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George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard), Chapter 21: (search)
hey embarked, and most pleasant letters since their arrival. Yours faithfully, Geo. Ticknor. In a letter to Sir Edmund Head Mr. Ticknor says:— With Dr. Acland I had a charming day, driving about in Cambridge, Charlestown, and Boston, seven or eight hours,—one of which, or nearly one, was spent with him and Agassiz, alone in Agassiz's Museum, and of which I must give you an account when I see you. It was one of the remarkable hours of my life. To Sir Edmund Head, Bart. Boston, April 8, 1861. My dear Head,—We are all asleep here, and have been for some time, personally and politically. . . . All North--the old Union —is asleep, but is not therefore doing well. In my judgment we are drifting. Perhaps some anchor will hold. But, if it does, the cable may snap. Of course, with these views, I do not feel better about our affairs than I did when you were here; Six months before. nor take a more cheerful view of them than you do in your letters. To Sir Edmund Head.
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2, I. List of officers from Massachusetts in United States Navy, 1861 to 1865. (search)
65.Hon. discharged.Actg. Ensign. Mellor, James W. fMass.Mass.Mass.Oct. 28, 1864.Actg. 2d Asst. Engr.Canandaigua.South Atlantic.Feb. 27, 1866.Hon. discharged.Actg. 2d Asst. Engr. Mench, Isaac S., Sick.Mass.Mass.Mass.May 3, 1864.Actg. 2d Asst. Engr.Chimo.-Oct. 19, 1864.Resigned.Actg. 2d Asst. Engr. Mendell, William C.,Mass.Mass.Mass.Nov. 7, 1864.Actg. Ensign.Nahant.South Atlantic.May 13, 1865.Hon. discharged.Actg. Ensign. Merchant, Clarke, In service prior to 1861.Ga.Mass.Mass.Apr. 8, 1861.Lieutenant.Lancaster.Pacific.Aug. 10, 1865.Resigned.Commander. Dec. 20, 1864.Commander.Roanoke; Naval Academy.North Atlantic. Merchant, Cornelius M.,Mass.Mass.Mass.Jan. 25, 1862.Actg. Master.Genesee; Ohio.North Atlantic; Recg. Ship.Aug. 19, 1865.Hon. discharged.Actg. Master. Merchant, Samuel,Mass.Mass.Mass.May 3, 1864.Actg. Ensign.Tioga; Mingoe.South Atlantic.Aug. 13, 1865.Hon. discharged.Actg. Ensign. Meriam, Frank B.,Mass.Mass.Mass.Oct. 31, 1861.Actg. Master.Madgie; Norwich.South A
Brigadier-General Ellison Capers, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 5, South Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Additional Sketches Illustrating the services of officers and Privates and patriotic citizens of South Carolina. (search)
has conducted a large mercantile establishment of his own, in which he has been very successful. He was married, October 25, 1864, to Miss Fannie E. Kingsley, then living in Georgia, and they have one daughter, now the wife of R. S. Ligon, a merchant of Anderson. George Hardy Reid George Hardy Reid was born in Sumter county, S. C., February 7, 1840. He was educated in the schools of his native county and attended a private school in Charleston for about two years. He enlisted on April 8, 1861, in the Chicora Guards, the first company organized in Sumter county, and with that company went to Charleston and served there about six weeks. He was taken ill there and was sent home, where he remained until the fall of 1861, when he joined Company K, of the Ninth South Carolina infantry, and served with that organization until April, 1862. When the army was reorganized he selected the artillery branch of the service and returning to South Carolina joined the Palmetto battery of lig
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 12. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Contributions to the history of the Confederate Ordnance Department. (search)
the situation of that made its product precarious. Only one cannon foundry existed: at Richmond. Copper, so necessary for field artillery and for percussion caps, was just being produced in East Tennessee. There was no rolling mill for bar iron south Of Richmond; and but few blast furnaces, and these small, and with trifling exceptions in the border States of Virginia and Tennessee. Such were the supplies and such the situation when I took charge of the Ordnance Department on the 8th of April, 1861. The first thing to be attended to was the supply of powder. Large orders had been sent to the North, both by the Confederate Government and some of the States, and these were being rapidly filled at the date of the attack on Fort Sumter. The entire product of one large Northern mill was being received at a Southern port. Of course all the ports were soon sealed to such importations from the North. Attention was at once turned to the production of nitre in North Alabama and in
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 12. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Arsenals, workshops, foundries, etc. (search)
the situation of that made its product precarious. Only one cannon foundry existed: at Richmond. Copper, so necessary for field artillery and for percussion caps, was just being produced in East Tennessee. There was no rolling mill for bar iron south Of Richmond; and but few blast furnaces, and these small, and with trifling exceptions in the border States of Virginia and Tennessee. Such were the supplies and such the situation when I took charge of the Ordnance Department on the 8th of April, 1861. The first thing to be attended to was the supply of powder. Large orders had been sent to the North, both by the Confederate Government and some of the States, and these were being rapidly filled at the date of the attack on Fort Sumter. The entire product of one large Northern mill was being received at a Southern port. Of course all the ports were soon sealed to such importations from the North. Attention was at once turned to the production of nitre in North Alabama and in
The Daily Dispatch: April 9, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
Virginia State Convention.Forty-Sixth day. Monday, April 8, 1861. The Convention assembled in the Hall of the House of Delegates, and was called to order at 10 o'clock. No clergyman in attendance. Communication from the Governor. The President laid before the Convention a communication from the Governor of the Commonwealth, enclosing a communication from the President of the State Convention of Arkansas, intended for the consideration of the General Assembly; but that body having adjourned, the Governor deemed it his duty to give it this direction. The communication from Arkansas asks information as to what action Virginia has taken, or proposes to take, in reference to the proposition to hold a Border Slave State Conference, at Frankfort, Ky., or elsewhere, during the coming spring or summer. This information is sought with a view to guide the action of the Commissioners or Delegates elected by the Convention of Arkansas to said Conference, should one be held.
