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Eliza Frances Andrews, The war-time journal of a Georgia girl, 1864-1865, V. In the dust and ashes of defeat (may 6-June 1, 1865). (search)
May 24, Wednesday Capt. Abraham--the righteous Lot-and his garrison left town this morning, and no others have come as yet to take their place. They were much disgusted at their reception here, I am told, and some of them were heard to declare that there was not a pretty woman in the place. No wonder, when the only ones that associated with them were negroes. They had two negro balls while they were here, the white men dancing with the negro women. One night they held their orgy in Bolton's Range, and kept everybody on the square awake with their disgraceful noise. They strutted about the streets on Sundays with negro wenches on their arms, and yet their officers complain because they are not invited to sit at the tables of Southern gentlemen! We took tea at the bank with the Elzeys. Maj. Hall is well enough to be out, and is a pleasant addition to our circle of friends. May 25, Thursday But few callers during the day. Our gentlemen dined out. Gen. Elzey has been
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 7. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 19 (search)
of cavalry of my corps, up to the enemy's picket-line, and at some points beyond. General Lee, who had reported for duty that morning, and had kindly volunteered his service as Aidde-camp, until he could be assigned to a command, also displayed great enterprise and daring. In. deed, every effort was made by myself, personally, and by others, to acquire familiar knowledge of the ground and roads for seven miles west to Edward's Station. It was found three roads led from the Raymond and Bolton road to Edwards's Station-one diverging a mile and a half north of Raymond, a second three miles and a half, and a third seven and a half miles north of Raymond and one mile south of Bolton and the railroad. These roads may be designated as the northern, middle, and southern roads to Edwards's Station, and united some two miles east of that place. Night found Generals Hovey's, Osterhaus's, and Carr's divisions in the order stated at the entrance of these several roads, prepared to rece
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., Opposing Sherman's advance to Atlanta. (search)
Opposing Sherman's advance to Atlanta. by Joseph E. Johnston, General, C. S. A. Buzzard-Roost Gap. From a War-time sketch. President Davis transferred me from the Department of Mississippi to the command of the Army of Tennessee by a telegram received December 18th, 1863, in the camp of Ross's brigade of cavalry near Bolton. I assumed that command at Dalton on the 27th, and received there, on the 1st of January, a letter from the President dated December 23d, purporting to be instructions. In it he, in Richmond, informed me of the encouraging condition of the army, which induced him to hope that I would soon be able to commence active operations against the enemy,--the men being tolerably well clothed, with a large reserve of small-arms, the morning reports exhibiting an effective total that exceeded in number that actually engaged on the Confederate side in any battle of the war. Yet this army itself had lost in the recent campaign at least 25,000 men in action, whil
William F. Fox, Lt. Col. U. S. V., Regimental Losses in the American Civil War, 1861-1865: A Treatise on the extent and nature of the mortuary losses in the Union regiments, with full and exhaustive statistics compiled from the official records on file in the state military bureaus and at Washington, List of regiments in the Union Armies, with total number of deaths in each. (search)
esham's Seventeenth. Oct., ‘61 G-- Reenlisted and served through the war. Sparrestrom's   2 2   25 25 27 Logan's Seventeenth. Dec., ‘61 H-- Reenlisted and served through the war. Stenbeck's   2 2   23 23 25     Dec., ‘61 I-- Reenlisted and served through the war. Barnett's 1 4 5   10 10 15 Davis's Fourteenth. Dec., ‘61 K-- Reenlisted and served through the war. Rodgers's       1 9 10 10 Lauman's Sixteenth. Feb., ‘62 L-- Reenlisted and served through the war. Bolton's   4 4 2 32 34 38 Logan's Seventeenth. June, ‘62 M--Phillips's   5 5   16 16 21 Reserve Art'y Twenty-third.   Independent Batteries.                   Nov., ‘61 Illinois Reenlisted and served through the war. Cogswell's         26 26 26   Sixteenth. July, ‘62 Illinois Board of Trade Battery. Stokes's   10 10   9 9 19 Second Cavalry, A. C. Aug., ‘62 Illinois Chieago Mercantile Battery. White's 2 5 7   11 11 18 A. J. Smith
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Moran, Thomas 1837- (search)
Moran, Thomas 1837- Artist; born in Bolton, Lancashire, England, Jan. 12, 1837; came to the United States when seven years old, and was educated in the public schools of Philadelphia, Pa. Subsequently he studied art under James Hamilton and afterwards in Paris and Italy. He became distinguished as a landscape painter and illustrator. In 1871 he went with the United States Exploring Expedition to the region of the Yellowstone, and in 1873 made a second journey thither, his sketches resulting in the famous paintings The Mountain of the Holy cross; Grand Cañon of the Yellowstone; and Chasm of the Colorado. The two last paintings were purchased by Congress and placed in the Capitol. His other paintings include The last arrow; The ripening of the leaf; Dreamland; The groves were God's first temples; The Pictured rocks of Lake Superior; The flight into Egypt; The remorse of Cain; The track of the storm, etc
