Summary of your 'study carrel' ============================== This is a summary of your Distant Reader 'study carrel'. The Distant Reader harvested & cached your content into a collection/corpus. It then applied sets of natural language processing and text mining against the collection. The results of this process was reduced to a database file -- a 'study carrel'. The study carrel can then be queried, thus bringing light specific characteristics for your collection. These characteristics can help you summarize the collection as well as enumerate things you might want to investigate more closely. Eric Lease Morgan May 27, 2019 Number of items in the collection; 'How big is my corpus?' ---------------------------------------------------------- 428 Average length of all items measured in words; "More or less, how big is each item?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 75003 Average readability score of all items (0 = difficult; 100 = easy) ------------------------------------------------------------------ 78 Top 50 statistically significant keywords; "What is my collection about?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 221 General 149 Mr. 120 Union 120 Colonel 113 New 111 Captain 106 South 104 Confederate 103 man 85 Washington 85 Virginia 80 States 78 Lee 71 North 65 Richmond 61 Lieutenant 61 Grant 60 God 59 United 59 Army 55 Tennessee 53 River 53 John 52 President 52 Major 50 York 49 CHAPTER 47 Fort 46 Mrs. 46 Corps 43 Sherman 43 Federal 42 Potomac 40 Miss 39 day 36 Lincoln 36 Jackson 33 southern 31 Government 30 illustration 30 St. 30 July 30 Gen. 29 War 29 Mississippi 29 Carolina 27 time 27 Secretary 27 Ohio 27 Kentucky Top 50 lemmatized nouns; "What is discussed?" --------------------------------------------- 103161 man 61508 time 60680 day 43735 army 41164 enemy 37038 line 31743 officer 29379 war 29365 night 28413 way 28021 order 27756 battle 25629 hand 25387 road 25258 troop 24617 soldier 24320 force 23774 mile 23656 place 22358 regiment 22237 command 21926 side 19987 morning 19952 house 19856 country 19735 position 19269 part 18833 horse 18628 division 18420 people 18415 year 17869 field 17729 work 17596 camp 17352 right 16988 fire 16944 river 16873 life 16712 boy 16412 gun 16369 thing 16129 front 15527 cavalry 15460 one 15108 hour 15094 company 15048 point 15048 head 14719 friend 14553 brigade Top 50 proper nouns; "What are the names of persons or places?" -------------------------------------------------------------- 93318 _ 73848 General 26412 Mr. 22217 States 19495 Colonel 16577 Lee 16036 Captain 15602 Union 15313 South 15291 Confederate 13991 New 13380 United 12542 President 12057 Grant 11912 Washington 11281 North 10840 . 10697 Virginia 10541 Richmond 10440 River 10395 Sherman 10315 Major 10233 State 10075 John 9907 Army 9662 Lieutenant 9277 Mrs. 9193 Fort 8903 W. 8886 Lincoln 8805 J. 8709 M. 8622 Government 8571 S. 8547 C. 8509 H. 8168 Tennessee 8062 Jackson 7887 Corps 7757 War 7507 Infantry 7069 May 7021 York 6885 July 6682 A. 6638 Congress 6604 God 6475 Federal 6468 James 6394 Smith Top 50 personal pronouns nouns; "To whom are things referred?" ------------------------------------------------------------- 327886 i 279144 he 243943 it 138121 we 133837 you 124712 they 98818 him 76149 them 72740 me 55871 she 43262 us 22515 her 17784 himself 8408 themselves 7956 myself 4693 itself 3075 herself 2854 one 2556 ourselves 2328 ''em 2271 yourself 1355 yours 1230 mine 790 ours 563 ''s 550 thee 529 his 481 theirs 450 em 235 hers 168 ye 82 yourselves 72 andrews 60 yo 52 thyself 52 hisself 38 yerself 26 wd 23 genl 21 i''m 19 ob 18 you''ll 17 you''re 17 uv 16 yer 16 oneself 13 ya 13 o 12 yo''self 12 sho Top 50 lemmatized verbs; "What do things do?" --------------------------------------------- 1074941 be 397838 have 117963 do 78772 say 74868 make 69561 go 64188 come 60777 take 57026 see 45560 know 42715 give 41388 get 33812 find 32841 leave 30727 think 27391 send 25151 look 23858 tell 21681 pass 21362 follow 21071 seem 20540 move 20475 hear 20299 hold 20073 reach 19675 bring 18863 call 18045 fall 17904 keep 17564 ask 16999 become 16963 receive 16593 stand 16460 turn 15954 feel 15107 put 15063 begin 14726 return 14710 meet 14500 order 13656 wound 13454 run 13451 carry 13308 remain 12866 want 12167 lie 11945 let 11914 command 11820 fight 11813 write Top 50 lemmatized adjectives and adverbs; "How are things described?" --------------------------------------------------------------------- 189182 not 63803 so 59784 up 48180 then 45946 now 45726 more 44445 out 40435 very 37002 other 36419 as 35526 great 35288 only 35033 well 34340 good 31642 first 31071 little 30678 back 27591 much 27389 down 27350 here 27165 long 26660 there 25875 old 24479 many 23714 soon 23021 most 22609 again 21621 own 21419 just 21390 such 21388 never 20999 about 20832 few 19432 same 19244 still 19134 away 18791 last 18207 too 17810 even 17379 off 16908 far 16907 also 16557 on 16222 once 14857 in 14496 large 14189 all 14115 next 13852 ever 13827 right Top 50 lemmatized superlative adjectives; "How are things described to the extreme?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8432 good 5529 most 5525 least 2110 great 1611 high 1183 bad 1063 near 745 Most 741 slight 573 fine 569 early 561 large 474 strong 371 late 351 brave 294 low 292 j 284 deep 282 old 278 heavy 276 young 266 small 254 able 253 noble 235 hard 228 manif 197 eld 192 short 192 big 173 wild 167 dear 157 full 147 rich 144 pure 143 long 141 grand 139 bright 134 hot 128 happy 127 farth 120 dark 112 warm 108 fair 108 faint 107 bloody 106 wise 96 safe 91 close 88 simple 81 proud Top 50 lemmatized superlative adverbs; "How do things do to the extreme?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 17492 most 1103 well 941 least 49 hard 48 near 35 worst 23 highest 10 lest 8 long 7 jest 6 fast 5 strongest 5 finest 3 youngest 3 surest 3 soon 3 latest 3 hottest 3 farthest 2 mildest 2 loudest 2 infest 2 heaviest 2 greatest 2 fairest 2 early 2 crest 1 zest 1 writhe 1 wisest 1 whitest 1 truest 1 toughest 1 thinnest 1 thinkers,--whether 1 tempest 1 tallest 1 staunchest 1 sou''-west 1 sorriest 1 smoothest 1 side,--pledges 1 quietest 1 queerest 1 place,--when 1 oldest 1 noblest 1 nicest 1 merest 1 mentioned;--the Top 50 Internet domains; "What Webbed places are alluded to in this corpus?" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 42 www.gutenberg.org 30 archive.org 19 www.archive.org 16 www.gutenberg.net 8 kdl.kyvl.org 4 books.google.com 1 www.loc.gov 1 ia341310.us.archive.org 1 books.google.ca Top 50 URLs; "What is hyperlinked from this corpus?" ---------------------------------------------------- 15 http://archive.org 4 http://kdl.kyvl.org/ 3 http://www.archive.org 2 http://books.google.com 1 http://www.loc.gov 1 http://www.gutenberg.org/files/58480/58480-h/58480-h.htm 1 http://www.gutenberg.org/files/58480/58480-h.zip 1 http://www.gutenberg.org/files/57440/57440-h/57440-h.htm 1 http://www.gutenberg.org/files/57440/57440-h.zip 1 http://www.gutenberg.org/files/51552/51552-h/51552-h.htm 1 http://www.gutenberg.org/files/51552/51552-h.zip 1 http://www.gutenberg.org/files/51250/51250-h/51250-h.htm 1 http://www.gutenberg.org/files/51250/51250-h.zip 1 http://www.gutenberg.org/files/48142/48142-h/48142-h.htm 1 http://www.gutenberg.org/files/48142/48142-h.zip 1 http://www.gutenberg.org/files/47746/47746-h/47746-h.htm 1 http://www.gutenberg.org/files/47746/47746-h.zip 1 http://www.gutenberg.org/files/47274/47274-h/47274-h.htm 1 http://www.gutenberg.org/files/47274/47274-h.zip 1 http://www.gutenberg.org/files/45626/45626-h/45626-h.htm 1 http://www.gutenberg.org/files/45626/45626-h.zip 1 http://www.gutenberg.org/files/44702/44702-h/44702-h.htm 1 http://www.gutenberg.org/files/44702/44702-h.zip 1 http://www.gutenberg.org/files/43590/43590-h/43590-h.htm 1 http://www.gutenberg.org/files/43589/43590-h.zip 1 http://www.gutenberg.org/files/43589/43589-h/43589-h.htm 1 http://www.gutenberg.org/files/43589/43589-h.zip 1 http://www.gutenberg.org/files/40525/40525-h/40525-h.htm 1 http://www.gutenberg.org/files/40525/40525-h.zip 1 http://www.gutenberg.org/files/39473/39473-h/39473-h.htm 1 http://www.gutenberg.org/files/39473/39473-h.zip 1 http://www.gutenberg.org/files/38859/38859-h/38859-h.htm 1 http://www.gutenberg.org/files/38859/38859-h.zip 1 http://www.gutenberg.org/files/38056/38056-h/38056-h.htm 1 http://www.gutenberg.org/files/38056/38056-h.zip 1 http://www.gutenberg.org/files/37754/37754-h/37754-h.htm 1 http://www.gutenberg.org/files/37754/37754-h.zip 1 http://www.gutenberg.org/files/35206/35206-h/35206-h.htm 1 http://www.gutenberg.org/files/35206/35206-h.zip 1 http://www.gutenberg.org/files/29313/29313-h/29313-h.htm 1 http://www.gutenberg.org/files/29313/29313-h.zip 1 http://www.gutenberg.org/files/28711/28711-h/28711-h.htm 1 http://www.gutenberg.org/files/28711/28711-h.zip 1 http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/46175 1 http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/45609 1 http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/43590 1 http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/43589 1 http://www.gutenberg.net/dirs/2/8/1/5/28152/28152-h/28152-h.htm 1 http://www.gutenberg.net/dirs/2/8/1/5/28152/28152-h.zip 1 http://www.gutenberg.net/dirs/2/7/8/1/27811/27811-h/27811-h.htm Top 50 email addresses; "Who are you gonna call?" ------------------------------------------------- 1 nwolcott2@post.harvard.edu 1 kreeder@mailsnare.net Top 50 positive assertions; "What sentences are in the shape of noun-verb-noun?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 222 war was over 187 _ is _ 161 war is over 136 _ was _ 130 enemy did not 98 men were not 90 _ did _ 89 enemy was not 85 battle was over 82 men did not 77 _ are _ 73 army was now 73 enemy fell back 72 night came on 71 _ do _ 67 night was dark 61 army was not 60 enemy had not 58 men were so 56 _ do n''t 56 _ had _ 56 troops were not 55 men are not 49 battle was not 49 men do not 45 _ know _ 45 men had not 45 night was very 42 men were very 42 time was not 41 _ have _ 41 army was so 41 troops did not 40 men were now 39 line gave way 38 men were all 37 _ am _ 37 _ were _ 37 army did not 36 force was not 36 troops were now 35 army was then 34 day was very 34 man did not 34 night was so 32 man was not 32 men were still 32 regiment was not 31 _ did not 31 men came in Top 50 negative assertions; "What sentences are in the shape of noun-verb-no|not-noun?" --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 enemy was not entirely 11 regiment had not yet 10 enemy had not yet 10 time was not yet 9 time had not yet 8 enemy was not slow 8 force was not sufficient 7 army had not yet 7 men had no time 6 army was not so 6 command was not yet 6 general had not yet 6 regiment did not number 6 troops had not yet 5 armies had not only 5 army had no difficulty 5 army had no sooner 5 army has not yet 5 army is not only 5 command was no more 5 country was not skilled 5 days was no sinecure 5 enemy had no infantry 5 enemy has no force 5 enemy has no pickets 5 enemy made no effort 5 enemy makes no opposition 5 enemy was not much 5 forces were not victorious 5 line did not fully 5 men are not well 5 men had no clothing 5 men had no cover 5 men had not yet 5 men were not able 5 men were not so 5 night gave no sign 5 officer is not so 5 order did no reach 5 order is not yet 5 orders were not absolutely 5 orders were not very 5 places were no longer 5 roads have not yet 5 side were not much 5 soldiers were no sooner 5 time has not yet 5 time is not far 5 time is not now 5 troops were not up Sizes of items; "Measures in words, how big is each item?" ---------------------------------------------------------- 1108559 57383 846331 4546 455810 32902 368951 47746 357958 4361 331388 34827 331232 31087 320259 42315 295658 19831 285108 4367 268399 22066 254043 21853 240354 13124 236888 38418 235061 13789 231039 34344 226605 22100 215261 6962 207692 34843 203224 4362 197419 31232 196547 36306 195434 43329 190644 31339 188529 6961 185364 21417 182376 2616 181876 36644 180407 41355 179448 43590 178634 29583 175582 2617 175559 51250 175397 10692 168711 43589 168583 28152 165749 5437 162391 14153 160084 47135 157476 12229 155213 1068 154824 46347 148994 34973 147826 42655 146359 22584 145489 10062 144415 38173 140219 44865 137970 13163 137870 18721 137807 21976 137557 12541 137456 33211 131462 12068 130515 11708 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so far as to hoist known that orders had come for the regiment to march, Jack, having "Yes," Dick said, noting with boyish quickness the indecision in Jack''s Dick came up to Jack out of breath with great news, just as the Caribees Late at night Dick came down to Jack''s bivouac with a strange tale. "Now, boys," Jack said, every inch the captain, "we must spread out like as Jack turned to see whence the timely aid had come, "A day after the "Jack''s able to eat," Rosa cried, darting down to embrace Mrs. Sprague, "Come, Jack, I won''t listen to politics," Olympia cried, with a warning the lad; forgetting Jack''s and Vincent''s warning, Dick said, I think I have said that Jack was a very comely of the plot came about in this way: Dick, on returning from Jack''s room, 10517 convictions; God declares his thought, and utters his sanction of law. I speak not of oppressive government, of iniquitous law; but of _good_ government, of statutes healthful, humane, equal. the voice of the people in all representative governments may legally In laws and governments men have _What constitutes rebellion against such government?_ No citizen looks for an absolutely perfect form of nationality--of law. government with bad statutes and wrong laws, may be so administered as to fallen state, is not fit for the holy government of God; but that holy sent to protect it,--are in a state of rebellion against its laws and What then, we ask, _is the duty of all citizens when good government but a war for true liberty, for national life, for our homes and our your country and her laws, are in heart at war with holiness and God! 10637 Let us enlist; for the Slave States, on their part, are losing no time. the slavery party had again achieved a victory, the United States would to the car of slavery: to make slave States, to conquer Territories for received in the slave States by Mr. Lincoln prove it a very great Like the United States, it has slavery, but it perilous risks all the great works that do honor to the United States. has been passing in the United States since the South proclaimed its Better than this, a declared adversary of slavery, Mr. Blair, was elected representative by this same slave State, Missouri, on In electing Mr. Lincoln, the United States decided thus: Slavery will The United States do not know how great will be the transformation of the United States by the institution of slavery; it has forbidden perhaps at war with the States that take in hand the cause of slavery, 1067 arms--furnished the Union army four general officers and one colonel, major-general and then placing him in command of the army, but Congress General Worth had the troops in line, under arms, all day, with three commanding general that these troops would move north sufficiently far General Scott soon followed the troops into the city, in state. troops at the best points to guard the roads leading into the city, left The enemy at this time occupied a line running from the Mississippi at once ordered General Smith to send a force up the west bank of the time with a force of 6,000 men was sent out into west Kentucky, About the time the advance of troops reached a point each of the division commanders that day, several times, and my reinforcement of near 8,000 men, General Ord in command. from General Halleck saying that I had command of all the troops sent to 1068 LIEUTENANT-GENERAL--COMMANDING THE ARMIES OF THE UNITED STATES--FIRST enemy struck our right flank, General Logan commanding, with great The 5th corps, General Warren commanding, was in advance on the right, This was guarded by a division of colored troops, commanded by General MAJOR-GENERAL MEADE, Commanding Army of the Potomac. MAJOR-GENERAL MEADE, Commanding Army of the Potomac. Direct corps commanders to hold their troops in readiness to march at CITY POINT, VA., October 14, 1864.--12.30 P.M. MAJOR-GENERAL SHERIDAN, Cedar Creek, Va. What I want is for you to threaten the Virginia Central Railroad and On the 24th of May, the 9th army corps, commanded by Major-General A. ordered two divisions of the 6th corps, General Wright commanding, that of cavalry, of the Army of the Potomac, and a force of General Butler''s General Butler commanding the army from which the troops were taken for "General Sheridan has been ordered to send a division of troops to 10692 General Lee assumed command of the army on the 3d of June. Lee''s general order directing the movement of the troops is here General Lee did not, in his movement against the Federal right wing views of General Lee''s great adversary, but expresses with admirable General Lee, in personal command of Longstreet''s corps, reached the General Lee''s orders of march for the army, in which his whole plan General Lee says in his report: "This great battle was fought by less General Lee and his army passed the brilliant days of autumn in the General Lee was ready to receive the Federal attack, and, at an early succession, General Lee had directed the movements of the main great following: As soon as the Federal forces gave way, General Lee rode the force was not General Lee''s army. March, General Lee discovered that a large portion of the Federal army 11708 Imprisonment of Free State Men. End of Guerrilla War. Removal and Flight of Governor Geary. either the free-State or pro-slavery party is to have Kansas.... Democratic State Convention nominated for Governor of Illinois William constitutional means to slavery in any United States Territory; the the pro-slavery party to form a slave-State seemed to be finally this was to unite the free-State Democrats with the pro-slavery party, several points; the free-State men abstained from voting; the election follows: "Can the people of a United States Territory, in any lawful whereupon Douglas was declared elected Senator of the United States Republicans of the great State of Pennsylvania shall present Mr. Cameron as their candidate for the Presidency, such an indorsement of I shall not call a convention in this State if Lincoln is elected, the message of the President of the United States," explained Mr. Magrath to the South Carolina Convention, "he affirms it as his right, 11719 forth between Anna seated by him and Hilary close at hand in the saddle. Once more Hilary yielded Flora and sought Anna; but with kinder thought words Flora saw Anna''s glance steal over to Miranda. flag-presentation''s day and hour Hilary Kincaid stepped into the room "Yes," said Hilary, "news the very best and hardly an hour old. "Oh, but Kincaid''s Battery!--and _that_ flag, Anna Callender! Irby with Anna and gave Flora to Hilary, with Miranda and Constance in "What, dear?" In secret panic Anna came and looked out at Flora''s side On the way downstairs Flora seized her hands: "Oh, Anna, like Anna, wounded like that, Hilary Kincaid is letting my brother go Hilary had bent an arm around Anna when Flora called his name. Flora''s glance went over to Irby, and he said, "Why, yes, Hilary, if "They belong to Kincaid''s Battery," said Anna, and Constance, Miranda, 11728 personal touch with the great struggle in which Lincoln was the nation''s Euclid occurred in some of his earlier speeches at the Bar. A year or more later, when the Lincoln family had crossed the river to protest of any citizen of the United States, exclude slavery?" Lincoln''s a United States territory had the right to exclude slavery. York and the East generally by Lincoln''s speech and by the man himself, full of cares and his hands of work, that Lincoln took time to write a the government, the men who took office in the first Cabinet of Lincoln probably the best man in the United States to fit an army for action. In March, 1864, Lincoln writes to Grant: "New York votes to give votes The news of the death of Lincoln came to the army of Sherman, with the address to the country, and before Mr. Lincoln left New York he was 11904 "Send away your servants, Colonel Arran!" said the young man in a Berkley swayed forward to look at Ailsa Paige. "The dear old thing," said Mrs. Paige, smiling as she moved among "Mrs. Craig doesn''t like him," said Ailsa simply. "By the way, Celia," he said smiling, "that young man--cousin of "God knows," said the young fellow, sitting down and gazing about "Yes," she said, so simply that the Colonel''s eyes turned directly "I--think I can go to-day," said Ailsa in a low voice. came to Ailsa from Colonel Arran, from Hallam, from Celia and "I wish my mother and Ailsa were back in New York," said the boy "I don''t know," said Berkley. "I didn''t know Burgess was there," said Berkley. "Good God!" said Dr. Benton as Letty and Ailsa came up, out "This way," said Berkley''s voice in her ear; and his hand closed on 12015 The taller man remained silent, his hands clasped, and head sunk on his me past the pickets said Billie Hardy was going to try to run the lines "Captain Le Gaire explained to me who you are, Major," he said with new He turned and left the room, my eyes following him until the door told me as much before he left, and I know we shall need every man "Yes," she answered, lifting her eyes to his face, but not advancing. "I should rather like to know what all this means, young man," said the necessary step forward and, with open hand, struck me in the face. "Yes, he is dead, Miss Hardy," I said, knowing I must end the suspense, His eyes glanced back toward the door of her room which stood open. "Yes," I said, but with my eyes on the girl''s face. 12068 of Camp Jackson.--Energy of General Lyon.--Union Men organized.--An of Camp Jackson.--Energy of General Lyon.--Union Men organized.--An General Lyon.--Capture of the State Capital.--Moving on the Enemy''s General Lyon.--Capture of the State Capital.--Moving on the Enemy''s the Rebel Government, who promised twenty-five thousand men, and arms One day the _White Cloud_, on her way from Kansas City to St. Louis, refused to halt until three shots had been fired, the last one entire Rebel army was in camp on the old Wilson Creek battle-ground, Giving her no time to remove any thing, the Rebel soldiers, claiming It was at this same fort, two years later, that the Rebel General Tennessee, told our officers that a Rebel general and his staff had At that time the Rebel army, under General Bragg, was making its New Plans of the Rebels.--Their Design to Capture Corinth,--Advancing New Plans of the Rebels.--Their Design to Capture Corinth,--Advancing 12229 "I shall be glad to be able to relieve his mind," said the Doctor. "I don''t know," she said, "that Father had at that time any thought of Then, turning to the Doctor, she said, "Father, Mr. Berwick asked me "Doctor," I began; but my fear was great and I said no more. "Keep your place in line, Private Lewis," said an officer, coming up, "You are right, Doctor," said I; "but you must admit, I think, that at "Doctor," said I, "good-by till to-morrow; I shall stay with the company "In that case," said the Doctor, "for McClellan''s right to cross the your right--in a day or two," said the Doctor. "My friend," said one of the men, "allow me to ask if you know where you The men looked at the advancing line and said one to another, General Meade said, "Doctor, do you know this man?" 12384 (From man''s changeless heart their way they win); Shall die experienced ere three days are spent-Feel more elate; the end must come," said Lyon. A long bold steep: we near the Den. Later the foe came shouting down Long as hearts shall share the flame War shall yet be, and to the end; Shall bay that warring gun; And men were looking for a man, In days to come the field shall blend, We here who warred for Man and Right, Who to the ground shall Mosby bring? And Mosby''s men fell deeds can do. And mid dry leaves green dead-man''s-hand Mosby''s man fell, pale as a lover. You don''t know Mosby or his men." Of Colonel Mosby--that brave man." "Come--Mosby--tell!" "O dun look so! Along he went for a Mosby-man. And let none talk with Mosby''s men." And Mosby''s men are off like the wind. Went Mosby''s men, and marked the dead. 12452 good time, to join Beverly and his guest, Arthur Wayne, at the close of "I am but little of a politician, Miss Weems," said Arthur, "although I "How is it, Arthur," said Beverly, placing his hand affectionately on "Look you, Mr. Harold Hare, I know you well, and I think we''ll take you The heavy horsewhip in Harold''s hand rose suddenly and descended like a "It looks unpromising, at the best," said Harold; "I think it would be Harold with his left arm encircled the rigid form, while his right hand "Come, Oriana," said Harold, one afternoon, "let us walk to the top of "Well, Arthur," said Harold Hare, entering the room of the former at his Beverly stood beside his horse, with his hand clasped in Harold''s. "She''s perfectly insane," said Philip; but Harold looked thoughtful and "Oh, Arthur, how changed you are!" said Harold, who could not keep from 12532 "I knew that man Grant would do something terrible to us," Harry said "Thanks," said Harry, and leading his horse he reached the knoll, to "That''s a little cloud and it looks innocent," he said to Harry, "but I "That''s true," said Dalton, "but it takes good men like Sherburne to "So far have I come," said Harry, "but the omens promise a hard march." The road led in the general direction of Lee''s army and Harry knew that officers, rode in the rear of the group that surrounded General Lee. Although the darkness had come fully, the Army of Northern Virginia had Harry heard them far away to right and left, like the faint buzzing of "Brave men!" murmured Lee. Harry, always watching his commander-in-chief, saw now for the first "And it will fight like the Army of Northern Virginia," said Harry. Dalton had returned from the army a little later this time than Harry, 12541 [Footnote 161: Smith to Dole, January 3, 1862 [Indian Office Special [Footnote 184: Coffin to Dole, March 28, 1862 [Indian Office Special [Footnote 230: Steele to Dole, March 26, 1862 [Indian Office General [Footnote 230: Steele to Dole, March 26, 1862 [Indian Office General [Footnote 231: Dole to Steele, March 21, 1862, Indian Office _Letter [Footnote 254: Indian Office General Files, _Southern [Footnote 552: Coffin to Dole, May 31, 1862, Indian Office General [Footnote 552: Coffin to Dole, May 31, 1862, Indian Office General [Footnote 575: "Orders have been given by General Blunt for the Indian [Footnote 575: "Orders have been given by General Blunt for the Indian [Footnote 611: Coffin''s letter to Dole of December 20 [Indian Office [Footnote 631: Dole to Smith, March 20, 1862, Indian Office _Report [Footnote 631: Dole to Smith, March 20, 1862, Indian Office _Report [Footnote 631: Dole to Smith, March 20, 1862, Indian Office _Report 13039 In ACT I, just before the opening of the war, HAVERILL is a Colonel in am ordered direct to Washington at once, and shall start with Mrs. Haverill this forenoon. [_An old negro leads the horse away._ GERTRUDE _looks KERCHIVAL [_Aside_.] It looks as if Robert was right; she doesn''t want Lieutenant Kerchival West is Mrs. Haverill''s favourite officer in the regiment. GERTRUDE _moves down to stage and up to road, looks right and left, "My Darling Gertrude: When Colonel Kerchival West was in Washington _Enter_ CAPTAIN HEARTSEASE, _followed by_ COLONEL ROBERT ELLINGHAM; [_Enter_ COLONEL KERCHIVAL WEST, _looking at paper in his hand. [_Looking at paper._] Yes; General Haverill is to meet me [_Looking right._] General Haverill has arrived. [_He moves up stage._ BARKET _salutes._ HAVERILL _stops and looks at at_ KERCHIVAL, _who turns away, laughing._ BUCKTHORN _reads letter._] _Enter_ KERCHIVAL WEST, _his coat thrown open, with_ ELLINGHAM, BARKET [KERCHIVAL _looks at her, suddenly; also_ GERTRUDE.] 13124 companies elected their captains and field officers, the general General, and assigned to duty upon the staff of Major General G.W. Smith, commanding Second Corps of the Army of the Potomac. of an army, the ranking Lieutenant General takes command until a the breaking out of the war men generally selected as officers the old army for the day''s battle into two wings, G.W. Smith to command the army now fell upon General G.W. Smith, who ordered the troops to General Smith left the army next day, never to return to active from some wounded soldier that Kershaw was moving in line of battle General Kershaw was Colonel of the Second South Carolina Regiment. "Thanking Lieutenant General James Longstreet and the officers and men General Lee''s Army was a day''s, or more, march to the north and east men made from the various companies and regiments of the old brigade 13163 vessel, and after taking the captain and crew on board the Sumter set recovered, a prize crew was sent on board the vessel, with directions to vessel''s head turned from the sea, the fires let down, the ship got prizes, but the ships of war themselves of the Confederate States, and _Excitement--Taking the bull by the horns--official visits--H.M.S. Cadmus--Captain Semmes'' commission--At sea again--A dull time--Wind and at one time reported to-day that there were two United States vessels of three ships of war of the enemy at St. Thomas'', one sail vessel, and two by United States vessels--the Alabama passing in this case as the U.S. ship Wyoming.] the Confederate States ships of war Alabama, her reported tender capture by the Confederate States steamer Alabama, of the barque Sea by the Confederate States ship of war Alabama, and not having been the Confederate States ship of war Alabama, and brought into British 13202 Well, as I said before, they went to fighting, but old Abe''s side got I fell in love with the old gentleman and felt like going Away back yonder, in good old Tennessee, our homes and loved ones are The soldiers had passed through the Yankee camps and saw all the good "Just look at that brave man, charging right in the jaws of death." when I hear an old soldier telling of being on some general''s staff, Almost every soldier in the army--generals, colonels, captains, as well Yankee sharpshooters advanced, we left the poor old horse nipping the "Forward, boys, and give ''em h--l." General Polk also says a good word, a snow ball battle, in which generals, colonels, captains and privates time, the Yankees seemed to know that they had killed or wounded a The private soldiers of the Army of Tennessee looked upon Hood as 13334 fell away from his weapon, his head slowly dropped until his face rested answered, he turned away his eyes and said no more. closing either eye he could look a little way along the barrel--to the If he turned away his eyes an instant it was to look for muzzle against the man''s forehead, and turning away his eyes pulled the away the dying man''s shirt, rose and placed the point of the sword just the eyes, not unkindly, and said: "It is a bad night, my man." impassive, looking into the man''s face, but apparently not attentive to "Captain," he said, acknowledging the officer''s salute, "this man is a "Look here, Governor," said the younger man, with a smile that had more That officer stood forward, his dark saturnine face looking somewhat Captain Graffenreid stood at the head of his company, the dead man at The men looked at the body, touching the face in turn. 13789 bitterness wrote to Secretary of State Seward: "That Great Britain did, with the United States, and the one great hope, to the British minds, of [Footnote 7: The people of the British North American Provinces regarded [Footnote 19: _Notes on the United States of North America during a Southern States would soon follow this example, British opinion believed as affecting British policy during the American Civil War will be language implied that the United States desired war, and Seward''s plan influenced relations greatly in the earlier years of the Civil War. On May 20, the day before Seward''s No. 10 was dated, Lyons wrote a long Thus Russell would not have Great Britain go to war with America without relating to the Civil War in the United States of North America," No. 20. relating to the Civil War in the United States of North America," No. 20. 14153 "Yes, until Aunt Ann hears," said Leila, and turned to John. "Poor child!" said Aunt Ann. James Penhallow looked at Leila. John said, "I am greatly obliged, sir." When half-way home he went back "Look here," said Tom McGregor turning to John, "did you tell the Squire John Penhallow stood a moment, and then said, "Good gracious! "John," he said, "you will oblige me by riding to the mill and asking Dr. McGregor to come to Westways and see old Josiah. the Baptist preacher said to Rivers, "Duties are enough to satisfy Mrs. Penhallow, and I do guess she enjoys her own goodness like the angels "Mark," said Mrs. Ann, "if George Grey comes--James, did you leave the "Aunt Ann asked her why she wanted to know that, and Leila said it was John went away to look at the ruin left by the fire, and the Squire said 14429 I was commanding a division of cavalry and he an army corps in Grant''s command of the Army of the James, to succeed Major General Butler, who Grant of that officer''s political importance, which General Smith could done to disturb the conclusion reached at the time, that General Smith War, and also to myself, who was serving at the time on General Grant''s the same time by Mr. Dana, give General Smith even a higher command. General, with the command of all the armies of the United States. field in person, with Smith commanding one of his army corps and further service in the field and had assigned General Smith to the General Smith, in explanation of why he was relieved from command in it, under the command of Smith, was co-operating with the Army of the General Grant as well as of the country and the army, at a time when 14595 Tom looked at him, and discovered that it was Squire Pemberton, the father "There''s one good thing about it, Tom," said John: "you have got a "No, gran''ther; if I can''t fight, I won''t run away," replied Tom. "Yes, they do, my boy," said Hapgood, who was a little old man, nearly ten "Come, Tom, it is about time for you too see something of the city," said Good boy, Tom," said old Hapgood, who seemed to be as much at ease for you, any time," said Tom, as he went towards the front door. "Now we''ll search the house," said the officer; and Tom heard them walking "My name is Tom Somers," added the soldier boy, as he stepped into the bullet from the rebel''s musket did not come his way, Tom was satisfied To Tom''s reply, that the party were Massachusetts soldiers, the rebel who 14897 THAT OLD-TIME CHILD, ROBERTA Roberta Marsden, or Lil Missus, as the negroes called her, for the opening "I feel just like the old woman in Mother Goose, Auntie," Roberta would Roberta was a very amiable child, but old Squire said she "wuz techus Roberta thought Mam'' Sarah''s mouth was just made to say "honey." Just like At the same time that Mam'' Sarah and Roberta were fussing over Polly, a "O, you dear, good, Uncle Squire," cried the delighted child. Away ran the child to Squire that she might tell him Uncle Charlie was "O, Uncle Squire," cried the delighted child, "won''t mamma go right "O, you dear child!" she cried, "surely God has put in your little hands When Roberta and old Squire reached the house where they had been told When old Squire and Roberta returned home they found Aunt Betsy very sick, Good-bye to Roberta Marsden''s child-life on the old farm! 15006 No pen or brush can picture life in the old Southern States in the Negro laborers were brought to Virginia and sold as slaves, fifty years Constitution of the United States for the Southern planters to hold as the division line between the free and slave states. Southern colonies were Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina In 1792 Kentucky, cut off from Virginia, entered as a slave state, and in 1796 Tennessee, given up by North Carolina, came in as a slave State. slaves, but the institution was legalized in the Southern States. South wanted her left free to choose slave labor; the North feared that In the same year Texas came in as a slave State. Not quite fifty years ago the Southern States of this Union, having Southern States had hundreds of sympathizers among the men of the North, Through the grand old States of Virginia and South 15402 the way, it seemed more home-like and less shoppy, as Mrs. Franklin said don''t know what has come over me, but somehow I feel quite sad, looking lifting hand and face and voice together, thrilled out, "I look backward this way: so, sir, face about, march!" and away the gay girl went with my long search, he passed me and said, with such a look, ''You''ve gone "I believe everything is in order," said the good-natured-looking old "You need rest," said Miss Ercildoune to her one day, looking at her Don''t look like it, jest yet, I knows; but I lives in faith; it''ll come "I''ll wager that''s Jim," said Surrey, before he saw his face. just what Jim said; an'' de sojer he put his hand up to his face, an'' I you any good; and, upon my word, the way you''re looking I really think 15414 Mrs. Cary came down from the steps and looked carefully at the Cary took her hands in his, looked into her eyes and his answer breathed long as we have a man." Mrs. Cary went into the house, slowly, wearily, "Well, little lady," her father said, resting his hand on Virgie''s Snatching the dispatch from the man''s hand Morrison ran his eye over Thank''e, seh," said old Uncle Billy, coming down. Uncle Billy suddenly turned and looked up at the house, his mouth open Morrison turned slowly from the little rebel to the man. Virgie looked slowly from her father to the Union soldier, who stood "Come, Virgie," he said, "I guess we won''t get to see Colonel Morrison "Right," said Morrison, "we go at once." Turning back to Virgie he General Grant looked up quickly and ran his eye over the old man. His eyes dropped from Morrison''s face and he looked up at Harris. 15629 Bev say hit too far for her; dat she got ter ride de mule: and she up an [Enter at the back by the road Fair and Bev. She is riding on Bev. Fair, did you know father was going back to his regiment brings his camp near enough for George and Carter and Gordon all to come Dear father, Bev and I were just coming to look for you. [Enter from the house Fair, Bev, and Charlotte Hillary. [Fair and Bev run to the gate and stand, eagerly looking down [Enter (Right) by the road, George Stuart, Carter Hillary and [Charlotte turns, facing him; he takes her other hand, looking [Enter Bev, Carter, George and Gordon. [Mrs. S., Charlotte, Fair, Bev, Cupid and Marthy come down into [She exits into house with Marthy and Cupid, while Fair and Bev [Enter Bev, Mrs. S., Fair, Marthy and Cupid hurriedly. 15644 sick men early in the day, and it was said that some of them were running order, after six hours of hard work by as many men as could hospital at Nashville, on the other hand, good men and women rear-guard and the main body of General Johnson''s army, and there the Federal army under General Grant, which we left at Fort time an aid from General Breckenridge ordered me to go to his General Hardee, one of the bravest men in the Confederate service, first time many of the soldiers had seen men killed in battle, and General Breckenridge''s division doing but little fighting this day, four men, carrying a wounded officer, then soldiers staggering Three days after the retreating army had reached Corinth, I left for that place, with twenty-three wounded men under my care. We reached the town the next day, my men improved by the river 15829 Soon, attended by an officer and a guard of Federal soldiers, our mean to nurse our sick soldiers during the war, as Mr. Maury tells battle, loving and serving all soldiers with heart and hand, was One day there appeared in the Selma paper a letter from Surgeon W.T. McAllister, Army of Tennessee, describing the dreadful condition of hundreds of sick and wounded men, who, after the terrible battle of cover the faces once the light of some far-away home, careless hands sick and wounded were always at hand,--at least, up to the time of lighting up the tortured faces of wounded soldiers, appearing like a soldier came into my office one morning, his face convulsed with son, who was a Confederate soldier, had contained the news that Mr. Grey was wounded and a prisoner. wounded soldier at once to the house of his wife''s mother to be nursed 16480 Right bravely all day, with a smile on her brow, And Mamma, don''t you _always_ know, God keeps his word?" Then fast to his heart,--love and duty at strife,-On the altar of Country; and Alice,--sweet wife! Poor heart,--that has held up so brave in the past,-But dear as you are, Love,--my life and my light,-And like the old heroes,--come home on your shield!" And listen,--there comes the low breathing of prayer. Like nuns that come forth in the twilight to pray, That lies like a night-mare on Alice''s breast. And look on the hopeful, bright brows of the men, "How comes it,"--I asked,--"you look careful and bold, Then he''ll know,--and his heart with the thought will be filled,-And each heart before thee knows, The life from the quivering heart till we feel The heart that scarce breathed in the free, open day. Because all her heart-break is kept for her God,-- 17677 "Yes, be good, Dick," said Pennington, and the two went down the slope, "Good-by," said Dick, and, as he watched the big man walk away, he felt "But you don''t have rivers and hills and forests like ours," said Dick. "Take the men and look carefully through every room," said Dick to the "You were coming to meet us, Mr. Shepard?" said Dick. "I like these hills and forests and their clear waters," said Dick, "Well, Dick," said Harry, "we didn''t think to meet again in this way, "Take care of yourself, Dick, old man!" said Harry. "It''s surely not a part of Colonel Talbot''s command," said Dick. Warner said nothing, but Dick rose up a little and saw his face. Dick rode close behind Colonel Winchester and Warner and Pennington "Tell General Sheridan," she said, turning to Dick, "that the "I will, sir," said Dick, "although I know that great history is being 17955 "Good morning, Mrs. Wentworth," he said, on entering the room. Soon after her husband was taken prisoner, Mrs. Wentworth observed you ebery ting dey say ''bout you, an'' you will know what to do." Mrs. Wentworth made no reply to the negro, but on the next visit of Mr. Awtry''s, she candidly told him what had been said of her in "Well, Elsy," said Mrs. Wentworth, "I do not force you to leave New "Then stop crying," he said, pressing his little hand on Mrs. Wentworth''s cheek. "What made Mrs. Wentworth leave New Orleans?" he asked, continuing his he continued as Elsy left the room, "to know that Wentworth''s wife is "I am sorry I have to take away your bed to-night," remarked Mrs. Wentworth, "but I hope I will be able to pay you for your kindness Turning to Ella Mrs. Wentworth said: "Do you think you could remain "Come missis," she said, placing her hand on Mrs. Wentworth''s 18264 replied the captain, as he headed the boat for the steamer. "Christy is on board, sir," replied Sampson to the hail. "I shall go on board as soon as I can," replied Christy. and ask if Captain Carboneer is on board," replied the midshipman, "All right; come on board as soon as you can," added Captain Carboneer, Christy wondered if Captain Carboneer was not looking for the four men "The ladies wish to know what is going on, Christy," said Paul, coming "I think it is a very easy question to answer, Christy," replied Mrs. Passford, with a smile. eat on board of the steamer," replied Captain Passford, as he led the "I shall cheerfully explain, Captain Carboneer," replied Christy, "On board of the steamer!" replied Christy. "I don''t think that boat will come any farther this way," said Christy, "I have come on board, Captain Breaker," said Christy, as he met the 18579 "Tug-boat alongside, Captain Passford," said the commander. "On the contrary, I do want you, Christy," replied Captain Passford, as "Good-morning, my friend," said a young man to Christy, as he landed on then you probably know my brother," said Captain Passford, "We are approaching the shoal water now," said Captain Breaker to Mr. Vapoor, as the steamer came near the south-eastern end of Pelican steamer?" said Major Pierson, after he had looked about him for a time, "That looks very much like desertion," added Christy, and the major went "How many men does your father have on board of his steamer, Mr. Passford?" asked the major, in a careless sort of way. "You will have to put that question to my father, Percy," said Christy. "Who is that man, Christy?" asked Captain Passford, as soon as the tug?" asked Captain Passford, as he looked about him for the young man, 18617 to look over the Bronx before I go on shore," said Captain Passford. "On duty, Captain Passford," said the first lieutenant, touching his cap "I am putting the room in order for the captain, sir," replied Dave "Go on deck, and tell Mulgrum to come into my cabin," said Christy. "Good evening, Captain Passford," replied the second lieutenant, as he board at the present time," said the captain. States steamer Bronx," continued Mr. Baskirk, as Christy came on board Christy shook hands with Flint, and went on board of the Bronx. "Good evening, Captain Dinsmore," Christy said, when he went into his steamer Bronx," said Christy, approaching the fallen captain of the Christy asked Captain Flint to meet him in the cabin of the Bronx for a Now, Mr. Baskirk, I shall ask you to take the deck, relieving Mr. Amblen," added Christy, who wished to talk with Flint alone. 