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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events, Diary from December 17, 1860 - April 30, 1864 (ed. Frank Moore), 1864, March (search)
retreated. Lieutenant-General Grant formally assumed the command of the armies of the United States to-day. The following was his order on the subject: Headquarters of the armies of the United States, Nashville, Tenn., March 17, 1864. General orders, No. 12. In pursuance of the following order of the President: Executive Mansion, Washington, D. C., March 10, 1864. Under the authority of the Act of Congress to appoint the grade of Lieutenant-General in the army, of February 29, 1864, Lieutenant-General Ulysses S. Grant, U. S. A., is appointed to the command of the armies of the United States. Abraham Lincoln. --I assume command of the armies of the United States. Headquarters will be in the field, and, until further orders, will be with the army of the Potomac. There will be an office headquarters in Washington, D. C., to which all official communications will be sent, except those from the army where the headquarters are at the date of their address.
Admiral David D. Porter, The Naval History of the Civil War., Chapter 59: (search)
teamer Ann 53,071 12 5,736 95 47,334 17 do Feb. 29, 1864 Susquehanna, Kanawha, Preble. Boat AlliArctic 3,410 00 483 45 2,926 60 Washington Feb. 29, 1864 Ladona. Schooner Albert 11,434 08 3,237 13,872 49 2,646 65 11,225 84 Philadelphia Feb. 29, 1864 Seminole. Steamer Cronstadt. 301,940 60Steamer Calhoun     28,536 95 Philadelphia Feb. 29, 1864 Samuel Rotan, Colorado, Rachel Seaman. Schooner Gipsy 744 23 469 49 274 74 do Feb. 29, 1864 Ethan Allen. Sloop G. L. Brockenborough 12,128 59 2,718 19 9,410 40 do Feb. 29, 1864 Sagamore, Fort Henry. Schooner General Taylor 7,18pian 34,981 94 2,495 52 32,486 42 Key West Feb. 29, 1864 De Soto. Steamer Maggle Fulton $1,107 7r 198,690 58 16,872 00 181,818 58 Key West Feb. 29, 1864 Lackawanna. Steamer Patras 34,000 00 4,p Surprise 71,117 16 5,067 39 66,049 77 do Feb. 29, 1864 Huntsville. Schooner Shot 681 36 143 75 537 61 do Feb. 29, 1864 Sagamore. Steamer Spaulding 25,314 67 2,540 41 22,774 26 Philadelphia F[25 more...]
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 8. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 84 (search)
f a square mile, the boilers and kettles alone costing one hundred and forty-six thousand eight hundred and eighty-three dollars. Our party returned to the ship next day, bringing seven contrabands and six shot-guns. You will please find inclosed a drawing of the boilers and kettles. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, W. R. Browne, Acting Master Commanding. To Acting Rear-Admiral Theodorus Bailey, Commanding E. G. B. Squadron. United States bark Restless, St. Andrew's Bay, February 29, 1864. sir: I have the honor to make the following report: Having gained information that a large barge would leave the Welappo River on or about the eighteenth instant, for East-Bay, with all the materials on board necessary for erecting a large salt-work, and, on her return, intended to bring back a cargo of salt, (her capacity one thousand five hundred bushels,) I fitted out the second cutter, with eleven men, under charge of Acting-Ensign Henry Edson, and gig, with seven men, under
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 8. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 125 (search)
al report will show. It was that there were precisely one hundred and fifty thousand Yanks, and that they were coming like damnation!--that each one had a label on the front of his hat, on which was the inscription, in large letters, Moblle or hell! About this time our cavalry entered the town, and the General mounted his horse and skedaddled. This was related to me. by citizens, and is not a romance. Another account. Sixteenth Iowa Volunteer infantry, Canton, Mississippi, February 29, 1864. Mr. Editor: General Sherman having taken the job of cleaning out Mississippi, we have gone and done it, making a clear track from Vicksburgh to Demopolis, and are this far on our return, stopping a few days here to finish up a few little jobs, such as destroying twenty-three locomotives, a number of freight and passengercars, gather in a few thousand head of horses and mules, destroy a few miles of railroad, etc. But to the expedition: we shall not attempt to give you all the pa
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 8. (ed. Frank Moore), Rebel accounts. (search)
brave hopes, were now worn down, one third dismounted, many without arms, most with scanty clothing, and, saddest of all, the daring spirit, the morale of the command, was impaired, and gloom and despondency in its place, which was not relieved when it became known that at West-Point the enemy had but three thousand men, and that his whole force, which was commanded by Major-General Forrest, did not exceed six thousand, many of whom were State militiamen. Another account. Cairo, Feb. 29, 1864. Some particulars of the late expedition of General William S. Smith, lately returned to Memphis, have already been published. General Smith, in person, arrived here last evening. His official report to the military authorities will set forth the following facts: The expedition moved from Memphis on Thursday, the eleventh instant, some seven thousand strong, Brigadier-General William S. Smith in command, the purpose being to clear the country of straggling rebel forces, and, if p
