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Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 2., Chapter 20: events West of the Mississippi and in Middle Tennessee. (search)
7, 1862. with the growing batteries at Port Hudson. General Butler was satisfied, at the beginning of September, that the Confederates had abandoned all idea of attempting to retake New Orleans, and he sent out some aggressive expeditions. The most important movement of this kind was to repossess the rich district of La Fourche, on the west side of the Mississippi, and for that purpose he sent the gallant Weitzel, .then a brigadier-general, with a brigade of infantry, with artillery and Barnet's cavalry. Late in October, Weitzel landed at Donaldsonville, and traversed the region in its rear and south of it with very little difficulty, after a sharp fight near Labadieville on the 27th. October. The Confederates, under McPheeters, were there on both sides of the Bayou La Fourche, with six pieces of artillery. Weitzel brought up his cannon and moved to the attack, with the Thirteenth Connecticut and Seventy-fifth New York in advance. A battle was soon opened, in which the Eighth
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 6. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 18 (search)
tirely impeded the locomotive all the way; in this work they were assisted by Col. Stafford's regiment, native guard, colored. I have the honor to be, your obedient servant, Benj. F. Butler, Major-General Commanding. Report of General Weitzel. headquarters reserve brigade, Bayou Lafourche, near Thibodeaux, La., October 29, 1862. Major: I have the honor to report that this morning at six o'clock I despatched Col. Birge, in command of his regiment, (the Thirteenth Connecticut,) Barnet's cavalry, and one section of Carruth's battery, down the Bayou Lafourche, to open communication with the city. I have just received a despatch from him from Raceland Station, in which he says that he has communicated with Col. Thomas, who is one mile and a half from him. He found at the Station three freightcars, one passenger-car, two barbette guns, spiked, (thirty-two-pounders,) two twelve-pound iron howitzers, in good order, and guns, equipments, etc., scattered along the road. I the
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Butler, Benjamin Franklin, 1818-1893 (search)
m and the people of their mutual relations. Butler, at the same time, took pains to remove all causes for unnecessary irritation, and removed his headquarters from the St. Charles to a private residence. At the beginning of September, 1862, Butler was satisfied that the Confederates had abandoned all ideas of attempting to retake New Orleans, so he proceeded to repossess some of the rich districts of Louisiana. He sent Gen. Godfrey Weitzel with a brigade of infantry, with artillery, and Barnet's cavalry, late in October, into the region of the district of La Fourche, west of the Mississippi. On Oct. 27 Weitzel had a sharp fight at Labadieville with Confederates under General McPheeters. They were on both sides of the Bayou La Fourche, with six pieces of cannon. These Weitzel attacked with musketry and cannon. The Confederates were driven and pursued about 4 miles. Weitzel lost eighteen killed and seventy-four wounded. He captured 268 prisoners and one cannon. He then proceede
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hazen, Charles Downer (search)
Hazen, Charles Downer Historian; horn in Barnet, Vt., March 17, 1868; graduated at Dartmouth College in 1889; was called to the chair of history in Smith College in 1894. He is the author of Contemporary American opinion of the French Revolution.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Ide, Henry Clay 1844- (search)
Ide, Henry Clay 1844- Jurist; born in Barnet, Vt., Sept. 18, 1844; graduated at Dartmouth College in 1866. He was a member of the Vermont State Senate in 1882-85; president of the Republican State Convention in 1884; and a delegate to the National Republican Convention in 1888. In 1891 he was appointed United States commissioner to Samoa; and in 1893-97 was chief-justice of the islands under the joint apportionment of England, Germany, and the United States. On returning to the United States he engaged in banking and manufacturing.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Stevens, Benjamin Franklin 1833- (search)
Stevens, Benjamin Franklin 1833- Bibliographer; born in Barnet, Vt., Feb. 19, 1833; son of Henry Stevens; educated in the University of Vermont; later became United States despatch agent in London and also agent to purchase books for American libraries. He spent more than thirty years drawing up manuscript alphabetical and chronological catalogue indexes of American historical matter, from 1763 to 1784, contained in numerous archives in England, Holland, France, and Spain. He also made 2,107 fac-similes of valuable historical papers found in European archives relating to the United States during 1773-83. He edited and published The campaign in, Virginia in 1787, in which is given the Cornwallis-Clinton controversy; and photographic fac-similes of Columbus's His own book of privileges, 1502, with English translation, etc.; General Sir William Howe's orderly book from June 17, 1775, to May 26, 1776, with Precis of the correspondence between the British government and General Ho
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Stevens, Henry 1819- (search)
Stevens, Henry 1819- Bibliographer; born in Barnet, Vt., Aug. 24, 1819; graduated at Yale College in 1843; became interested in the early historical relations between America and England; went to the latter country in search of American historical matter in 1845, and remained abroad until his death, in South Hampstead, England, Feb. 28, 1886. He succeeded in gathering an immense amount of valuable material relating to the history of the United States, and had access to the original documents in the State Papers Office in London. His publications include Catalogue of a Library of works relating to America; Catalogue of American books in the Library of the British Museum; Historical and Geographical notes on the earliest discoveries in America; Schedule of 2,000 American Historical Nuggets; American books with tales to Ema; Who spoils our New English books? recollections of James Lenox, etc.
