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Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3., The cavalry battle near Gettysburg. (search)
Our cavalry was sent out on all the roads leading from Frederick to the north and east to prevent his gaining information, and to push him as far away as possible, so that he might be delayed in communicating with his chief. On the evening of the 28th McIntosh's brigade was sent eastward on the Baltimore pike, and passing New Market it halted at Ridgeville, and from there scouting parties were sent in every direction. On the morning of the 29th a portion of the 3d Pennsylvania was sent to Lisbon, and from there one squadron went northward to Woodbine, on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. It was ascertained that Stuart was tearing up the tracks near Hood's Mill, the next station east of Woodbine, and that he was moving northward. Information was sent to headquarters, and by 4 o'clock P. M. Gregg's division was concentrated at Mount Airy, north of Ridgeville, where it was supplied with a scanty allowance of rations and forage. Five o'clock found it on the march for Westminster, with
H. Wager Halleck , A. M. , Lieut. of Engineers, U. S. Army ., Elements of Military Art and Science; or, Course of Instruction in Strategy, Fortification, Tactis of Battles &c., Embracing the Duties of Staff, Infantry, Cavalry, Artillery and Engineers. Adapted to the Use of Volunteers and Militia., Chapter 3: Fortifications.Their importance in the defence of States proved by numerous historical examples (search)
ear, he pushed on to Moscow, and when the conflagration of that city cut off his hopes of winter quarters-there, and the premature rigor of the season destroyed the horses of his artillery and provision-trains, retreat became impossible, and the awful fate of his immense army was closed by scenes of horror to which there is scarcely a parallel in history. This point might be still further illustrated by the Russian campaign of Charles XII., in 1708-9, the fatal advance of the French army on Lisbon, in the Peninsular war, and other examples of the same character. Even single works sometimes effect the object of lines of fortifications, and frustrate the operations of an entire army. Thus, Lille suspended for a whole year the operations of Prince Eugene and Marlborough; the siege of Landrecies gave Villars an opportunity of changing the fortunes of the war; Pavia, in 1525, lost France her monarch, the flower of her nobility, and her Italian conquests; Metz, in 1552, arrested the ent
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Civil War in the United States. (search)
the Gulf, and expelled the families of Confederate soldiers.—Aug. 1. Confederates defeated by General Kelly at Cumberland, Md.—2. General Banks enrolled into the service all the negroes in the Department of the Gulf between eighteen and forty years of age.—9. An ordnance-boat, laden with ammunition, was blown up at City Point, James River, killing fifty persons, wounding 120, and destroying many buildings. —15. Commodore Craven, on the Niagara, seized the Confederate cruiser Georgia, near Lisbon.—18. The Confederate cruiser Tallahassee, after great depredations on the sea, gets into Halifax, N. S.; but, having secured some coal, was ordered out of the harbor and ran the blockade into Wilmington.—23. Nearly all the 5th Illinois Volunteers captured near Duval's Bluff by Shelby.—29. General Hunter superseded in command of the Department of western Virginia by General Crook.— Sept. 7. Confederates defeated at Reedyville, Tenn., by Colonel Jourdan, with about 250 Pennsylvania
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), U. S. S. Constitution, or old Ironsides, (search)
s. These were kept at bay by a quickly gathered force of militia, infantry, and artillery, and she was soon afterwards safely anchored in Salem Harbor. Thence she went to Boston, Gold box presented to Bainbridge by the City of Albany. where she remained until the close of the year. At the end of December (1814) the Constitution, still under the command of Stewart, put to sea. Crossing the Atlantic, she put into the Bay of Biscay, and Stewart's medal. then cruised off the harbor of Lisbon. Stewart sailed southward towards Cape St. Vincent, and, on Feb. 20, 1815, he discovered two strange sails, which, towards evening, flung out the British flag. Then Stewart displayed the American flag. By skilful management he obtained an advantageous position, when he began an action with both of them; and, after a severe fight of about fifteen minutes in the moonlight, both vessels became silent, and, as the cloud of smoke cleared away, Stewart perceived that the leading ship of his ass
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Battles, Maryland, 1863 (search)
Cavalry (Co. "F"). VIRGINIA--Means' Indpt. Cavalry Co. Union loss included in Catoctin Creek, June 17. June 20: Skirmish, Middletown(No Reports.) June 21: Skirmish, FrederickMARYLAND--1st Cavalry (Detachment). June 24: Skirmish, Sharpsburg(No Reports.) June 28: Skirmish, RockvilleNEW YORK--2d Cavalry. Union loss, 3 wounded, 16 missing. Total, 19. June 28: Skirmishes, Offutt's Cross Roads and Seneca(No Reports.) June 29: Skirmish, WestministerDELAWARE--1st Cavalry. June 29: Skirmishes, Lisbon and Poplar SpringsPENNSYLVANIA--3d Cavalry. June 29: Skirmish, Muddy Branch(No Reports.) June 30: Skirmish, WestministerPENNSYLVANIA--3d Cavalry. Union loss, 2 killed, 8 wounded, 39 missing. Total, 49. July 4: Action near EmmettsburgMARYLAND--1st Potomac Home Brigade, Cavalry. MASSACHUSETTS--1st Cavalry. NEW JERSEY--1st Cavalry. PENNSYLVANIA--1st and 3d Cavalry. UNITED STATES--Battery "A," 2d Arty. Union loss, 68 missing. July 5: Action, SmithsburgMICHIGAN--1st, 5th, 6th and 7th Cavalry.
