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Judith White McGuire, Diary of a southern refugee during the war, by a lady of Virginia, 1864. (search)
. But four desolated homes by this stroke I but four widows, or broken-hearted mothers, in addition to the bereaved of the land! God be with them to comfort them! Nothing farther of the bayoneted wounded: I trust that it was all a fabrication. We returned to the office yesterday, which had been closed for a week. It is pitiable to see how the rations are being reduced by degrees. The Government is exerting itself for the relief of the soldiers. God have mercy upon and help us! June 4, 1864. There has been skirmishing for some days. One day a fight at Ashland, another at Cold Harbour; but yesterday the heaviest cannonading I ever heard continued all day, until after dark. The fighting was between Bethesda Church and Cold Harbour. We were well fortified, and General Lee reports great success to our arms. It is the Lord's doings, and it is marvellous in our eyes. We went to church this evening and returned thanks. June 5, 1864. Our daughter-in-law, Mrs. Dr.-- ,
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 1., Chapter 2: preliminary rebellious movements. (search)
on-planters, by protesting against the visitation of suspected slave-bearing vessels, carrying the American flag, by British cruisers. Every avenue through which truth might find its way to the popular understanding was quickly closed, and the people had no detecter of its counterfeits. Perhaps there never was a people, wrote a Southern Unionist, in the third year of the war, more bewitched, beguiled, and befooled than we were when we drifted into this rebellion. New York Daily Times, June 4, 1864. Commenting on these actions of the politicians, President Lincoln said:--At the beginning, they knew they would never raise their treason to any respectable magnitude by any name which implies violation of law. They knew their people possessed as much moral sense, as much of devotion to law and order, and as much pride in, and reverence for, the history and Government of their common country, as any other civilized and patriotic people. They knew they would make no advancement direc
Admiral David D. Porter, The Naval History of the Civil War., Chapter 59: (search)
July 28, 1864 Seneca. Schooner Annie B 4,547 98 621 08 3,926 90 Key West. June 4, 1864 Wanderer. Schooner Ascension 5,448 93 716 89 4,732 04 do Feb. 29, 1864 Hust Feb. 29, 1864 De Soto. Schooner Brothers 7,641 38 1,575 78 6,065 60 do June 4, 1864 Tioga. Boat, sloop, name unknown 533 78 144 04 389 74 do Dec. 19, 1864 Reeeds Washington     Boats and cargoes, 4 492 57 274 19 218 38 New Orleans June 4, 1864 Commodore. Boots, 1 case, etc Waiting for prize list of the Robb. 355 April 12, 1864 Pittsburg.   Cotton, 17 bales. 3,542 64 268 12 3,274 52 do June 4, 1864 Pittsburg.   Cotton, 55 bales 15,434 52 717 63 14,716 89 do June 11, 186423, 1864 Seminole. Schooner Louisa 5,611 35 1,121 50 4,489 85 New Orleans June 4, 1864 Queen. Sloop Last Trial 109 96 108 85 1 11 Key West   Beauregard, San Jaco the Magnolia). Schooner Ocean Bird, cargo of 282 31 212 60 69 71 Boston June 4, 1864 Norfolk Packet. Schooner Ora Monita 856 20 249 96 606 24 St. Augustine No
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, Chapter 14: the greatest battles of the war — list of victories and defeats — chronological list of battles with loss in each, Union and Confederate. (search)
s, the greatest battles of the war were: Date. Battle. Killed. Wounded. Missing. Aggregate. July 1-3, 1863. Gettysburg 3,070 14,497 5,434 23,001 May 8-18, 1864. Spotsylvania 2,725 13,416 2,258 18,399 May 5-7, 1864. Wilderness 2,246 12,037 3,383 17,666 Sept. 17, 1862. Antietam Not including South Mountain or Crampton's Gap. 2,108 9,549 753 12,410 May 1-3, 1863. Chancellorsville 1,606 9,762 5,919 17,287 Sept. 19-20, 1863. Chickamauga 1,656 9,749 4,774 16,179 June 1-4, 1864. Cold Harbor 1,844 9,077 1,816 12,737 Dec. 11-14, 1862. Fredericksburg 1,284 9,600 1,769 12,653 Aug. 28-30, 1862. Manassas Including Chantilly, Rappahannock, Bristoe Station, and Bull Run Bridge. 1,747 8,452 4,263 14,462 April 6-7, 1862. Shiloh 1,754 8,408 2,885 13,047 Dec. 31, 1862. Stone's River Including Knob Gap, and losses on January 1st and 2d. 1863. 1,730 7,802 3,717 13,249 June 15-19, 1864. Petersburg (Assault) 1,688 8,513 1,185 11,386 As before, the missi
Colonel Theodore Lyman, With Grant and Meade from the Wilderness to Appomattox (ed. George R. Agassiz), IV. Cold Harbor (search)
here, after the enemy had had thirty-six hours to entrench, and that time will cover them over their heads and give them slashings and traverses besides! The best officers and men are liable, by their greater gallantry, to be first disabled; and, of those that are left, the best become demoralized by the failures, and the loss of good leaders; so that, very soon, the men will no longer charge entrenchments and will only go forward when driven by their officers. --Lyman's Journal. . . . June 4, 1864 Although there was no battle to-day, both sides were as sensitive as Hotspur when he was all smarting from my wounds being cold. The slightest movement would provoke a volley, and any unusual stir would open a battery. This is characteristic of troops in a new position. When they have remained awhile, they begin to be more quiet, the skirmishers fire less and less, and finally cease entirely. The General took three or four of us and went on a sort of tour to his Generals; after a b
