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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 1. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Letter from Captain William L. Ritter. (search)
ad Indianola, in which mention is made of the name of Sergeant Edward H. Langley, of the Third Maryland Artillery, who had immediate charge of the two Parrot-guns aboard the Queen of the West. As Sergeant Langley belonged to the battery of which I was a member, I desire to relate a few incidents connected with the closing scenes of his life, and to mention the fate of his successor, Lieutenant William Thompson Patten. When the two gun detachments were put aboard the steamer Archer, January 23d, 1863, and sent down the river in charge of Sergeant Langley, there was but one commissioned officer with the battery in Vicksburg, the others having not yet arrived from Tennessee. On the 26th the steamer De Soto, a ferry-boat, was captured by the enemy at Johnson's Landing, a few miles below Vicksburg, on the west side of the river, where the Captain had stopped the boat to take on some wood. February 2d the Queen of the West passed by the batteries at Vicksburg and steamed down the ri
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: The Opening Battles. Volume 1., Organization of the two governments. (search)
ted Jan. 18, 1861); Simon Cameron (appointed March 5, 1861） Secretary of War: Edwin M. Stanton (appointed January 15, 1862). Assistant secretaries of War: Assistant Secretary of War: Thomas A. Scott (appointed Aug. 3, 1861 Assistant Secretary of War: Peter H. Watson (appointed Jan. 24, 1862） Assistant Secretary of War: John Tucker (appointed Jan. 29, 1862） Assistant Secretary of War: Christopher P. Wolcott (appointed June 12, 1862 Assistant Secretary of War: resigned Jan. 23, 1863） Assistant Secretary of War: Charles A. Dana (appointed August, 1863). （Colonel Scott was regularly commissioned under the act of August 3, 1861, authorizing the appointment of one assistant secretary of war. Subsequently three assistant secretaries were authorized by law.) Adjutant-General's Department Colonel Samuel Cooper * (resigned March 7, 1861） Brig.-Gen. Lorenzo Thomas (assigned to other duty March 23, 1863） Colonel Edward D. Townsend. Quartermaster's
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Army Life in a Black Regiment, Chapter 3: up the St. Mary's. (search)
h four hundred and sixty-two officers and men, and two or three invited guests, and go down the coast on my own responsibility. We were, in short, to win our spurs; and if, as among the Araucanians, our spurs were made of lumber, so much the better. The whole history of the Department of the South had been defined as a military picnic, and now we were to take our share of the entertainment. It seemed a pleasant share, when, after the usual vexations and delays, we found ourselves (January 23, 1863) gliding down the full waters of Beaufort River, the three vessels having sailed at different hours, with orders to rendezvous at St. Simon's Island, on the coast of Georgia. Until then, the flag-ship, so to speak, was to be the Ben De Ford, Captain Hallett,--this being by far the largest vessel, and carrying most of the men. Major Strong was in command upon the John Adams, an army gunboat, carrying a thirty-pound Parrott gun, two ten-pound Parrotts, and an eight-inch howitzer. Capta
Judith White McGuire, Diary of a southern refugee during the war, by a lady of Virginia, 1863. (search)
t still, medicine is brought in the same way, having escaped the eagle eyes of Federal watchers. A lady in Richmond said laughingly to a friend who was about to make an effort to go to Baltimore, Bring me a pound of tea and a hoop-skirt; and after a very short absence he appeared before her, with the tea in one hand and the skirt in the other. It is pleasant to see how cheerfully the girls fall into habits of economy, and occupy themselves in a way of which we never dreamed before. January 23, 1863. The gentlemen had their friend, General Lovell, to spend last night with them. I was sorry not to be able to see more of him, as I was too sick to remain in the parlour, having been occupied night and day with my dear B., who has been again very dangerously ill, with erysipelas in his wound. We are troubled about our son J., who has just been ordered to North Carolina; but we have no right to complain, as his health is good, and his position has hitherto been very pleasant. Ja
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3., Hooker's comments on Chancellorsville. (search)
eputation has been grossly aspersed, I have rested in the firm belief that my conduct on that day would be justified by the American people. These Orders, No. 8, Following is the text of the orders: Headquarters, army of the Potomac, January 23d, 1863. General orders, no. 8. （1.) General Joseph Hooker, major-general of volunteers and brigadier-general, U. S. Army, having been guilty of unjust and unnecessary criticisms of the actions of his superior officers, and of the authorities, anwas, therefore, never issued. It appeared in the public prints, is referred to in the correspondence between Halleck and Franklin, and in Burnside's testimony before the Committee on the Conduct of the War. editors. were prepared on the 23d of January, 1863, and would have been immediately promulgated had not General Burnside been counseled first to lay them before President Lincoln, of whom he asked that they be approved, as drawn, or that his own resignation be accepted. The President refu
