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William Wood (search for this): chapter 18
nce‘ sake. We love our country, they said, and acknowledge, with gratitude to our Heavenly Father, the many blessings we have been favored with under its Government, and can feel no sympathy with any who seek its overthrow; but, in endeavoring to uphold and maintain it, as followers of the Prince of Peace, we must not transgress the precepts and injunction of the Gospel. --Address to the Members of the Religious Society of Friends within the limits of the New York Yearly Meeting. Signed, William Wood, Clerk. Similar testimony was borne by the Quakers elsewhere; yet the homily was practically unheeded by a large number of the younger members, who, with many of their seniors, held that the war was an exceptional one--a holy war of Righteousness against Sin. They were, as a body of Christians, universally loyal to the flag, even in North Carolina; and while they avoided, as far as possible, the practices of war, which their conscience and Discipline condemned, they aided the Government
Theodore Winthrop (search for this): chapter 18
titution was soon afterward taken to New York; and when the naval school was removed to Newport, Rhode Island, she became a school-ship there. In assisting to get out the Constitution, the Maryland grounded on a sand-bank. The suspected captain was confined, and the vessel was put under the management of seamen and engineers from among the Massachusetts troops. The composition of this regiment was very remarkable. It contained men skilled in almost every trade and profession; and Major Winthrop, who went out with the New York Seventh Regiment, was nearly right when he said, that if the words were given, Poets, to the front I or Painters, present arms I or Sculptors, charge bayonets I there would be ample responses. There she lay helpless all that day and the next night, to the great discomfort of her passengers. Her water-casks were nearly emptied, and their provisions were almost exhausted. In the mean time Governor Hicks, who was in Annapolis, and still under the malign con
Ross Winans (search for this): chapter 18
apolis Junction, 439. the New York Seventh in Washington Winans's steam gun, 440. exasperation against Baltimore, 441. reasonable work under Colonel J. R. Trimble and others. Winans's steam-gun. On Sunday, the 21st, cannon were exercisn, invented by Charles S. Dickinson, and manufactured by Ross Winans, a wealthy iron-worker of Baltimore, was purchased by thBoston Light Artillery, all under Major Cook, in capturing Winans's steam-gun at Ellicott's Mills, May 10, 1861. together with Dickinson, See page 440. Winans was an aged man, a thorough secessionist, and worth, it was estimated, about fifteen ring fifty men, who were ordered up to Frederick to arrest Winans. When these trains moved up along the margin of the Patap four thousand and twenty pikes or spears, manufactured by Winans. While the vehicles were a loading, the crowd, which had en to Federal Hill, and from there to Fort McHenry. cast Ross Winans into Fort McHenry, in accordance with orders from Washin
George Washington (search for this): chapter 18
or shipment to the insurgents in Virginia or elsewhere, and consisted of two thousand two hundred muskets, and four thousand and twenty pikes or spears, manufactured by Winans. While the vehicles were a loading, the crowd, which had become large, were somewhat agitated by persons who desired a collision, but there was very little disturbance of any kind. The arms were taken to Federal Hill, and from there to Fort McHenry. cast Ross Winans into Fort McHenry, in accordance with orders from Washington, and was preparing to try him by court-martial for his alleged crimes, when a letter, bearing a sting of reproof, came from General Scott, saying:--Your hazardous occupation of Baltimore was made without my knowledge, and, of course, without my approbation. It is a God-send that it was without a conflict of arms. It is also reported that you have sent a detachment to Frederick, but this is impossible. Not a word have I heard from you as to either movement. Let me hear from you. The
S. T. Wallis (search for this): chapter 18
n. At the date of issuing your writ, he said, and for two weeks previous, the city in which you live, and where your court has been held, was entirely under the control of revolutionary authorities. Within that period United States soldiers, while committing no offense, had been perfidiously attacked and inhumanly murdered in your streets; April 19, 1861. no punishment had been awarded, and, I believe, no arrests had been made for these atrocious crimes; In the Maryland Legislature, S. T. Wallis moved--That the measures adopted and conduct pursued by the authorities of the City of Baltimore, on Friday, the 19th of April, and since that time, be, and the same are hereby, made valid by the General Assembly. This would cover the conspirators and their tools, the mob, from punishment. In furtherance of this project for shielding the guilty, T. Parkins Scott proposed, in the same body, a bill to suspend the operations of the; criminal laws, and that the Grand Jury should be stopped
Unionists (search for this): chapter 18