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Steamboats, Hudson River (search)
learned, was made in America in the year 1783. Mr. John Fitch (having first obtained from most of the States in the Union a law vesting in him for a long term the exclusive use of steamboats) built one upon the Delaware. He made use of Watt and Bolton's engine, and his propelling power was paddles. This vessel navigated the river from Philadelphia to Bordentown for a few weeks, but was found so imperfect, and liable to so many accidents, that it was laid aside, after the projector had expende; and I have sent the certificates of two experienced English engineers, who are now engaged in Talman & Ward's manufactory in the Bowery, who state that the links claimed by Mr. Dodd as his invention and an important improvement have been to all Bolton & Watt's engines for fourteen years. When I put these links in my patent, I did not patent them exclusively for all kinds of machinery; nor did I patent the steam-engine or Charnock's tables. I made use of all these parts to express my ideas of
William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 2, Chapter 15: Worcester County. (search)
1864, $6,500.00; in 1865, $4,000.00. Total amount, $23,020.31. This does not include State aid paid to families of men who enlisted in Rhode Island regiments. Bolton Incorporated June 24, 1738. Population in 1860, 1,348; in 1865, 1,504. Valuation in 1860, $563,319: in 1865, $636,514. The selectmen in 1861 were Marcellul, when information was received that our Sixth Regiment had been attacked in Baltimore, the selectmen issued the following call for a public meeting: Citizens of Bolton! All who are in favor of sustaining the Government of the United States are earnestly requested to meet at the Town Hall on Monday, April 22d, at 7 o'clock P. M.haniel A. Newton, and Joseph H. Sawyer, was appointed to report resolutions, which were subsequently read and unanimously adopted: First, That we, the citizens of Bolton, desire to be behind none of our fellow-citizens of other towns in feeling and firmly manifesting a hearty and loyal attachment to our beloved country, and the fr
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Cheerful Yesterdays, I. A Cambridge boyhood (search)
ned unusually unimpaired until her latest years — a noble forehead, clear blue-gray eyes, a rose-tinted complexion, soft brown hair, a pliant figure, with slender hands and feet. She had, in all, ten children of her own, of whom I was the youngest. But before my birth the whole scene had suddenly changed. My father's whole fortune went when Jefferson's embargo came; his numerous vessels were captured or valueless. He retired into the country, living on a beautiful sheep-farm in Bolton, Massachusetts, placed at his disposal by a more fortunate friend, Mr. S. V. S. Wilder. There lies before me my mother's diary at this farm, which begins thus: On Saturday, the 8th April, 1815, we left our home, endeared to us by a long and happy residence and by the society of many dear and kind friends, to make trial of new scenes, new cares, and new duties; but though by this change we make some sacrifices and have some painful regrets, we are still experiencing the same goodness and mercy whi
Caroline E. Whitcomb, History of the Second Massachusetts Battery of Light Artillery (Nims' Battery): 1861-1865, compiled from records of the Rebellion, official reports, diaries and rosters, Roster of Second Massachusetts Battery (search)
Morton, Lemuel Q.,22Boston, Ma.Jan. 4, 1864Aug. 11, 1865, expiration of service. Moran, Michael,21Rockport, Ma.Aug. 30, 1864June 11, 1865, expiration of service. Mousen, Francis,25Hadley, Ma.Jan. 4, 1864Aug. 11, 1865, expiration of service. Moulton, Harison,20Weymouth, Ma.July 31, 1861Aug. 16, 1864, expiration of service. Munroe, Thomas,36Quincy, Ma.July 31, 1861Feb. 7, 1862, disability. Murray, David,19Boston, Ma.July 31, 1861Aug. 16, 1864, expiration of service. Murphy, Francis,20Bolton, Ma.Dec. 2, 1863Aug. 11, 1865, expiration of service. Murphy, John,21Somerville, Ma.Mar. 15, 1864Transferred Apr. 23, 1864 to Navy. Murphy, William J.,26Boston, Ma.Jan. 25, 1864Jan. 28, 1864, rejected recruit. Newhall, Charles E.,24Boston, Ma.July 31, 1861Aug. 16, 1864, expiration of service. Newcomb, Charles J.,32Norton, Ma.Sept. 17, 1864Aug. 11, 1865, expiration of service. Newcomb, James,33Boston, Ma.July 31, 1861Aug. 16, 1864, expiration of service. Neil, James A.,19Northbridge, Ma.J
Mary Thacher Higginson, Thomas Wentworth Higginson: the story of his life, I: Inheritance (search)
unately too young at that time to feel my loss much. But he took great pride in his father's useful life and especially in his close connection with the university; for not long after his financial misfortunes, Stephen Higginson was called from Bolton, where he had temporarily removed his family, to Cambridge to become the steward or bursar of Harvard College. He was deeply interested in Unitarianism and organized the Harvard Divinity School. His personal interest in the Harvard undergraduatearned feet might tend. He planted elms, but then there came a frown, And stern economy soon cast a blight. The frugal college took the lanterns down, But left the trees to flourish as they might. It was probably during the family's stay in Bolton that their acquaintance was made with Wentworth's future nurse, Rowena Houghton, who left the Higginson service to become the wife of Dexter Pratt, Longfellow's village blacksmith. From the Bolton farmhouse came the old leather fire-bucket which
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