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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 32 0 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Poetry and Incidents., Volume 1. (ed. Frank Moore) 8 0 Browse Search
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 9: Poetry and Eloquence. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller) 2 0 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Poetry and Incidents., Volume 6. (ed. Frank Moore) 2 0 Browse Search
William F. Fox, Lt. Col. U. S. V., Regimental Losses in the American Civil War, 1861-1865: A Treatise on the extent and nature of the mortuary losses in the Union regiments, with full and exhaustive statistics compiled from the official records on file in the state military bureaus and at Washington 2 0 Browse Search
G. S. Hillard, Life and Campaigns of George B. McClellan, Major-General , U. S. Army 2 0 Browse Search
H. Wager Halleck , A. M. , Lieut. of Engineers, U. S. Army ., Elements of Military Art and Science; or, Course of Instruction in Strategy, Fortification, Tactis of Battles &c., Embracing the Duties of Staff, Infantry, Cavalry, Artillery and Engineers. Adapted to the Use of Volunteers and Militia. 2 0 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Poetry and Incidents., Volume 7. (ed. Frank Moore) 2 0 Browse Search
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Thomas C. DeLeon, Four years in Rebel capitals: an inside view of life in the southern confederacy, from birth to death., Chapter 1: the forehead of the storm. (search)
mors were rife of incursions over the Potomac by wild-haired riders from Virginia. Even the fungi of the departmental desks, seeming suddenly imbued with life, rose and threw away their quills-and with them the very bread for their families — to go South. It was the modern hegira! A dull, vague unrest brooded over Washington, as though the city had been shadowed with a vast pall, or threatened with a plague.. Then when it was again too late, General Scott-the general, as the hero of Lundy's Lane and Mexico was universally knownvirtu-ally went into the Cabinet, practically filling the chair that Jefferson Davis had vacated. Men felt that they must range themselves on one side, or the other, for the South had spoken and meant what she said. There might be war; there must be separation! I was lounging slowly past the rampant bronze Jackson in. Lafayette Square when Styles Staple joined me. When do you start? was his salutation. When do I start? Staple's question was
Fitzhugh Lee, General Lee, Chapter 2: birth.-career as officer of Engineers, United States army. (search)
o the command of the army to be concentrated for its reduction. The new army commander, Scott, was born near Petersburg, Va., in June, 1786, and was sixty-one years old when he began the siege of Vera Cruz on the 19th of March, 1847. He was an alumnus of William and Mary College, Williamsburg, Va., and a lawyer for two years before he was appointed to a lieutenancy in the artillery of the United States Army. His services in the war of 1812, and especially in the battles of Chippewa and Lundy's Lane, had made him famous. With a grand physique and imposing presence in full uniform, he was a splendid specimen of the American soldier. Being in command of the whole army, and in active charge of the army of invasion, his requests for the best officers, as well as ordnance, quartermasters' and commissaries' supplies, were promptly acceded to. A war with a foreign country was highly exciting and new to most of the army and navy officers, so that applications for service in Mexico rapidly
William H. Herndon, Jesse William Weik, Herndon's Lincoln: The True Story of a Great Life, Etiam in minimis major, The History and Personal Recollections of Abraham Lincoln by William H. Herndon, for twenty years his friend and Jesse William Weik, Chapter 16. (search)
come on to Washington as soon as he is ready. Say to him that I'll look after those Maryland and Virginia rangers myself; I'll plant cannon at both ends of Pennsylvania avenue, and if any of them show their heads or raise a finger I'll blow them to hell. On my return to Springfield, concludes Mather, I hastened to assure Mr. Lincoln that, if Scott were alive on the day of the inauguration, there need be no alarm lest the performance be interrupted by any one. I felt certain the hero of Lundy's Lane would give the matter the care and attention it deserved. Having at last reached his destination in safety, Mr. Lincoln spent the few days preceding his inauguration at Willard's Hotel, receiving an uninterrupted stream of visitors and friends. In the few unoccupied moments allotted him, he was carefully revising his inaugural address. On the morning of the 4th of March he rode from his hotel with Mr. Buchanan in an open barouche to the Capitol. There, slightly pale and nervous, he
