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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
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 227 227 Browse Search
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition. 51 51 Browse Search
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
Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 3 45 45 Browse Search
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 5, 13th edition. 43 43 Browse Search
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 7, 4th edition. 35 35 Browse Search
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 8 35 35 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: November 19, 1863., [Electronic resource], A furious Onslaught on Mayor Opdyke, of New York, by Thurlow Weed. (search)
a "barren" one ? We shall see. Mr. Opdyke, senior, after filling the Custom House with relatives (one a Breckinridge rowdy) and followers, demanded the notarial business of that department for his son. Opdyke, junior, was therefore installed as Custom House notary. But the ordinary business of the department did not suffice. The officers and employees were required to go before the notary with a "barren commission" monthly and swear to their account — swear that. "Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November; All the rest have thirty-one, Excepting February, which hath twenty-eight alone; concluding with a payment of a quarter of a dollar each to Notary Opdyke ! Some of the officers rebelled; but if five hundred out of the thousand "walked up to the captain's office and settled," the notary realized $1,500 per annum in that slim way. "Equally groundless is the charge against me of being 'gorged with Government contracts.' This, if true, would not be at a