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Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 4, chapter 19 (search)
tention to its duties. In his lifetime I never heard such a suggestion, for it would have been considered absurd. When he was deprived of the chairmanship, there was no man in the Senate so well equipped as he for the place, and not one more assiduous in his devotion to what he believed to be his duty; and in this there was no abatement until death relieved him. Similar testimonies have been received from other associates of Mr. Sumner in the Senate, as ex-Senators Morrill of Maine and Logan of Illinois, and Senators Anthony, Windom, and Spencer; but there is not space to insert them here. Senator Sherman of Ohio, now Secretary of the Treasury, in the debate on Mr. Sumner's removal, March 10, 1871, while considering himself bound by the action of the caucus, declared the change unjustifiable, impolitic, and unnecessary, and after Mr. Sumner's death, in a tribute to his memory, bore testimony to his remarkable fidelity. The leading promoters of the removal admitted in the deb
Edward H. Savage, author of Police Recollections; Or Boston by Daylight and Gas-Light ., Boston events: a brief mention and the date of more than 5,000 events that transpired in Boston from 1630 to 1880, covering a period of 250 years, together with other occurrences of interest, arranged in alphabetical order, Boston events. (search)
kept in King street, 1661 Admiral Vernon, kept in King street, 1743 American Coffee House, kept in King street, 1774 Tavern Bunch of Grapes, in King, near Kilby street, 1712 Bull, corner Summer and Sea streets, 1715 House stood until about 1832 British Coffee, kept in King street, 1742 Brewer's, in King street, kept by Mrs. Brewer, 1769 Black Horse, in Black Horse lane (Prince street), 1760 Black Horse, at No. 17 Union street, kept by Brigham, 1820 Bight of Logan, in Market square, kept by N. Richards, 1796 Bradley's, in Brattle square, kept by Bradley, 1805 Bradley's, at 7 Elm street, kept by Bradley, 1810 Boyden's, at 1 Dock square, kept by Boyden, 1813 Castle, kept in Mackerel lane, 1675 Crown Coffee, kept at the foot of King street, 1724 Coffee House, kept on Long Wharf, 1724 Cross, kept corner of Cross and Ann streets, 1732 Cromwell's Head, kept in School street, 1760 Coffee House, kept in Court street, 1786 Cooper'
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 civil history of the Confederate States (search)
even to the Congress at Washington. Mr. Crittenden, on the 22d of July, seized the opportunity to propose a declaration, afterwards called the panic resolution, of certain good intentions of the government in making the aggression upon the South, which was passed without delay. A determined effort was made to cast the blame of the battle upon General Scott, but in his own defense he at once declared that he had fought the battle against his judgment. He said in the presence of Washburne, Logan, McClernand and Richardson, who were conferring with President Lincoln and the secretary of war, After my superiors had determined to fight it, I did all in my power to make the army efficient. Mr. Lincoln replied: Your conversation seems to imply that I forced you to fight this battle. To which General Scott responded: I have never served a President who has been kinder to me than you have been. This evasive answer was accepted as an exoneration of the President, but the secretary of war
Col. Robert White, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 2.2, West Virginia (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 8: (search)
awha county company was commanded by Capt. John S. Swann, and an artillery company was raised by Dr. John P. Hale. Mercer county contributed ten companies to the Confederate army. Monroe furnished the Lowry battery, the Chapman battery, and other organizations. Wayne, Putnam and Greenbrier also made generous contributions. A. J. Jenkins, of Cabell, raised a cavalry company, and afterward a regiment. Thomas L. Broun organized two infantry battalions, of two companies each, in Boone and Logan, and Dr. McChesney raised an infantry company at Peytona, Boone county, called the Boone Rangers. In Pocahontas county, the scene of many conflicts, some of which are not recorded in history, two infantry companies and one of cavalry were organized in April, 1861. One of the infantry companies, organized at Huntersville, included nearly 100 men, commanded at first by Capt. D. A. Stoner and later by Capt. J. W. Matthews, was ordered to Philippi, where it shared the fate of Colonel Porterfi
Maj. Jed. Hotchkiss, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 3, Virginia (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Appendix. (search)
rnett, Thomas S., lieutenantcol-onel, colonel; Stewart, D. Boston, major; White, Oscar, major, lieutenant-colonel. Forty-ninth Infantry regiment: Christian, Charles B., major, lieutenant-colonel; Gibson, John Catlett, lieutenant-colonel, colonel; Murray, Edward, lieutenant-colonel; Smith, Caleb, major; Smith, William, colonel. Fiftieth Infantry regiment: Finney, William W., lieutenantcol-onel; Perkins, Lynville J., major; Poage, Thomas, colonel; Reynolds, Alexander W., colonel; Salyer, Logan H. N., major, lieutenant-colonel; Thorburn, Charles E., major; Vandeventer, Alexander, lieutenant-colonel, colonel. Fifty-first Infantry regiment:. Akers, William T., major; Cunningham, George A., lieutenant-colonel; Dickey, Stephen M., major; Forsberg, Augustus, lieutenant-colonel, colonel; Graham, David P., major; Hounshell, David S., major; Massie, James W., lieutenantcolonel; Reynolds, Samuel H., lieutenant-colonel (declined); Wharton, Gabriel C., colonel; Wolfe, John P., major, lieut