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Poetry and Incidents., Volume 7. (ed. Frank Moore), A mother's story. (search)
tears Refresh the eye dry sorrow sears. “Ah! sir, my boy! my brave, bright boy!” In broken voice, she said; “My only son! my only joy! My brave, bright boy is dead!” “Sorrow is sacred!” and the eye That looks on grief is seldom dry: I listened to her piteous moan, Then followed to her dwelling lone, Where, sheltered from the biting cold, She thus her simple story told: “My grandfather, sir, for freedom died, On Eutaw's bloody plain; My father left his youthful bride, And fell at Lundy's Lane. And when my boy, with burning brow, Told of the nation's shame-- How Sumter fell — oh! how, sir, how Could blood like mine be tame! I blessed him; and I bade him go-- Bade him our honor keep; He proudly went to meet the foe; Left me to pray and weep. In camp — on march — of picket round-- He did his equal share; And still the call to battle found My brave boy always there. And when the fleet was all prepared, To sail upon the main, He all his comrades' feelings shared-- But
H. Wager Halleck , A. M. , Lieut. of Engineers, U. S. Army ., Elements of Military Art and Science; or, Course of Instruction in Strategy, Fortification, Tactis of Battles &c., Embracing the Duties of Staff, Infantry, Cavalry, Artillery and Engineers. Adapted to the Use of Volunteers and Militia., Chapter 8: our northern frontier defences.—Brief description of the fortifications on the frontier, and an analysis of our northern campaigns. (search)
e campaign in that quarter. Had such victories been gained on the Montreal or eastern portion of the frontier, they would have led to the most important results. The plan of operations for the campaign of 1814 was of the same diverse and discordant character as before. But the command of the troops had now fallen into the hands of young and energetic officers; and Brown, assisted by such men as Wood, McCrea, Scott, Ripley, Miller, soon gained the victories of Fort Erie, Chippewa, and Lundy's Lane; while McComb and McDonough drove back the enemy from the line of Lake Champlain. With these operations terminated the Northern campaign of 1814, the last which has been conducted on that frontier. Let us now turn to the system of works projected for the defence of this line. The first works are at the Falls of St. Mary, on the western extremity of the line. The second works are at Mackinaw. The third works are at the foot of Lake Huron. The fourth works are near Detroit.
G. S. Hillard, Life and Campaigns of George B. McClellan, Major-General , U. S. Army, Appendix. Oration at West Point. (search)
d veterans of England. The study of the history of the Revolution, and a perusal of the despatches of Washington, will convince the most skeptical of the value of the permanent army in achieving our independence and establishing the civil edifice which we are now fighting to preserve. The War of 1812 found the army on a footing far from adequate to the emergency; but it was rapidly increased, and of the new generation of soldiers many proved equal to the requirements of the occasion. Lundy's Lane, Chippewa, Queenstown, Plattsburgh, New Orleans,--all bear witness to the gallantry of the regulars. Then came an interval of more than thirty years of external peace, marked by many changes in the organization and strength of the regular army, and broken at times by tedious and bloody Indian wars. Of these the most remarkable were the Black Hawk War, in which our troops met unflinchingly a foe as relentless and far more destructive than the Indians,--that terrible scourge, the choler
William F. Fox, Lt. Col. U. S. V., Regimental Losses in the American Civil War, 1861-1865: A Treatise on the extent and nature of the mortuary losses in the Union regiments, with full and exhaustive statistics compiled from the official records on file in the state military bureaus and at Washington, chapter 10 (search)
