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New York (New York, United States) (search for this): chapter 17
Bronson, Hamilton Fish, William F. Havemeyer, Charles H. Russell, James T. Brady, Rudolph A. Witthaus, Abiel A. Low, Prosper M. Wetmore, A. C. Richards, and the Mayor, Controller, and Presidents of the two Boards of the Common Council of the City of New York. The Committee had rooms at No. 80 Pine Street, open all day, and at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, open in the evening. The original and specific duties assigned to the Committee, by the great meeting that created it, were, to represent the citithe seat of Government. So zealously and efficiently did they work, that within ten days from the time when the President made his call for troops, no less than eight thousand well-equipped and fully armed men had gone to the field from the city of New York. Already, before the organization of the Committee, the celebrated Seventh Regiment of the National Guard of New York, Colonel Marshall Lefferts, had left for Washington City; and on the day after the great meeting (Sunday, the 21st), three
Virginia (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 17
regiments, ninety were infantry, ten were cavalry, five were artillery, one of engineers, and one a coast-guard. Fortress Monroe, made secure by the same energetic measures, held, during the entire war, a controlling power over all lower and eastern Virginia and upper North Carolina; and the possession of the arms in the St. Louis Arsenal by the friends of the Government, at that time, was of the greatest importance to the National cause in the Mississippi Valley. We shall consider this matter neral Wool. The people were not satisfied, and, they complained. Their murmurs were heeded; and, a few weeks August 17, 1861. later, General Wool was called from his retirement and a August 17, placed in command of the Department of Southeastern Virginia, 1861. which had been recently created, with his Headquarters at Fortress Monroe. He succeeded General Butler, who was assigned to another field of active duty. The Union Generals. George W Childs 628 & 630 Chestnut St. Philadelphia.
West Point (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 17
ared statement made by Edward C. Marshall, author of The History of the Naval Academy, it appears that in 1860, just before the breaking out of the war, there were seven hundred and forty-seven graduates of the United States Military Academy at West Point, to which might be added seventy-three who graduated in June, 1861, making a total of eight hundred and twenty. These were all officers. At the close of 1861, the number of graduates who had resigned or had been dismissed within the year was ond Enquirer, April 24, 1861. In time, Lee became the General-in-chief of all the armies in rebellion against his Government, at whose expense he had been educated, and whose bread he had eaten for more than thirty years. He was graduated at West Point Military Academy in June, 1825. No man had stronger inducements to be a loyal citizen than Robert E. Lee. His ties of consanguinity and association with the founders of the Republic, and the common gratitude of a child toward a generous an
New Hampshire (New Hampshire, United States) (search for this): chapter 17
and 117,889 cartridges for the same. OHIo, 10,000 muskets and 400,000 cartridges, and 5,000 muskets from Illinois. Indiana, 5,000 muskets and 200,000 cartridges, with caps. Illinois, 200,000 cartridges. Massachusetts, 4,000 stand of arms. New Hampshire, 2,000 muskets and 20,000 cartridges. Vermont, 800 rifles. New Jersey, 2,880 muskets with ammunition. In addition to these, he ordered the issue of 10.000 muskets and 400,000 cartridges to General Patterson, then in command in Pennsylvania; ammunition were transferred from St. Louis to Illinois. Wool also ordered heavy cannon, carriages, et coetera, to Cairo, Illinois, which speedily became a place of great interest, in a military point of view. He authorized the Governors of New Hampshire and Massachusetts to put the coast defenses within the borders of their respective States in good order, and approved of other measures proposed for the defense of the seaport towns supposed to be in danger from the pirate vessels of the Conf
Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): chapter 17
ed by the loyalty of the people, 409. attack on Massachusetts troops in Baltimore, 411-413. Pennsylvania troops attacked, 414. the mob triumphant, 415. attitude of the public authorities, 416. deord gallantly in the old war for independence and the rights of man, in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and especially in the Southern States, and who was the leader of an army to crush an insurrection. The Whisky insurrection in Western Pennsylvania. He was intimately associated with the Washington family, having married the daughter of an adopted son of the Father of his Country (George Wollowing ordnance and ordnance stores to be issued to the Governors of the following States:--Pennsylvania, 16,000 muskets, 640,000 cartridges, 150,000 caps, 8,080 muskets for six Ohio regiments, and d the issue of 10.000 muskets and 400,000 cartridges to General Patterson, then in command in Pennsylvania; 16,000 muskets to General Sandford, of New York, and forty rifles to General Welch. In reply
