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Brussels (Belgium) (search for this): chapter 14
a certificate of good manners. He wrote to his minister,--and it was filed in the State Department,--that General Butler can be very polite when he chooses. Thus matters remained until Seward sent that secession spy and agent, Reverdy Johnson, to New Orleans; and then the French consul asked for a pass to go to Washington and came back with an order on me to release him from his promises. Of course I obeyed orders. Shortly prior to Nov. 13, 1862, I was informed that our minister at Brussels had written to the State Department that the Confederate agents in Europe were embarrassed by the non-arrival of a large amount of coin from New Orleans, and that the purveyors of cloth could not be paid. One of these was the commissary-general of the French army, who sold the cloth from the army stores of the emperor to the rebels. But, the minister added, assurances are now given that the money is in the hands of the French consul, and will be shortly received. This accusation the Se
Napoleon (Ohio, United States) (search for this): chapter 14
ay out specie curbstone dealers in Confederate money their course a reliable news barometer Street disturbances case of Mrs. Larue no money to pay the troops Farragut's appeal for influence Adams express company called on an Army self-supported Banks' subsequent troubles General Butler didn't give reasons for his orders the confiscation acts enforced among the planters congressional election Count Mejan, the French consul Major Bell administers justice Intimations of recall Napoleon's demand and Seward's compliance General Banks arrives Butler in Washington, seeking reasons interviews with Lincoln, Stanton and Seward double-dealing of the latter shown farewell address Davis proclaims Butler a felon and an outlaw ,000 reward Lincoln desires Butler's services return to Lowell One of the most important matters which pressed upon me immediately after my occupation of the city was the condition of the currency. It was absolutely necessary for the successful adm
France (France) (search for this): chapter 14
ested. He insisted that I had no jurisdiction to put a guard in his consulate; that the flag of France flew over his premises, and where that flag flew was France. But, I said, Count, there need nFrance. But, I said, Count, there need not be any emotion about this. How much of the territory of Louisiana do you think the French flag flying on your consulate will protect from United States occupation? My house and courtelige, was no foot on French territory, either by myself or by my soldiers, as I have a grateful regard for France. I will content myself with putting a guard on United States territory on the confines of the Fen sent down specially to relieve me, upon the demand of Napoleon, because I was not friendly to France. Although it could not be carried out until sometime in December, yet, the order of my recall wvernment has forbidden the papers to mention your name. The name of Marlboro was once used in France to frighten children,--more than a century ago. You have taken his place. Believe me, my dear
Mississippi (United States) (search for this): chapter 14
their owners, and driven to wander helpless on the highway. By a recent General Order, No. 91, the entire property in that part of Louisiana, west of the Mississippi River, has been sequestered for confiscation, and officers have been assigned to duty, with orders to gather up and collect the personal property, and turn over tofor yourself at New Orleans. In it you can do great good to the country. The question of abolition of slavery is now settled. I want you to go down on the Mississippi River, take command there, and enlist, arm, and organize as many negro troops as can be had. He produced some maps which showed the slave population by the terror your good opinion, I said, but I could have enlisted several thousands if you had given me this full power when I was in New Orleans. Indeed, you see the Mississippi River country is black with them, and I had only to march up the Mississippi to get them. I would have so marched if I could have had any reinforcements; but now
United States (United States) (search for this): chapter 14
stitution provides for all citizens of the United States, it is therefore ordered :-- I. That thus giving them credit to the injury of the United States, is estopped to deny their value. The ters (whether foreigners or citizens of the United States) who had remained on therr plantations and, the product was to be turned over to the United States or held for whoever had the right to it. Ra million of money from the enemies of the United States to its revenues, and all this without a siody who undertakes to bring any of it onto United States territory. The count saw that he was ca184. By direction of the President of the United States, Major-General Banks is assigned to the confederate States, had been executed by the United States authorities at New Orleans for having pull Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America, and in their name, do pronounce aof the Confederacy. The soldiers of the United States have been invited and encouraged in genera[67 more...]
