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William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 1, Chapter 6: (search)
became the Grand Army of the Potomac. The railroad from the Susquehanna was guarded by soldiers, along the entire line, to Washington. Pennsylvania Avenue was patrolled by detachments of infantry and cavalry. New regiments arrived daily, marched up the avenue, crossed the Long Bridge into Virginia, selected their camp-ground under orders of brigade commanders, pitched their tents, lighted their camp-fires, and became a part of the living mass wherein were centred the best hopes of loyal America, and for whom the prayers, from a million family altars, ascended daily to heaven. No one can fully realize the grandeur of the army, and the magnitude of the Rebellion, who never visited Washington in the years when it was being fought. On or about the 20th of July, the Governor despatched Colonel Ritchie, of his personal staff, to the James River, to make a personal examination into the condition of the Massachusetts regiments in General McClellan's army, which had fallen back from be
William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 1, Chapter 10: (search)
ns might be secured; and he was able to make a contract for them on terms which left it optional with the State to accept the contract or not. The State did ratify and adopt it; and these five guns were finished in due time, but never shipped to America. It would not be just to conclude this account without acknowledging that the delays which occurred in the execution of Captain Blakely's contract were due to the difficulties which were encountered in the first efforts to produce guns of thewas so well done, that, after the account of their proof appeared in the Times, the Russian military officers in London applied to know when they were to be delivered, and were surprised to learn that they were already at sea, on their voyage to America. The first gun, on being hoisted out of the lighter at Woolwich, carried away the crane, and, falling through the bottom of the lighter, sunk the whole; when landed, the bridge across the moat of Woolwich Arsenal had to be strengthened before t