ens of thousands of armed men hurrying across Maryland to the defense of the Government, recovered, in the presence of this new danger, from the paralysis produced by the terrible events of the 19th, and were aroused to action. A Home Guard of Unionists was formed in Frederick, under the direct observation of the disloyal Legislature. Similar action was taken in other parts of the State, especially in the more northern portion; and, on the evening of the 4th of May, an immense Union meeting wearty shouts of welcome. These were the first of that immense army that streamed through Baltimore without hinderance, thousands after thousands, while the great war that ensued went on. General Butler was visited at the Relay House by many Unionists from Baltimore, who gave him all desired information; and he received such communications from General Scott, on application, that he felt warranted in moving upon the town. He had informed Scott of the increasing power of the Unionists in Bal
J. R. Trimble (search for this): chapter 18
lunteer Regiments arrived, and reported the Fifth, Eighth, and Sixty-ninth at Annapolis. Baltimore, in the mean time, had become firmly grasped by the secessionists; and the authorities there, civil and military, had prepared to dispute the passage of any more loyal troops through their city. Armed men flocked into the, town from the country, with all sorts of weapons, scarcely knowing for what purpose; while the secessionists in the city were organized for treasonable work under Colonel J. R. Trimble and others. Winans's steam-gun. On Sunday, the 21st, cannon were exercised openly in the streets. A remarkable piece of ordnance, called a steam-gun, invented by Charles S. Dickinson, and manufactured by Ross Winans, a wealthy iron-worker of Baltimore, was purchased by the city authorities at the price of twenty-five hundred dollars. Much was expected of this invention, for it was claimed that it could throw two hundred balls a minute a distance of two miles. It was supposed
South river (United States) (search for this): chapter 18
Already the Eighth Massachusetts Regiment, Colonel Timothy Monroe, See pages 401 and 402. accompanied by General Benjamin F. Butler, one of the most remarkable men of our time, had passed through the vast throng that was waiting for the New York Seventh, and being greeted with hearty huzzas and the gift of scores of little banners by the people. At sunset all had gone over the Hudson — the New York Seventh and Massachusetts Eighth--and crossed New Jersey by railway to the banks of the Delaware. It had been a Private of the Seventh Regiment.. day of fearful excitement in New York, and the night was one of more fearful anxiety. Slumber was wooed in vain by hundreds, for they knew that their loved ones, now that blood had been spilt, were hurrying on toward great peril. Regiment after regiment followed the Seventh in quick succession, The enthusiasm of the people — of the young men in particular — was wonderful. Sometimes several brothers would enlist at the same time. Th<
Vicksburg (Mississippi, United States) (search for this): chapter 18
ndred. They debarked at Locust Point, near Fort McHenry, under cover of the guns of the Harriet Lanre taken to Federal Hill, and from there to Fort McHenry. cast Ross Winans into Fort McHenry, in accFort McHenry, in accordance with orders from Washington, and was preparing to try him by court-martial for his alleged cl, whose cannon commanded both the town and Fort McHenry. The 14th of May was a memorable one in e veteran Major W. W. Morris, in command at Fort McHenry. near Baltimore (which had lately been wele Maryland State Militia, was imprisoned in Fort McHenry. Judge Giles, of Baltimore, issued a writ oat flag? pointing to the one floating over Fort McHenry. The boy saved himself from punishment by er the massacre at Baltimore, the View of Fort McHenry. original dispatches in the telegraph offiof State. These offenders were confined in Fort McHenry, at Baltimore; Fort Lafayette, near New Yorthe Maryland Legislature, who was cast into Fort McHenry late in May. The Chief-Justice of the Unit[1 more...]
Frederick, Md. (Maryland, United States) (search for this): chapter 18
called by Governor Hicks at Annapolis, was not held there, for obvious reasons, but was opened on the 27th, April. at Frederick, about sixty miles north of Baltimore, and far away from National troops. In his message to that body, the Governor slysis produced by the terrible events of the 19th, and were aroused to action. A Home Guard of Unionists was formed in Frederick, under the direct observation of the disloyal Legislature. Similar action was taken in other parts of the State, especain of cars headed toward Harper's Ferry. Before this train was a short one, bearing fifty men, who were ordered up to Frederick to arrest Winans. When these trains moved up along the margin of the Patapsco Valley, a spy of the Baltimore conspirattion. It is a God-send that it was without a conflict of arms. It is also reported that you have sent a detachment to Frederick, but this is impossible. Not a word have I heard from you as to either movement. Let me hear from you. The operati
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