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 10. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 13 (search)
wo thousand (2,000) in all looked for. Captain Dickerson's cavalry has two hundred (200) effective men stationed at Pilatka. Dunham's artillery of light pieces on St. John's River, near Welaka, Saunders. and Horse Landing. I am, Captain, very respectfully, Your obedient servant, George H. Gordon, Brigadier-General, commanding. Captain Burger Assistant Adjutant-General, Department South. Report of rear-admiral Dahlgren. flag-steamer Philadelphia, Port Royal harbor, S. C., June 4, 1864. Sir: I enclose herewith a report from Commander Balch, senior officer present in the St. John's River, Florida, from which there seems to be little doubt of the capture of the Columbine. As the officers and crew are probably prisoners, it will be impossible to have any investigation at this time. There is always more or less risk in passing these light steamers through narrow streams, where they are liable to be fired on without any warning from the densely wooded banks, and cannot
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 10. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 17 (search)
had been made of his vessel until ordered by the second vessel in the line to do so, when he struck. He did not, nor does he know the name of the vessel to whom he surrendered, but that it was to the second vessel in line. I am, Sir, very respectfully, Your obedient servant, F. A. Roe, Lieutenant, commanding. Captain M. Smith, Commanding Naval Forces, Sounds of North Carolina. Additional report of Captain Smith. United States steamer Mattabesett, Albemarle Sound, N. C., June 4, 1864. Sir: Your order of May seventeenth, through Rear-Admiral Lee, directing a full report to be furnished of the collision of the Sassacus with the rebel ram Albemarle, together with a diagram showing the position of the two vessels, is received, and I have the honor to make the following report: One report from Lieutenant-Commander Roe has already been forwarded to Admiral Lee, and I retained two--one from himself, and the other from his executive officer — to avoid multiplying testim
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), Engagements of the Civil war: with losses on both sides: May, 1864--June, 1865 (search)
op. Union, Second, Fifth, Sixth, Ninth, and Eighteenth Corps and Sheridan's Cavalry; Confed., Army of Northern Virginia, reinforced by the fresh divisions of Breckinridge, Pickett, and Hoke. Losses: Union, 1844 killed, 9077 wounded, 1816 missing; Confed., 1200 killed and wounded, 500 missing. June 2, 1864: Bermuda hundred, Va. Union, Tenth Corps; Confed., Gen. Beauregard's command. Losses: Union, 25 killed, 100 wounded; Confed., 100 killed and wounded. June 4, 1864: Panther Gap, W. Va. Union, Hayes's Brigade of Second Division, Army of West Virginia; Confed., Gen. Breckinridge's command. Losses: Union, 25 killed and wounded; Confed., 25 killed and wounded. June 5, 1864: Piedmont, W. Va. Union, portion of Army of West Virginia, commanded by Maj.-Gen. Hunter; Confed., Gen. Vaughn's Cav. Losses: Union, 130 killed, 650 wounded; Confed., 460 killed, 1450 wounded, 1060 missing. Confed. Gen. W. E. Jones killed. June 6
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), Chapter 9: roster of general officers both Union and Confederate (search)
Chapter 9: roster of general officers both Union and Confederate The General-in-chief of the armies of the United States a picture of Grant with his favorite charger Cincinnati taken at Cold Harbor on June 4, 1864, in the midst of the hammering policy that in ten months terminated the war General officers of the Union Army This roster includes in alphabetical order under the various grades the names of all general officers either of full rank or by brevet in the United States (Regular) Army and in the United States Volunteers during the Civil War. The highest rank attained, whether full or by brevet, only is given, in order to avoid duplications. It is, of course, understood that in most cases the actual rank next below that conferred by brevet was held either in the United States Army or the Volunteers. In some cases for distinguished gallantry or marked efficiency brevet rank higher than the next grade above was given. The date is that of the appointment. Li
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Ely, William G., (search)
Ely, William G., Military officer; born about 1835; joined the National army on the first call for volunteers. On June 13, 1863, he was captured in the engagement at Fort Royal Pike. After spending eight months in Libby prison, he endeavored to make his escape with 108 others through the famous underground passage dug beneath Twentieth Street. Four days later fifty of the number, including Colonel Ely, were retaken. He was, however, soon afterwards exchanged, and led his regiment, on June 4, 1864, at the battle of Piedmont; received the brevet of brigadier-general of volunteers in the same year.
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