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Vienna (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 2
he of the ,demand. It was necessary to send to Europe for arms; and Colonel George L. Schuyler was appointed an agent for the purpose, July 29, 1861. with specific instructions from the Secretary of War. He purchased 116,000 rifles, 10,000 revolvers, 10,000 cavalry carbines, and 21,000 sabers, at an aggregate cost of $2,044,931. Colonel Schuyler could not procure arms in England and France on his arrival, and a greater portion of them were purchased Germany. He bought 70,000 rifles in Vienna, and 27,000 in Dresden. Of the Small-arms Association, in England, he procured 15,000 Enfield rifles. The revolvers were purchased in France and Belgium; also 10,000 cavalry carbines; and the sabers were bought in Germany. Through the interference of Confederate agents in France, the French Government would not allow any arms to be taken, by either party from its arsenals.--See Report of Colonel Schuyler to the Secretary of War, April 8, 1862. It was not long before the private and Nation
Delaware (Delaware, United States) (search for this): chapter 2
litary Departments, The counties of Washington and Alleghany, in Maryland, were added to the Department of the Shenandoah, created on the 19th of July, with Headquarters in the field; and the remainder of Maryland, and all of Pennsylvania and Delaware, constituted the Department of Pennsylvania, Headquarters at Baltimore. A Board was also established at this time for the examination of all officers of volunteer regiments. and Lieutenant-General Scott, who was the General-in-Chief of the armilaimed to the world. For the latter purpose it passed an act Aug. 8, 1861. which authorized the banishment from the limits of the Confederate States of every masculine citizen of the United States (with some exceptions named The citizens of Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, Missouri, the Territories of New Mexico, Arizona, and the Indian Territory south of Kansas, and the District of Columbia, were excepted.) over fourteen years of age, who adhered to his Government and acknowledged its authori
Georgia (Georgia, United States) (search for this): chapter 2
g along the borders of Bull's Run, the Third Session of the so-called Provisional Congress of the conspirators (who, as we have seen, had left the Senate-Chamber of the Capitol of Alabama, at Montgomery, May 21, 1861. wherein their Confederacy was formed) was commenced in the Capitol of Virginia, at Richmond, on the 20th of July. See page 547, volume I. There was a full attendance. The members assembled at noon, and were called to order by Howell Cobb, when the Rev. S. K. Tallmadge, of Georgia, made a prayer. At half-past 12 o'clock, Col. Josselyn, the private secretary of Jefferson Davis, appeared, and delivered to Congress a communication The Senate-Chamber at Montgomery. this picture is from a sketch made by the author, while on a visit to Montgomery, early in April, 1866. the mahogany furniture was the same as that used by the conspirators at the formation of their Confederacy. cation from that chief leader of the Rebellion. In that message, Davis congratulated his c
Albany (New York, United States) (search for this): chapter 2
he Confederates, flushed with victory, and satisfied that their so-called attorney-general (Benjamin) had predicted wisely, that pacification through recognition by France or England, or both, would occur in ninety days, and their independence be secured, were wasting golden moments in celebrating their own valor. It is reported that General Buckner, captured at Fort Donelson several months afterward, while on his way to Fort Warren, at Boston, as a prisoner of war, said to a gentleman in Albany: The effect of that battle was to inspire the Southerners with a blind confidence, and lull them into false security. The effect upon the Northerners, on the other hand, was to arouse, madden, and exasperate. Yet, in the manner of that unthriftiness of time and opportunity, there was a potential force that gave amazing strength to the Confederacy. There was a prestige in that battle, and the celebration of the triumph, which almost silenced opposition to the war; for multitudes, who had
Springfield (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 2
ok for the groundwork of those successes which it achieved long afterward, to the glory of the Administration and the nation. One of the most serious difficulties encountered by the Government, at the beginning of the war, was a lack of arms. We have seen how Secretary Floyd stripped the arsenals and armories in the Free-labor States, and filled those of the Slave-labor States, when preparations were making for rebellion. See volume I., page 121. The armories at Harper's Ferry and Springfield were the principal ones on which the Government could rely for the manufacture of small arms. The former was destroyed in April, and the latter could not supply a tithe of the ,demand. It was necessary to send to Europe for arms; and Colonel George L. Schuyler was appointed an agent for the purpose, July 29, 1861. with specific instructions from the Secretary of War. He purchased 116,000 rifles, 10,000 revolvers, 10,000 cavalry carbines, and 21,000 sabers, at an aggregate cost of $2,0