18678 Bellevite, instead of the executive officer, Christy," said Captain of the Bellevite, Captain?" continued Christy, rising from his seat, and "''Cool impetuosity'' is very good, Captain," added Christy with a laugh. blockade-runners, Mr. Passford," said Captain Breaker, as he looked "Let him come into the cabin, then," said Captain Sullendine, in order "The captain''s pretty well set ''up,'' isn''t he Christy?" said Graines in while you look so little like a naval officer," replied the captain, as "I am very glad to see you again, Christy," said Captain Breaker, The captain of the Bellevite gave the order to Christy to swing to the Captain Breaker directed his own officers to return to the deck of the quarter-deck each of his own ship," said Captain Rombold, as he grasped "I have the honor to be the commander of the ship," replied Christy "He is a lieutenant-commander now, and captain of the steamer St. Regis, 18688 "You know how you like _him_," Dr. Sandford said pointedly. "Daisy, my dear!" said Mrs. Sandford "You are as good as "Christian," said I, putting my hand in his, "you know papa Then Mrs. Sandford said, "Here comes the major, Daisy. "It is a good time to be away, _I_ think," said Mrs. Sandford. "What matters, papa?" I said, looking up, and feeling "Daisy has too much to think of," said mamma with a sort of "Why, Daisy?" said papa, looking at me. "Oh, papa, let us get away while it is time!" I said. "What do you know of places where the heart _was?_" said papa, "Daisy, you are better this day or two," papa said to me, "I do not know what you can mean by that, Daisy," said papa, "Daisy," said papa, "it is something I do not know, and I see 18721 The man paused suddenly and looked into the Boy''s wondering eyes. The General''s wife won the Boy''s whole heart from the moment he saw her. Socola paused and turned his dark eyes on Jennie''s upturned face. Dick Welford heard the shot and gripped the fierce old Southerner''s hand Jennie insisted on stopping at Senator Davis'' home to tell his wife of "Would the United States Army stand by the old flag?" Tom asked with General Beauregard was ordered to command the forces in South Carolina, Court House had been more than twenty thousand men and his army had been The Southern Commander had but forty thousand men with which to meet quick decision Lee divided his little army by planting ten thousand men effective war power of Southern soldiers led by these two men whose than sixty thousand men and Lee''s army was as strong as when the fight 18765 shower of shot, and two burning houses made the river clear as day. thousand men within thirty miles of Chattanooga,--in two hours'' time he Friday every train had been on time, the day dry, the road in perfect advance-guard, commanded by Colonel R.C. Morgan, found a body of militia day, "misled by two citizen guides"--possibly Morgan''s own men. o''clock Morgan''s men were seen coming up the road. came that Shackelford''s men were near, and Morgan left so 364 officers and men and 400 horses, till General Shackelford came up, traveling all night spent the day of the 30th at the house of a friend displayed head-lines, announcing the escape of General Morgan, Captain in general it was worked by five of Rose''s men, after being counted at tongue can tell how long were the days and nights the poor fellow passed night Rose shoved an old shoe out of the hole, and the day afterward he 18803 "Well, Christy, how do you feel this morning?" asked Captain Passford, Gilfleur," said Captain Passford, as the tug approached the man-of-war. Chateaugay, Mr. Passford," said Captain Chantor, when Christy had halted "So Captain Chantor said when I came on deck," replied the first "I am glad to see you, Captain Chantor," said Christy. "Is this the same boat that you used when you were in the Bermudas, Mr. Gilfleur?" asked Christy, as they were examining the work which had been Davis to her captain," said the Frenchman to Christy, in French. "That is good practice, Captain Chantor," said Christy. "That was well done, Captain Chantor," said Christy. It was Captain Flanger, whose steamer Christy had captured, with a boat "Do you know what steamer that is, Mr. Passford?" asked Captain Flanger, "How should I know, Captain?" asked Christy. "On board the steamer!" replied Christy. 18816 lieutenant came on board; and Christy was not a little astonished to "Good-morning, Lieutenant Passford!" said Captain Battleton, as he Christy took the offered hand of Captain Battleton, and looked earnestly in the head, I never was better in my life," said Christy in reply to Christy obeyed the order of Captain Battleton when he was directed to "I have no doubt you will work your way up in good time," added Christy, Corny was evidently in command of the Bronx; but Christy "You can trust Dave, Massa Christy," replied the steward, as the officer flag-ship, and appointed a new officer in command of the Bronx, rather me as the rightful commander of the Bronx," replied Christy, as he "You are the only officer on board except myself," replied Christy. "Not at all, Captain Battleton," replied Christy, taking the hand of the "Any orders, Captain Passford?" asked the first lieutenant, as he saw 19154 old man say for some time; den he answer: ''No use going on like dat. A day or two later when Vincent went down to the stables he saw that Dan "I heard last night, Marse Vincent, dat old man Jackson is going to sell Vincent soon learned from Dan what had taken place. "It am all right, Tony," he said; "here is Massa Vincent come to see "That''s all right, Dan," Vincent said, as he roused himself and looked "Why, Vincent, where have you been all this time?" Mrs. Wingfield said "I do not think there is a better horse in the State," Vincent said, "By the way, Dan," Vincent said when the negro had finished his meal, "I think that would be the best way," Vincent said. "I will try and ride round if you like, general," Vincent said. "I think we shall do it, Tony," Vincent said. 19194 leave Captain Mosby behind with a few men, to look after the loyal As soon as Stuart''s column started southward, Mosby took his six men River came when Mosby and his men sprang to their feet, leveled more men and orders to operate behind the Union army on a permanent Mosby got his prisoners and horses together and started About two weeks later, with forty men, Mosby raided a post at Herndon Mosby men looted them unmercifully, taking their money, their horses, prisoners before the Mosby men learned the facts of the situation and road, with mounted Mosby men in the woods on either side and prisoners, and the victorious Mosby men brought home over a hundred Often, returning from a raid, the Mosby men would find their home Mosby men had experienced for some time. The Union officers found Mosby on the Union army entered Richmond, a party of fifty Mosby men caught their 19705 travelling through strange lands does certainly look at nature, animate Strong head-winds and a heavy sea baffled us till we had cleared the a terrible battle in the far West, where, after three days'' hard American-bred "fast horses." The ground was too hard frozen to allow of the habit of crossing a country; but an American horse is scarcely ever no one to look at the live animal, till he has thoroughly learnt to like verses of "King Death." It is good to look back on hours like these, The Southern "trooper" fares, I believe, far better in many ways than with a long, steady stride; like most Maryland-bred horses, he had fitted for long travel through a country where a horse must needs lose Walter''s fresh mount came down--a powerful, active mare, in good working Perhaps my face did not look like jesting; anyhow, he took every word 19746 "Yes," said the colonel, extending his hand to the old man, who "You had ever a loving heart, Laura," said the colonel, "given to duty "Mother," said Miss Treadwell, "this is Henry French--Colonel The old lady gave the colonel a slender white hand, thin almost to you," said the colonel, giving the young man''s hand a cordial grasp. "Yes," returned the colonel, "I don''t know what I rescued old Peter Phil and the old man proved excellent friends, and the colonel, "Graciella," said the colonel to his young friend, during the evening, Peter, brings Phil over every day; but when the colonel comes he talks thought, that a jaded old man of the world like Colonel French should Why should Colonel French, an old man, who was of no better "Very well," said the colonel as he turned away, "I''ll see Fetters." "Another thing, Colonel French," said Fetters, his quiet eyes 19831 Early Acts of the Confederate Congress.--Laws of the United States Law observed by the Government.--Officers retiring from United States United States Government.--The Action at Booneville.--The Patriot Army Union, and to report such an act for that purpose to the United States terms "Union," "United States," "Federal Constitution;" and the United States," from whom the powers of the Federal Government were which he belongs--the people who constituted the State government which Government of the United States that the President, Congress, Government for Peace.--Position of Officers of United States Government for Peace.--Position of Officers of United States section of the Union nor to the General Government, but to the States State in this Union a republican form of government, and shall protect Constitution of the United States, the President is usurping a power There was a time when the Government and the people of the United States United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall 19999 "Very likely," said Frank, who had learned that the beat way to treat a "You look like Sinbad''s Old Man of the Sea!" exclaimed Frank. "If we live, we shall be men, and old men, too, some day," said Frank, "Now, my boy," said he one day, after Frank had been practising "O, mother!" said Frank, "you _must_ see our drum-major, old Mr. Sinjin--my teacher, you know. "He takes every thing that way," said Frank; "but you can''t tell much by "It was a North Carolina drummer boy that shot him," said Frank. "A drummer boy may be as brave as any body," said Frank, keeping his "Frank likes any thing that has a drum in it," said John Winch, "Let Frank," said Harris; "for he knows the man." "Then I heard the gun," said Jack, "and I was afraid either Seth or Frank 20432 "Somebody is coming!" said Jack, and looked up the companion way. these words Jack turned away to follow Marion to the plantation mansion, "Yes, Marion has told me the truth," said Jack, in as steady a voice as "Now tell me how Marion came to tell you of the past," said Mrs. Ruthven, after putting the jewel case away. "Old Ben said you wished to see me," replied Jack, and then he caught "Jack, this is Dr. Mackey," said Mrs. Ruthven, in strained tones. A dead silence followed our hero''s declaration to remain with Mrs. Ruthven until Dr. Mackey had proved his claim to Jack in a court of law. "Will they come back, Jack?" asked Mrs. Ruthven, as she came outside. Colonel Stanton and Mrs. Ruthven entered the house, followed by Jack, When the young man was gone Mrs. Ruthven and Marion had Old Ben and the 20460 3. For the first time to-day, I saw men bringing tobacco to market in As we were leaving camp this morning, an officer of an Ohio regiment The officers of General Schleich''s staff were with me on to-day''s march, mountain, and reached the road, a mile and a half south of camp, and mountains last night; were inside the enemy''s picket lines; heard By his timely arrival General Mitchell cut a division of rebel troops in command of Colonel Keifer, I accompanied General Mitchell on the return, leading men of Alabama; of generals, colonels, majors, captains, and that will make glad the hearts of all loyal people on New-Year''s Day. I saw Lieutenant-Colonel Given, Eighteenth Ohio. General Rosecrans and staff, killing two horses and wounding two men. Colonel Lytle, my old brigade commander, called on me to-day. General Negley, who went home some time ago, returned to-day, and, I 20509 Day--Happy News--Start for Richmond--Not Tied--Night A short time after this, all the party came back, and I received full our party, came along the road; we fell in with them, and were soon Again--Perilous Crossing--Success--Chattanooga--On the Cars--Night--Arrive hoped "the time would soon come when we would be comrades, fighting time, the down train arrived, and we passed it without difficulty. which insured us time to pass the train ahead, before our pursuers train in pursuit, who afterward visited us in prison, said that if it time we were in the dungeon, we had been guarded by twenty-six men, probable capture, and went boldly forward in the day time. One morning our jailor came to our room, and asked us if we knew John One morning the guard brought up some prisoners, and as soon as they One day an officer came into the room, and ordered a sergeant to take 20762 force behind some river in an advantageous position on Lee''s line divisions to attack Jackson''s corps in flank and cut if off from his left, and Barlow''s brigade of the Eleventh Corps his right. Fitz Lee''s brigade of cavalry was left on the plank road to menace General Schimmelpfennig, commanding a brigade of Schurz''s division, posted in advance in the Plank Road,* and the command of his corps and a brigade from Humphrey''s division of Meade''s corps, and French''s ordered General John Newton of the Sixth Corps to take command of About 2 P.M., after the Eleventh Corps line was formed, General Brooks'' brigade charged almost up to the enemy''s line of batteries, lines, around to attack Sickles'' left, held by General J. regiment against the enemy, and posted a line of wounded men in General Trimble, who commanded a division of Hill''s corps, which _Second Brigade_.--(1) Colonel ROY STONE Commanding (wounded); 20928 eight feet long, we reached water at 7 A.M. At 9 A.M. we espied the cavalcade of General Magruder passing us by a attention to all the good-looking officers who accompany the General Maxey''s brigade left this place by road last night to join General to General Johnston and other Confederate officers; he pronounced them By great good fortune this was the evening of General Slaughter''s ride I met Major-General Cheetham, a stout, rather rough-looking man, church, I called again on General Bragg, who talked to me a long time now in the Confederate army, and is on the staff of General Beauregard''s Secretary-at-War for Generals Lee and Longstreet, I left Richmond at 6 _28th June_ (Sunday).--No officer or soldier under the rank of a general their horses are generally good, and they ride well. train of horses and mules, &c., arrived to-day, sent in by General 21274 And drunk by night, he sighs the foe to slay." _Page_ 19.] Polyphemus, the man-eating Cyclops, and thereby to abridge his power The Cid unhorsed, like Bacchus, topples down." _Page_ 21.] "Wherefore, Sir Hawk, must I, thy victim, die?" "Peace," quoth the Hawk, "thou art less strong than I." When distant ages rise to view our times, [Illustration: "Like Fallstaff, seeks repose and dreams of glory, [Illustration: "Leaves gallant Winthrop to his mournful fate, But takes the field when haply ''tis too late." _Page_ 23.] [Illustration: "Our hero vowed Magruder''s works to take, And stab the virtue of a Christian age: [Illustration: "Born of a race where thrift, with iron rod, And Farragut our Cyclop''s fortune made." _Page_ 23.] [Illustration: "Fraternal discord cease." _Page 27._] [Illustration: ""I''ll blow Fort Fisher ''mong the region kites!" And saucy Fisher flashed defiance still." _Page_ 25.] "Bottled" Chief, adieu." _Page_ 27.] 21321 Mr. Sefton received Prescott in a large dark room that looked like a "Richmond is to be a great capital some day," said Talbot as they walked Mrs. Markham said no more upon the subject, and presently Prescott asked "I believe you are right, Captain Prescott," said the Secretary; "I do Walking abroad at noontime next day, Prescott saw Helen Harley coming "I ask for the wearer of this," said Prescott, taking a long brown cloak "That man Sefton came to see me to-day," he said after a long silence. "You see, now, Captain Prescott," said Miss Catherwood, still leaving a encountered," said the Secretary with emphasis, as Prescott and Mrs. Markham joined them. Prescott liked little this long talk between Lucia and the Secretary and "A man may employ his time well in Richmond, General," said Prescott, "Well, Mr. Sefton," said Prescott, "it has come." 21417 Army and the War Department--General Grant''s Special Powers--His General Sherman to his place in command of the Military Division be, as General Sherman states, to get command of one of the armies, unite my corps with General Thomas''s army at Nashville, when I Besides, I was commanding General Thomas''s army, operating commander of a brigade in line wait for orders from the general-inchief before commencing to fire on the advancing enemy. when I asked for and received orders to report with the Twentythird Corps to General Thomas in Tennessee, I felt in the fullest and the orders sent to Thomas by General Grant and the War Department did not receive any orders from General Thomas, at any time, upon timely orders from General Thomas for the battle of December 16, commanding general of the army, and the War Department have been "For the first time the general actually does command the army." 21562 The heavy guns of the enemy, from their commanding position, threw The following day, the 8th, the two boats continued up river, passing P.M. There were, besides the Carondelet, the armored gunboats St. Louis, Lieutenant Paulding; Louisville, Commander Dove; and Pittsburg, weeks before Farragut passed the forts down the river with a fleet, landing and half a mile from the river, both vessels opened fire upon mile from the enemy, turned their heads down the river and followed, moment the enemy, the vessels of the fleet replying as their guns "When the vessels reach the bend of the river, should the enemy Vicksburg, under the command of General Williams, went down the river; fleet, which by this time was up Red River, and the gunboat still flag-ship Benton, sixteen guns,[17] Lieutenant-Commander James A. though the enemy had no vessel on the river, the banks on either side 21566 Bring the good old bugle, boys, we''ll sing another song, Rises to shine a thousand years!--CHORUS. Jubilee lasts a thousand years.--CHORUS. When you are gone a thousand years.--CHORUS. Each of His days a thousand years.--CHORUS. Between their loved homes and the war''s desolation, And the Star Spangled Banner in triumph shall wave O''er the land of the free and the home of the brave! O''er the land of the free and the home of the brave! O''er the land of the free and the home of the brave! O''er the land of the free and the home of the brave! Three cheers for the Red, White, and Blue.--CHORUS. Our weary hearts; a song of home Shouting the battle cry of freedom.--CHORUS. Shouting the battle cry of freedom.--CHORUS. Shouting the battle cry of freedom.--CHORUS. As we think of seeing friends and home once more.--CHORUS. The Good Old Songs We Used to Sing 21681 Rhett Sempland was deeply in love with Miss Fanny Glen. Sempland; _per contra_, at that moment, she loved Harry Lacy. "Rhett," said the other man, stretching out his hand, "the woman I love "General Beauregard," said Lacy, as the two young officers were ushered "It is dangerous," said Lacy, softly, "but General Beauregard has "You are locked in here by my orders, Mr. Sempland," said Fanny Glen, "General," said Lacy, a few moments later, "if I might suggest, sir--" about Sempland''s visit to Fanny Glen, merely advising the general, in "General Beauregard," said Lacy at last, "with your permission I will "General Beauregard, as I said, I would rather be where Lacy is now "Miss Glen," said the little general, "I would not spare my own father business--the war, the South, General Beauregard, Fanny Glen, "Fanny Glen," said Sempland, when they were alone once more, "are you 21853 of her influence and power--Young''s Point in 1863--Illness of Mrs. Harvey--She determines to secure the establishment of a General Hospital preparation of diet, etc.--Service at Fort Schuyler Hospital--Mrs. General Fremont secures her services for St. Louis--Condition of St. Louis and the other river cities at this time--First assigned to the House--Labors at Beverly Hospital, New Jersey--Mrs. Gibbons'' return Maryland women in the war--Barbara Frietchie--Effie Titlow--Mrs. Munsell''s labors in the hospitals after Antietam and Gettysburg--Her at Cairo, where he had been ordered to labor in hospitals; and Mrs. Porter, visiting Cairo and Paducah, entered earnestly into the work of mortal sickness than were slain or wounded in the battles, one of Mrs. Husband''s sons was among the sufferers from disease, and word was sent her chosen work; she went to the battle-field, intending to join Mrs. Harris, of the Ladies'' Aid Society of Philadelphia, who was already at 21909 the claim, and General Grant advised Miss Carroll to continue to push that Miss Carroll''s papers, formerly placed on file at the War My friend Miss Carroll has two claims against the Government The letters of eminent men in admiration of Miss Carroll''s papers, into Miss Carroll''s services, in his report of the 42d Congress, saw Mr. Tucker, then Assistant Secretary of War. He told me that Mr. Scott stated to him on leaving for the West, "This is Miss Carroll''s MISS CARROLL''S PAPERS TO THE WAR DEPARTMENT -PLAN OF CAMPAIGN -MISS CARROLL''S PAPERS TO THE WAR DEPARTMENT -PLAN OF CAMPAIGN -List of Miss Carroll''s papers sent into the War Department in her own Miss Carroll''s first paper, addressed to the War Department, for a The Secretary of War suggested the presentation of Miss Carroll''s the War Department, and for these Miss Carroll preferred a claim to 21976 18th--The Sixth and Second corps sent to the left--Rebels penetrate the retreat--Rebels advance into Maryland--Battle of Monocacy--Sixth corps General Lee, who had succeeded to the command of the rebel army when Our corps remained in line of battle in the wheat field till early next fire, the First division of the corps formed in line of battle, and The rebel army had fallen back; yet a skirmish line had been left to troops, than the whole army was ordered into line for review by corps. The corps occupied a line nearly a mile in rear of the old camp, the army, General Wright, of the First division, commanded the corps, The Sixth corps now occupied the extreme right of the line, General division Sixth corps, on the left; the line extending about five miles. corps, and at the same time a rebel line of battle advanced against that 21977 Captain in the Late Confederate States Navy. "Narrative, etc.," that the "Confederate States began the war with one United States fleet, offering to surrender his command under certain States Government, towards the close of the war, subjected the That is, the Confederate States held as prisoners nearly 61,000 more men government steamers who belonged to the Confederate States Navy, and the The Secretary of War having carried his point, the Major directed his officer of the Confederate Navy, then held as a prisoner on board one of The Confederate States Steamer "Florida."--Short Supply of The Confederate States Steamer "Florida."--Short Supply of of St. George''s, when the Confederate States steamer "Florida" arrived engagement with a United States ship of war was to be avoided, if under Captain Ward of the Confederate States Navy. to the fleet of United States vessels, which had crossed the bar after 22066 Cleave came, a little later, to his own house, old and not large, "It''s Mr. Wood on his old grey horse--like a nice, quiet knight out of the crest of pine and oak, came now a handful of men, grey shadows, above us a noisy shell, the voice of the general coming dry and far like doesn''t look much, Major Cleave, like the day we marched away! don''t think General Jackson likes me, sir. small force with which to hold a long line--General Magruder, like the Yes, sir; I air a-going to kill him yet." "Shoo!" said the man Jackson himself came on Little Sorrel, looked at the wall and the line dog-tired!'') General Jackson says, ''_Men, we''re going to rid the Valley Stafford and his men left the hill, entered a body of woods running "I left my horse and got across myself, sir, and saw General Jackson--" 22067 heard General Jackson, as he rode to their front, direct the men to form scarce a leg or wheel for man and horse, gun or caisson, to stand on, it repeated, "Fire on that gun!" Captain Poague said, "General, I know Virginia Infantry, Jackson''s division, and was camped near our battery. About this time the battery was ordered forward, and, seeing my gun cavalry, having passed to the rear of the Federal army, captured, at firing-line we soon began meeting and passing the stream of wounded men route for a time was through the enemy''s dead and wounded of the battle Federal batteries had gotten a perfect range, and by the time our guns with a wounded man of his battery, I reached on the following day. At dawn of the following day a fresh detachment of men and horses having time General McCausland (the first captain of our battery) with his 22100 Cooper_, Adjutant-General of the United States Army (_a native_ of soldier to quit the army in time of rebellion to follow his State. both the army and navy of the United States, caused many officers Lee as a United States Army officer, corps of engineers, and died as a Colonel in the United States army Confronting Lee''s army was the command of General Reynolds, with addressed to the commanding officer of the United States troops, The War Department ordered from the commands of Generals Cox and both division commanders; the Union losses in officers and men were day after he assumed command of the army its advance corps opened Division, Sixth Army Corps, took position upon the right of this General Sheridan was, by Grant, ordered from the Army of had served as a general officer in the Confederate Army; and on in the United States Army, from which he was appointed a general 22584 the South; the general tone of her people, under strain and privation this time, quite popular with people of all sections, being generally Like all the heavy cotton men of the South, Mr. Staple believed firmly very first young men of the state left office and counting-room and from the old army, were made generals and subordinate officers under General Garnett--an old army officer of reputation and promise--was Along the other army lines, the news from Magruder''s inspired the men died--no man to-day dare refuse to the southern people the need of Away from the army lines and great centers of cities, the suffering was people of Richmond, as well as the victorious little army, grew hopeful North--for his Government had accepted large numbers of hundred-day men And yet the people never murmured at their general, nor at the army Johnston, Confederate States Army, the officers and men of this 22586 obtained by General Buford showed that the Rebels were preparing for a cavalry friend is left still watching the column as it marches briskly and thence to a point near Kelly''s Ford, where General Gregg was Indeed, Jones'' Rebel cavalry brigade was only a short Brandy Station, where the Rebel cavalry-chief, Stuart, had pitched his distinguished cavalry men; and "Forward!" was the word. York Cavalry, dashing over the Ford and surprising the enemy''s pickets, the head of a brigade of cavalry which he had commanded but a General Buford now advanced the right of the line, and pressed forward, driving the enemy''s cavalry before him toward Fleetwood Hill. Meanwhile, General Buford continued to push the enemy toward Fleetwood, General Rodenbough, then a captain, and many others of the cavalry, had General Pleasanton not caring to encounter the Rebel infantry, It was a severe blow to the enemy''s cavalry at the right moment, and was 22906 handsomer picture of Mr. Paul Revere Abbot, and a letter in a hand business-like look to the long "Springfield" over his shoulder, comes The colonel turns abruptly away, while the prisoner, knowing his man, "Come here, Rix. Stand up like a man and tell me your trouble. be seen; and she said to him that a man who looked like an officer and receiving letters from Lieutenant Paul Revere Abbot, and now had come to No answer comes from Abbot, and the colonel is so busy that he thinks peacefully the old man sleeps, thinks Abbot, as he glances a moment with Doctor Warren''s coming, with that cold and bitter letter from Miss answered only by the man to whom it was written, says Abbot, and it is Then there comes a knock at the door, and, opening it, Major Abbot finds "Major Abbot, here is a packet of letters in a lady''s hand, addressed to 22913 "Come, Bruno, she ain''t worth minding," said Paul. "Mr. Chrome," said Paul, "don''t you think that those pigs would look "Here, Paul, just help me; that is a good fellow," he said, coaxingly. "Come, grandpa," said Paul, opening the bedroom door and calling him; "Or for a man either," said Mr. Chrome, who came up and patted Paul on "It makes you look like a little old man, Paul; I wouldn''t go." that you came to-night, Paul," she said, pressing his hand in Paul, for people might say I was envious; but if I were you, Mr. Leatherby, I''d put him over the road," said Philip, walking on. When Paul passed by the shop on his way home at night, he said, "Good "I must get Azalia and Daphne to help me make a man of Bob," said Paul said Paul to the school committee, as he went for the last time to the 22960 will;" and again the old darky''s face opened till it looked like the "Do dey mean, massa, dat we shall be like de wite folks--wid our own "Bery good man, massa, but de white folks don''t like him, ''cause dey say "I cud hab know''d him, massa, good many time, ef I''d liked, but darkies "Don''t you know massa, my boy?" said the Colonel, taking his hand "Reckon he''ll be ''way all day, sar," said Jim, as we turned our horses "Come away, Moye," said the Colonel, advancing with me toward the door; "Good evening, Scip," said the Colonel, rising and giving the black his "Jake, come here," said the Colonel; "this man would have killed you. "''Taint for a darky to say dat, massa," said the negro, evidently "Do you say that, boys;" said the Colonel, turning to the other negroes; The old preacher turned to them as the Colonel passed out, and said, "My 23340 women, followed by a very deaf old man, who appeared to think that the Here the old man pricked up his ears, and said that he hadn''t heard of "Halt!" said the old man in his great voice, "where are you men going?" "I think one of the andirons has fallen down, darter!" said the old man, There was a mill on the New Bridge road, ten miles from White House, "Good evening, Major," I said, to the ranking Confederate officer, and "Take away your ambulance, old fellow," I said, "I shan''t go home till I "Good by!" said Mr. Michie; "if I have a house at that time, you shall When the man said "Ah!" I thought that my horse would run away, and cavalry-men, in line of battle, stood together like walls of stone, Some said that he died "game;" and all went away, leaving the old man 23565 General''s doubtful look, as interpreted by the men, gave little or no "The General commanding Division desires to see Lieutenant Colonel ----, "Colonel," said the General, pulling vigorously at the same time at the "It would have looked better, sir," said the General, somewhat sharply. "''Captain,'' said he to me one day when I had gone to his head-quarters officers and men looking on, and said: ''Captain, you''re a regular trump. rebels got next day, as our Division General. gentlemen officers,'' said the old Rebel, pretending, as he "''Why, gentlemen officers?'' said the old man, rising, half bowing, and "Why," said a frank fellow of the crowd, "you see when the old General "He has no judgment," said a Field-Officer of a Regiment of his command; could command the army but McClellan," the General had said in his "''It comes out of the pockets of my men, General,'' said the Colonel, 23624 Drew''s hold, and then rode at a walking pace beside the scout while Boyd "No thanks for your help." Drew frowned at Kirby, then turned to Boyd So Drew and Kirby, with Boyd trailing, ranged ahead of the small troop. "What''s this heah Calhoun like?" Kirby watched Drew loosen the saddle "You ain''t goin'' to try to ride him now, Drew!" That protest came small mess Kirby, Boyd, and Drew had established without any formal Drew found Hart already mounted, Kirby and Boyd waiting. While Drew, Kirby, and Boyd went on to the last barrier between them and Drew was waiting with Kirby to give Boyd a hand up the bank. Drew, Kirby, and Wilkins, with Boyd to ride courier, had already Drew rode on, the two half-seen shapes which were Boyd and Kirby in his The Union sergeant glanced from Kirby and Drew to his own men. 23733 Brigadier-General (then Colonel) Lytle, who commanded a brigade during ''He''s a big man, is General Banks,'' said of the rebels, thus placing every able-bodied white man of the South General''s aids, seeing two rebels a little way off, on a by-road, put his horse, when, to the infinite amusement of the staff, young Lu. Steadman (a son of the General, and, though but sixteen years of age, 51st Indiana Regiment, saw one of the old man''s daughters, and said Old Stonnicker and Colonel Marrow, of 3d Ohio -General Old Stonnicker and Colonel Marrow, of 3d Ohio -General "O, come, be a man," said the Colonel; "any thing I can do for you It was said by the boys that at the battle in which General Garnett of the men said he would like something to eat, and went in the house, In the fight at Murfreesboro, General Rosecrans said the 74th Ohio 23747 and Staff--A Federal Fleet and Army ascend Red River--Battle of well as generals; but officers command the armies of their governments. no officer of the general staff of the old United States army had seen so At nightfall of the second day in this camp, an order came from General that General Banks, the Federal commander, was at Winchester, twenty The following day my command was moved ten miles north on the pike the Federal General Shields, who, in command of a considerable force to Persuaded that the Federal commander at New Orleans, General Benjamin position to fall on the enemy''s rear and capture any small force left on The enemy''s troops were under the command of General yet General Banks officially reports that his army left Pleasant Hill at place has so demoralized General Banks''s army that the troops have no men of General A.J. Smith''s command from Sherman''s army. 23871 24071 24195 24204 24281 24307 24341 24385 24438 24469 24537 24539 24541 24548 24606 24612 24653 24740 24765 24866 24906 24972 25004 25440 25484 25603 25764 25886 Lieutenant Somers was an exceedingly good-looking young man, which, as it Captain de Banyan took his place in the regiment, where Somers found that "Now, Somers, my dear fellow, the concert is about to open," said Captain "Forward, men!" said Somers, repeating the order of Captain Benson. "Well, Somers, my dear boy, how do you get on?" asked Captain de Banyan, "Somers, my dear fellow, give me your hand," said Captain de Banyan, as While Captain de Banyan and Lieutenant Somers were asleep, the commanding "You are a sensible young man, Somers," replied De Banyan, slightly "Not exactly like you, Captain de Banyan," added Somers. "We are all right now, Somers," said Captain de Banyan while they were "Well, good luck to you, Somers," said the captain as the lieutenant "I think we are making a mistake, Captain Somers," said De Banyan in a How do you feel, Somers?" said Captain de Banyan, 25894 sacrifices for the public good. to do so, is he not sacrificing every thing which makes life worth people have never been otherwise than public spirited, and hence the It is, as I have said, a great moral force, a reverence for sacrifice will really have on this new outbreak of public spirit. those times when men were religious at the greatest sacrifices. the sacrifices in which they express their public spirit, instead of sacrifices for the public good, it might almost be supposed that the language of Scripture, "without natural affection." "Public spirit," The sacrifices which the country asks for in time of war are those of I doubt whether it is common for rich men to think any better of Others are manifesting their public spirit by sacrifices of _time_ and sacrifices God is well pleased." I have given a definition of public 25900 soul, then human character, when rare and conspicuous in its traits or As the King in Egypt chose Joseph to teach his senators wisdom, no man had pre-eminent genius in politics, Sumner only accomplished talent, But in the moral region lay the real greatness of the man. great rival in the Senate; and when he also one day, speaking of his at all." Mr. Sumner aimed at the sun; and the feeling of philanthropic fallen," said my friend: no, a good man has risen. Lincoln, the man of providence, and Sumner, as I delight to call him, pall, a black sheet let down from the sky, like that of the great The great man''s The great man''s His meaning no man, white or black, in the land How, but as a man of principle, shall he stand for-ever in our memory Let his name, like that of Washington, be a 2616 which, in the spring of 1846, was begun the Mexican War. Some time during that summer came to Fort Moultrie orders for At that time Lieutenant-General Scott commanded the army in chief, General Smith sent for me to meet him on his boat, and ordered me when I ordered under arms all my division, and sent word to General the "Army of the Mississippi," commanded by Major-General John On the 27th I received orders from General Halleck "to send a force to that time I had received my orders direct from General Halleck About the same time, I received the general orders assigning Corps, of about eight thousand men, to be commanded by General G. we reached on the 16th; when General Grant in person ordered me to With this force General Smith was ordered GENERAL: By an order this day issued, you are to command a strong, 2617 Men. Army of the Cumberland, Major-General THOMAS. directed against the rebel army commanded by General Joseph E. Major-General McPHERSON, commanding army of the Tennessee, Major-General McPHERSON, commanding army of the Tennessee, command of Major-General George Stoneman, a cavalry-officer of high Major-General, commanding Fifteenth Army Corps. These dispatches were communicated to the army in general orders, This was the first time that General Grant ordered the "march to to convey the army to Virginia, and as General Grant''s orders SHERMAN, Major-General United States Army. SHERMAN, Major-General United States Army. of the army commanded by General Johnston, and directions to me to Corps of the United States Forces under Command of Major-General W. command the army quite as well through these generals as through SCHOFIELD, Secretary of War. By command of the General of the Army. War and the general of the army. Secretary of War and the commanding general of the army, so that we 26276 detail of men from the other companies of the Sixth Regiment, and the company was detailed as guard for the prisoners, two men being assigned The regiment went into camp on the river, about a mile and unable to travel were left behind at Camp Pope; of Company E, July, 89 miles from Camp Atchison was fought the battle of "Big Hills" arriving at Dead Buffalo Lake, some 15 miles from the last camp, the one and one-half miles Major McLaren with five companies of the Sixth was ordered to return to the camp at the lake, three companies Companies A, C, E, F, G, and H, being ordered to Fort Ridgley, left Companies E and H returned by way of New Ulm to Fort Ridgley, 45 miles, Having been ordered to report at New Orleans, La., the regiment left On the 18th of May the regimental camp was moved about a mile further 26455 April 4th was ordered to join Gen. Bragg at Corinth, Tenn., and Col. Melanclhan Smith took command of the Fort. hospital tent was soon filled and on one day Orderly Sergeant Little, Leaving battle field about noon next day, the battery passed On Dec. 30th the rifle section was ordered to report to Gen. Breckenridge on the extreme right of the army, facing the enemy on Chattanooga, and Lumsden''s Battery left winter quarters for good, never At dark we were placed in position on the infantry line and ordered to John and James, in our company, and rode up to the church where Gen. Stewart was sitting on the steps and asked him where Lumsden''s battery I''ll order the rifle battery further up little Kennesaw to your right army, Lumsden''s battery was now but a name for a command of men without Once again and for the last time, Lumsden and most of his men got into 2649 Harney, who commanded the Department of the West, returned to St. Louis the day after the shooting and made peace instead of war with Lee had chosen six miles of Bull Run as a good defensive position. every successful high commander, Federal and Confederate alike, new Federal commander, General Grant, would face the crisis. Next day Pope''s men cut off the greater part of the Confederates As soon as he had the means Grant marched his army south for Vicksburg. off a Confederate attack on Donaldsonville; and Grant''s army was saved work, by advancing a good mile, taking the Confederate lines on the Federal command, the Confederate semicircle, now formed by Lee''s to Lee''s army completed the Union victory in arms; while Lincoln''s Grant marched all his spare, men west to cut Lee off completely. W., Federal commander in West; as a general; Grant generals at; Navy at; Grant''s maneuvers; Federal force; Confederate 2651 --became prominent generals in later years, and commanded divisions, of the river, and the general commanding made up his mind to cross the same time the Third Division, Right Wing, Fourteenth Army Corps, division, which he wished to post on my right in the general line he general line was reformed to my right and rear, my division was at began a general movement of our troops for crossing the river. Second Division of the Fourth Army Corps, to which Major-General and placed General Thomas in command of the Army of the Cumberland. eight thousand men, organized in two divisions, commanded by Generals enemy''s cavalry and Gregg''s division, and two brigades of Torbert''s to my division commanders the line of march I should take--moving in that the enemy''s cavalry was returning to Lee''s army I started that division of the enemy''s cavalry under General W. "MAJOR-GENERAL SHERIDAN, Commanding Cavalry Corps. 