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Fort Dix (New Jersey, United States) (search for this): chapter 18
g to Baltimore and Harper's Ferry. General Butler accompanied the troops, and established a camp on the hills, a quarter of a mile from the Relay House, near the residences of P. O'Hern and J. H. Luckett. The writer visited this interesting spot late in 1864. Brigadier-General John R. Kenly, whose meritorious services in Baltimore will be noticed presently, was then in command there. On the bights back of the Relay House, near which General Butler encamped, was a regular earthwork, called Fort Dix, and a substantial block-house built of timber, which is seen in our little picture. It was a commanding position, overlooking the narrow valley of the Patapsco above the viaduct toward Ellicott's mills, up which passes the railway to Harper's Ferry, and the expanding valley and beautifully rolling country below the viaduct, wherein may be seen, nestling at the foot of hills, the ancient village of Elkridge Landing, to which, in former days, the Patapsco was navigable. Near here, on a ran
Fort Fisher (North Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 18
icott's Mills, and Captain McConnell, through Lee, Hanover,, Montgomery, and Light Streets, to the foot of Federal Hill. The night was intensely dark, made so by the impending storm. The flashes of lightning and peals of thunder were terrific, but the rain was withheld until they had nearly reached their destination. Then it came like a flood, just as they commenced the ascent of the declivity. The spectacle was grand, said the General to the writer, while on the Ben Deford, lying off Fort Fisher one pleasant evening in December, 1864. I was the first to reach the summit. The rain was falling in immense volumes, and the lightning flashes followed each other in rapid succession making the point of every bayonet in that slow-moving Butler's Headquarters on Federal Hill. column appear like a tongue of flame, and the burnished brass cannon like sheets of fire. Officers and men were tho roughly drenched, and on the summit of the, hill they found very little shelter. A house of
Elkridge (Maryland, United States) (search for this): chapter 18
It was a commanding position, overlooking the narrow valley of the Patapsco above the viaduct toward Ellicott's mills, up which passes the railway to Harper's Ferry, and the expanding valley and beautifully rolling country below the viaduct, wherein may be seen, nestling at the foot of hills, the ancient village of Elkridge Landing, to which, in former days, the Patapsco was navigable. Near here, on a range of lofty hills running northward Great viaduct at the Washington Junction. from Elkridge, are the residences of several gentlemen of wealth, among them J. H. B. Latrobe, a distinguished citizen of Maryland, whose house may be observed on the wooded hills seen beyond the viaduct in the little accompanying picture. General Butler remained a little more than a week at the Relay House, preparing to carry out his plan for seizing Baltimore. Meanwhile General Patterson, anxious to vindicate the dignity and honor of his Government, and to teach the secessionists of Maryland a prac
Point Isabel (Alabama, United States) (search for this): chapter 18
were at that period concentrating in Virginia; sent emissaries abroad, with the name of Commissioners, to seek recognition and aid from foreign powers; commissioned numerous pirates to prey upon the commerce of the United States; extinguished the lights of light-houses and beacons along the coasts of the Slave-labor States, from Hampton Roads to the Rio Grande, The light-houses and beacons seized, and lights extinguished, commencing with that on Cape Henry, in Virginia, and ending with Point Isabel, in Texas, numbered one hundred and thirty-one. Of these, thirteen were in Virginia, twenty-seven in North Carolina, fourteen in South Carolina, thirteen in Georgia, eighteen in Florida, eight in Alabama, twenty-four in Louisiana, and fourteen in Texas. and enlisted actively in their revolutionary schemes the Governors of thirteen States, and large numbers of leading politicians in other States. Insurrection had become rebellion; and the loyal people of the country, and the National Gov
Maryland (Maryland, United States) (search for this): chapter 18
ced the States of Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Maryland, and the District of Columbia, and whose Headernoon at four o'clock, occupy the capital of Maryland, and call the State to account for the death ing good time, she was off the old capital of Maryland at a little past midnight, when, to Butler's the Governor and the Mayor of Annapolis. All Maryland, they said, is at the point of rushing to arm Annapolis. All the night of the 21st, the Maryland lay aground, and immovable by wind or tide. tings. The Boston now attempted to get the Maryland from the ground. For many hours both regimenis solemn conviction that the only safety for Maryland lay in its maintaining a neutral position in pation, by National troops, of the capital of Maryland and of some of the railways of the State. Th J. H. B. Latrobe, a distinguished citizen of Maryland, whose house may be observed on the wooded hih of May was a memorable one in the annals of Maryland, as the time when the tide of secession, whic[22 more...]
