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Horace Greeley, The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65: its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union. Volume I., chapter 9 (search)
cided in favor of the White Basis by 13 to 11--James Madison's vote giving that side the majority; but he voted also against the White Basis for the Senate, making a tie on that point. A strong excitement having arisen on this question, General Robert B. Taylor, of Norfolk, an advocate of the White Basis, resigned, and his seat was filled by Hugh B. Grigsby, of opposite views. At length, November 16th. the Convention came to a vote, on the proposition of a Mr. Green, of Culpepper, that the g in intellect, in numbers, and in resolution, and it fought desperately through weeks of earnest debate and skillful maneuvering. President Monroe, in December, resigned the chair, and his seat, and his constituents offered the latter to General R. B. Taylor aforesaid, who declined, when it was given to a Mr. Osborne. Finally, a proposition by Mr. Upshur (afterward Secretary of State) was so amended, on motion of Mr. Gordon, as to prescribe, arbitrarily, that thirteen Senators should be appor
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Craney Island, operations at (search)
,000 men. Governor Barbour, of Virginia, had assembled several thousand militia, in anticipation of invasion. Craney Island, then in shape like a painter's palette, was separated from the main by a shallow strait, fordable at low tide, and contained about 30 acres of land. On the side commanding the ship-channel were entrenchments armed with 18 and 24 pounder cannon. A successful defence of this island would save Norfolk and the navy-yard there, and to that end efforts were made. Gen. Robert B. Taylor was the commanding officer of the district. The whole available force of the island, when the British entered Hampton Roads were two companies of artillery, under the general command of Maj. James Faulkner; Captain Robertson's company of riflemen; and 416 militia infantry of the line, commanded by Lieut.-Col. Henry Beatty. If attacked and overpowered, these troops had no means of escape. These were reinforced by thirty regulars under Capt. Richard Pollard, and thirty volunteers un
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Crawford, George Washington 1798- (search)
Crawford, George Washington 1798- Statesman; born in Columbia county, Ga., Dec. 22, 1798; graduated at Princeton in 1820; appointed attorney-general of Georgia in 1827; elected to the State legislature in 1837, and to Congress in 1843. The same year he was elected governor of Georgia, and re-elected in 1845. President Taylor appointed him Secretary of War in 1849.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Crittenden, Thomas Leonidas 1815- (search)
Crittenden, Thomas Leonidas 1815- Military officer; second son of John J. Crittenden; born in Russellville, Ky., May 15, 1815; studied law with his father, and became commonwealth's attorney in 1842. He served under General Taylor in the war against Mexico, and when the latter became President of the United States he sent Crittenden to Liverpool as United States consul. He returned in 1853, and in September, 1861, was made a brigadier-general and assigned a command under General Buell. For gallantry in the battle of Shiloh he was promoted to major-general of volunteers and assigned a division in the Army of the Tennessee. He afterwards commanded the left wing of the Army of the Ohio under General Buell. Then he served under Rosecrans, taking part in the battles at Stone River and Chickamauga. His corps was among the routed of the army in the last-named battle. He commanded a division of the 9th Corps in the campaign against Richmond in 1864. In March, 1865, he was brevett
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Croghan, George 1746-1782 (search)
securing the attachment of the Indians to the British interest until 1776, but took no active part in the events of the Revolution. He died in Passayunk, Pa., in August, 1782. Military officer; born near Louisville, Ky., Nov. 15, 1791; educated at the College of William and Mary, which he left in 1810; was aide to Colonel Boyd in the battle of Tippecanoe (q. v.) in 1811, and made captain of infantry in March, 1812. In March, 1813, he became an aide of General Harrison, and in August of the same year sustained the siege of Fort Stephenson (q. v.) against a force of British and Indians, for which he was brevetted a captain and awarded a gold medal by Congress. He was made lieutenant-colonel early in 1814, and resigned in 1817. Colonel Croghan was postmaster at New Orleans in 1824, and late in the next year was appointed inspector-general of the army, with the rank of colonel. He served under Taylor at the beginning of the war with Mexico. He died in New Orleans, Jan. 8, 1849.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Curtis, George William 1824- (search)
