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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 13. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), General Sherman's method of making war. (search)
oyalty of the commander--in chief; may see private malignity and vindictiveness putting on grand Roman airs, and whispering delators draping themselves in the toga of Brutus. However, it is not with these aspects of the report that we at present have to do, but with the despatches of General Sherman on his march through Georgia and South Carolina. A great deal of fiction, and some verse, One of these poems, Marching through Georgia, we learn by the evidence, was a favorite canticle of Murray, the kidnapper and butcher of captive Polynesians. The poet had certainly found one congenial reader. we believe, have been written about this famous march or grand foray; but here we have the plain matter-of-fact statement of things as they were, and they form a luminous illustration of the advance of civilization in the nineteenth century as exemplified in the conduct of invasions, showing how modern philanthropy and humanitarianism, while acknowledging that for the present war is a neces
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 14. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), The Maryland Confederate monument at Gettysburg. (search)
looked around with wonder that even they were left alive. Of the four hundred who started to climb the slope more than two hundred fell; some, in the confusion of the night's engagement, had wandered into the enemy's lines; all of the staff and Murray, the first captain, gone; Murray dead nearly at the foot of the entrenchments. Such is the simple story that this tablet tells. Comrades, we have together shared trials and dangers that knit our hearts as one, by ties the strongest that man cMurray dead nearly at the foot of the entrenchments. Such is the simple story that this tablet tells. Comrades, we have together shared trials and dangers that knit our hearts as one, by ties the strongest that man can know, and of all the memories that cluster about our hearts there are none that appeal more strongly to our tenderest affections and to our pride than those that are immediately recalled by our ceremonies of to-day, and I cannot but feel and give expression to the feeling that I have been honored far above my deserving in having been selected as the organ of your feelings and affections on an occasion such as this. Conscious of the many obligations under which your unvarying kindness and goo
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 20. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.20 (search)
s famed for the frugal but tempting meals, which its charming hostess would prepare for her distinguished guests. Besides the many illustrious Confederate Army and Navy officers who were delighted to find this bit of sunshinny civilization on the wild sandy beach, ensconced among the sand dunes and straggling pines and black-jack, many celebrated English naval officers enjoyed its hospitality under assumed names; Roberts, afterwards the renowned Hobart Pasha, who commanded the Turkish navy, Murray, now Admiral Aynsley, long since retired, after having been rapidly promoted for gallantry and meritorious services in the British navy; the brave but unfortunate Burgoyne, who went down in the British iron-clad Captain in the Bay of Biscay, and the chivalrous Hewitt, who won the Victoria Cross in the Crimea and was knighted for his services as ambassador to King John of Abyssinia, and who, after commanding the Queen's yacht, died lamented as Admiral Hewitt. Besides these there were many ge
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 26. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), William Henry Chase Whiting, Major-General C. S. Army. (search)
killed and wounded. The activity of the blockade-running steamers stirred the Federal government to prepare a gigantic force for the long deferred attack. It was known that the Confederate steamer, R. E. Lee, had made twenty-one trips within ten months from the British port of Nassau, and Chicago bacon had become familiar in our ranks. Men of worldwide fame visited the port under assumed names. Among these was Hobart Pasha, the Englishman who afterwards commanded the Turkish navy; Captain Murray, who was C. Murray Aynsley, afterwards Admiral in the British navy, and others. Rumors came thick and fast of the great expedition in preparation, and in the midst of active movement the troops were thunderstruck at the news that General Braxton Bragg had assumed command at Wilmington, superseding but not removing General Whiting, who remained second in command. The speaker, whose duties in the engineer service called him to many points of the city and river defences, found the fee
Adam Badeau, Military history of Ulysses S. Grant from April 1861 to April 1865. Volume 3, Chapter 34: (search)
closing a captured letter which had just been brought to his Headquarters by a negro. The letter was from a rebel officer to his mother, and in these words: Amelia court-house, April 5th. Dear Mamma,--Our army is ruined, I fear. We are all safe as yet. Byron left us sick. John Taylor is well; saw him yesterday. We are in line of battle this morning. General Robert Lee is in the field near us. My trust is still in the justice of our cause and that of God. General Hill is killed. I saw Murray a few minutes since. Bernard Perry, he said, was taken prisoner, but may get out. I send this by a negro I see passing up the railroad to Mecklenburg. Love to all. Your devoted son, Wm. B. Taylor, Colonel. Meanwhile, Grant had advanced with the head of Ord's column, and by six o'clock he had arrived at a point half way between Nottaway court-house and Burksville. He gave the road to the troops, according to his custom, and was riding with his staff in a piece of woods, when a soldier i
Historic leaves, volume 4, April, 1905 - January, 1906, Charlestown schools after 1812 (search)
wn may require. （Signed A. R. Thompson.) This school was probably in the vicinity of Franklin street. Query: Was it in charge of Miss Martha Ireland, whose name has been already mentioned? 1815-1816. May 16. Voted that Captain Miller open the summer schools in Districts No. 3 and No. 4, and Captain Reed in No. 5. Mr. Dodge is allowed $31.25 per quarter for his son Horace, who serves as his assistant in the writing school. Mr. Smith recommended changing the evangelical instruction for Murray's English Reader and it was so decided. August 8 John Bennett resigned at the Neck. The trustees engaged Isaac Gates as his successor, and the same salary as for masters at other schools within the Neck was voted him, $666.66. April 6, 1816, David Dodge resigned as writing master, and later Robert Gordon, formerly assistant, was promoted to the mastership. Samuel Campbell was elected to second place, at a salary of $500. Friday, April 19, Milk Row School, under Yorick S. Gordon, w
Historic leaves, volume 4, April, 1905 - January, 1906, The Charlestown schools (search)
d of October. Books recommended: Fourth class, the spelling book and Beauties of the Bible; third class, the same, and Murray's Introduction to his English Reader, Cummings' First Lessons in Geography and Astronomy; second class, Murray's English Murray's English Reader, Murray's English Grammar and Exercises, abridged by Alger, Walker's Dictionary (abridged); first class, American First Class Book, Walker's Dictionary (abridged), Murray's English Grammar and Exercises, or the abridgment by Alger, Morse's SchMurray's English Grammar and Exercises, abridged by Alger, Walker's Dictionary (abridged); first class, American First Class Book, Walker's Dictionary (abridged), Murray's English Grammar and Exercises, or the abridgment by Alger, Morse's School Geography and Atlas. The following arrangement is made for the boys at No. 1: Arithmetic—Robinson's Elements, Robinson's American Arithmetic (or Daboll's may be used), also Colburn's Mental Arithmetic. Holidays: Wednesday and Saturday afternoonMurray's English Grammar and Exercises, or the abridgment by Alger, Morse's School Geography and Atlas. The following arrangement is made for the boys at No. 1: Arithmetic—Robinson's Elements, Robinson's American Arithmetic (or Daboll's may be used), also Colburn's Mental Arithmetic. Holidays: Wednesday and Saturday afternoons; Election week; Thanksgiving Day and the remainder of the week; Commencement Day and the remainder of the week; Christmas Day; Fast Day; first Monday in June; Seventeenth of June; Fourth of July; and the day next after the semi-annual examinations.
