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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events, Diary from December 17, 1860 - April 30, 1864 (ed. Frank Moore), 1863, September (search)
lls from the Genesee alone, fell inside the fort, and the firing from the other boats was remarkably accurate. Sand, stones, logs of wood, etc., were sent flying upward in great quantities, and before the action terminated every gun was dismounted, and, it is believed, disabled. One large gun in particular was knocked completely end over end, as could be plainly seen from the vessels, and the achievement drew forth hearty cheers from the gallant tars.--an expedition composed of sailors and marines from the Navy-Yard and frigate Potomac, was organized at Pensacola, Florida, and sent up the Blackwater River to destroy a ferry and bridges used by the rebel troops in passing from Alabama into Florida, for the purpose of annoying our garrisons and stealing supplies. Lieutenant Houston, United States Marine corps, employed the captured steamer Bloomer, and accomplished his mission with a loss of two men, namely, Corporal Enderly, marine guard, killed; private----, Potomac guard, wounded.
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Letters and Journals of Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Chapter 2: the Worcester period (search)
about our fate in the next one! The following letter refers to a Temperance Convention: May, 1853 Enough has no doubt reached you, through the New York papers, of the affair in which I figured there, to make you anxious to hear from me about them. ... The best account is that in the Herald, which I send, though all the leading New York papers were full of it the next day (Friday). This is, of course, exaggerated in parts (for instance, the majority of the dozen ladies did not wear Bloomer dresses); but the speeches and proceedings are more correct than in any other paper. You see I was the right-hand man of the Temperance meeting, and for me to take up the cause of those ladies was rather a blow. They had come, relying on the hall for the meeting, which was for Friends of Temperance ; still they knew there would be opposition, but thought it their right to cooperate, and when Lucy Stone (who came with them) found I was there, she was rejoiced and appealed to me in a way th
Mary Thacher Higginson, Thomas Wentworth Higginson: the story of his life, VII: the free church (search)
People look busier and happier here . . . there is much more air of country too, the main street is filled all day with country wagons, and you buy your fire wood from the carts. . . . The Hall [Horticultural] is nearly or quite as large as the Universalist Church in Newburyport and is always well filled in the morning and crowded in the evening; everything prospers in the Free Church and I like it very much. The people are a very wide-awake set; and we have a neighboring parishioner in Bloomer dress who sends us squash pies and alarms Mrs. H. continually . . . . Indeed the recognized respectabilities of the town are quite willing to honor us occasionally in the evening. Sept. 23. To-day is cattle-show. I have always wished to live in a town where this happened and have been wandering about this morning and enjoying the country people. . . . More country people than I knew existed, enough to farm the whole solar system, I should think! The new minister preached his own in
Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 3, Chapter 12: Kossuth.—1852. (search)
and even legislators! Really, the age is progressive —and, beyond all cavil, the world moves. Speaking of the Grimkes, Angelina (with her children) and Mrs. Weld. Sarah are now spending a few weeks at the pleasant residence of Samuel Philbrick in Brookline. The latter I have seen, but Angelina was too unwell, the day I called, to leave her room. She is suffering from the fever and ague. They both wear the Bloomer costume. A short skirt, with trousers (Lib. 21: 76). Mrs. [Amelia] Bloomer was among the first to wear the dress, and stoutly advocated its adoption in her paper, the Lily, published at Seneca Falls, N. Y. But it was introduced by Elizabeth Smith Miller, the daughter of the great philanthropist, Gerrit Smith, in 1850 ( Hist. Of Woman Suffrage, 1: 127; and see also pp. 469, 844). Theodore is at home on his farm. T. D. Weld. W. L. Garrison to S. J. May. Boston, Sept. 27, 1852. Ms. Thanks for your letter. You say, come, and the travelling Ms. Syracuse, S
James Parton, The life of Horace Greeley, chapter 26 (search)
elve hundred. Let us suppose it half-past 7, and the twelve hundred arrived. The audience, we observe, has decidedly the air of a country audience. Fine ladies and fine gentlemen there are none. Of farmers who look as if they took the Weekly Tribune and are in town tonight by accident, there are hundreds. City mechanics are present in considerable numbers. An ardent-looking young man, with a spacious forehead and a turn-over shirt-collar, may be seen here and there. A few ladies in Bloomer costume of surpassing ugliness— the costume, not the ladies—come down the steep aisles now and then, with a well-preserved air of unconsciousness. In that assembly no one laughs at them. The audience is sturdy, solid-looking, appreciative and opinionative, ready for broad views and broad humor, and hard hits. Every third man is reading a newspaper, for they are men of progress, and must make haste to keep up with the times, and the times are fast. Men are going about offering books for
