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William Tecumseh Sherman, Memoirs of General William T. Sherman ., volume 1, Chapter 8: from the battle of Bull Run to Paducah--Kentucky and Missouri. 1861-1862. (search)
and proposed plans. He seemed vexed with the clamors of the press for immediate action, and the continued interference in details by the President, Secretary of War, and Congress. He spoke of organizing a grand army of invasion, of which the regulars were to constitute the iron column, and seemed to intimate that he himself would take the field in person, though he was at the time very old, very heavy, and very unwieldy. His age must have been about seventy-five years. At that date, July 4, 1861, the rebels had two armies in front of Washington; the one at Manassas Junction, commanded by General Beauregard, with his advance guard at Fairfax Court-House, and indeed almost in sight of Washington. The other, commanded by General Joe Johnston, was at Winchester, with its advance at Martinsburg and Harper's Ferry; but the advance had fallen back before Patterson, who then occupied Martinsburg and the line of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. The temper of Congress and the people woul
Rebellion Record: Introduction., Volume 1. (ed. Frank Moore), Introduction. (search)
Introduction. Address by Edward Everett. Address. delivered, by request, at the Academy of music, New York, July 4, 1861. large portions of this Address were, on account of its length, necessarily omitted in the delivery. by Edward Everett. when the Congress of the United States, on the 4th of July, 1776, issued the ever memorable Declaration which we commemorate to-day, they deemed that a decent respect for the opinions of mankind required a formal statement of the causes which impelled them to the all-important measure. The eighty-fifth anniversary of the great Declaration finds the loyal people of the Union engaged in a tremendous conflict, to maintain and defend the grand nationality, which was asserted by our Fathers, and to prevent their fair Creation from crumbling into dishonorable Chaos. A great People, gallantly struggling to keep a noble framework of government from falling into wretched fragments, needs no justification at the tribunal of the public opini
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Poetry and Incidents., Volume 1. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 508 (search)
Lord, turn not away; Let us welcome again the glad national day, When the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave O'er the land of the free, and the home of the brave. Away with all fears that our hearts might appal, For the gloom does but herald a happier morrow; Heaven victory gives, if we faithfully call, And the garment of joy, for the spirit of sorrow. Oh, then be the praise to the Ancient of Days, As, for God and our Country, our voices we raise; And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave O'er the land of the free, and the home of the brave. Religion, and virtue, and truth to maintain, We have brought forth our flag before Heaven's high altar; The right to assert, and the laws to sustain, Before God we are bound, and we dare not to falter. Interweave in its fold the blest symbol of old, And let Calvary's emblem the standard uphold; And the star-spangled banner forever shall wave O'er the land of the free, and the home of the brave. Moorestown, N. J., July 4, 1861.
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Index, Volume 1. (ed. Frank Moore), Index. (search)
a, D. 65; action of the Massachusetts, D. 66; of Maryland, D. 71 See Bishop Whittingham. E Pluribus Unum, P. 150 Erie, Pa., war resolutions of, D. 26 Ethan Spike on the secession of Hornby, P. 22 Etheridge, Emerson, speech at Louisville, Ky., D. 82 Eubank, John L., secretary of the Virginia convention, Doc. 70 Europe, S. C. agents in, D. 76 Evarts, William M., speech at the Union meeting, N. Y., Doc. 92 Everett, Edward, address of, at New York, July 4, 1861, Int. 5; speech at Boston, D. 48, 61; speech at Chester Square, Boston, April 27, Doc. 161; address at Roxbury, Mass., Doc. 205 Everett, —, Lieut.-Col., D. 102, 103 Ewing, Andrew, Doc. 138 Ewing, Edwin H., a traitor, D. 41; speech at Nashville, Doc. 137 Expedition. a newspaper of the Penn. Fifth Regiment, D. 97 F Fairfax Court House, Va., Lieut. Tompkins' charge at, D. 89; prisoners recaptured at, D. 90; official reports of the skirmish at, May 31, Doc. 321;
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Poetry and Incidents., Volume 5. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 130 (search)
A rebel Bible Inscription.--A traitor named Cunningham was, last year, pastor of the Taylor-Street Methodist Church. Before leaving he wrote the following in the Sunday-school Bible: Uncle Sam--born July 4, 1776. Died July 4, 1861, aged 85 years. Peace to his ashes. And the bar strangled muslin, no more shall it wave, O'er the land of the Phree nor the home of the slave — or any other man. On the opposite page was written: Confederate States of America--born, 1861--died, never. --Cincinnati Commercial.