Virginia (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 18
rward, that if you had been left in Baltimore, the rebellion would have been of short duration. Parton's General Butler at New Orleans, page 117. There was no rebuke :in President Lincoln's recall of General Butler from Baltimore, in compliance with the wishes of General Scott. On the contrary, it had the appearance of commendation, for he immediately offered him the commission of a Major-General of Volunteers, and the command of a much more extended military district, including Eastern Virginia and the two Carolinas, with his Headquarters at Fortress Monroe. He was succeeded in command at Baltimore by General Cadwalader, of Philadelphia, and the troops were temporarily withdrawn. Afterward the Fifth New York Regiment (Zouave), Colonel Abraham Duryee, occupied Federal Hill, and thereon built the strong earthwork known as Fort Federal Hill, whose cannon commanded both the town and Fort McHenry. The 14th of May was a memorable one in the annals of Maryland, as the time when
Tunstall (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 18
5th, where they were heartily welcomed by the loyal people. They were the first troops that arrived at the seat of Government after the sad tragedy in Baltimore six days befere, April 19, 1861. and they were hailed as the harbingers of positive safety for the Capital. Although they were wearied and footsore, they marched up Pennsylvania Avenue with the firm and united step which always characterized their parade marches in Broadway, and halted only when they arrived at the front of the White House, whither they went to pay homage to the President, whom they had come to protect and support. Their discipline and fine appearance were a marvel, and loyal crowds followed them to the President's house, and filled the air with vociferous cheering. This is the almost universal testimony. There is one dissenting voice. In a letter to the author, dated Arlington House, May 1, 1861, the writer says:--I was in Washington the day the Seventh Regiment arrived, the one most entitled perhaps
Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): chapter 18
ed Philadelphia several hours before the New York Seventh arrived there, and was bountifully entertained at the Girard House by the generous citizens. There Butler first heard of the attack on the Sixth, in Baltimore. His orders commanded him to march through that city. It was now impossible to do so with less than ten thousand armed men. He counseled with Major-General Robert Patterson, who had just been appointed commander of the Department of Washington, which embraced the States of Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Maryland, and the District of Columbia, and whose Headquarters were at Philadelphia. Commodore Dupont, commandant of the Navy Yard there, was also consulted, and it was agreed that the troops should go by water from Perryville, at the mouth of the Susquehanna River, to Annapolis, and thence across Maryland to Washington City. Butler was ordered to take that route, seize and hold Annapolis and Annapolis Junction, and open and thoroughly guard a military pathway to the Capi
York, Pa. (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): chapter 18
with a 24-pound cannon mounted at one end, on a gun-carriage. This was to fire grape, canister, and chain shot, while a garrison of sixty men inside would have an opportunity to employ musketry, through holes pierced in the sides and ends for the purpose. General Scott planned a grand campaign against Baltimore. I suppose, he said, in a letter to General Butler, General Patterson, and others, April 29, 1861. that a column from this place [Washington] of three thousand men, another from York of three thousand men, a third from Perryville, or Elkton, by land or water, or both, of three thousand men, and a fourth from Annapolis, by water, of three thousand men, might suffice. Twelve thousand men, it was thought, might be wanted for the enterprise. They were not in hand, for at least ten thousand troops were yet needed at the capital, to give it perfect security. The Lieutenant-General thought some time must elapse before the expedition could be under-taken against the rebellious
Vicksburg (Mississippi, United States) (search for this): chapter 18
ndred. They debarked at Locust Point, near Fort McHenry, under cover of the guns of the Harriet Lanre taken to Federal Hill, and from there to Fort McHenry. cast Ross Winans into Fort McHenry, in accFort McHenry, in accordance with orders from Washington, and was preparing to try him by court-martial for his alleged cl, whose cannon commanded both the town and Fort McHenry. The 14th of May was a memorable one in e veteran Major W. W. Morris, in command at Fort McHenry. near Baltimore (which had lately been wele Maryland State Militia, was imprisoned in Fort McHenry. Judge Giles, of Baltimore, issued a writ oat flag? pointing to the one floating over Fort McHenry. The boy saved himself from punishment by er the massacre at Baltimore, the View of Fort McHenry. original dispatches in the telegraph offiof State. These offenders were confined in Fort McHenry, at Baltimore; Fort Lafayette, near New Yorthe Maryland Legislature, who was cast into Fort McHenry late in May. The Chief-Justice of the Unit[1 more...]
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