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Eliza Frances Andrews, The war-time journal of a Georgia girl, 1864-1865, chapter 8 (search)
nseless paper with it. No words can express the wrath of a Southerner on beholding pictures of President Davis in woman's dress; and Lee, that star of light before which even Washington's glory pales, crouching on his knees before a beetle-browed image of Columbia, suing for pardon! And these in the same sheet with disgusting representations of the execution of the so-called conspirators in Lincoln's assassination. Nothing is sacred from their disgusting love of the sensational. Even poor Harold's sisters, in their last interview with him, are pictured for the public delectation, in Frank Leslie's. Andersonville, one would think, was bad enough as it was, to satisfy them, but no; they must lie even about that, and make it out ten times worse than the reality-never realizing that they themselves are the only ones to blame for the horrors of that prison pen, as they call it. They were the ones that refused to exchange prisoners. Our government could not defend its own cities nor fe
Fitzhugh Lee, General Lee, Chapter 12: Gettysburg. (search)
inster the larger the numbers of the Unionists would grow. Lee could not move around now and manoeuvre, or scatter his legions to gather supplies as he had done, because his opponent was uncomfortably near. He could not march en masse, with a host subsisting by pillage, and to concentrate was to starve. There was no alternativehe must fight. He was obliged to adopt the tactics of William the Conqueror when he invaded England, who, similarly situated, assumed the offensive and defeated Harold at Hastings. Napoleon waited at Waterloo for the ground to dry and lost hours, during which he might have defeated Wellington before the arrival of re-enforcements. Why should Lee lose the advantages of his more rapid concentration? His superb equipoise was not threatened by subdued excitement. His unerring sagacity told him he would catch General Meade partially in position, but he was disturbed because one of his principal officers had not the faith and confidence necessary to win succ
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 4. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Leading Confederates on the battle of Gettysburg. (search)
ets on the steam, because the fireman has omitted to kindle his fires; or looking into the delicate machinery of a watch with a microscope to discover whether some of the cogs are broken, or dust impedes their working, when the hands cease to move because the main-spring is broken. J. A. Early. Note.-When William the Conqueror invaded England, he was compelled to sustain his army by foraging or pillaging, which he did by spreading his army over the country adjacent to the coast. When Harold assembled his army to meet that of the invader, instead of attacking the latter, he moved near enough to William to check his ravages, and took position on the hill of Jenlac, near Hastings, and strongly entrenched his army. This covered London and compelled William to concentrate his army to insure its safety, and it has been well remarked, that with a host subsisting by pillage, to concentrate is to starve, and no alternative was left to William but a decisive victory or ruin. William, t
Baron de Jomini, Summary of the Art of War, or a New Analytical Compend of the Principle Combinations of Strategy, of Grand Tactics and of Military Policy. (ed. Major O. F. Winship , Assistant Adjutant General , U. S. A., Lieut. E. E. McLean , 1st Infantry, U. S. A.), Sketch of the principal maritime expeditions. (search)
or a monk than for saving a country the prey of such intestine broils. He died in 1066, leaving Harold a crown which the chief of the Normans established in France contested with him, to whom Edward had, it is said, ceded it; and unfortunately for Harold, this competitor was an ambitious and a great man. This year, 1066 was signalized by an extraordinary double expedition. Whilst that William the Conqueror made ready in Normandy a formidable armament against Harold, the brother of the latter, driven from Northumberland for his crimes, seeks support in Norway, departs with the king of thishousand men, borne by five hundred vessels, which made a descent upon the mouths of the Humber. Harold destroys them almost entirely in one bloody battle, delivered near York; but at the same instants, others reduce its numbers to twelve hundred, carrying sixty or seventy thousand combattants.) Harold, hastened from York, delivering him near Hastings a decisive battle, in which the king of Englan
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Index, Volume 1. (ed. Frank Moore), Index. (search)
bridge at, D. 78; Colonel Duryea's proclamation to the people of, Doc. 296 Hardy, A. H., Commssioner from Miss. to Maryland, Doc. 1 Hardee, Colonel, P. 9; his Tactics not literary, P. 111 Harney, —, Gen., arrested, D. 44; released by the rebels, D. 51; his loyalty, D. 5; his proclamation, D. 68; notices of, D. 67, 69, 71, 78; agreement with Gen. Price, D. 74; letter to Col. J. 0. Fallon, Doc. 179; proclamation of, May 11, Doc. 237; proclamation of, May 14, Doc. 242 Harold, the brig seized, D. 17 Harper's Ferry, Md., arsenal at, destroyed, D. 30; reinforcement of the rebels at, D. 73; Lieut. Jones's official report of the destruction of public property at, Doc. 72; evacuated by the rebels, D. 103; American flag raised at, D. 104; reasons for its evacuation, Doc. 415 Harrington, —, chancellor of Delaware, D. 103 Harris, Isham G., Gov. of Tenn., his reply to Cameron, D. 39; seizes Tennessee bonds, D. 49; announces a league of that State with th