2652 rear of the enemy''s general line was Fitzhugh Lee, covering from to the command of the Third Cavalry division (General Wilson having attack the enemy as soon as the Sixth Corps reached me, but General commander, General Getty, having taken charge of the Sixth Corps in I ordered General Wright to resume command of the Sixth Corps, and Sheridan is appointed a major-general in the United States Army." time General Grant wished me to send him the Sixth Corps, and it was request from General Grant, I left by boat for City Point, Merritt any action of mine so far as the commanding general Fifth Army Corps By General Grant''s directions the Sixth Corps had been following my arrived I directed General Wright to put it on the right of the road, time I received (on August 3) the following despatch from General Grant places therein as the commanding general shall appoint and direct, of 26561 Remember all the time, as you read these recollections of an old man, Christmas and New Year''s Day soon came, and went, and one evening I told regiment,--said they were nearly all young men, big stalwart lumbermen little old post-office and general store was crowded with people the little old log cabin they saw my father out near the barn; the one always liked her, and by the time I was about fifteen years old was head looking old log house standing in a grove of big native trees. men to get to guard the colors of the regiment in time of battle, and mortifying things that can happen to a soldier in time of war is for handing him my little old silver time-piece, I resumed my place in the this move, we left Little Rock for the last time, and from that day I 2657 principle would be, that a general government shall do all those things wish of any citizen of the United States, exclude slavery from its limits, a right to carry his slaves into the United States Territories. At the time the Constitution of the United States was adopted, it was becomes alike lawful in all the States, old or new, free as well as slave. Constitution of the United States expected that slavery should be into the Union as a slave State, and that the people, upon the "great rights of all the States and Territories and people of the nation, to the the union of these States and the liberties of this people shall be lost, States, authorizing him at the same time, if he shall find it necessary, laws, Constitution, and government of the United States which had broken Major-General Fremont, of the United States Army, the present commander 2658 of the President of the United States they shall receive a vote of thanks The enemy is moving north in sufficient force to drive General Banks been received and sent to General McDowell, and he directed to act in view WAR DEPARTMENT WASHINGTON CITY, May 30, 1862.9.30 P.M. MAJOR-GENERAL McDOWELL, Rectortown, Va.: Department, heretofore under command of General Fremont, shall constitute whole land forces of the United States, as general-in-chief, and that he order made, General Halleck went to the Secretary of War with it, stating Ordered, by the President of the United States, That the Attorney-General that day be in good faith represented in the Congress of the United States that day be in good faith represented in the Congress of the United States and dismissed from the service of the United States as a major-general and I think I so stated to the Secretary of War and General Halleck. 2659 State in this Union a republican form of government and shall protect each military order from the General-in-Chief or Secretary of War. A. constituting you Lieutenant-General of the Army of the United States. lieutenant-General in the United States Army, approved February 29, 1864, military service (Army, Navy, and Marine Corps) of the United States. the United States and to the rebels now at war against the Government and people of the United States as a day of national humiliation and prayer. Lieutenant-General, Commanding Armies United States." Secretary of State, when the following telegram of General Grant to the OFFICE UNITED STATES MILITARY TELEGRAPH, WAR DEPARTMENT. OFFICE UNITED STATES MILITARY TELEGRAPH, WAR DEPARTMENT. OFFICE UNITED STATES MILITARY TELEGRAPH, WAR DEPARTMENT. OFFICE UNITED STATES MILITARY TELEGRAPH, WAR DEPARTMENT. OFFICE UNITED STATES MILITARY TELEGRAPH, WAR DEPARTMENT. continue until war vessels of the United States shall have been placed 26725 "Now let us go and receive your mother," said he to the boy. "Go ''way from here, I tell you," said the old man, walking around the "I tell you what to do:--let''s go and hunt deserters," said Willy, "No, th'' ain''t any deserters in this direction at all," said the boys, "Balla, come here." Her voice sounded to the boys a little strained "Frank, you and Willy go and tell Balla to come to the chamber door. "I have heard that they always look for silver there," said the boys'' "We know a good place," said the boys both together; "it''s a heap "Go ''way from here, boy," said the old man, making a sweep at him with "Look here, boys; I ain'' got time to fool with you chillern," said the Willy, you get the horse," said Frank, "You boys better git ''long home, I reckon," said Mills to Willy. 26747 regiment of twelve companies of colored men for heavy artillery duty. duty at Camp Smith, on the Dexter Training Ground, in this city. the commander of some English vessel was slowly making his way up what A mysterious order came one day, to detail we received orders to move up the river to Plaquemine, a point some Orders came within a day or two from Baton Rouge, announcing a change correspondence passed between General Banks and the rebel commander, not on special duty or detached service, was as field officer of the furnish a mounted orderly, the officer of the day would at night, have occasional raids in our vicinity, with orders, at times, to sleep on rebel forces in Western Louisiana, under command of General Kirby Smith, were comparatively inactive, though raiding parties gave us journey we had the company of several rebel officers, some of high 26783 and to prevent an escape of the Alabama to neutral waters in the event hundred yards of the Alabama, the Kearsarge, fearing a fourth broadside rapid was the firing of the Alabama, that of the Kearsarge being quarter-deck, and wounded three of the crew of the after-pivot gun. Kearsarge to continue firing until the Alabama had disappeared beneath Alabama with his boat and crew to assist in rescuing the drowning, Captain Winslow to run down to the Alabama and assist in picking up the after, lowered her boats, rescued Captain Semmes, thirteen officers, and and reports the presence of Captain Semmes and many officers on board The Alabama''s wounded were brought on board the Kearsarge for surgical chain-plating of the Kearsarge, the "iron-clad" of Captain Semmes, Five guns were fought by the Kearsarge, seven by the Alabama, Here ends the present story of the Kearsarge and Alabama. 26892 "Look here, my boy," said Andrews, in a quick though not in an unkindly An hour later George Knight came running into the tent which Andrews "There''s still time," said George, "and as there''s only one man here "You know perfectly well what I mean, Mr. Hare," said Watson, looking him "Can you, George?" asked Watson, as he shut the door. Macgreggor hesitated, as he looked at George and Watson. Within a minute George, Macgreggor, Watson and Jenks were in the George leave the car, and the train rattled away? "Well, George," said Andrews, as he was about to leave the room, "if you George, he said: "Look here, my boy, how are you on climbing?" Without waiting to make answer George handed Waggie to Jenks, jumped from George took hold of Watson''s left hand, and edged towards the open door. "About two streets away, eh George?" said Watson. old boy," said George. 27101 SQUADRON ENTERS JAMES RIVER--CREWS OF THE _Patrick Henry_, command of Captain Tucker, on the James river, on the war steamer Henry_--GUARDING JAMES RIVER--SCALING THE GUNS--"NAVAL SQUADRON--TUCKER ORDERED TO COMMAND THE IRON-CLAD James river, but in a short time was ordered to assume command of the James river, desired to present to the _Patrick Henry_ a flag which _Patrick Henry_, 12, Commander J.R. Tucker; _Jamestown_, 2, Lieutenant Whilst the James river squadron was passing the batteries, the in fight all the Confederate vessels in James river, and no course was open to Tucker but to take his squadron up the river and make a stand In August, 1862, Tucker was ordered to command the iron-clad steamer Embarking on board the _Tambo_, Tucker took the steamer up the river nineteen miles from the mouth of the Amazon, following the river, and A chart of the Peruvian Amazon river, from the mouth of 2766 27811 "Electra, you do help me; all day long when I am at the store your face There was a brief pause, and Russell Aubrey passed his hand over his eyes, The night passed very slowly; Irene looked at the clock again and again. Electra sat opposite, watching the change that came over the face she loved Electra looked for an instant into his large, clear grey eyes as he took "home" for many years; and as Russell locked the door and joined Electra, leaned over it, and as Irene sat resting her cheek on her hand, the beauty With a long, warm pressure of hands they parted, and Irene stood looking "Come, Hugh; you have not a moment to spare; the carriage is waiting." Mr. Huntingdon threw open the door, having heard every word that had passed. "You have a long walk to town," said Irene, as Russell arranged her horse''s 27969 regiments already in the field had drawn a large number of men from "In order to raise it," says the regimental history, "Litchfield April, 1863, when orders came that the regiment be held ready to to hold, and the line thus gained remained the regiment''s front during The regiment was marched to the point gained and, moving to Second Connecticut while under him was always a punished regiment. continued during the night and the next day, the regiment being killed and wounded a large number of both officers and men behind him. "For the next few days," the history of the regiment states, "there Second Connecticut reached the scene, and the regiment was then moved day (April 3rd) the regiment, with the rest of the Sixth Corps, had regiment, after an all day march, came up with the enemy in position Near Richmond the regiment remained several days, and the men were 2805 old man say for some time; den he answer: ''No use going on like dat. "I heard last night, Massa Vincent, that old man Jackson is going to "Dar are runaways in de woods now, Massa Vincent," Dan said; "some ob "It am all right, Tony," he said; "here is Massa Vincent come to see "That''s all right, Dan," Vincent said as he roused himself and looked "Why, Vincent, where on earth have you been all this time?" Mrs. Wingfield said as her son entered. "I do not think there is a better horse in the State," Vincent said, "By the way, Dan," Vincent said when the negro had finished his meal, "I think that would be the best way," Vincent said. "I will try and ride round, if you like, general," Vincent said. "I think we shall do it, Tony," Vincent said. 28152 One of the monitors, a large boy, observing this movement, informed Mr. Carter that Willard Glazier was going to "cut for home," in other words, "Captain Willard Glazier, the soldier-author and lecturer, now on a was the true source of the Great River, Captain Glazier was ready to of the river from its new found source, Lake Glazier. Captain Glazier returns to New Orleans.--A general ovation.-Captain Glazier returns to New Orleans.--A general ovation.-The Works of Captain Willard Glazier, the soldier-author, are so well _true source_ and head of the Mississippi, and Captain Glazier as LAKE GLAZIER as the true source of the Mississippi River. "''Down the Great River,'' by Captain Willard Glazier, gives an "''Down the Great River,'' by Captain Willard Glazier, is an account "''Down the Great River'' is Captain Willard Glazier''s interesting ''the Mississippi rises in Lake Itasca,'' until Captain Glazier, in 2836 parties, Whig and Democratic, to establish instead a single Southern organized as a political party and nominated a state ticket. party of evasion play the great American game of politics, and in men, finding that Kansas was likely to become a Black Republican State, Lincoln was at that time forty-nine years old, his political experience, Every free State except New Jersey went for Lincoln. in the Cabinet as Lincoln''s Secretary of War, and that along with him appeared another War Democrat, Gideon Welles, Lincoln''s Secretary of the course of the month five Southern States followed South Carolina out days immediately following his own reelection a year later, did Lincoln vote of censure condemned the Secretary of War. Long before this happened, however, Lincoln had interfered and very so hampered Southern trade that Lincoln''s advantage in arming the North the Union members of the legislature of his own State nominating Lincoln 28391 Rodney Gray and the boys who went to Barrington with him on the day we "Look here, Dick," interrupted Rodney, who was afraid that Marcy''s "Don''t let your excitement run away with your reason, Dick," said Mr. Riley soothingly. Marcy waited until he thought Dick had had time to reach his own room, "Oh, he will come out all right, and so will Marcy," said Billings front gate, told him where Marcy was, and the old man lost no time in "Come on, old fellow," Billings shouted to Marcy Gray, who was carrying "Rodney didn''t come home with you, did he?" said Marcy. "I feel a little worried myself," said Dixon, to whom Marcy went for what has become of Rodney and Dick," said he to the boys who were of this man Judson, and rescue those boys," said Marcy. "And Rodney once said he might never get back again," replied Marcy. 28481 company, asking how many men of his command would go to Washington the company marched on board steamer Perry for Providence to form a the regiment, Charles Becherer, of Company G, being detailed as color Regiment at noon, halting an hour or two in their company, and after and invite the company and regimental officers to visit us and June 10th, the regiment broke camp, and marching to Washington took was only one officer and fourteen men of our company with the colors, days in the summer of ''61, when the men of the two regiments passed issued that a full company from each regiment be detailed every day All the companies of the regiment had one or more men that men, and the other companies of the regiment had suffered for new regiments from Rhode Island, and of 108 officers and men Company F, 1st Rhode Island Regiment, is a thing of the past. 28571 who saw a bush, thought it was a Rebel, fired his gun, and alarmed the On Saturday, June 20th, General Johnston, with nearly all the Rebel army the extreme left of the Rebel army, General Evans''s brigade. stream of shot and shells upon the Rebel line. Rebel batteries are cutting Burnside''s brigade to pieces. General Heintzelman marched upon the Rebels west of Dogan''s house. General Grant lands two brigades of troops on the west side of the field, on the Fort Henry road, which is General Grant''s head-quarters. Nearly all the Rebel officers commanding brigades and General Grant at once issued orders that all the Rebel officers should General Johnston was senior commander of the Rebel army. hard fighting at Fort Donelson, and so had General Wallace''s men. Shot and shells from the Rebel batteries have been falling in the river, General Pope set his men to work, and before night the guns which had 28926 firm -Scott''s military character -Seward -Mr. Lincoln reads the differently -Palmerston the great European fuss-maker -Mr. Seward''s "two pickled rods" for England -Lord Lyons -His pathway knowledge of McNapoleon -Hunter''s proclamation -Too noble for Mr. Lincoln -McClellan again subsides in mud -Jackson defeats Banks, army saved -Lincoln and McClellan -The President and the McClellan complains against Scott, and Lincoln and Seward Mr. Lincoln, Mr. Seward, Gen. Scott, and other great men, are soured McClellan -Lincoln in the clutches of Seward and Blair -Banks Lincoln, McClellan, Seward, Blair, etc., forget the terrible and neutralized by the allied McClellan, Blair, Seward, New York Times McClellan, Lincoln, Seward and Blair. the matter--that is, Lincoln, McClellan, Blair, and Seward; however, General McClellan at the time when he was put at the head of the army. McClellan-Lincoln-Seward, and, above all, by their utter 28951 [Brevet Captain United States Volunteers; Late First Lieutenant Company K, Company B, First Infantry, California Volunteers, and were officered as companies, under command of Lieutenant Colonel Davis, who was afterwards The next day, before noon, the command arrived at Fort Yuma and went Captain Calloway, that had left Fort Yuma a few days before our arrival Cavalry, California Volunteers, and three men of the same company, had before stated, with B Company, California Cavalry, Captain Emil Fritz, Greene, commanding Company G, First California Infantry, now a river, and arrived at Fort Sumner after eighteen days'' marching. Company K had been at Fort Sumner but a few days when it was ordered to California Cavalry, one officer and forty men; Captain Meriam, Company First New Mexico Cavalry, two officers and thirty-six men; Company A, commanding the department, and Company K was ordered to Fort Union, as 29264 Inspired Men -War Powers -Rosecrans -Butler -Seward -Inspired Men -War Powers -Rosecrans -Butler -Seward -Lincoln-Halleck dare not entrust the army into the hands of a true faults generated by Lincoln, McClellan, Halleck, Burnside, and it and Governors, Lincoln, Scott, Seward, McClellan, Halleck, or the _Jan. 5._--Early in December, 1860, therefore soon after Mr. Lincoln''s election, a shrewd and clear-sighted politician, Gen. Walsh, from New York, visited Springfield, and made his bow to the Secretary of War provides men and means; great Lincoln, the still _March 26._--Had we generals, the rebel army in Virginia ought to General Meade to attack the enemy''s lines at the head of 4500 men, for the commander-in-chief of the Army, Major-General Halleck, has _July 1._--The people will never know to what extent Mr. Lincoln-Halleck are stumbling-blocks in all military affairs. 29300 "Good-by, my son," said Mrs. Gray, when Rodney''s horse and his father''s brought into it would cast a vote for Tom. Here was a pretty state of affairs, thought Captain Hubbard, who looked State to send all her best men into the Confederate army," said Tom, "I tell you Missouri is the best State yet," said Rodney, handing the company to the Confederate States Rodney got upon his horse again and This was said in the most matter of fact way, as if Rodney were going to "I don''t think I ever heard of such men," said Rodney doubtfully. "I am acquainted with this man Perkins in a business way," said Mr. Westall, after he had run his eye over the letter, "and know him to be Tom said something in reply, but Rodney did not hear what it was, nor "And that was another thing I wanted to know," said Rodney, with a sigh 29313 head-quarters of Major-General Sumner, commanding the Second Army Corps, of men fit for duty in any one of the hundreds of regiments in the army, officers and men of our regiment present for duty, and of the whole the road rough, and the men, in heavy marching order with three days'' next day orders for the army to move were issued, and we saw our men brigade commander, General Kimball, who knows what brave men are, I have matter was generally discussed by both officers and men in camp, and for duty as division field-officer of the day, the following morning. its place the officer of the day went over his line as quietly as thousand men in column--that is to say, about one army corps--at a time. men killed, 2 officers wounded (one of whom died a few days later), and Marching Home." Most of the officers and men of the brigade were there 29387 "Mother," said Marcy, placing his arm around her neck and whispering the "I know Beardsley wanted to find out where I stood," repeated Marcy. ["That sounds exactly like Beardsley," said Marcy, to himself.] "Well, "I really believe I''ve got a hold on the old rascal at last," said Marcy you want to leave it to port," said Marcy, taking his stand beside the "Oh, mother," exclaimed Marcy, "Jack''s come home, and he''s Union." you were aboard of her," said Jack, when Marcy brought his story to a "I hope that rebel officer didn''t see you come up," said Jack. "Yes, I know they do," said Marcy, when Allison paused and looked "Jack, I wish you would tell me just what you mean," said Marcy "I never heard that mother lost a breastpin," said Marcy, when Jack had "Now Marcy," said he, "you''ve got to look out for yourself--and for 29581 "Yes," said the Marquise, rising, "when I heard the story of the girl "Yes, Gertrude is a little like that," assented Mrs. McVeigh, and promising to speak a good word for Delaven to the little girl across said, regretfully, "and I''ve heard that the old Lorings lived like "Yes; just look at Pluto and Bob," said Evilena, motioning towards the "You are a brave little woman, Miss Gertrude," said the Judge, bowing when Retta come back Mahs Matt tell her little Rhoda dead long time "They are yours, too, Marquise," said the girl, smiling a little; but done us a good turn and sent you to our home," said McVeigh, though he Pluto watched them leave the room and enter the apartments of Mr. Loring, where Mrs. McVeigh, Miss Gertrude and Delaven were at that then said: "Colonel McVeigh is a friend; I should not like to think 29583 "That we may know better one of these days," said Harding, as Leslie "Look!" said Harding, drawing his friend''s head into position for a Then the voice of the man said: "Wait a moment!" and Leslie fancied that I do not know that I am going away at all!" said the wild girl, "Woman!" said Egbert Crawford, rising altogether this time, and pacing At the same moment the quick eyes of Bell Crawford saw that the hand of "Now for it," said Joe, touching Leslie''s arm with a little bit of "Now we _must_ look the other side of the house," said Crawford. "Bravo, little girl!" said Tom Leslie, in reply. "I know you must think it odd," said the young girl, turning her face "Yes, yes--Mary is a good girl," said the old man. hard word," he said, after a moment, "but if you are John Crawford, who 29608 history of the civil war as Troop E, Sixth Michigan cavalry Second brigade, Third division, cavalry corps, army of the Potomac. brigade was ordered to report to General Gregg and he (Custer) did men began to emerge from the woods on the left of the confederate line, Custer''s brigade lost one officer (Major Ferry) and 28 men killed; 11 officer in the Fifth Michigan cavalry, who like Colonel Brooke-Rawle passed from right to left, "General Kilpatrick orders that the line time, there were two brigades--an entire division--commanded by General Custer then brought up his entire command and formed a line of battle, of this battle made by a regimental commander in Custer''s brigade regiment--the Sixth Michigan cavalry--was taken entirely by surprise field, but General Custer sent the Fifth Michigan, Colonel Russell A. commanders of the Michigan cavalry brigade regiments for the Gettysburg officers and the intrepidity of the men in the Michigan cavalry brigade 29660 Culpepper.--General Stuart in Close Quarters.--His AdjutantGeneral Captured.--Death of Captain Charles Walters.--Pope generally any thing but pleasant to a cavalry force, for the movement is The day following our arrival at camp the general in command issued his Had it not been for the timely discovery of this Rebel order, General On the day following a sharp skirmish took place with Rebel took place, under General Pleasonton, who commanded our cavalry during _November 28._--A strong force of Rebel cavalry, under General Wade General Bayard, the great cavalry chief of the Army of the Potomac and skill of General Hooker, in his advance upon the enemy''s position. Kilpatrick expected, he encountered the Rebel cavalry, commanded by his Generals Buford and Kilpatrick''s cavalry and Rebel infantry, principally by Superiors.--General Advance of the Army.--Third Cavalry Battle at General Meade''s army lost about two days'' march; and when again we 30585 "''But monsieur, that is unusual, barbarous!'' said the little man. "''Sir,'' said my little man, ''do I understand--'' "One moment," said Merton, "before you go on. "No. The count said, ''I will at once write to Captain Merton and When I spoke of it to Merton, he said, "That''s the woman." He had no I said, "Yes, in a moment." It occurred to me that I might use Merton. "When she spoke out in this way," said Merton, "I saw that if we were "And if," said Merton, "the guard is met by a more resolute man, let Merton said: "And now, Alphonse, have you any plan, any means by which At last he said: "I think Alphonse has had time enough." "All right; give him a moment," said Merton, "and now you have a full I said: "Yes, the papers are here. Merton said: "I am entirely at your service, count. 30597 Guards, General Price moved, and as he marched north in September his Army General Hunter as soon as he took command wired the War Department that battle, General Siegel commanding the First and Second Divisions, one C. Davis, from General Pope''s Army, commanded the Third Division, and General Curtis, in his order of battle, instructed Captain Sheridan to road, while at the same time General Price with his force moved around us present also one Regiment of Indians, the whole commanded by General In General Price''s command there was a Regiment or more of Indians time when Hardee''s Corps, four Divisions, attacked the Sixteenth Army As Hardee''s attack fell upon the Sixteenth Army Corps, his left Division General Logan was then in command of the Army of the Tennessee. Fifteenth Army Corps, under the eye of General Sherman, attacked the ground in the immediate rear of General Fuller''s command, and sent 30822 there, we were ordered into a rebel fort to the right of the village In order that the battery should arrive as soon as general gave the order for our line to advance, as the enemy made no Knoxville a commissioned officer to report to General Burnside. 15th General Burnside gave orders to retreat slowly as far as Lenoir''s. Our battery soon had orders to move, and on we went, followed closely by battery of 20-pounder rifled guns, with several white horses, and went The enemy soon formed two strong lines of battle opened rapidly upon the enemy''s lines of infantry, paying no attention line with the fire from the rebel battery, it seemed sometimes as if as soon as we opened upon the flanking rebels, several batteries of the when the rebel artillery opened upon this first line of our batteries, As they passed along the road by our battery in position, our men 31048 BEING THE STORY OF THE ELEVENTH OHIO BATTERY AT IUKA AND CORINTH. seven miles west of Iuka and the head of Rosecrans'' column was attacked the Eleventh Ohio Battery marched into the fight. Near the front of the column marched the Eleventh Ohio Battery. The battery had taken position in line from column under an infantry rebel assault on the battery was ordered. the battle of Iuka, states that the Eleventh Ohio Battery participated: The battery was ready for the march to Corinth by the evening of October Ohio Battery at battles of Iuka, September 19, 1862, and Corinth, Eleventh Ohio Battery at the meeting of the Society of the Army of the battle this battery of a few more than 100 men had eighteen killed and annihilation of the battery the battle of Corinth was fought and the the rebel army came, the Eleventh Ohio Battery was in position 31049 Fourth Ohio Cavalry, his advance regiment, was before Nashville on the The Third Division went into camp and the Fourth Ohio Cavalry was in pursuit of a body of rebel cavalry said to be in the neighborhood. regimental wagon-train, on its way out to camp with supplies, burned the body of Mississippi cavalry and John Morgan''s command. blooded horses, broke away and escaped across Stone river. Mountains." About the middle of March, 1862, Gen. Mitchell''s Division of The cavalry company is on hand this time, and bang! Of the Cavalry, Gen. Garrard commanded the Second Division Of the 2d Cavalry Division one Brigade August to Sand Town, where Kilpatrick was with the 3d Division. Meanwhile, the rear of the moving column (Minty''s Brigade) was attacked The 2d Brigade of the 2d Division was ordered forward and, new formation Long''s Brigade had the rear of column and the 3d Ohio the 31075 and fell, with many other brave men, at the battle of Gaines'' Mill, June On reaching the open ground, he saw the battle flags of nine rebel Gettysburg, July 2, 1863, bravely leading his men in that great battle. woods, forward, and the Eleventh followed in line of battle. As night drew on the battle ceased, and the men lay down to sleep where reached the high ground on the other side, they formed line of battle, night march; but as time passed, the men made down their beds, and made, the line of battle came down, reaching the run just in time to The men, as usual with them when placed in line of battle, halted in open ground, and formed line of battle. we finally turned to the left, and formed line of battle, facing the and some had reached the woods beyond, when the line of battle came up 31087 I shall despair of success unless the President puts a stop to Gen. Winder''s passport operations, for, if the enemy be kept advised of our DECEMBER 8TH.--A letter from Gen. Lee, received to-day, states that, in He says he is ordered to reinforce Lieut.-Gen. Pemberton (another Northern general) from Bragg''s army. Secretary of War to-day to require Gen. Lee to send an order to the The President received a dispatch to-day from Gen. Johnston, stating To-day a letter was sent to the Secretary of War, from Mr. Benjamin, stating the fact that the President had changed the whole To-day I saw copies of orders given a year ago by Gen. Pemberton to Col. Mariquy and others, to barter cotton with the enemy for certain army and said to-day that Gen. Lee and the Secretary of War were responsible for The Secretary of War received a dispatch to-day from Gen. Lee, stating 31192 dropped, but General Lee said: "No, you, my men, go home and serve your long and bloody conflict; I had been at my gun every time it went into the Commander and the fighting men of the Army of Northern Virginia. guns on the hill all the time, and over the camp, at night, to guard the Just before we got to the guns, Bob suddenly halted and said, "Good Now when these men got into the army the "esprit de corps" took Every day we would see long lines of those men passing These accounts of the wounded men from the line of battle put us in good school." Then he stood a while, looking at the men working the gun. men are going to take those guns." We eagerly gathered at the works, the guns into the line of battle, along a slight work Kershaw''s men had 31232 organization of every regiment to place the best men in office--General commanding the Kentucky State-guard, had an interview with General Geo. B. General Hardee, at this time, ordered Colonel Morgan to take his command to the extreme left, and "charge the first enemy he saw." Colonel Morgan At one time--when Morgan''s command was somewhat demoralized--the men Kentucky, to intercept the Federal General Morgan on his march to the General Morgan left the road on account of the pursuit of Colonel Morgan, and the officers and men of his command, for their When General Morgan returned from Kentucky, this regiment joined him at General Morgan formed this entire force, and led it to attack the enemy He obtained from General Morgan an order to take such of his men of the enemy, by one regiment of the second brigade, and Colonel Morgan Between eleven and twelve hundred men retreated with General Morgan, 31258 hard day''s march, for an early cup of hot coffee, and a bed of rails _Monday, June 15th._--News comes that the rebel General Lee is on the were ordered to shift camp a day or two afterward and accordingly had to watch for hours together whether by day or by night, in storm or in had met the enemy, as the following report of the Officer Commanding [4] On the next day Major-General Couch wrote the following order day or two before, on its way to join the main rebel army at A hard march of fifteen miles over a rough mountain road that pretty enemy on the Fairfield road, he sent at the same time a force of long day''s march, or to move upon the enemy, singing as they pass under chopping wood by the road-side when the rebel army was passing. regiment for the next day''s march, and put the drudgeries of camp duty 31339 The Surrender of Confederate Negro Troops at New Orleans--Slaves Kansas--The report of the Service of Kansas Negro Troops--Col. Crawford''s report for the 2nd Kansas Regiment 220 Threatened by Guerillas--Organizing a Regiment--Negro Soldiers ordered In the organization of the new army, were many officers and men, who had and regiments of negro troops soon entered the field and the struggle negro United States regiment marching through the streets of New Orleans general orders, and paid the negro soldiers in full, like other organization of brigades, regiments and companies of colored troops. first negro regiment with white officers was organized, commencing May, assigning inferior, though brave, men to the command of negro regiments; and in keeping with his new policy of arming the negroes, for which Gen. Lorenzo Thomas, Adjutant General of the Army, had gone into the occupied the city, three regiments of confederate negro troops were regiments of negroes, under command of confederate officers. 31353 As the Fall weather came on the men generally took colds that were of purpose of getting new men to make good the losses in the field. A division of our men had a brush with the enemy here a few days before went over the battle field that night and helped care for the wounded. Later in the day word came to me that a wounded man wanted to see me. "Late, on the same day, a battle was fought between the forces of Gen. Heintzelman and the main force of the enemy, which attempted to advance when the order came, "Get up men, STEADY NOW, FORWARD, March!" Every man About 300 men and eight commissioned officers, among them an aid to Gen. Stuart, were here taken prisoners by Col. Barlow * * * * * On the right, own regiment, the Sixty-first New York, took two of the enemy''s battle 31453 A LIST OF THE OFFICERS AND MEN OF COMPANY F, FIFTY-SIXTH REGIMENT N. Company F was detached, and got away in good ceased, as we did not reply, and we lay in line of battle and got a good good line of earthworks while heavy skirmish fighting was kept up all day. said: "They don''t need you; you Company F men can go back to your front and said, "This is a good place; we would like for them to come on On Sunday evening, March 26th, General McHenry, a white-headed old man, Old man Tyree, of Company K detail, whose home was not far away, said he A few days later we got a good, new cloth tent and moved out and left Negro house, a six-year-old boy came to the door with a plate full of good care of." The men on the firing line who captured him would have done 31488 "No such thing," cried Dan. He and the man on the horse-hair trunk held horse-hair trunk, and the man said: "Well, here she comes!" flashed in the faces of the men like coloured lights, and made them onward sweep like a new kind of fiend, a wounded man appeared, raising "Yes," said Dan. The soldier shifted his feet again, and looked miserably into the air. "Ma," said the girl, coming suddenly from the window, "the barn door is The girl said, "Ma, I''m going to see if they took old Santo." The girl and the three men peered from the shadows of the barn. looked deep into his eyes with her glance, which was at this time like Suddenly the corporal said in a quick, low tone, "Look out, captain!" The young man in gray looked down at the girl, and then, in the same 31566 strike where the lines were the weakest.--The Confederate army numbered Longstreet commanded the Confederate left, across the James, and his right In rear of the line of works captured by the Federals were The Confederate army, except Longstreet''s command, crossed the river Federals, Grimes'' division followed the balance of the army, as rear The Confederate army marched slowly on during all day of the 7th, and the Two Armies Under Flag of Truce--The Surrender--General Lee''s General, Commanding Armies of the United States. General, Commanding Armies of the United States. General Commanding Confederate States Army. _To Lieutenant General Grant, Commanding United States Army._ E. Lee, Commanding Confederate States Army:_ E. Lee, Commanding Confederate States Army:_ E. Lee, Commanding Confederate States Army:_ E. Lee, Commanding Confederate States Army:_ E. Lee, Commanding Confederate States Army:_ The day after the surrender General Lee bid farewell to his army in the 31584 skirmish with the enemy at that place, capturing twenty-five prisoners. The scouting party returned, being successful in the capture of Col. Alexander, together with a rebel recruiting officer, met on the highway, command went into camp for the night, Company E of the 7th, under Capt. fight, nor caring which gained the day, ordered his command forward and approaching Rogersville by the way of Jonesville, Va. He therefore ordered Col. Garrard to send a scouting party to that place. moved out on the Knoxville and Cumberland Gap road, crossing Clinch river On the 10th Col. Garrard moved his command to Lexington reaching there a On the 25th, Col. Garrard was put in command of two regiments, the Seventh regiment coming into position in time, thereby driving the enemy from the joined his command, after remaining six days in the enemy''s lines, Col. Garrard on seeing this movement of the enemy ordered a charge. 31589 "Go on," Rick said impatiently, and had to bear Scotty''s knowing grin. Scotty knew that Rick''s bump of curiosity was the largest thing he As the group walked from the plane to the Miller house, Rick checked his Rick felt at home right away, and he saw that Scotty did, Rick, Scotty, Barby, Jan, and the Millers walked leisurely along the Scotty let out a low whistle, and Rick suddenly felt Barby''s fingers Scotty''s flashlight probed with a bright yellow beam, and Rick saw, in Rick was never sure what happened at that point, whether Scotty''s torch "Then the Blue Ghost didn''t hurt the water of the pool?" Scotty asked. Jan Miller asked, "How do you know all this, Rick?" them, Rick explained his theory of ghost production to Scotty. Hands lifted Rick and Scotty to their feet and voices demanded to know with Rick''s plan for exposing the ghost," Scotty said. Rick found Scotty. 31771 "''Taint no dead mule," said Shorty, whose nose had come close to the "We''ll stay right here, boys," said the plucky little Colonel, who had "APPETITE''S a queer thing," said Si to Shorty one day, when both were "We''d better go off a good ways," said Si, "so''s the boys won''t see us." "Now, Si," said Shorty, "don''t ye git to fitin'' rebels in yer sleep and "CORPORAL Klegg, you will go on duty to-night with the camp guard!" said "You give yerself away bad this time!" said Shorty, as soon as he could "Now, Shorty," said Si, "you git the boys to stand around and keep up "Shorty," he said, as he came up to "I''ve struck it this time. "Grab yer gun an'' git!" he said to Shorty, at the same time casting one "I''d like to know what put that idee into yer head," said Shorty. 31772 "RAIN agin to-day," said Shorty, disgustedly, as, on the morning of Dec. 30, 1862, he crawled out of the shelter which he and Si had constructed said Shorty, laying down his rail for a minute''s rest, "if I''d ''a'' "We can''t rest long, boys," said the sympathetic Colonel; "we''ve got to "It certainly looks, Shorty," said Si, as he crawled in, "like as if "I like fence-rails in their place as well as any man," said Shorty, as "Shorty, you said last night you was sure that they couldn''t git up "O, you''ve got a great big head, Shorty," said Si, admiringly, "and "I know my men were working hard all the time right under my eyes," said The next day Shorty said: "It''s all right, Si; we could''ve kept that "You look over the rest o'' the things, Shorty," he said, with a 31773 turned to me, unt said, sort of lazy like, as if he didn''t care anything this morning, unt then the boys said we''d kill every Jew we come across. I saw a rebel Colonel stop{57} unt look very hard at a long letter which "One of the officers said to Bob Smiles: ''Take this man away unt take "I snored away like a good feller, unt presently I heard some one come "I suppose we''ve got to wear ''em, Shorty," said Si, looking very "I think our guns''ll be in the way in that room," said Shorty, sotting "Good day, ma''am," said Shorty, taking off his hat politely and wiping "Look here, Mister Klegg," said Shorty, stepping forward with doubled "I want to go back and git my partner," said Shorty. neck," said the man who had tried to take Shorty''s gun. "Things look bad," said Si to Shorty. 31774 "Now," said Shorty, as they stood in line, waiting the order to move, "I wasn''t sayin'' nothin'' to you," said Shorty, looking up with an air of "What did that young man remark?" said Shorty in an undertone; "that we "Now, you set right in the center, there," said Shorty, as he picked up "Let''s make her good and strong, Si," said Shorty, putting in some more "I know it ain''t right, Shorty," said Si. of any man in the army," said Shorty, after taking a minute''s pause to "Look here, boys," said Shorty, good-humoredly, "we want to be obligin'', "This gun shall not leave my side till we''re home," said Shorty in a "Stop right there, Si Klegg," said Shorty. "Glad to know you, Mr. Shorty," said they, shaking his hand. "Come right along with me and this man," said Shorty catching on. "Great Goodness, Shorty," said the Deacon, "is that you?" 31775 "Don''t speak lightly o'' the Lord and His ways, Shorty," said the Deacon "Shorty," said the Deacon, in a tone that made that worthy start, "General, I''ve found your cow, and got the man who took her," said the "Old man, you''d better not go down there," said a Captain as the Deacon "Sammy," said Shorty, "I''m goin'' away, right off, and I don''t want the "You little brat," said Shorty, "git all them fool notions out o'' your [Illustration: "SAMMY," SAID SHORTY, "I''M GOIN'' AWAY RIGHT OFF, AND I "You little brat," said Shorty reprovingly; "you don''t know what''s good "I tell you I''m not goin'' back to the regiment under guard," said Shorty "I won''t stop," said Shorty angrily; "I won''t let no man talk that "Well, then," said Shorty, turning away, "you stay and run your old "Look here, boys," gasped Shorty, when he got a chance to answer, "I''d 31776 "Boys," said Shorty, leaning on his musket, and speaking with the utmost BY the time Shorty had gotten the boys fairly tented, he was ordered to "Fall in here, boys, I tell you," said Si so sternly that Pete Skidmore "Orderly, I''d like to git off a little while today." "Why, Shorty," "Better go back and look for little Pete, Shorty," said Si. "I''ll fall back and keep the boys together," said Shorty, as soon as an "Close up, boys," said Shorty, taking little Pete''s gun and the "Keep near me, Pete, and you won''t git lost," said Shorty, as he stepped "Git back, you little rat," said Shorty, reaching out a long arm, "Yes, the orders to move has come," said Shorty. "Shut up, Pete," said Shorty petulantly, as a shell from a rebel battery "Come on, boys," yelled Shorty to the others. "Very likely," said Shorty, helping Pete Skidmore on with his 31783 Arriving at Nashville, the first point of concentration, General Thomas, after General Sherman had marched away from Hood and left Thomas in "trash" either destroyed or "sent to Thomas." The entire cavalry force was The nucleus around which General Thomas was to organize an army to take Wilson''s cavalry an essential factor in the attack on Hood for which he have been accepted,--General Thomas was peremptorily ordered to "attack till General Wilson mounts all his cavalry you will wait till doomsday, veteran army, reveal at every step what General Thomas had in mind when he But General Thomas''s plan turned on cavalry refitting a great cavalry force, even as Thomas was organizing a new With the dispersion of Hood''s army General Thomas set about preparing for General Wilson then urged with great ability and power that the cavalry Wilson''s praises and with new honors for General Thomas. 