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories, Pennsylvania Volunteers. (search)
mber 1. Battle of Fredericksburg December 12-15. Expedition to Richard's and Ellis' Fords, Rappahannock River, December 29-31. Operations at Rappahannock Bridge and Grove Church February 5-7, 1863. Hartwood Church February 25. Kelly's Ford March 17. Chancellorsville Campaign, Stoneman's Raid, April 27-May 8. Near Dumfries May 17 (Detachment). Brandy Station or Fleetwood, Stevensburg and Beverly Ford June 9. Aldie June 17. Upperville June 21. Aldie June 22. Lisbon or Poplar Springs June 29. Westminster June 30. Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 1-3. Emmettsburg July 4. Old Antietam Forge near Leitersburg July 10. Near Harper's Ferry July 14. Shepherdstown September 15-16. Scouting and picketing Upper Rappahannock July to September. Scout to Middleburg September 10-11. Advance from the Rappahannock to the Rapidan September 13-17. Culpeper Court House September 13. Near Catlett's Station October 6 (Detachment). Bristoe
George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard), chapter 26 (search)
onnecticut, 2 note. Conde, Jose Antonio, 187, 197. Confalonieri, Count, Frederigo, 161 and note, 162, 164, 256, 450. Consalvi, Cardinal, 180. Constant, Benjamin, 131, 134, 138, 143, 145, 152. Contrabandists, journey with, from Seville to Lisbon, 241 et seq., 243 note. Cooke, G. F., 53 note, 127, 473. Copleston, Mr., 405. Cordova, visits, 224-228; cathedral-mosque of, 224, 225; hermits of, 226, 227; society in, 227, 228. Correa de Serra, Abbe, 16 and note. Cowper, Countess, t, 15. Leslie, C. R., 389 and note. Lesseps, Baron J. B. B., 248. Lewis, M. G., 67, 165. Leyser, General von, 465, 476, 486, 491. Lichtenstein, Professor, 501. Lieven, Prince, 381. Lindenau, Baron von, 457, 458, 460, 464, 476, 489, 491. Lisbon, visits, 243, 250. Lister, Thomas, 407 note, 418. Lister, Mrs. Thomas (Lady Theresa), 407 and note, 418. Litton, Mr., 421. Liverpool, visits, 49, 297, 298, 402-404. Livingston, Edward, 123, 350, 351, 380, 381, 382. Livingston, Judge
Brigadier-General Ellison Capers, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 5, South Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Additional Sketches Illustrating the services of officers and Privates and patriotic citizens of South Carolina. (search)
f Biscay to Capt. T. J. Page, of Virginia and Wilkinson joined her as master, off Bell island. The Stonewall soon sprang a leak, on account of a storm which she encountered thirty-six hours out, and was compelled to put into the port of Ferrol, Spain, for repairs. Upon completion of her repairs she steamed out and offered battle to the United States frigate Niagara and sloop-of-war Sacramento, under Commodore Craven, but the latter declined to fight, and the ram proceeded down the coast to Lisbon to coal, and then started by the southern route for America, her progress toward Wilmington having been obstructed by another severe storm. On reaching Nassau they were informed of the termination of the war, and putting into Havana, the vessel was sold and the crew dismissed. Master Wilkinson went to Mexico then, and for some time served under Colonel Talcott, of Virginia, as civil engineer upon a railroad. Thence he returned to Charleston, which has been his home ever since. In 1896 he
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, Index. (search)
3; 87, 4; 100, 1; Skirmish, Dec. 23 [22?], 1864 84, 7 Lick Creek, Tenn. 10, 10; 12, 4, 12, 5; 13, 1; 14, 2, 14, 3; 24, 3; 30, 2; 78, 3; 142, C6; 149, A2, 149, A5, 149, B3 Licking, Mo. 135-A; 152, H5; 153, A4 Licking River, Ky. 103, 2; 117, 1; 135-A; 141, C2; 151, D13, 151, E13 Limestone Ridge, Va. 136, F6 Fort Lincoln, Kans. 119, 1; 161 G9 Linden, Mo. 119, 1; 171 Linden, Tenn. 24, 3; 135-A; 149, B3 Linn Creek, Mo. 47, 1; 152, F3 Lisbon, Md. 27, 1; 100, 1; 116, 2; 136, E8 Lithonia, Ga. 101, 21; 117, 1; 118, 1; 135-A; 143, E1; 144, A2 Little Bear Creek, Ala. 149, E3 Little Black River, Mo. 153, C7, 153, D7 Little Blue River, Mo. 47, 1; 66, 1; 161, D10 Little Blue River, Nebr. Ter. 119, 1; 135-A Little Cacapon River, Va. 82, 3; 100, 1; 136, E4 Little Cohera Creek, N. C. 80, 9; 138, G5 Little Compton, Mo. 152, A2; 161, B13 Little Creek, N. C. 80, 7 Little Fol
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 19. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.18 (search)
rded me much curious information as to the habits, dress, concomitants, and amusements of colonial Virginians. The advertisements in the Williamsburg (Va.) Gazette of 1773 and 1774 indicate a degree of luxurious living in our ancestors which is vouchsafed to but few of us now. Think of Bengal silks, scarlet plushes, Irish linens, silver clasps, buckles, and buttons, bag and tie wigs, and a multitude of laces and ribbons; of the tipples chocolate, coffee, pimento, and Bohea tea; of Canary, Lisbon, Madeira, Malaga, Malmsey, Rhenish, Teneriffe, and Tokay wines, irrespective of other cheering spirits. There was sugar—brown, refined, loaf, and Muscovado. The social and inspiring musical instruments were the violin and the spinet. Among professionals and artisans who served were physicians, surgeons, and dentists, wig-makers, hair-drapers, tailors, goldsmiths, clock and watch makers, cuttlers, carvers, and gilders, herald and coach-painters, coach and chair-makers, saddlers, makers o
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