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Charles E. Stowe, Harriet Beecher Stowe compiled from her letters and journals by her son Charles Edward Stowe, Chapter 21: closing scenes, 1870-1889. (search)
et us have a little quiet evening together before either of us crosses the river. My heart cries out for a home with you; our home together in Florida. Oh, may we see it again! Your ever loving wife. From Fitchburg, Mass., under date of October 29th, she writes:-- In the cars, near Palmer, who should I discover but Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Fields, returning from a Western trip, as gay as a troubadour. I took an empty seat next to them, and we had a jolly ride to Boston. I drove to Mr. Williams's house, where I met the Chelsea agent, who informed me that there was no hotel in Chelsea, but that they were expecting to send over for me. So I turned at once toward 148 Charles Street, where I tumbled in on the Fields before they had got their things off. We had a good laugh, and I received a hearty welcome. I was quickly installed in my room, where, after a nice dinner, I curled up for my afternoon nap. At half-past 7 the carriage came for me, and I was informed that I should not ha
William Swinton, Campaigns of the Army of the Potomac, chapter 6 (search)
ompletely gone; and, at seven o'clock, Mansfield's corps, which had crossed the Antietam during the night and lay in reserve a mile to the rear, was ordered up to support and relieve Hooker's troops. Of this corps, the first division, under General Williams, took position on the right, and the second, under General Greene, on the left. During the deployment, that veteran soldier, General Mansfield, fell mortally wounded. The command of the corps fell to General Williams, and the division of tGeneral Williams, and the division of the latter to General Crawford, who, with his own and Gordon's brigade, made an advance across the open field, and succeeded in seizing a point of woods on the west side of the Hagerstown road. At the same time, Greene's division on the left was able to clear its front, and crossed into the left of the Dunker church. Yet the tenure of these positions was attended with heavy loss; the troops, reduced to the attempt to hold their own, began to waver and break, and General Hooker was being carried
William Swinton, Campaigns of the Army of the Potomac, chapter 9 (search)
ck its lost guns. A new line was then formed by Doubleday's and Robinson's divisions of the First Corps, and by troops from the Twelfth Corps, brought up by General Williams. It had been intended that Geary's division (with the exception of Greene's brigade) should also re-enforce the left; but this division missed its way. GeGeneral Williams was temporarily in command of the Twelfth Corps, Slocum having charge of the whole right wing. Thus, at dusk, ended the action on the left centre, and at the same time the complicated action on the left, whose ebb and flow I have already described, was brought to a close. It has been seen how line after line wathe point entered by the enemy, and at four o'clock opened a heavy fire. Meanwhile, the troops of the Twelfth Corps returned from the left, and the divisions of Williams and Geary, aided by Shaler's brigade of the Sixth Corps, entered upon a severe struggle to regain the lost portion of the line. After four hours close contest,
Hon. J. L. M. Curry , LL.D., William Robertson Garrett , A. M. , Ph.D., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 1.1, Legal Justification of the South in secession, The South as a factor in the territorial expansion of the United States (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), The South as a factor in the territorial expansion of the United States. (search)
wrote again May 27th. (Ibid., p. 1692.) In this letter Governor Mitchell is authorized to hold the island during conference with the Spanish authorities, or in case of any attempt of British troops to enter Florida, and is notified that he will be sustained by the United States forces. In the meantime, a detachment of United States troops composed of invalids was attacked by a party of negroes, supposed to be instigated by the Spanish authorities at St. Augustine. The commander, Lieutenant Williams, and seven of his men were killed. The negroes were repulsed, but this act caused such indignation that Governor Mitchell made preparations to attack St. Augustine. At this point, the new Spanish governor, Kindelin, arrived and made formal demand for the withdrawal of the United States troops. In compliance with this demand, all the military forces of the United States were withdrawn from East Florida, except from Amelia Island. The Indians and negroes being now freed from all r
Hon. J. L. M. Curry , LL.D., William Robertson Garrett , A. M. , Ph.D., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 1.1, Legal Justification of the South in secession, The South as a factor in the territorial expansion of the United States (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), The civil history of the Confederate States (search)
t the United States will of its own accord offer to the British government such redress as alone could satisfy the British nation, namely, the liberation of the four gentlemen and their delivery to your Lordship in order that they may again be placed under British protection, and a suitable apology for the aggression which has been committed. Should these terms not be offered by Mr. Seward, you will propose them to him. It should be borne in mind that the report of the affair made by Commander Williams, the British agent, to the admiralty must be accepted as the unprejudiced account of the events which transpired aboard the Trent With very slight protest Mr. Seward in answer to Lord Russell's letter admitted the facts to be as stated, and based the defense of his government mainly on the fact that Wilkes acted without any direction or instruction or even foreknowledge on the part of the United States government. Upon all grounds the best course to be pursued was the one suggested ki
