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Elizabeth Cary Agassiz, Louis Agassiz: his life and correspondence, third edition, Chapter 18: 1855-1860: Aet. 48-53. (search)
d of the table sat Longfellow, florid, quiet, benignant, soft-voiced, a most agreeable rather than a brilliant talker, but a man upon whom it was always pleasant to look,—whose silence was better than many another man's conversation. At the other end sat Agassiz, robust, sanguine, animated, full of talk, boy-like in his laughter. The stranger who should have asked who were the men ranged along the sides of the table would have heard in answer the names of Hawthorne, Motley, Dana, Lowell, Whipple, Peirce, the distinguished mathematician, Judge Hoar, eminent at the bar and in the cabinet, Dwight, the leading musical critic of Boston for a whole generation, Sumner, the academic champion of freedom, Andrew, the great War Governor of Massachusetts, Dr. Howe, the philanthropist, William Hunt, the painter, with others not unworthy of such company. We may complete the list and add the name of Holmes himself, to whose presence the club owed so much of its wit and wisdom. In such company t
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 14. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), The battle of Chancellorsville. (search)
ver to our right. The conclusion which Hooker drew from this fact was, apparently, that Lee was retreating. Jackson, meanwhile keeping Sickles busy with a small rear-guard, advanced along the Brock road until, toward afternoon, he was abreast and in the rear of our right flank. While he was thus massing his men to take the Army of the Potomac in reverse, Hooker continued to authorize Sickles to deplete the threatened wing by sending a large part of its available strength (Barlow, Birney, Whipple, and Geary in part—some 15,000 men) out into the woods in the hope of capturing the force which had long ago eluded his grasp and was ready to fall upon our rear. Hooker's right flank, of barely 10,000 men, was completely isolated. And yet though scouts, pickets, and an actual attack at 3:30 P. M., proved beyond a peradventure Jackson's presence at this point, Hooker allowed this flank to be held by an untried corps, composed of the most heterogeneous and untrustworthy elements in the Arm
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 22. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.24 (search)
inchester Hospital. Surgeon 27th Tennessee Regiment June 9, ‘63. Wright, Patrick H., Assistant Surgeon, appointed by Secretary War to rank Dec. 3, ‘62. Passed Board at Murfreesboro Dec. 4, ‘62. Dec. 31, ‘62, 26th Tennessee Regiment. Jan. 13, ‘64, ordered to report to S. H. Stout. Wilkes, James, contract (promoted), appointed by Secretary of War to rank June 11,‘62. April 30, ‘63, 6th Texas Cavalry. Passed Board at Chattanooga July 1, ‘63. July 13, ‘63, 3d Arkansas Cavalry. Whipple, Geo. S., Assistant Surgeon. May 7, ‘63, ordered to report to Col. 4th Regiment Kentucky Cavalry. Williamson, W. A., Assistant Surgeon, passed Board at Shelbyville May 20, ‘63, ordered to report E. A. F., Medical-Director. May 22, ‘63, report to Gen. Breckinridge. Willis, G. M., Assistant Surgeon. Sept. 30, ‘63, Philip's Georgia Legion. Wright, Daniel F., Surgeon. Sept. 30, ‘63, 3rd Tennessee Regiment. Jan. 5, 64, ordered to report to S. H. Stout, Medical-Dire
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 2. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book II:—the naval war. (search)
e Warrior, the Stonewall Jackson, the Resolute, the Defiance, the Governor Moore and the General Quitman, most of them protected by iron plates and cotton-bales, each armed with a beak; and five other vessels of the same description, equipped under the direction of the governor of Louisiana. But the Richmond authorities, unable to understand the necessity for a single command, had persisted in placing this flotilla under the orders of officers acting independently of the land-forces. Commodore Whipple, residing in New Orleans, with Captain Mitchell as second in authority, had the exclusive command of the vessels charged with the defence of the passes. During the whole siege Mitchell declined all concert of action with the defenders of the forts, refused to listen to Lovell's advice or the requests of Duncan, and by his inaction during the bombardment exposed himself to severe but just criticisms on the part of his comrades. The Confederates, however, on being informed of the app
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 2. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book VI:—Virginia. (search)
ll in command of the First and Ninth corps; Reynolds had superseded Hooker, wounded, and Wilcox occupied the post in which Reno had met his death. The Second and Twelfth, under the orders of Sumner, had seen their two commanders, Richardson and Mansfield, fall on the borders of Antietam; they had been replaced by Couch and Slocum. The Fifth and Sixth corps, each reinforced by a new division, had remained under the orders of Franklin and Porter, and two divisions, commanded by Stoneman and Whipple, were not incorporated into any army corps. The movable portion of the garrison of Washington was composed of the two corps of Heintzelman and Siegel, with a division of cavalry commanded by Bayard. McClellan left the Twelfth corps on the borders of the Potomac; Slocum, who commanded it, was ordered to occupy Harper's Ferry and its environs with the largest portion of that corps, about ten thousand men. Morrell, with detachments drawn from various points, forming three brigades of infan
