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Francis Glass, Washingtonii Vita (ed. J.N. Reynolds), CAPUT OCTAVUM. (search)
flumen Delawariense, huc illuc, disponebant, et eorum manipuli omnes in partes impùne ibant redibantque. Ut scaphas aut navigia nanciscerentur, incassùm elaboratum. Non-nullos, etiam, pontes, qui ab Americanis recedentibus modò rescissi fuerant, refecerunt, Bordentoniamque firmum manipulum præmiserunt. Id ideo fiebat, ut trajectus facilior, et Washingtonium vexandi facultas major esset, utpote qui, undeUnde, &c., “ whence he might be first attacked. ” primùm peteretur, omnino nesciebat. Putnam, Putnam, &c. Meanwhile Putnam, an American general, was sent by Washington, the commander (of the forces,) who should take charge of (to preside over) the defences and ramparts, that were to be made from the Schuylkill as far as the river Delaware. dux Americanus, interea, munitionibus aggeribusque à Schuylkill ad Delawarum usque flumen faciendis qui præesset, à Washingtonio imperatore missus est. Parva munimenta, ad vada custodienda, temerè Temere, “ at random, ” “ hastily. ”
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events, Diary from December 17, 1860 - April 30, 1864 (ed. Frank Moore), 1861, August (search)
tomac, and announced the officers attached to his staff.--(Doc. 201.) The Convention of Western Virginia passed the ordinance creating a State, reported by the select committee on a division of the State, this morning, by a vote of fifty to twenty-eight. The boundary as fixed includes the counties of Logan, Wyoming, Raleigh, Fayette, Nicholas, Webster, Randolph, Tucker, Preston, Monongahela, Marion, Taylor, Barbour, Upshur, Harrison, Lewis, Braxton, Clay, Kanawha, Boone, Wayne, Cabell, Putnam, Mason, Jackson, Roane, Calhoun, Wirt, Gilmer, Ritchie, Wood, Pleasants, Tyler, Doddridge, Wetzel, Marshall, Ohio, Brooke, and Hancock. A provision was incorporated permitting certain adjoining counties to come in if they should desire, by expression of a majority of their people to do so. The ordinance also provides for the election of delegates to a Convention to form a constitution; at the same time the question for a new State or against a new State shall be submitted to the people with
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 4. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 110 (search)
ed, to meet at the city of Jacksonville, on the tenth day of April, 1862, to establish a State government, elect a Governor and other State officers, a representative to Congress, or, in their sovereign capacity, to provide therefor as they shall deem best for their interest. Be it further resolved, That all the counties and precincts of the State, which shall think proper, be requested to send delegates to said convention. Be it further resolved, That the counties of St. John, Nassau, Putnam, Clay, Volusia, Orange and Brevard, be specially requested to send delegates to said convention. Be it further resolved, That, under the benign influence of the Government of the United States, as it now exists over us, our property and lives are secure from the incendiary and assassin, and that we invite the citizens of the State to return to their allegiance to the United States, and enjoy the protection and peace which are now ours. Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be dist
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), Chapter 6: Federal armies, Corps and leaders (search)
ond Army Corps. He was made major-general of volunteers, July 4, 1862. He was wounded in the Peninsula campaign and also at Antietam. Upon Burnside's reorganization of the army, he commanded the Right Grand Division. When Hooker was put at the head, Major-General Sumner was relieved at his own request, and sent to the Department of Missouri. But he died on the way there, at Syracuse, New York, March 21, 1863. Major-General Darius Nash Couch (U. S. M. A. 1846) was born in Putnam County, New York, July 23, 1822, and served in the Mexican and the Seminole wars, being brevetted first lieutenant in the former. In 1855, he resigned from the army and entered mercantile life in New York city, but returned to his profession at the opening of the Civil War as colonel of volunteers. He was identified with the Department and Army of the Potomac, first as brigade commander (August, 1861-March, 1862), then as division commander in the Fourth Army Corps to September, 1862, when he was
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Couch, Darius Nash 1822-1897 (search)
Couch, Darius Nash 1822-1897 Military officer; born in South East, Putnam co., N. Y., July 23, 1822; graduated at West Point in 1846; served in the war with Mexico; aided in suppressing the last outbreak of the Seminoles, and resigned in 1855. In January, 1861, while residing in Taunton, Mass., he was commissioned colonel of a Massachusetts regiment, and made a brigadier-general of volunteers in August. He commanded a division in General Keyes's corps in the battle of fair Oaks, or seven Pines (q. v.). He also distinguished himself at Williamsburg and at Malvern Hills, and on July 4, 1862, was promoted to major-general. Soon after his service at Antietam he was put in command of Sumner's corps, and took a prominent part in battles under Burnside and Hooker; also under Thomas, in the defeat of Hood at Nashville (q. v.), and in North Carolina early in 1865. He was the unsuccessful Democratic candidate for governor of Massachusetts in 1865; was collector of the port of Boston
