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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events, Diary from December 17, 1860 - April 30, 1864 (ed. Frank Moore), 1861, August (search)
amboat. She is a highly-educated lady, and the authoress of several works published while she resided in Philadelphia, among which was a Legend of the Waldenses, also A visit to Melrose. Miss Windle has resided in Alexandria for the past month, where her movements have been closely watched. She boldly avowed her secession proclivities, and made no secret of her correspondence with the leaders of the rebel army. After a hearing she was sent to Washington. Augustus Schaeffer, of Gloucester, New Jersey, belonging to Captain Sinn's Philadelphia Company of Cavalry, was severely wounded in the head yesterday, by a pistol ball, while out with a scouting party toward Fairfax Court House, Va.--Baltimore American, August 23. Jefferson Davis approved an act empowering the President of the Confederate States to appoint two more Commissioners to Europe. The act empowers the President to determine to what nations the Commissioners now in Europe shall be accredited, and to prescribe thei
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), New Sweden, founding of (search)
intain the rights of the Swedes, and to put down the attempts of the Hollanders. They had lately, before his arrival, patched their little Fort Nassau. On this account he selected the island of Tenackong as his residence, which is sometimes also called Tutaeaenung and Tenicko, about 3 Swedish miles from Fort Christina. The convenient situation of the place suggested its selection, as also the location of Fort Nassau, Fort Nassau was built near the mouth of Timber Creek, below Gloucester Point, N. J. It is said to have been built by Cornelius Mey, in 1623; but when visited by De Vries, ten years afterwards (Jan. 5, 1633), it was in the possession of the Indians, among whom he was afraid to land. We have no evidence that the fort was reoccupied by the Dutch before the establishment of the Swedish colony in 1638. which lay some miles over against it, to which he could thus command the passage by water. The new fort, which was erected and provided with considerable armament, was
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), New Jersey, (search)
ork and Atlantic Ocean, south by Delaware Bay, and west by Delaware and Pennsylvania, from which it is separated by the Delaware River. Area, 8,715 square miles, in twenty-one counties. Population in 1890, 1,444,933; 1900, 1,883,669. Capital, Trenton. Henry Hudson, in the ship Half Moon, enters Delaware Bay, Aug. 28, 1609, and coasts the eastern shore of New Jersey on his way to Sandy Hook, where he anchors......Sept. 3, 1609 First Dutch settlement on the Delaware is made near Gloucester, N. J., where Fort Nassau is built......1623 Capt. Thomas Young, receiving a commission from Charles I., sails up the Delaware River to Trenton Falls......Sept. 1, 1634 Number of English families settle on Salem Creek, at a place called by the Indians Asamohaking......1640 Dutch acquire by deed a large tract of land in the eastern part of New Jersey called Bergen......Jan. 30, 1658 Royal charter executed by Charles II., in favor of the Duke of York, of the whole region between the
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2, chapter 2 (search)
t. Colonel, 24th Mass. Infantry, Aug. 31, 1861; mustered, Oct. 1, 1861. Joined Burnside's expedition at Annapolis, Md., Dec., 1861; engaged in battles of Roanoke Island, New Berne, Tranter's Creek and various expeditions in North Carolina. Colonel, Dec. 28, 1862. Ordered to Hilton Head, S. C., Jan., 1863, thence to Seabrook Island and Edisto Inlet; at James Island, July, 1863; at Fort Wagner and on siege and trench duties; at St. Augustine and Jacksonville, Fla., until Apr, 1864; at Gloucester City, Va. With the Army of the James. Mustered out, Nov. 14, 1864. Brevet Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Paine, Charles Jackson. Born at Boston, Mass., Aug. 26, 1833. Captain, 22d Mass. Infantry, Oct. 1, 1861. Major, Eastern Bay State Regiment, Jan. 14, 1862 (S. O. 11, Adj. General's orders, U. S. Army); joined regiment at Fort Monroe, Va, and went to Ship Island, Miss.; when regiment was changed to 30th Mass. Infantry; was not commissioned by Governor of Massachuse
The Daily Dispatch: August 26, 1861., [Electronic resource], War matters. (search)
steamboat. She is a highly educated lady, and the authoress of several works published while she resided in Philadelphia, among which was a legend of the Wildness, also "A Visit to Melrose," Miss Windle has resided here for the past month, where her movements have been closely watched. She boldly avowed her secession proclivities, and made no secret of her correspondence with the leaders of the Confederate army. After a hearing, she was sent to Washington. Augustus Schaffer, of Gloucester, N. J., belonging to Capt. Towns' Philadelphia Company of Cavalry, was severely wounded in the head yesterday, by a pistol ball, while out with a scouting party towards Fairfax Court-House. This has been an eventful day with the military men in the Department of Alexandria, caused by a review of the division by Gen. McClellan and his staff. The customary salute was fired, and the new General expressed himself as highly pleased with the condition of the troops. The new order in rela
The Daily Dispatch: September 21, 1861., [Electronic resource], Runaway (search)
Sale of captured Yankee vessels. --The following vessels, among those taken by our privateers, were sold in Charleston on Monday: The bark Rowena, of Philadelphia, a new vessel, of 330 tons, built at Gloucester, New Jersey, in 1857, is in excellent condition, and was sold for $12,000. She was purchased by Messrs. John Fraser & Co. The bark Glen, of Portland, built at Freeport, Me., in 1848, and said to have been since rebuilt, brought $3,700 --purchased by Messrs. John Fraser & Co. This vessel now lies at Morehead city, N. C. The brig John Welch, of Philadelphia, 273 tons, built at Philadelphia in 1858, a good freighting vessel and in fine order, brought $9,400, and was bought by Captain Ferguson. The cargo of the bark Glen, consisting of 341 tons of anthracite coal, was purchased by the Confederate States at the enormous price of $18 50-100 per ton.