August 26, 1861., [Electronic resource], War matters. (search)
ty of Leesburg, and very large force is being just now — according to we doubt, all the army of of allegiance, and to support the and Government of the United States Monday last administered to the subordinates of the Coast by Justice Galian. week the available force from its month to doubled quite. We the nerves of the New that are having prospect that the enemy are a large army over the river of that department, has to be the Brigadier-General of Major Symington, of the one of its two Colonels, and to be its Lieutenant except Major John E. Lee, who in the discharge of the and Judge Advocate General. Alexandria coming to Washington require passes to that end; from all persons passing Washington down to Alexandria, by bridge or boat. Alexandrian, themselves much trouble return passes from the proper their own town are coming to (Md.) stage was stopped bridge this morning, on and brought back to this city.-- including l
The Daily Dispatch: July 5, 1862., [Electronic resource], List of casualties in the recent battles before Richmond. (search)
r. Company Lyon.--Killed: None. Wounded: Geo W. Dean, R. H Johnson. Company Bond.--Killed: None Wounded: Lieut Privates M D. Tatum, G F Hill, H V L F Ferkinson, Jos C Robinson, B A Lucy. Company Killed: Corp Nicholas Dawson. Company Banks — Killed: None, Wounded Lieut Sergt Jos Carr; Privates D A Bars Revan, J T Robinson, W A Shepherd. Company Killed: None. Wounded: Lieut. Corp W C Brown, Private J A Company G. Capt Crawford.--Killed: Private J B Symington. Wounded: Privates J Lovenstein, E E Nimmo. Company G, Capt Owens.--Killed: Corpl T B Braithwaite; Private Lewis Meyers. Wounded: Sergt J R Baldry. Company I. Capt Jones.--Killed: Privates John Delbridge, W. E Edwards. Wounded: Sergt T J. Harwell Privates G. W Lee, L F Kelly. Company H, Capt Lewellen.--Killed: None.--Wounded: Corpl B Mitchell; Private Wm. Mann. A list of the Killed, wounded, and Missing from the 19th Virginia regiment. Major John T Ellis wounded
The Daily Dispatch: August 31, 1863., [Electronic resource], The United States army. (search)
. Gen Heintzleman's chances for a regular Brigadier Generalship are considered good. The following regular army officers were dismissed from the service last year: Maj Gen Fitz John Porter, Colonel 15th; Maj Haller, 7th; Maj Davidson, 4th; and Capts Beall, 2d; Stivers, 7th; Mayer and Wilkinson, 12th; Woodson, 16th; Cady, 17th; Breslin and Kellogg, 18th; Goodwin, 10th. The act of July 17th, 1862, gave Lincoln discretionary power to retire all officers whose names have been borne on the army register 45 years, or who are 65 years of age, without submitting their cases to a Retiring Board. The recent retirement, under this act, of Gens Wool, Harney, and Brown; and Colonels Long, Thayer, Craig, Symington, Gates, Merchant, Dimick, Loomis, and Burke, together with the summoning of many field officers before the Retiring Board, is considered very strong evidence that the authorities intend to take full advantage of the act referred to by laying all old officers "on the shelf,"