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New Hampshire (New Hampshire, United States) (search for this): chapter 24
ropriating one hundred and sixty-one millions of dollars, was passed. Already a resolution had been adopted in the same House, July 9, 1861. that it was no part of the duty of the soldiers of the United States to capture and return fugitive slaves. This was proposed by Mr. Lovejoy, of Illinois, and was passed by a vote of ninety-two against fifty-five. The Senate took measures at an early day to purge itself of treasonable members. On the 10th, July. on motion of Mr. Clark, of New Hampshire, it expelled ten Senators who were named, James M. Mason and Robert T. M. Hunter, of Virginia; Thomas L. Clingman and Thomas Bragg, of North Carolina; James Chesnut, Jr., of South Carolina; A. 0. P. Nicholson, of Tennessee; William K. Sebastian and Charles B. Mitchell, of Arkansas; and John Hemphill and Louis T. Wigfall, of Texas. because of their being engaged in a conspiracy for the destruction of the Union and the Government. The resolution for expulsion received the required vote
Bull Run, Va. (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 24
the foreground. On the left is a public house of entertainment, and just beyond it is seen a portion of the long Bridge. The Capitol is seen in the distance. and Richmond. It is about half way between the eastern range of the Blue Ridge and the Potomac at Alexandria, and was connected by railway with Richmond and the fertile Shenandoah Valley, as we have observed. The main portion of the army was on an elevated plateau in the crotch formed by the Occoquan River and its main tributary, Bull's Run. The bed of each stream, canal-like, was cut through horizontal strata of red stone, making it difficult for an attacking army to approach the Confederate works. The C. S. A. and the Battle of Bull Run: by Major J. G. Barnard. A succession of broken, wooded hills around the plateau, composed strong natural fortifications; and Beauregard's engineers had cast up formidable artificial ones there. Among these, the most noted was the Naval Battery, composed of the heaviest Dahlgren guns,
North America (search for this): chapter 24
concern at the events then taking place in the United States, and a heart-felt wish that the differences that then distracted the country might be susceptible of a satisfactory adjustment. For these humane expressions, Mr. Toulmin Smith, the conductor of the Parliamentary Remembrancer (vol. IV., page 8), reproved his Sovereign. These last loose words, he said, are characteristic of the very loose notions that are common in England on the subject of what used to be the United States of North America. It is, from the very nature of the facts, no other than impossible that the differences can be susceptible [whatever that means] of satisfactory adjustment. He then went on to say: Already the honor of the Northern States has been seriously imperiled; and it has been proclaimed that many of them are so given up to the worship of the almighty dollar, that every great principle will be cheerfully sacrificed by them, if only the States of the South will be so good as to remain in the Uni
New England (United States) (search for this): chapter 24
of the Government had required him to perform, and all these without the authority of Congress. He declared that the first projects for disunion were found in.New England, at the beginning of the century ; The plainest facts in our history teach us that in Virginia, and not in New England, threats of disunion were first made, New England, threats of disunion were first made, and made so earnestly, that they alarmed Washington and his compatriots. It was there offered by political doctors as the grand panacea for the evils endured by wounded State and family pride. See mote 1, page 17, and note 1, page 68. and that the civil war in which the country was involved, had been brought about by the violent freshment and temporary hospital accommodations furnished by the citizens of Philadelphia. ú That city lay in the channel of the great stream of volunteers from New England, New York, and New Jersey, that commenced flowing abundantly early in May. 1861. These soldiers, crossing New Jersey, and the Delaware River at Camden, were la
Tennessee (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): chapter 24
are, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri, were represented. Tennessee had not then held its elections for members of Congress. y were held, five weeks later, only three districts in East Tennessee chose representatives. One of these, Thomas A. A. NelSouthern Confederacy of conspirators. Andrew Johnson, of Tennessee, appeared and took his seat in the Senate. In both housess Chesnut, Jr., of South Carolina; A. 0. P. Nicholson, of Tennessee; William K. Sebastian and Charles B. Mitchell, of Arkansamong the most active of his infantry force was a corps of Tennessee riflemen or sharpshooters. These had been raised in WestWest Tennessee, where the people were mostly disloyal. They were among the earliest of the troops of that State who made their way into Tennessee sharp-shooter. Virginia, after the treaty was concluded for the annexation of that Commonwealth to tary affairs was placed in the hands of Jefferson Davis. Tennessee and Kentucky were well represented in the Army of the She
