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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 8, Chapter 67: (search)
follow. Ten thousand was the number of men, which all agreed was necessary for Canada, and they were resolved to Chap. LXVII.} 1776. Apr. maintain that number on the St. Lawrence, leaving Washington very much to his own devices and the effect of solicitations, addressed to the colonies nearest him, at a time when it was the grand plan of the English to take possession of Hudson river. For Canada an able general was wanted not less than an army. Schuyler having refused the service, and Lee having been transferred to the South, Putnam stood next in rank; but Washington, who judged him leniently as an executive officer, saw his utter incompetency to a distant, separate command. Thomas of Massachusetts, a man of less experience but superior ability and culture, was, therefore, raised to the rank of major general and ordered to Quebec. To complete the misery of the army, with whichhe was to hold Canada, the small pox raged among the soldiers: Thomas had never been inoculated; and
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 8., New Hampshire soldiers in Medford. (search)
holding up both hands) in a tavern hall called afterwards New Hampshire hall. This was probably in the Admiral Vernon Tavern, a few rods over the bridge on the east as you go toward Charlestown, the site of which will later be pointed out to you. In this tavern, the Admiral Vernon, Colonel Stark for awhile had his headquarters, and later removed to the elegant and roomy mansion of Colonel Isaac Royall, who precipitately left his fine estate three days before the battle of Lexington. Charles Lee called this mansion Hobgoblin Hall and found it so luxurious that Washington ordered him to remove from it. There are no records telling where these soldiers camped, but tradition has it, to which we loyally hold, that the place of their encampment was in this immediate vicinity. Medford, the peculiar town of the early days of the plantation was at this period but a small town, its inhabitants being not many over nine hundred. The lands, in truly English fashion, as even to still l
The Daily Dispatch: December 28, 1860., [Electronic resource], Fort Moultrie. (search)
f the bravest patriots of the American Revolution, who gained a memorial victory at the fortress over the British squadron, June 28th, 1776. Moultrie was a native of South Carolina, and of Scottish descent. He early espoused the cause of American independence, and in March, 1776, was ordered to construct a fort on Sullivan Island, at the mouth of Charleston harbor, and was engaged upon the work when the British fleet appeared off the coast. He was advised to abandon the fortress, as General Charles Lee, his superior officer, declared it was no better than "a slaughter pen." But Moultrie had faith in his own work, and defended the fort with great skill and valor, and drove away the enemy. One British ship was lost, and two others were so riddled as to have almost become wrecks. The loss of the enemy was 222 killed and wounded. The Americans had 11 killed and 26 wounded. The fortress was hardly injured by the fire of the British squadron, and when the battle was over, every gun on t
The Daily Dispatch: December 28, 1860., [Electronic resource], Assassination in Troy. (search)
1861.--Negro Hiring for 1861. --The undersigned offers his services to the public as a Hirer of Negroes for the ensuing year. His increased experience enables him confidently to promise those who engage his services, that their business will be attended to in the most satisfactory manner, and prompt returns made quarterly. References.--N. P. & T. C. Howard, Lee & Pleasants, L. R. Spillman, John H. Guy, Attorneys at Law, Alvey & Lipscomb, Porter, Harris & Horner, Merchants, Dr. Thomas Pollard, Rev. Philip B. Price. Richmond; Col. B. Anderson, N. W. Miller, Dr. John Morris, Dr. G. W. Harris, C. F. Pope, Jno. S. Swift, Postmaster, John Woodson, Thos. J. Perkins, Goochland Co., Va., J. L. Crittenden, W. S. Embry, J. Joseph Downman, Fauquier Co., Va.,Geo. Hamilton, Culpeper Co., Va., W. Lunsford. S. W. Skinker, James Forbes, Stafford Co., Va., Douglas H. Gordon, Fredericksburg, Va., Col. M. M. Payne, U. S. A., Washington, D. C. Lucien Lewis. Office under Metropolitan, Hall,
The Daily Dispatch: December 20, 1861., [Electronic resource], Effect of the war on newspapers. (search)
Don't fire too soon. --A correspondent sends us the following copy of a letter written by Gen. Charles Lee, of Revolutionary memory. It is dated, Charleston, 2d. June, 1776, and addressed to Colonel Thompson, at Sullivan's Island: "Sir: It is a certain truth that the enemy entertain a most fortunate apprehension of American riflemen. It is equally certain that nothing can contribute to diminish this apprehension so infallibly as a frequent ineffectual fire. It is with some concernt distance they should be allowed to fire it. Transgression of this rule will be considered as the effect of flurry and want of courage. Those who are accused of transgressing will be proceeded against as acting from these principles. I have, sir, the greatest opinion of your good sense and spirit, and flatter myself that you will not only issue orders of restriction on this head, but that you will be attentive that they are rigorously put in execution. And am, sir, &c., Charles Lee."
