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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), E (search)
7; II., 31, 78; written in telegraph office, VIII., 348. Emerick, J. H., VIII., 361, 363. Emma,, U. S. S., III., 342. Emmet, D., IX., 347. Emmittsburg, Md.: II., 238 seq.; IV., 75, 80, 230. Emmitsburg Road, Md., IV., 32. Emmittsburg Road, Va., V., 74. Emory, W. H.: II., 332; III., 146, 154, 166, 332; X., 191, 228. Emory College, Ga., IX., 29. Empress, U. S. hospital boat, VII., 318, 319 Enchantress,, C. S. S.: VII., 29, 34, 47. Enfield rifle Viii., 82. Engagements of the Civil War: losses on both sides, August, 1862–April, 1864, II., 320-352; III., 317. Engineer officers: Confederate, lack of training of, V., 258. Engineer service: Confederate reminiscences of the, V., 256. England: English criticism of the armies of the North, I., 82, 84; English and other foreign military men with Union army, I., 117; English navy, VI., 38; supplies purchased from, Confederate, VIII., 54; contracts with, VIII., 56
The Daily Dispatch: may 3, 1861., [Electronic resource], Correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch. (search)
Correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch. departure of troops from Suffolk — Eloquentaddress, &c. Suffolk, Va., May 1, 1861. Everything is still moving. For the past week our town has been a rendezvous for troops, and crowds of eager fellows have bustled among us. The Sussex Light Dragoons, Capt. Belsch, 80 men, well mounted and armed; the Isle of Wight Rifles, Capt.--79 men, armed with the celebrated "Enfield," and the Smithfield Artillery, 75 men, Capt. Chalmers, with two pieces of ordnance and ammunition, have all been quartered here, which, together with our two town companies, numbering about 75 men each, made up a battalion of near 400 as fine looking soldiers as Virginia will send to the field. This morning, about 1½ o'clock, the deep notes of the bass drum were heard through our streets, to which the soldiers were solemnly marching to the depot of the Norfolk and Petersburg Railroad--orders and a special train having arrived for them to report in Norfo
The Daily Dispatch: may 7, 1861., [Electronic resource], France and the Confederacy. (search)
France. It was not until the Government was able to concentrate against that single province the entire forces of all the kingdom, that they finally succeeded in subduing, by sheer decimation, that unconquerable, that indomitable people. Let us learn a lesson of heroism and of invincible resolve from that devoted struggle. Let our people not expect the State Government to do everything; let them do themselves whatever they find to be done; let every arm, private as well as public, be put in the most complete state of efficiency. Enfield rifles are not essential to the expulsion of an invader. If all the injured and oppressed peoples of the world had waited for Enfield rifles, the world would be still enveloped in the darkness of despotism. There is much virtue in the double-barrel gun, the old rifle, the flint-lock musket, and the musty pistols that lie idle in the closets and the garrets, and then our fast horses and sharp shooting will enable us to pick off many an invader.
The Daily Dispatch: may 18, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 25 (search)
leave their sisters and mothers" Two thousand troops have been sworn in the service of the United State in Western Virginia. Two regiments in Ohio are ready to cross the river at a moment's notice to defend Wheeling. On authority of Thurlow Weed, it is said that President Lincoln has resolved to bestow an important military position — probably that of Commissionary General — upon Gov. Banks. The Cunard steamship Africa, unloading at the wharf Jersey City, has on board 10,000 Enfield rifles for the United States Government. An order for the release of Mr. Joseph H. Spencer, of Baltimore, who has been held in confinement at Annapolis for a week past, was issued on Wednesday. A barn belonging to Mr. Wm. Evans, eight miles north of Danville, Va., was struck by lightning on the night of the 12th inst., and entirely consumed. Wm. H. Nowlan has been arrested in Petersburg for swindling. He was raising money without authority, by subscription, to purchase a fl
The Daily Dispatch: may 27, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
he ship Matilda, which arrived there on April 29th, had the Palmetto flag flying, but she was not allowed to enter the dock until she had hoisted the Stars and Stripes. The Massachusetts Legislature adjourned this afternoon. Most of the members, individually, contributed to pay the Massachusetts volunteers. B. F. Thomas was nominated by the People's Convention, to-day, to succeed Hon. Charles Francis Adams. Toronto, C. W.,May 23.--The Leader says there will shortly be 50,000 Enfield rifles in the province, and in view of maranding expeditions on the Canadian frontier, from bodies of men who will not be ruled by the Washington Government, recommends that the militia be placed on a better footing immediately New York,May 24.--The California mail steamer Champion has arrived from Aspinwall with Panama papers of the 15th inst. --She brings the treasure shipped from San Francisco on the 1st inst. Two small vessels of war belonging to the Government had deserted fr
The Daily Dispatch: June 4, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 22 (search)
Wm.Swift, of the Southern Rights Guards, from Houston county, Ga., died suddenly at Camp George, on Wednesday last, supposed from over-exertion. The body was sent to his home. Gov. Morton, of Indiana, has contracted with parties now in Europe for three thousand Enfield rifles, to be delivered this month.
