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Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 2. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book VII:—politics. (search)
the three States of Georgia, Florida and South Carolina. The abolition party loudly applauded this proclamation, but it created much uneasiness in the border States; and the Confederate leaders took advantage of this discontent to make an effort to bring them over to their cause. Whatever may have been his opinion in the main, the President could not tolerate such a usurpation of power on the part of a subordinate. Without waiting for explanations, he publicly disavowed the act on the 19th of May, and declared that he could never leave the solution of such questions to an army commander, and that Hunter's proclamation was incompatible with the propositions of purchase he had submitted to the representatives of the nation. The latter, continuing the work they had commenced by abolishing slavery in the District of Columbia, applied their political principles wherever they did not clash with the provisions of the Constitution. On the 21st of May a law was passed proclaiming the
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 3. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book I:—the war on the Rapidan. (search)
ral troops hasten from Grafton to protect the railroad; but too late. After this expedition we have only to mention a trifling engagement in the vicinity of Fayette Court-house on the borders of New River. After Jones' check in front of Point Pleasant the Federals had ascended the valley of the Kanawha, which bears the name of New River in the upper part of its course, and had occupied the approaches of the defiles of Cotton Hill, which had been so warmly disputed the previous year. On the 19th and 20th of May, after a few skirmishes, a Confederate detachment attacked them in their intrenched camp at Fayette, but were unable to dislodge them. While these insignificant conflicts occupied a few isolated detachments in West Virginia, the two great armies that were watching each other near Fredericksburg had remained stationary. The moment was approaching when they were once more to encounter each other on the bloody field of battle. But before returning to the borders of the Rapp
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 3. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book II:—--the Mississippi. (search)
tremely difficult. But the Union generals were far from foreseeing the difficulty, believing they had only ten or fifteen thousand men to contend with. The ease with which they had carried the intrenchments at the Big Black River bridge made it almost a duty on their part to try and carry these by assault, the success of which the discouragement of the enemy rendered possible, thereby sparing the army the labors and fatigues of a long siege. Grant decided to cut the matter short on the 19th of May, and not to appear before the place except for the purpose of storming it. The right, formed by Sherman, had been pushed forward in order to intercept all communications between Pemberton and Johnston; and it had taken possession on the morning of the 19th of some outer works which had been abandoned by the enemy. McPherson, who occupied the centre, had bivouacked at a distance from these works, on the Jackson road, and McClernand, who followed him, bearing to the left, was ordered to a
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 3. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Addenda by the editor (search)
t. Escort. Captain E. D. Osband. 4th Illinois Cavalry, Co. A. Engineers. Major William Tweeddale. 1st Battalion Engineer Regiment of the West. Thirteenth army corps. Major-General John A. Mcclernand. Escort. Captain David R. Sparks. 3d Illinois Cavalry, Co. L. Ninth division. Brigadier-general Peter J. Osterhaus. First brigade. Brig.-gen. Theophilus T. Garrard. Succeeded by Brig.-gen. A. L. Lee, May 18, and he in turn (being wounded) by Col. James Keigwin, May 19. 118th Illinois. 49th Indiana. 69th Indiana. 7th Kentucky. 120th Ohio. Second brigade. Col. Lionel A. Sheldon. Succeeded by Colonel Daniel W. Lindsey, May—. 54th Indiana. 22d Kentucky. 16th Ohio. 114th Ohio. Cavalary. 3d. Ill., Cos. A, E and K. Artillery. Michigan Light Artillery, 7th Battery. Wisconsin Light Artillery, 1st Battery. Tenth division. Brigadier-general Andrew J. Smith. Escort. 4th Indiana Cavalry, Co. C. First brigade. Brig.-gen.
