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Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 3, Chapter 41: search for health.—journey to Europe.—continued disability.—1857-1858. (search)
of whom she had a portrait in a bed-room at her country house; also a great hater of slavery. She would rather dig with her fingers than live on money wrung from slaves. Montalembert again expressed his mortification that England, amidst all her professions of liberal principles, should lend herself to Louis Napoleon. After dinner several persons cane in; I stole away. Did not go to Jules Simon's, 1814–. where I had been invited, but got home as soon as possible, and went to bed. April 24. Began the day by abandoning a breakfast at Mr. Senior's, where I was to meet Main, the head of the late Venetian Republic, and Lord Ashburton. April 28. In the house all the time till to-day, when I wrapt up and went to the exhibition of Paul de la Roche's pictures, which pleased me. May 1. Sent letters to the [American] merchants, declining a public dinner. John Munroe, E. C. Cowdin, Thomas N. Dale, H. Woods, W. Endicott, Jr., etc. Sumner's letter will be found in his Works, vol
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 4, Chapter 45: an antislavery policy.—the Trent case.—Theories of reconstruction.—confiscation.—the session of 1861-1862. (search)
ain army officers towards fugitive slaves. May 1, 1862. Works, vol. VI. pp. 489-498. Sumner had the privilege of connecting his name with the suppression of the slave-trade. Seward conferred with him on the subject, and negotiated a treaty with Great Britain for a mutual and restricted right of search and for mixed courts. Sumner was present at the state department when Seward and Lord Lyons signed it. He pressed its consideration in his committee and in the Senate. In a speech, April 24, he reviewed the legislation and negotiations concerning the subject, as well as the objections to the pending treaty. Works, vol. VI. pp. 474-486. The ratification passed without dissent; and Sumner hastened to the state department to inform the secretary of the vote. Seward leaped from his lounge, where he had been sleeping, and exclaimed: Good God! the Democrats have disappeared! This is the greatest act of the Administration. Lord Lyons came in the evening to Sumner's lodgings o
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 4, Chapter 48: Seward.—emancipation.—peace with France.—letters of marque and reprisal.—foreign mediation.—action on certain military appointments.—personal relations with foreigners at Washington.—letters to Bright, Cobden, and the Duchess of Argyll.—English opinion on the Civil War.—Earl Russell and Gladstone.—foreign relations.—1862-1863. (search)
f the Cabinet, and, according to Mr. Adams, transcending the line of policy which it had agreed upon. Adams to Seward, Oct. 17, 1862. There is no way so effective in carrying opinion against a cause as to make it appear hopeless, and Mr. Gladstone chose that way. At Leith, January 11, he said: All thinking men had come to the conclusion that the party apparently the strongest had committed themselves to an enterprise which would probably prove to be beyond their strength. At Manchester, April 24, before the Chamber of Commerce, he argued from historical analogies that the North could not succeed in its gigantic enterprise, and that it was impossible to conquer a people set upon independence; refused to see in the struggle any question of freedom or slavery; or if such an issue were to be admitted, he rebuked the idea that free institutions were to be propagated at the point of the sword, or the horrors of war bent to philanthropic ends; reaffirmed Russell's declaration that the con
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 4, Chapter 50: last months of the Civil War.—Chase and Taney, chief-justices.—the first colored attorney in the supreme court —reciprocity with Canada.—the New Jersey monopoly.— retaliation in war.—reconstruction.—debate on Louisiana.—Lincoln and Sumner.—visit to Richmond.—the president's death by assassination.—Sumner's eulogy upon him. —President Johnson; his method of reconstruction.—Sumner's protests against race distinctions.—death of friends. —French visitors and correspondents.—1864-1865. (search)
n in the River Queen to Washington. The company was a small one; their meals were taken at one table, and they were thrown familiarly together. Breakfasting, lunching, and dining in one small family party, etc. Sumner to the Duchess of Argyll, April 24 (manuscript). Conversation flowed freely, and all were happy, full of rejoicing and hope. The recent successes, the sure and speedy end of the rebellion, and the coming of peace were the topics. Probably it was while coming up the Potomac th what is irritating and evil in the past. Forgive this short and hurried note. I feel unable to write what I wish and what I feel. Always with much sympathy, Your sincere friend, John Bright. Sumner wrote to the Duchess of Argyll, April 24:— The Sewards, father and son, have rallied to-day, and seem to be doing well. The conspirators will be caught. Perhaps you will not be offended if I let you know that I showed the late President, at his request, your letter of March 2,
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1: prelminary narrative, Preliminary narrative. (search)
and their immediate descendants. The first Irish company volunteering in the State was the Emmett Guards of Worcester, Mass. (Schouler, I, 107). For the proportion of foreigners in our army at large, see Comte de Paris (translation), I, 182. For the cordiality with which the green flag was received on the battle-field, see Comte de Paris (translation), I, 178; Walker's 2d Army Corps, p. 62. The green flag of the 9th Mass. was presented by the Irish citizens of Boston at the State House, April 24, after Governor Andrew had presented the national and State flags; and that of the 29th by New York regiments Mass. Adjutant-General's Reports (January, 1864), p. 313. Compare Macnamara's Irish Ninth, pp. 52, 68, 79, etc. As a rule, they showed the fighting characteristics of their race and sometimes the turbulent qualities. As for desertion, the regiments which suffered most from it were not the distinctively Irish regiments, although they suffered a good deal. In June and July, 1863,
