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William Swinton, Campaigns of the Army of the Potomac, chapter 9 (search)
, when he found himself checked by the arrival of the brigades of W. H. F. Lee and Wade Hampton to the support of Jones. Hereupon severe fighting followed; but presently Stuart was compelled to draw off to face a menace by another force threatening his rear. General Stuart: Report of the Battle of Fleetwood. This threat came from the column under Gregg, which had crossed at Kelly's Ford, and advanced towards Brandy Station, its progress being disputed by a Confederate brigade under General Robertson. Pushing on towards Brandy Station, a spirited passage at arms took place for the possession of the heights, which were at length carried by Gregg. Stuart having withdrawn the main portion of the three brigades from Buford's front, then approached quickly, and a determined combat ensued. Considerable loss occurred on both sides, and finally Gregg, finding that the other column had not been able to move up to make a junction with him, fell back towards his right and rear and united w
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Chapter 22: statistics. (search)
itts, Edmund. Pratt, Dexter. Priest, Jonathan. Palmer, Nathan. Rand, Benjamin. Read, James. Read, Joel. Read, Joseph S. Read, Lawrence. Reed, Enos. Reemie, Marcus. Reney, William L. Reynolds, Nathaniel S Rice, Charles. Rice, Joseph W. Richards, Edward. Richardson, Augustus. Richardson, Loa. Rindge, Samuel. Roberts, Rufus. Ruggles, John. Rule, James. Russell, Nathan. Russell, John. Rand, James. Richards, Sullivan. Robertson, John. Roulston, George. Roundy, Oliver. Rumrill, Joseph. Russell, Phinehas. Roby, Ebenezer. Sales, Francis. Saunders, Richard. Saunders, William. Sawin, Joshua. Sawyer, Franklin. Sawyer, Samuel F. Scott, Ebenezer B. Scott, Nathaniel. Seaver, Richard. Short, Thomas W. Skinner, Benjamin. Slocomb, Emmons. Smith, Billings. Smith, Jacob. Smith, Ralph. Soper, Frederick. South wick, Simeon. Stearns, Asahel. Stebbins, Smith.
George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard), Chapter 14: (search)
delight during the whole performance, and when it was over, said to me, That's fine, sir; I think that is very fine; and then looked up at me with one of his most comical Scotch expressions of face, half-way between cunning and humor, and added, All I wish is, that Jedediah Cleishbotham could be here to enjoy it! I met him in court one morning, when he was not occupied, and he proposed to take a walk with me. He carried me round and showed me the houses of Ferguson, Blair, Hume, Smith, Robertson, Black, and several others, telling, at the same time, amusing anecdotes of these men, and bringing out a story for almost every lane and close we passed; explained and defended more at large the opinion he has advanced in Guy Mannering, that the days of these men were the golden days of Edinburgh, and that we live in the decline of society there. I am not certain we do not; but I was never less disposed to acknowledge it than at that moment. Among other anecdotes, Mr. Scott told me
George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard), Chapter 17: (search)
y everything by heart. I think I shall enjoy Rome very much, because I shall go to see only the things I want to. Having seen everything twice before with care, I regard myself as emeritus. If at any time you want to know what we are doing, you have only to stop and see Lizzie a moment. She always has the last news, and will be only too happy to tell them, or read them, in exchange for the great pleasure a little visit from you will giveher. . . . . I am very glad to hear that your Robertson, expurgatus et emendatus, is so near the confines of day. I only wish it were all your work instead of a part; for respectable as the old, philosophical Edinburgh clergyman was, he can never be made fit to fill the gap between Ferdinand and Isabella and Philip II. . . . . Ma basta. Yours always, Geo. Ticknor To William H. Prescott. Rome, January 25, 1857. Dear William,—I have received your characteristic and agreeable letter of December 8, and received it in Rome, as you though
Daniel Ammen, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 7.2, The Atlantic Coast (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Index. (search)
, Lieutenant R. T., 177, 189 Republic, the, 229 Resignations of officers, 4 et seq. Reynolds, Major John G., 14, 49 et seq. Rhind, Lieutenant-Commanding A. C., 63, 92, 128, 218, 220 et seq. Rhoades, Assistant-Surgeon, 58 Rhode Island, the, 218, 228 Richmond, the, U. S. vessel, 7 Ringgold, Captain, Cadwalader, 17 Ripley, General, 16 (note), 132 et seq., 135 et seq. Roanoke Island, 171, 173, 175; map of, 180 et seq. Roanoke, the U. S. frigate, 7, 33 Robertson, Master, conduct commended, 62 Robeson, Lieutenant T. R., 178 Rockville, desertion of, 39 et seq. Rodgers, Commander C. R. P., 13, 21, 27; reconnoitres Wassaw Sound, 38; commands advance against Port Royal Ferry, 43 et seq.; in Wassaw Sound, 46; in St. Andrew's Inlet, 50 et seq., 55 et seq.; at Fort Pulaski, 61 et seq., 70; highly commended, 102, 109 Rodgers, Commander George W., of the Catskill, 92 et seq., 125, 127 (note), 128; death of, 131 et seq., 146, 162 (note) Rodgers,
John Dimitry , A. M., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 10.1, Louisiana (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Biographical. (search)
