hide Matching Documents

The documents where this entity occurs most often are shown below. Click on a document to open it.

Document Max. Freq Min. Freq
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 11. (ed. Frank Moore) 1 1 Browse Search
View all matching documents...

Browsing named entities in Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 11. (ed. Frank Moore). You can also browse the collection for George Sumpson or search for George Sumpson in all documents.

Your search returned 1 result in 1 document section:

Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 11. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 120 (search)
the result of this reconnoissance, General Butler, in direct violation of the instructions given, ordered the reembarkation of the troops, and the return of the expedition. The reembarkation was accomplished by the morning of the twenty-seventh. On the return of the expedition, officers and men — among them Brevet Major-General (then Brevet Brigadier-General) M. R. Curtis, First Lieutenant G. W. Ross,------regiment Vermont volunteers, First Lieutenant George W. Walling, and Second Lieutenant George Sumpson, One Hundred and Forty-second New York volunteers--voluntarily reported to me that when recalled they were nearly into the fort, and, in their opinion, it could have been taken without much loss. Soon after the return of the expedition, I received a despatch from the Secretary of the Navy, and a letter from Admiral Porter, informing me that the fleet was still off Fort Fisher, and expressing the conviction that, under a proper leader, the place could be taken. The natural su