31823 The new General is a dignified, middle-aged chap, my boy, with a face The conservative Kentucky chap came away swearing, my boy; and hence, The aged chap received a copy of these resolutions, my boy, and says The last new General of the Mackerel Brigade is an officer of great The Kentucky chap hastily called a small boy to him, and says he: sounds, I looked at the Conservative Kentucky chap, my boy, and beheld "Let me pass, old man?" says the vain youngster, with the smart air of The Grim Old Fighting Cox, the new General of the Mackerel Brigade, Having let fly this General Order, my boy, the Grim Old Fighting Cox Villiam was lost in thought for a moment, my boy, and then says he: "''Old boy,'' said the Ghost, ''do you remember that man?'' Here Captain Bob Shorty looked jovially at me, my boy, and says he, "By 31831 "I can tell you whether or not Marcy Gray wrote it, for I know his hand "Marcy Gray will not have him on the place, I tell you," said Tom. "I suppose not," said the captain, giving Marcy''s hand a hearty farewell Marcy was well enough acquainted with Captain Beardsley to know that he "You were fortunate," said Marcy, when Beardsley stopped and looked at "But, Captain," exclaimed Marcy, while Mrs. Gray looked troubled, "I "I still think, Mrs. Gray, that Marcy ought to take this money," said Mrs. Gray turned an appealing look upon Marcy, who said stoutly: "Marcy," said his mother, "did I not tell you to let that money alone?" "I hope you asked the captain''s daughter to come over here," said Mrs. Gray, when her son entered the room in which she was sitting. Mrs. Gray became alarmed when Marcy told her how Captain Beardsley had 31867 regiment fell into line and for the first time we were "on the march." regiment marched to Fort Ward, a distance of five or six miles from went to work and cooked during the night three days rations. marched that day about twelve miles, and encamped for the night on the 51 enlisted men; wounded, 2 field officers, 2 captains, 4 lieutenants, it, and both officers and men went to sleep that night without The regiment captured five prisoners, the officer of the pickets, a The next day the enemy opened with artillery at an early hour, and the The following order was issued the day after the capture by Gen. Peck: the enemy stormed the lines of the General, and as many times evening, for during the day word came to the commandant of the prison, Then both day and night did the officers work on 31887 Early the following morning we arrived at Camp Dick Robinson, having an order came to cook three days'' rations, and be prepared to march early Marched twenty miles this day, and camped in the woods eight twenty-six miles this day, and camped for the night near a small village. We camped in a large field near the city, and the following day were paid Tuesday morning, March 4th, we arrived at Nashville, having been four days Standart''s command marched four miles beyond Franklin that day, and camped A day and night''s march again brought us to McMinnville, where we camped orders to march, and a general breaking up of camp now took place; some We marched about twelve miles this day, and then camped We marched about twenty miles, and at night camped near a small Marched about twenty miles this day, and camped near the road. Marched about twenty miles, and camped near the road. 31895 to say, thought he said "Cut-a-gut," and he was known in prison as "Old singing old war songs to cheer each other up and pass away the time. long time, would soon be obliged to live on the rations they drew, while commandant sent in his officer of the day, who said we had been permitted cowardly guard to shoot a Yankee prisoner, who inadvertantly came near [Illustration: ESCAPED PRISONERS SEARCHING FOR THE ROAD AT NIGHT.] During the day, Captain Hock in skirmishing around the woods came across cross the bridge at that place, as it was guarded night and day; but we have said, that two or three times a day, from fifteen to twenty prisoners This took all night and most of the next day, and during that time, officer of the day one time, after the inspection of the guard was 31969 minute-men left their homes to defend the soil of Pennsylvania from of companies, and also the holding of daily drills from 4 to 6 P.M. On the 5th, the rebel army under General Lee, comprising a force able-bodied men of the State to organize for its defence, and be ready day issued General Order No. 36, calling into immediate service fifty September 10th, the work of forming militia companies in Reading was not at the time a single full military company in Reading, all the Fifth Ward Guards, Captain F.S. Bickley, 70 men, Company G, 2d Liberty Fire Zouaves, Captain William Geiger, 70 men, Company G, 20th M''Lean Guards, Captain Samuel Harner, 45 men, Company H, 20th had been attached to the Second Regiment of Militia, as Company "G." regiment proceeded out to near Camp Curtin and got aboard a train of Our company was separated from the regiment and marched in the dusk of 31972 Having served over two years in a good, hard-fighting infantry regiment, class of men than the infantry regiments had; some being from the North the enemy''s infantry near where they had fired on the three companies the infantry and artillery defiled past us, going from our left to our right Our cavalry picket line was ordered to hold its place only until their horses to the right and left out of the road like cats, and when the thing I knew I heard the Captain of my Company, who had commanded the line came to camp for the regiment to report at a certain point near the line the regiment was to pass out through the lines, and as soon as the head of according to orders, as soon as the Confederate infantry opened on us the He sent orders for the regiment to land at the wharf at 31974 During the winter of 1864-5 the Second New York (Harris'' Light) Cavalry M. Pennington, Captain Second United States Artillery, Colonel Third New The Second New York Cavalry shared largely in the glories passage through the rebel lines and heading off Lee''s army, it contributed report with the regiment to General Custer, who was at its head. in compliance with this order, General Custer informed me that his scouts had reported three large trains of cars at Appomattox Station, loaded with heard, and the column was at once moved forward, the Second New York in advance of the rebel army was passing through Appomattox Court House. While the regiment was rallying after the charge, the enemy opened on it a let me get my regiment together, I could break through the rebel line. charge, an officer with a white flag rode out from the rebel lines, and we 31977 Captain Prentice''s troop formed a part of Major-General Winslow''s army, the headquarters of General Ord, commanding the Army of the James; two fighting regiments; the officers to serve on staff, the men for Fourth Cavalry under the immediate command of Colonel Washburn at the Richmond and Petersburg were evacuated on the third of April, General Lee general of the Army of the James, to overtake Washburn and cause him to Washburn and his men, and so determined their fighting, that General Lee Massachusetts cavalry were encamped near the headquarters of General officers from Twenty-fifth army corps headquarters, and the entire command Major Stevens immediately ordered a charge, and Captain Ray commanding the army of the James in pursuit of General Lee''s retreating Confederate army were complete and General Lee was at liberty to depart cavalry to escort General Lee from his lines. Confederate army and other officers then came to take leave of him. 31991 war was on the morning of the second day''s march, when we came upon some Blackburn''s Ford, three days before the first battle of Bull Run. On the next day we were ordered to establish a picket line between On the day of the first battle of Bull Run, having been on guard duty all night, I was left in camp when my regiment was ordered out. As soon as our regiment got together we were ordered to go into camp on Michigan Second regiment and called out--"What regiment is this?" Col. Poe, a regular army officer, immediately saluted the General and said--"The Michigan Second Infantry, Col. Poe commanding." General Kearny that I went up that road with my right shoulder next to Gen. Kearny''s left its farewell shot; the Confederate rear guard was on its way to Richmond. Ask him now how he values his memory of that day when, with his regiment, 31998 liked my work, had a good boarding place, and in a short time felt quite love of God. The time passed very quickly until the autumn of 1858, when I went to bridge, and marched about three miles beyond, and camped for the night. Some time after this, I received orders to report at Camp Convalescent, We went on picket Sunday night, but were ordered to fall back across the Our regiment went into camp about one mile from the landing. In a few days we recrossed the Ohio river, went aboard of the cars at of the 27th, struck tents, and took up our line of march; passed through rest were scattered but came up during the day and night. May 27th, we took up our line of march, crossed the Pamunkey river, and went into camp; a distance of thirty-five miles. 32013 After a long march, whispered orders were passed down the line, and amid a from the General commanding, for the Twenty-second and Thirty-seventh New of the day, the brigade took up their line of march for Bridgeport. battle in an oat-field, the men, exhausted by the twenty-five miles'' march forward, a short march over flooded roads gullied by the rain, brought us three hours'' marching over very good, but awfully steep mountain roads, On the 6th day of July, we marched till late at night, expecting to cut after another, taking their places in the order in which they marched, and march of over twenty-five miles since breakfast, with little or no camp the order came to "halt." After a little time we were told to "rest." Marching off the third time, we turned away from the main road "From long marches, wet weather, short commons, and militia generals, good 32015 with the enemy, losing a few men from the regiment, but company E suffered regiment was complimented in general orders by the division commander. regiment was placed in the line of battle to the right of Hazen''s brigade, for hours we held the key position of the battle, until a new line was enemy, Bragg retreating before we reached his lines, and our division was held the advance on the direct line south of the Tennessee River to The regiment formed line of battle in the line of battle, as we formed at that time, was half a mile or more. Orchard Knob, one mile west and in plain view of the enemy''s line of works official records: Loss of Sheridan''s 2nd division 4th army corps, 1346, line knowing we were in a false position, our two brigades of the division Conrad''s brigades (2nd division, 4th army corps) lost more men than the 32017 Newark, Ill. Mustered out July 16, 1865, by reason of close of war. Born of Irish parents, in Kendall county, Ill. Seventeen years old when enlisted. soon after discharge from Company K and served one year in U. September 2, 1862, enlisted in Company D, 104th regiment Illinois Enlisted in April, 1861; served for several months in Company K. roster as having enlisted at Newark, Kendall county, Illinois, April 24, 1862, he enlisted in the 91st Illinois Regiment, and was discharged Was born at Newark, Illinois, April 5, 1838. Born in Kendall county, Illinois. Company C of the 7th Illinois Regiment, namely, Anthony, William, George, Company K he enlisted in another Regiment and was killed in the battle of Born in Kendall county, Illinois, January 21, 1842. Born in Kendall county, Ill. Enlisted as a recruit for Company K September Illinois Regiment was there organized and the Kendall county boys became 32031 This "war paper" was first read before the Rhode Island Soldiers and indicates, "A RAW RECRUIT''S WAR EXPERIENCES." More is said about Company B position of regimental hospital steward,) and sixteen men of Company B, in The Eleventh regiment saw but little service in the field. that no State sent into the service during the war, any better regiment, Whatever else concerning the war an Eleventh Rhode Island man may forget, homes, served as a "church call," and from every part of the camp the men typhoid fever, and a good many men in our regiment were in the hospital While the Eleventh regiment was in service only nine months, and was never those who were to become colonels of other Rhode Island regiments an the estimation of the men after his appearance at the head of the regiment July, 1863, just nine months to a day from the time we left Rhode Island. 32043 The positive refusal of General Buell to march 60,000 men into a sterile commander of the Army of the Cumberland, graduated at West Point July 1, was ordered South and assigned to command of a division in the Army of the General Thomas ranked him five months--McCook and Crittenden relieve General Buell in command of the Army of the Ohio. its brave commander promotion to the rank of major-general. Notwithstanding General Rosecrans was a stranger to the army, to the handling his command as to receive the complimentary orders of General After five days'' fighting into position the army formed line of battle in campaign, was in command of the Confederate army at Murfreesboro. the left and sent in on Rousseau''s right, and the Pioneer brigade, ford, General Rosecrans inquired who commanded the brigade. brigades to repel the advance of Bragg''s left upon the rear of the army. 32073 his division on the left of Hazen''s Brigade, until it was at right angles left wing, the Pioneer Brigade, Negley''s and Rousseau''s Divisions. The Regular Brigade with its battery moved by the right flank into the brigade changed direction to the right, and line of battle was formed and the battery with the brigade ordered by General Rousseau to the open Scribner''s Brigade formed on Negley''s right; John Beatty covered the left the new lines, the right of the brigade received orders to fall back; the by the enemy, from right to left in perfect order, one battalion moving Enlisted men wounded in the army, 6,861; in the brigade, army; while the loss of killed and wounded of the brigade is 6.6% of that officers and men, or about 2.3% of army loss; in John Beatty''s Brigade as Battalions, brigaded under command of Lieutenant-Colonel O. 32111 This conflict the rebels call battle of Bull Run. While the contest was raging, our division halted two miles to the left of _Sunday, July 28._--The Second Battery left Camp Clark by four o''clock P. _Thursday, October 3._--Left the picket line again, returned to Camp _Friday, October 11._--A new lieutenant for our battery arrived to-day. _Saturday, October 26._--General Williams'' brigade and our battery marched _Wednesday, January 1._--Battery in camp near Poolesville; we, the centre _Saturday, March 8._--Remained in camp near Charlestown, and received new relieved at four o''clock by Battery B, and went back to camp. _Friday, August 1._--The rebels opened on us with a battery last night, General Sumner gave credit to our battery for not having left the guns. _Thursday, June 11._--The rebel batteries opened on Sedgwick''s corps. at seven o''clock, and went to camp for the night, after having marched _Sunday, April 17._--Lieutenant Colewell left the battery to-day, being 32246 he would be with us in a short time and bring us a new mother and a little Finally one day while we were all busy burning brush, brother Charlie came are all nice, honest, hard-working boys, and I know I shall like them, wife''s favorites when the old man wanted to get one off his hands. An old soldier said the man was signaling ordered us to fall into line, and marched us into a little ravine, halted, every time I wanted to reach my company I found it in a new place and more length of time the old man remained away. wouldn''t it?" and looking round at the same time he found an old broom. this time I was thinking of my poor brother, how he would like one of Oh, yes, I said, no doubt of it; at the same time I felt that his days 32247 Allatoona or Rome, with the West and Southwest to fall back upon in case was to remain at Rome and hold it fast; if to Allatoona, Corse was to move Repeated dispatches were sent to Allatoona, directing the commanding The fact was disclosed that Hood lay in force near Dallas, 15 miles to the The signal officer at Kenesaw reports that Sherman at the time, pronounced Redfield, commanding; 9 companies, 7th Illinois, 291 men, Lieut.-Colonel Allatoona was garrisoned as follows: Ten companies, 4th Minnesota, 450 men They were summoned by French on his way to Allatoona to surrender, but West, were ordered to occupy the line of rifle-pits crossing the ridge French commanded a division in the corps of Lieutenant-General Stewart, French''s division was sent Northward under direct orders from Hood, which West Redoubt, and here French got his first view of the works, which of Sherman''s and French''s veterans--men inured to war in every aspect, and 32268 General Averill in time of the fact that the enemy, with a force about "General Averill possibly might have saved Chambersburg, and I know that The Court-house, Bank, Town Hall, German Reformed Richmond as hostages, and also burn every house in town. rebel force from that part of Second Street, and no buildings were burned. that the rebel commander would not burn Chambersburg. retreating from it, because citizens fired on our men from the houses, and town, _to burn every house in it_; and yet another informed me that their The following is a correct list of the buildings burned by the rebels in M. Gillan''s heirs--Two three-story brick buildings, log house, Chambersburg Bank--Two-story brick building, stable, $8,000 C. Burkhart--Three-story brick building, ice-house, stable, 4,500 D. Reisher--Two-and-a-half story brick building, bake-house, W. Wallace--Two-story brick building, spring-house, &c., 4,000 N. Snyder--Two-story brick building, wash-houses, stable, 2,500 3253 This is a multi volume index file The index has links to all volumes. this index and all the volumes of ABRAHAM LINCOLN, on your hard disk. Doing so will allow this index to be used with all the many links to the 3. Go to your Download Directory and double-click on the downloaded file You may move this file to any directory 4. In the newly named directory containing all the eBooks in this set This index file or its shorcut allows be renamed as you wish, for example: LINCOLN INDEX. When using the index or any of the files you may use the BACK button to 5. This archive of Project Gutenberg eBooks in the files directory (see your computer, two sets of mobile viewer files for Kindles, Nooks and The directories are named: Double click on the directory which applies to your 32595 When some years later Mr. Burge died, Mrs. Burge was left on the plantation with her little daughter Sarah (the Floyd stopped, saying: "Mrs. Burge, the Yankees are coming. Sadai [Mrs. Burge''s nine-year-old daughter] said: I went to the smoke-house, divided out the meat to the servants, and I have been left in my home all day with no one but Sadai. not come that day, but it was thought best to send Major Ansley away. Slept in my clothes last night, as I heard that the Yankees went to that old Mrs. Perry had just sent her word that the Yankees went to To-night, when the greater part of the army had passed, it came up more soldiers came by, and this ended the passing of Sherman''s army by the army first came along they offered a guard for the house, but Mrs. Laura told them she was guarded by a Higher Power, and did not thank 32650 there came the order for General Bayard''s cavalry to report to the Pennsylvania Cavalry, to charge his battalion upon the enemy''s General Bayard received orders that evening to mass his cavalry on the are General Porter''s men forming on the right of the enemy." I felt head-quarters that the rebel cavalry corps, numbering about twelve cavalry under the command of General Gregg were the means of saving the Gregg made a mounted attack, driving the rebel cavalry fifteen miles. cavalry, and General Davies sent two of his staff back to look after General Gregg mount his division and try to break through the enemy''s the rebel cavalry corps and a division of infantry. execution we were attacked by a brigade of rebel cavalry, commanded by In the month of March an order came from general head-quarters other general officers, both infantry and cavalry, came riding up to 32902 Eric caught the names Herr Sonnenkamp, Frau Ceres, Manna, Roland, Frau While Eric was in the garden with Herr Sonnenkamp, Roland sat with Roland said at once that he would like to stay at home with Eric, but Roland informed Eric that Herr von Pranken was going the next day to Bella perceived the look of happiness in Eric''s eyes, and said to man said that Eric had once done him a good turn in the house of was re-opened, Roland said, gently taking Eric''s hand, and looking out Roland looked at Eric in surprise, feeling that he was a man from whom Sonnenkamp, and Eric looked timidly at Roland, who appeared to be but let Herr Sonnenkamp know that a man of Eric''s rank and position was not "Why have you never spoken of this man?" said Roland, turning to Eric. One day Manna, Pranken, and Roland, Eric and Sonnenkamp, were riding 32951 A LITTLE paper written years ago by a lately deceased brother of mine[1] describing the rout of the battle of Bull Run as he saw it with the eyes least; that the idea persisting up to the day of the battle of Bull Run partly sight-seeing journey to the first battle-field of the great war, days when the news came of a fight or skirmish on July battle of Bull Run, July 21st, 1861. _They_ did not run, and my brother''s regiment was one of The next day, to my great joy, my brother''s regiment battle of Bull Run I was skirmishing about six miles from That Bull-Run musket is the only war weapon left in the first battle of Bull Run, which was fought three days later on July 21. Run as a reporter, told me that on the night before the battle McDowell, 32993 "I can make pretty pin cushions," said a girl about Jeanne''s age. "I know that the Southern people are counted chivalrous," answered Mrs. Vance, "but soldiers are usually rough fellows, and I would not like you "Well, I like soldiers," said Jeanne. "Then I shall have to tell you good-bye soon," said the girl regretfully. "Now, men," said the Captain seriously, still retaining Jeanne''s hand, "Yer got a good heart, little missy," she said as Jeanne paused for "Come," she said to Jeanne and the girl mechanically followed her. "Dick is my brother in the army," said Jeanne proudly. "Jeanne, this is my father, Colonel Peyton," said Bob. "Bob," said Jeanne suddenly, "can''t we do something to help your brother?" Jeanne said no more but followed closely after the man as Dick was carried "Yes, I know," said Jeanne, "and I will not say a word against it. "Jeanne," said Bob, "do you hear that? 33035 In one of the boat fights on the Red river the rebels captured an army and by the time any officers or guards entering the stockade could reach reach the outer world at the proper time and place little need be said. informed our friend the guard of the time and place decided upon and During this time I was informed by one of my men that a guard, who had discovered, and again went on our way in peace for a time, but soon had In crossing the river we had given the ferryman no time to ask rapid questioning I learned that these men had been guarding the river In discourse of time the guards who had captured us were detailed to One of our guards was an old man whom his companions called Captain The rebel prisoners were also kept in this stockade--men who, as at 33121 of the Second Army Corps, left Madison May 10, and seven days later was commanding a brigade in the assault upon the enemy''s lines at the battle coming fight, the line of battle would be formed, up near the town, right of the line of the army, resting near a small stream called "Rock left flank, all in battle order, in several lines, with flags streaming, reserve are posted upon the crest near the left of the Second Corps. the First Division of the Second Corps first engaged the enemy, for a large bodies of men from the extreme right of our line of battle, coming attack of the Second Division, Twelfth Corps, Gen. Geary, upon the enemy crest, save to the right of the Second Corps, no enemy, not even his of the Second Corps from that time, so that General Gibbon would again 33139 Governor ordered Colonel Jones, of the Sixth Regiment, to report himself Finally, on the 27th of April, I received an order from Adjutant-General Washington, accompanied by my Major and Adjutant, and called upon General June I received orders from the War Department to be in readiness to march informed him that I was Colonel of that Regiment, and that Gov. Andrew had In a few days after receiving this order, I was informed that a colored About this time my Regiment was inspected by Gen. Tyler, commanding the respectfully name Col. Robert Cowdin, 1st Regiment Massachusetts _Brigadier-General, commanding Division_. time Senator Wilson, in command of the 22d Regiment at Halls Hill, Va., Regiment, now acting Brigadier-General of Hooker''s Division, are very desirous that he should receive the appointment of Brigadier-General command of a New York Regiment, and the other, as I am informed, was an 33179 June I went home to visit my family, I being at the time at work away from a little hill we came in sight of the Johnnies filing into their works in We occupied the Johnnies'' camp for a few days and had no end of fun going We remained in the rebs barracks three days, then went into camp in tents Fredericksburg, arriving there in a short time and went into camp about a marched through the town out a little way into the country and camped for We started on the march early, but after going a little way About eight o''clock the morning of the 25th we left camp, soon passing a Leaving camp early in the morning of August 27, we marched part way back stream, moved to the left up on to a low hill and formed a line of battle; 33211 story of march and ordered to cook three days'' rations and be ready to Weather warm and pleasant during the day but very cold nights. days'' rations in haversacks, and ready to march in half an hour. The day seemed very, very long, but night at last came to relieve us, horses as soon and as still as possible, and waited for the coming day M. ordered to return to our camp and report to the same place at half Battery to our left, and the 15th Army Corps came in late in the evening six miles took us to camp on a good creek, an old fashioned breast-wheel night that we should march to-day, but instead we policed camp. of home, and what they are doing this Christmas Day. Came into camp late M. our Battery ordered aboard train, three days'' rations, one 33280 which more cavalry were engaged than in any battle of the Civil War. General Buford''s division had crossed the Rappahannock River at Beverly driving back a portion of General Windham''s command, Kilpatrick''s men Later in the day I found General Gregg, who, I was told, had In about ten days General Gregg''s division marched towards Aldie, the cavalry corps, including General Gregg''s, drove the enemy steadily back this moment General Gregg ordered a cavalry regiment, I think the Sixth General Gregg''s division was, at his suggestion, moved to a position to Kilpatrick, who was on the left of the army, when General Gregg Within a few days General Gregg was directed to cross the Potomac at About this time General Gregg received word that Lee''s army had entirely The following September General Kilpatrick, having become commander of a General Kilpatrick and his staff, and Custer with three regiments was, I 33286 three years old he discovered that I had been a soldier in Lee''s army Map--Stuart''s March Around the Union Army--Lee Crosses the Potomac--The Union Army in a Parallel Line With Lee''s--Crosses the the Union Army--The Battle of Gettysburg--Lee''s First Defeat--His The losses in men were as follows: Union army, 3000; Confederates, 2000. Before day the next morning the army was in motion toward Maryland, Gen. Lee still riding in the ambulance, very much, no doubt, to the chagrin As the army crossed the Potomac (four miles east of Leesburg) Gen. Lee * * * General Lee''s order to his army accidentally came into If Gen. Lee had been successful at the battle of Gettysburg his army On its march down the Virginia valley to the Potomac Lee''s army took Gen. Lee moved his army in a parallel line with Grant''s, and kept in his Such an army as Lee''s, of 100,000 men, required 15,000 draft horses, 33357 A few words concerning this great gathering; the close attention of all country''s service, and stand in military order. spirit land which so many of thy brave fellow-Africans reached, who with a more warlike spirit than thine, died on fields of duty and glory. ground; Oscar having decidedly the advantage of his enemy, which he as a considerable force of cavalry passed through the place, file following Although we were closely followed by a brigade of the enemy, in our rapid which was still in advance, having engaged the enemy just beyond that We pushed on, passing at one time the dead body of a soldier, period in the fight, a small body of mounted infantry from the enemy''s having been reached, we lie down on our arms for a short time, but soon as we advance, the opposing force comes plainly into view. The Regiment, having reached a good position, is halted, faced about, and 33625 guarding the road, their camp fires burning, lighting us up as we passed night, just in time to shelter us from the rain, which the next day road, and turning to the right, passed on up a hill, and continued on in back to the road we had just left, continued on half a mile farther, and Passing down the road leading from this camp to the east, we came into mile of the city, formed in line of battle, and rested on our arms, day, the different brigades commenced crossing the river, and occupying regiment passed these obstacles in good order, and under a heavy fire a short distance from where our regiment passed the night, and not camp, and taking charge of the regiment, placed them in position, giving returned to camp just in time to take my place in line on our return 33631 that time New York ship-owners had several vessels in the China trade, My father''s friends had a full-rigged ship ready for sea at that time; mate first went to the state-room, and then came on deck and ordered all at that time a very-heavy surf came over the reef and capsized our boat. Having a good fair wind, we set the boat''s sail. I called Jimmy, and in a short time we had our clothes in the boat, also At one time the captain did not come on deck for two weeks. Jimmy came on board and shipped a few days after myself. I went to a sailor boarding-house, and remained on shore for They were paying one hundred dollars a day for the time the ship was got an order to be shipped from a certain office. first time that he ever gave an order on deck, and it nearly ended the 33718 The Twelfth Regiment was composed mainly of good Rhode Island material, Potomac for a long distance; the city of Alexandria, situated two miles Our company was detailed each day at first for picket duty on the long once, the men were ordered to provide themselves with three days'' cooked The fourth day after the regiment left, winter set in in good earnest. for miles there was but little space between the regimental camps of continued to move directly past our camp all day long, going to the the command of the great Army of the Potomac, and General Hooker One of the General''s aids came dashing up to Colonel Browne with orders quartermaster arrived in camp unharmed the next day, to the great joy of Eight days of continuous marching, most of the time over the same route Colonel Browne retained an abiding interest in the men of his regiment 33962 College; commanded the Company, as Captain, until the battle of Cross battle of Cross Lanes; discharged at Cleveland, Ohio, July 6, 1864; enemy; engaged in the battle of Winchester; honorably discharged on battles of Cross Lanes, Winchester, Port Republic, and Cedar Mountain, the battles of Cross Lanes, Cedar Mountain, Dumfries, Chancellorsville, Present with the company in the battle of Cross Lanes, from which he four days after the battle of Cross Lanes; nine months in their hands, Present in the battle of Cross Lanes; severely wounded at Winchester; Present in the battle of Cross Lanes; mortally wounded at Winchester, by Present in the battle of Cross Lanes; mortally wounded at Winchester, by In the battle of Cross Lanes; discharged for disability, June 19, 1862, 1863; present at the battles of Cross Lanes, Winchester, Port Republic, battles in which the regiment was engaged; discharged, July 6, 1864, at 34068 torpedoes under one ship the boats that carried them went back, and Captain Maury with the other two, planted the other torpedoes. Fredericksburg, Va. The torpedoes used by Captain Maury in his attack upon the "Minnesota," difficulties of preparing electrical torpedoes, to which Captain Maury Of his James River torpedoes, Captain Maury thus reported to the electrical torpedoes in the channel of the river, to be fired from all within the enemies'' lines, exploded a torpedo against the flagship the fleet, that they were expecting an attack from torpedo boats and Glassell, in charge of the torpedo boat, "David," with Assistant Charleston to attempt the destruction of the enemy''s ship, ''New At this time there were sixty officers and men on torpedo duty at operator observes an enemy in range with any torpedo he closes his the operator chiefly to use the self same wire for testing his torpedoes 34216 General Taylor with orders to cross the bridge at once, we moved down the brigade was in this position General Taylor ordered arms in place and coming down the line from the east rode up to General Taylor and one of our regiments." General Taylor said to me. I understood it and heard him tell Col. Simpson just what I had told General Taylor and he said that if Col. Simpson would get his regiment in columns of fours he would conduct him General Taylor and several of the officers attempted to rally the men, The orders to withdraw our brigade came to General An aid of General Slocum''s came up with orders to cross the bridge and precursor of a charge of a line of battle, General Taylor said that he General Taylor''s orders, in passing along our skirmisher line and cavalry came by going toward the hill and an officer told the General 34242 river, from which to witness the assault of the Union troops under Gen. Hooker up the north face of the mountain, and also the charge of the officer on the point of Lookout, signaling to Gen. Bragg''s headquarters intended to draw the attention of the enemy from the approach of Gen. Sherman''s troops above Chattanooga. October he states: "Gen. Longstreet''s command occupied Lookout Mountain of other batteries was not effective." President Davis visited Gen. Bragg''s army Oct. 9, and viewed Chattanooga from Lookout Mountain. Confederates and Lookout Mountain was threatened, Gen. Bragg on Nov. 4 COMMANDING OFFICER BATTERIES ON MOCCASIN POINT:--Gen. Hooker the routed enemy in rapid motion followed by Gen. Hooker''s line with WOOD:--Gen. Thomas directs that the batteries on Point open on the ordered Gen. Thomas to advance with the army of the Cumberland and Gen. Wood''s troops enfiladed the enemy''s line 34344 Fort Sumter, and a good deal of the war-talk we heard about the Rebel little band in the grim-looking old prison of a fort, and wish and plan seen by Perry talking to the Rebel Spy. He had scarcely turned away from me when, on looking in the direction of the Rebel country and while coming through General Patterson''s army. at that time, because the Rebels--officers and soldiers--whatever may be It took a long time to flank that insignificant little old house, and both the Rebels and our own officers at Fort Pickens, some time I called at the War Office several times, and always found the same old The next day I called at the War Office early, determined to see Mr. Stanton, or at least make a sure thing of his seeing me before I should These old war-horses had been at the barracks a long time, and had been 34566 reinforce the garrison of Battery Wagner, on Morris Island, and that south end of Morris Island, and had driven our forces back upon parapets of Fort Sumter, as its guns were slowly fired at the enemy. out for Battery Wagner, reporting to its commander, Col. Graham, of batteries were built by the enemy, and each day the weight of metal We were landed at Fort Johnson, on James Island, a little before dawn Wagner, told me on the following day that the assault came very near distance, upon the enemy''s works on Morris Island, while every device new battery opened; the shot and shell went high above our heads, and posted at Fort Johnson, the point of James Island nearest to Morris So ended the siege of Battery Wagner, after a defense of fifty-seven commanders of batteries within range of Sumter, that a boat attack 34754 act upon a sleeping man''s great, dark soul, like one of PAGE''S pictures "I don''t doubt that your intentions were excellent, Miss EVE," said Mr. BOB PETERS, with an air of great enjoyment; "but they did not work as boy, it only remained for the General of the Mackerel Brigade to beach, when Villiam suddenly placed a hand upon my arm, and says he: We were all silent after that, my boy, and says the old British chap: my boy, that this good man thought that Heaven, like any distant There was a respectful Mackerel chap at hand, and says he: "Well, then, my nice little boy," says the general, cautiously, "I''ll He said, my boy, that the adored General of the Mackerel The chap turned very red in the face, my boy, and says he: "The Black When the General heard of his removal, my boy, he said that it was like 34827 American Ships under English Colors--The Enemy''s Carrying-Trade being the first ship of war to throw the new Confederate flag to the newspapers, to-day, that the enemy has taken possession of Ship Island, MORE--BOARDS A LARGE FLEET OF SHIPS IN ONE DAY, BUT FINDS NO ENEMY AMONG against the Captain of the _Sumter_, gallant naval officers, wearing Mr. Welles'' shoulder-straps, and commanding Mr. Welles'' ships, were capturing several Federal ships of war, which by this time had arrived, were kept at There was great rejoicing on board the Yankee ships of war, in that the officers and men left on board the ship." capture the ships of her enemy, so could the Confederate States. trying any longer." I gave the boarding-officer orders, in case the ship on board the Confederate States steamer _Alabama_, on the High Seas," I was a United States ship, and therefore our enemy. ult., relative to the Confederate States ship-of-war _Alabama_, and 34843 We thought it quite likely; for having passed several days in General force moved upon General Mackall, the Rebel commander, who surrendered "You are wanted at the General''s head-quarters," said an aid, soon General Sumner''s head-quarters were by the house of Mr. Phillips, north of the river. orders to his troops on the plain by Bernard''s house, below Deep Run. The men ate their suppers of hard-tack and cold meat in silence, threw the troops and batteries on the right of the line, while General An English officer, who saw the battle from the Rebel lines, thus says General Grant''s quarters for the night were in an old house near the the day Grant advanced his lines a mile towards the court-house, and The general position of the two armies in Grant''s battles at Cold Sheridan''s movement, however, threw dust in the eyes of Lee. Grant knew that Petersburg was held by a handful of Rebel 34889 patriotism, sends from her camps as Regiments, mere mobs of men, half and soon went into camp on Meridian Hill, near Soldiers'' Home. Remained in camp until a short time before first battle of Bull Run. The Regiment was ordered over the Potomac, and to Alexandria, and out Rebels, occurred near New Bridge, where the 4th Michigan, Colonel or along the river, the regiment went into camp on Gains'' Farm, on our way back, when near camp, the regiment halted in the road, with except our knapsacks and guns, marched out and formed line of battle, The regiment was formed in line of battle, with the brigade, and was had struck the brave old 6th Army Corps, just arrived, and in time to fellow of our regiment, a Company D man, was shot in the head. When the Regiment went into camp for the winter, 1861, the boys built 34891 troops and the Kentucky regiments, moved to Bowling Green, in the Confederate army had retired from Kentucky, when the entire State and Kentucky, far in the rear of the Federal army, fell upon their Southern army had passed the Tennessee river, when every available Buckner assuming command of a division of which the Kentucky Brigade General Hardee, commanding the central army of Kentucky, directing When the retreat of the army commenced, Breckinridge''s brigade was The entire army bivouacked in line of battle on the night of Bowling Green, with these men he held at bay a force of the enemy of junction of the army of Central Kentucky with that of General The third corps was commanded by General Hardee, 15,524 men. day with the Kentucky Brigade, they were men who knew how to die Confederate army swept through the camps of the enemy, capturing three The army of the enemy under General 34895 right, where at last, panting and half dead, we got into a wood where Pope''s officers were to be treated as prisoners of war or paroled, but The men next me gave me water and a knapsack for my head, a man came wounded rebel''s blanket next me over my shoulder, lay as near him as I of "Yankees are coming!" swept every sound man away from us. I got my blouse off, covered myself with dead rebel sergeant''s coat, of the dead rebel''s blanket of last night, which I had sense enough to turned out of the car by a rebel sergeant for insulting the prisoners. A man has come into this room, wounded at Port Republic, First of the yard; add to that orders expected for Richmond in a few days. know that my name was on the list to be paroled when my turn came, and 34973 This man was Timothy Webster, a faithful officer, a true friend, and an them at that time, he turned to Webster and said: "I think," said Webster, "that the President and General Scott "Gentlemen," said he, "there need be no trouble about this matter; Mr. Webster can fully explain his position, and I think the best plan would Webster''s new friends were men whom he believed he could use to good "All right," said Webster, "you keep the change, old man, for your "All right," said Webster; "and now, as I have a little time before "I should like to see this man first," said Webster, when Scobell had upon Washington, and at this time General McClellan took command and the two men to Webster as friends of the South, and informed him that "Any time within a day or two will answer," said the officer. 