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 4. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book IV:—the war in the South-West. (search)
it is true, remained masters of a part of the battlefield, but they were forced to abandon it immediately afterward. Their losses were considerable. They had four hundred and fifty-two men disabled, among whom was Colonel Stone, commander of Polignac's old brigade. The loss of the Federals was two hundred and fifty men. Colonel Lynch, commanding a brigade, a very brave officer, who has since played a part in the schemes of the Fenians, was seriously wounded on this occasion. On the 19th of May the army began to cross Bailey's bridge, and on the 20th Smith in his turn crossed. The transports then started, and reached Morganzia on the Mississippi, where all of Banks' forces were mustered for the last time. The laborious and unfortunate Red River campaign was at an end. On the 19th, General Canby, assigned as commander-in-chief of the whole new department of the Trans-Mississippi, had reached Simsport. The authority with which he was invested, and that which his vast experie
George Bancroft, History of the Colonization of the United States, Vol. 1, 17th edition., Colonial History (search)
sperously opened? The court listened 1534. to the urgency of the friends of Cartier; Charlevoix, N. F. i. 9. a new commission was issued; three well-furnished ships were provided by the king; and some of the young nobility of France volunteered to join the new expedition. Solemn preparations were made for departure; religion prepared a splendid pageant, previous to the embarkation; the whole company, repairing to the cathedral, received absolution and the bishop's blessing. The 1535. May 19. adventurers were eager to cross the Atlantic; and the squadron sailed See the original account of the voyage in Hakluyt, III. 262—285 Compare Charlevoix, N. F. i. 8—15; Belknap's Am. Biog. i. 164—178. Purchas is less copious for the New World, full of hopes of discoveries and plans of colonization in the territory which now began to be known as New France. Hakluyt, III. 285 It was after a stormy voyage, that they arrived within sight of Newfoundland. Passing to the west of that<
George Bancroft, History of the Colonization of the United States, Vol. 1, 17th edition., Chapter 10: (search)
open sea-side, was famous for its headiness and tumults, its stormy town-meetings, and the angry feuds of its herdsmen and shepherds. But, true as the needle to the pole, Chap X.} the popular will instinctively pursued the popular interest. Amidst the jarring quarrels of rival statesmen in the plantations, good men were chosen to administer the government; and the spirit of mercy, of liberality and wisdom, was impressed on its legislation. II. Mass. Hist Coll. VII. 78, &c. Our 1647 May 19. popularitie, say their records, shall not, as some conjecture it will, prove an anarchie, and so a common tirannie; for we are exceeding desirous to preserve every man safe in his person, name, and estate. Ms. Records of R. I. for 1647. Yet danger still menaced. The executive council of state in England had granted to Coddington a 1651 April 3. commission for governing the islands; and such a dismemberment of the territory of the narrow state must have terminated in the division of
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 2, 17th edition., Chapter 12: (search)
erable, said the government, that the colony should be brought to the bar of a tribunal unknown to its charter. At length it was directly asked, Do you acknowledge his majesty's commission? The colony declined giving a direct answer, and chose May 19. rather to plead his majesty's charter. Tired of discussion, the commissioners resolved to May 23. act; and declared their intention of holding a court to decide a cause in which the colony was cited to appear as defendant. The general courtof hostile Indians; a band of one hundred and fifty volunteers, from among the yeomanry of Springfield, Hadley, Hatfield, and Northampton, led by Turner and Holyoke, making a silent march in the dead of night, came at day-break upon the wigwams. May 19 The Indians are taken by surprise; some are shot down in their cabins; others rush to the river, and are drowned; others push from shore in their birchen canoes, and are hurried down the cataract. As the season advanced, the Indians abandoned
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 3, 15th edition., Chapter 24: (search)
ed the fear groundless; and the opinion of his majesty's attorney and solicitorgeneral, Yorke and Talbot, signed with their own hands, was accordingly printed in Rhode Island, and dispersed through the plantations. I heartily wish, adds Berkeley, it may produce the intended effect; and, at the same time, he rebuked the irrational contempt of the blacks, which regarded them as creatures of another species, having no right to be instructed. In like manner, Gibson, the bishop of London, 1727 May 19 declared that Christianity and the embracing of the gospel does not make the least alteration in civil property; while he besought the masters to regard the negroes not barely as slaves, but as men-slaves and women-slaves, having the same frame and faculties with themselves. Thus was strife with the lawyers and the planters avoided by friends to the negro, who were anxious for his improvement, and yet willing to leave his emancipation to be decided by the result. But for the difference o
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 5, 13th edition., Chapter 12: (search)
erms and most explicit words: I put myself wholly in this affair into your hands. Early, therefore, on Sunday, the nineteenth of May, the prince hastened to visit Pitt, inviting Temple to join them at a later hour. His journey was a public proclamation of the king's parpose. While chap. XII.} 1765. May 19. the royal envoy was negotiating with the Great Commoner at Hayes, Grenville, Bedford, Halifax, and Sandwich, confident that no new ministry could be formed, each by himself, went in t interposed to say, It is not yet time. Bedford intimated that the mob had been instigated to attack chap. XII.} 1765. May 19. him by Lord Bute; for he saw the hand of Bute in every thing that he disliked. Believe no such thing, said the king. Iourbon alliance by any alliance that he should judge the most valid, and direct the foreign course of chap. XII.} 1765. May 19. England at his pleasure. His views of the course to be pursued at home implied the condemnation of general warrants, a
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