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), R. (search)
0,000 tons, the greatest wear being in cuttings and tunnels where there is the least elasticity. The average life of an iron rail being 15,000,000 tons, or equal to 100,000 trains of 150 tons each, independently of the length of time of the traffic, the wear may be estimated as the 1-100000th part of the value of the rail each time a train goes over it; and if the value of a mile of iron rails be taken at $5,000, the wear would be 5 cents per train mile. On the Great Northern Railway, at Barnet, the life of an iron rail was 5 years, with 13,484,661 tons of fast trains, and 38,303,028 tons slow traffic. Steel rails were only half worn out with 95,577,240 tons traffic. As the life of an iron rail is but 1-6th of a steel rail, it must follow that a great excess of mechanical work, represented in destruction of the iron rails by the rolling stock, must ensue. Locomotive power depending mainly on the resistance to traction (due to the deflection of track and abrasion) costs 25 cents
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1, Mass. officers and men who died., List of Massachusetts officers, and soldiers who died as prisoners. (search)
nf.,Richmond, Va.,March 11, 1864. Small, George E.,2d Mass. Cav.,Andersonville, Ga.,Sept.--, 1864. Small, Taylor, Jr., Corp.,56th Mass. Inf.,Danville, Va.,Feb. 5, 1865. Small, Zachariah,1st Mass. H. A.,Andersonville, Ga.,Sept. 10, 1864. Smalley, J. H. Name and rank.Command.Place of Death.Date of Death. Smalley, J. H.,*2d Mass. H. A.,Andersonville, Ga.,Oct. 5, 1864. Smart, Joseph T.,1st Mass. S. S.,Salisbury, N. C.,Oct. 23, 1864. Smith, Abner, Also reported as died at Barnet, Vt., from the effects of imprisonment.38th Mass. Inf.,---April 10, 1865. Smith, Alfred H.,2d Mass. H. A.,Florence, S. C.,Oct. 10, 1864. Smith, Benjamin,58th Mass. Inf.,Danville, Va.,Nov. 18, 1864. Smith, C. S.,*57th Mass. Inf.,Millen, Ga.,--- Smith, Charles A.,27th Mass. Inf.,Andersonville, Ga.,Oct. 2, 1864. Smith, Charles A.,1st Mass. H. A.,Andersonville, Ga.,Sept. 6, 1864. Smith, Charles H., Sergt.,56th Mass. Inf.,Salisbury, N. C.,Dec.--, 1864. Smith, Charles S., Corp.,13th Mass. Inf
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1, Mass. officers and men who died., Smalley, J. H. (search)
Smalley, J. H. Name and rank.Command.Place of Death.Date of Death. Smalley, J. H.,*2d Mass. H. A.,Andersonville, Ga.,Oct. 5, 1864. Smart, Joseph T.,1st Mass. S. S.,Salisbury, N. C.,Oct. 23, 1864. Smith, Abner, Also reported as died at Barnet, Vt., from the effects of imprisonment.38th Mass. Inf.,---April 10, 1865. Smith, Alfred H.,2d Mass. H. A.,Florence, S. C.,Oct. 10, 1864. Smith, Benjamin,58th Mass. Inf.,Danville, Va.,Nov. 18, 1864. Smith, C. S.,*57th Mass. Inf.,Millen, Ga.,--- Smith, Charles A.,27th Mass. Inf.,Andersonville, Ga.,Oct. 2, 1864. Smith, Charles A.,1st Mass. H. A.,Andersonville, Ga.,Sept. 6, 1864. Smith, Charles H., Sergt.,56th Mass. Inf.,Salisbury, N. C.,Dec.--, 1864. Smith, Charles S., Corp.,13th Mass. Inf.,Salisbury, N. C.,Dec. 24, 1864. Smith, Curtis,59th Mass. Inf.,Millen, Ga.,Feb. 3, 1865. Smith, Daniel H.,1st Mass. H. A.,Andersonville, Ga.,Aug. 7, 1864. Smith, Dexter,12th Mass. Inf.,Andersonville, Ga.,April 1, 1864. Smith, Edward,23d M
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