bombardment of the Confederate forts at Pensacola harbor, and General Bragg expressed thanks for the able support he rendered. Subsequently Bragg, expressing a desire to form a brigade of regiments which should set an example of discipline and official excellence, said, I should desire General Gladden to command them. In January, 1862, Gladden was transferred to Mobile and thence to Corinth, where he was in command of a brigade composed of four Alabama regiments, the First Louisiana and Robertson's battery. At Shiloh this brave officer proved that he had lost none of the fire of his youth. General Beauregard thus describes his death: In the same quarter of the field all of Withers' division, including Gladden's brigade, reinforced by Breckenridge's whole reserve, soon became engaged, and Prentiss' entire line, though fighting stoutly, was pressed back in confusion. We early lost the services of the gallant Gladden, a man of soldierly aptitudes and experience, who, after a marked
Adam Badeau, Grant in peace: from Appomattox to Mount McGregor, a personal memoir, Chapter 37: (search)
f New York had been made which brought about the famous political contest between Garfield and Blaine on one side, and Grant, Conkling, and Arthur on the other. Robertson, whose course at Chicago had secured the defeat of Grant, and who was therefore the man in the whole country most objectionable to Grant and his partisans, was mll the recognized rules of political courtesy, Conkling should have been consulted; and Merritt, the friend and appointee of Sherman, was ousted to make room for Robertson. I was removed from London in favor of Merritt; General Grant's brother-in-law, Mr. Cramer, the Charge d'affaires at Denmark, was displaced for me, and Mr. Nichbut the instinct of fight was aroused in the soldier. He thought too that he had deserved different treatment at Garfield's hands, and he felt the nomination of Robertson more keenly than the removal of Cramer, or Fish, or my own. Garfield, however, remained firm, but as the nominations were all opposed in the Senate, I returne
Colonel Charles E. Hooker, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 12.2, Mississippi (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 5: (search)
of his arrangements; but expressing the hope, in case retreat was inevitable, that Beauregard would be able to strike a successful blow at the enemy if he follows, which will enable you to gain the ascendency and drive him back to the Ohio. On the 28th, Col. Joseph Wheeler, then in command of an infantry brigade, being ordered to the front on the Monterey road found Lieutenant-Colonel Mills, with about 200 men from the Seventh, Ninth, Tenth and Twenty-ninth Mississippi, and two guns of Robertson's battery, stoutly contesting an advance of the enemy in force. Colonel Mills, General Wheeler reported, had been driven back about half a mile by a superior force, who had established themselves in a densely-wooded swamp so favorable that this gallant officer had been baffled in repeated attempts to permanently re-establish his line of pickets. On the next day the united force of the Confederates drove the enemy from their position and then retreated in the night to Corinth. General Be
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 23. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.10 (search)
, 1864. Perkins, Henry. Killed in battle at the Wilderness. Phaup, John J. Discharged; over age. Phaup, W. R. Discharged; over age. Pollard, P. B. A gallant soldier; wounded at McDowell and killed at Chancellorsville. Pollard, John. Discharged June, 1861. Pollard, William. Discharged; over age. Perkinson, N. C. Discharged; over age. Perkinson, J. R. Discharged early in the war. Patton, Henry. Promoted sergeant-major Forty-fourth Virginia Regiment; killed at Gettysburg. Robertson, W. S. Discharged; over age; died since the war. Randlett, A. J. Served through the war. Ransom, John J. A good and faithful soldier; served through the war. Tuggle, Sam T. Discharged 1862. Taylor, F. W. Died in hospital at Greenbrier river, with typhoid fever, 1862. Simpson, G. Discharged 1862. Thackston, Peter. Left company October, 1862. Winston, Charles. Detailed on government works. Woodson, B. H. A faithful, good soldier, but slow; served diligently to the end of t
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 23. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Events leading up to the battle of Gettysburg. (search)
eneral Stuart refers in his report, and that he construed that letter to mean what he there states. That construction, however, is not justified by the letter itself. General Stuart's report then proceeds as follows: Accordingly, three days rations were prepared, and on the night of the 24th the following brigades—Hampton's, Fitz Lee's, and W. H. F. Lee's, rendezvoused secretly near Salem depot. We had no wagons or vehicles, except six pieces of artillery, caissons, and ambulances. Robertson's and Jones's Brigades, under command of the former, were left in observation of the enemy on the usual front, with full instructions as to following up the enemy in case of withdrawal, and rejoining our main army. Brigadier-General Fitz Lee's Brigade had to march from north of Snicker's Gap to the place of rendezvous. At 1 o'clock at night the brigades, with noiseless march, moved out. This precaution was necessary on account of the enemy's having possession of the Bull Run mountains, w
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