35088 armies men who had never even fired a gun of any description at the time sharp fight the day before with the rear guard of the Confederate army, Some of the men of Co. F, moved by pity for the sufferings of their enemies, left their lines line covering the extreme left of the Union army directly in front of moment the sharp shooters became aware of a force of rebel skirmishers lines at this point that many men of the sharp shooters found themselves line, only to meet a like repulse; the rebels fought like men who front line with the sharp shooters, as usual, far in the advance as service at some portion of the picket line where the rebel sharp men killed and wounded during the day, while the corps had suffered a now ordered up and took position as close to the rebel line as it was 35107 for British waters, and the Confederate States sloop-of-war Alabama went the time he took command of the Alabama, and near the close of the war was A boat was sent from the Alabama, and as the boarding officer transferred, and the ship left, anchored to the whale, as Captain Semmes prize to the Confederate States steamer Alabama. molest a vessel of the United States, or the persons or cargo on board of Alabama of British property embarked in American vessels and burned When the Alabama did come in and Captain Semmes became acquainted with the Captain Semmes had said to people on shore that the Alabama would go to The captain and engineers of the Ariel were sent on board the Alabama, and On April 4th the Alabama chased a fine large ship all day, and, the wind the Alabama, when the captain and crew were subjected to a personal 35206 "You can count me in for the Union every time, father," said Deck, who "But Uncle Titus is over there half his time," suggested Deck. "You will find the mansion of your late brother in perfect order, Mr. Lyon," said Colonel Cosgrove, as they rose from the dinner-table. the family," said Noah, after he had asked Deck to take the second seat "How do you do, Titus?" said Noah, extending his hand to his brother. Mrs. Titus Lyon was cordially welcomed at the door of the house by Mrs. Noah, who had seen her coming from the window. "I wonder that you keep that fellow on the place," said Titus, as Levi "It may be my brother coming to demand the arms," replied Noah Lyon, as "The ruffians are getting pretty near, Colonel," suggested Major Lyon. "You were right in calling these fellows the ruffians, Major Lyon," said 35423 sat Captain Baynell in the storm centre, the quiet of evening closing the moment of meeting the ladies of Judge Roscoe''s household was at Captain Baynell experienced renewed embarrassment, but Judge Roscoe The phrase "the ladies and Mrs. Gwynn" grated on Captain Baynell. "You would like to see the portraits of Judge Roscoe''s sons," she said secluded country house, informed Judge Roscoe that Captain Baynell was precious Captain Baynell, if you like, on the score of old friendship. So I''m goin'' over to my old home at Judge Roscoe''s place, to to Mrs. Gwynn and Judge Roscoe that Colonel Ashley and Captain Baynell Miss Millie Fisher''s old friends--officers in the military force--called know--Captain Baynell, who is _very_ handsome, and Colonel Ashley--he "This is going to be a serious matter for Baynell," said Colonel Ashley, "But Captain Baynell never dreamed that Julius Roscoe was in the house!" 35479 ''Tis the Cross of the South, which shall ever remain, Let them honor and save the land of the brave, The day has come again, when men who love the beauteous South, Shall ever win this Southern land, to cripple, bind, and rule; And, through the help of God, the Wrong shall perish by the Right. Thy proud young heart is beating high He''s gone to fight the battles of our darling Southern land; And God be with the laddie, who was true in heart and hand, To the voice of old Columbia, till she wronged his native land! And God be with the banner of those gallant Southern braves! _The land of the South is the home of the free!_ Thy stars shall cheer each eye, Thy folds shall wave o''er land and sea, Thy stars shall light our victory Fondly I love thee, dear land of the South! 35578 the lines for miles, thinking that we were once ahead of Lee''s time. Another day wore slowly away, and at night, we took up our line of march our line of picket-guard, but not knowing how long we should remain commenced, and in two days had what we called a good home. good time at this place, as they seldom went on duty; but the private got better, I was taken sick with a fever while on the line; I had hard halted and remained two nights, the first and second days of May. While ordered to charge the enemy''s works, and at seven o''clock, the assault nearly all night, and on the second morning came up to the regiment just hard march, all day and part of the night, not leaving us much time to Washington, remained there three days, and then started for home. 35581 company officer had received orders to keep his men in camp; the horses of lines were formed, and we moved forward, checking the enemy''s advance for heard over on the right of our line; in a short time another, as if one the two armies have come together in the first charges of the battle. move forward given, when the lines which are in advance of us are broken out along our line the command "Ready," "Fire!" It seems to come to Along the entire line to our right and left we can hear the battle raging in line, ready to meet the on-coming charge. terribly in loss of men, our portion of the line had not lost a flag nor a might have come from ever-victorious troops, we dash upon their lines. If never before, on that battle field of Chickamauga, men of 35692 capture of Confederate detachment--Commended by general order band of men known as Company A, of the Second Illinois Cavalry, who After a day''s rest at Fort Henry, Colonel Silas Noble, with Companies A Before night he sent word to Colonel Babcock, General Grant''s Chief of men succeeded in keeping one rebel battery silenced for an entire day. LONG ROLL--DETAILED TO BRING UP WALLACE--HARDSHIP OF MEN--SECOND DAY''S companies, under command of Captain Hotaling, were in line ready for Illinois and the 5th Ohio Cavalry were placed under command of Colonel captured a rebel officer upon one of General Van Dorn''s horses. the company was ordered to report to General Logan, with whom it had the following day our company remained at the general hospital and on capture a large number of Confederate officers and men. Confederate force of about eight hundred men under command of Colonel 35697 The Fifteenth Regiment New Jersey Volunteers was organized at wounded, but none killed, as the writer remembers. of the day, whilst a large army was getting into position, and plans the day swept chiefly to the right and left of their long line, but and one of its brave officers and men were left upon the field, killed The Sixth Corps took position on the left of the line as it was regiments advanced, drove the rebel skirmish line before them for general officer, afterward killed, and sadly missed, were--"Fight! Corps,) and the line of works and many of the prisoners captured by it twenty-nine men and fourteen line officers who crossed the Rapidan on again ordered to retire, with the whole corps, to the new line killed, and the other two wounded; the line, rank and file, suffered KILLED, WOUNDED AND MISSING, Total officers and men killed, 76; wounded, 162; missing, 41. 35700 AWAKE--SHELL MUSIC--THE BOATS NEAR US--RAPID DESCENT TO THE CAVE--THEY TO VICKSBURG AGAIN--ASPIRATIONS--TROOPS PASSING TO BLACK RIVER--GENERAL night time, followed by the artillery; long lines of wagons, too, passing Federal troops and General Pemberton''s forces at Black River; and I saw I feared leaving my little one for any length of time, if there scream of mortar shells; we ran to the small cave near the house, and were Each day, as the couriers came into the city, M---would write me little the shells were falling all around us--some of my gentlemen friends came city--fearing that some time a mortar shell might fall on our cave, or I told of my little girl''s great distress when the shells fell thickly saw two or three of the little shell and bomb proof-houses in the earth, top of the cave, and I made him stop and leave it." A Federal soldier came 35725 I suppose Jeff got quite a long letter I wrote, from camp, about a week get one meal a day, and know that mother and all are in good health, and Mother, my last letter home was a week ago to-day--we are having a dark _Washington, April 28, 1863._ DEAREST MOTHER--A letter from Jeff came this Dear mother, I have not heard from George himself; but I got a letter from write soon to Jeff a good long letter--I have wanted to for some time, but _Washington, Tuesday morning, June 9, 1863._ DEAREST MOTHER--Jeff''s letter affecting thing you ever see, the lots of poor sick and wounded young men _Washington, Monday morning, June 22, 1863._ DEAR MOTHER--Jeff''s letter _Washington, Aug. 11, 1863._ DEAR MOTHER--I sent Jeff a letter on O mother, who do you think I got a letter from, two or three days ago? Dear mother, I think twenty times a day about your sickness. 35906 The liquor chap stuck his hands into his pockets, my boy, and says he: "My boy," says I, "this is the house of a predominant rebel, and I''m Villiam Brown, of Company 3, Regiment 5, Mackerel Brigade, says that I Villiam Brown gave the speaker a piercing look, my boy, and says he: Captain Villiam Brown, my boy, has his head quarters in a house with head-quarters of the General of the Mackerel Brigade, and says he: "Villiam," says Captain Bob Shorty, "if you don''t take that big nose of On New Year''s day, my boy, the General of the Mackerel Brigade desired "Old man!" says he, in a transport, "there''s great news." On reaching Accomac, my boy, we found Captain Villiam Brown at the head "Great men," says the General of the Mackerel Brigade, as he and I were "Boy, ahoy!" says the Captain. She says, my boy, that the Confederacy is a miserable man, 36067 from the lines of Rosecrans''s army across this continuous mountain The left of the Union army, under General the very day that Bragg''s re-enforced army was moving against Rosecrans'' brigades on the left of Crittenden''s, and Steedman''s forces of the Thomas''s unexpected attack, far on the rebel right, deranged Bragg''s it, had become the left of Rosecrans'' army and Crittenden was the right. both Brannan and Baird came in force on Bragg''s right, in front of near the extreme left of the Confederate line, was ordered to the scene Bragg''s orders were to attack successively by divisions, from right to brigades engaged in the movement from the Union left to Palmer''s General Rosecrans had just ridden the lines from the left, and had left by Wood, and from that time till Rosecrans, McCook, Crittenden, right of Brannan, Van Derveer joined his brigade to Steedman''s left and 36175 Then Linkin sed to me, ses he, "Major, take a good swig of this old "Wal," ses I, "Linkin, that is a purty good story, and old rye is a "Wal," ses I, "Kernel, there''s nothin like getten a fresh hold wen you thing I ever got hold of before." "Wal," ses I, "Kernel, I kin explain ain''t got but 35,000 troops." Ses I, "Kernel, let me take a look at think I''m gettin it, for I''ve got it already." "Wal," ses I, "Kernel, the Kernel, "how are we to get him away?" "Wal," ses I, "do jest as old people won''t know the difference." "Wal," ses the Kernel, "that''s jest "Wal," ses I, "Kernel, can you tell me how you think this war is goin "Wal," ses the Kernel, "Majer, it''s oncommon hard for old men like you, "Wal," ses I, "Kernel, then that will be jest like your Abolishin 36200 Company A, 50th Regiment National Guard, State of New York, better known was permitted to serve but a short time as a member of the Company, as performed the duties of a member of this Company for a short time. good member of the Company; served for some time. soldier and a faithful member; served some years with the Company; the time he left the Company and joined the United States army. member of this Company until his enlistment in the United States army. after joining this Company he enlisted in the United States service, Company but a short time when he enlisted in the United States service, Company through the term of their enlistment in the United States army. Company through the term of their enlistment in the United States army. good soldier, having served a long time in the United States service, a He enlisted in Company D, 137th Regiment New York Volunteers, August 36306 statute of the said United States of America in such case made and UNITED STATES CIRCUIT COURT, SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. right of the State to come into collision with the General Government, for an act charged as piratical, on board the United States ship-of-war that there is no authority in law for a United States vessel to arrest shown, the powers of the new Government will act on the States in of the United States, either under the general right which the law of come under consideration in this case is the law of the United States, by an officer of the United States Government, to be tried in a Court General Government, of a state of war as between the United and the of this warring power, against the Government of the United States, a authority only where the United States Government has not, and that the 36639 of General Rosecrans, commanding the Army of the Cumberland, to On September 4th, 1863, my regiment was ordered to join Wilder, north of Chattanooga, and on reporting to Wilder I found that my regiment Chattanooga since Bragg''s army occupied that place. Rosecrans could have put the Army of the Cumberland into Chattanooga Army of the Cumberland, that followed me into Chattanooga, and when regiment when I received a written order from General Rosecrans to to General Rosecrans at Chattanooga, which I did, and was ordered to and sent word to General Rosecrans at Chattanooga. Cumberland began its race for Chattanooga, where that army might have Wilder at Vinings, and was ordered by him to put my regiment in line or how the brave men of the Army of the Cumberland, without orders and Chattanooga, where their brave comrades of the Army of the Cumberland 36644 "I know a love fifty times deeper!" said Margaret, the pride still on her "Words are idle, Carlton Brand!" said Margaret. expression of the old man''s eyes and conscious that he might at any moment "Dead!" The word had two echoes--one, from the lips of Robert Brand, little thee lay thy hand upon thy heart and look up in my face and say: ''The man I am going away, where no man who has ever looked upon my face Whereupon the young man went back to his horse, looking a little He did go away, walking down towards the house, a little flushed in face not before said the same thing in words, for a long time, but I believe spoke for one moment, then the old lawyer held out his hand and said: Old Man of the Mountain at midnight and carried me away with your words on 36673 Wounded at Newbern March 14, 1862, discharged Oct. 18, Wounded June 5, 1862, at Tranters Creek, N.C. Discharged Discharged Dec. 4, 1864, expiration service. Discharged Dec. 4, 1864, expiration service. Discharged Dec. 4, 1864, expiration service. Discharged Dec. 4, 1864, expiration service. Discharged Jan. 20, 1866, expiration service. Discharged Jan. 20, 1866, expiration service. Discharged Jan. 20, 1866, expiration service. Discharged Jan. 20, 1866, expiration service. Discharged Jan. 20, 1866, expiration service. Discharged Jan. 20, 1866, expiration service. Discharged Jan. 20, 1866, expiration service. Discharged Jan. 20, 1866, expiration service. Discharged Jan. 20, 1866, expiration service. Discharged Jan. 20, 1866, expiration service. Discharged Jan. 20, 1866, expiration service. Discharged Jan. 20, 1866, expiration service. Discharged Jan. 20, 1866, expiration service. Discharged Jan. 20, 1866, expiration service. Discharged Jan. 20, 1866, expiration service. Discharged Jan. 20, 1866, expiration service. Discharged Jan. 20, 1866, expiration service. Discharged Jan. 20, 1866, expiration service. 36720 The Authors Club--Its Ways and Its Work--Watch-Night In Virginia at the time of which I am writing, everybody, men, women, friend or enemy of every literary man of consequence in his time, the of the editorial page of the New York _World_ at the time, and with a At this time such men began rather insistently to ask why the authorities writing editorials and literary articles of various kinds for the New respecting his work or asked a question concerning it between the time It was about that time that my work as literary editor of the _Evening my days--that phrase felt good in the mind of a work-weary man of years my attention had been absorbed by newspaper work and by literary working night and day as an editorial writer on the staff of the New [Sidenote: Old-Time Newspaper Standards] that time were very worthy persons who wanted to do literary work, but 36752 train surprised by a handful of bold men in the heart of the enemy''s learning the number of trains, their times of running, and everything little details of work which occupy a soldier''s time in camp, a comrade hoped "the time would soon come when we would be comrades, fighting side had captured the train, but we knew not how soon our enemies might reach the long-expected whistle was heard, and soon the train came into plain order to guard against the possibility of the train we had just passed wait long, for the news soon reached town that a train had been the boat, took Wood aboard, and was soon far away towards the Tennessee. placed on the footing of prisoners of war; the commander of the guard, When Andrews left the prison it was nearly day, so that he knew he could night-time through the woods, and to cross the rivers on logs as far 36829 He read passages of it aloud to Mrs. Temple and Judith and Jacqueline in the solemn evenings in the old Mrs. Temple went about all day with Jacqueline''s words ringing in her Judith, smiling, said, "Major Throckmorton, this is my little sister "My love," he said one night, while Mrs. Temple and Jacqueline and Mrs. Temple blushed like a girl, with pleasure--Throckmorton''s way of light kiss on Jacqueline''s hand, under General and Mrs. Temple''s very eyes open, began to play with Jacqueline, and like Throckmorton got his "Judith," Jacqueline said, "I am to be married to Major Throckmorton. "But, Judith," said Jacqueline, "Freke talks better than Major first time Mrs. Temple was out of the room, Jacqueline called Judith to If Judith and Jacqueline had never loved Jack Throckmorton before, they Down-stairs, General and Mrs. Temple, with little Beverley and Judith, Judith, Mrs. Temple thought, coddled Jacqueline rather too much for her 3686 36969 war, he said he would point to the dear women of his people as he had the women of the Northern States exhibited in that war a devotion and North." Oh that''s about the way men, women and children down South Southern woman could step from a country home to adorn the White House little Southern States sent more men in proportion to population than Northern soldiers killed our young men in war; politicians killed "God bless these Virginia women!" said a general officer from one of with old Southern home life is a day full of restful peace and happy SOUTHERN WOMEN IN THE WAR BETWEEN THE STATES SOUTHERN WOMEN IN THE WAR BETWEEN THE STATES In later years of the war a great many of the wounded soldiers were General Gordon tells of a simple-hearted country Confederate woman who While the patriotic women of New Orleans saw very little of war''s 36971 came to him of the death of another soldier of the Army of the James; hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ;" which inspired counsel "whole armor of God," Manning commenced his career as a soldier of the Said Col. Ordway, at the close of Manning''s term of service, trying army service of our Union soldiers, in the prolonged war with Henry Manning came home, in the spring of 1864, on his veteran furlough. Government,--Manning''s life wasted surely away, and his system imbibed A PRISONER AMONG FRIENDS.--GOOD NEWS FOR HOME. A PRISONER AMONG FRIENDS.--GOOD NEWS FOR HOME. Manning was too far reduced by his prison life to be of further use in Visiting an army comrade in North Bridgewater, Manning met the Rev. S. STUDENT-LIFE AT ANDOVER.--LOVING SERVICE FOR JESUS. STUDENT-LIFE AT ANDOVER.--LOVING SERVICE FOR JESUS. which Henry Manning lived and gave his life, it behooves the lovers of 36988 Kearsarge, and the Confederate Privateer, Alabama, cannot be estimated by of the Alabama and Kearsarge were are as follows: Kearsarge in a boat at the close of the action, representing the Alabama coal on board the Kearsarge at the time of action was only 120 tons, while officers on board, and 140 men: the Alabama is represented to have had Finally, the challenge to fight was given by the Alabama to the Kearsarge, CAPTAIN SEMMES'' CHALLENGE TO THE KEARSARGE. Alabama intended to fight the Kearsarge next day_ (Sunday). The Kearsarge reached Cherbourg on the 14th, and her Captain only heard of ten or twelve minutes from the Alabama''s opening shot, the Kearsarge of the officers and crew on board the Kearsarge during her action with the The Captain of the Kearsarge was never aware of the Alabama having struck The following are the names of the officers and crew of the Alabama, saved 37112 of the causeway a time-fuse shell fell near us, and one of our men, a had just got a new negro man servant, who was inexperienced in warfare. While on duty here, early one morning four negro men came to our picket men felt hard to stand, as they knew that at this period the Federal of the twenty-one men the company carried into the fight five were left Three times a day the ladies of the town came and brought us food, and said, "You scoundrels, you are the men who stole that train day before I have not heard from you for some time, but I know in these dark days for five days and many of the men come up to the house, where we give our bed-rooms, and calling to his men said, "Boys, take what you want." One man said to mother, "The General 375 A man stood upon a railroad bridge in northern Alabama, looking down sentinel at each end of the bridge stood with his rifle in the The sentinels, facing the banks of the stream, might have been statues He closed his eyes in order to fix his last thoughts upon his wife and He unclosed his eyes and saw again the water below him. free my hands," he thought, "I might throw off the noose and spring As Peyton Farquhar fell straight downward through the bridge he lost noose about his neck was already suffocating him and kept the water He looked at the forest on the bank of the stream, saw the individual Suddenly he heard a sharp report and something struck the water The man in the water saw the eye of the man on the bridge The water, the banks, the forests, the now distant bridge, fort and 37538 [Illustration: THE SOUTHERN CROSS BATTLE FLAG DESIGNED BY GEN. CHORUS--''Tis the Cross of the South, which shall ever remain Old Virginia''s blood and thunder, boys; root, hog, or die. O''er the land of the South, the home of the brave. Yet shall fear the brave foe tho'' single-handed, Our Southern boys are brave and true, and joining heart and hand Southern boys, for fireside joys, with their hearts so brave and And our "Old Line" Chief[4] with his Texas boys shall shout for his Shouting to the God of Battles, Freedom and our native land! Is a home for the brave, and the free heart alone. Brave boys!" said he, "come, follow me; we''ll make the Yankees quake." Or bravely fight for Southern rights, and triumph o''er the foe; Bright Southern land, the time has come, His heart is with his State, he fights for Southern freedom, 37550 regiment numbered over 950 men; they were ordered to form in line and troops, in solid columns to the number of 7,000, under command of Gen. French, moved out on the road to Frederick City, passing through army headquarters the troops in heavy marching order, with knapsacks The next day the troops marched five miles in line of battle, in a dense were issued, and the troops ordered into camp, tents placed on a line, all our forces as Grant did, he tried to leave, as far as possible, Gen. Meade in independent command of the Potomac army. army corps, numbering, as near as can be ascertained, 120,000 men, under corps, marching six miles, and forming in line of battle to cut the On the 23d of March, Lee passed along the whole line of the rebel army, During the day the troops marched forty miles; night found the advance 37672 school-boys of to-day would stare in wonderment; a pair of heavy boots sympathizing hands, Shorty had barely time to get Snipe on his shaky in the eyes of young New York, and Pop''s boys, many of them at least, time he spent his sixth year with Pop that Hoover was the school-boy for in the days of this class of Snipe''s and Shorty''s and others whose when the school went out to recess, Joy came running back up the stairs desk at which from one-thirty to three each afternoon sat glorified Pop. Boy nor man ventured to assume that seat at other time, save when that step-son, and declared that the boy must be sent away to school. don''t you try." Like most of the boys in the First Latin, Shorty knows But for Snipe and Shorty there came a day of thrilling interest when 37740 National Civil War Centennial Commission for their informative and _Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies and Navies_, members of the District of Columbia Civil War Round Table. JEFFERSON DAVIS, Commander-in-Chief of the Confederate Army, served the Lee''s appointment to the rank of full colonel in the United States Army War were in the Confederate Army. were on active duty in the United States Army when war broke out. States Army following the Civil War--MATTHEW C. major battles were fought and four separate Union armies, totaling Union Army hospitals treated over 6 million cases during the war. [Illustration: _The Civil War as it appeared back home. [Illustration: U.S. Army Uniforms (PRIVATE, U.S. INFANTRY. [Illustration: UNITED STATES UNIFORMS IN THE CIVIL WAR (REG. [Illustration: CIVIL WAR SMALL ARMS] [Illustration: CIVIL WAR ARTILLERY] [Illustration: _One of an estimated 584,000 Union and Confederate [Illustration: BATTLE FIELDS OF THE GREAT CIVIL WAR] 37754 detachment of two hundred men from our regiment under command of Captain the next day and went into camp about half a mile from the river. all that day and night the army of General Pope was streaming across the army kept coming up all day, taking position as they arrived, until at For a time, the enemy came on rapidly, without firing a shot. men, and to take only those who could march thirty miles a day. I spent some time that day going over the ground occupied by the enemy armies of General Sherman, marching in parallel lines, seemed to be able line of battle, ready to receive the advancing enemy, General Williams On the day that I rejoined the Regiment the army moved forward across Just twenty-five days had elapsed from the time our army left Atlanta Regiment was filled up with men from other Wisconsin commands, that were 37813 the prison when it contained thirty-five thousand men. are times in the history of men when human invectives are without force. water which full rations to even ten thousand men would require daily. War is one of the natural laws for the demolition of the human race, and actually, during this month, thirty-five thousand men within the prison, The United States prison at Elmira contained six thousand men, and No wonder that men lost their reason in this prison, for the blood no taken with arms be treated as prisoners of war, but with humanity, and the author that the medical men at this prison were without any influence exchange for white troops of the United States held as prisoners in the slavery free men, prisoners of war captured by them? millions of men, to say to these armies of suffering prisoners, * * * rebel prisoners in the hands of the United States authorities. 37907 Mr. Somers, Lieutenant Pillgrim," continued Commodore Portington, turning to "Do you know Lieutenant Pillgrim?" asked Somers, after they had Somers was pleased to hear this good account of Lieutenant Pillgrim; not "How do you feel, Somers?" asked Lieutenant Pillgrim, who sat on the "Thank you, Mr. Somers: here is my hand," said Lieutenant Wynkoop, when "Here is your commission, Captain Somers," said the lieutenant, as he "Mr. Somers is a very proper young man," said the lieutenant, with a "Good morning, Mr. Somers," said Lieutenant Pillgrim, as he came on "Mr. Somers, what do you know of the Ben Nevis?" asked the captain. "Ah, Mr. Somers, been visiting the captain," said the second lieutenant, "Mr. Somers, I order you to return to the ship," said Mr. Pillgrim, "I shall board this vessel," replied Somers, as he ordered the bowman to "Ah, Mr. Somers," said the traitor, as the new commander of the Ben 38056 [Illustration: KING COTTON BOUND; Still again, _Punch_ showed good feeling in admonishing Lord Palmerston, "Well Pam," says Mr. Punch to his workman, "of course I shall keep you [Illustration: A LIKELY STORY. Then came an episode which did for the moment set John Bull and _Punch_ "Them there nasty good-for-nothing Yankees!" cried old MRS. [Illustration: ONE GOOD TURN DESERVES ANOTHER. [Illustration: LINCOLN''S TWO DIFFICULTIES. Under the heading "One Good Turn Deserves Another," Old Abe is shown "Why I do declare," says Abe, "it''s my dear old friend, Sambo! [Illustration: ABE LINCOLN''S LAST CARD; OR, ROUGE-ET-NOIR.] In May of 1863 a cartoon entitled "The Great Cannon Game" shows Abe "As for old Abe Lincoln, the champion player of the North, his [Illustration: THE GREAT "CANNON GAME." Thereafter _Punch_ lost his supreme interest in the great Civil War. He [Illustration: JOHN BULL''S NEUTRALITY. "I know my friend _Punch_ thinks I have been serving out ''soothing 3811 "Poor little rascal," said Harry, "I''m glad he got away after all. Harry turned with Stuart and Sherburne and they soon reached General Stuart and his men rode back exultant, but Dalton said to Harry that he "General Jackson was right about my men," he said. General Lee said a few words, and then Jackson and Longstreet returned Harry thought once that General Jackson was going to attack in turn, Harry and Dalton were compelled now to return to General Jackson, "Were you here the day General Jackson came to these quarters, Harry?" "Ah, here comes the general now," said Harry, "and he looks embarrassed, "General Stuart," said Jackson, "I know more about race horses than you way," said Dalton; "but, Harry, I''m beginning to believe the general Harry inferred from what he said that he did not think General Jackson''s Harry saw his general, Lee now in place of Jackson, in daily conference 38167 great war between the States had not yet reached Congress. wholesale dry-goods houses in Virginia at that time. The Colonel was an old time Virginia gentleman and we day" in Richmond and in the history of the State. The wholesale grocery houses of Richmond at this time were large and At one time a Mr. Selden kept a large boarding house called "The And then came the Richmond Whig, edited by Mr. Robert Ridgway, which was the organ of the old line Whigs of Virginia; of the House of Delegates in the old Capitol in the city of Richmond. Among the military companies of the city was the old Richmond Light Richmond Grays, one of the best-drilled companies in the State. A large and fine cavalry company called the Richmond Troop the great war, and its officers were at one time as follows: the city''s best assets, presents quite a contrast to the old days. 38173 Indian nations--Creeks, Cherokees, Choctaws, and Chickasaws--would annual cost to the United States government of the Indian service west of Confederate States to the Indian tribes west of Arkansas, had accompanied the United States government, the Indians of the Neosho Agency gave[483] a service of the United States, to assist the friendly Creek Indians in confidence of the southern Indians in the United States government. United States government and also, a little later on, to the Indian tribes Commissioner of the Confederate States to the Indian tribes West Ms. in United States Indian Office among the Fort Smith in trust by the United States government for the Indian tribes (House found among the _Fort Smith Papers_ in the United States Indian Office, by said agent.--Indian Office, General Files, _Cherokee, 1859-1865_, Choctaw nations, until such time as said forts, Indian agencies, etc., States Government in Trust for Indian Tribes, being House _Report_, 36th 38418 brigade by one of Huger''s divisions, I sent orders to General Wilcox to General Jackson was ordered to follow on the enemy''s rear with his column, When I reported my troops in order for battle, General Lee was inclined to General Fitzhugh Lee''s cavalry was ordered to cover our march, but General Lee, that he with the cavalry was ordered to march around and turn threatening, General Lee ordered his army to continue the march to proper THE RIGHT GRAND DIVISION, GENERAL SUMNER COMMANDING.--Second Army day, General Lee ordered a forced reconnoissance by his cavalry to same time the two divisions of my command, then marching to join General General Lee ordered Johnson''s division of his left, occupying part of the General Meade, after the battle of his left, ordered the divisions of his command reported to General Lee. My line was formed on the right and left 38497 hospital, or the terrible battle field--it makes but little difference WORK--CARRYING WATER TO THE REBEL SOLDIERS--GENERALS LEE AND JOHNSON--THE GRAVE--SCENES IN A HOSPITAL--CAPTURE OF THE WOUNDED--A NOBLE SURGEON--LINE POPE''S ARMY--A GENERAL S REQUEST--AGAIN A CONTRABAND--ENTERING THE REBEL Potomac was soon to meet the enemy for the first time--a great battle was Slowly that long train wound its way toward the city looking like a great thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee." Then came notwithstanding the enemy shelled us night and day, I never saw a man or OF WORK--CARRYING WATER TO THE REBEL SOLDIERS--GENERALS LEE AND FUGITIVES--THE ENEMY''S WORKS--A BATTLE--ON THE FIELD--A "WOUNDED," AND FUGITIVES--THE ENEMY''S WORKS--A BATTLE--ON THE FIELD--A "WOUNDED," AND HOUSE AND FINDING REBEL SOLDIERS--THANKS TO THE ARMY--OUR ARRIVAL AT visited the rebel generals three times at their own camp-fires, within a and wounded men that he had carried from the battle-field." 38855 of Union Prisoners--Colonel Walter''s second visit--Day of comes a war between the North and the South, let us do as Abraham ALMIGHTY GOD--We would present our country, the United States of guard--Priceville--General Gordon--Bound for Tupelo--The Prisoners Several times a day officers would come in and order a specified number of Yankees, adhesion to the United States government or Unionism, acting as were no guards stationed on the south side of the prison during the day; As the officers passed Captain Bruce, he asked where the prisoners were of the Union men in prison and within the rebel lines. good in the case of Union men who are citizens of the South. night I escaped from prison, were placed under close arrest, and were Soon all the prison-guards on duty during the night, thirty-three in In the slave States all those born north of the "nigger line," are 38859 change that pleased not only the line officers but the men as well. battle of Chickamauga was kept on the move day and night, marching, On the march from left to right, I ran across a Rebel who was shot I went down the ridge and came up with my command in time to take charge of an ambulance train of wounded men, over the mountains, to would not all get to the enemy''s line at the same time, so a halt was At Louisville we camped a few days in order that the several commands On March 9th we arrived on the field in time to help Gen. Kilpatrick the Rebels in force across our line of march. last man lost by Sherman in battle, during his march to the sea and killed and wounded 423 men and 24 died in Rebel prisons. On the march each man had to carry three days'' rations, gun, 38948 --Meets a rebel spy--Reports to General Leggett--Grand Junction Arrival in Memphis--Daring robbery--Detailed by the Provostmarshal General--Assumes the character of a rebel Major--Secesh Is captured by rebel cavalry--Sent to General DeVieu--The army as ''General Bunker.'' He belonged to my command, and I know "Hold on, General," said I; "the Captain that had command of those them in a line; when that was done, "Captain," said the General, "give "General," said I, when the citizen had gone, "do you know where Billy "I have got a Federal pass," said he, handing me one signed by General Two days after my arrival, the regiment received orders from General "I know that he _is_ a Yankee spy," said the old man. "Good morning, General," said I, saluting him as I went in. The General said, "I can not give you leave to take a man''s life, except River--Is captured by rebel cavalry--Sent to General 39097 "Yes, sir," answered the young man; "it''s been a long time in healing. "But you''ll get over it in time, young man, I''m thinking," said the "Hark to the storm!" said the old man, turning to the window, his "I''ve seen many a battle in my day, young sir," said the old admiral, "Never, by God''s providence," said the old man; "though I came near to How is the ship, Barry?" the admiral asked, as the old sailor "My God, sir!" exclaimed the old man, wrathfully, his face changing; "Look here, Barry," said the young man, quickly, but with great "Captain Barry is very fond of the old ship, Mr. Revere," said Emily, "I like to see the young people together, Barry," said the old man, "Sir," said Revere, as the old man solemnly pressed his lips to the with the old man, and yet, when she thought of Revere on that ship 39346 State of Maryland, and especially on the city of Baltimore. convention had passed unanimously a resolution declaring that Mr. Lincoln was their first and only choice for United States Senator, to speech made Abraham Lincoln President of the United States. -THE CITY AUTHORITIES AND POLICE OF BALTIMORE. -THE CITY AUTHORITIES AND POLICE OF BALTIMORE. of the State and in the city of Baltimore there were but few constituted authorities of the city of Baltimore; but, on the stated that he had telegraphed to that effect to the Secretary of War. The Governor also wrote to the President, advising him to order counties of the State, including the city of Baltimore, and leaving officer of the military forces of the United States in Baltimore committed by the State of Maryland to the officers of the city =City Government of Baltimore.= By JOHN C. 39473 "Now, Noel, me boy," said Dennis, "I want ye to promise me something." "Oh, but, Dennis," suggested Noel, "think what fun the boys in the camp "Hello, Levi," called Dennis, as he and Noel passed the sutler''s tent. When the two young soldiers were again in their tent, Dennis said to A few days afterward Dennis said to Noel, "Come on, lad, we''ll take a "There''s one place," said Dennis, when the two young soldiers had gone a "Dennis," said Noel, turning to his companion, "don''t you believe that moment Noel was eagerly listening to what the young soldier was telling little house from their sight, Noel turned to his companion and said, When the young black man came opposite the place where Noel was hiding, spread of the fire, Noel turned to Dennis and in a low voice said, "We "Levi," said Noel abruptly, "I think I shall send you away and take your 39584 That the following narrative of Southern prison life should be written so Gulf States, stockade prisons were set up, notably that in Southwestern Andersonville in an effort to rescue the National prisoners of war in the "Shoot any prisoner who touches the "dead line" was the standing order to A sick prisoner inadvertently placing his hand on the dead line for the money supply was soon gathered up and the prison sutler went away and the prison pen, and the water became so foul no words can describe prisoner reaching under or over the dead-line for a draught of the water The fact that a number of believing men in the prison were engaged for then, the prayers of the Andersonville prisoners for water were incited by Woman''s Relief Corps in securing and improving the Andersonville prison the second day after we received the old Andersonville prisoners and had 39720 an agitation in the North against the existence of slavery in the South, against the existence of slavery in her sister States of the South, and array the North, as a section, against the South, that Southern Whigs to conceive that the Southern States of this Union, whose people in 1830 on both slavery in the South and the Constitution of the United States, of new slave States into the Union. upon the constitutional rights of slave-holders; and Southern people when he made in the United States Senate his anti-slavery "higher law" shall become alike lawful in all the States--old as well as new--North slavery in the South, and he thus stated it, in a letter to his friend, controversy between the North and the South, "State-rights" became the the new claim, that slavery in the South was the concern of the North, Lincoln, South no more responsible for slavery than North, 49; 39911 The plutonic, speechless quadruped, Mule, like the platonic Ordinarily, when man, a little lower than the angels, bestrides a Mule When the Army Mule lowers his head and lifts his eyebrows to the Army Mule, save when the whip-lash had cut out a slice of his The aged, surviving Mule gets nervous as in the teething period of his remarked: "I am sorry to lose the Mules." Generals, brave to the point To the Army Mule in camp, if anywhere, rest, rations and felicity Halcyon to the Army Mule are monotonous days in camp, when pretended friends, often self-convicted like a young man with an officially accounted for in the returns like a mule, and would have meritorious army mule, who survived all war''s perils, and thirty years possibility like a red cart with a sorrel mule. for ornament rather than utility, like the ears of a mule which have 40046 The first of February, 1862, we got marching orders for St. Louis, Mo. Our officers then gave us passes to go home, it being our last chance Away we went; now look back and see the boys in blue coming; first well, that is all right, I will help myself," said Jim. Away he went. Johnnies rode up, took Jim''s horse, came in and asked what had become of told you never to come here again." Jim looked at her and said: "Now "We got into Batesville all right and just as we were passing Gen. Curtis'' headquarters my captain looked up and saw us coming. I went back, got my horse and put him in an old shanty back of the house our horses and one man went back in a small boat and got it and cut the rebel sergeant came in every day and said, "All you men that will come 40233 little above high-water mark, and by the time the numerous regimental fields and forests came the good night bugle calls, the soldier''s reply to a demand of surrender at that time the rebels said: the smoke had lifted a little I saw that our regimental flag and the I went on towards the enemy''s works looking for the men of my company Men got very hungry on that march to the rear of Vicksburg. advance against the enemy''s works, should have sixty days furlough home. Some reader of these lines may ask, "Why didn''t General Grant detail men lines of rifle pits got so close to the enemy''s that the dirt we cast ditch and shell h--l out of your old town." One night a voice said, "Is out of the rebel works and met our men under the tree. There were surrendered in men that day 15 generals, 31,000 soldiers, 172 40430 companies come up," said Deck, as he mounted his horse and straightened is now actually Major Lyon," replied Deck, whom the boys had followed. "We are the bearers of orders from Major Lyon," replied Deck, who was in "Here come the rest of the company," exclaimed Deck, as Captain Truman, "Here is Artie, Captain Truman; and he has big news for you," said Deck, Deck saluted the captain, and dashed down the road towards the bridge Deck handed his father the letter from Captain Truman as soon as he came "Captain Truman and his detachment are coming," said Deck, who had been "The enemy are moving down this road, Major Lyon," said the Kentuckian Major Lyon thought of Deck on the bridge in this connection, and looked "Now is your time, Captain Truman," said the major, who had waited till Major Lyon had sent Captain Gordon with half his company 40477 ride down the Cape Fear River in the night--General Terry--Learn We followed General Price''s army to the Ozark Mountains, marching day marched half the nights and all the days and just as we got close enough gray and brown uniforms, the prisoners whom General Grant had captured Fifteen officers of our little half regiment were dead or strict for every man and every officer to stay close to his regiment day In a little time, February, 1863, Grant''s army was again off to try for tug, near by, General Grant, the commander of the Western armies, waits Gibson--How General Grant looked to a private soldier--A boy from Gibson--How General Grant looked to a private soldier--A boy from place on his staff--Experiences at army headquarters--Sherman''s life place on his staff--Experiences at army headquarters--Sherman''s life Then General Grant questioned me as to all I knew about Sherman''s army, 40525 Kathie came and slipped her hand within Uncle Robert''s. Kathie smiled inwardly at the picture she remembered of the little room "Uncle Robert," Kathie said, as they were riding homeward, "could a "I want a little more talk about this substitute business," said Uncle "I do mean to _try_," Rob said, that evening, to Kathie. old times to sit beside him and talk, and Kathie was not a little amused and restful that Kathie felt like having a good talk, so she drew a long "You took the right step to-night, Kathie," said Aunt Ruth, presently. Mrs. Alston said, "Kathie, if you would like to come over after school things," Kathie said to Uncle Robert; "I am afraid she is feeling a good "My little girl," Uncle Robert said, "you must not begin to think that "My uncle, Mr. Conover," Kathie said, gracefully, "and Miss Sarah Strong." "Come in the other room," said Sarah to Kathie. 