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Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories 477 477 Browse Search
William F. Fox, Lt. Col. U. S. V., Regimental Losses in the American Civil War, 1861-1865: A Treatise on the extent and nature of the mortuary losses in the Union regiments, with full and exhaustive statistics compiled from the official records on file in the state military bureaus and at Washington 422 422 Browse Search
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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events, Diary from December 17, 1860 - April 30, 1864 (ed. Frank Moore) 50 50 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1, Mass. officers and men who died. 46 46 Browse Search
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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 7, 4th edition., Chapter 9: (search)
man seemed inspired with the most divine and prophetical enthusiasm. We must stand undisguised upon one side or the other, said Thayer, of Braintree. The members were unanimous and firm; but they postponed their decision, till it could be promulgated with greater formality. To this end, and in contempt of Gage and the act of parliament, they directed special meetings in every town and precinct in the county, to elect delegates with full powers to appear at Dedham on the first Monday in September. From such a county congress Warren predicted very important consequences. Meantime Boston was not left to deliberate alone. On Friday, the twenty-sixth, its committee were joined at Faneuil Hall by delegates from the several towns of the counties of Worcester, Middlesex, and Essex; and on the next day, after calm consultation, they collectively denied the power of parliament to change the minutest tittle of their laws. As a consequence, they found that all appointments to the newly-
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 7, 4th edition., Chapter 10: (search)
with sticks, and led by cap- Chap. X.} 1774. Sept. tains of the towns, representatives, and commihing decisive is urged, which Chap. X.} 1774. Sept. it is to be presumed will prove successful. fected with any public event, Chap. X.} 1774. Sept. either in history or in life. The introductiodopted in practice. The com- Chap. X.} 1774. Sept. mission to Carleton, as governor of the provinould be no parity between the Chap. X.} 1774. Sept. English and the Americans. The cannibal I was to be attempted. In re- Chap. X.} 1774. Sept. turn, assurances were given of most effectual tance would be crushed by the Chap. X.} 1774. Sept. massive power of Britain, were silent from feas their allegiance. By their Chap. X.} 1774. Sept. duty to God, their country, themselves and posgress for their consideration Chap. X.} 1774. Sept. and advice. In a cause so solemn, they said, for safety. If the four New Chap. X.} 1774. Sept. England governments alone adopt the measure, s[2 more...]
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 7, 4th edition., Chapter 11: (search)
cted to the continental con- Chap. XI.} 1774. Sept. gress, Galloway of Philadelphia was so thorough day of September, the mem- Chap. XI.} 1774. Sept. bers of congress, meeting at Smith's tavern, mit pleased. Henry, a repre- Chap. XI.} 1774. Sept. sentative of the largest state, intimated thatr constituents are bound only Chap. XI.} 1774 Sept. in honor to observe our determinations. I canable to procure proper mate- Chap. XI.} 1774. Sept. rials for ascertaining the importance of each s, John Adams, and others of Chap. XI.} 1774. Sept. New England, who believed that a rude soldieryor the king's right to grant Chap. XI.} 1774. Sept. them has itself been denied. Besides, the rigberation, and Galloway hoped Chap. XI.} 1774. Sept. the two parties would remain on an equal balanust soon be chosen, they ex- Chap. XI.} 1774. Sept. pressed their trust that the united efforts ofoverruled Lord North, and on the last day of September suddenly dissolving parliament, he brought o[1 more...]
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 7, 4th edition., Chapter 12: (search)
12: The continental congress Seeks to avert independence. September—October, 1774. Gage, who came flushed with confidence in an easy Chap. XII.} 1774. Sept. victory, at the end of four months was care-worn, disheartened and appalled. With the forces under his command, s, that New England was conspiring for independ- Chap. XII.} 1774. Sept. ence. It was, moreover, insinuated, that if Massachusetts should oe instructed never to acknowledge the regulating Chap. XII.} 1774. Sept. act; and in case of a dissolution, to join the other members in for How far the retrospect for grievances should be Chap. XII.} 1774. Sept. carried, was the next inquiry. South Carolina would have included of taxation, internal or external, for raising a Chap. XII.} 1774. Sept. revenue on the subjects in America without their consent. This a Duane, and advocated by Jay; but opposed by Lee Chap. XII.} 1774. Sept. of Virginia. Patrick Henry objected to entrusting the power of tax
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 7, 4th edition., Chapter 15: (search)
estroyed an Indian village on the Muskingum. To restrain the backwoodsmen and end the miseries which distracted the frontier, and to look after Chap. XV.} 1774. Sept. his own interests and his agents, Dunmore, with the hearty approbation of the colony, called out the militia of the southwest, and himself repaired to Pittsburg. In September he renewed peace with the Delawares and the Six Nations. Then, with about twelve hundred men from the counties around him, he descended the Ohio; and without waiting, as he had promised, at the mouth of the little Kanawha, for the men from the southwestern counties of Virginia, he crossed the river and proceeded to thattle through the old home of the wolf, the deer, and the panther. After a fortnight's struggle, they left behind them the last rocky masses of Chap. XV.} 1774. Sept. the hill-tops; and passing between the gigantic growth of primeval forests where, in that autumnal season, the golden hue of the linden, the sugar tree, and the hi
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 7, 4th edition., Chapter 16: (search)
ish army would not be sufficient to conquer America; that if offered a command there, he would Chap. XVI.} 1774. Oct. Nov. refuse it; that he would vote for the repeal of the– four penal acts of parliament; and he turned to his advantage the affectionate respect still cherished for his brother who fell near Lake George. The elections were over, and it was evident that Nov. the government might have every thing its own way, when, on the eighteenth of November, letters of the preceding September, received from Gage, announced that the act of parliament for regulating the government of Massachusetts could be carried into effect only after the conquest of all the New England colonies; that the province had warm friends throughout the North American continent; that people in Carolina were as mad as in Boston; that the country people in Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island were exercising in arms and forming magazines of ammunition and such artillery, good and bad, as they cou