Col. O. M. Roberts, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 11.1, Texas (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), chapter 18 (search)
infantry force. General Loring, reporting the affair, gave earnest praise to Col. T. N. Waul and his men for service in the fortifications, and to Col. Ashbel Smith and his regiment for gallantry and skill in preventing the enemy from turning the right flank. After Grant had landed below Vicksburg and pushed McPherson's corps toward Jackson, it was met at Raymond by General Gregg's brigade, including the Seventh Texas, under Col. H. B. Granbury. Gregg's 2,500 fought so staunchly against Logan's division, closely supported by the rest of the corps, that McPherson reported them 6,000 strong. The Seventh Texas and Third Tennessee bore the brunt of this unequal and murderous conflict, which General Gregg fought on account of misinformation regarding the strength of the enemy. The Seventh lost 22 killed, 73 wounded and 63 missing. The regiment at first drove the enemy before it, and later held a position until left without support and flanked. Granbury reported that Capt. W. H. Sm
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, Authorities. (search)
a., Sept. 19-20, 1863 30, 6 Liberty Gap, Tenn., June 24-26, 1863 32, 5 Louisiana, river defenses 53, 4 Lindenburg, Charles F. Von: Frederick City, Md., July 7-8, 1864 94, 3 Monocacy, Md., July 9, 1864 94, 3 Linton, S. B.: Chesterfield, Hanover, and Henrico Counties, Va. 135, 3 Lockett, Samuel H.: Baker's Creek, Miss., May 16, 1863 135-C, 4 Big Black Bridge, Miss., May 17, 1863 135-C, 3 Vicksburg, Miss., Jan. 20-July 4, 1863 37, 1 Logan, John A.: Atlanta, Ga., July 23-Aug. 25, 1864 59, 7 Atlanta Campaign, route 15th Corps 58, 2 Chattahoochee River, Ga., July 5-17, 1864 59, 8 Dallas Line, Ga., May 25-June 5, 1864 58, 4, 5 Jonesborough, Ga., Aug. 31-Sept. 1, 1864 59, 6 Marietta, Ga., June 10-July 3, 1864 58, 6 Resaca, Ga., May 8-13, 1864 58, 3 Long, W. S.: Antietam, Md., Sept. 16-17, 1862 28, 2 Loring, William W.: Fort Pemberton, Miss., March-April, 1863 67, 2 McA
Adam Badeau, Military history of Ulysses S. Grant from April 1861 to April 1865. Volume 1, Chapter 1: (search)
structed to return the day after moving out. On the evening of the 6th, Grant started down the river in person, with thirty-one hundred and fourteen men on transports, and under convoy of two gunboats. The force included a section of artillery, two squadrons of cavalry, and five regiments of infantry, to some of whom arms had been issued for the first time only two days before. Grant had but one general officer in his command, McClernand, who at that time had never heard a hostile shot; Logan, who afterwards became so distinguished, also accompanied him, but as a colonel. Grant proceeded nine miles, and made a feint of landing at a point on the Kentucky shore, where he lay till daybreak, with a view to distract the enemy, and, in conjunction with Smith's demonstrations, to give the idea that an attack on Columbus was contemplated. At two o'clock on the morning of the 7th, he received intelligence that the rebels had been crossing troops from Columbus to Belmont, the day befor
Adam Badeau, Military history of Ulysses S. Grant from April 1861 to April 1865. Volume 1, Chapter 6: (search)
he whole object and aim of war to get the enemy. In a word, it was to hazard every thing, for if failure came, it was sure to be overwhelming; only the most complete and speedy victory could insure him against absolute annihilation. These considerations were urged upon Grant by the most accomplished soldiers of his command; those who have since acquired reputations of the most brilliant character, strove to divert their chief from what they considered this fatal error. Sherman, McPherson, Logan, Wilson, all opposed—all of course within the proper limits of soldierly subordination, but all with energy. Even after the orders for the movement had been issued, Sherman rode up to Grant's headquarters, and proposed his plan. He asserted, emphatically, that the only way to take Vicksburg was from the north, selecting some high ground on the Mississippi for a base. Grant replied that such a plan would require him to go back to Memphis. Exactly so, said Sherman, that is what I mean; a
Adam Badeau, Military history of Ulysses S. Grant from April 1861 to April 1865. Volume 1, Chapter 7: (search)
Willow Springs in person, with one brigade of Logan's division, and a cavalry escort of twenty meningly, on the 12th, at three and a half A. M., Logan's division moved towards Raymond, followed by ains out of the road, and for the remainder of Logan's division to advance as rapidly as possible, lock, about a mile and a half from Bolton; and Logan went into camp on Baker's creek, within supporker bivouacked on the Clinton road, in rear of Logan. On the 15th, Grant reported to Halleck, seine, from Hovey's extreme left to the right of Logan; but Hovey pushed steadily on, and drove the rger. At this crisis, Stevenson's brigade of Logan's division was moved forward at a double quickfore the result of the final charge was known, Logan rode eagerly up to Grant, declaring that if onr cartridge-boxes. Explaining the position of Logan's force, he directed them to use all dispatch s had already broken and fled from the field. Logan's attack had precipitated the rout, and the ba[29 more...]
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