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18th (search for this): chapter 25
r previously conceived views exactly coincided. All the forces that can be. taken from the coast have been ordered to report to you at Fortress Monroe by the 18th inst., or as soon thereafter as possible. What I ask is that with them and all you can concentrate from your own command, you seize upon City Point and act from therezvous off New Inlet, near Fort Fisher, on the evening of the 15th, Thursday. We there waited for the navy Friday, the 16th, Saturday, the 17th, and Sunday, the 18th, during which days we had the finest possible weather and the smoothest sea. On the evening of the 18th, Admiral Porter came from Beaufort to the place of rende18th, Admiral Porter came from Beaufort to the place of rendezvous. That evening the sea became rough, and on Monday, the 19th, the wind sprang up freshly, so that it was impossible to land troops; and by the advice of Admiral Porter, communicated to me by letter, I directed the transport fleet to rendezvous at Beaufort. This was a matter of necessity, because the transport fleet, being c
19th (search for this): chapter 6
eleven o'clock, on the 18th, they took the cars for Philadelphia, arriving there at night. The authorities and citizens of Philadelphia encamped them at the Girard House. They were under orders to go to Washington via Baltimore, and not a word had been said to them or to anybody else, that the route through Baltimore was not open. The direct orders from the Secretary of War to Governor Andrew being that they should go through Baltimore, they left Philadelphia for Baltimore, arriving on the 19th. I stayed behind to see that the other two regiments sailed for Fortress Monroe, and to finish all needed preparations, and to wait for the Eighth Regiment, under Col. Timothy Munroe, to get in readiness with equipments. During the 18th of April, the utmost diligence was used. In the afternoon the regiment was paraded before the State House, where Governor Andrew made a very appropriate, patriotic, and brilliant address, to which I added a few words. While we were speaking to the sold
19th (search for this): chapter 8
th Johnston's troops of the Army of the Shenandoah, and so they gave up all for lost. And the general idea of the people to this day is that the coming up of Johnston's army from Harper's Ferry on the afternoon of the battle as a surprise reinforcement was the cause of the loss of Bull Run. Now, the reports on both sides show that Johnston evaded Patterson at Harper's Ferry in obedience to an order sent him on the 17th, and that he and all his army got down to Bull Run on the night of the 19th, and were in front of McDowell on the 20th; and so far from Joe Johnston's men coming into the action late on the 21st, and our men running away from them, these men bore substantially the whole brunt of the battle during the day, and lost more than twice as many men as did the rebel Army of the Potomac. Besides, and in addition to all these disadvantages of the conduct of the battle, Johnston's force had been allowed by Patterson to escape him entirely, and Patterson never thought of foll
19th (search for this): chapter 17
d not been joined on account of the disagreement of Smith and Gillmore as to where the line should be. For that purpose, by a general order, I made General Weitzel chief engineer of my army, putting the whole work under his immediate order and command as representing myself. See Appendix No. 57. With all our diligence we were not soon enough to be ready for the enemy. They commenced demonstrations on the 18th, on the right of my line, which were repulsed. These were followed up, on the 19th, by further demonstrations, which were apparently reconnoissances. On the morning of the 20th, Beauregard, with a large force, made a very vigorous attempt to force our lines, striking, as he naturally would, at the weakest point. This point was where the work of constructing and arming the redoubt to flank any movement upon the main line had not been fully completed. Between nine and ten o'clock in the morning the enemy set fire to the brush and dry wood that extended out a very conside
19th (search for this): chapter 25
h, Wednesday, I joined the transport fleet off Cape Henry, and put to sea, arriving at the place of rendezvous off New Inlet, near Fort Fisher, on the evening of the 15th, Thursday. We there waited for the navy Friday, the 16th, Saturday, the 17th, and Sunday, the 18th, during which days we had the finest possible weather and the smoothest sea. On the evening of the 18th, Admiral Porter came from Beaufort to the place of rendezvous. That evening the sea became rough, and on Monday, the 19th, the wind sprang up freshly, so that it was impossible to land troops; and by the advice of Admiral Porter, communicated to me by letter, I directed the transport fleet to rendezvous at Beaufort. This was a matter of necessity, because the transport fleet, being coaled and watered for ten days, had already waited that time, to wit: from the 9th, the day on which we were ready to sail, to the 19th. On the 20th, Tuesday, 21st, Wednesday, 22d, Thursday, and 23d, Friday, it blew a gale. I wa