The Daily Dispatch: June 24, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
he pressure of public business, is oblige to decline receiving visitors from this time until the opening of the session of Congress. The two Pennsylvania regiments which arrived here yesterday were this morning reviewed by the President and Secretary of War. The Rhode Island regiments have returned to their camp, near Washington. Two hundred recruits for the First German Rifle Regiment of New York arrived here to-day, thus filling the regiment, which will be supplied with the new Enfield rifles recently imported. The 21st New York Regiment, from Buffalo, arrived here this afternoon. The 24th and 26th Pennsylvania, and the 1st Massachusetts Regiment, which reached here yesterday, went into camp this afternoon, the last to guard the approach to the Chain Bridge above Georgetown. Among other mere rumors which have found their way into the press, is one that the Ohio troops subsequently took the enemy's masked battery at Vienna. Equally untrue is a report th
The Daily Dispatch: November 19, 1860., [Electronic resource], From the South. (search)
ut twenty-five thousand men of all arms. This is about 4 ½ per cent of our entire population — a proportion not inferior to the standing armies of the great military Powers of Europe, and a force greater than the State could keep in the field. We learn, also, that the model of the new Virginia musket has been determined on, after consultation with the Ordnance officers of the regular service, with our Master Armorer, Mr. Adams, and with Mr. Burton, the late Master Armorer of the great Enfield establishment, in England, and after experiments at Lexington with the U. S. Minnie musket and the Enfield musket. The Virginia musket will be a combination of the U. S. rifled musket and the British Enfield musket, and it is hoped will possess the advantages of both. The model is new being constructed at Springfield, under Mr. Adams' supervision, and by special permission of the War Department, the State defraying the cost. When completed it will be used in getting up the machinery
The Daily Dispatch: April 20, 1861., [Electronic resource], Missouri's response to Lincoln's Proclamation. (search)
[Special Dispatch to the Richmond Dispatch.]Warlike preparations in North Carolina--Libern! Subscriptions, &c. Weldon, N. C., April 19. --The passengers on the train from Wilmington, to-day, were surprised at almost every point on the road by the energetic preparations for war. At Enfield, two companies of troops were starting for Fort Macon, to garrison that point.--The North Carolinians have awoke with an energy that will be terrible to their enemies. I hear that a company of 23 free colored men have volunteered their services in throwing up sand batteries. John Long, a wealthy citizen, has subscribed $2,000 to procure arms for the troops, and a messenger left this afternoon for Richmond, commissioned to make the purchase. Secession flags dot the country along the route from Wilmington, and even the negroes waved the Confederate banner at the cars as they passed.
The Daily Dispatch: June 27, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
e a reserve force which may be brought up in a few days, namely: Richmond,30,000 Petersburg, (reinforced from Weldon,)15,000 Lynchburg,25,000 Total reserve70,000 Making a grand total of 180,000 troops. French arms for the United States. Colonel Fremont, who at last dates was in Paris, expects to bring home with him arms and accoutrements for 10,000. His contract reaches $250,000. The first purchase he made reached $75,000, and what is curious, they were rifles, (Enfield,) bombs, percussion caps and other articles belonging to the Pope.--They had been prepared on contract for the Papal army, but on account of the defeat of Lamoriciere, had, it is said, never been delivered, nor paid for. The Manufacture of arms in Massachusetts. The Ames Company at Chicopee, Massachusetts, are turning out seven brass cannon--one more than a battery — every week — and old smooth-bore guns, including columbiads, are being rifled for the use of the James conical ball a
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