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Glocester (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 10
ilding or equipping iron-clad or other steamers, or the erection of iron-clad or other fortifications, or in such other measures as the public exigencies might require. The inhabitants of any town on the coast were further authorized, with the approval of the Governor and Council, to raise money, and expend it in defending their town against the public enemies of the United States. Under this act, fortifications were erected at Newburyport, Marblehead, Plymouth, Salem, New Bedford, and Gloucester. The forts in Boston Harbor were connected with each other and with the city by a magnetic telegraph; a complete and most ingenious system of harbor obstructions was devised for the harbor of Boston; and all the workings, drawings, and bills of materials prepared which would admit of the system being applied at a moment's warning. The great want, however, was still of the largest gun; and the result of all inquiries was, that no more could possibly be obtained in this country. At this
Alton (Illinois, United States) (search for this): chapter 10
and creeds and rubrics, it shall go around, like its Divine Author, healing the sick, cleansing lepers, giving eyes to the blind, ears to the deaf, and charity to all. . . . I am sick, and have used the hand of another, and feel unable to dictate any more. May God bless you and the Old Bay State! Mr. Lovejoy was for many years a distinguished member of Congress from Illinois, and was a brother of Rev. Mr. Lovejoy, who, more than thirty years ago, had his printing-office attacked in Alton, Ill., by a mob, and was himself slain, because of the anti-slavery sentiments of which he was an eloquent and powerful advocate. Mr. Lovejoy, the writer of the above letter, died a short time after it was written. Major Horace O. Whittemore, of the Thirtieth Regiment, was commissioned lieutenant-colonel, Nov. 26, 1863; but, before it was issued, certain complaints were made to the Governor in regard to him, which induced him to withhold the commission until an investigation was made by Bri
Bear River (Canada) (search for this): chapter 10
as follows:— This sum should therefore be sent to the commanding officer of the Fifteenth, for the benefit of the regiment; and I am sorry that they yet have men in that infernal prison-house of Richmond who can expend it there. On the 4th of March, the Governor wrote to J. Z. Goodrich, Collector of the Port of Boston,— On the 12th of December last, I received from Mr. Caleb Howe, Jr., information that led to the arrest of officers and crew of the schooner Alliance, of Bear River, N. S., for aiding soldiers to desert from the camp on Long Island, some of whom were tried, and, through witnesses obtained by Mr. Howe's influence, were convicted of the offence. I learn that Mr. Howe is an applicant for a place in the Custom House. Please give him the benefit of any service this statement may do him with you. On the 15th of March, the Governor wrote to Brigadier-General George H. Gordon, formerly colonel of the Second Massachusetts Regiment, who had forwarded to him
New Bern (North Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 10
ions with that Department have been pleasant; and I have never had cause for complaint, and have never made any. I therefore speak as a friend, for justice to deserving men. I think the Secretary of War has made a hasty decision, founded upon an error, and that he will generously correct it. The twelve companies of the Second Regiment Massachusetts Heavy Artillery, into which these men expected to be placed, are at the seat of war. They are in the forts by companies from Norfolk, Va., to Newbern, N. C. The two additional companies which we ask to raise, one of which is already raised, expect to take their chances with the others. Why should they not be treated like their fellow-citizens who have just left the State? In conclusion, I would ask, is it well to raise a question of this kind at the present juncture? It is too insignificant a matter for the War Department to make an issue upon; while to the individual persons, who have enlisted in good faith, it is a matter of great imp
Knoxville (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): chapter 10
ords:— But the heart swells with unwonted emotion when we remember our sons and brothers, whose constant valor has sustained on the field, during nearly three years of war, the cause of our country, of civilization and liberty. Our volunteers have represented Massachusetts, during the year just ended, on almost every field, and in every department of the army, where our flag has been unfurled,—at Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Vicksburg, Port Hudson, and Fort Wagner; at Chickamauga, Knoxville, and Chattanooga; under Hooker, Meade, Banks, Gilmore, Rosecrans, Burnside, and Grant. In every scene of danger and of duty,—along the Atlantic and the Gulf; on the Tennessee, the Cumberland, the Mississippi, and the Rio Grande; under Dupont, Dahlgren, Foote, Farragut, and Porter,—the sons of Massachusetts have borne their part, and paid the debt of patriotism and valor. Ubiquitous as the stock they descend from, national in their opinions and universal in their sympathies, they have fo
Louisiana (Louisiana, United States) (search for this): chapter 10
