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Tennessee (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): chapter 15
een destroyed, and a number had fled up the river, so that the Jackson Railroad was the only means of transportation for removing the women, children, and non-combatants from the city, which removal it would have required months to accomplish. In the vicinity of New Orleans, and for many miles above, there was nothing but swamps filled with water, in which the families could take refuge, and, moreover, a great portion of the male protectors of these families were absent with our armies in Tennessee and Virginia, and, of course, could not superintend their removal. The plan, therefore, of removing the non-combatants, and remaining with the troops, was entirely impracticable. Thirteen of the enemy's ships were anchored abreast of the city with their guns looking down the streets, which they could have swept to the swamps in rear of the houses, or set on fire at a number of points, and had I continued to occupy it with troops, they would have been justified by the laws of war in openi
Venetian Isles (Louisiana, United States) (search for this): chapter 15
the Department that he had increased the armament of Forts Pike and Macomb, and thought he would be able to make a complete obstruction of the Measures were also taken to obstruct the passage at Forts Pike and Macomb, and the river above the city, the commanding General feeling satised attack of ships and mortar boats upon two points, Forts Pike and Macomb, and Forts Jackson and St. Philip. If the first are passed, we stience of a mutiny among the men on the 28th of April. Forts Pike and Macomb were abandoned without my orders. When I returned to the city fromn command of the works on the lakes, which comprised Forts Pike and Macomb, to have everything ready to abandon those forts, in case I should had arrived at Covington, La., with the garrison of Forts Pike and Macomb. This was the first knowledge I had of the abandonment of those woore, useless to make any further attempt to reoccupy Forts Pike and Macomb. The cisterns in the two last-named works only held water enough t
New Orleans (Louisiana, United States) (search for this): chapter 15
for this torturing want of vigour, that the work could not proceed faster for want of funds. The Navy Department had not paid its obligations, and, in consequence, had lost credit. I therefore telegraphed the Treasury Department as follows: New Orleans, February 26th, 1862. C. G. Memminger, Secretary Treasury, Richmond: The Navy Department here owes nearly a million. Its credit is stopped. If you wish, I will place two millions of dollars on account of the war tax, to the credit of thewar upon the helplessness of men and virtue of women was another step in atrocity. The Louisiana soldiers in Virginia went into battle, shouting: Remember Butler! It was declared that the display of Federal authority in the conquered city of New Orleans was sufficient to make the soldiers of the South devote anew whatever they had of life and labour and blood to the cause of the safety and honour of their country. And yet it was but the opening chapter of cruelty and horrours, exaggerated at
North Shore (Louisiana, United States) (search for this): chapter 15
ell wrote to the Department that he had increased the armament of Forts Pike and Macomb, and thought he would be able to make a complete obstr heavy guns. Measures were also taken to obstruct the passage at Forts Pike and Macomb, and the river above the city, the commanding General ist a prolonged attack of ships and mortar boats upon two points, Forts Pike and Macomb, and Forts Jackson and St. Philip. If the first are ped in consequence of a mutiny among the men on the 28th of April. Forts Pike and Macomb were abandoned without my orders. When I returned to er, who was in command of the works on the lakes, which comprised Forts Pike and Macomb, to have everything ready to abandon those forts, in ct Col. Fuller had arrived at Covington, La., with the garrison of Forts Pike and Macomb. This was the first knowledge I had of the abandonmened it, therefore, useless to make any further attempt to reoccupy Forts Pike and Macomb. The cisterns in the two last-named works only held w
Weldon, N. C. (North Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 15
nishing as many men as the Tifts were willing to receive. Another cause of the delay was a failure of the Tifts to comprehend the fact that the city was in danger. I did not know, until after the city had fallen, that even if the wood-work had been completed, the means were not at hand to put her in fighting condition. I was subsequently informed that at the time the city fell, the plates for the ram were being manufactured in Atlanta, and her guns were scattered along the railroad from Weldon to Jackson, which latter place they did not reach until weeks afterward. In the month of April, 1862, the condition of the defences of New Orleans was as follows: As against a land attack by any force the enemy could probably bring, the interiour line of fortifications, as adopted and completed by Major-Gen. Lovell, was a sufficient defence of the city, but his ability to hold that line against such an attack was greatly impaired by the withdrawal from him, by superiour authority, of nea