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Noyes, John Humphrey 1811-1886 (search)
Noyes, John Humphrey 1811-1886 Clergyman; born in Brattleboro, Vt., Sept. 6, 1811; graduated at Dartmouth College in 1830; licensed to preach in 1833, and in the following year declared he had experienced a second conversion. Hefounded a new sect called Perfectionists in Putnam county, Vt. After twelve years he imbibed some of the teachings of Fourier and persuaded his disciples to live in communities. In 1848 he went with his followers to Oneida, N. Y., where he established the Oneida Community. He taught that God had a dual body— male and female. The only successful communities, those founded at Oneida, N. Y., and Wallingford, Conn., adopted what was named complex marriage, and lived in a unity house. Subsequently they were compelled to abandon complex marriage and their number soon diminished. Noyes published The second coming of Christ; History of American socialism, etc. He died in Niagara Falls, Canada, April 13, 188
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Florida, (search)
pens at Jacksonville......Jan. 9, 1890 Constitutional amendment adopted providing that the election of State officers shall be held on the Tuesday after the first Monday in October every second year......November, 1890 Supreme council of the National Farmers' Alliance begins its session at Ocala......Dec. 2, 1890 Gen. Francis E. Spinner, ex-Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, born 1802, dies at Jacksonville......Dec. 31, 1890 Large deposit of Kaolin clay discovered in Putnam and Lake counties......February and March, 1891 United States Senator Wilkinson Call secures renomination on the eighty-sixth ballot in caucus, by vote of 52 to 42 for D. H. Mays and 2 for ex-Governor Bloxham......May 25, 1891 Senator Call declared re-elected by fifty-one votes in joint session, a majority of both Houses; but as only fifteen Senators and thirty-nine members of the House attended, his election is disputed, there being no quorum of the Senate......May 26, 1891 Monumen
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Washingtoniana. -1857 (search)
rton House (afterwards Richmond Hill), at the junction of Varick and Charlton streets; Roger Morris's house, Harlem Heights, New York, 1776; the Miller House, near White Plains, Westchester co., N. Y., 1776; Schuyler House, Pompton, N. J., 1777; the Ring House, at Chad's Ford, on the Brandywine, and the Elmar House, Whitemarsh, 1777; the Potts House, Valley Forge, 1777-78; Freeman's Tavern, Morristown, N. J., 1777-78; the Brinkerhoff House, Fishkill, N. Y., 1778; at Fredericksburg (in Putnam county, N. Y.) 1779; Ford Mansion, Morristown, 1779-80; New Windsor-on-the-Hudson, 1779, 1780, and 1781; Hopper House, Bergen county, N. J., 1780; Birdsall House, Peekskill, N. Y., 1780; De Windt House, at Tappan, 1780; Moore's house, Yorktown, Va., 1781; Hasbrouch House, Newburg, 1782, 1783; Farm-house at Rocky Hill, N. J., near Princeton, 1783; and Fraunce's Tavern, corner of Broad and Pearl streets, New York City, where he parted with his officers, 1783. During his whole military career Was
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories, Missouri Volunteers. (search)
Jacksonport, Ark. Mustered out at Rolla, Mo., October, 1861. Stone Prairie (Barry County) Company home Guard Infantry. Organized June, 1861, in Barry County by authority of Col. Phelps. Approved by Gen. Sigel August, 1861. Duty in Barry County till August. Mustered out August, 1861. Stone County Regiment home Guard Infantry. Organized May, 1861. Accepted by Gen. Lyon June 5, 1861. Dutp in Stone and Barry Counties. Mustered out July 19, 1861. Shawneetown (Putnam County) home Guard Company Infantry. Organized July, 1861. Scouting in Schuyler County, and duty at Kirksville. Mustered out September, 1861. Sullivan County home Guard Infantry (2 Companies). Organized June, 1861, by authority of Gen. Lyon. Duty in Sullivan, Adair and Macon Counties. Mustered out September, 1861. Shelby County Company home Guard Infantry. Organized July 23, 1861, by authority of Gen. Hurlbut. Duty at Hannibal, Mo., and on Hannibal & St. Joseph Rai
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2, chapter 2 (search)
Mobile campaign, Feb. 27 to Apr. 15, 1865. Brevet Brig. General, U. S. Army, Mar. 13, 1865. Engaged in the siege of Spanish Fort, Mar. 27 to Apr. 8, 1865, and storming of Blakely, April 9, 1865. Brevet Maj. General, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 26, 1865. Major, Corps of Engineers, Dec. 28, 1865. Colonel, staff, Aide-de-Camp to General-in-Chief, July 25, 1866. Lieut. Colonel, Corps of Engineers, July 17, 1881. Colonel, Apr. 7, 1888. Retired. Couch, Darius Nash. Born at South East, Putnam County, N. Y., July 23, 1822. Cadet, U. S. Military Academy, July 1, 1842, to July 1, 1846. Brevet Second Lieutenant, 4th U. S. Artillery, July 1, 1846. Second Lieutenant, Feb. 16, 1847. Brevet First Lieutenant, Feb. 23, 1847. First Lieutenant, 4th U. S. Artillery, Dec. 4, 1847. Resigned, Apr. 30, 1855. Colonel, 7th Mass. Infantry, June 15, 1861. Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, May 17, 1861; mustered, Aug., 1861. In the defences of Washington, D. C., July, 1861, to Mar., 1862. In the Virginia
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