Charles Congdon, Tribune Essays: Leading Articles Contributing to the New York Tribune from 1857 to 1863. (ed. Horace Greeley), The Contagion of Secession. (search)
emnities of an act of public faith — who feels it to be a duty to apologize for his own loyalty and for the treason of the public enemy — who is half this and half that, and not wholly, body, soul and spirit, the honest and unquestioning devotee of the Constitution and the Laws — who wastes that indignation upon the foes of Slavery which he should naturally bestow upon its friends — who is utterly without pity for the poor and defenseless, as he is ignorant of that simple law which makes the prosperity of the employer dependent upon his justice — who is, in short, a creature of shams and subterfuges, and participates in public affairs without one ennobling sentiment, or one benevolent aspiration. Why should this poor hybrid, half monarchist and half Democrat, pretend to any reverence for human rights, or be at all coy about selling others, since he is so ready to sell himself? Let us see to it, that the triumph of the Secessionists does not open for him a market. January 23, 18
Admiral David D. Porter, The Naval History of the Civil War., Chapter 59: (search)
do April 16, 1862 Coeur de Lion. Schooner Lion 8,573 54 1,093 68 7,479 86 Key West Oct. 16, 1862 Kingfisher. Schooner Lavinia 9,580 38 880 96 8,699 42 do Jan. 23, 1863 Santiago de Cuba. Schooner Lily 5,189 53 835 88 4,353 65 do Oct. 13, 1863 W. G. Anderson. Schooner Lynnhaven 7,000 00 401 15 6,598 85 New York Dec. 8, 18 1863 Itasca. Schooner Lucy C. Holmes 29,745 62 3,952 10 25,793 52 do Jan. 31, 1863 Santiago de Cuba. Schooner Louise 45,053 49 1 970 51 43,082 98 Boston Jan. 23, 1863 Albatross. Steamer Lizzie 12,244 73 1,836 04 10,408 69 Philadelphia Jan. 11, 1864 Santiago de Cuba. Schooner Louisa 1,977 27 1,078 62 898 65 do Feb. 29, Quaker City).   Rice, 103 casks of 3,510 34 896 33 2,614 01 New York May 28, 1863 Albatross, Norwich.   Rice, 1,253 bags of 4,134 92 1,098 87 3,036 35 do Jan. 23, 1863 Albatross. Schooner Revere 3,335 73 1,744 87 1,590 86 do Sept. 15, 1863 Monticello, Maratanza, Mahaska. Schooner Reindeer 10,147 90 1,644 70 8,503 20 do
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 6. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 119 (search)
Doc. 110.-the army of the Potomac. General Burnside's Second attempt to cross the Rappahannock. headquarters army of the Potomac, camp near Falmouth, January 23, 1863. the second attempt on the part of the army of the Potomac to obtain possession of the southern bank of the Rappahannock as a base of operations against Richmond has been foiled. If the weather had continued favorable, we should have succeeded last Wednesday morning in successfully laying the pontoons some miles above Falmouth. We should have thrown a hundred thousand men over to the other side of the river. We should have surprised the enemy, for our preliminary feints and operations had succeeded in puzzling them and dividing their forces, and we were forty-eight hours ahead of them. We should have obtained possession of the fortified heights in the rear of Fredericksburgh, and thus of the whole line of the Rappahannock River. It is even possible that we should have been able to push on, as was propos
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 9. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 86 (search)
resumed the march on the eighth instant, and arrived at our present encampment, Farrar's farm, on Wednesday, the ninth. The battalion probably acted as well as might have been expected, being without a battle-flag during all the engagements. Total loss in killed and wounded--sixty-seven; one missing, supposed to be killed or captured. Respectfully submitted. Thomas Smith, Acting Adjutant. Report of Colonel Crutchfield. headquarters Second corps, Army Northern >Virginia, January 23, 1863. Lieutenant-General T. J. Jackson, commanding Second Corps: General: I have the honor to submit the following report of the operations of the batteries attached to your command in the battles around Richmond, commencing June twenty-seven, 1862: On Friday, June twenty-seven, 1862, the army of the valley district moved toward Cold Harbor; but the advance division, under Major-General R. S. Ewell, being misled by the guide, lost some time in regaining the proper road, which delay cau
Edward Porter Alexander, Military memoirs of a Confederate: a critical narrative, Chapter 15: Chancellorsville (search)
were then allowed to return. The infantry generally did not leave their camps, as there was nowhere any fighting. Although so near to Richmond, the army was inadequately clothed, shod, and fed, in spite of Lee's earnest efforts. As far back as April 28, 1862, the meat ration had been reduced from 12 to 8 ounces, and a small extra allowance of flour (two ounces) was given. It was claimed that but for this reduction, the supply of meat would not have held out throughout the fall. On Jan. 23, 1863, a further reduction was ordered, by the commissary-general, to four ounces of salt meat with one-fifth of a pound of sugar. Lee wrote of the situation on March 27:— The men are cheerful, and I receive but few complaints, still I do not consider it enough to maintain them in health and vigor, and I fear they will be unable to endure the hardships of the approaching campaign. Symptoms of scurvy are appearing among them, and, to supply the place of vegetables, each regiment is direct
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