131   E   18 18   21 21 132   F 1 21 22   20 20 167   G   22 22   24 24 166   H   18 18   19 19 158   I   23 23   18 18 143   K 1 23 24   20 20 153 Totals 5 211 216 1 200 201 1,493 216 killed==14.4 per cent. Total of killed and wounded, 792; died in Confederate prisons (previously included), 41 battles. K. & M. W. battles. K. & M. W. Fort Donelson, Tenn. 55 Wyatt, Miss. 1 Shiloh, Tenn. 103 Snake Creek Gap, Ga. 1 Corinth, Miss. 29 Resaca, Ga. 4 Lundy's Lane, Ala. 1 Dallas, Ga. 1 Meed Creek, Miss. 3 Rome, Ga. 1 Jackson, Tenn. 1 Nancy's Creek, Ga. 1 Grenada, Miss. 1 Atlanta, Ga. 2 Bear Creek, Tenn. 1 Milledgeville, Ga. 3 Salem, Miss. 5 Orangeburg, S. C. 1 Montezuma, Tenn. 1 Place unknown 1 Present, also, at Saratoga, Tenn.; Cherokee; Florence; Athens; Moulton; Flint River. notes.--The Ninth lost the most men, killed in action, of any Illinois regiment. After serving in the three months service, the regiment
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Poetry and Incidents., Volume 1. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 347 (search)
lf, the same. Leave shop, and bench, and counter; Leave forge, and desk, and field; Leave axe, and spade, and hammer, For weaker hands to wiel Come from Penobscot's pine-clad banks, Where the hardy woodman's axe Hurls crashing down the giant tree Upon the bear's fresh tracks; From the clustered hills of granite, Crowned with the noble name Of him, whose home dishonored Has left to us his fame; From where Ticonderoga Looks out on blue Champlain; From the green shores of Erie, The field of Lundy's Lane; From Bennington and Plattsburg, From Saratoga's plain, From every field of battle Where honored dead remain. Up, Massachusetts! seize the sword That won calm peace and free ; Ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem. 'Tis thine, still thine, to lead the way Through blood to Liberty. On Narragansett's busy shores, Remember gallant Greene; And ye, whose fathers oft he led, Bold Putnam's courage keen. Through the broad Western prairies, The mighty river pours Its swollen floods resist
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Poetry and Incidents., Volume 1. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 402 (search)
you forgotten, General,” the battered soldier cried, “The days of Eighteen Hundred Twelve, when I was at your side? Have you forgotten Johnson, that fought at Lundy's Lane? 'Tis true, I'm old and pensioned, but I want to fight again.” III. “Have I forgotten?” said the Chief; “my brave old soldier, No! And here's the hand I gaveto-day.” IV. “But, General,” cried the veteran, a flush upon his brow, ”The very men who fought with us, they say, are traitors now; They've torn the flag of Lundy's Lane — our old red, white, and blue; And while a drop of blood is left, I'll show that drop is true. V. ” I'm not so weak but I can strike, and I've a good old gun shington can see me, as he looks from highest heaven, And say to Putnam at his side, or, may-be, General Wayne, There stands old Billy Johnson, that fought at Lundy's Lane! X. ”And when the fight is hottest, before the traitors fly, When shell and ball are screeching, and bursting in the sky, If any shot shou
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Poetry and Incidents., Volume 6. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 52 (search)
tears Refresh the eye dry sorrow sears. “Ah! sir, my boy! my brave, bright boy!” In broken voice, she said; “My only son! my only joy! My brave, bright boy is dead!” “Sorrow is sacred!” and the eye That looks on grief is seldom dry: I listened to her piteous moan, Then followed to her dwelling lone, Where sheltered from the biting cold, She thus her simple story told: “My gran'father, sir, for freedom died, On Eutaw's bloody plain; My father left his youthful bride, And fell at Lundy's Lane. “And when my boy, with burning brow, Told of the nation's shame-- How Sumter fell!--oh! how, sir, how Could blood like mine be tame! “I blessed him; and I bade him go-- Bade him our honor keep: He proudly went to meet the foe; Left me to pray and weep. “In camp — on march — of picket round-- He did his equal share; And still the call to battle found My brave boy always there. “And when the fleet was all prepared To sail upon the main, He all his comrades' feel
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