The Daily Dispatch: April 9, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
port of Richmond, April 8, 1861. High Water this day (Tuesday) at 3½ o'clock. Arrived, Steamship Yorktown, Parrish, New York, mdze. and passengers, Ludlam & Watson. Steamship City of Richmond, Mitchell, Philadelphia, mdze, and passengers. C. P. Cardozo. Steamer Geo. Peabody, Pritchard, Baltimore, mdze. and passengers, D. & W. Currie. Schr.Del. Farmer, --, Baltimore, lumber, Jno. Abrahams. Schr. Amythis, Cates, Portland, plaster, Robertson & Miller. Schr. Danville, Chester, New York, mdze., D. & W. Currie. Schr. Rough and Ready, Moore, Eastern Shore, potatoes, A. Millspaugh. Schr. Champ, --, James River, billets and hoop poles. Sloop S. M. Herman, Rowe, Servan River, oysters. Schr. S. G. King, Andrews, Baltimore, mdze., W. D. Colquitt & Co. Schr. Ashland, Graves, Baltimore, guano, E. B. Bentley. Schr. Clara Belle, Mitchell, Baltimore, guano, Bacon & Baskerville. Schr. Florida, Hayes, Jacksonville, lumber,
The Daily Dispatch: April 9, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 4 (search)
[correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch.]Fires in Fredericksburg. Fredericksburg, Va., April 8, 1861. On Friday night, about half-past 8 o'clock, a fire broke out in a dwelling-house owned by the Misses Dangerfield, on Main street, near the railroad, in the lower part of the city, and before the flames could be subdued the entire building was consumed. For a long while the large brick house adjacent, occupied by Mr. Sacry, was in imminent peril, but efficient exertions saved it. The fire was accidental, and occurred during the absence of the occupants. Insured in the "Merchants," of Richmond, for $800. On Sunday night, about the same hour, fire was discovered to be raging in a dwelling on Sophia street, opposite Warren's Tannery, in the occupancy of Mr. G. A. Rawlet. The building being a frame one, the fire spread with such rapidity as to defy extinction.--Soon the valuable brick double tenement adjoining was seized by the "devouring element," and although desperate
The Daily Dispatch: April 10, 1861., [Electronic resource], Evening Session. (search)
Correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch.affairs in Petersburg. Petersburg April 8, 1861. We have had a continued fall of rain for the past three days, which has served to render our streets, at any time no very pleasant sights to look upon, and equally unpleasant to travel through, tenfold more disagreeable, and almost impassable. If there is one thing our city has cause to be ashamed of, it is the construction of her streets, and the condition in which they are kept. Probably, when the state of our finances improves, our Council may determine to give more attention to the subject, but not before. Since the receipt of the war news of the past two days, the proceedings of the Convention are regarded with increased interest; and the future action of that body is looked forward to with the most intense anxiety.--Nothing will satisfy the people of Petersburg but the passage of an ordinance that will dissolve all connection between them and the North. The clouds of vapor w
The Daily Dispatch: April 11, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
From the Southern Capital. the $15,000,000 loan--Secretary Memmin-ger — the feeling in the Southern Confed-eracy — enthusiasm of the people. [Correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch.] Montgomery, Ala., April 8, 1861. The portion of the fifteen millions loan required by the Government has been greedily and eagerly taken, or at least the money has already been tendered. Offers for the bonds have come in from all quarters and sections of the country, not withstanding the short time the loan has been before the public. Numerous propositions from New York, Philadelphia, and other cities without the limits of the new Republic, have been refused in order that her own citizens may share the benefits of an investment which places them in the proud position of abstaining the cause of their country. The plan of the sinking fund adopted for the redemption of the bonds which will be issued under the act authorising the loan, is highly commended, dissipating, as it does eve
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