James Barnes, author of David G. Farragut, Naval Actions of 1812, Yank ee Ships and Yankee Sailors, Commodore Bainbridge , The Blockaders, and other naval and historical works, The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 6: The Navy. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller), The birth of the ironclads (search)
., on June 5th. Meanwhile the Monadnock had been despatched around the Horn to San Francisco; her progress was watched with far greater enthusiasm than that of the Oregon during the Spanish War. The Miantonomoh reached Queenstown in safety, after a passage of ten days and eighteen hours, and about the same time the Monadnock arrived at her destination, thus proving beyond cavil both the speed and seaworthiness of the American monitor. An epoch in naval warfare Under the date of July 4, 1861, the Secretary of the Navy of the United States, the Honorable Gideon Welles, in his report, explained very clearly the exact position of the iron-clad vessel of war during its period of inception. Caution, and doubt as to the feasibility of such construction are clearly expressed here, and also a certain temerity in the way of expending the departmental allowance: Much attention has been given within the last few years to the subject of floating batteries, or iron-clad steamers. Ot
James Barnes, author of David G. Farragut, Naval Actions of 1812, Yank ee Ships and Yankee Sailors, Commodore Bainbridge , The Blockaders, and other naval and historical works, The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 6: The Navy. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller), Naval chronology 1861-1865: important naval engagements of the Civil war March, 1861-June, 1865 (search)
nesota begins real blockade of Charleston. Blockade of Savannah initiated by U. S. gunboat Union. May 31, 1861. U. S. S. Freeborn, Anacostia, Pawnee, and Resolute attacked Confed. batteries at Aquia Creek, Va. June, 1861. June 27, 1861. Engagement between U. S. gunboats Freeborn and Reliance and Confed. batteries at Mathias Point, Va., Commander Ward of the Freeborn killed. July, 1861. July 2, 1861. U. S. S. South Carolina begins blockade of Galveston. July 4-7, 1861. U. S. S. South Carolina captures or destroys 10 vessels off Galveston. July 7, 1861. Infernal machines detected floating in the Potomac. July 19, 1861. Captain-General of Cuba liberated all the vessels brought into Cuban ports as prizes by Confed. cruiser Sumter. July 24, 1861. Naval expedition from Fort Monroe to Back River, Va., by Lieut. Crosby and 300 men. Nine sloops and schooners of the Confederates burnt, and one schooner with bacon and corn cap
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 8: Soldier Life and Secret Service. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller), The Confederate Secret service (search)
the war many well-known people of Baltimore and Washington were as hostile to the Federal Government as were the inhabitants of Richmond and New Orleans, and these were of great service to the Southern armies. Colonel Thomas Jordan, adjutant-general of the Confederate forces under General Beauregard at Manassas, made arrangements with several Southern sympathizers at Washington for the transmission of war information, which in almost every instance proved to be extremely accurate. On July 4, 1861, some Confederate pickets captured a Union soldier who was carrying on his person the returns of McDowell's army. His statement of the strength and composition of Old capitol prison, Washington, in the early days of the war This historic building once the temporary Capitol of the United States, played a large part in the workings of the Federal secret service; its superintendent, William P. Wood, was a special secret agent of the War Department. It was used for the incarcerati
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 10: The Armies and the Leaders. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller), General officers of the Confederate Army: a full roster compiled from the official records (search)
owed the strictest interpretation of the Confederate records below. As for the body of this History it has been thought best to employ the titles most commonly used, and found in the popular reference works. The highest rank attained is given in every case together with the date of the commission conferring such rank. Generals, regular Beauregard, P. G. T., July 21, 1861. Bragg, Braxton, April 6, 1862. Cooper, Samuel, May 16, 1861. Johnston, A. S., May 30, 1861. Johnston, J. E., July 4, 1861. Lee, Robert E., June 14, 1861. General, provisional army Smith, E. Kirby, Feb. 19, 1864. Generals, provisional army (with temporary rank) Hood, John B., July 18, 1864. Lieutenant-generals, provisional army Buckner, S. B., Sept. 20, 1864. Ewell, Richard S., May 23, 1863. Forrest, N. B., Feb. 28, 1865. Hampton, Wade, Feb. 14, 1865. Hardee, Wm. J., Oct. 10, 1862. Hill, Ambrose P., May 24, 1863. Hill, Daniel H., July 11, 1863. Holmes, T. H., Oct. 13, 1862. Jackson, T.
Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Chapter 6: (search)
ess rashness of statement. It was not until thirty years after that it attained its full development in the annunciations of sectionists rather than statesmen. Two such may suffice as specimens: Edward Everett, in his address delivered on July 4, 1861, and already referred to, says of the Constitution: That instrument does not purport to be a compact, but a constitution of government. It appears, in its first sentence, not to have been entered into by the States, but to have been ordaiy. The States are not named in it; nearly all the characteristic powers of sovereignty are expressly granted to the General Government and expressly prohibited to the States. See address by Edward Everett at the Academy of Music, New York, July 4, 1861. Mr. Everett afterward repeats the assertion that the States are not named in it. Ibid. But a yet more extraordinary statement of the one people theory is found in a letter addressed to the London Times, in the same year, 1861, on the
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