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William F. Fox, Lt. Col. U. S. V., Regimental Losses in the American Civil War, 1861-1865: A Treatise on the extent and nature of the mortuary losses in the Union regiments, with full and exhaustive statistics compiled from the official records on file in the state military bureaus and at Washington 395 395 Browse Search
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories 370 370 Browse Search
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 156 156 Browse Search
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 8 46 46 Browse Search
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition. 36 36 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2 34 34 Browse Search
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 7, 4th edition. 29 29 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1, Mass. officers and men who died. 26 26 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1, Condensed history of regiments. 25 25 Browse Search
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3. 23 23 Browse Search
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John Harrison Wilson, The life of Charles Henry Dana, Chapter 2: education (search)
ss philosophy, religion, and literature. In his religious dogmas I do not of course agree, and therefore with him I avoid all vain discussions. If it were not for him I should dwell in a sort of intellectual solitude. . . . Though I am here to the great advantage of what many care for more than for life — to wit, my purse-and to my great good otherwise, I long to be with you, to live with you, and if possible will do so before I return to Cambridge, which I mean to do in the latter part of August. What will it cost to keep me at Woodstock? . . . Your eulogy concerning your New England village girls, as I suspect goes a notch or so beyond the reality, but a little extravagance on this subject may be pardoned in any one, certainly in yourself, for saith not the poet: The heart with its new sympathy with one Grows bountiful to all. What marvel then that you should attribute beauty and brightness and loveliness' to the whole feminine gender! . . . ... I have just finished
John Harrison Wilson, The life of Charles Henry Dana, Chapter 7: the shadow of slavery (search)
th the necessity for social and economic reform, still held the uppermost place in his mind. On another occasion, only a few days later, Dana, after commenting upon the great triumph which we celebrate on the Fourth of July, declared with regret that while it put democracy into our political it failed to put it into our social institutions, and this idea it will be seen, by references to his addresses delivered on socialism and democracy many years afterwards, he never relinquished. In August of this year the white merchants of Virginia put forth an address, in which they took strong grounds against training and instructing negroes for the trades, and this called forth Dana's most vigorous comments as follows: This address supposes throughout that a community composed of a servile class on the one hand, and a free class on the other, can be happy, prosperous, and progressive. And this appears not as if it was a politic reticence, but a sincere and unsuspecting conviction.
John Harrison Wilson, The life of Charles Henry Dana, Chapter 9: Dana's influence in the tribune (search)
y to some folks and not so funny to others. In Kansas, where its every shot will hit somebody, I know it will do good, and I promise not to write out another this side of San Francisco at the worst. He ends with the following comprehensive summary: Rain-mud most profound, flooded rivers and streams-glorious soil-worthless politicians and lazy people-such is Kansas in a nutshell. According to his itinerary, Greeley could not have got back to New York till late in July or early in August, therefore it is entirely certain that Dana had principal charge of the Tribune from early in 1855 till late in 1856, and it is fair to conclude that he practically controlled its opinions, utterances, and policy. The campaign it was conducting for free Kansas was mainly his, and this fact also entitles him to the principal share of the praise, as well as to nearly all the blame that was visited upon the paper. The letters from which I have quoted throw a flood of light upon the character
John Harrison Wilson, The life of Charles Henry Dana, Chapter 11: War between the states (search)
hich might be presented. The work was complicated by the fact that the army in the field had impressed supplies from non-combatants whose loyalty was questioned. It had also been compelled to occupy the city levees and vacant lots for camping and embarking troops, and for storing and forwarding supplies. Sixteen hundred and ninety-six claims, aggregating $599,219.36, were examined and adjusted, and Dana delivered the report of the commission into the hands of the Secretary of War early in August. The service was a valuable one, and gave entire satisfaction to the government. It was besides personally interesting and instructive to Dana, not only because it familiarized him with an important branch of the military administration, but because it brought him into contact with many of the leading citizens and army officers of the Northwestern States. The capture of Forts Henry and Donelson, followed by the occupation of Island No.10, the battle of Shiloh, and the Corinth campaign,
John Harrison Wilson, The life of Charles Henry Dana, Chapter 24: Grant's first administration (search)
practice of his predecessors. It las since come to be a common custom, and now passes without special comment. Later in the month the Sun called for a mass-meeting to denounce the shooting of American citizens by the Spanish authorities in Cuba, without trial. It had already expressed the opinion that the administration was too lenient towards the Spanish government, and should retrace its steps. It had severely commented upon Grant's acceptance of a gift of land in New Jersey, and in August it criticised him for the corrupting and demoralizing practice of giving office in return for presents, his fatal disregard of law, his petty foreign policy, and his deplorable failure to represent the sentiment and to promote the manifest destiny of the country. This was preceded by a severe condemnation of United States Marshal Barlow for resisting his own arrest, under the advice of the President, who had written him a personal letter authorizing and requesting him to defy the