Baltimore, Md. (Maryland, United States) (search for this): chapter 14
gner. Seward lived under a consuming and chronic fear that if we held any property of a foreigner, however guilty of treason, his government would declare for the independence of the Confederacy; and those governments and their officers did not scruple to take full advantage of Seward's timidity. After I had been relieved and had settled all my accounts with the government, so that not a dollar's difference stood between me and the government, suits were brought against me in New York, Baltimore, and elsewhere, to the amount of several hundred thousand dollars, for my acts during the war, or those done by my orders, even for the capture of General Twiggs' swords. All such suits have now been tried which the plaintiff would prosecute. These suits, by the law of military affairs, were to be defended by the government, and were so done by its law officers. I refused to have a single one settled. All were adjudicated in my favor; and not a dollar of a judgment has been rendere
Galveston (Texas, United States) (search for this): chapter 14
el, to send the Twenty-First Indiana, which had won such glory at Baton Rouge under Colonel McMillan, down to occupy Galveston, Texas, which was then held by the fleet. I looked upon Colonel McMillan as fit to command the department, and Galveston wGalveston was a place requiring high qualities in the commander as well as in the soldiers. I also suggested that McMillan's regiment be filled up with soldiers enlisted from other regiments. What distressed me not a little was that Banks' regular officersnot until the enemy had time to fortify it fully, and to reinforce it. The only thing done at first was to send down to Galveston a militia regiment, under a militia colonel who never had heard a hostile shot fired in his life. He put himself on a wharf in Galveston, and then, when the rebels were ready, they scooped him up without his firing hardly a shot. But here and now is not my occasion to criticise the performances of the troops in the Department of the Gulf in the succeeding campaign
Port Hudson (Louisiana, United States) (search for this): chapter 14
he commander-in-chief, I went on with my business. I was then planning an expedition against Port Hudson, and arranging so that my troops should be in readiness for it as soon as I received the reinhe military situation of the department and the details of my plan for an immediate attack on Port Hudson, representing to him the necessity for the promptest action. As the nine months regiments ther the cover of the fleet, to ascend the river and take possession of the west shore opposite Port Hudson, in order to keep it from being furnished with further supplies. Now that there could be no ed that the rest of the army, including all old troops, should be sent at once in the rear of Port Hudson on the east bank, to prevent reinforcements and supplies being furnished to this fort by the Holabird, Colonel, Chief Quartermaster. I may remark here that no movement was made upon Port Hudson for many months,--not until the enemy had time to fortify it fully, and to reinforce it. The
Fort Jackson (Louisiana, United States) (search for this): chapter 14
McClellan from command, to wit: a day after the November election, so that it might appear as if the Republican administration had determined to put out of command all generals who had heretofore been Democrats, and to supply true Republican generals in their places. Ah! Seward, that trick was too thin. It did not work, as we shall see. I immediately made preparations to set my house in order. On December 12, I had such complete knowledge of Banks' movements that I telegraphed to Forts Jackson and St. Philip to salute Major-General Banks on his steamer with the number of guns appropriate to the commander of the department. When his steamer came to the wharf at the city, I had a battery of artillery to fire a proper salute, and my carriage was in readiness to take him to my house to be entertained. Here he served the following order upon me:-- War Department, Adjutant-General's office, Washington, Nov. 9, 1862. General Order No. 184. By direction of the President of
Delhi, N. Y. (New York, United States) (search for this): chapter 14
visher, as were the unfortunate dames of Spain in the Peninsular War; or you might have been scalped and tomahawked as our mothers were at Wyoming by the savage allies of Great Britain in our own Revolution; your property could have been turned over to indiscriminate loot, like the palace of the Emperor of China; works of art which adorned your buildings might have been sent away, like the paintings of the Vatican; your sons might have been blown from the mouths of cannon, like the Sepoys at Delhi; and yet all this would have been within the rules of civilized warfare as practised by the most polished and the most hypocritical nations of Europe. For such acts the records of the doings of some of the inhabitants of your city toward the friends of the Union, before my coming, were a sufficient provocative and justification. But I have not so conducted. On the contrary, the worst punishment inflicted, except for criminal acts punishable by every law, has been banishment with labor t
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