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 8. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 151 (search)
Doc. 140.-operations around Dalton, Ga. Colonel Grose's report. headquarters Third brigade, First division, Fourth army corps, Blue Springs, tens., February 29, 1864. Major W. H. Sinclair, A. A.G. First Division: sir: I have the honor to report the part taken by this brigade in the recent seven days before Dalton. I was ordered by the Division Commander, and marched to take part in the reconnaissance toward the enemy from this place, on the morning of the twenty-second of February, 1864, with the Eighty-fourth Illinois, Colonel Waters, Seventy-fifth Illinois, Colonel Bennett, Thirty-sixth Indiana, Lieutenant-Colonel Carey, Thirtieth Indiana, Lieutenant-Colonel Hind, Eightieth Illinois, Lieutenant-Colonel Kilgour, and Twenty-Fourth Ohio, Lieutenant-Colonel Cockerill, with battery H, Fourth U. S. artillery, Lieutenant Heilman; effective force, officers and men, including battery, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-six. My brigade having the advance, and the Thirty
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 3: The Decisive Battles. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller), chapter 4 (search)
had been held for weeks in succession, resulting in the conversion of large numbers of the soldiers. General Lee was a religious man. The influence of the awakening among the men in the army during this revival was manifest after the war was over, when the soldiers had gone back to civil life, under conditions most trying and severe. To this spiritual frame of mind may be credited, perhaps, some of the remarkable feats accomplished in subsequent battles by the Confederate army. On February 29, 1864, the United States Congress passed a law reviving the grade of lieutenant-general, the title being intended for Grant, who was made general-in-chief of the armies of the United States. Grant had come from his victorious battle-grounds in the West, and all eyes turned to him as the chieftain who should lead the Union army to success. On the 9th of March he received his commission. He now planned the final great double movement of the war. Taking control of the whole campaign against
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)
. Over 30 lives lost. December 5, 1863. Fight between the U. S. gunboat Marblehead and Confed. batteries on Stono River, S. C. Confederates defeated. February, 1864. February 2, 1864. Capture and destruction of U. S. S. Underwriter, Actg. Master Westervelt, by Confed. attack under Comdr. J. T. Wood, in Neuse River, N. C. February 18, 1864. Federal sloop-of-war Housatonic sunk off Charleston, S. C., by Confed. submarine torpedo-boat H. L. Hunley. February 16-29, 1864. Bombardment of Fort Powell, Ala., by Adml. Farragut. March, 1864. March 6, 1864. U. S. gunboat Peterhoff sunk by collision off Wilmington, N. C. March 11-15, 1864. A naval expedition from Brashear City captures camp, arms, and flag on Atchafalaya River, La. April, 1864. April 1, 1864. U. S. Army stmr. Maple Leaf blown up by torpedo in St. John's River, Fla. April 5, 1864. Fight betweeen gunboats and guerrillas at Hickman, Ky. April 12, 1864.
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)
Brigadier-generals, (special Appointments) provisional army Imboden, John D., Jan. 8, 1863. Johnson, Adam R., June 1, 1864. Brigadier-generals, (special) provisional army Benton, Samuel, July 26, 1864. Chambliss, J. R., Jr. , Dec. 19, 1863. Chilton, R. H., Oct. 20, 1862. Connor, James, June 1, 1864. Elliott, S., Jr., May 24, 1864. Fry, Birkett D., May 24, 1864. Gibson, R. L., Jan. 11, 1864. Goggin, James M., Dec. 4, 1864. Gorgas, Josiah, Nov. 10, 1864. Granberry, H. B., Feb. 29, 1864. Hodge, Geo. B., Aug. 2, 1864. Leventhorpe, C., Feb. 3, 1865. McRae, William, Nov. 4, 1864. Northrop, L. B., Nov. 26, 1864. Page, Richard L., Mar. 1, 1864. Payne, Wm. H., Nov. 1, 1864. Posey, Carnot, Nov. 1, 1862. Preston, John S., June 10, 1864. Reynolds, D. H., Mar. 5, 1864. Stevens, W. H., Aug. 28, 1864. Terry, William, May 19, 1864. Brigadier-generals, provisional army (with temporary rank) Anderson, R. H., July 26, 1864. Barry, John D., Aug. 3, 1864. Brantly, Wm. F
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 7. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Official correspondence of Confederate State Department. (search)
srepresentations of our enemies, who will assuredly endeavor to create the false impression that we are recruiting for our armies in British territory. You will explain that you are instructed scrupulously to avoid any breach of public or municipal law, and that your sole purpose is, as above explained, to aid our own people to return to their homes. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, J. P. Benjamin, Secretary of State. Letter from Hon. J. P. Holcombe. Wilmington, February 29, 1864. Hon. J. P. Benjamin, Secretary of State, C. S. A.: My Dear Sir — The Caledonia will not get out before to-morrow night, and I avail myself of the delay to write you unofficially a few lines. On inquiry of Mr. Power, I learn that it will be easy to prove Locke's residence (and probably citizenship) for many years in South Carolina, and he gives the name of a witness, which I enclose. It may be well to have his testimony taken and forwarded to me at Halifax. In a Nassau paper re
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