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Thomas Wentworth Higginson, John Greenleaf Whittier, Chapter 8: personal qualities (search)
his needs,--his personal expenditures increasing but slightly,--and he was, as his friends knew, most generous in giving. In this he was stimulated perhaps by the extraordinary example of his old friend, Mrs. Lydia Maria Child, whose letters he edited, and who used to deny herself many of the common comforts of advancing years in order that she might give to the works which interested her; yet Whittier was distinctly treading a similar path when he subscribed regularly and largely to General Armstrong's great enterprise for the instruction of the blacks and Indians at Hampton; and apart from this he was writing such letters as the following, all the time-- Amesbury, 16th, 7th mo., 1870. Dear Higginson,--Enclosed find cheque for Fifty Dollars, $50. [This was for a person known to both of us.] I see by the Transcript that Phebe Cary lies very ill in Newport — dangerously, even. I do not know her address. I wish thee wd. find out, & call, & enquire about her, & leave her a mes
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, John Greenleaf Whittier, Index. (search)
illiam, 152. Allinson, Francis Greenleaf, Whittier's poem My namesake addressed to, 131, 132. America, 23, 57, 71, 94, 153, 175. American Manufacturer, the, mentioned, 25, 34, 137. Amesbury, Mass., 4, 10, 46, 77, 82, 87, 89, 92, 93, 98, 99, 107, 109, 111, 122, 124, 136, 137, 167, 179, 180, 183; Ten Hour Bill at, 86, 87; Derby strike at, 87, 88. Amy Wentworth, 3, 142. Antislavery Society, American, 71, 72, 74, 77. Antoninus, Marcus Aurelius, 129. Appledore Island, 179. Armstrong, Gen. S. C., 98. Arnold, Matthew, 20, 140. Asquam House, 169. Athenaeum Gallery, 135. Atlantic Club, 89, 104. Atlantic Monthly, cited, 50; mentioned, 143, 176, 177; quoted, 153, 154. Aubignd, da, J. H. M., 166. Augustine, Saint, 116. Austin, Ann, 84. B. Bachiler, Rev., Stephen, 5, 6. Bacon, Francis, 38, 179; quoted, 150. Baltimore, Md., 48, 79. Bancroft, George, 100, 181. Banks, Gen. N. P., 47. Barbadoes, 85. Barclay of Ury, 56. Barefoot boy, the, quoted, 14-16.
Hon. J. L. M. Curry , LL.D., William Robertson Garrett , A. M. , Ph.D., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 1.1, Legal Justification of the South in secession, The South as a factor in the territorial expansion of the United States (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), The South as a factor in the territorial expansion of the United States. (search)
Florida, and suggested $7,000,000 as the price. The United States had heretofore demanded West Florida, without price, as part of Louisiana. This new proposition for its purchase must be referred to Congress. (Annals of Congress, 1805-1806, pp. 1226, 1227.) After violent opposition, in which many of the President's former friends participated, an act was passed February 13, 1806, appropriating the sum of $2,000,000 for foreign negotiations, and the President sent instructions to General Armstrong, the minister at Paris, to offer $5,000,000. The instructions reached Paris in May, 1806, eight months after Napoleon's suggestion had been made. Such dilatory proceedings were not fitted to keep pace with Napoleon's rapid combinations. In the meantime; he had formed new plans. He seemed now to desire that affairs between the United States and Spain should remain unsettled. Nothing could be obtained from him except peremptory refusal to decide the matter. Mr. Alison, the English h
James Buchanan, Buchanan's administration on the eve of the rebellion, Chapter 11: (search)
he protection of our foreign commerce, and had thus rendered the home squadron unusually large. Several of the vessels of which it was composed were at the time in the vicinity of Fort Pickens. These, united with the Brooklyn, were deemed sufficient for its defence. The fleet, says the Secretary, could have thrown six hundred men into the fort (seamen and marines), without including the company from Fortress Monroe. His testimony before the Hale Committee and the court-Martial on Captain Armstrong. Report No. 37, pp. 58, 284. Four days after the Brooklyn had left Fortress Monroe, Senators Slidell, Hunter, and Bigler received a telegraphic despatch from Senator Mallory, of Florida, dated at Pensacola on the 28th January, with an urgent request that they would lay it before the President. This despatch expressed an ardent desire to preserve the peace, as well as the most positive assurance from himself and Colonel Chase, that no attack would be made on the fort if its present
John D. Billings, The history of the Tenth Massachusetts battery of light artillery in the war of the rebellion, Chapter 18: (search)
of the story: Lieut. Adams was now in command of the Battery, Major Sleeper being away on leave of absence. I have the honor to report that on the 5th inst., at 6 A. M., I reported with the Battery to Brig. Gen. Smythe, commanding Second Division, Second Army Corps, and marched with that division on the Vaughan Road to near Hatcher's Run, and went into position; the Right Section, commanded by Lieut. Day, near the Tucker House, the Left Section, commanded by Lieut. Green, near young Armstrong's ,house, covering the front and right of Gen. Smythe's Division; and the Centre Section, commanded by First Sergeant Townsend, under my own immediate supervision, near Gen. Smythe's headquarters, covering a ford and Gen. Smythe's left flank. About 4.30 P. M., the enemy in strong force Zzz. attacked the right of Gen. Smythe's Division, and attempted to turn his flank. Lieut. Green changed the position of his section, and opened an enfilading fire within three hundred yards of the r