Indiana (Indiana, United States) (search for this): chapter 17
d to him, as the superior military officer that could be reached, for advice and for munitions of war, and he assisted in arming no less than nine States. General Wool ordered the following ordnance and ordnance stores to be issued to the Governors of the following States:--Pennsylvania, 16,000 muskets, 640,000 cartridges, 150,000 caps, 8,080 muskets for six Ohio regiments, and 117,889 cartridges for the same. OHIo, 10,000 muskets and 400,000 cartridges, and 5,000 muskets from Illinois. Indiana, 5,000 muskets and 200,000 cartridges, with caps. Illinois, 200,000 cartridges. Massachusetts, 4,000 stand of arms. New Hampshire, 2,000 muskets and 20,000 cartridges. Vermont, 800 rifles. New Jersey, 2,880 muskets with ammunition. In addition to these, he ordered the issue of 10.000 muskets and 400,000 cartridges to General Patterson, then in command in Pennsylvania; 16,000 muskets to General Sandford, of New York, and forty rifles to General Welch. In reply to Governor Yates, of Illin
Albany (New York, United States) (search for this): chapter 17
and on the day after the great meeting (Sunday, the 21st), three other regiments had followed, namely, the Sixth, Colonel Pinckney; the Twelfth, Colonel Butter-field; and the Seventy-first, Colonel Vosburg. Major-General Wool, next in rank to the General-in-chief, and the Commander of the Eastern Department, which comprised the whole country eastward of the Mississippi River, was then at his home and Headquarters at Troy, New York. When he heard of the affair at Baltimore, he hastened to Albany, the State capital, to confer with Governor Morgan. While he was there, the Governor received an electrograph, urging him to send troops forward to Washington as speedily as possible. At the same time he received an offer of the regiment of Colonel Ellsworth, whose skillfully executed and picturesque Zouave tactics had lately excited the attention and admiration of the country. These volunteers were accepted, and the Governor determined to push forward troops as fast as possible. General
Frederick, Md. (Maryland, United States) (search for this): chapter 17
under a Maryland flag, from a balcony, in which he assured them that they should have ample assistance from his county (Frederick), when they marched off, shouting for Jeff. Davis and a Southern Confederacy, and saluted the Maryland flag that was wan unanswerable evidence of it. On the same evening, Marshal Kane received an offer of troops from Bradley Johnson, of Frederick, who was afterward a brigadier in the Confederate Army. Kane telegraphed back, saying :--Thank you for your offer. Br down upon us to-morrow. We will fight them and whip them, or die. Early the next morning Johnson posted handbills in Frederick, The following is a copy of Johnson's handbill:-- Marylanders, arouse!Frederick, Saturday, 7 A. M. At twelFrederick, Saturday, 7 A. M. At twelve o'clock last night I received the following dispatch from Marshal Kane, of Baltimore, by telegraph to the Junction and expressed to Frederick. [Here follows Kane's dispatch given in the text.] All men who will go with me will report themselves a
Washington (United States) (search for this): chapter 17
l were slightly hurt. On their arrival at Washington, eighteen of their wounded were sent to the the Free-labor States ignorant of affairs at Washington until the seizure of the Capital, by the inslington House, on Arlington Hights, opposite Washington and Arlington House in 1860. this view nd which, like a panorama, lay the cities of Washington and Georgetown. A charming family made thent to the President and his Cabinet that Washington City was full of resident traitors, who were r, Colonel Marshall Lefferts, had left for Washington City; and on the day after the great meeting (ons to each soldier that might be ordered to Washington. Governor Morgan went to New York on the were furnished, and troops were forwarded to Washington with extraordinary dispatch, by way of Chesaops and subsistence so promptly forwarded to Washington by the Union Defense Committee, under the dihe troops sent forward had opened the way to Washington, the first communication that General Wool r[16 more...]
Chesapeake Bay (United States) (search for this): chapter 17
l situations in or near Baltimore. It was on an eminence that overlooked a large portion of the city, the Patapsco, the harbor, and the land and water out to Chesapeake Bay. The mansion was built by the father of Brantz Mayer, a leading citizen of Baltimore.) had paraded the First Light Division with ball cartridges. Over the pf the cars, and these were filled by the mob, who compelled the engineer to run his train back to the long bridges over the Gunpowder and Bush Creeks, arms of Chesapeake Bay. These bridges were fired, and large portions of them were speedily consumed. Another party went up the Northern Central Railway to Cockeysville, about fiftntil the work was accomplished. Ships were chartered, supplies were furnished, and troops were forwarded to Washington with extraordinary dispatch, by way of Chesapeake Bay and the Potomac River. The transports were convoyed by armed steamers to shield them from pirates; and one of them — the Quaker City--was ordered to Hampton
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