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William S. Pike (search for this): chapter 3
New Orleans had its origin in that grand outburst of tributary grief at the death of Lee, which, while it covered his tomb with the votive offerings of the good and wise of all civilized nations, prostrated the people of the Southern States of this Union in peculiar and unutterable woe. The Association was organized November 16th, 1870, with the following officers and directors: Wm. M. Perkins,President. G. T. Beauregard,First Vice-President. A. W. Bosworth,Second Vice-President. Wm. S. Pike.Treasurer. Thos. J. Beck,Recording Secretary. James Strawbridge,Corresponding Secretary. Directors. Hugh McCloskey, A. M. Fortier, Chas. E. Fenner, Wm. B. Schmidt, Wm. H. Dameron, W. N. Mercer, M. O. H. Norton, Henry Renshaw, Edward Barnett, George Jonas, Abram Thomas, Lloyd R. Coleman, Ed. A. Palfrey, Arch. Mitchell, R. S. Morse, Samuel Boyd, S. H. Kennedy, Newton Richards, Jas. Jackson, E. A. Tyler, Ed. Bigney. It is unnecessary to say why t
W. C. Black (search for this): chapter 3
tion was then effected, constituting the following officers and directors: Charles E. Fenner, President; G. T. Beauregard, first Vice-President; M. Musson, second Vice-President; S. H. Kennedy, Treasurer; W. I. Hodgson, Recording Secretary; W. M. Owen, Corresponding Secretary. Directors: W. B. Schmidt, Geo. Jonas, Lloyd R. Coleman, R. S. Morse, E. A. Tyler, Jas. Buckner, Thos. A. Adams, Saml. Choppin, S. H. Snowden, W. T. Vaudry, Henry Renshaw, E. A. Palfrey, Saml. Boyd, Arch. Mitchell, W. C. Black, B. A. Pope, Jas. I. Day, I. L. Lyons, J. J. Mellon, E. D. Willett. The times were scarcely more propitious than they had been before, but when the directors stood face to face with the proposition to abandon the work, their patriotic impulses refused to accept it, and inspired them with the determination at all hazards to complete it. It was then resolved, with the means which could be immediately commanded, to begin the monument, as the best means of assuring its completion. Of
Sedgwick (search for this): chapter 3
harge! These be odds which might well strike terror to the stoutest heart. Sedgwick, with a strong force, crossed the river below Fredericksburg, and demonstratedomptly taken. Leaving the gallant Early with only nine thousand men to handle Sedgwick, he himself, with the forty-eight thousand remaining, marched straight for Cha portion of the Federal army on a serious defensive. No time was to be lost. Sedgwick would soon drive back the inferior force of Early, and come thundering on his ing and broken back upon the Rappahannock. Hooker thus disposed of, now for Sedgwick. Early had by his gallant resistance, gained precious time and given serious occupation to Sedgwick, but the immensely superior numbers of the latter had at last forced Early back and were advancing upon Lee's rear towards Chancellorsville. Lctorious forces and, rushing to the reinforcement of Early, speedily converted Sedgwick's advance into a swift retreat; which would have resulted in his capture had n
Alfred Moulton (search for this): chapter 3
Lee Place, tell to admiring thousands. In purity of conception, spirit and grace of pose and expressive resemblance, it is not unworthy of the subject. After various changes, the officers and directors of the association consisted of the following: Charles E. Fenner,President. G. T. Beauregard,First Vice-President. M. Musson,Second Vice-President. S. H. Kennedy,Treasurer. W. I. Hodgson,Recording Secretary. W. M. Owen,Corresponding Secretary. Directors. W. B. Schmidt, Alfred Moulton, James Jackson, Samuel Boyd, J. C. Morris, J. J. Mellon, Ad. Meyer, W. T. Vaudry, A. H. May, W. J. Behan, J. L. Harris, E. A. Burke, I. L. Lyons, C. H. Allen, R. M. Walmsley, Lloyd R. Coleman, Cartwright Eustis, Ed. A. Palfrey, Arch. Mitchell, James McConnell, E. Borland. The statue having been completed, the board selected the anniversary of the birth of Washington, the 22d of February, 1884, as an appropriate occasion for the ceremonies of unveiling.