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2, chapter 16 (search)
eston, Mobile Bay. Capt. John N. Maffitt, C. S. N. United Service Mag., vols. 6, p. 626; 7, p. 14. — From Bermuda newspapers. Bivouac, vol. 3, p. 81. — In Texas. Spring of 1865; short account. Army and Navy Journal, vol. 2, p. 669. Bloomer, U. S. steamer, and bark Restless destroy salt works at Lake Ocala and St. Andrew's Bay, Fla., Dec. 1, 2, 1863; report of Capt. Theodorus Bailey. Army and Navy Journal, vol. 1, p. 316. Blount's Mill, N. C. Engagement of April 9, 1863. Relnr., vol. 1, pp. 644, 659, 675, 691. Restless, U. S. bark. Blockading Charleston harbor Nov., 1862; letter, chiefly about negro refugees, and Southern news obtained through them. Boston Evening Journal, Nov. 26, 1862, p. 2, col. 5. — and Bloomer, U. S. steamer, destroy salt works at Lake Ocala and St. Andrew's Bay, Fla., Dec. 1, 2, 1863; report of Theodorus Bailey. Army and Navy Journal, vol. 1, p. 316. Review, grand, at Washington, D. C., May 23, 24, 1865. Editorial on event. Army a<
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 11. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), General Beauregard's report of the battle of Drury's Bluff. (search)
vomit struck me full in the face and breast, and the prayer was interrupted by the poor fellow's apologies and assurances that he could not help it. I wiped his face more tenderly than I did my own and held his hand for half an hour later, when his spirit passed away. A prisoner for a few weeks who excited considerable interest and amusement was Miss Dr. Mary Walker. She had a room to herself in Castle Thunder, and sometimes was permitted to stroll into the streets, where her display of Bloomer costume, blouse, trowsers and boots secured her a following of astonished and admiring boys. She was quite chatty, and seemed rather to enjoy the notoriety of her position. She claimed to be a surgeon in the Federal army, and, I believe, had some sort of commission, or permission perhaps as hospital nurse to travel with the army. Captain Gibbs, commandant of Castle Thunder, had generally at his heels the monstrous savage Russian bloodhound as he was very unjustly stigmatized by the Fed
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 11. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Recollections of Libby prison. (search)
vomit struck me full in the face and breast, and the prayer was interrupted by the poor fellow's apologies and assurances that he could not help it. I wiped his face more tenderly than I did my own and held his hand for half an hour later, when his spirit passed away. A prisoner for a few weeks who excited considerable interest and amusement was Miss Dr. Mary Walker. She had a room to herself in Castle Thunder, and sometimes was permitted to stroll into the streets, where her display of Bloomer costume, blouse, trowsers and boots secured her a following of astonished and admiring boys. She was quite chatty, and seemed rather to enjoy the notoriety of her position. She claimed to be a surgeon in the Federal army, and, I believe, had some sort of commission, or permission perhaps as hospital nurse to travel with the army. Captain Gibbs, commandant of Castle Thunder, had generally at his heels the monstrous savage Russian bloodhound as he was very unjustly stigmatized by the Fed
The Daily Dispatch: November 24, 1860., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
ker R A Blatchford R M Bullington R J Bass R Bourquenot H Brown W Bailey W P Baug hman W Burl W (col'd) Bruce W B Bartholomew W Bookes W H Ballard J S Barlow W H Berry J L Bell J Belknap J M Bass J Blake J Bruckley J E Burton J Brizzalarro J Brown J G Baptist Dr J G Burton J H Bowen C Booschan D Bragg B F Barrett A Booze A 2 Bowen F Baptist Geo Briggs R T Brownlie R Brooks T (col'd) Blessing Geo Bill G W 2 Barrett G Bloomer G L Beecher H Brown H M By the & Thomson Crump W W Curtis G R Cockson W Crutchfield Wp Cecharelli Petro Conner P Carrington P R Cunton D Chesser C 2 Crouch Chas H Cline Chas A Cox Chris Corvin Mau Clarke J Coughlan Wm Camp Wm Carter J B Cletter J V Cole Jno. W Carr Geo Carter G W Cummings Jno. Carothers Jno. Clapp Geo E Ciough Jno. F Crone S F Cummings Jno. Cog bill Jno. Cackly Jno. B Carmady Jno. Carter Dr J F Chatlin Jn
The Daily Dispatch: April 10, 1861., [Electronic resource], Seamer scarce at Buffalo, N. Y. (search)
Hustings Court, April 9th. --Present: Aldermen Sanxay, Bray, Lipscombe, Sadler, Regnault and Anderson. The case of Wm. J. Cummings, charged with bigamy, was continued until Thursday, and rules were a warded against his witnesses for non-attendance. The Court ordered rules to be awarded against John Curry, Philip Lambert and others, witnesses against two parties, named Bloomer, charged with a felonious assault. Frederick Fromer and Jas. Rogers, aliens took the oath of allegiance to the U. States, and were admitted to citizenship. Moses McDevitt, indicted for misdemeanor, was tried and acquitted by a jury. The specific charge was receiving a lot of rope knowing the same to have been stolen.