Fort Jackson (Louisiana, United States) (search for this): chapter 24
whose Virginia end was commanded by three forts, named, respectively, Jackson, Runyon, and Albany. They were Gate on Chain Bridge. built chiefly of earth. Fort Jackson was close by the river, with heavy pickets and picket-gate crossing the railway which there passes over the Long Bridge, and connects Washington City with Alexve thousand), was at and near Manassas Junction, then considered one of the strongest military positions for offense or defense between Washington Remains of Fort Jackson, at the long Bridge. this is from a sketch made by the author at the close of April, 1865, and shows the embankments of Fort Jackson on the right, and the rFort Jackson on the right, and the remains of the pickets, with the railway, in the foreground. On the left is a public house of entertainment, and just beyond it is seen a portion of the long Bridge. The Capitol is seen in the distance. and Richmond. It is about half way between the eastern range of the Blue Ridge and the Potomac at Alexandria, and was connecte
England (United Kingdom) (search for this): chapter 24
uctions to ministers, 566. relations with great Britain, 567. the duty and interest of great Britomatic relations between the Government of Great Britain and this Government will be suspended, ande United States, of the fortunate delay of Great Britain in the matter of recognizing the independeh statesmen, orators, and publicists, that Great Britain felt deeply the wrongs of Slavery, and cou, made more than a hundred years before, that England, unlike all other countries, allowed commerceseceding States is eight millions, said, that England, in her consideration of the rebellion, must s, see a paper entitled, A Few Plain Words to England and her Manufacturers: by J. Smith Homans, edof her ministers and the ruling classes of Great Britain to recognize the independence of the so-cade were the best chances of success. He said England had a legal right to be neutral, but had no mthe Government by loyal Americans residing in England. They were 12-pounders, and each bore the in[6 more...]
Louisville (Kentucky, United States) (search for this): chapter 24
before he should have the right to summon any more troops to the field, should appoint seven commissioners, who should accompany the army in its marches, with authority to receive from Jefferson Davis proposals looking to an armistice, or obedience to the National Government. The proviso was rejected, and the bill was passed. Two days afterward, July 15. Benjamin Wood, of New York, proposed that Congress should take measures for the assembling of a convention of all the States, at Louisville, Kentucky, in September following, to devise measures for restoring peace to the country. It as tabled, and on the same day, Allen, of Ohio (opposition), moved that when the States now in rebellion should desist, it was the duty of the Government to suspend the further prosecution of the war; and that it was not the object of the war to interfere with Slavery. This was ruled out of order, when Vallandigham offered a long series of resolutions, in tenor like his speech on the 10th, condemning
Camden, S. C. (South Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 24
e field than was exhibited by these American women everywhere. Working in grand harmony with those more extended organizations for the relief of the soldiers, were houses of refreshment and temporary hospital accommodations furnished by the citizens of Philadelphia. ú That city lay in the channel of the great stream of volunteers from New England, New York, and New Jersey, that commenced flowing abundantly early in May. 1861. These soldiers, crossing New Jersey, and the Delaware River at Camden, were landed at the foot of Washington Avenue, where, wearied and hungry, they often vainly sought for sufficient refreshments in the bakeries and groceries in the neighborhood before entering the cars for Washington City. One morning, the wife of a mechanic living near, commiserating the situation of some soldiers who had just arrived, went out with her coffee-pot and a cup, and distributed its contents among them. That generous hint was the germ of a wonderful system of relief for the pas
Ohio (Ohio, United States) (search for this): chapter 24
ry service of the conspirators; and, in the House of Representatives, Clement L. Vallandigham, of Ohio, was regarded as the ablest opponent of the war-measures. When, on the 10th of July, a loan-bifive noes. The latter were Burnett. of Kentucky; Norton and Reid, of Missouri; Vallandigham, of Ohio; and Benjamin Wood, of New York. The first three named joined the rebels soon after the close ofdevise measures for restoring peace to the country. It as tabled, and on the same day, Allen, of Ohio (opposition), moved that when the States now in rebellion should desist, it was the duty of the Gs a conquered province any sovereign State now, or lately, one of the United States. Sherman, of Ohio, offered as a substitute a clause, declaring that the purposes of the military establishment provose Brigadier-General Irvin McDowell for that responsible position. That officer was a native of Ohio; a graduate 1834. of the Military Academy at West Point; an excellent soldier, who had seen serv
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