Historic leaves, volume 4, April, 1905 - January, 1906, Index (search)
F. B., 66. Morse's School Geography and Atlas, 101. Moses, 44. Mount Vernon (gunboat), 33. Mt. Benedict, 78. Munroe, Henry, 8. Munroe, Nancy T., 8. Murray's English Grammar and Exercises, 101. Murray's English Reader, 71, 101. Murray's Introduction to His English Reader, 101. Mussey, Miss, Letitia Howard, 1Murray's English Reader, 71, 101. Murray's Introduction to His English Reader, 101. Mussey, Miss, Letitia Howard, 1. Mystic Avenue, 8. Mystic Ponds, 14, 65. Mystic River, 4, 11, 74, 77. Mystic Valley Club, 2. Nancy, 23. Neighborhood Sketch Number 8, 47. Newburyport, Mass., 88. Newcastle-on-Tyne, 87. New England Association of Colleges and Preparatory Schools, 2. New England Commission on Admission Examinations, 2. New EnMurray's Introduction to His English Reader, 101. Mussey, Miss, Letitia Howard, 1. Mystic Avenue, 8. Mystic Ponds, 14, 65. Mystic River, 4, 11, 74, 77. Mystic Valley Club, 2. Nancy, 23. Neighborhood Sketch Number 8, 47. Newburyport, Mass., 88. Newcastle-on-Tyne, 87. New England Association of Colleges and Preparatory Schools, 2. New England Commission on Admission Examinations, 2. New England Genealogical Register, 38. New England Historic-Genealogical Society, 2. New Ipswich Academy, 70. New Orleans, La., 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 57, 58, 62. New Pearl Street, 11. New London, Conn., 1. New York, 27, 36, 86. New Zealand, 81. Normal School, Salem, 2. Northampton, 77. North Street, Somerville,
Historic leaves, volume 5, April, 1906 - January, 1907, Charlestown schools after 1825 (search)
from the spelling book. Third Class.—Murray's Introduction to his English Reader and Cummings' First Lessons in Geography and Astronomy. This class shall be exercised in spelling from the Introduction. Second Class.—Dictionary (Walker's), Murray's English Reader, and Murray's English Grammar, abridged by Alger. First Class.—Dictionary and the Grammar (continued), American First Class Book, Morse's Geography and Atlas. The teachers will be careful that none be advanced to a higher claMurray's English Grammar, abridged by Alger. First Class.—Dictionary and the Grammar (continued), American First Class Book, Morse's Geography and Atlas. The teachers will be careful that none be advanced to a higher class until they shall have made such progress as fitly to entitle them to preferment. In the study of arithmetic the scholars shall first attend to Robinson's Elements. They may also be examined in Colburn's Mental Arithmetic, after which the American Arithmetic by Robinson is recommended. The teachers will see that the children have constant and full employment, and give close application to their studies. Whispering and talking should not be tolerated for a moment. A school should be a
Historic leaves, volume 5, April, 1906 - January, 1907, Charlestown schools after 1825 (search)
ar school, the Spelling Book, the Testament, the Analytical Reader, Parley's First Book of Geography. Third class, Beauties of the Bible, Worcester's Epitome of Geography, Worcester's Third Book, Boston Atlas, Frost's Grammar. Second class, Murray's Grammar and Exercises, Walker's Dictionary, Natural Reader, Frost's Grammar, Field's American Geography and Atlas. First class, the First Class Book, Young Ladies' Class Book, Walker's Dictionary, Murray's Grammar and Exercises, Worcester's Murray's Grammar and Exercises, Worcester's Geography, or Elements of History, Progressive Exercises in Composition. Writing schools, Emerson's Second Part, Colburn's Sequel, Boston Writing Slips. The following books may be used by the consent of the teachers and trustees: Blake's Astronomy, Grund's Natural Philosophy, Woodbridge's History of the United States, Parley's First Book of History, Worcester's Sequel to the Spelling Book, The Academical (Boys') Speaker, Grund's Geometry, Bookkeeping. Sullivan's Political Class Book is to
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