ples of all his predecessors. He followed Washington, and observed the spirit of the Constitution in refusing to remove for ally reason but official misconduct or incapacity. But he knew well what was coming, and with characteristically stinging sarcasm he called General Jackson's inaugural address a threat of reform. With Jackson's administration in 1830 the deluge of the spoils system burst over our national politics. Sixteen years later, Mr. Buchanan said, in a public speech, that General Taylor would be faithless to the Whig party if he did not proscribe Democrats. So high the deluge had risen which has ravaged and wasted our politics ever since, and the danger will be stayed only when every President, leaning upon the law, shall stand fast where John Quincy Adams stood. But the debate continued during the whole Jackson administration. In the Senate and on the stump, in elaborate reports and popular speeches, Webster, Calhoun, and Clay, the great political chiefs of their
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Curtis, Samuel Ryan -1866 (search)
Curtis, Samuel Ryan -1866 Military officer; born near Champlain, N. Y., Feb. 3, 1805; graduated at West Point in 1831, and the following year left the army and studied law; served under General Taylor in the war with Mexico, and was General Wool's assistant adjutant-general in that war. He was for a while governor of Saltillo. He became a member of Congress in 1857, retaining that post until 1861, and was a member of the Peace Congress. In May, 1861, he was appointed brigadier-general of volunteers, and in March, 1862, major-general. Commanding the army in Missouri, he gained the battle of Pea Ridge (q. v.). After the war he was appointed United States commissioner to treat with Indian tribes— Samuel Ryan Curtis. Sioux, Cheyennes, and others. He died in Council Bluffs, Ia., Dec. 26, 186
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 15. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Terry's Brigade, formerly John M. Jones's. (search)
't 63d Tenn. C. Godbey, Chaplain 63d Tenn. L. L. Etter, 2d Lt. Co. C, 63d Tenn. A. Godsey, 2d Lt. Co. E, 63d Tenn. First Tennessee Regiment. Field and Staff. Ord. Sergeant T. H. Turner, Hos. Steward W. A. Miles. Co. A. Sergeant R. B. Taylor, Private W. P. Martin, Private Jas. M. McClure, W. K. Patton. Co. B. 1st Sergeant N. M. Spears, Private Geo. Collins. Co. C. 1st Sergeant S. A. Denson, Corporal H. B. Clements, Corporal J. R. Keiningham, Private C. A. Col and A. C. S. Geo. T. Rogers, Col. 6th Regiment Va. Infantry. R. W. Jones, Major Commanding 12th Va. R. O. Whitehead, Lt.-Col. 16th Va. Infantry. Joseph P. Menitree, Lt.-Col. 41st Va. Infantry. V. D. Groner, Col. 61st Va. Infantry. Robt. B. Taylor, Major 6th Va. Infantry. Wm. H. Etheredge, Maj. 41st Va. Infantry. W. H. Stewart, Lt.-Col. 61st Va. Infantry. A. Tunstall, Jr., Adjutant 6th Va. Infantry. F. R. Smith, Adj't 12th Va. Infantry. T. P. Temple, Surg. 6th Va. Infantry. J.
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 15. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Index. (search)
Capt. H. B., 71. Tannahill, Capt. E. D., 3. Tannehill, W. T., 3. Tanner, Major N. M., 238. Tanner's Battery, 465. Tapscott, Lt. J. B., 2. Tarpley, Capt. T. W., 287. Tate, Ass't Surg. H. W., 197. Tate, Surg. J. L., 286. Tate, Capt. J. M., 358. Tayloe, Col. George E., 333. Taylor, Major E., 69. Taylor, E. B., 18. Taylor, Lt. E. P., 95. Taylor, Lt. J. F., 3, 431. Taylor, Lt. J. L., 304. Taylor, Capt. J. M., 204, 210. Taylor, Lt. J. M., 305. Taylor, Lt. M. F., 69. Taylor, Maj. R. B., 347. Taylor, Lt. R. P., 73. Taylor, Col. R. S., 161. Taylor, Maj. R. T.. 393. Taylor, Lt. W. B., 295. Taylor, Col. W. H., cited, II. Taylor, Surg. W. H., 71. Taylor's Battery, 44, 54. Teezley, Lt. A. J., 110. Telegraph Operators, 465. Temple, Cadet P. C., 454. Temple, Surg. T. P., 347. Tennant, Rev. J. C., 263. Tennessee Infantry, 1st Regiment, 287. Tennessee Infantry, 8th Regiment, 288. Tennessee Infantry, 14th Regiment, 288, 456. Tennessee Infantry, 17th Regime
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 27. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Judge William Brockenbrough. (search)
Williams Green, of the Court of Appeals, died, his place had to be filled. The election for his successor took place February 20, 1834. Mr. Booker, of Amelia, nominated Judge Brockenbrough; Mr. Botts, Robert Stanard, Esq.; and Mr. Watts, Judge Ro. B. Taylor. On the second ballot, Taylor was dropped. Then Judge Brockenbrough got seventy-two votes, and from both houses ninety-three to Stanard's sixty-four, and was promoted to the Supreme Court of Appeals. The cases in which he sat are reportTaylor was dropped. Then Judge Brockenbrough got seventy-two votes, and from both houses ninety-three to Stanard's sixty-four, and was promoted to the Supreme Court of Appeals. The cases in which he sat are reported in Leigh's Reports, Vols. V to IX, inclusive, and they contain a good many of his opinions. The Court of Appeals at that time consisted of President Henry St. George Tucker, and Judges Francis T. Brooke, Wm. H. Cabell, Dabney Carr, and Brockenbrough. Hon. John Randolph Tucker, who became so highly distinguished, describes them as he, when a boy, saw them sitting, in 1835, in the Senate chamber of the Capitol. In his reminiscences of the Virginia Bench and Bar, given to the Bar Association
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