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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Civil War in the United States. (search)
for 200,000 men in addition to the 500,000 called for Feb. 1. —16. Governor of Kentucky remonstrates against employing slaves in the army. Arkansas votes to become a free-labor State.—17. General Grant assumes command of all the armies of the republic. Fort de Russy blown up by the National forces.—28. Louisiana State Constitutional Convention met at New Orleans.—31. Longstreet's army, after wintering in eastern Tennessee, retired to Virginia.—April 10. Confederates seized and blew up Cape Lookout light-house, N. C.—13. New York Senate passes the soldiers' voting bill by a unanimous vote.—16. Ohio Superior Court decides the soldiers' voting law constitutional. Surprise and defeat of Confederates at Half Mountain, Ky., by Colonel Gallup.—17. Women's bread-riot in Savannah, Ga.—21. Nationals destroy the State salt-works near Wilmington, N. C., worth $100,000.—25. The offer of 85,000 100-days' men by the governors of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Iowa accept
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Wrecks. (search)
r; about 100 lives lost......Feb. 19, 1860 New mail steamer Hungarian wrecked near Cape Sable, N. S.; all on board (205) lost......night of Feb. 19-20, 1860 Steamer Canadian strikes on ice-field in Strait of Belle Isle, Newfoundland, and founders in half an hour; thirty-five lives lost......June 4, 1861 British mail steamer Anglo-Saxon wrecked in a dense fog on reef off Cape Race, Newfoundland; about 237 out of 446 lives lost......April 27, 1863 Steamer Constitution wrecked on Cape Lookout shoals; forty lives lost......Dec. 25, 1865 Steamer Evening Star, from New York to New Orleans, founders at sea; about 250 lives lost......Oct. 3, 1866 Steamship City of Boston, Inman line, 177 persons on board, never heard from after leaving port......Jan. 28, 1870 Steamer Varuna, New York for Galveston, founders off Florida coast with thirty-six passengers and all the crew except five......Oct. 20, 1870 Steamer Kensington collides with bark Templar off Cape Hatteras; both wr
Alfred Roman, The military operations of General Beauregard in the war between the states, 1861 to 1865, Chapter 28: (search)
ed. Ordnance Department Refuses to pay for banding of guns. notice given of probable attack. canal Cut through the Wappoo. General Beauregard's minute attention to all details. instructions to General Cobb. enemy's fleet directed towards Cape Lookout. General Beauregard's letter to General Whiting. enemy Retires to Newbern. information given of probable naval attack upon Charleston. General Beauregard recalls his troops from North Carolina. President Davis Refuses to send 7-inch guns 24. On the 12th of December, General Beauregard informed the War Department, by telegram, that General Banks's fleet had left, suddenly, two days before, with about ten thousand men, diverging from its southern course and making directly for Cape Lookout. The information, General Beauregard said, could be relied upon. The enemy had been making preparations for some time past for a descent along the Southern Atlantic coast, and all General Beauregard's disposable troops were held in readine
Alfred Roman, The military operations of General Beauregard in the war between the states, 1861 to 1865, chapter 26 (search)
nt. Respectfully, your obedient servant, Thomas Jordan, Chief of Staff. Charleston, S. C., Dec. 11th, 1862. Capt. Theodore Moreno, Engineer Corps, Columbus, Ga.: Make battery at The Narrows for three guns, and put two 32-pounders, from Fort Gaines, in place of the 18-pounder intended for that battery. G. T. Beauregard. Charleston, S. C., Dec. 12th, 1862. Genl. S. Cooper: 10th inst. Banks's fleet, with about 10,000 men, left suddenly its southern course and made directly for Cape Lookout. This is reliable. G. T. Beauregard. Charleston, S. C., Dec. 13th, 1862. Brig.-Genl. J. Hagood, Adams's Run, S. C.: The seven companies of McCulloch, 16th South Carolina Volunteers, at Adams's Run, and the seven of Nelson's battalion, at same place, hold in readiness for transportation, with four days cooked provisions, with forty rounds of ammunition in cartridge-box, and sixty in reserve; in light marching order, with cooking utensils, and two tents per company, and two for fiel
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Battles, North Carolina, 1864 (search)
RK--158th Infantry. NORTH CAROLINA--2d Infantry. UNITED STATES--Battery "C" 1st Arty. Feb. 16: Affair, FairfieldPENNSYLVANIA--101st Infantry (Detachment). U. S. Gunboat "Foster." March 25-26: Expedition to Bogue and Bear InletsNEW YORK--158th Infantry. March 26: Skirmish near Black Jack ChurchNORTH CAROLINA--1st Infantry (Detachment). March 26: Skirmish, Ivy BendNORTH CAROLINA--2d Mounted Infantry. April 1: Skirmish near PlymouthUNITED STATES--37th Colored Infantry. April 2: Affair, Cape LookoutDestruction of Light by Confederates. April 5: Affair near Blount's CreekCONNECTICUT--21st Infantry. PENNSYLVANIA--58th Infantry (Detachment). April 17: Skirmish, Beaver CreekNEW YORK--12th Cavalry (Detachment). April 17-20: Engagement, Siege and Capture, Plymouth.CONNECTICUT--16th Infantry. MASSACHUSETTS--2d Heavy Arty. (Co's "G," "H"). NEW YORK--12th Cavalry (Co's "A," "F"); 24th Indpt. Battery Light Arty.; 85th Infantry. PENNSYLVANIA--3d Heavy Arty. (Detachment); 101st and 103d Infan