The Daily Dispatch: April 25, 1862., [Electronic resource], $100 reward. (search)
ain, and the first use of it should be to demand equivalents for those who obtained their freedom from captivity by means of the perfidy of the Government under the broken arrangement of last month. It is particularly gratifying that we have obtained an officer of the rank of Gen. Prentiss, to be made the security for the good treatment, as prisoner of war, if not for the immediate exchange, of Gen Buckner. It has been the threat of the Federal Government that Gen. Buckner should be treated, not as a prisoner of war, but as a prisoner of State, and for his acts as Confederate General brought to trial as a traitor to the Federal Government. Major General Prentise may be held as the hostage for Gen. Buckner's security against such a villainous treatment — as Major-General Prescott, of the British army, was held during the Revolution as a hostage in the American camp for the treatment of Gen. Charles Lee, who had been threatened with trial as a deserter from the British service.
The Daily Dispatch: April 25, 1862., [Electronic resource], European news. (search)
ccessfully run the blockade at Charleston, which port they left on the 2d of March. --They had between them about 1,400 bales of cotton, 200 boxes of tobacco, and a considerable quantity of rosin. They left Charleston in company with the bark Etewan and four schooners, all laden with cotton and rosin. They report the sunken stone fleet fast breaking up, Charleston harbor being full of floating timber. They also represent that Charleston and Savannah were well fortified, and in command of Gen. Lee. Great Britain. The proceedings in Parliament on the 2d were unimportant. In the House of Commons, Sir F. Smith called attention to the engagement between the Monitor and Merrimac, and urged the consideration of future prospects of defensive warfare. He urged the favor of small vessels, like the Monitor, in preference to stationary forts, and advocated the cessation of work on fortifications and the construction of iron gunboats or batteries instead. A general debate ens
The Daily Dispatch: December 13, 1862., [Electronic resource], By the Governor of Virginia — a Proclamation. (search)
to which, probably, he was related. He substituted a name perfectly such as man, devil, nor beast, ever bore before him, we suspect — a name as fall of affection as the which go so far to the making up of his ensemble. However, let us not quarried with a name. At the commencement of this war the Yankees believed they had secured a mighty prize in winning over old "Pass." When Col. Harcourt, in the midst of a snow storm, galloped into the village of Beckingridge and carried off Gen. Charles Lee, the British boosted that they had gotten possession of the "Palladium of America." Even so the Yankees thought when Scott sold himself — body and bones, soul and honor, fuss, feathers, affectation, rattlesnake stories and all — to the Northern despotism. They made a great mistake; but it was a natural mistake. There probably never existed so overruled a man. Even the very officers that had taken up the cause of the Confederate States had a nigh opinion and a great dread of the man. T<
The Daily Dispatch: December 13, 1862., [Electronic resource], By the Governor of Virginia — a Proclamation. (search)
n of affairs at Fredericksburg, is of the most meagre character, notwithstanding the well-known anxiety and interest felt by the public in relation to the important events now transpiring within our army lines. Yesterday morning a brief dispatch from the telegraphic operator at Hamilton Station was received in official circles, stating that the fighting was renewed at 9 o'clock, A. M. at what point or with what result was not mentioned. A rumor was circulated on the streets yesterday that Gen. Lee. had retreated to a position about seven miles below Fredericksburg; but this was subsequently contradicted. Passengers by the evening train concur in stating that there was desperate fighting in the streets of Fredericksburg on Thursday night, in which both sides suffered severely, though the loss of the enemy was undoubtedly far greater than our own. The shelling of the town was commenced about 5 o'clock on Thursday morning, and continued with but little intermission throughout the day.
The Daily Dispatch: April 29, 1864., [Electronic resource], Raid in Western Virginia. (search)
the two sections the moral conveyed in this apothegm! I could not but think in the first instance, of my parting conversation, a few hours before, with President Davis; of his calm, weighty analysis of the comparative strength of the belligerents about to close in a fourth and deathlier grapple; of his quiet, earnest confidence; his kindling eye. Were it not that I remember that the deified Washington was surrounded on earth by detractars and vilifiers — that on his right hand stood Charles Lee, fomenting by anonymous addresses discord among the American troops, and on his left Jefferson, lending his great powers to secret defamation of his chief — I should search for special attributes in the Southerners to account for the fact that, although almost unanimous against the Yankee, they lack wisdom or virtue enough to appreciate the man whom, of all others, Providence has adapted for his mighty task. But in spite of their indignant refusal to be gauged by the measure of other nat
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