for instituting inquiries affecting the comfort, and possibly the lives, of Massachusetts soldiers. I would respectfully ask the insertion of this letter in your paper, confident that no other explanation can be needed, at least by the friends of the soldiers in Camp Meigs. On the 30th of January, the Governor wrote to the President of the United States,— I desire permission earnestly to recommend to you that Brigadier-General George L. Andrews, commanding the Corps d'afrique in Louisiana, be promoted to the rank of major-general. The command is so extensive and important, and General Andrews has been so identified with the undertaking of organizing colored troops in the Department of the Gulf, that it seems to me every way most desirable and important that he should have the rank and staff that would best enable him successfully to carry on the work. He is a most accomplished and scientific soldier, who has done credit to every rank in which he has hitherto served, and w
Hilton Head (South Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 10
or Stevens, which had been attached to the Fourth Regiment Massachusetts Cavalry. The Second Battalion of the Fourth Cavalry left Boston by transport for Hilton Head, S. C., under command of Major David B. Keith, on the 20th of March, and arrived at Hilton Head April 1. The Third Battalion of Cavalry, under command of Major Hilton Head April 1. The Third Battalion of Cavalry, under command of Major Louis Cabot, sailed from Boston on the 23d of April, and arrived at Hilton Head on the 27th. These two battalions were immediately transferred to the Department of Virginia and North Carolina, with orders to report to Major-General Butler, at Fortress Monroe. The First Battalion, which had been for a long time in South CaroliHilton Head on the 27th. These two battalions were immediately transferred to the Department of Virginia and North Carolina, with orders to report to Major-General Butler, at Fortress Monroe. The First Battalion, which had been for a long time in South Carolina, was also sent to Virginia, to report to General Butler. The First and Second Battalions of the Fifth Cavalry left Readville Camp, for Washington, on the 5th of May; Major Horace N. Weld, having command of the First, and Major Charles Francis Adams, Jr., of the Second; left Boston, May 6. The Third Battalion, under command o
Illinois (Illinois, United States) (search for this): chapter 10
fts, to be put where he should judge best. I beg you to accept my grateful thanks for your thoughtful remembrance of our suffering soldiers. We find on the Governor's files a letter addressed to him by Owen Lovejoy, a member of Congress from Illinois, dated Washington, Feb. 22, from which we make the following characteristic extract:— Do you know that I am hoping, when slavery has been swept away, for a revival of religion, pure and undefiled, which will be eminently practical, and the, ears to the deaf, and charity to all. . . . I am sick, and have used the hand of another, and feel unable to dictate any more. May God bless you and the Old Bay State! Mr. Lovejoy was for many years a distinguished member of Congress from Illinois, and was a brother of Rev. Mr. Lovejoy, who, more than thirty years ago, had his printing-office attacked in Alton, Ill., by a mob, and was himself slain, because of the anti-slavery sentiments of which he was an eloquent and powerful advocate.
Breme (Bremen, Germany) (search for this): chapter 10
tillery officers and cannon-founders attended the proof. Great was their surprise at seeing a bolt weighing 533 pounds, driven by fifty pounds of English powder, penetrate thirty-one feet into the rammed earth of the abatis. The difficulties of shipment were also great. A portion of the 8-inch guns were sent one day to Portsmouth, where it was supposed they belonged to the British Government, until, to the surprise of the townspeople and officials, as well as of the passengers, one of the Bremen line of steamers came in, and took them quickly on board. Colonel Ritchie was also closely watched, and had, for the first ten days, devoted himself to putting the detectives who followed him on a wrong scent. Fortunately, we were never called upon to use these guns, for which the carriages had been, meanwhile, designed by General William Raymond Lee, chief engineer on the Governor's staff; but the reception given by a few of them to the Spanish iron-clads off Callao is a sufficient test
Portsmouth, Va. (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 10
ich Arsenal had to be strengthened before they could be drawn across it to the proving ground; and so great was the interest felt in the result, that numbers of English artillery officers and cannon-founders attended the proof. Great was their surprise at seeing a bolt weighing 533 pounds, driven by fifty pounds of English powder, penetrate thirty-one feet into the rammed earth of the abatis. The difficulties of shipment were also great. A portion of the 8-inch guns were sent one day to Portsmouth, where it was supposed they belonged to the British Government, until, to the surprise of the townspeople and officials, as well as of the passengers, one of the Bremen line of steamers came in, and took them quickly on board. Colonel Ritchie was also closely watched, and had, for the first ten days, devoted himself to putting the detectives who followed him on a wrong scent. Fortunately, we were never called upon to use these guns, for which the carriages had been, meanwhile, designed
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