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William F. Fox, Lt. Col. U. S. V., Regimental Losses in the American Civil War, 1861-1865: A Treatise on the extent and nature of the mortuary losses in the Union regiments, with full and exhaustive statistics compiled from the official records on file in the state military bureaus and at Washington 395 395 Browse Search
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories 370 370 Browse Search
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 156 156 Browse Search
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 8 46 46 Browse Search
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition. 36 36 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2 34 34 Browse Search
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 7, 4th edition. 29 29 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1, Mass. officers and men who died. 26 26 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1, Condensed history of regiments. 25 25 Browse Search
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3. 23 23 Browse Search
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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 3: (search)
threatens him with a speedy dissolution. Harris to Suffolk, 7 and 17 Oct., and 21 Nov., 1775. Harris to De la Val, at Copenhagen, 23 Oct., 1775, in Malmesbury Papers, i. 116-118. It was while face to face with death that Frederic wrote of the August proclamation of George the Third: It seems to me very hard to proclaim as rebels free subjects who only defend their privileges against the despotism of a ministry. Frederic to Maltzan, 9 Oct., 1775. While still but half Chap. III.} 1775. rely we have no jealousy of the aggrandizement of France: we even put up prayers for her prosperity, provided her armies are not found near Wesel or Halberstadt. Frederic to Goltz, 28 July, 1777. You can assure M. de Maurepas, so he continued in August and Septemher, that I have no connection whatever with Eng- Chap. III.} 1777. land, nor do I grudge to France any advantages she may gain by the war with the colonies. Frederic to Goltz, from Neudorf, 31 Aug., 1777. Her first interest requir
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 5: (search)
atteries, and in order of battle bore down upon the British squadron. Lord Howe stood to the southward, inviting pursuit. For two days d'estaing was baffled in the attempt to force an action, while the wind increased to a hurri- Chap. V.} 1778. Aug. cane and wrecked and scattered both fleets. The French ship Languedoc lost its rudder and masts; the Apollo, to which the British admiral had shifted his flag, could not keep at sea. The same storm flooded Rhode Island with rain, damaged the a they were driven out of Boston. In 1776 the acquisition of New York was to prelude the one last campaign for crushing all resistance; in 1777 Philadelphia was taken, but only to be evacuated in 1778. To a friend in Virginia Washington wrote in August, as he came again upon White Plains: After two years manoeuvring and the strangest vicissitudes, both armies are brought back to the very point they set out from, and the offending party at the beginning is now reduced to the use of the spade and
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 7: (search)
they did not as yet venture to ask power to levy taxes. On obtaining the king of France for their ally, they authorized drafts on their commissioners in Paris for thirty-one and a half millions of livres, at five livres to the dollar, in payment of loanoffice certificates, leaving Franklin and his colleagues to meet the bills of exchange as they could. Of continental bills, five millions of dollars were issued in May, as many more in June, and as many more in Chap. VII.} 1778. July. In August congress devoted two days in the week to the consideration of its finances, but with no better result than to order five millions of dollars in paper in the first week of September, and ten millions more in the last. Certificates of the loan offices were also used in great amounts in payment of debts to the separate states, especially to Pennsylvania. The legalized use of paper money spread its neverfailing blight. Trade became a game of hazard. Unscrupulous debtors discharged contract
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 14: (search)
people. Left mainly to her own resources, it was through bloodshed and devastation and the depths of wretchedness that her citizens were to bring her back to her place in the republic by their own heroic courage and self-devotion, having suffered more, and dared more, and achieved more than the men of any other state. Sir Henry Clinton, in whose mind his failure be- Chap. XIV.} 1779. fore Charleston in 1776 still rankled, resolved in person to carry out the order for its reduction. In August, an English fleet commanded by Arbuthnot, an old and inefficient admiral, brought him reenforce-ments and stores; in September, fifteen hundred men arrived from Ireland; in October, Rhode Island was evacuated, and the troops which had so long been stationed there in inactivity were incorporated into his army. It had been the intention of Clinton to embark in time to acquire Charleston before the end of the year. The appearance of the superior fleet of d'estaing and the uncertainty of its d
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 15: (search)