John D. Billings, The history of the Tenth Massachusetts battery of light artillery in the war of the rebellion, Chapter 19: (search)
ed. Col. Hazard. and parked, remaining here all night. But the rain, so frequently the accompaniment to the movements of this army, did not now forget us. Robert Crawford Joseph F. Sanderson Strong working parties were busily engaged stretching corduroys along the miry places in old or new thoroughfares, as we toiled on in mud towards the front There was little for the artillery to do this day, as the corps lay in dense woods from Hatcher's Run on the right, above our old position at Armstrong's, to the vicinity of the Boydton Road where it massed on that memorable 27th of October—the same woods and undergrowth that prevented connection being made between us and the Fifth Corps. The clouds broke away in the afternoon, and we bivouacked anticipating a bright day on the morrow; but when morrow (the 31st) came we were wakened by the raindrops pattering in our faces, and found our beds already pools of water. It was about noon of this day that the gallant Miles and his First Di
Daniel Ammen, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 7.2, The Atlantic Coast (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 9: reduction of Newbern—the Albemarle. (search)
r disabled. The force of the enemy was about equal in number to the Union troops. Only 200 were captured, but a very large amount of army equipage and supplies were found at Newbern. Our casualties were 88 killed and 352 wounded Those of the Confederates are not known. On the 25th of April the Union troops then in Beaufort, N. C., with breaching batteries, which they had established, opened fire on Fort Macon; before sunset the fort surrendered. Lockwood in command of the Daylight, Armstrong in the Georgia, Bryson in the Chippewa, and Cavendy in the Gemsbok, took part in the bombardment for several hours, when the sea grew too rough to manage their guns. In order to secure the forces on the sounds from an attack from Norfolk, Flusser was directed to block additionally tile Chesapeake and Albemarle Canal. For this purpose he left Elizabeth City, on the 23d of April, with the Whitehead, Lockwood, and Putnam, and at the month of the river met the Shawsheen with a schooner in
Daniel Ammen, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 7.2, The Atlantic Coast (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Index. (search)
t of, 7 Agassiz, the, 197 Alabama, the, Confederate vessel, 74, 228 Albatross, the, 66 Albemarle, the, 200, 203 et seq. Aldridge, Mate, 237 Allen, Chief Engineer, 143 Allen, Lieutenant-Commander, 237 Allen, Mr., 34 America, the, 61 Ames, General, 241 Ammen, Lieutenant-Commanding Daniel, 21; at Fort McAllister, 87; off Charleston, 92, 160, 162 (note) Anderson, Colonel R. H., 85 (note) Andrews, Major, 169 Arey, Master, 220 Aries, the, 229 Armstrong, of the Georgia, 194 Arrow, the Confederate steamer, 211 Atlanta, the Confederate ironclad, 82 (note); capture of, 117 et seq., 157, 206 Augusta, the, 21, 77, 81 B. Bache, Lieutenant, 237 Bacon, Lieutenant-Commander, George, 72, 129 Badger, Lieutenant-Commander, 128, 134 Baker, Captain, C. E., 179 Baker, Master's Mate Henry, 196 Balch, Commander G. B., 129, 145 Bankhead, Lieutenant-Commanding John P., 21 Barnard, Captain, Ephraim, 25 Barnes, Lieut
Capt. Calvin D. Cowles , 23d U. S. Infantry, Major George B. Davis , U. S. Army, Leslie J. Perry, Joseph W. Kirkley, The Official Military Atlas of the Civil War, Index. (search)
, 6 Price's Missouri Expedition, Aug. 29-Dec. 2, 1864 47, 1; 66, 1 Red River Campaign, March 10-May 22, 1864 53, 1 State 153-155; 158-160; 162-171 Arkansas, Department of (U): Boundaries 169-171 Arkansas Post, Ark. 47, 1; 117, 1; 135-A; 154, E6; 171 Arkansas River 25, 3; 47, 1; 117, 1; 119, 1; 135-A; 154, A1; 159, B13; 160, E4; 161, G1; 171 Arlington, Va. 6, 1; 7, 1; 27, 1; 89, 1; 136, G8; 137, A8 Arlington Mills, Va. 5, 10; 6, 1 Armstrong's, Va. 45, 1; 55, 5; 66, 9; 74, 2; 76, 5; 77, 2; 91, 1; 94, 7, 94, 9; 96, 3; 97, 2; 100, 2 Armstrong's Creek, W. Va. 9, 3 Armstrong's Ferry, Tenn. 24, 3; 30, 2; 118, 1; 142, D3; 150, H14 Armstrong's Mill, Va. 74, 2; 76, 5; 77, 2; 100, 2 Armuchee Creek, Ga. 57, 3; 58, 2; 88, 2; 149, E11 Army transportation: Illustrations 174 Arrington Depot, Va. 81, 6 Arrowfield Church, Va. 78, 1; 92, 1; 93, 1; 100, 2 Arrow Rock, Mo. 47, 1; 135-A; 152, C2
Adam Badeau, Military history of Ulysses S. Grant from April 1861 to April 1865. Volume 2, Chapter 27: (search)
the rebels had extended four miles. Shall I make a trial, he asked, on this outstretched line? But the general-in-chief replied from City Point: Your despatch of 3.30 is only just received—too late to direct an attack. Hold on where you are for the present. Believing that the operations of the day were over, Grant now telegraphed to the Secretary of War: I have just returned from the crossing of the Boydton plank road with Hatcher's creek. Our line now extends from its former left to Armstrong's mill, thence by the south bank of Hatcher's creek to the point above named. No attack was made during the day further than to drive pickets and the cavalry inside the main works. Our casualties have been light, probably less than two hundred, killed, wounded, and missing. The same is probably true with the enemy. .. On our right General Butler extended well around towards the Yorktown road, without finding a point unguarded. I shall keep our troops out where they are until towards n
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