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, Authorities. (search)
ilderness, Va. 36 i, 546; 36 II, 419, 497 Wellman Chauncey R.: Warner's Reach, Cal. 50 i, 45 Wilkinson, Nathan: Beverly, W. Va. 46 i, 450 Williams, Alpheus S.: Chancellorsville, Va. 25 i, 683 Williams, Seth: Leed's Ferry, Va 21, 26 Williams, Thomas: Vicksburg, Miss. 15, 29, 30 WilWilliams, Seth: Leed's Ferry, Va 21, 26 Williams, Thomas: Vicksburg, Miss. 15, 29, 30 Wilson, James H.: South side and Danville Railroads 40 i, 631-633 Yazoo Pass Expedition 24 i, 372, 377, 389 Winter, Frederick: Berry's Ferry, Va. 12 III, 102 Wise, Henry A.: Hawk's Nest, W. Va 5, 125 Wistar, Isaac J.: Mathews County, Va. 29 i, 1017 Wood, Thomas J.: Chickamauga, Ga. 30 iWilliams, Thomas: Vicksburg, Miss. 15, 29, 30 Wilson, James H.: South side and Danville Railroads 40 i, 631-633 Yazoo Pass Expedition 24 i, 372, 377, 389 Winter, Frederick: Berry's Ferry, Va. 12 III, 102 Wise, Henry A.: Hawk's Nest, W. Va 5, 125 Wistar, Isaac J.: Mathews County, Va. 29 i, 1017 Wood, Thomas J.: Chickamauga, Ga. 30 i, 644 Wright, Horatio G.: Richmond Campaign 40 II, 571 Spotsylvania Court-House, Va. 36 II, 726 Wright, John A.: Chickamauga, Ga. 30 i, 739 Young, J. Morris: Duck River, Tenn. 45 i, 605
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, Authorities. (search)
es 112, 4 Willett, John H.: Clarksville, Tenn., and vicinity 115, 2 Decatur, Ala., and vicinity 115, 6 Fort Donelson, Tenn 114, 5 Huntsville, Ala., and vicinity 115, 9 Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 15-16, 1864 73, 1 Williams, Alpheus S.: Atlanta to Savannah, Ga., Nov. 15-Dec. 21, 1864 71, 1-11 Averasborough, N. C., March 16, 1865 80, 11 Bentonville, N. C., March 19-21, 1865 80, 10 Savannah, Ga., Dec. 11-21, 1864 71, 10, 11 Savannah, Ga., to Goldsborough, N. C. 80, 1-11 Williams, T. W.: Bentonville, N. C., March 19-21, 1865 79, 2 Chattanooga, Tenn., to Atlanta, Ga. 57, 3 Williamson, Robert S.: Antietam, Md., Sept. 16-17, 1862 28, 6 California, Nevada, Oregon, and Idaho (General map) 134, 1 Wilson, —.: Chickamauga, Ga., Sept. 19-20, 1863 97, 3 Wilson, James H.: Antietam, Md., Sept. 16-17, 1862 28, 2 Camp, Cavalry Corps, military Division of the Mississippi, winter 1864-65 68,
Adam Badeau, Grant in peace: from Appomattox to Mount McGregor, a personal memoir, Chapter 25: (search)
e he said Bright was so committed to the American view that his action would have less weight in England. Lord de Grey, afterwards Lord Ripon, was a member of Gladstone's cabinet, and Northcote, afterward Lord Iddesleigh, belonged to the opposition. The American commissioners were the Secretary of State, General Schenck, the newly appointed Minister to England, Judge Nelson of the Supreme Court (a Democrat), ex-Attorney-General Hoar, and the actual law officer of the Government, Attorney-General Williams. It was at this juncture that the Administration requested its friends in the Senate to select another chairman for the Committee on Foreign Affairs, as Sumner's impracticable doctrines, as well as his refusal to speak to either the President or the Secretary of State made the treaty an impossibility if he remained in the place. Sumner was removed, and the negotiations proceeded successfully. In less than two months the British commissioners returned to London, carrying the trea
Adam Badeau, Grant in peace: from Appomattox to Mount McGregor, a personal memoir, Chapter 50: (search)
en, the President of the Western Union, as well as of the Cuban Telegraph Company. General Grant made the application to Dr. Green, who paid no attention to his request, and the place with its powers and appurtenances remained in the hands of an Englishman. New York City, Dec. 11th, 1882. My dear General Badeau,—I have your letter of the 1st instant, enclosing one from Hughes and also your previous letter. I did not write to you before because I expected to see your Vice-Consul, Williams, but he has not called on me yet. Of course I will help you if I can to obtain the appointment you ask. In regard to the matter Hughes speaks of, I wrote the letter he requested long ago, just after you spoke to me about possibly the second time, and in time I should think for them to have received it, and informed their father before the date of his letter to you. If however they have not received my letter—it was a general letter to railroad officials connected with international roads be
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 1. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book IV:—the first autumn. (search)
federates had collected in haste about one thousand men, under Colonel Williams, for the purpose of covering Piketon, and especially the defilew large supplies of salt and lead. Nelson was trying to surround Williams, so as to capture him, with all his troops, at Piketon. This verys of the movement, had the audacity to telegraph to the North that Williams had laid down his arms and surrendered with all his men. The publithe Big Sandy; he had a march of forty kilometres to perform. But Williams was on his guard; carrying all his materiel and his depots towardst they were unable to reach Piketon until the morning of the 10th; Williams, passing through that village after the fight at Ivy Creek, had ev hand with reinforcements. Mr. Moir and the English mail agent, Mr. Williams, an old retired naval captain, replied to him with much warmth, eamed in the direction of St. Thomas, where her passengers and Captain Williams took the British mail, to bear to Europe without delay the par
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