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Horace Greeley, The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65: its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union. Volume I., Xxvii. Ominous pause. (search)
ve the Union. Memorandum.Department of State, Washington, March 15, 1861. Mr. John Forsyth, of the State of Alabama, and Mr. Martin J. Crawford, of the State of Georgia, on the 11th inst., through the kind offices of a distinguished Senator, submitted to the Secretary of State their desire for an unofficial interview. This request was, on the 12th inst., upon exclusively public considerations, respectfully declined. On the 13th inst., while the Secretary was preoccupied, Mr. A. D. Banks, of Virginia, called at this Department, and was received by the Assistant Secretary, to whom lie delivered a sealed communication, which he had been charged by Messrs. Forsyth and Crawford to present to the Secretary in person. In that communication, Messrs. Forsyth and Crawford inform the Secretary of State that they have been duly accredited by the Government of the Confederate States of America as Commissioners to the Government of the United States, and they set forth the objec
Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Chapter 5: (search)
t home by a military force, and sent to Fort McHenry, and a provost marshal was appointed by General Banks, who had succeeded to the command. The excuse given for the arrest of Marshal Kane was that resolved that, while they would do nothing to obstruct the execution of such measures as Major-General Banks may deem proper to take, on his own responsibility, for the preservation of the peace of h and seizure, in private houses, of arms and munitions of every description. On July 1st General Banks announced that in pursuance of orders issued from the headquarters at Washington for the pretter reason, so far as the public was informed, than a vote in favor of certain resolutions, General Banks sent his provost marshal to Frederick, where the legislature was in session; a cordon of picund the town to prevent anyone from leaving it without a written permission from a member of General Banks's staff; police detectives from Baltimore then went into the town and arrested some twelve o
Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Chapter 11: (search)
quarter, or, failing in that, will be able to organize and post our troops so as to check the enemy, after which he will return to this place. The movement of Banks will require your attention. It may be a ruse, but, if a real movement, when your army has the requisite strength and mobility, you will probably find an opportunemy, it may be possible to keep up the spirits of your troops by expeditions such as that particularly spoken of against Sickles's brigade on the lower Potomac, or Banks's above. By destroying the canal and making other rapid movements wherever opportunity presents, to beat detachments or to destroy lines of communication. . . . ed to increase the power of your present force. I will do what I can to augment its numbers, but you must remember that our wants greatly exceed our resources. Banks's brigade, we learn, has left the position occupied when I last saw you. Sickles is said to be yet in the lower Potomac, and, when your means will enable you to re
Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Appendix L (search)
in J. Crawford. memorandum Department of State, Washington, March 15, 1861. Mr. John Forsyth, of the State of Alabama, and Mr. Martin J. Crawford, of the State of Georgia, on the 11th inst., through the kind offices of a distinguished Senator, submitted to the Secretary of State their desire for an unofficial interview. This request was, on the 12th inst., upon exclusively public considerations, respectfully declined. On the 13th inst., while the Secretary was preoccupied, Mr. A. D. Banks, of Virginia, called at this department, and was received by the Assistant Secretary, to whom he delivered a sealed communication, which he had been charged by Messrs. Forsyth and Crawford to present to the Secretary in person. In that communication Messrs. Forsyth and Crawford inform the Secretary of State that they have been duly accredited by the Government of the Confederate States of America as commissioners to the Government of the United States, and they set forth the objects
Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Index (search)
Edward, 377. Ball, Armistead M., 271, 275-76, 406. Ball's Bluff, Battle of, 377. Baltimore Conflict between citizens and Federal troops, 288. Bridges destroyed, 288. Occupation by Federal troops, 289-91. Bancroft, —, 99. Banks, General, 290, 291, 389, 394. Procedure against Maryland, 290-92. Barbour, James, 9. Philip P., 9. Barksdale, Colonel, 376. Dr. Randolph, 329. Barnwell, Robert W., 182, 206, 207. Bartow, Colonel, 263, 310. Bates, —, 231. Beaureganstitution, 93. Citizens of Baltimore resist passage of Federal troops, 259, 288. Position at beginning of war, 287-88. Commissioners sent to Confederate and U. S. governments, 289. Seizure of Baltimore by Federal troops, 289-91. Action of Gen. Banks against, 291-92. Extract from final message of governor to legislature, 292. Mason, Seizure from British ship by U. S. officers, 402. George. Opposition to U. S. Constitution, 94. Opposition to armed force against states, 150. Mass
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 1. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 48 (search)
ly of Mr. Seward: memorandum. Department of State, Washington, March 15, 1861. Mr. John Forsyth, of the State of Alabama, and Mr. Martin J. Crawford, of the State of Georgia, on the 11th inst., through the kind offices of a distinguished Senator, submitted to the Secretary of State their desire for an unofficial interview. This request was, on the 12th inst., upon exclusively public consideration, respectfully declined. On the 13th inst., while the Secretary was preoccupied, Mr. A. D. Banks, of Virginia, called at this Department, and was received by the Assistant Secretary, to whom he delivered a sealed communication, which he had been charged by Messrs. Forsyth and Crawford to present the Secretary in person. In that communication Messrs. Forsyth and Crawford inform the Secretary of State that they have been duly accredited by the Government of the Confederate States of America as Commissioners to the government of the United States, and they set forth the objects of