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 2. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), chapter 9 (search)
Grand division of the centre, Major-general Hooker. 39,984 men, 100 guns. 5th corps, Butterfield. Division, Sykes. Brigade,.....; brigade, ......; brigade, ...... Division, Humphreys. Brigade, ......; brigade,......; brigade,...... Division, Griffin. Brigade, ......; brigade, ......; brigade, ...... 3d corps, Stoneman. Division, Sickles. Brigade, ......; brigade, ......; brigade, ...... Division, Birney. Ward's brigade, Berry's brigade; brigade, ..... Division, Whipple. Carroll's brigade; brigade,......; brigade, ...... Cavalry, Pleasonton's Division. Brigade,...; brigade, .... Bayard's Division. Brigade, ......; brigade, ..... Reserve Artillery, Hunt. Confederate army. Commander-in-chief, General R. E. Lee. 1st corps, Longstreet. 1st Division, R. H. Anderson. Wright's brigade, Armistead's brigade, Wilcox's brigade, Perry's brigade, Featherstone's brigade, Mahone's brigade. 2d Division, Pickett. Kemper's brigade, Jenkins' brigad
Charles A. Nelson , A. M., Waltham, past, present and its industries, with an historical sketch of Watertown from its settlement in 1630 to the incorporation of Waltham, January 15, 1739., January 15, 1738. (search)
he Hall on the evening of September 21st, and on September 29th the first lecture was given within its walls by Dr. James Jackson, on the art of preserving health. On the list of names of those who have lectured before this Institute during its first half century, will be found the names of the most brilliant and successful orators, authors, and men of science our country has produced. Everett and Emerson were among the earliest, and Bancroft, R. H. Dana, Agassiz, Holmes, T. Starr King, Whipple, Sparks, Sumner, Saxe, Hill, and a host of others, have here addressed large and appreciative audiences. Hon. N. P. Banks made his first public speech before this Institute. November 16, 1830, the Boston Manufacturing Company gave to the Institute the use of the books of the Manufacturers' Library and deposited them in Rumford Hall. The library increased till it numbered several thousands of volumes, and on the establishment of the public library in 1865, it was given to the town. I
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 8, Chapter 68: (search)
assembly, at the instance of Mackean, unanimously approved the resolution of congress of the fifteenth of May, overturned the proprietary government within her borders, substituted her own name on all occasions CHAP. Lxviii} 1776. June. for that of the king, and gave to her delegates new instructions which left them at liberty to vote respecting independence according to their judgment. On the fifteenth, the council and assembly of New Hampshire, in reply to a letter from Bartlett and Whipple, their delegates in congress, unanimously voted in favor of declaring the Thirteen United Colonies a free and independent state; and solemnly pledged their faith and honor to support the measure with their lives and fortunes. Massachusetts took the opinion of its people in their town meetings; and all that had been heard from declared for independence. The choice of New England was spontaneous and undoubted. Its extended line of seacoast, winding round deep inlets and projecting headla
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 26., William J. Bennett Memorial (search)
and soldier. His civilian life ended with his enlistment in the army. He had hardly time to be more than school boy and college student, but these years of his clean young manhood brought him to the threshold of life marked as one for whom his fellows had admiration and affection. Of the Bennett of his college days who gained distinction in class room and campus, Professor McCollester will speak. Of the Bennett who still a youth became Master of Engineers in Company A of the 301st, Colonel Whipple may tell. It is for me to say for his home city that we gratefully dedicate this public delta to the memory of this citizen soldier. The place is appropriate for in this neighborhood he lived. Here at home shall his name greet both friend and stranger. Indeed, the stranger in passing becomes his friend. Is it not so with the soldier tablet wherever placed? Before the public school where Bennett made his mark as a school boy is the honor roll memorial bearing his name among the t
The Daily Dispatch: June 19, 1861., [Electronic resource], The Press to be Muzzled. (search)
s to leave that day to garrison other posts on the border; that Major Waller, with two companies of artillery, McCailister's company of infantry, and Capt. Buquor's company, were marching on similar service. Col. Young, of the Texas State troop had reported officially to the Governor respection the abandonment by the U. S. troops of Arbuckle and Washita, and of their retreat into Kansas, Fort Cobb, it was supposed, had also been abandoned. Governor Clark, the thoughtful and resolute Executive of the State, was in San Antonic, and the citizens of the place were giving him a very warm welcome. Lieutenant Whipple, of the third U. S. Infantry, was in bad odor. He had given his parole, before being 1st loose, to the gallant Col. Van Dorn, and violated it instantly. A letter written by him is published in the Ledger. It shows that he has disgraced the service; but no doubt he proves by this act that he is worthy of any honors which A. L. may be disposed to confer on him.
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