40541 "Bring the poor little thing here," said Mrs. Tompkins, rising to a The girl hurried away to do her bidding, leaving the baby with Mrs. Tompkins, who held the benumbed child in her arms and tried to still its "Why, Oleah," said Abner, "it''s just like old Mr. Post. "Why, Mr. Tompkins, you are advocating Abolition doctrine," said Mrs. Diggs. "The piece that begins, ''I come not here to talk,''" said Mrs. Diggs, her "I tell you," said Mr. Diggs, closing his little fat right hand and "Oh, no, Mr. Diggs," said Abner Tompkins, who chanced that day to be in mud man, came up to the excited Diggs, and, laying his hand on his arm, "Now, Oleah," said Abner, "you don''t for a moment suppose that if Mr. Lincoln should be chosen President by the voters of the United States, "By jingo, Diggs, ye look like Crazy Joe''s mud man now!" cried some one 40767 After father returned home he married a cousin, Miss Robert. Her son, my mother''s father, was one of the most generous and My father and mother inherited most of their negroes, and there was an Southerners'' treatment of their slaves I will insert a letter from Dr. Edward Lathrop, whose daughter was an old schoolmate of mine at Miss The day was always begun with family prayers, for my father''s every day to dress a broken arm of a negro child, because the mother years after the war, on my visit South, I saw the negro women still I remember seeing my mother come into the house from her morning When Dr. De Saussure went into service I returned to my father''s home family whose husband and father never returned to them. very reluctantly father and mother left their loved home, which they father''s and mother''s use, and in another little house situated about 40890 I caught cold last night, and feel a little slim to-day. the place is kept open night and day by some benevolent association, and on cleaning up our camp ground to-day and it begins to look real nice. time since leaving home took off my clothes for the night. came up and said, "To what regiment do you men belong?" Being told, he came to hard ground and the live oaks and other trees took the place of soon got separated, and each detail going its own way, that from Company they went but a little way towards the landing before they came to a _Monday._ To-day an order came to move to New Orleans. Colonel Parker came in to-day and went on to the city, leaving his _Friday._ Officer of the guard to-day, in place of a sick man. train came next day to look for Henry, there was no other way but to 40973 closing days of March, orders were received from the War Department for Barrancas, we marched to our camping place, half a mile beyond and near A few days later a Federal soldier attempted to place a Union hearts in those old days when their "boys" came home from the war, had reached their position in line Col. Gracie gave the command, m. brigade ordered away, leaving us on skirmish line without companies from our regiment sent out on picket line. Skirmishing on picket line all day. position and our regiment was placed on the picket line. column had already reached our skirmish line, ordered the company into ten-year-old son standing by the soldier said, "Here, boy, hold this next day we began our march to rejoin the army and for 17 miles, in times together in those old war days." Brad''s smile reached from his 41036 Union men gave a cheer, followed their little leader, breaking clear rear guard of the Union force and the Confederate''s under General Confederate Army while the rear guard of the retreating Union forces suspect men coming out of a Confederate city to be Union soldiers. little time could be gained the Union men could burn the Oostinaula a little band of men who were brave enough to stand against an army and Confederates had the advantage of the breastworks and the Union men As the news came that the Union men were giving way, they "There was a little city and few men within it and there came a great "General," he said, "those men were Confederates." men who manned the little wall across the path, but the slave regiments Jackson with thirty thousand men marched half-way round the Union Army. Confederate forces long enough to let his men cross. 41355 Captain Colburne raises a Company, and Colonel Carter a room and said, "Sir, the young lady wishes you would come up stairs, if Whitewood, Doctor Ravenel, Colburne, and a Lieutenant-Colonel Carter; "Miss Ravenel," said Colburne, "I believe you think that all southerners battles than that of Bull Run. Lieutenant-Colonel Carter did not return with his regiment; and Colburne CAPTAIN COLBURNE RAISES A COMPANY, AND COLONEL CARTER A REGIMENT. "Miss Ravenel, have you any messages for New Orleans?" said the Colonel. feminine natures, Miss Ravenel liked the Colonel, or at least felt that Colonel Carter, Doctor Ravenel and a few obstinate old hunker "Nearly dinner time, sir," he said in a rolling deep tone like mellow "On which side, Colonel Carter?" asked Miss Ravenel, who saw a small The next time that Colburne called on Miss Ravenel the Larue took her "Three times, to be exact, Mrs. Larue," said Colburne. 41528 refused to let me ride by the wagon-road, so Mr. Parson said there was a longer, I am going back to camp." I said, "Walker, would you leave your We left at dark, and marched about four miles, towards the enemy''s camp disrespect to you, Sheppard." The following day, word came in camp for headquarters, saying, "Howell said, Ike got me," "I have no right to you come along." Captain Wilkins said to Howell, "I want Ike to go home day than the fourth of July." The General said, "Yes." As I started to camp, the General said, "Well, Hermann I thank you Provost Guard came up saying, "Ike old fellow, I have orders to arrest He said the enemy''s camp was said, General, I met with an accident and came back. said he, I thought I''ll come to see you it has been a long time since I 41616 two days--when in the morning a wagon came along loaded with men on We got to Richmond about four days after the regiment had left day in making a charge and in passing over some wounded Yankees, one Clowney called out, "Come here, Mixson." I went up to Col. Bratton and took hold of his horse''s mane; he looked down at me and were right good with our supply, giving the men in the company four of our company went out and on returning some time during the night they day of May we took up our line of march and on the night of the fifth of got a very good night''s sleep, and next morning, after eating what company had at this time sixteen men, all told, and we had to cover the When it looked like the time had about come old Stewart got 41787 surrender, at the recent attack of the rebel forces upon Fort Pillow, Fort Pillow, fighting was going on; he saw the flag come down "by the City, and Fort Pillow, the rebels moved troops, placed batteries, formed What is the general condition now of the wounded men from Fort Yes, sir; I saw two wounded men shot the next morning; they were State what took place after the fort was taken by the rebels. Yes, sir; I saw lots of negroes shot, and some few white men, Yes, sir; as the flag of truce came in and went to the fort they saw a rebel officer coming back with the colonel, and every man tried to After our flag was down, I saw the rebels firing on our own men I saw them shoot a great many men after the fort was taken, wounded officers and men received from the enemy under flag of truce. 41995 and discovered a man in the act of turning our horses out of the lot. Without giving me time to answer, one of the armed men came up and time, to-day, arresting Union men with federal soldiers;" but he did not horse for me from one of his men, we mounted, when he said that he was horse time to rest after eating, for I had to ride all night, I sat and "Wait a minute," she said, and away she went to the house, and soon came "Look here, old man," said I savagely, "if I let you live, do you think time it would require for them to ride to camp and get a squad of men come down from the mountains, when they saw our men leave, in order to the rebel service, and turn to be a good Union man, we would come back 42099 Time makes changes in every thing, and Frank saw many new faces The captain then went on deck, selected the men, and Frank succeeded in "I believe you were put in command of that battery, sir," replied Mr. Howe, haughtily, "while I was left in charge of these men. "Jack," said Frank at length, turning to the old boatswain''s mate, "go "I wish to see the commanding officer," said Frank, steadily meeting the rebel officer, approached the place where Frank was sitting. While the men were executing these orders, Frank had time to scan the boat drew near, Frank saw two men in rebel uniform seated in the "I have returned, sir," said Frank, as he entered the cabin. "Here," said a soldier, handing Frank his gun, "put your cap on this "Captain," said Frank, as soon as he was certain that the rebel had 42315 Governments for Each State.--Major-Generals appointed.--Further Acts Object of the War.--Powers of United States Government.-Object of the War.--Powers of United States Government.-The effective force of General Grant''s army engaged in the battles of counted in the force of the army when General Lee took command of it. of the President of the United States, Major-General Banks issued at the best generals in the United States Army. Commanding General.--Troops poured into the State.--Proceedings of Commanding General.--Troops poured into the State.--Proceedings of Constitution and Government of the United States against all enemies, On the next day, Major-General Pope, in command of the United States United States Attorney-General on Military Commanders.--Consequences United States Attorney-General on Military Commanders.--Consequences _Army of the United States_, new generals assigned to command, and commanding General of the United States Government orders that the the United States to the commanding General that "he must not be 42328 Griffith threw his long leg over the saddle, and said to Jerry, "It is Lengthy Patterson, father," said Griffith, with his ever-ready compelled to stay at the old home-place and allow young Mos'' Grif "Has its good points, father," said Grif, whose quiet chuckle from time every single day if you want to and--look here, boy, don''t you think you The transfer was made, and the Rev. Griffith Davenport rode home with a sad heart and troubled conscience. "He was your negro, Katherine, shall I let him go?" Griffith said in a turned the leaves slowly, and Griffith and Katherine looked at each "Sit down, son," said Griffith, smiling at the boy and taking the hand his father he put down a patronizing hand on Griffith''s head and said, They had heard, somehow, in the old home, that Griffith''s sons "How far do you want me to go?" asked Griffith, looking up with an 4257 see the woods filled with Rebels, flying in disorder and our men yelling he reached the summit of the hill he found the Rebel line nearly formed The Rebels gave way in disorder, and our men fell back to At another time a considerable force of rebels gained the cover of a Rebels was a little cover, and behind this our men lay down as if by one days I estimated all men simply by their devotion to the great cause of the regular prisoners of war, so as to exchange them for their own men. After the prisoners were driven back, the Rebel officers came in and refused to exchange prisoners with the Rebels, on the ground that this informed that rebel officers and men would be held as hostages for the 6. The rebels now began demanding that the prisoners on both sides be on the guards changed, new men coming on duty. 4258 A NEW LOT OF PRISONERS--THE BATTLE OF OOLUSTEE--MEN SACRIFICED TO A prison, but these middle men contrived to have a little of it stick to prison in Rebel clothes, having been compelled to trade garments with As long as we old prisoners formed the bulk of those inside the Stockade, prisoners were made up of small squads of men from each regiment in the One day I saw "Dick Allen''s Raiders," eleven in number, attack a man in time came to number twelve hundred men. We also knew that great numbers of wounded had been brought to the prison PRISON AND THE CONDITION OF THE MEN THEREIN, BY A LEADING SCIENTIFIC MAN at any time be forced by the prisoners, the second forms another line of hundred per day, and large numbers of the prisoners who were walking death of many prisoners in the tents in the Stockade, without any medical 4259 things as to the Rebels generally, and Wirz, Winder and Davis in or four days watching each other--just like boys at school, who shake guard, and started for the next line of Rebel works about a half a mile working in day time can set from thirty-five to fifty "thousand" a week, a thousand men could be seen standing in line, waiting their turns to States Military Prison Hospitals, Andersonville, Ga.: military prisons, the permitting seven thousand men to die of the scurvy The Rebel officer in command of the guard was sitting on his horse inside FRANK REVERSTOCK''S ATTEMPT AT ESCAPE--PASSING OFF AS REBEL BOY HE REACHES The Rebel papers said as little as possible about the capture, and the This was why we knew the new prisoners to be Sherman''s boys as soon as came in from--Andersonville, so that in a little while we had between six 4260 in an incredibly short space of time, while many men and boys looked on, of the hands of our original captors at Jonesville, Va. It now became very evident that the Rebels were moving the prisoners from "Now," said I, "Captain, as long as I am a prisoner of war, I wish to knew that every day''s stay in Rebel hands greatly lessened their chances City, and twice a day, for perhaps an hour each time, the Rebel batteries the enemy had to use great discretion in letting the Rebel officer, know he returned to the house, and shortly after the old man came with a good Officer of the Guard, who came, passed us inside, and shook hands One morning orders came for one thousand men to get ready to move. Once five new prisoners, the first we had seen in a long time, were 42655 Washington, lay a Confederate army under Brigadier-General Beauregard who, Major-General in the Confederate army on July 30, 1861, but he had held General Hardee''s corps, forming the first line of battle, moved against the outlying division of the Union army, which was commanded by General brilliant Lieutenant-General of the Confederate States Army appeared Second Corps of the Federal army, about eight thousand strong, attacked A few days later the two Confederate generals, Lee and Longstreet, Confederate forces, thought General Longstreet, was the division of Lee''s Six months after the battle of Stone''s River, the Federal army suddenly Confederate army lost a great captain, when a few days later General numbering thirty thousand men, was captured and General Grant''s army others of the Confederate army near Grant''s line of communication. The Confederate army, its corps under Generals Polk, D. Grant decided on a general advance of the Army of the Potomac upon Lee, 42892 representative of the War Department with General Grant and other to go to Grant''s army, he said, to report daily to him the military Sherman, who commanded one of the three corps in Grant''s army, and with On the new lines adopted by General Grant, the work went on cheeringly, General Grant changed his headquarters to Smith''s plantation, near New captured Confederate officer had been brought before General Grant for hold, General Grant sent a division to his support, and at the same time To McPherson''s left was the Thirteenth Army Corps, under Major-General that command, General Sullivan, has for some time been at Grant''s Grant''s tent between him and a captured Confederate officer, General things, at half past one o''clock, General Grant ordered the attack to be conquered lines with General Grant and the engineer officers, and they that day some six boatloads of troops which General Grant had sent from 43012 Coleridge Defended.--Wretched State of the Opium Eater.--An The condition of the old prisoners at this time (say during the month of eater of opium, after taking much of the drug the day previous, ever The effect of opium, the reader must bear in mind, always lasts stimulation which obtains a short time after taking a dose of opium, but De Quincey speaks of Coleridge as though the latter had denounced opium, As the effect of opium passes off, a deep feeling of gloom of natural sleep and other suffering caused by opium can be called Opium puts a man under an influence which must pass away before natural The appetite for opium at this time is generally master But the opium eater''s general state of feeling, state of his body and mind as an opium eater. In De Quincey''s article entitled "Coleridge and Opium Eating," in the 43329 late war, declared that "Mr. Jefferson Davis had created a nation," stated The people of the late Confederate States, whose destinies Jefferson Davis long as there was a reasonable hope of his selection by the party, Mr. Davis proposed an amendment instructing the delegates to support Mr. Calhoun as the second choice of the Democracy of Mississippi, in the event STATES'' RIGHTS PARTY IN CONGRESS--THE AGITATION OF 1850--DAVIS OPPOSES STATES'' RIGHTS PARTY IN CONGRESS--THE AGITATION OF 1850--DAVIS OPPOSES position of Secretary of War. With the policy of President Pierce''s administration, Secretary Davis was, [The Senate resumed the consideration of the resolutions submitted by Mr. Davis on the first of March, relative to State rights, the institution of President Davis immediately tendered to General Johnston the command of Confederate army, President Davis made Pemberton a Lieutenant-General, and DEMEANOR OF PRESIDENT DAVIS--CHEERFULNESS OF GENERAL LEE--THE QUESTION DEMEANOR OF PRESIDENT DAVIS--CHEERFULNESS OF GENERAL LEE--THE QUESTION 43562 trying times by noble-hearted men and women, as the boys went forth to The boys marched away, the hospitals filled, little In the middle of the day column was formed and the boys marched out on orders came promptly, to return the men to their quarters. The first day of November marching orders came and the boys took the It was a blundering piece of work, ordering men to camp Col. Brown ordered the men to build huts and arrange for a stay of Gen. Hooker, to cheer up the army, granted ten-day furloughs; two men An order came to Col. Brown to advance his men. Col. Brown rallied his men near the town, and a few shots were fired, orders came to prepare for a march with three days'' rations and forty The boys had learned to like Gen. Ames, because he was a good officer, if a little rough at times. 43589 General Stevens''s reports to Commissioner of Indian Affairs, with worked with his men in the hay field, keeping up with the best all day, major-general, and at one time commanding the army in the war of the "General Stevens was a small, undersized, young man when he entered hour and a half each day, taking that portion of time from his study One day at Portsmouth, as Mr. Stevens was at work in his office and his young engineer officer would cross the river to supervise the works, and covered way was placed under his charge, with large working parties, for the day by Captain Lee. Lieutenant Smith took particular charge of Lieutenant Stevens took great interest in the engineer company, so Lieutenant Stevens was this day directed to assume the duties of crossed the river, and moved forward to a good camping-place. miles with great difficulty, until, coming to a good camp on our 43590 a great chief and steal wood?"--Council ground--Scenes--General treaty--Young Chief and others refuse--Governor Stevens''s pointed Perces--Governor Stevens invites Colonel Wright to attend country--Suspected of aiding enemy--Governor Stevens orders defensive--Enemy close the Coosaw River--General Stevens''s Governor Stevens to the Secretary of War with report of March General Palmer arrived the same day with R.R. Thompson and R.B. Metcalfe, Indian agents for Oregon tribes, who had visited the Cuyuses The second day after reaching the valley Governor Stevens, learning that Governor Stevens and General Palmer presided at opposite ends The two following days Governor Stevens explained the proposed treaties Such chiefs I hope Governor Stevens and General Governor Stevens brought and kept these various tribes of Indians within A few days after his return Governor Stevens was requested by Colonel The point on Beaufort River where General Stevens''s division landed is On the 23d General Stevens continued the march up the river, followed by 4361 At that time Lieutenant-General Scott commanded the army in chief, the "Army of the Mississippi," commanded by Major-General John to that time I had received my orders direct from General Halleck time the army had been styled the right wing of (General Grant''s) Corps, of about eight thousand men, to be commanded by General G. GENERAL: By an order this day issued, you are to command a strong, General Sherman''s command was then entitled the Second Corps, Army Major-General McPHERSON, commanding army of the Tennessee, Major-General McPHERSON, commanding army of the Tennessee, Major-General, commanding Fifteenth Army Corps. This was the first time that General Grant ordered the "march to SHERMAN, Major-General United States Army. Corps of the United States Forces under Command of Major-General W. SCHOFIELD, Secretary of War. By command of the General of the Army. Secretary of War and the commanding general of the army, so that we 4362 division, which he wished to post on my right in the general line he general line was reformed to my right and rear, my division was at Second Division of the Fourth Army Corps, to which Major-General and placed General Thomas in command of the Army of the Cumberland. eight thousand men, organized in two divisions, commanded by Generals General Meade, and a little later the following order came to me: division of the enemy''s cavalry under General W. "MAJOR-GENERAL SHERIDAN, Commanding Cavalry Corps. division of the Cavalry Corps would be sent to my new command, he rear of the enemy''s general line was Fitzhugh Lee, covering from to the command of the Third Cavalry division (General Wilson having attack the enemy as soon as the Sixth Corps reached me, but General any action of mine so far as the commanding general Fifth Army Corps 43641 The Rebel army was commanded by General Joseph E. General Evans, the Rebel commander, the day before had moved to Goose discovered, he formed his men in the woods and sent word to General as General Stuart formed his line, Cutt''s Battery opened fire, sending General Hooker being in advance upon the Lee''s Mills road, came upon General Hooker formed his division in line of battle. They attacked General Hooker''s left wing in great force. march east, then turn north, cross the Swamp, gain the rear of General General Whiting moved down the Nine-Mile Road and halted in the woods The Rebel lines came into the open field, following the retreating General Griffin''s brigade is south of the road which comes down from General McCall formed his division of six thousand men, with Bridge, for there the troops commanded by General Burnside forced back The Rebel brigade holding the bridge was commanded by General Toombs. 4367 major-general and then placing him in command of the army, but Congress General Worth had the troops in line, under arms, all day, with three commanding general that these troops would move north sufficiently far General Scott soon followed the troops into the city, in state. troops at the best points to guard the roads leading into the city, left at once ordered General Smith to send a force up the west bank of the from General Halleck saying that I had command of all the troops sent to LIEUTENANT-GENERAL--COMMANDING THE ARMIES OF THE UNITED STATES--FIRST enemy struck our right flank, General Logan commanding, with great This was guarded by a division of colored troops, commanded by General On the 24th of May, the 9th army corps, commanded by Major-General A. ordered two divisions of the 6th corps, General Wright commanding, that General Butler commanding the army from which the troops were taken for 43922 of the Army of the Potomac near Richmond, Virginia--Brady occupies the these days that the Army of the Potomac engaged the Confederate forces [Illustration: PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN AT LONG BRIDGE ENTRANCE TO WASHINGTON] [Illustration: PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN AT RUINS OF STONE BRIDGE OVER BULL RUN the command of the Army of the Potomac, and that Major-General Burnside [Illustration: PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN WHILE MAJOR-GENERAL AMBROSE E. [Illustration: MEDICAL CORPS OF ARMY OF POTOMAC IN CAMP UNDER SURGEON [Illustration: PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN ALONG LINE OF CONFEDERATE PRISONERS [Illustration: PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN WHEN MAJOR-GENERAL GEORGE G. war cameras followed the Union Army into the captured city and the old [Illustration: BLOCKHOUSES AND ARMY BRIDGE ACROSS TENNESSEE RIVER NEAR [Illustration: PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN AT A CONFEDERATE FORT ON MARIETTA ROAD, tent at the army headquarters, the war photographers secured the picture General Marcy and other officers at headquarters Army of Potomac, Candy, Bvt. Brig.-Gen. C., Col. 66th Ohio Infantry, =S.=2181. 44116 Regiment moved up the Tennessee River the same night, and reported to hour, McArthur''s entire Brigade, (the one to which the 9th Ill. belonged,) were ordered to the left of McClernand''s Division, to At the time Gen. Roddy''s forces made a dash upon our camp, when the Regiment was nearly It moved up the Tennessee on 10th March, and joined Gen. Grant''s flotilla six miles above Fort Henry. South-Western Department of the army, with his "Head Quarters" at St. Louis, left that place for the field of strife and took command of the first day we moved out five miles, and bivouacked for the night near Division commander, the Regiment moved, with camp and garrison mounted companies, viz: A, B, I and F, was ordered to report to Col. Cornyn, commanding cavalry force, for an expedition to Tupelo. force of the enemy, the Regiment returned to camp at Pocahontas on the 44124 routed--Longstreet wounded--Night march--Moving towards Spottsylvania himself--Reach Appomattox--In line of battle--Awaiting orders. John Sloan, commanding the Grays, received orders from Gov. Ellis, "to In obedience to this order the Guilford Grays, on Friday night, April Some time in June we were assigned to the 9th North Carolina regiment; to remain 90 days." Under this act our company lost privates R. regiments, Cooke''s command consisted entirely of North Carolina troops, On the 23d of April, we received orders to return to North Carolina. line of battle with our regiment (27th), on the left of the road. The Grays lost in killed, private John Coltrain; in wounded, Sergeants Regiment, North Carolina troops, March 1, 1864; died since the war. COOK, WILLIAM.--Enlisted April 20, 1861; died of disease at Greensboro, MCKNIGHT, JOHN H.--Enlisted April 20, 1861; appointed Sergeant at Fort C.--Enlisted June 11, 1861; appointed Corporal March 21, 44132 INSIDE THE CONFEDERATE LINES--"SAIREY" WARNS TOM--OLD MAN TOWSER WELCOMES TOM TO THE WHITE HOUSE--LINCOLN TOM RIDES IN WESTERN MARYLAND--HALTED BY ARMED MEN--JOHN BROWN--THE "Well, Tom," said Mr. Strong, turning with a smile to his son, "we seem Colonel Washington took Mr. Strong and Tom home with him, for a rest While Tom waited in the old brick house and played in Washington Square, One day, at the close of a family luncheon, the President said to Tom: That afternoon, Lieutenant Tom Strong left the White House for Hampton that Tom saw, at that time, of the greatest general of our Civil War. CHAPTER V INSIDE THE CONFEDERATE LINES--"SAIREY" WARNS TOM--OLD MAN TOMBLIN''S "I''ll know better next time," said Tom to himself ruefully, as he saw "I like my new master," was what Bob''s eyes said to Tom. It was through a chance suggestion of Colonel Porter that the boy saw 44304 As the milkers said, old Asa had been "poorly" since his Mose went denyin'' Mose was a good son to the old man." The faintest stir of life passed over the corpse-like face, and old Asa Mose stood behind the stove, stealing furtive glances at the old man "No," said the old man, "that was always the way. "Yes, I know," said Mose, with hesitation; "but the old man here--that Mose merely clapped his hand on Job''s shoulder, and said, "You won''t The old man said nothing at all, but sat bending forward in his chair, "And look here, boy, if you and the old man find As they came up, the old man lifted his head and looked his son in the "Well, you''ll have time to do that while Norm''s gone," commented Job. With grave insistence he took the old rubber ornament from Asa''s hand 44492 night and saddled for a ride, usually ending in a long walk home, with I rode a cart-horse, and kept the mare in training for the hard work I have seen crack race-horses in my time, but I never saw more "No, I have seen you riding a far better horse than that; I am too old over miles of bad road to the general''s camp, gave riding-lessons and arm, gave way to the flow of spirits that the past few days'' duty had Naturally, in such a life as we led at Union City, our horses formed but our men were barely mounted and in line when an order came to turn reports of Forrest''s officers show, a better ending to the day''s work. like laggards, and whose horses were good enough for any work such a day, and horses and fox-hunting in general. 44702 prisoners here for you," said the officer in charge of us. up and said: "Captain Wirtz, I am ordered to turn these prisoners over one of them, and asked our captain of the guard: "Who is that officer when they came in, this prisoner approached the lieutenant and said: to help me?" "All right," said the lieutenant, and put the watch in his around near the lieutenant, but nothing was said until one morning he she said, "We have just come from there." "How are they?" I asked. One night as we were traveling in the woods, Captain Aldrich said to me: prisoners, the officer in charge said: "Men, I suppose you all know that the other day," said the man, "and took all of my horses, cattle and We came to some woods and the guide said: "There is They said: "How far are you going?" "I don''t know," I replied. 44783 say, the Seventh Regiment, from the day it was mustered into service to At this time a small force, under command of Lieutenant-Colonel Pond, The second day of August, the regiment left Sutton, and crossing the But let us return to the Seventh Regiment, which we left at its camp point that the force of Colonel Tyler was ordered to Cross Lanes. the regiment left Cross Lanes at 11 o''clock P.M., and the next day, by At the time the affair at Cross Lanes took place, our army occupied a companies of the Thirty-seventh Regiment, was ordered forward under When General Tyler''s command arrived on the field, Lieutenant-Colonel position he commanded the regiment in the retreat of Pope''s army from with the regiment until General Hooker came to the command of the Army regiment was about leaving, however, he took command, Colonel Tyler Arriving in the West, he commanded the regiment in the battles of 44865 and declared that, traveling through all the cotton States since Mr. Lincoln''s election, he had found, everywhere outside the great cities, "You can not fail to like New Orleans," said a friend, before I left [Sidenote: REBEL NEWSPAPERS AND PRESIDENT LINCOLN.] warning all Union men to leave the State; and before the time for in the Union army, and two among Price''s Rebels, who were likely soon Rebels glare upon Union men like chained wild beasts. In those days, every eye was looking for the Coming Man, every ear contains no Rebel forces, though seven thousand are at Union City, was done to-day, by order of General Lyon, who is pursuing the Rebels time seemed very long before each Rebel shot struck the water near us; [Sidenote: THE UNION AND REBEL WOUNDED.] Major-General Grant, who commands your army, a prisoner in [Sidenote: REBEL SURGEONS GENERALLY HUMANE.] [Sidenote: A REBEL PRISONER BROUGHT IN.] 44889 in advance of the general Confederate battle line forming across a The officers and men of Company D who went into the battle of Boonsboro battle ended, and Kemper''s brigade occupied that night and the next day number of men General Lee had in the battle of Sharpsburg. The actual number of Union soldiers on the firing line in the battle of exaggeration to say that the men killed and wounded in the battles, Federal line of battle against Jackson''s men, and the repulse of the into battle line held the right, Garnett''s brigade on the left, On our immediate right was Barton''s brigade, commanded by Colonel Fry. A part of Gracie''s men had gotten close to the enemy''s line, meeting sixteen men in this battle, having no loss in killed or wounded. men captured in the battle of the day before, about six thousand, the 44964 miles from the scene of battle, with part of the Confederate army, and At the break of day Sunday, April 6th, the Confederate battle-lines ordered his army forward May 20th, and a large division under General army made a desperate attack on the Confederate left, under Jackson, General Lee had by this time entrenched his army on the hills Hooker," had succeeded General Burnside in command of the Army of General Braxton Bragg was in command of the Confederate army, known as General Rosecrans was in command of the Federal army, known as the This battle is generally considered a Confederate victory, but left Sherman''s army was divided into three divisions commanded by Generals the Federal army at Pine Mountain, in which battle General Polk was A division of his army under General Crooks fought a desperate battle General Lee began to see the position that he was in with his army 44970 scarcely any large boys left in it any more, only little fellows one poor little old siege of Troy, for a few days more, while Andy long time to come, found their way from Mrs. Lincoln''s hand to our of camp about a half mile from the picket-line,--usually in a woods horse, and as soon as things would begin to look a little like our great camp-fires; and early the next morning took up the line a long, hot, weary day''s march to the extreme right of the army at "Colonel, your men have had a hard day''s march; you will now let Andy calls me away for a moment to look after some poor fellow rest of the army, which has been marching all day, and which comes height, the men of all regiments along the line of march cheering miserable did I look, that one day a Company B boy said, as I was 45067 NEW HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT. LOVING THE RIGHT AND TRUE, PATRIOTISM AND FREE LABOR He works out his problems in every nation. |A tenement House, on a National plan, He flew at Free Labor, with terrible spite, That he knew ''twas a rat, by its venomous tooth; From the cup of his fury, on Temple and Nation Lift thy head, thou fair Goddess of Liberty! The Temple is saved by the _blood_ of the Free! Shall flow like a river, the Temple to fill, A Temple to build, for the Free to inherit, Jack has labored, and suffered, by day and by night, Could compare with sweet Liberty, matchless, divine, Free Labor and Liberty wedded forever! The priest at his labors, by word and by deed, To thy labors once more! Away to the Temple, God''s grace to implore On the day--on the nuptials--and on this great nation, A nation of freemen to-day are new-born, 45233 Valley--Two of Company C Captured--The Battle of New Market--Gen. Sigel''s Letter--Corpl. Sheridan in Command--The Move up the Valley--The Twelfth Charges Rebel capture of Winchester by the Rebels, that our men took a prisoner (257) One day we saw a long line of rebel soldiers driving a large Men ought not to be marched from twenty to thirty miles per day, (304) Major Curtis, on our arrival here received an order from Gen. Kelley to have the Twelfth furnished with four days'' cooked rations, nights and one day, when the regiment was ordered to return men after the battle that at one time just before our line gave way, (442) On the morning of the 9th, Col. Curtis received orders from Gen. Hunter to proceed with his regiment to a certain point on the railroad (467) The day our brigade arrived at Martinsburg the Rebel Gen. Early, 45274 ''|There once was a Copperhead snake tried to Bite Uncle Sam by mistake; ''''''But the Seven League Boot on old Uncle Sam''s foot ''''''And out came a vile Copperhead. "_Nor doth this Wood lack Worlds."--Midsummer Night''s Dream, II. |There was an old Snake in New York said for peace all the people should work; ''''''Till the Copperheads all, great, middling, and small |Copper stocks are uncertain to buy, though this Copperhead''s stock''s very high; |There was an old War Horse, a clerical, who thought our Republic chimerical; ''''''''This mordacious old War Horse cholerical. ''''''''To kill the vile Copperhead worms. ''''''''While a Copperhead squirmed in his boot. ''''''To use rotten old Wood which never was good, |There once was a bottle of Porter, which the Copperheads thought was all water; ''''There was old party named M------, ''''As a Copperhead Pierce goes squirming round".= "THOSE DEVOTED COPPERHEADS." 45436 Gen. Stuart''s Raid around the Rear of Hooker''s Army. Centreville, Stuart''s cavalry was the rear guard, and I had attracted GENERAL:--Yesterday I attacked a body of the enemy''s cavalry at a body of the enemy''s cavalry on the Little River turnpike, near over a mile back when we saw a large body of the enemy''s cavalry, As soon as he took command, the cavalry camps in Fairfax detachment of 70 men of the 5th N.Y. Cavalry, which was camped near Stuart, under Gen. Lee''s orders, had left in front of the enemy in In his report of the campaign, Gen. Lee says that as soon as it was known that the enemy had crossed into If the force of cavalry which Stuart left behind him had Lee. The First Virginia Cavalry was attached to the command of General all the cavalry of the army was organized into a brigade, with Stuart 4546 arms--furnished the Union army four general officers and one colonel, major-general and then placing him in command of the army, but Congress General Scott soon followed the troops into the city, in state. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL--COMMANDING THE ARMIES OF THE UNITED STATES--FIRST enemy struck our right flank, General Logan commanding, with great CITY POINT, VA., October 14, 1864.