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), B. (search)
with iron points. They wore cotton dresses. （Herodotus VII. 65.) The arrow-heads of the Ethiopians were of agate and other siliceous stones. Pieces of stone of the kind used in engraving seals. — Ibid. The bows of the Ethiopians were of the stem of the palm-leaf. Pliny says: It is by the aid of the reed that the nations of the East decide their wars. Fully one half of mankind live under a dominion imposed by the agency of the arrow. The Eastern reed, so called, was a bamboo. Harold, William Rufus, and Richard I. were killed by arrows. Crecy, Poictiers, and Agincourt were won by archers. The long-bow of that time measured six feet, the arrow three feet. The range was 300 to 500 yards. In the Southwest of England bows and arrows did not finally disappear from the muster-roll till 1599. The muskets were such miserable affairs that in the middle of the fifteenth century it took fifteen minutes to charge and fire one. 2. (Husbandry.) The bent piece which embraces
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), S. (search)
e having a wheeled carriage and seat for the rider. The fore part of the harrow rests upon an adjustable caster, and is connected to the front end of a flexible bar attached to the sulky-hounds. The drafthook is at this point. Sul′ky-plow. One having a seat for the plower. In the example, a portion of the seat is just apparent beyond the pulley G, on which the plowsupporting chain winds. The Bayeux tapestry, which represents the invasion of England by William I., and the death of Harold at Hastings, shows a plow having a pair of wheels, on which a man rides and drives a horse. A square harrow and a man sowing from a basket are in the same picture. Sulky-harrow. Sul′ky-rake. （Agriculture.) A horse-rake having an elevated seat for the driver. Levers easily accessible to the hand or foot are provided for lifting the rake when it has accumulated sufficient hay to form a windrow, and for holding it clear of the ground altogether when required. The former operation<
History of the First Universalist Church in Somerville, Mass. Illustrated; a souvenir of the fiftieth anniversary celebrated February 15-21, 1904, Parish list (search)
ton Street Giles, Mr. and Mrs. Everett 65 Glen Street Gladwell, Mr. and Mrs. A. A.616 Broadway Glines, Mr. and Mrs. A. W.142 Powder-house Boulevard Glines, Mr. and Mrs. E. G.51 Dartmouth Street Glines, Miss Fannie51 Dartmouth Street Goodil, Harold88 Cross Street Goodil, Roy 89 Cross Street Gooding, Mr. and Mrs. E. H.14 Boston Street Gooding, Mrs. Mabel21 Webster Street Graves, Mrs. Fannie A.22 Franklin Street Griffin, Miss Bertha E.8 Munroe Street Grover, Mr. and Mrs. George E.146 Brt. Pleasant Street Powers, Miss Belle F.41 Everett Avenue Porter, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin185 Central Street Porter, F. Gertrude22 Pearl Street Pratt, Mr. and Mrs. Charles H.20 George Street Prescott, Mr. and Mrs. A. M.59 Concord Avenue Prescott, Harold59 Concord Avenue Prichard, Mr. and Mrs. Asa68 Broadway Quennell, Mrs. F. 244 Broadway Quennell, Miss Nellie 244 Broadway Randlett, Mr. and Mrs.11-A Pleasant Avenue Richards, Miss Bertha8-A Melvin Street Richardson, Mr. and Mrs. R. M.8 Bene
History of the First Universalist Church in Somerville, Mass. Illustrated; a souvenir of the fiftieth anniversary celebrated February 15-21, 1904, Sunday School members (search)
Flint Street Cole, Russell22 Edmands Street Cole, Marjory22 Edmands Street Coolidge, Earle64 Glenwood Road Coulter, Mrs. Carrie D.16 Grant Street Cousins, Margaret21 Prospect-hill Avenue Cowan, Mrs. Letitia20 Sever Street, Charlestown Cox, Harold21 Cross Street Crosby, Bessie10 New Cross Street Day, Abbie L.13 Hamlet Street DeCosta, Cora.Bean Court Delano, Mabel108 Cross Street Dore, Mrs.16 Grant Street Earle, Charles11 Pleasant Avenue Eaton, Paul 45-A Tufts Street Eddy, Norman 4 Bonair Street Egerton, Ruth 63 Boston Street Egerton, Beatrice 63 Boston Street Elliott, Clara59 Oxford Street Evans, Alfred 6 Auburn Avenue Evans, Lovell6 Auburn Avenue Fife, Etta.17 Cutter Avenue Flagg, Minnie30 Warner Street Fletcher, Harold87 Boston Street Flynn, Belle149 Glen Street Flynn, Willie149 Glen Street Freeman, Mary77 Munroe Street Freeman, Ella77 Munroe Street Fuller, Mrs. L. P.151 Walnut Street Furlong, Adelaide42 Greenville Street Gardner, Chester11 Spring-hill T
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 23. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), The South's Museum. (search)
nd Kosciusko, and Kossuth, and all the glorious army of martyrs. The Confederate Memorial. It is to commemorate these principles, and this heroic conduct, this patriotic sacrifice of men and women, that we propose to erect here a memorial hall of the Confederacy. When William, the Norman, had destroyed the English nation at Hastings, so the inscription read, he erected a grand memorial in the sight of the thickest fray, and placed the high altar of the Abbey over the very spot where Harold fell. This memorial he called Battle-Abbey. He dedicated it to the Norman, St. Peter, and placed it in charge of an order of Norman monks. The banner and the shields of those who died on that stricken field were hung up in the chapel, and the roll of their names and dignities inscribed on its record. Here for four centuries daily prayers were offered for the repose of their souls, and matins and even-song celebrated their devotion and their death. But the Abbey of Battle has long ago pa
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