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2, chapter 16 (search)
. 3, 4. Larcom, Lucy. Re-enlisted, verses. Atlantic, vol. 13, p. 629. Last rally, poem. J. T. Trowbridge. Atlantic, vol. 14, p. 589. Latest views of Mr. Biglow, poem. J. R. Lowell. Atlantic, vol. 11, p. 260. Lathrop, G. P. Keenan's charge, verses. Century, vol. 22, p. 257. Laugel, Auguste. United States during the war, notice of. W. D. Howells. Atlantic, vol. 18, p. 252. — – North American Rev., vol. 103, p. 599. Lavender, U. S. gunboat, wrecked on Cape Lookout, June 11, 1864; complete short account. Army and Navy Journal, vol. 1, p. 732. Law, Gen. E. M. Round Top and the Confederate right at Gettysburg. Century, vol. 33, p. 296. —The Wilderness to Cold Harbor; with maps. Century, vol. 34, p. 277. Lee, col. Francis L., 44th Regt. M. V. M. Short obituary notice. Army and Navy Journal, vol. 24, p. 128. Lee, col. Henry, Jr. The militia, rev. of. Army and Navy Journal, vol. 3, p. 66. Lee's surrender. Synopsis of le<
James Russell Soley, Professor U. S. Navy, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 7.1, The blockade and the cruisers (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 4: (search)
nt operations. In the other Virginian rivers the flotilla at the same time took part in active operations, in connection with the movements of the army and the protection of transports and supplies. Outside the Chesapeake the real blockade service began. A little to the south of the Capes is found the double coast which extends as far as Wilmington. The peculiar conformation of the coast consists of a long narrow belt of sand, jutting out in three prominent headlands, Cape Hatteras, Cape Lookout, and Cape Fear. The sand-belt is broken at intervals by shallow inlets. Within it lie the two Sounds, extensive sheets of water, upon whose tributary rivers are a number of more or less important towns. Below Wilmington the coast sweeps in, describing a long curve, at the southern extremity of which, in a deep recess, lies Georgetown. At this point the shore begins to assume the insular character which is so well defined below Charleston. From here to Fernandina it forms a series of
Daniel Ammen, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 7.2, The Atlantic Coast (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter VIII Hatteras Inlet—Roanoke Island. (search)
nsultation with Flag-Officer Stringham and Commander Stellwagen, General Butler determined to leave the troops and hold the fort until he could get some further instructions from the Government. He adds: The importance of the point cannot be overrated. When the channel is buoyed out any vessel may carry fifteen feet of water over it with ease. Once inside, there is a safe harbor and anchorage in all weathers. From there the whole coast of Virginia and North Carolina, from Norfolk to Cape Lookout, is within our reach by light-draught vessels, which cannot possibly live at sea during the winter months. From it offensive operations may be made upon the whole coast of North Carolina to Bogue Inlet, extending many miles inland to Washington, Newbern, and Beaufort. In the language of the chief-engineer of the rebels, Colonel Thompson, in an official report, it is the key of the Albemarle. In my judgment, it is a station second in importance only to Fortress Monroe on this coast. As
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)
on-boats, bridges, etc.: Plans 106, 1 Cape Fear, N. C. 135-A Cape Fear River, N. C. 25, 5; 76, 2; 105, 8; 117, 1; 118, 1; 132, 1; 133, 1; 135-A; 138, F4 Defenses 132, 2-132, 4; 139 Entrances 139 Obstructions, Feb. 7, 1865 68, 7 Project for closing 76, 4 Cape Girardeau, Mo. 47, 1; 117, 1; 135-A; 153, B11; 171 Cape Hatteras, N. C. 40, 3; 135-A; 138, F13; 171 Cape Henry, Va. 117, 1; 118, 1; 135-A; 137, G12; 138, A1; 171 Cape Lookout, N. C. 40, 4; 117, 1; 135-A; 138, H11; 139, A14; 171 Caperton's Ferry, Ala. 97, 1; 149, D9 Capitol, Richmond, Va.: View 126, 1 Carlisle, Pa. 43, 7; 116, 2; 135-A; 136, B8; 171 Carmel Church, Va. 100, 1 Carnifix Ferry, W. Va. 9, 1, 9, 3; 141, C11 Engagement, Sept. 10, 1861 9, 1 Carolinas, Campaign of the: Army Corps, routes and positions— Cox's (J. D.) Provisional 105, 5 Twentieth 80, 1-80, 9; 86, 1-86, 16 Fort Anderson, N. C
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Index (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller), C (search)
V., 150; Confederate imported, manufactured, adopted and invented, V., 157; foundry of the South, VIII., 133. Canonirus,, U. S. S.: III., 340; VI., 131,265. Cantey, J., X., 255. Canton, Miss., II., 340, 344. Cantwell, J. T., VII., 63. Cape Charles, Va., VI., 266. Cape Fear River, N. C.: VI., 61, 104, 238, 257, 273, 322. Cape Girardeau, Mo., II., 332. Cape Hatteras, N. C.: VI., 100, 146, 179, 316. Cape Henry, Va., VI., 114, 266. Cape Lookout, N. C., VI., 104, 124. Capehart, H., X., 311. Capers, E., X., 285. Caperton's Ferry, Ala.: II., 177; IX., 99. Capron, A. B., VIII., 327. Carabines à tige, VIII., 82. Carbines: for cavalry, V., 136, 144, 170. Card playing Viii., 241. Cardenas, Cuba, VI., 291. Carey, an orderly, VII., 135. Carleton, J. II., X., 195. Carlin, W. P.: II., :304; and staff, II., 169. Carlisle. J. H. V., 20 seq. Carlisle, Pa., defense of,
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