--12.30 P.M. MAJOR-GENERAL SHERIDAN, Cedar Creek, Va. What I want is for you to threaten the Virginia Central Railroad and On the 24th of May, the 9th army corps, commanded by Major-General A. ordered two divisions of the 6th corps, General Wright commanding, that General Butler commanding the army from which the troops were taken for Smith''s command and a division of cavalry to report to General the 6th corps, General Ord''s command, and one division of cavalry, on At that time Lieutenant-General Scott commanded the army in chief, General Sherman''s command was then entitled the Second Corps, Army 45503 General Casey immediately began a new line of rifle pits Sergeant Brady had been left in command of the company by Lieutenant First New York Artillery, took up the line of march for Gloucester The picket line of this night was in charge of Captain Mudgett. The night of the 15th our regiment took a position on the extreme left, A force of one hundred day''s men from Ohio had reported to General the enemy swept the road, killing and wounding several of our men. The night of the 16th we took position close to the enemy''s works and Corps, while the army of the James was now commanded by General Ord, That very night, General Ord, in command of the Army of the James, picket line covering this fatigue work, with the regiments of the 1st Sergeant George Day entered service as Private, was promoted 45558 remaining in camp a short time, Colonel Kelton was placed in command of 16th, struck tents and took up the line of march for the rebel army. next morning General Fremont and his staff left the camp. regiment marched they were loaded into an army wagon to be transported The regiment followed its old line of march, until after crossing the The regiment went into camp, a few miles west of Lebanon, and lay by on While laying here, the news came to camp, that the Ninth Regiment of regiment went into camp some two miles from the river, out towards military road, the regiment went into camp about three miles to the The regiment went into camp half a mile south of town, on a pleasant Arriving at Nashville on the 4th the regiment went into camp two miles After laying in camp a few days, the regiment again moved out towards 45568 I remember how one captain, a fiery little man tried to hold his men the first man I saw in that prone line of men was my camp-fire friend. Like spectres looming from the grave, the line of men stood up, and the company and of the regiment was composed of plain, intelligent men, Yet the regiment was really like a great boy who begins to think It could not be said of our regiment that we were like the men of days of battle came did Joe show any care for military distinction, and officer said: ''Tell them at home that I died like a man and a soldier!'' Darkness closed the battle for that day, but night brought little rest. twenty-nine men and fourteen line officers, beside field and staff. officer whom I know well--he came home in command of the regiment--told and fifty-three men and four line officers remain, out of the four 45609 The men killed or mortally wounded in our war numbered on the Northern duration of the Confederate war was seven times as great as that of before the war, many states sought to render the National Fugitive the old sentiment of state sovereignty and made the war possible. the state''s forces for the Confederate war, the man who created Confederate War had begun that the territory was admitted to the Union white men of that region in the Confederate army. When the time came for the first great battle of the war to be fought, the end of the war to keep the Confederate armies half starved or technical rank in the old, peace-time army of the United States, where army in overmastering force on the Confederate side of a river which positions, but in the fighting force of that Army of Northern Virginia between that capital and the Confederate forces of 60,000 men or less, 45626 inspection he was badly hurt in going between two cars, and died Nov. 17th in the Regimental hospital from the injury and fever. of the Company died in this hospital: John Henderson, on Dec. 7th, and 14th day of Feb., ''63, Corp''l Isaac Donaldson died in camp of typhoid 12, ''63, special order War Department; Robert Lyle, discharged March When the Company marched out from camp on April 28th, Lieut. A. Cummins, Cross Creek, Pa., mustered in as a private, March 29, ''64. Butterfoss, discharged from hospital about time Company Sketches of Those Who Have Died Since the War. And as the years have come and gone since the disbanding, Company K''s died, July 21, 1877, and was buried in the old Cross Creek village of his duties till the battle of Gettysburg, wherein he was wounded in department of service to close of war, being ordered back to Company 45894 picket duty--the left wing to Jackson''s place on the Trent road, and the right wing to a place called the Red House on the Neuse road, the men to open right and left to let the artillery pass to the field and an open road to come into close quarters with his men, sang They halted near a dwelling house, when some of the men went into an to supply their place at night, which were opened in the day time received orders to rejoin the regiment, which took the place of men; but seeming more like a regiment of officers than soldiers. The men of the old regiments, almost to a "All right, boys," said the officer, and turning to his men, he The regiment rose like one man, and, on the order being given to go time, when I would ask him where he left the rest of the men, and 45949 as a musician in the general service, at the recruiting office, at No. 115 Cedar Street, New York City. ended my first day as a soldier in the United States Army. marches through the town took place on fine spring days, much to the reached Fort Pierre on the morning of the fourth day from Camp companies in all--quite a little army for those days--took up their General Harney''s additional troops went into camp near our quarters. The Indians began to arrive about ten days before the appointed time, It took all day to pass the soldiers and wagons over army was marching on the same road, for the corps in advance to-day to made it feasible, an army corps remained at rest in camp for a day command at Fredericksburg at this time, only a few days'' march away the third time the army marched back to its old camps. 46175 Lee''s army at that time numbered about 68,000 men, but before the commanded a Federal army, and a general minutely familiar with every retirement of Grant''s advanced army to the line of the Ohio river. Army of Northern Virginia under Lee, of which General Hooker, after This would completely turn Lee''s left with the main army and force him prevent the sending of any reinforcements to Lee. His second fundamental idea was to fight the Confederate armies in the Grant''s enormously reinforced army, the Confederate general was able to column of offense against Lee. At the same time Grant ordered Butler to push up on the south side the only great Confederate army other than Lee''s which remained in general in command of the Confederate army before Atlanta. assumes command of Confederate Army, vol. succeeded by Halleck as commander Federal army, vol. succeeded by McClellan in command of Federal army, vol. 46181 This officer, formerly Colonel Commanding this Regiment, is a native Regiment United States Colored Troops, lost his right arm while commanding officer of the Regiment in all the actions in which it honor to himself and the service." Brigadier General Bates, commanding Regiment, June 8th, 1865, and reported to the command, in Camp, on the Bermuda Front, Dec., 1864; Farra''s Island, near Dutch Gap Canal, Jan. 25th, 1865; and capture of Richmond, April 3rd, 1865. Bermuda Front, Dec., 1864; Farra''s Island, near Dutch Gap Canal, Jan. 25th, 1865; and capture of Richmond, April 3rd, 1865. Bermuda Front, Dec., 1864; Farra''s Island, near Dutch Gap Canal, Jan. 25th, 1865; and capture of Richmond, April 3rd, 1865. appointed SECOND LIEUTENANT in this Regiment, April 13th, Regiment, April 2nd, 1864, and continued in command of his Company in The officers assigned to commands in this service, 463 From his home his youthful eyes had looked upon the war in his own "Well," remarked the youth, "like as not this story''ll turn out jest "How do you know you won''t run when the time comes?" asked the youth. "Well," continued the youth, "lots of good-a-''nough men have thought shoot," said the tall soldier to the youth. regiments in the army were likely to be very small aggregations of men. The youth had been taught that a man became another thing in a battle. red dissolved into a moblike body of men who galloped like wild horses. Perspiration streamed down the youth''s face, which was soiled like that Turning his head swiftly, the youth saw his friend running in a barely out of the youth''s sight before he saw dark waves of men come Some of the men muttered and looked at the youth in awe-struck ways. 46344 officers and men were mustered as a regiment into the service of the orders received to report at Hancock, Maryland, the Regiment left Regiment to Sir John''s Run, six miles up the river, from which point The moment the order to charge was received, the Regiment started off On the 25th, the Regiment marched to Cedar Creek and return, 24 miles. On May 4th, Regiment ordered to join the Division as soon as relieved, early Summer, and left Camp Curtin, under orders to join the Regiment, On the morning of the 30th, the second day of the battle, the Regiment good order the Regiment went back about a mile and took position, with Lieutenant-Colonel Opp in command of the Regiment. The 84th Regiment was in the 1st Brigade, 2d Division, 3d Corps, Army 30th, 7 A.M., Marched along rear line of works, about 5 miles, to 46347 Hires his Time, and Absconds--Becomes a Free Working-Man in New The Men of our Time--Lincoln Foremost--The War was the The Men of our Time--Lincoln Foremost--The War was the doctrines of justice and freedom, and in the fear of God. As one man''s life, the life of Mr. Lincoln after his election is simply to the affairs and the men of the United States, said: "Mr. Lincoln was civil war in Maryland: for, like all wise and great Generals, Grant is triumph of good men in their day and generation, of which the slavery into Political Life on the Working-Men''s Side--Helps to form into Political Life on the Working-Men''s Side--Helps to form was a citizen of New Jersey, and was the commanding officer of Gen. Washington''s life guards throughout the Revolutionary War. His holding being the great question of the rights of working men, and brought out 4668 46720 "Be seated," said Captain Hayward, as he opened the envelope. As the party mounted, and prepared to depart, Captain Hayward said: Captain Hayward struck his horse and dashed forward, followed by the along, when Nettleton rode up to the side of Captain Hayward and said: Hayward passed on, and soon reached the general''s tent. The orderly introduced Hayward to Captain Branch, and said: Alibamo gazed at Hayward a moment, but it was met with a look of "Will you excuse me a moment?" said Price, turning to Hayward. "The story I told the guard of the advancing army," said Hayward, "will As Branch saw the prostrate form of Hayward upon the ground, he cried: "Is Captain Hayward sufficiently recovered to converse?" asked Price of saw his sister Alibamo and Captain Hayward, enter the rebel hospital. "Miss Hayward," said Branch, "Your brother''s life may be saved. 47135 citizens as soldiers in the Civil War. Under the caption "Jewish General William Meyer, editor of several New York papers, served States, fifteen years after the war commenced, only 250,000 Jews. French army to-day contain a large contingent of Jewish officers The number of New York Jews who served their country by risking life During the war of 1812, the New York Jews appear to have again some New York Jews who served in the Mexican War, one of them with Lieutenant-Colonel of 37th United States Infantry March 11, 1813; served with Sam Houston, in the Texan War. Sergeant JACOB DAVID, New York Volunteers. served nine years; enlisted as private; wounded; killed in the Levy enlisted in the 14th United States Infantry at the NUMBER OF JEWISH SOLDIERS WHO SERVED IN DIFFERENT WARS OF THE UNITED printed, with other works of Surinam Jews, in the French Jewish 47274 Col. Roberts took command of the Regiment, and also of the camp, on A regular promotion of company officers took place here, as men were wounded, leaving the company without a commissioned officer, line, though the company only numbered ten or twelve men for duty, and march outside of the ranks, took his place in the company, and carred Having been mustered out with the company, June 13. He was mustered out with the company, June 13th 1864, returned to his mustered out with the company, he returned to Gettysburg, and followed the muster out of the company, and was finally discharged July 3. Served with the company till after the battle of Gettysburg, --=_Mumper William,_= went out with the company; was 19 years of age re-enlisted December 29, ''63, and served the company well till muster --=_Sheads Robert,_= went out with the company, was 18 years of age 47332 Brigade, Third Division, Third and Sixth Corps respectively, Army of when the officer of the day came and started us for the picket line; the enemy whose time has expired is fighting its way into our lines. line nearly all day in anticipation of General Grant''s visit to the regiment moved to a new camp this morning; most of the line officers It''s been a beautiful day; left camp at 6 o''clock this morning and after regiment, were marched up in line of battle time and again camp all day; much appreciated mail came to-night; got two letters General Burnside moved his Corps to the left of us during the night. Division, Sixth Corps and was second in command to General Wallace Tenth Vermont and Second Brigade, Third Division, Sixth Corps; also front line, the brigade being on the left of the Division and Corps 47746 General Pillow estimated the Confederate loss in killed and wounded at Early in March, 1862, a National army commanded by Gen. John Pope by a large Confederate force, which was commanded by Gen. Albert flank Cox''s force, when General Rosecrans, with ten thousand men, came attack a Confederate force there, two thousand strong, commanded by Confederates lost about thirteen hundred men and the National army Confederate forces near Hampton, came within Butler''s lines that day, Confederates were in heavy force, commanded by Gen. William W. Confederate troops drawn in line of battle across the road near the general direction of the lines of battle was with the National troops SHERMAN--PAROLED PRISONERS FORCED INTO THE CONFEDERATE ARMY--FIGHTING Hancock''s irruption into the enemy''s works, that he captured Gen. Edward Johnson''s entire division of nearly four thousand men, with its Next after the men who commanded armies, the name of Gen. James B. 47778 Battle of the Crater; and Experiences of Prison Life. portion of the Ninth Army Corps, under the command of General Burnside. its place in line of battle, ready to join in the charge on the morning The time arrived when the explosion was expected to take place, but command, Colonel Buffum, tried to rally the men, as did officers of men and officers tried to get back to our own line, but the enemy by place in which to incarcerate prisoners of war, and a very large number men every day in each of the rooms to do police duty. We were allowed out in the prison yard each day, at daylight in the There were guards around the prison in the jail-yard and on the street prison, we having been allowed out in the yard, I was walking back and had during the time I was a prisoner. 47795 troops--Our camp at LaGrange--Position of the enemy--Arrival cavalry division and the enemy''s rear guard--Cannonading--Camp enemy and advance of troops--Our division left behind--We continual reports of the enemy approaching in force, and by night reported having seen the enemy''s camp fires not far beyond in the kept his mounted men on the line of the enemy''s retreat. following day, General Pope issued an order requiring the commandants The following day, September 12th, General Sturgis arrived from St. Louis, by way of the North Missouri Railroad, with four companies placed the enemy''s force at 3,000 men, with three pieces of cannon. the enemy closely; but at no time did he get within a day''s march of wounded men left in the hands of the enemy were taken across the The next day Colonel Trumbull ordered the officers of the regiment, General Hurlbut, was marching upon the enemy''s rear, 47934 "Into the Light an old Man steps" 23 With a heart as light, and a voice as gay, And bottles are opened, and glasses are filled. And seeks the battle with a loyal heart. All glasses are raised, when a gentle hand But age which causes the heart to lag But one bitter curse did my wealth uprear The curse of the wine-cup was in his way. The curse of the wine-cup was in his way. The waves rolled high, and the winds beat wild, Seemed to speak to my heart of faith and love; Where I know, whenever this life shall cease, And started forth, with life in hand, And now, young men, an old man''s prayer:-Leave the bright wine in your glasses there; "Friends of my boyhood, the old man''s prayer Shall meet a response in the heart I wear. Light is his heart; his faith is strong; 48142 present value, to people who knew a good thing when they saw it--the About this time, two enterprising young men from New England started old man came out and said: "Come in now, we are going to have bright Indian girl, said in Spanish: "He is little and long with half day that the old fellow failed to furnish work. heard from a dear old mining partner, who some time previous left He turned his cold, grey eyes on me and said: "I knew old Crump--he the California brother, in which he said a young man by the name of It was an old country home, the doors wide open, good thought about it a little while and presently returned and said: army." The old man said: "Well, my son, you are dangerously near The old man said: "Now, my son, you will see nobody today. 48303 On pleasant days, guard duty at the camp entrance was by no means roll, and in a very short time the whole camp was aroused, the regiment of marching orders to the regiment, three days being given to prepare the Neuse road in the direction of Newbern, went into camp a short party returned to the camping-ground, when the order came to fall in, line of march, but that last day the 45th was detailed as guard over Our regiment was drawn up in line by the road-side, awaiting orders, We soon fell into the old routine of camp life, the regimental library Not long after our return to camp, the regiment, in common with many At an early hour on the long-expected day, the detail for guard left the camp, and soon after breakfast, the rest of the regiment started, were on duty through the night, half of the regiment at a time, under 48404 George, how came you to know so much about ships and boats and naval "I will come pretty soon," said George, and his father descended the "I have to go to school," said George, "and I have to be with the boys; "The boy that enjoys the job the most generally gets it," said George. said, ''Come over to the orchard, boys,'' and we all went. "You can''t tell," said Sandy Miller, a boy who had recently come from "A British force attacked them," said George, "and stormed Manila, the one of the back seats--it was George Dewey--stood up and said: Dr. Dewey''s office, where the boy was turned over to his father, with a A year later George Dewey left the school and went to the Morrisville commander, and Lieutenant George Dewey the executive officer--was officer, who were standing on the quarter-deck, Captain Smith said: Commodore Dewey''s fleet officers were: Commander Benjamin P. 48586 by Ewell on the right caused the entire Federal line to give way and moved forward and turned the Federal right and the day was practically Federal cavalry in great force charged on our brigade, but was line now pushed forward, and the Federals gave way at every point in Federal force under General Miles was hemmed in by the Confederates who enemy''s artillery opened with great vigor on Jackson''s line. The Federal lines were forced back several times, army, and by overwhelming numbers turning the Confederates left; but Confederate lines to the left of Jackson''s corps was equally fierce and remained in line of battle all day as if expecting attack, but an the Confederate line some distance to our left gave way, and the enemy way learned of the position, in the Federal line in our front, of double quick time, the Federal artillery opened upon this long line, 48703 Georgia is known to every man at all conversant with the state''s My father, Dr. Tomlinson Fort, was born in Burke County, Georgia, The day before the battle, while riding near a great live oak tree, believing that artesian wells could be bored in southern Georgia. good water for a great section of my native State, and to know this I now return to my work with the water of south Georgia. Georgia, and into which could be drained the surface water. over my plant, said that this large section of Georgia was worth have large pear orchards on my south Georgia plantations, Le Conte of Georgia," and last year he made another trip to see this great Colonel Fort bored the first artesian well in this section, and had known as the "Artesian City." Colonel Fort gave to Dougherty County Fort a lieutenant in the First regiment of Georgia regulars, 48822 line of battle and advanced within two miles of the rebel''s stronghold, distance of a rebel battery which was shelling our men with pretty good fires along the line, the rebels advanced a battery to within five was taken for miles from camp, and on New-Year''s day we were ordered orders to return to Corinth, as a brigade came to take our place from cotton field, and a few days after moving camp, orders came to prepare throwing shot and shell into the rebel works from morning until night, heavy timber, until arriving within half a mile of the rebel works. short time, the rebels returned the fire, doing no injury to our men, As the order was received at the same time to take the rebel works by The rebels came to a halt, and returned the fire, and soon the battle 49089 wagons moved forward and I rounded up the cattle and horses and forced broke camp one morning and started on a twenty mile drive, it began We reached Platte River late the same day at a point which must have the horses nor the men had tasted food or water throughout the day, miles up the American River we each took up a claim and went to work. day time when the men were out working in the diggings, but at night A little farther down the Sacramento River, while in camp one night, finally got out on the high plains with horses, cattle and men fairly Horses, men and cattle took a good rest. Men, cattle and horses all took a good long rest, but the train was When we reached Little Osage River on our way north, Price went but would remain at the camp until the cattle came up, then in place 49444 A duelist can not hold office in Texas, but he can defeat a good law such are the issues of life and death in Texas, and a man is a little case of a leading business man in one of the cities of Texas, and a of Divinity in Texas who is said to be a man of profound learning and on the occasion when the "old man eloquent" of the "Lone Star State" They said: "General, you know we are your personal friends, and have The old General died at Huntsville, Texas, a year or so before the war honor, General, of returning the process served, and the prisoner, Mrs. E., is before you, whom I now introduce to you," said the sub-officer. liable to come at any time by the accidents of war, but I feel bound A lady friend said to us on our return from that country: "Mr. N., you 49529 "Come," said Fred, taking the young lady''s arm, and the two quickly made "Yes, father," said Fred in a low tone, "war on the old flag. To Fred the news that _his_ general, as he had come to look upon Nelson, "This, General, is Fred Shackelford, the boy of whom I spoke," said "My good man," said Fred, "here are some wounded men that should be "I hardly think, General," said Fred, the next morning, as he made his "Don''t be alarmed, General," said Fred, as he rode away, "if we do not "The lively time, General, may come before three days," answered Fred, my boy, is that you?" asked General Nelson, as Fred rode up to General Nelson saw the act, and turning to Fred, said: "I want you to "General," said Fred, when he had found Nelson, "here is the brave boy 49898 Company A, Fayette Rifles, Captain William Burton of Somerville, Tenn. Company D, Yorkville Rifles, Captain John Wilkins, Yorkville, Tenn. Regimental Quartermaster; Peter Cole, Company H, Sergeant-Major; and W. The Thirteenth Regiment, under command of Colonel John V. the regiment took position in line of battle, in command of his company regiment; elected Lieutenant-Colonel after the battle of Belmont; Daily, Company H, wounded at the battle of Murfreesboro; J. First Sergeant; wounded at Belmont; died since the war. the army; wounded at Murfreesboro; died since the war. regiment; elected Captain; wounded at Belmont, and killed at F. Elected Lieutenant at organization of the company; died F. Elected Lieutenant at organization of the company; died Elected Lieutenant; wounded at Belmont; died since the transferred to Company E, Thirteenth Tennessee Regiment; killed at Elected Lieutenant; wounded at Shiloh; died since the Thirteenth Tennessee Regiment; died since the war. H. Elected Lieutenant at organization of company; killed at 49976 About the time the train was pulling out I asked the man who the guard to shoot any man who came near the door, the sound of guns We remained at that place that and the day following, having nothing the old man said the Home Guards often visited the cabins of the black permitted to pass the night and the following day in the loft of their I was kept in this house three days and nights, and years of age, came to my dwelling place and said that the day before time arrived to put up for the day I went around looking for a proper started forward cautiously following the road, and reaching a point I struck out in the direction the old folks had taken and soon came to It was getting toward dark and I concluded to pass near the house in 50001 soft voice who told the old-time stories in my plantation home while within the enemy''s lines, I went to an old friend in Richmond, Mrs. Shields, the wife of Colonel Shields. "Come, come, my little man, what is the matter?" asked my Soldier. in his eye so well remembered by all who knew General Lee''s "old War "Lee was a great soldier and a good man but I never wanted to put my In the old Army my Soldier had a dear comrade, at this time a General in John Theophelas, my dear little brother, nine years old, was a great "I must find the dear old fellow," my Soldier said, graciously "Come, look at the soldiers," I said, as I saw a shadow in the General''s a great many of my Soldier''s old army friends were there at the time, A year later, when my Soldier went home and little Corbell was placed 50410 and said, "Colonel, the General wants you to march your regiment to time to officers and privates alike, but got very little money, the an incident took place about that tobacco I sold on time. "But they are my boys," said the old man, "and I want them with me." There was a general order one time that our boys should not steal "Halt those men there," said the General to one of his orderlies, The day before the Franklin battle we got into a brush with the rebel time going right for the rebel captain. the Twenty-fourth Wisconsin he said a word to General Little and went I looked around and saw General Little, and said, "This is the The general took off his hat and said, "Boys, form a line here; instant a rebel bullet took him right in the abdomen and went through 50483 of that little band of Kentuckians, known in history as the "Orphan Of course I abandoned my attempt to join the old boys of the "Orphan final sad leave-taking of these dear old "Orphans," I must revert to my first time in our experience the horrors of the battle-field in all of the extreme left of the Confederate battle line, with the Forty-sixth battle line from right to left (a distance of more than three miles), battle field told that the day was surely and steadily becoming ours. columns, as they shifted from right to left of the battle line. little excitement and concern and looked for a time like a night attack enemy infantry fire in front, who had by this time opened a lively ground from the point where we formed line of battle and moved to the KENTUCKY CONFEDERATE VISITS SCENES OF BATTLE AND SIEGE DURING CIVIL WAR. 50549 Edwards, _Commander William Barker Cushing_ (N. the name of Nemahbin, and Dr. Cushing was placed at the head of the new with a heavy heart that Alonzo Cushing, always longing for effective Cushing, First Lieutenant 4th Artillery, commanding Battery A, 4th Lieutenant Cushing, my commander, was a most able soldier, of seven yards from where Lieutenant Cushing, his young and gallant that Lieutenant Cushing personally saved the battery from capture at to his men, and Cushing being held up by some infantry officer. Up to the day of Alonzo Cushing''s death, the reputation of his After this promotion, Cushing took command of the admiral''s flagship, Lieutenant-Commander Cushing was permitted to take part. The following year, and the day before Cushing''s untimely death (at on leave, Lieutenant Cushing was ordered to take the men and guns to The day after his arrival, Cushing went with his second in command, 50970 fire-place we saw a woman in her night clothing, watching us pass. discovering it was nearly day, we halted in the woods, near the road went northward, still further from the road we had left at day-break, little to the left, we soon reached a point directly west of the and followed the road north-west a little more than a mile. rapidly through the woods near the road until we had gone another mile, South of the road, about half a mile, we saw a space of ground covered Just at dark we left our hiding-place and went directly to the road. to a cross-road near midnight we stopped a few minutes to eat a little left the road and entered the woods, going in a south-east course a road, not wishing to reach the first house too early in the night. Near eleven o''clock that night, March 8th, we left the house of 51063 New York that Fort Sumter, in Charleston harbor, had yielded to the that transportation by railroad train, with a regiment of troops on look like an enormous mud-puddle; and with every new attempt we began Washington, directing the troops to come, if possible, by the Annapolis building; but at the end of that time the regiment went into camp a directed to join General Viele''s brigade and report for duty to that vessels, then turned south, and, passing slowly down in front of Fort time, according to nearly all the commanders'' reports, the enemy''s shot THE SEA ISLANDS AND FORT PULASKI. THE SEA ISLANDS AND FORT PULASKI. the mouth of the Savannah river, with Tybee island and Fort Pulaski on General Viele''s command, on an island above the fort, to bombard it After the fall of Fort Pulaski the troops on Daufuskie island were of the South and ordering him to report at New York city. 51118 West Plains a man who was a door neighbor to the author came into his said, "Captain, this is a strange time of night to come down and order went into the house near by and soon came out with two other men in About that time about 350 men mostly from Oregon county commanded by rebel scout appeared at the house where the author''s family was living a considerable force of men, reached the state line about 12 o''clock, author made a forced march and reached the west end of the county about Howell County, Mo. The rebels took quite a number of Union men from houses burned in Howell county by the Union men during the Civil county, came in, met the author and said to him: "Captain. Howell county and kill the author with other Union men, he decided to state was arming the men with orders to enter the counties of Oregon, 51211 the war came, believed it to be their duty to side with their State, at a time when the entire active force of the United States army General) Ewell, who was commanding the camp, that officer reorganized war ended the men who lived to return were greeted with sad faces by duty of every able-bodied man to serve in the army, and they eagerly time held by the Federal army, and a colonel, with some members of "God bless these Virginia women!" said a general officer from one of the end of the war he was the idol of army and people. After the war the man who had commanded the Southern armies remained good deal of money from the men after pay-day. the long-suffering officers and men of the army would have uttered to officers and men, and when the time came, in the fall of 1861, 5123 professions, to consider a fight against slavery as a fight for God. Now, when the mind of England, and it may almost be said, of the a right to expect from the great anti-slavery people, in their really moral state of the American mind which has appeared for many years. party constituted which now rules the United States: on slavery slavery in the States where it legally exists. interference by the Federal Congress with slavery in the Slave States; The present government of the United States is not an Abolitionist power than the constituted authorities of the Slave States. Confine it to the present States, and the owners of slave property slaves free who belong to persons in arms against the Union. The assumed difficulty of governing the Southern States as free and the admission into the Union of any new Slave State. have to fight the Slave States ourselves at far greater disadvantages, 51250 men had been enlisted and sent forward to old regiments, nine new wagon-train of General Lee. Since reaching "Old Potomac''s Shore" no more memorable day had been Army Corps; the respective commanders being Generals John Newton of the Thirty-ninth has five hundred men, this very day, on parade, though a six regiments numbers about two thousand men, of whom the Thirty-ninth Corps and Thirty-ninth Regiment were doing during these days of stroke in command of the division line of pickets, being officer of the day, Massachusetts." The next day several hundred men from other regiments "On the left of the Ninth was the Fifth Corps, in the following order Division of the Ninth Corps in line; I ran down and told General White Fifth and Ninth Corps and the Confederates, General Grant having in work, day and night, for every man, and the number in the Thirty-ninth 51451 that follows the exhaustion of a battle, build a bridge thirty feet long miles over muddy roads, in an hour from the time he receives the order, Soon our line was formed, and the old soldiers scarcely waited for the commanding officer had ordered the men to lie down in a thicket, and Slowly the first long night in our new prison passed away. prisoners at the time, and more closely guarded than the jail yard, and a place near Charleston, passing through the city on their way to camp length, finding a road running in the direction of our line of march, we to reach his cabin about the time the parties on the road passed it. the eye, asked: "Old man, if I place my life in your hands, will you "The escaped prisoners--the two men that came last night." "The men we want are escaped prisoners of war--came in last night with a 51552 are in great hurry and have very little time to write letters, even to received our orders from General Pope to come to Springfield by forced guard duty and marching for two days and nights, and must be up early "When I left home I got you a good house to live in, and I want you to Fort Donelson with the rest of General Grant''s army, eleven miles from Veatch''s brigade and my regimental reports sent home for publication. enemy''s pickets, the men of our regiment fighting them all the time; thirty and sixty days'' men for service in various parts of Indiana, to I will take command of the brigade to-day, as General Hobson is still In this letter writing about a leave to come home, I refer to General "Why should I not write a letter this New Year''s Day to my dear little 51803 When the General returned, Captain Guilfoyle rose to report his work of going on toward Washington I turned off and saved considerable time gave my horse time to get his breath, while I sat on a stone beside him. Confederate army at that time wore such parts of Union soldiers'' clothes as soon as I came to it, which I knew would be in a little time, I would Looking back I saw them turn toward town when they entered the road I Taking into consideration time, place and circumstances, I knew the By the time I was arrayed in my disguise Ned had the horses harnessed to Telling Ned to drive over toward them and ask the way to General Dare''s looked on General Dare only as a guide to Captain DeLacy, and had no placed fresh horses at our disposal, and with little loss of time, we 52121 Army Corps_; _Brigadier-General commanding the three brigades under Major-General Longstreet (Second Virginia and 1862, and then General Lee taking command of the army, Smith withdrew, This officer, a major-general, commanding some 10,000 to 12,000 men, Lee was the next day placed in command of the Army of Northern Virginia. campaign--General Lee''s staff--Longstreet second in command--His General Lee kept the army well exercised in drill and the new men had One day Longstreet received a note from General Lee, after a ride marches--Thoroughfare Gap--Longstreet''s attack--Enemy routed--General General Lee''s route was near Longstreet''s and night and by a staff officer to General Lee''s camp near by. On a hot day''s march across the river, General Lee, Longstreet, and General Longstreet says that when Major Goggin, an old Army man on command of his division by Lieutenant-General Longstreet and ordered Lieutenant-General Longstreet, the other great corps commander of the 5309 When the girl left Aun'' Jinkey''s cabin the young soldier looked after "Dat''s Miss Lou," said the old negress, forcing into his mouth another The gentlemen now joined Miss Lou in the parlor, while under Mrs. Baron''s supervision Zany, and Chunk, as gardener and man-of-all-work, Miss Lou had gone but a little way before Mad Whately joined her, with a scared look, said to Miss Lou, "Aun'' Jinkey ''clar she dunno "Uncle," said Miss Lou, firmly, "Aun'' Jinkey doesn''t know anything Mrs. Baron took it from her pocket without a word, and Miss Lou went to "Why you look dat away at Miss Lou, Aun'' Jinkey?" Zany asked "En, Miss Lou, you des come out de house dis away wid me en Zany," Mrs. Whately went to Miss Lou''s room and said, "Forgive me for keeping "But, Zany," said Miss Lou, "you don''t think they KNOW anything." 5388 "Mornin'', Colonel," said a voice which made Eliphalet jump. "Sir," said the Colonel, with some force, "God made the sons of Ham the "A young Yankee you landed here this morning, Lige," said the Colonel. "I ain''t a servant, Miss Carvel," he said, with a meaning glance at the these goings-on?" said the Colonel, staring at young Mr. Colfax, rigid as He pictured Mrs. Brice asking for a spoon, and young Stephen sniffing at Mrs. Crane''s said that the Judge knew more law than any man in the West. Stephen turned his face away,--to behold Mr. Eliphalet Hopper looking calmly on. "Take the woman away," said Stephen, in a low voice, "and I will buy the "Yes, sir," said Stephen. "I took her to Miss Crane''s boarding-house," said Stephen. "Mr. Brice," said the Judge, at length, "take off your coat, sir I will "My father was not an Abolitionist, sir," said Stephen, smiling. 53882 Nest." To that school came two young girls to complete a course of This horse the girls rode to school. When she reached the house she noticed a horse and buggy under an old Turning to a soldier he said, "Take that horse from the "Try that horse." Like a flash a thought came to the girl. ordered the girl to get back on that horse and return to the Colonel. of blankets was used by a little colored girl who slept in the house, One day a little girl was reading a story-book on the green lawn in By that time the Federal officers and some of the men were in the house There were five or six bright, pretty girls in the house, In a little while the Federals, the girls, and the family were all After some time the soldiers began to mount their horses, the servant 5389 Miss Virginia Carvel came down the steps in her riding-habit. "Oh, Jinny, I''m so glad to see you," said Miss Russell. "I can''t, Puss," said Virginia, submitting impatiently to Miss Russell''s Virginia took her bridle from Ned, and Miss Russell''s hospitable face "Then he set her free," said Miss Carvel, contemptuously Judge Whipple "Ned," said Virginia, "I shall be eighteen in two weeks and a young lady. "Why do you listen to Clarence''s horse talk?" said Virginia. "You ask me because I am a girl," said Virginia. "If I were a man," said Virginia, "and going into a factory would teach "Virginia, I should like you to know my young Yankee," "Lord, Virginia," he said, "I thought you told the judge this afternoon "I do not know Miss Carvel," said Stephen, wondering how well the other "He''s the meanest man I know," said Captain Lige. turning to Virginia, he said, "Will you dance, Miss Carvel?" 5390 "For Mr. Lincoln," said Stephen. Say, young man, did you ever hear of Stephen Arnold Douglas, alias the Stephen told young Mr. Lincoln that he should have to "How shall I know Mr. Lincoln?" asked Stephen. "I reckon Colonel Carvel isn''t a fighting man," said some one, at random. Mr. Lincoln glanced at Stephen, and then again at the Judge''s letter. "If you do, you kill yourself, Lincoln," said another, who Stephen By this time Stephen was burning to know the question that Mr. Lincoln "Come, Mr. Stephen," said Mr. Lincoln, presently, "where do you hail "I call the Judge a friend of mine," said Mr. Lincoln. "Mr. Stephen," said he, "would you like to come to Freeport with me "But, sir," said Stephen, seeing that he was expected to go on, "I think How country Abraham Lincoln looked beside Stephen "Didn''t the Judge get Mr, Lincoln''s message?" asked Stephen, with 5391 "I scarcely know Miss Carvel," he said, recovering. "Mrs. Brice may be anxious, Stephen, at the late hour," said he. "Oh, Puss," cried Anne, that evening, for Miss Russell had come to spend face of Stephen Brice, as he had stood before her in the summer house at dance at Bellegarde, in honor of his cousin, Virginia, to which Mr. Stephen Brice was not invited. "I have invited Stephen Brice, Jinny," she said. "If Stephen would only come as Colonel Wilton Brice!" she cried. "Stephen," said he, "of course you''re going to the Brinsmade''s." "When the time comes, sir," said the Colonel, with dignity, "Missouri "Colonel Carvel," said he, "I expect that the day has come when you go Even as Judge Whipple had said, the time was come for all men to decide. day Stephen Brice saw the Leader go into Judge Whipple''s room, and 5392 She said: "Stephen, I am afraid that the war has come." knew that Virginia Carvel and the women like her were ready to follow "I think that Lyon is going to attack Camp Jackson to-day," he said to "Is the Major going back into the army?" said Mrs. Brice, Stephen did not Brinsmade took one long look at Stephen, turned "Stephen, you did not tell me that you saw John," said his mother, when "And, sir," said he, "you may thank the young man who lives next door to "You will pardon me, Miss Carvel," said Captain Lyon, gravely, "if I Mr. Brinsmade," said the Captain, "I should like "Virginia, I am going to the river," said Mrs. Colfax. "I think that there are enough men left in it to save it," said Virginia. Captain Lige sat on the steps of Colonel Carvel''s house that night, long Virginia put her hand through the Captain''s arm. 5393 him south by way of Colonel Carvel''s house at Glencoe. "Colonel," said Mr. Hopper, with a remarkable ease, "I cal''late these "Virginia, child." said Mrs. Colfax, peevishly, one morning as they sat eye of a scout, came into the sitting-room with the Colonel and handed a "Hush," said Virginia, as she prepared to slay the young officer with a "Virginia," said Mrs. Colfax, the next morning on coming downstairs, "I "Why, honey, I''ll ask Brinsmade if you like," said the Colonel. "Colonel Carvel," said Mr. Brinsmade, with dignity, "is a gentleman. "Such a singular thing happened to-day, Stephen," she said. "Colonel Carvel," said he, "by order of Major General Halleck, I serve "Stephen," said he, presently, "I guess I''ll do a little bidding." Stephen looked in vain for Colonel Carvel--for Virginia. "Jinny," said the Colonel one day, "as we don''t seem to be much use in "Good day, sir," said the Colonel. 5394 "The Admiral''s in a bad way, sir," said the Colonel who rode up to meet "Colonel," said the General, "that move was well executed, sir. "Well, well, Brice," said the General, winking at Mr. Brinsmade, "I think "Then light up, sir," said the General, "and sit down, I''ve been thinking Like lightning the General was on his feet, his hand on Stephen''s "Yes," said Stephen, smiling; "he struck near the place where my company "Captain Brice is a friend of yours, Colfax," said the Colonel, tugging "Colfax," said Stephen, coming forward, "you''re too sick a man to talk. "Yes, sir," answered Stephen, "and I came to ask a favor for one of "I''d like to see that man," said the General, in his eager way. "Your cousin Clarence has come home, my dear," he said. One day the Doctor came, and Virginia looked into his face and divined Stephen," said the Judge, "come here." 5395 The General rode past without a word, but I heard him telling the story "''Grant,'' said I, ''you give me men enough and time enough to look over "I reckon it does, General," said Clarence, still smiling. "Is--is the General a nice man?" asked Mr. Lincoln, his eyes twinkling. "Major Brice is a friend of mine, General," he said. "Sherman," said Mr. Lincoln, "you don''t want the Major right away, do "Certainly, Mr. Lincoln," said my General, "you may have Brice. "Miss Carvel," said the President, looking at her intently, "I have "No, thank you," said Virginia; "I think that I can say what I have come "Virginia," said Mr. Lincoln, "I have not suffered by the South, I have And, Steve," said Mr. Lincoln, putting his hand again on Virginia''s "From what I hear of him, he was something of a man," said Stephen. 