Island Number Ten (Missouri, United States) (search for this): chapter 15
the tyrant of New Orleans. the woman-order. arrest of Mayor Monroe and of various citizens. Butler on female secessionists. his opinion of she-adders. Confiscation, fines, and plunder. Butler's decoy for assassins. the hanging of Mumford. his speech on the gallows. General experience in the Confederacy of the enemy's atrocity. New codes and methods of war. progress of Federal cruelty The Confederate public had been disposed to find some consolation for the disaster at Island No.10 in the brilliant, though unfruitful story of Shiloh. It was considered, too, that the river below Fort Pillow was safe; and that while the army at Corinth covered Memphis, and held the enemy in check on land, the rich and productive valley of the Lower Mississippi was yet secure to the Confederacy. But in the midst of these pleasing calculations and comparative reassurance, a great disaster was to occur where it was least expected, which was to astound the people of the South, to inv
United States (United States) (search for this): chapter 15
stance that he had voted in that body, more than forty times, for Jefferson Davis as the nominee for President of the United States! When the war broke out, he was a ready convert to the popular doctrine in his State, and went in advance of it in histent title of the Beast: Headquarters, Department of Gulf, New Orleans, May 15. As officers and soldiers of the United States have been subject to repeated insults from women calling themselves ladies, of New Orleans, in return for the most scafter, when any female shall by mere gesture or movement insult, or show contempt for any officers or soldiers of the United States, she shall be regarded and held liable to be treated as a woman about town plying her avocation. By command of Ma A shocking incident of Butler's despotism in New Orleans was the execution of William B. Mumford, a citizen of the Confederate States, charged with the singular crime of having taken the Federal flag from the United States Mint, which was done befor
Donelson (Indiana, United States) (search for this): chapter 15
y air was oppressive with stillness; and so, in dead silence, the Stars and Stripes were hoisted over New Orleans, and the city passed forever from the rule and power of the Confederates. Thus, after an engagement the casualties of which might be counted by hundreds, fell New Orleans, with its population of one hundred and seventy thousand souls — the commercial capital of the South, and the largest exporting city in the world. It was a terrible disaster to the Confederacy. The fall of Donelson broke our centre in the West. The fall of New Orleans yet more sorely punished the vanity of the Confederates; annihilated their power in Louisiana; broke up their routes to Texas and the Gulf; closed their access to the richest grain and cattle country in the South; gave to the enemy a new base of operations; and, more than anything else, staggered the confidence of Europe in the fortunes of the Confederacy. The following document, put in our possession, discusses the evacuation of New
Fort Jackson (Louisiana, United States) (search for this): chapter 15
The correspondence touching the surrender of the city was protracted until the 28th of April. There was a purpose in this. The confidence of the people had, in a measure, rallied; there were yet glimpses of hope. As long as Forts St. Philip, Jackson, and the Chalmette batteries remained intact, it was thought that something might be done to save the city. The enemy's fleet had no forces with which to occupy it; his transports were unable to get up the river, as long as the forts held out. d have been cut, and his men drowned in the swamps. But the last hope was to be extinguished. While Farragut and Mayor Monroe were exchanging angry letters of great length, the overwhelming news reached New Orleans, that Forts St. Philip and Jackson had surrendered to the enemy. The surrender was made in consequence of a mutiny of the garrisons. On examining his guns in Fort Jackson, Gen. Duncan found many spiked, several dismounted, and not less than three hundred men clamoring around hi
Louisiana (Louisiana, United States) (search for this): chapter 15
to the Confederate Congress. testimony of Gov. Moore, of Louisiana. his interposition with the shipbuilders. the ironclads Mississippi and Louisiana. condition of the defences of New Orleans in April, 1862. the river obstructed by a raft. Farra a thoroughly incomplete condition. The troops raised in Louisiana had been principally sent to Virginia and Pensacola, and vessels we may place here the testimony of Gov. Moore of Louisiana, taken before a secret committee of the Confederate Congreans of his command allowed. But the iron-clad gunboats, Louisiana and Mississippi, were not ready for service. In this extcomplaining of the continued display of the State flag of Louisiana on the City Hall, and concluding with a threat of the bomhe vanity of the Confederates; annihilated their power in Louisiana; broke up their routes to Texas and the Gulf; closed theien and virtue of women was another step in atrocity. The Louisiana soldiers in Virginia went into battle, shouting: Remember
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