Europe (search for this): chapter 2
ections scenes in Richmond and in Washington a sad picture, 18. the story in Europe hopes and predictions of the ruling classes there relative position of the coe character of the contending parties, much exaggerated, which was presented to Europe in the month of August. 1861. The first account of the battle, the panic that , desolating the villages of Virginia. It excited among the ruling classes in Europe a derision of the loyal people and the Government of the United States, and thehe latter could not supply a tithe of the ,demand. It was necessary to send to Europe for arms; and Colonel George L. Schuyler was appointed an agent for the purposeor more than three years. He was authorized to send additional commissioners to Europe; and on the last day of the session Aug. 31, 1861. an act was passed giving hiosperity would follow the Ordinance of Secession; that cotton would control all Europe, and secure open ports and boundless commerce with the whole world for the Sout
Bull Run, Va. (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 2
reorganization of that Army, 23. the defenses of Washington, 24. purchase of arms for the Government domestic Manufactures of arms, 25. prisoners taken at Bull's Run, in Richmond tobacco Warehouse prison and commissary Winder, 26.--Richmond prison Association kind women in Richmond, 27. object of the War declared by Cong by an exasperated people. This moral effect they dreaded; so they were content to have the vanity of their followers gratified by the accident of a victory at Bull's Run, and hoped to, accomplish, by negotiation and compromise, what they could not expect to win by arms. The National Government now acted with decision and enerved as a day of fasting, humiliation, and prayer. Whilst the National Congress was in session at Washington, and armies were contending along the borders of Bull's Run, the Third Session of the so-called Provisional Congress of the conspirators (who, as we have seen, had left the Senate-Chamber of the Capitol of Alabama, at Mo
France (France) (search for this): chapter 2
satisfied that their so-called attorney-general (Benjamin) had predicted wisely, that pacification through recognition by France or England, or both, would occur in ninety days, and their independence be secured, were wasting golden moments in celebrarbines, and 21,000 sabers, at an aggregate cost of $2,044,931. Colonel Schuyler could not procure arms in England and France on his arrival, and a greater portion of them were purchased Germany. He bought 70,000 rifles in Vienna, and 27,000 in Dresden. Of the Small-arms Association, in England, he procured 15,000 Enfield rifles. The revolvers were purchased in France and Belgium; also 10,000 cavalry carbines; and the sabers were bought in Germany. Through the interference of Confederate agents in France, the French Government would not allow any arms to be taken, by either party from its arsenals.--See Report of Colonel Schuyler to the Secretary of War, April 8, 1862. It was not long before the private and National armories of the U
Baltimore, Md. (Maryland, United States) (search for this): chapter 2
orable discharge from the service of Major-General Robert Patterson, on the 27th, when his term of duty would expire; and General N. P. Banks, then in command at Baltimore, was directed to take his place in charge of the Department of the Shenandoah, he being relieved by General John A. Dix. There was a new arrangement of Military with Headquarters in the field; and the remainder of Maryland, and all of Pennsylvania and Delaware, constituted the Department of Pennsylvania, Headquarters at Baltimore. A Board was also established at this time for the examination of all officers of volunteer regiments. and Lieutenant-General Scott, who was the General-in-Chied were then in a condition to be placed in column for active operations. The entire force under McClellan's command, at that time, including those under Dix, at Baltimore, was one hundred and fifty-two thousand men, of whom between eight and nine thousand were sick or absent. This number was continually increased, until, on the f
Edgefield (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): chapter 2
nnon-ball through the tree. Its place is marked by a black spot, in the picture. This letter, and a visit from General Crittenden (who felt sensitive on this point), brought one from Benjamin December 22. to the a t Knoxville, indicating his wish that Brownlow should be sent out of the Confederacy, and regretting the circumstances of his arrest and imprisonment; only, as he said, because color is given to the suspicion that he has been entrapped. He was finally released and sent to Nashville (then in possession of National troops) early in March. Dr. Brownlow was a type of the Loyalists of the mountain regions of that State, who suffered terribly during a great portion of the war. A minute record of the faithful and fearless patriotism of the people of East Tennessee during the struggle, and the cruel wrongs and sufferings which they endured a greater portion of that time, would make one of the most glorious and yet revolting chapters in the history of the late fierce conflict
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