54065 of the Sixth Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, till the present time. The same day we moved forward to Atlanta, which place we reached After working on the night of the 25th, two men were left down in frozen, as, indeed, was the case, day and night, till we reached enemy while the army slept; but as soon as day began to dawn the command of my regiment--Battle near Dallas--Night on the command of my regiment--Battle near Dallas--Night on the the left, and formed in two lines of battle--the Sixth Kentucky soon brought it into the front line of battle--the Sixth Kentucky On the 17th we advanced over two lines of rebel works which were line of battle, having come up with the enemy''s pickets in front of on the breast-works, were ordered into the front line of battle. regiment was placed in the front line, so close to the enemy that 5437 "I know you are a very pretty little girl, who will feel better hand touched his arm, and Marian said, with a look so kind and "A duty which I shall soon have to perform, also," Merwyn said. congenial acquaintances, Merwyn said one morning, "I shall return a fine, strong-looking man,--the kind needed in these days," said MERWYN had been in the city some little time when Marian, unknown "Just think of it, Marian!" said Mrs. Vosburgh. This would be the natural course of a girl like Marian towards a man "You shall know, Miss Vosburgh, and I hope you will come and see "It is not a little thing to send a good man to the front, Mr. Merwyn." "The officer knew and liked Strahan, but said: ''I shall have to put "Good-by, Miss Vosburgh," said Merwyn, gravely. Left alone with Marian a moment, Merwyn said, "You cannot know how 5661 crest of a hill a mile away in the direction of the interrupted advance. For this powerful army, moving in battle order through a forest, has met hill a mile away has a sinister look; it says, Beware! stone wall extending to left and right a great distance. facing the distant crest, holding his field-glass against his eyes with every rifle turns toward the man on a white horse; no one but has salutes again, wheels his horse, and rides straight toward the crest of motionless, holding his sabre in his right hand straight above his head. turned his head and looked in the direction of his concealed fixity of attention---Druse turned his head and looked through the deeps group of man and horse in the sky, and again it was through the sights answered, he turned away his eyes and said no more. 56671 many years ago by a crazy old man who once lived on the mountain, but this crazy old bridge," said Philip, appealing to Lieutenant Coleman. advance, with Philip''s carbine on his arm; next came Corporal Bromley, Accordingly, when night came, Lieutenant Coleman and George Bromley, soldiers sat in the tree, lying across the grave of the old man of the words of the good old song rang out over the mountain-top, Philip and "So it would," said Lieutenant Coleman, sadly, turning again to look "That''s so," said Bromley and Lieutenant Coleman, with one voice. Philip and Bromley took a look at the man, hurrying along in the gray until it was lost behind the spurs of the mountain called Chimney Top. By this time the roof of the house had fallen into the burning mass wisps of grass in the hands of Coleman and Philip, while Bromley plied 5696 Sylvia Fulton, a little Boston girl, was staying with her father and Wait!" and a little girl about Sylvia''s age came running down It was Flora Hayes; and, next to Grace Waite, Sylvia liked Both Grace and Flora advised Sylvia not to tell her mother of Elinor''s "Yas, Missy," said Estralla, her big eyes fixed on the little white "Run," said Sylvia, giving Estralla a little push. "Run. It''s all right," said Sylvia with a little smile, and Estralla, I jes'' love Missy Sylvia," replied the little girl, now "But I am a white girl, Estralla," said Sylvia. The "doll-ladies," as the little darky girl had always called Sylvia''s "Perhaps Flora will own up," Grace said, as the two girls followed Mrs. Fulton down the stairs. "Come up-stairs, Estralla," she said, finding the little negro girl at Mr. Waite had said that as long as Sylvia lived in his house the little 57212 A few days after this General Lee determined on a movement on the enemy A flag was sent to the Federal camp the next day by General Lee, and One Sunday in March I preached a sermon at St. Paul''s Church, (old St. Paul''s, built in 1739,) exhorting the people to the work before them, that Major-General Jackson of the Federal Army was killed. And the following day General Polk, (who had won the hearts of the front and visit, with the Bishop, the Brigade of General Manigault, A memorable incident of Bishop Elliott''s visit to our army was General I was requested one day by General Polk to visit two men who were offer of his appreciation of the Bishop-General''s past services and of On reaching Atlanta the body of the dead Bishop and General was escorted it; of the Bishop-General over whom I had said the burial service there; 57383 On the 19th, just twenty days after the crossing, the city was completely invested and an assault had been made: five distinct battles (besides continuous skirmishing) had been fought and won by the Union forces; the capital of the State had fallen and its arsenals, military manufactories and everything useful for military purposes had been destroyed; an average of about one hundred and eighty miles had been marched by the troops engaged; but five days'' rations had been issued, and no forage; over six thousand prisoners had been captured, and as many more of the enemy had been killed or wounded; twenty-seven heavy cannon and sixty-one field-pieces had fallen into our hands; and four hundred miles of the river, from Vicksburg to Port Hudson, had become ours. 57440 days after I reached my regiment the whole army in great haste started Every one showed the most intense interest and loyalty for Uncle Sam. Finally the crowd began to scatter and one prisoner came to me saying rebel guard came pushing in with lanterns and scrutinized every man guard, who drove all of the prisoners out of the room, and then passed Captain Tabb turned to a guard and gave the order: rebel guard came in, ordered the small flag to be taken down, dispersed A cavalry raiding party came near enough to our prison for us to hear men, but only for one day at a time; then they were marched out to the Finally a long, drizzling rain came on and the colonel gave soldier''s house, and, on reaching it, the young man told the old was taken up, and the men turned back into the prison by the officer 58315 Roads--Grand Review of the Army of the Potomac--The Order of March--The date so long as the old Third corps existed these Pennsylvania regiments the line of march until later in the day; Fighting Joe Hooker''s division on the field the regiment was deployed in line of battle in the woods to marching about mid-day, the regiment filed to the right into an open regiments ''fall in,'' and passing along the line counted the men in each Jersey regiments composing the New Jersey brigade, commanded by General The evening of the first day''s march the regiment camped near a large Camp Pitcher--The "Mud March"--General Hooker in Command of the Camp Pitcher--The "Mud March"--General Hooker in Command of the line of battle facing west, with the left of the regiment resting on the number of men the regiment took into the field on May 5th, on which day on Old Hatcher''s Run Battlefield--Jubilant Rebels--Enemy''s Lines 58480 The same men were the generous friends of the regiment time was fully occupied in perfecting our company and regimental drill. point to be attacked was left to the selection of General Sherman and Here, by order of the general in command, Colonel Perry was compelled, General Viele, who commanded our brigade, to call our officers together Having been detailed as officer of the guard the first day in camp, the the command of General Stephens, and two regiments were taken from our pleasure to ourselves, but attract to the fort the general officers inspector-general of the army, who came to the fort accompanied by At this time General Terry was in command of a division of our corps, first, when our regiment was ordered to garrison Fort Pulaski, we had with such officers in the command of such men. On the 21st, our regiment, which, with the other troops under General 5850 which, in the spring of 1846, was begun the Mexican War. Some time during that summer came to Fort Moultrie orders for Governor''s Island, New York; and accordingly left Fort Moultrie in Custom-House, with Captain Lanman, United States Navy; I had a small companies occupied Lower California at the end of the Mexican War. Major Hardie still commanded at San Francisco and above; Company F, California, I was to accompany General Smith to San Francisco as General Riley had, with his family, taken the house which Colonel I went down to Larkin''s house and got General Smith to somewhat, I took a carriage, went to General Scott''s office in to General Scott in New York City, and afterward to the Secretary time, actually en route for New York, to embark for San Francisco, In a comparatively short time the boats returned, took new Co. office, to erect a new banking-house in San Francisco, to cost 5851 At that time Lieutenant-General Scott commanded the army in chief, Buell, in Kentucky; the Army of the Tennessee, Major-General Grant, General Smith sent for me to meet him on his boat, and ordered me when I ordered under arms all my division, and sent word to General the "Army of the Mississippi," commanded by Major-General John On the 27th I received orders from General Halleck "to send a force to that time I had received my orders direct from General Halleck was watched by a rebel cavalry-division, commanded by General Corps, of about eight thousand men, to be commanded by General G. we reached on the 16th; when General Grant in person ordered me to With this force General Smith was ordered General Grant commanded the Military Division of the Mississippi, General Grant commanded the Military Division of the Mississippi, GENERAL: By an order this day issued, you are to command a strong, 5852 ranked him at West Point and in the old army, and he (General Buell) Men. Army of the Cumberland, Major-General THOMAS. Army of the Tennessee, Major-General McPHERSON. hundred men and horses, was attached to General Thomas''s command; directed against the rebel army commanded by General Joseph E. Major-General McPHERSON, commanding army of the Tennessee, Major-General McPHERSON, commanding army of the Tennessee, 22d of June I rode the whole line, and ordered General Thomas in command the Army of the Tennessee; General Hooker applied to the Army of the Ohio (General Schofield) was next in order, with General Thomas''s Army of the Cumberland, in the order of--the Major-General, commanding Fifteenth Army Corps. These dispatches were communicated to the army in general orders, Soon after our reaching Atlanta, General Hood had sent in by a flag General HOOD, commanding Confederate Army. ordered General Schofield, with the Twenty-third Corps, to 5853 to convey the army to Virginia, and as General Grant''s orders SHERMAN, Major-General United States Army. SHERMAN, Major-General United States Army. communicate to Lieutenant-General Grant, commanding the armies of IN THE FIELD, RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, April 24, 1865 6 A.M. General JOHNSTON, commanding Confederate Army, Greensboro'': ordered to march under their respective commanding generals North Corps of the United States Forces under Command of Major-General W. at Washington to command the army in General Grant''s absence. As we withdrew, at the very door, General Grant said, "Mr. President, you should make some order that we of the army are not SCHOFIELD, Secretary of War. By command of the General of the Army. Orders No. 11, headquarters of the army, Adjutant-General''s Office, War and the general of the army. department commanders, as well as the general of the army, should Secretary of War and the commanding general of the army, so that we 58531 the 2d Massachusetts Light Artillery, better known as Nims'' Battery, On July 5 the battery was ordered to the camp of instruction at battery to New York it was necessary to wait until the following day. members of Nims'' Boston Battery, at Camp Andrew, West Baltimore Street Massachusetts Light Battery all in command of General Lockwood. line of march, 4th Wisconsin and right half of battery in advance. Williams on July 31, of the 140 members of the battery only 21 were Dudley:[4] "I immediately ordered Nims'' Battery under the command of the When the conflict was over, General Butler said: "Nims'' Battery saved the 19th Army Corps composed of four divisions and Nims'' Battery was The battery left New Orleans on September 18 and the next day reached commander of Nims'' Battery came of good fighting stock. Maxwell, Charles B., 29 Boston July 31, Aug. 16, 1864, 5854 When about fourteen years old I began to do something for myself; Mr. John Talbot, who kept a country store in the village, employing me to commanding officer of the, regiment, Lieutenant-Colonel Thompson of the Indians at times rendered the surrounding country somewhat infested by the Pit River Indians, known to be hostile to white River Indians, who had struck the trail of the surveying expedition, The Pit River Indians were very hostile at that time, and for many the Rogue River Indians in southern Oregon were on the war-path, and of the river, and the general commanding made up his mind to cross When I arrived I found that the Rogue River Indians had just been direction opposite to that of the point held by the Indians, and soon In due time orders came for the regiment to go East, and my company 5855 regiments of cavalry, formed into a brigade under command of Colonel the enemy''s left, by way of this road, and strike his rear by a In moving from Corinth east toward Chattanooga, General Buell''s army be sent me in advance of the arrival of General Buell''s army. Had these troops been put in on the enemy''s left at any time after he the same time the Third Division, Right Wing, Fourteenth Army Corps, McCook to command the right wing, Major-General I was directed by McCook to form line of battle and place my division, which he wished to post on my right in the general line he ASSAULT ON OUR RIGHT FLANK--OCCUPYING A NEW POSITION--THE ENEMY Johnson''s division soon gave way, and two of Davis''s brigades were general line was reformed to my right and rear, my division was at My first brigade was now commanded by Brigadier-General 5856 Second Division of the Fourth Army Corps, to which Major-General and placed General Thomas in command of the Army of the Cumberland. to the command of the Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac. to the command of the Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac. eight thousand men, organized in two divisions, commanded by Generals enemy''s cavalry and Gregg''s division, and two brigades of Torbert''s to my division commanders the line of march I should take--moving in cavalry in motion, sending General Fitzhugh Lee to follow and attack General Lee''s army, which had been moved from Orange Court House that the enemy''s cavalry was returning to Lee''s army I started that division of the enemy''s cavalry under General W. "MAJOR-GENERAL SHERIDAN, Commanding Cavalry Corps. General Hunter, commanding the troops in West Virginia, had reached division of the Cavalry Corps would be sent to my new command, he 5857 rear of the enemy''s general line was Fitzhugh Lee, covering from corps, under command of General Wright, were expected to press on Crook''s success began the moment he started to turn the enemy''s left; Grant informing him of the result of the battle, and General Crook the left of the enemy''s infantry, the rest of the Sixth Corps Early left the Valley Pike and took the road to Keezletown, a move to the command of the Third Cavalry division (General Wilson having attack the enemy as soon as the Sixth Corps reached me, but General commander, General Getty, having taken charge of the Sixth Corps in I ordered General Wright to resume command of the Sixth Corps, and time General Grant wished me to send him the Sixth Corps, and it was request from General Grant, I left by boat for City Point, Merritt "The cavalry under General Sheridan, joined by the division now under 5858 General Grant to report what had taken place during the afternoon, and Mackenzie, General Grant also said that the Fifth Corps should reach me "MAJOR-GENERAL WARREN, "Commanding Fifth Army Corps. The order of General Meade to Warren the night of March 31�a copy being conduct while major-general commanding the Fifth Army Corps, under my action of mine so far as the commanding general Fifth Army Corps was When the news of the battle at Five Forks reached General Grant, he under instructions from General Grant, Miles''s division of that corps By General Grant''s directions the Sixth Corps had been following my As already stated, I could not direct General Ord''s course, he being my The assignment of General Grant to the command of the Union armies in therein as the commanding general shall appoint and direct, of which at disfranchised by the law, and was directed by General Grant to act upon 5859 time I reached St. Louis, and stopped there a day to accept an wound, till the following night, when, setting out for Fort Wallace, force, but by the time he reached the Cimarron the war-party had LIFE--PRESENTED TO THE KING--THE BATTLE OF GRAVELOTTE--THE GERMAN the German army that evening--our stay in the Prussian capital having was so full of officers and men belonging to the German army that it rejoined Count Bismarck''s party, and our horses having arrived Bismarck having left the party for a time to go to a neighboring Observing what had taken place, a troop of German cavalry charged the army of the Crown Prince the next day on its march toward Vitry. MARCHING OF THE GERMAN SOLDIERS--THE BATTLE OF SEDAN--GALLANT CAVALRY village gave the Germans to the east of Sedan a continuous line, The German army having met with no resistance whatever in its march 5860 arms--furnished the Union army four general officers and one colonel, West Point graduates, and nine generals and field officers of During my first year''s encampment General Scott visited West Point, and The men engaged in the Mexican war were brave, and the officers of the While General Taylor was away with the bulk of his army, the little days later General Scott was notified that he need not go to Mexico. major-general and then placing him in command of the army, but Congress General Scott having now only nine or ten thousand men west of Vera General Worth had the troops in line, under arms, all day, with three commanding general that these troops would move north sufficiently far General Scott abstained from entering the city at this time, because Mr. Nicholas P. General Scott soon followed the troops into the city, in state. General Taylor had such armies as are not often got together. 5861 OFFICER OF STATE TROOPS--LYON AT CAMP JACKSON--SERVICES TENDERED TO THE The day after I assumed command at Cairo a man came to me who said he from the troops at Cape Girardeau; and a day or two later General C. The day after the battle I met some officers from General Polk''s at once ordered General Smith to send a force up the west bank of the time with a force of 6,000 men was sent out into west Kentucky, General Floyd, the commanding officer, who was a man of called on the commanding officer, General C. At this time I generally spent the day at Pittsburg and returned to On the 5th General Nelson, with a division of Buell''s army, arrived at each of the division commanders that day, several times, and my Some days before I had suggested to the commanding general that I 58617 "We will see whether you will come," said the colonel, as the men "Come on behind him, Crothers, and you too, Turner," said the colonel. the colonel led the way into the large room which Grace Hetherill The colonel saw my astonished and questioning look, and said,-"I think," said the colonel, "it would be just to give the prisoner a "Colonel," I said, "come to see me in New York, and I''ll show you the "Let that be entered upon the record, doctor," said the colonel. "Crothers," said the colonel, "put upon the table the sketch which I "It is cold," said the colonel, replying to my thought as if I had "I took you for Colonel Hetherill, too," I said. "I took you for Colonel Hetherill, too," I said. "I expected to take Colonel Hetherill to the hut," he said, mournfully. "And a snow-storm in the mountains is no light matter, doctor," I said. 5862 General Sherman commanded on the right at Memphis with two of his reinforcement of near 8,000 men, General Ord in command. put no troops upon the Fulton road, and the enemy had taken advantage of operations of troops, making a good place to get an enemy into. from General Halleck saying that I had command of all the troops sent to On the 20th I ordered General McClernand with the entire command, to The enemy occupied Grand Gulf, Haines'' Bluff and Jackson with a force of McClernand''s advance met the enemy about five miles west of Port Gibson road could be cleared of McClernand''s troops I ordered up McPherson, who Vicksburg, and gave orders to all my corps commanders. On the 18th I moved along the Vicksburg road in advance of the troops Sherman was ordered back to Vicksburg, and his troops took much the same 5863 THE ENEMY--SHERMAN CARRIES MISSIONARY RIDGE--BATTLE OF LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN Raccoon mountains west of Chattanooga, commanded the railroad, the river arrival, and asking to have General Sherman assigned to the command of ASSUMING THE COMMAND AT CHATTANOOGA--OPENING A LINE OF SUPPLIES--BATTLE lined the road from Cumberland Gap, and far back towards Lexington, Ky. East Tennessee still furnished supplies of beef, bread and forage, but I also ordered the troops in West Tennessee to points on the river and The plan of battle was for Sherman to attack the enemy''s right flank, In the battle of Chattanooga, troops from the Army of the Potomac, from Sherman had left his camp on the north side of the Tennessee River, near Sherman''s command had left their camps north of the Tennessee, near Army of the Potomac by the right flank of the enemy, or by his left. enemy struck our right flank, General Logan commanding, with great 5864 division of Hancock''s corps, Mott commanding, was left at Todd''s when The position assumed by Hancock''s corps forced Lee to reinforce his left by Warren''s and Wright''s corps, Hancock to command all the attacking Two of his divisions were brought to the north side of the Po. Gibbon was placed to the right of Warren, and Birney in his rear as a Lee got troops back in time to protect his old line, so the This was guarded by a division of colored troops, commanded by General case the main army could follow Lee up and attack him before he had time Direct corps commanders to hold their troops in readiness to march at General Butler was ordered to send Smith with his troops reinforced, as General Wright, with the 6th corps, was ordered by a road farther give Sheridan direct command of the 6th corps and cavalry division. 5865 There have been about sixteen thousand men sent from Lee''s army south. the enemy''s cavalry under General Wade Hampton, passing our extreme left forced march was necessary in order to get there before Lee''s army could General Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia this afternoon on On the 8th, General Warren met a force of the enemy, which had been sent 9th, General Sheridan started on a raid against the enemy''s lines of On the 24th of May, the 9th army corps, commanded by Major-General A. ordered two divisions of the 6th corps, General Wright commanding, that the north bank of the James River and joined the force General Butler of cavalry, of the Army of the Potomac, and a force of General Butler''s General Butler commanding the army from which the troops were taken for of General Ord''s that had succeeded in forcing the enemy''s lines near 58833 In this camp the battery remained from Oct. 29th, 1861, to March 10th, Soon the enemy appear again, but this time their lines extending way been exercised by a battery commander in training his men and horses line advancing, trot, march," and soon gave the order "In battery, The battery soon moved back to the position we occupied in the morning, Oct. 20th Battery D left camp near Sharpsburg and marched to day commenced our pursuit of the rebel army, with a four gun battery, Next morning the battery made an early start, and at night reached within our lines; the battery placed its guns in position commanding July 12th orders were received for the battery to march at nine marching order the battery left Loudon at two o''clock in the morning Soon Gen. Burnside appeared and ordered the line to advance. Next morning, the horses not having arrived, the battery left Knoxville 60084 regiment, took a good bath, and made supper of bread, pork and coffee. Night--Lay under guard all day; heard drew one day''s rations of corn meal, beef and salt. _3d day, 5th mo., 10th._ Soon after we got to bed last night we were rations for to-day of corn bread, boiled bacon and black bean soup at Drew meal and molasses; got wood for three days. until very late; got fresh beef and half a ration of bread, but no salt. and an old ration of beef, beans and bread, with a little salt to-day. Drew the same rations as yesterday--got a piece of pork as large as my Drew rice, molasses, and bread, for two days rations. lay in the cars until eleven o''clock to-day, then were moved out about 17th._ Was a very warm day; I got no better; am so 28th._ Last night we got one day''s rations of sugar, 60363 furnish a force of mounted men to march to Elk River Bridge, on the about sixty men of the 3d Tennessee Cavalry, under command of Col. Minnis, who had been driven into the fort the evening before; the open ground to the north appeared a heavy line of the enemy. officer in command of the colored troops and to inspire his men with Captain Nation, of Company G, in command of the battalion, Major Lilly battle, and Major Lilly, of our regiment, took command, and, by the way, regiment; a small number of each company only remained to guard the camp went into line, without dismounting, charged the enemy, and, after a regiment, at the same time, moved to the right, making place for the of the company, and the men who had charge of the horses of the Among the lost were men from every company of the 9th Cavalry. 60629 road from Fort Donelson, and will reach our camp soon, and have a good Some men then come up and hand to me the little effects of next came my round, the man of the house had just come out. As we come in sight of a rather better looking house come at just the right time." He then introduced himself to me as Mr. Hurt, of Como; and said that his house was a quarter of a mile back--he As we thus talked, a little man was seen coming up the road, and turn in the road showed me the men mounting, and Bischoff coming to I heard horses coming up the road. A little farther on a road turns off, and the men are sure that it was We dismount, and half the men take the horses to the nearest house to 60700 the Government was enlisting colored men, I then left the Regiment of the Colonel, the regiment came to "order, arms"--and at this point truce came in from the rebel line, and the colored troops were out on white man in the face, but at this time they began to feel like men. transport Trade Wind bound for Hilton Head, where we arrived at 10 A.M. The Colonel went ashore and received orders to go to Fortress Monroe. City Point, and the troops went ashore and took up the line of march whole regiment came in line, and when the order was given "Forward," us an hour, we again took up the line of march and passed the general marching orders at that, and went into a fight the next morning at 6 just received news that the 29th regiment was ordered home. officers and men of the 9th U.S. regiment took leave of the 29th. 6128 although it does not look like it; but if you can see much of Grace St. John and remain untouched you are unlike most men." Graham was touched, and he took his aunt''s hand as he said, "I thank Graham shot a swift glance at his aunt, which Grace thought she Grace saw the dark outline of Graham''s form disappear like a shadow, Grace cried: "Come, Warren, give Mr. Graham a chance to get his breath "Mrs. Hilland," said Graham, with a smiling glance at the young wife''s mentally said farewell to his wife, saw Graham passing him like a Why, Graham, you no more look like the young man that as groom, and Graham rode out with Hilland and Grace several times that all danger was past, Graham said, "Aunt, Grace''s hair is as white "Come, Colonel Graham," said the major, a little sharply, "you and I 62332 Surrender of General Lee--Why North-Carolina could not have taken the course of General Sherman''s officers, eighty-four years afterward, First, as to general right of war in an enemy''s property (on land): "The general theory of war is, as heretofore stated, that all private It is very evident that General Sherman entered North-Carolina with The commissioners to General Sherman from Governor Vance left Raleigh places General Sherman as a disciplinarian and leader of the great army _General W.T. Sherman, Commanding United States Forces_: and stated that he was immediately from General Sherman''s headquarters, Governor Swain, meanwhile, had received at the State House the Federal the wife of a general officer in our army, had her house repeatedly _Major-General W.T. Sherman, commanding United States Forces_: also for a day or two on the arrival of General Sherman''s army. of the war till within three days of General Sherman''s entrance into 6764 think the finest-looking company I ever saw, white or black; they range To-day, for the first time, I marched the whole regiment through astonishment of some white soldiers, "De buckra sojers look like a man Then we marched back to camp (three miles), the men singing the "John our men, after flooring the tents of the white regiments and our own, so far as it went; the officers and men around me were in good spirits, It was the first time in the war (so far as I know) that white and black about four miles away; the officers and men had been distinctly seen, men from the two white regiments and from my own, and had instructions "Colonel," said he, "there are great news for the regiment. first white officer to recruit and command colored troops in this war. Soldiers, you have done your duty, and acquitted yourselves like men, 6811 The great mine of information concerning the facts of Lincoln''s life was not built nor thought of when the boy Lincoln moved into the State. About twelve years later, in 1781, Abraham Lincoln, great-grandfather Lincoln must have come to an end by the time he was seven years old. man in the country in that joint debate than Abraham Lincoln. another time he said: "Lincoln is one of those peculiar men who perform The following day came Lincoln''s reply. This speech placed Lincoln in the line of the presidency. About that time a list of twentyone names of possible candidates was published in New York; Lincoln''s Lincoln the commission of major-general in the United States army. "To ABRAHAM LINCOLN, _President of the United States_: subject came before the house very many times, and Lincoln said President," he said, "Call me Lincoln." The friendship of these people 6812 In the year 1780, Abraham Lincoln, a member of a respectable and wellto-do family in Rockingham County, Virginia, started westward to This John Lincoln left New Jersey some years later, and about 1750 mother''s life-time, and to have taken her stepmother''s name after Mr. Lincoln''s second marriage.] to the only schools that existed in their [Footnote: The Democrats of New Salem worked for Lincoln out of their Lincoln for the first time on the day when he came up to Springfield living problem in the State, and Mr. Lincoln naturally took liberal On the 3rd of March, the day before the Legislature adjourned, Mr. Lincoln caused to be entered upon its records a paper which excited strong antislavery man, had been elected by a division of the proslavery party, but came in with a Legislature largely against him. Lincoln was at this time a candidate for the Whig nomination to along the Missouri border two "free-State" men and one pro-slavery man 6958 "Now, Archie," said Frank, "take a good look at this big tree here" "Why," replied Frank, "the very first thing the rebels would think of, fifty feet distant from the house, which Frank knew was filled with men, this time Frank fired first, and the rebel sank to the ground with a his way up the river, and Frank had opened fire on the rebels to create, Frank was soon informed of the safe return of his cousin, and Archie, "Every rebel I meet says the same thing," said Frank. captain accompanied Frank on deck, and ordered the second cutter to be giving these orders, Frank went up into the pilot-house, where he found "So was I," said Frank, "and I don''t mean to fall into the rebels'' hands "Ay, ay, sir," replied Frank, and he commenced turning the boat''s head Frank, as soon as the man had come on deck. 6961 BY JACOB DOLSON COX, A.M., LL.D. _Formerly Major-General commanding Twenty-Third Army Corps_ mountain position--McClellan in the field--His forces--Advances mountain position--McClellan in the field--His forces--Advances Mountain--Floyd and Wise advance--Rosecrans''s orders--The Cross Mountain--Floyd and Wise advance--Rosecrans''s orders--The Cross General Rosecrans had succeeded McClellan as ranking officer in West Potomac line in command of General Kelley, and the Cheat Mountain major-general and commanded the Twenty-third Army Corps in commands--McClellan limited to Army of the Potomac--Halleck''s commands--McClellan limited to Army of the Potomac--Halleck''s assigned General Halleck to the command of everything west of a line Major-General Loring took command of all the Confederate forces in passed General Burnside''s quarters, I sent a staff officer to report I left the Army of the Potomac before McClellan''s general order on ordered the general to turn over the command to Burnside, as he had to his general officers commanding corps and divisions, a 6962 BY JACOB DOLSON COX, A.M., LL.D. _Formerly Major-General commanding Twenty-Third Army Corps_ General Martin, commanding his cavalry corps, to get his forces that General Schofield was ordered to report to Grant for duty, Lieutenant-General--Sherman commands in the West--Study of plans of Lieutenant-General--Sherman commands in the West--Study of plans of On the 29th of March General Sherman visited Schofield at Knoxville, rode forward with General Schofield to meet the army commander. General Thomas ordered Howard''s corps to cross by the bridges at general in the Provisional Army and ordered to relieve Johnston. Sherman''s army had reached New Berne; but its commander had given General Cox commanded the 23d Army Corps reports to General Thomas for duty, assigned to 4th army corps; commands 2nd division 23d army corps under General Cox. Coughlan, James, assigns General Cox to command 23d army corps; assigned to command new division 23d army corps; 6979 "Like a lot of wooden soldiers," swore Billie Dempster, moving his feet "No such thing," cried Dan. He and the man on the horse-hair trunk held horse-hair trunk, and the man said: "Well, here she comes!" flashed in the faces of the men like coloured lights, and made them "Yes," said Dan. The soldier shifted his feet again, and looked miserably into the air. "Ma," said the girl, coming suddenly from the window, "the barn door is The girl said, "Ma, I''m going to see if they took old Santo." The girl and the three men peered from the shadows of the barn. looked deep into his eyes with her glance, which was at this time like Suddenly the corporal said in a quick, low tone: "Look out, captain!" The young man in grey looked down at the girl, and then, in the same 7036 Something more than six years had passed since the departure of Mrs. Fischer from the county poor-house, but still the place was little changed. said, "Edwin, I''m your uncle and have come to take you home to your way for Edwin to know these things. Then in very simple words Edwin heard for the first time the real facts After Edwin''s home-coming Elmer and the other children found more time to As Edwin left his mother''s home to return to the place where he had been church-members, and soon after Edwin''s arrival in her home Mrs. Miller told During one of these visits Mr. Kunz said in answer to Edwin''s questions on prayer and the other things "I don''t know very much about such things, Edwin, but I think that you can things?" His friends thought it was probable, and then Edwin said that if 73 From his home his youthful eyes had looked upon the war in his own "Well," remarked the youth, "like as not this story''ll turn out jest "How do you know you won''t run when the time comes?" asked the youth. "Well," continued the youth, "lots of good-a-''nough men have thought shoot," said the tall soldier to the youth. regiments in the army were likely to be very small aggregations of men. red dissolved into a moblike body of men who galloped like wild horses. The youth shot a swift glance along the blue ranks of the regiment. Perspiration streamed down the youth''s face, which was soiled like that Turning his head swiftly, the youth saw his friend running in a barely out of the youth''s sight before he saw dark waves of men come Some of the men muttered and looked at the youth in awestruck ways. 7504 "What do you mean?" asked Tom. Bert looked at him for a moment, then shook his head. There were two men in the tent, talking with Bert, and Tom waited "No. There was to be a third man with us, Andrews said," answered Brown. "And who''s Andrews?" asked Tom. Brown laughed. "Right here, sir." Brown stepped forward, and Tom followed. "This way, men," said Andrews, starting up the road on the left. Tom and Shadrack looked to Wilson to speak, but he said nothing. "Yes," answered the man, and he glanced from Tom to Shadrack and Wilson "Come on, let''s be getting in out of the rain," said Tom suddenly. "How d''you do?" said Tom. Brown and the other man nodded, but did not speak. Andrews and Tom turned and ran back to the engine without waiting to answer said Tom. They stopped while the others came up. 845 Shall lie upon thy father''s breast, "Too Long, O Spirit of Storm", is the fused passion of the poet''s heart But to-night my thoughts flow calmer--in thy room I think I stand, See a fair white page before thee, and a pen within thy hand; And thy fingers sweep the paper, and a light is in thine eyes, Love shall grow softer in each maiden''s eyes Love, hate, grief, joy, gain, glory, shame, shall meet, Thy soul shall pass beyond the stars to God. The genius of thy life beside thee stands! "And therefore, though thy name shall pass away, Thy life shall bear its flowers in future times." The day hath scarcely passed that saw thy birth, Shall bristle like thy palm with spears, They shall not touch thy noble heart, So shall thy name be dear to many a heart; And thought to light thy heart and hearth 8648 Shall it be the right hand to the friend, or the red hand to the foe? The great South shall summon her sons from their sleep; Thy fame shall brighten with each battle fought; Shall bristle like thy palm, with spears, They shall not touch thy noble heart, Love, hate, grief, joy, gain, glory, shame, shall meet, And the great God of battles hath led the glorious fray; For God''s right hand and holy arm have great deliverance wrought. Let his memory be green in the hearts who love the South, To its own lofty trust in God. When Heaven shall blow the trump of peace, Yes, these shall teach thy foes to feel Oh, brave old town, o''er thy sacred form The land, the peace of His vast love shall fall Ye brave your myriad foes beneath the eye of God! No battle news disturbs thy rest upon the sun-bright shore, 8992 the _Dolphin_; she belonged to his nephew, James Playfair, a fine young "How now, Master Crockston," cried James Playfair; "do you think the Vincent Playfair was there to say good-bye to Captain James, "Go, James," said he to the young Captain, "go quickly, and come back James Playfair sacrificed everything to the speed of his ship, in order "Master Crockston," said James Playfair, frowning, "I am not in the "Master Crockston," said James Playfair, "mind what I say: if ever you besides, Miss Jenny never looked out for James Playfair, neither did "It is a good ship that you command," said Miss Halliburtt to the young Master Crockston," said James Playfair, "the difficulty is not with a boat like the _Dolphin_ and a Captain like Mr. James Playfair, "But a good one?" said James Playfair. "We are listening, Crockston," said James Playfair. "Go, Crockston," said James Playfair; "I understand you, my friend; and 906 937 9407 Colonel Lloyd''s friends all said he looked like Napoleon, or rather like "Fritz," said the Little Colonel, "yo'' great-aunt Sally Tylah''s comin'' bottom step, looking up at the Little Colonel, who sat just above them. "Don''t you talk that way to me," cried the Little Colonel, trembling Mom Beck was busy putting lunch on the table when the Little Colonel "Dear old place!" said Mrs. Sherman, with tears in her eyes. Elizabeth sat with the tears dropping down on her little white hands, "Did you ever see anything so much like the old Colonel?" said Mrs. Tyler, in astonishment. The Little Colonel looked at his white face in alarm. The Little Colonel followed her mother to the dining-room, but paused Little Colonel and Fritz went up the steps. The first thing that greeted the Little Colonel''s eyes when she opened The Colonel looked in just in time to see her put her hands to her 9578 Our hearts shall breathe the old refrain, They break the links of Union: shall we light Let Freedom''s voice be heard, with good In vain the bells of war shall ring KNOW''ST thou, O slave-cursed land De Lord dat heap de Red Sea waves God lays, with wiser hand than man''s, THE flags of war like storm-birds fly, We praise Thee in our songs to-day, Waiting for God, your hour at last has come, God''s hand within the shadow lays When God shall wipe the weeping eyes, All day long that free flag tost Flag of Freedom and Union, wave! And all the bells of God shall ring Our faith in man and trust in God. We prayed and hoped; but still, with awe, The blood-red dawn of Freedom''s day Shall ye the way of God prepare. From love of man thy hate of wrong. 9839 "Yes, a beautiful story is a thing Ned Ferry loves with a positive Gholson, in the Adjutant-general''s tent, told me Ned Ferry had named me following theory: Ned Ferry, loving Charlotte Oliver, yet coerced by his Where Ferry''s scouts camped that night I do not know, for we had gone Charlotte Oliver made a pair, and Ferry and Miss Harper another. like to say it, and I never have said it, but, Smith,--Ned Ferry''s a Gholson turned yellow and spoke things nobody heard, and Ferry tried to door Ferry stopped to look back upon the road while Gholson and I darted horses down in front of the house; they were Gholson''s, and Ned Ferry''s Charlotte sent Gholson for Ned Ferry. Miss Harper came in, and Charlotte, taking her hand without a glance, "No," I replied, although it was a thing I would have said Ned Ferry