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Admiral David D. Porter, The Naval History of the Civil War., Chapter 36 : operations of the South Atlantic Squadron under Rear-Admiral Dahlgren , 1863 .--operations in Charleston harbor , etc. (search)
James Redpath, The Roving Editor: or, Talks with Slaves in the Southern States., My first trip. (search)
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Poetry and Incidents., Volume 1. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 436 (search)
Cheering signs in New York.--The N. Y. Sun proclaims that the rebels are already encamped in New York.
Jeff. Davis has succeeded in enlisting recruits in this city, and whoever passes through the streets, within a few blocks from our office, can hear the click of their guards and the ring of Southern steel, as they ground arms and shoulder arms.
He has sentinels all the way through Long Island, from within a mile of Fort Hamilton, and through Manhattan Island, from within hail of the ferry-boats sa they pass. --Richmond Whig, May 13.
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Poetry and Incidents., Volume 1. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 440 (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), Chapter 6 : lyrics (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Bogardus , Everardus , 1633 - (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Fortifications. (search)
Hoboken, massacre at.
The river Indians, or those dwelling on the borders of the Hudson, were tributary to the powerful Mohawks.
In the midwinter of 1643, a large party of the latter came down to collect by force of arms tribute which had not been paid.
The river Indians, 500 in number, fled before the invaders, and took refuge, with their wives and children, among the Hackensacks at Hoboken, opposite Manhattan Island, where they asked the protection of the Dutch.
At the same time many of the tribe in lower Westchester fled to Manhattan and took refuge with the Hollanders.
The humane De Vries, who had a settlement on Staten Island, proposed to Governor Kieft to make this an occasion for establishing a permanent peace with the Indians, whose anger his cruelties had fearfully aroused.
But the man of blood refused; and it was made the occasion of spilling more innocent blood.
On a cold night in February, 1643, the fugitives at Hoboken, and those on Manhattan, slumbering in fan