ing found means to subsist then and to maintain the appearance of holding that Chap. XV.} 1780. Aug. part of the country. The force of which Gates could dispose was greater than that which could with the North Carolina militia under Caswell, and proceeded towards the enemy Chap. XV.} 1780. Aug. at Lynch's creek. In the following night that post was abandoned; and Lord Rawdon occupied ano convoy with its stores on the road from Charleston to Camden. Gates, who be- Chap. XV.} 1780. Aug. lieved himself at the head of seven thousand men, granted his request. Sumpter left the camp, tat voted thanks to Cornwallis. Gates and Caswell, who took to flight with the Chap. XV.} 1780. Aug. militia, gave up all for lost; and, leaving the army without orders, rode in all haste to Clermonr to bathe; some strolled in search of supplies; and Sumpter himself fell fast Chap. XV.} 1780. Aug. asleep in the shade of a wagon. In this state, a party under Tarleton cut them off from their ar
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 16: (search)
wreaking vengeance nor suffering those around him to do so, scrupulously respecting private property, he had the love and confidence of all people in that part of the country. Tarleton's legion had laid it waste to inspire terror; and, in unrestrained freedom of motion, partisans gathered round Marion to redeem their land. A body of three hundred royalist militia and two hundred regular troops had established a post at Musgrove's Mills on the Enoree river. On the eighteenth Aug. 18. of August they were attacked by inferior numbers under Williams of Ninety-Six, and routed with sixty killed and more than that number wounded. Williams lost but eleven. Fanning's Narrative, 12. At dawn of the twentieth, a party, convoying a 20. hundred and fifty prisoners of the Maryland line, were crossing the great Savannah near Nelson's ferry on the Santee, on the route from Camden to Charleston, when Marion and his men sprang upon the guard, liberated the prisoners, and captured twenty-si
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 17: (search)
icient aid in furthering my inquiries. The French archives are rich in materials for every branch of history. In one they are unique. The despatches of the French envoys at Philadelphia to their government contain the most complete reports which exist of the discussions in congress from 1778 to the adoption of the constitution in 1789. Congress sat, it is true, with closed doors; but the French ministers knew how to obtain information on every proceeding that interested their country. In August, 1778, soon after the reception at Philadelphia of Chap. XVII.} 1778. an envoy from France, he reported to Vergennes The states of the south and of the north under existing subjects of division and estrangement, are two distinct parties, which at present count but few deserters. The division is attributed to moral and philosophical causes. He further reported that the cabal against Washington found supporters exclusively in the north. The French minister desired to repress the ambitio
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 19: (search)
a time during which they might come in, was the decision of Virginia. Late in May, congress apportioned among the states forty-five millions of dollars more, though there was no chance that the former apportionment would be paid. Four times in the course of the year it sent forth addresses to the several states. Newspapers, town meetings, legislatures, teemed with remedial plans; but the issue of paper constantly increased, and its value fell with accelerated velocity. In the middle of August, when a paper dollar was Aug. 17. worth but three or four cents, Washington, who had suffered very heavy losses and remained really willing to sacrifice his whole estate, instructed his agent that the legal-tender law countenanced dishonesty. On the second of September, congress having Sept. 2. ascertained that the sum of outstanding emissions was but a little short of one hundred and sixty millions, limited paper money to two hundred mil- Chap. XIX.} 1779. Oct. lions; and the limit w
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 21: (search)
a Blanca; and Cumberland, the British agent at Madrid, having nothing to propose which King Charles was willing to accept, returned from his fruitless expedition. The results of the campaign outside of the United States were indecisive. The French again made an unsuccessful attempt to recover the isle of Jersey. The garrison of Gibraltar was once more reduced to a state of famine, and ere the middle of April was once more relieved. The English and Dutch fleets encountered each other in August near the Dogger Bank, and for three hours and a half fought within musket shot. Victory belonged to neither party. The Dutch, who had given proof of the hardihood of Chap. XXI.} 1781. their race, bore away for the Texel; and the British admiral returned to the Nore, to receive a visit from his king, and on the plea of age to refuse to serve longer under so feeble an administration. The name and fame of Hyder Ali spread from the Mysore through Europe and the United States; and he seemed
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 24: (search)
British officer who would have repeated the act of revenge. His first excuse for the execution was that same order of Cornwallis which had filled the woods of Carolina with assassins. Feeling the act as a stain upon his name, he attempted at a later day, but only after the death of Balfour, to throw on that officer the blame that belonged especially to himself. The ship in which Rawdon embarked was captured by the French at sea, but his rights as a prisoner of war were Chap. XXIV.} 1781. Aug. respected. After a short rest, Greene moved his army from the hills of Santee in a roundabout way to attack the British at their post near the junction of the Wateree and Congaree. They retreated before him and halted at Eutaw springs. He continued the pursuit with so much skill that the British remained ignorant of his advance. At four o'clock on the morning of the eighth of September, his army was in motion to Sept. 8. attack them. The centre of the front line was composed of two sm
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