20th (search for this): chapter 6
d fire upon them while doing the work. That puzzled the gallant old colonel, as he told me, but he returned an answer in substance, that he could not allow anybody to erect a battery within the reach of the guns of Fortress Monroe, but that he would refer the matter to Washington. Transportation being furnished by water for the troops, the Third and Fourth Regiments sailed, one on the 17th of April, and one on the morning of the 18th. The latter regiment arrived at Fortress Monroe on the 20th. It was agreed that Colonel Jones' regiment, strengthened by the addition of two companies, should march as soon as possible, and he took the cars on the night of the 17th of April. His route to New York was an ovation. His reception there was one of extravagant and tumultuous joy. By the invitation of Mr. Stetson, the host of the Astor House, his regiment was treated to a sumptuous breakfast, and at eleven o'clock, on the 18th, they took the cars for Philadelphia, arriving there at nigh
20th (search for this): chapter 8
nandoah, and so they gave up all for lost. And the general idea of the people to this day is that the coming up of Johnston's army from Harper's Ferry on the afternoon of the battle as a surprise reinforcement was the cause of the loss of Bull Run. Now, the reports on both sides show that Johnston evaded Patterson at Harper's Ferry in obedience to an order sent him on the 17th, and that he and all his army got down to Bull Run on the night of the 19th, and were in front of McDowell on the 20th; and so far from Joe Johnston's men coming into the action late on the 21st, and our men running away from them, these men bore substantially the whole brunt of the battle during the day, and lost more than twice as many men as did the rebel Army of the Potomac. Besides, and in addition to all these disadvantages of the conduct of the battle, Johnston's force had been allowed by Patterson to escape him entirely, and Patterson never thought of following him up. If he had followed him up he
20th (search for this): chapter 12
ry, 1862. In October, 1861, the city had voted to erect a battery out of this defence fund. On the 19th of February, 1862, the city council, by vote published and commented upon in the newspapers, placed in the hands of the Confederate General Lovell, fifty thousand dollars, to be expended by him in the defences of the city. It will, therefore, clearly appear that all the inhabitants of the city knew that the city council was raising and expending large sums for war purposes. On the 20th of the same February, the city council raised an extraordinary Committee of public safety, from the body of the inhabitants at large, consisting of sixty members, for the purpose of co-operating with the Confederate and State authorities in devising means for the defence of the city and its approaches. On the 27th of the same February, the city council adopted a series of resolutions:-- 1st. Recommending the issue of one million dollars of city bonds, for the purpose of purchasing arm
20th (search for this): chapter 17
d be. For that purpose, by a general order, I made General Weitzel chief engineer of my army, putting the whole work under his immediate order and command as representing myself. See Appendix No. 57. With all our diligence we were not soon enough to be ready for the enemy. They commenced demonstrations on the 18th, on the right of my line, which were repulsed. These were followed up, on the 19th, by further demonstrations, which were apparently reconnoissances. On the morning of the 20th, Beauregard, with a large force, made a very vigorous attempt to force our lines, striking, as he naturally would, at the weakest point. This point was where the work of constructing and arming the redoubt to flank any movement upon the main line had not been fully completed. Between nine and ten o'clock in the morning the enemy set fire to the brush and dry wood that extended out a very considerable distance before our line, and the wind being favorable, the fire was driven in upon us. Bef
20th (search for this): chapter 19
line of battle by divisions, and sailed all about, I with my ship following the flag-ship. We all sailed within sight of Fort Fisher. That I believed was the first intimation the enemy had that we were off the coast. I am confirmed in my opinion because Lieutenant R. T Chapman, commanding the rebel battery Buchanan, which was the mound battery just below Fort Fisher, begins his report to the Confederate authorities on the 29th of December, 1864, in these words: I reported to you on the 20th inst. that the enemy had arrived off this place. When we were exercising the fleet it did go within sight of the mound battery, and it was remarked on the squadron that if we could see them they of course could see us. On the evening of Monday the 19th, the wind hauled round to the northeast, and it was very evident that there could be no landing of troops at that time. I had taken coal for ten days on the transport vessels, all they could carry. As my flag-ship was running light I could p
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