J. L. Harris (search for this): chapter 3
hy of the subject. After various changes, the officers and directors of the association consisted of the following: Charles E. Fenner,President. G. T. Beauregard,First Vice-President. M. Musson,Second Vice-President. S. H. Kennedy,Treasurer. W. I. Hodgson,Recording Secretary. W. M. Owen,Corresponding Secretary. Directors. W. B. Schmidt, Alfred Moulton, James Jackson, Samuel Boyd, J. C. Morris, J. J. Mellon, Ad. Meyer, W. T. Vaudry, A. H. May, W. J. Behan, J. L. Harris, E. A. Burke, I. L. Lyons, C. H. Allen, R. M. Walmsley, Lloyd R. Coleman, Cartwright Eustis, Ed. A. Palfrey, Arch. Mitchell, James McConnell, E. Borland. The statue having been completed, the board selected the anniversary of the birth of Washington, the 22d of February, 1884, as an appropriate occasion for the ceremonies of unveiling. Great preparations had been made for the event. An immense platform had been erected for the accommodation of subscribers to the Assoc
G. W. Smith (search for this): chapter 3
ken. As it was, the tremendous blows of Lee so staggered his adversary that the issue lay in doubt to the very last, and at more than one period in the contest the Northern cause barely escaped collapse. Follow me now in a rapid sketch of the mere outline of the marvelous campaigns. After the indecisive battle of Seven Pines, and the unfortunate wounding of the first commander of the Army of Northern Virginia, that skillful soldier, Joseph E. Johnston, his successor in command, General G. W. Smith, had retired the army to its encampments near Richmond, and there it was when, on June 2, 1862, Lee assumed command. Its effective strength, using round numbers (as I shall continue to do), was fifty-six thousand men. Mc-Clellan, an able commander, who, in the first year of the war, adopted that route to Richmond, the return to which, after many disasters, at last led to its capture, at that moment lay, possibly within sight of the spires, certainly within sound of the bells of the
M. B. Locke (search for this): chapter 3
ated the doctrine that political authority was derived from the consent of the governed, and based that consent upon the fiction of an original contract or implied covenant, which created that great Leviathan called the commonwealth of State. The right of secession, even in the form of revolution, had no place, however, in the theory of Hobbes, because he held that this original contract was irrevocable, and thus laid for despotism a firmer foundation than that which he had destroyed. Locke made a prodigious advance. Adopting Hobbes' theory that political authority was derived from the consent of the governed, he repudiated the doctrine of irrevocability, and held that the power of rulers was merely delegated, and that the people, or the governed, had the right to withdraw it when used for purposes inconsistent with the common weal, the end which society and government were formed to promote. By thus recognizing the responsibility of rulers to their subjects for the due execu
McClellan Lee (search for this): chapter 3
ompt defeat of Pope. Failure was destruction. Lee had fifty thousand, Pope, seventy five thousandme to join battle with the army of McClellan. Lee retained, in the meanwhile, only three division which turn awry the best laid schemes. One of Lee's orders to his general officers, formulating tbject of his detour, was able to rejoin it, and Lee was thus enabled at last to concentrate his armr arms the following day, on the night of which Lee, quietly and without molestation, retired his aic loss upon the attacking force, while that of Lee was insignificant. The next act of this tremth one hundred and thirty-two thousand. Now, Lee, look to thy charge! These be odds which mightHooker, with the bulk of his army, swept around Lee's left, crossing at the upper fords, and concenit between his enemy and coveted Richmond. But Lee never failed to find, in the division of his addds against him, by striking him in fragments. Lee's resolve was promptly taken. Leaving the gall[9 more...]
Louis Napoleon (search for this): chapter 3
nd kissing the very hem of his garments, gave him their affectionate adieux, and sadly turned to the new lives which opened before them. Success is not always the test of soldiership. Hannibal ended his career as a soldier in the overwhelming defeat of Zama, and died a fugitive in a foreign land. Charless XII of Sweden, that meteor of war, defeated at Pultowa, sought safety in exile, and on returning to his native land, met death in a vain attempt to restore his fallen fortunes. Napoleon died, a prisoner and an exile, after his complete overthrow on the field of Waterloo, where he encountered odds less than those which were opposed to Lee in any battle which he ever fought. Considering the importance of his operations, the large forces engaged, the immense superiority of his adversaries in numbers and resources, the skillful commanders whom he successfully vanquished the number of his victories, the brilliancy and successful audacity of his strategy and tactical manoeuvr
John Pope (search for this): chapter 3
ames would be to threaten the inferior force of Pope, upon which the protection of Washington dependen in the direction of Gordonsville to threaten Pope. This left him with only fifty-eight thousand ghteen thousand men, did not hesitate to attack Pope with thirty-seven thousand at hand, and more in of checking all serious advance on the part of Pope, and of so alarming the Washington authorities transfer of McClellan's army to the support of Pope. This enabled Lee to dispatch the rest of his ngly superior. The only hope was to annihilate Pope before the whole of McClellan's force could reach him. To accomplish this, an attack upon Pope's front even if successful would be unavailing, bec. His safety depended upon the prompt defeat of Pope. Failure was destruction. Lee had fifty thousand, Pope, seventy five thousand men. Under these circumstances the great battle of the second Manas delivered, resulting in the complete defeat of Pope and the retirement of his entire army within th[3 more...]
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