Laura E. Richards, Maud Howe, Florence Howe Hall, Julia Ward Howe, 1819-1910, in two volumes, with portraits and other illustrations: volume 1, Chapter 10: the last Roman winter 1897-1898; aet. 78 (search)
Davis and Mrs. Andrews. Davis showed us his treasures gathered on the Nile shore and gave me a scarab. April 18. .. Went to hear Canon Farrar on the Inferno of Dante — the lecture very scholarly and good. April 22. With Anderson to the Vatican, to see the Pinturicchio frescoes, which are very interesting. He designed the tiling for the floors, which is beautiful in color, matching well with the frescoes — these represent scenes in the life of the Virgin and of St. Catherine.... April 24. To Miss Leigh Smith's, where I read my sermon on the Still Small Voice to a small company of friends, explaining that it was written in the first instance for the Concord Prison, and that I read it there to the convicts. I prefaced the sermon by reading one of the parables in my Later Lyrics, Once, where men of high pretension, etc.... This was one of several occasions when she read a sermon at the house of Miss Leigh Smith, a stanch Unitarian, who lived at the Trinita dea Monti in the
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1, Condensed history of regiments., Fourteenth battery Massachusetts Light Artillery. (search)
and disease,–55 Died in Confederate prison,–22 Total losses,11415 Casualties by Engagements. 1864. June 21-22, Petersburg, Va.,–33 Aug. 22, Before Petersburg, Va.,–44 1865. March 25, Petersburg, Va.,1–– Active also at Spotsylvania, Va.; River Ny, May 8, 10, 12, 1864; North Anna, May 14-27; Totopotomoy, June 1; Bethesda Church, June 2-3, 1864. The 14th Battery, organized at Readville, Mass., and mustered into service Feb. 27, 1864, received its outfit of guns at Washington, April 24, and on the next day was ordered to join the 9th Army Corps, and left the capital to engage in the Wilderness campaign. The battery was encamped near Rappahannock Station until May 4; then moving forward, was present at the battle of the Wilderness, May 6; on May 10 it was engaged on the Ny River, its division commander, Gen. Thomas Greeley Stevenson, being killed, and was again in action there May 12,16 and 18. From May 24-27 the battery was engaged at the North Anna River; engaged
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1, Condensed history of regiments., Fortieth regiment Massachusetts Infantry. (search)
and the remainder in the early part of September; Company G, the last to be filled, being mustered September 5. It left the State September 8, under command of Lieut.-Col. Joseph A. Dalton, Col. Burr Porter, appointed September 7, taking command at Washington on the 14th. The regiment remained on picket and guard duty in the vicinity of Washington during the autumn and winter of 1862-63; it moved to Suffolk April 15, 1863, and occupied the city during the siege, making a reconnoissance on April 24 and another on May 3. It took part in the operations in the vicinity after the raising of the siege, meeting the enemy at Baltimore Cross Roads July 2. The command returned to Washington July 11, and moving to Frederick, Md., joined the Army of the Potomac in the pursuit of Lee's Army into Virginia. It was ordered, August 6, to Folly Island, S. C., and served in the trenches at Fort Wagner until the evacuation by the Confederates. In November, Colonel Porter having resigned, Capt. Guy V
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1, Condensed history of regiments., Forty-fourth regiment Massachusetts Infantry (Militia). (search)
Maj. Francis L. Lee and was mustered out May 31, 1862. Volunteering for nine months service it completed its organization at Readville, Mass., as the 44th Infantry, Mass. Volunteer Militia, and was mustered into the United States service Sept. 12, 1862, Major Lee of the 4th Battalion becoming colonel. It left the State October 22 for New Berne, N. C., and was assigned to Colonel Stevenson's brigade. It engaged soon after its arrival in the Tarboroa expedition and met the enemy at Rawles' Mills November 2. It took part in the expedition to Goldsboroa in December, received losses at Whitehall and was in reserve at Goldsboroa. It occupied headquarters at New Berne until March, 1863. Companies B and F under Captain Storrow were sent on picket duty to Batchelder's Creek, where they remained until May 1. The remainder of the regiment left for Washington, N. C., March 15 and occupied the town during the siege. Returning, it reached New Berne April 24 and remained on provost duty until
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1, Condensed history of regiments., Third Battalion Riflemen Massachusetts Infantry (Militia). (search)
l total of members of battalion,— Officers,520––––25 Enlisted men, Including non-commissioned staff.2–78747369296 Totals,––––––321 Killed and died of wounds,— Officers,––––––– Enlisted men,––––––– Died by accident or disease,— Officers,––––––– Enlisted men,––1––12 Died as prisoners,— Officers,––––––– Enlisted men,––––––– The 3d Battalion Riflemen, Mass. Volunteer Militia, under command of Maj. Charles Devens, Jr., with headquarters at Worcester, Mass., was ordered to Washington April 20, 1861. It reached Annapolis April 24, moving on May 2 to Fort McHenry, Md., and was stationed there as garrison during its three months of service. An additional company (D), under Captain Dodd, recruited in Boston, joined the battalion May 19, after spending twelve days in Washington, having come from Boston by water, the first organization to arrive at Washington by that rou
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