hide Matching Documents

The documents where this entity occurs most often are shown below. Click on a document to open it.

Document Max. Freq Min. Freq
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2 12 12 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 4. (ed. Frank Moore) 12 12 Browse Search
Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Chapter XXII: Operations in Kentucky, Tennessee, North Mississippi, North Alabama, and Southwest Virginia. March 4-June 10, 1862., Part II: Correspondence, Orders, and Returns. (ed. Lieut. Col. Robert N. Scott) 11 11 Browse Search
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight) 8 8 Browse Search
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Battles 8 8 Browse Search
Alfred Roman, The military operations of General Beauregard in the war between the states, 1861 to 1865 7 7 Browse Search
Capt. Calvin D. Cowles , 23d U. S. Infantry, Major George B. Davis , U. S. Army, Leslie J. Perry, Joseph W. Kirkley, The Official Military Atlas of the Civil War 7 7 Browse Search
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories 6 6 Browse Search
Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Chapter XXII: Operations in Kentucky, Tennessee, North Mississippi, North Alabama, and Southwest Virginia. March 4-June 10, 1862. (ed. Lieut. Col. Robert N. Scott) 5 5 Browse Search
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 2. 3 3 Browse Search
View all matching documents...

Browsing named entities in Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 4. (ed. Frank Moore). You can also browse the collection for April 8th, 1862 AD or search for April 8th, 1862 AD in all documents.

Your search returned 12 results in 6 document sections:

Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 4. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 118 (search)
d Grant. headquarters Department of Mississippi, Monterey, April 8, 1862. sir: At the close of the conflict of yesterday my forces benant William Gwin. U. S. Gunboat Tyler, Pittsburgh, Tenn., April 8, 1862. sir: I have the honor to inform you that the enemy attackedShirk. United States gunboat Lexington, Pittsburgh, Tenn., April 8, 1862. sir: On the morning of the sixth inst., while lying at Crumrt. camp Shiloh, near Pittsburgh Landing, Tennessee River, April 8, 1862. Capt. F. Knefler, A. A. General Third Division District West-Ters First brigade, First division, camp near Pittsburgh, Tenn., April 8, 1862. Major Brayman, A. A. General First Division. sir: I have thEighteenth regiment Iowa infantry, camp near Pittsburgh, Tenn., April 8, 1862. C. Cadel, Jr., A. A. A. General First Regiment, First Divisiohe First regiment, First division, camp near Pittsburgh, Tenn., April 8, 1862. Major Brayman, Assistant Adjutant-General: sir: I have the
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 4. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 124 (search)
eam. Gunboat Carondelet ran the blockade. April 4.--Firing active, and good execution to the rebel works reported. April 5.--Transports and barges arrived at New-Madrid. Heavy firing all day. April 7.--Gen. Pope succeeds in landing Gen. Paine's division on the Tennessee shore. The whole army to be moved over. Gunboat Pittsburgh ran the blockade. April 7.--Surrender of Island Number10. （See Supplement.) Chicago post account. On Island No.10, Mississippi River, Tuesday, April 8, 1862. Island 10 has been abandoned. The rebels have departed in undignified haste, with the exception of some five hundred, who have surrendered as prisoners of war. Our victory is complete in all except the capture of the whole rebel force, the greater part of which is scattered through the swamps of this region, and may yet be surrounded or overtaken. The Carondelet, having run the blockade, proceeded forthwith to the performance of her allotted duty. The rebels, to oppose any at
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 4. (ed. Frank Moore), Doc. 121.-occupation of Monterey, Va. April 8, 1862. (search)
Doc. 121.-occupation of Monterey, Va. April 8, 1862. A correspondent of the Pittsburgh Dispatch writes from the headquarters of the Second Virginia (Union) regiment at Monterey on the fourteenth of April: The past eight days have been the most eventful of our campaign in virginia. The rebels having evacuated Allegheny Mountains precipitately, we were ordered to march on Saturday, April fifth. We accordingly left that mountain at noon, and encamped at Greenbrier, accompanied by the Thirty-second Ohio. Having no tents, we took the open heavens for shelter, and a stiff breeze kept up till morning. Your correspondent was out on picket with twenty good men, and got no rest; but we remembered that we were out a soldiering. Sunday morning opened up clear and beautiful, and we resumed our march at eight o'clock. About two P. M. we reached the deserted rebel fortifications on Allegheny Mountains, and had no difficulty in finding quarters, for all the cabins erected for five or six
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 4. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 128 (search)
Doc. 124.-evacuation of Jacksonville, Fla. Philadelphia press account. Jacksonville, Florida, April 8, 1862. it was with feelings of the most extreme astonishment and intense indignation that the people of Jacksonville and military and naval forces here stationed were first apprized .of the intention to evacuate the town. The displeasure of the troops and consternation of the loyal inhabitants could scarcely be imagined. Citizens who had already commenced to reenjoy blessings of civilisation, of which they had long been deprived, and to feel that their lives were again their own, and not the property of any wandering, vagabond Guerrilla or Regulator that might see fit to take it, were terror-stricken when they learned that they were to be deserted and left to the tender mercies of the bloodthirsty villains. The soldiers indulging in the hope of a prolonged rest, and opportunity to recruit after six months of constant changes and frequent confinements on shipboard, wer
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 4. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 130 (search)
pt especial directions be given to the contrary. A signal-officer at battery Scott, to observe the effects of the thirteen-inch shells, will be in communication with other signal-officers stationed near batteries Stanton, Grant, and Sherman, in order to determine the range for these batteries in succession. By order of Brig.-Gen. Q. A. Gilmore. W. L. M. Burger, First Lieut. Volunteer Engineers, Acting Assist. Adjut.-Gen. Special orders--no. 32. headquarters, Tybee Island, Ga., April 8, 1862. The following reassignments to batteries are hereby made, namely: gel, 1. Battery Totten, Capt. D. C. Rodman, Seventh Connecticut Volunteers; Capt. S. H. Gray, Seventh Connecticut Volunteers; Second Lieut. S. J. Corey, Seventh Connecticut Volunteers, with a detachment of Seventh Connecticut Volunteers in three reliefs. 2. Battery McClellan, Capt. H. Rogers, with company H, Third Rhode Island Volunteer artillery, in three reliefs. 3. Battery Sigel, Captain C. Seldeneck, Forty
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 4. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 145 (search)
Doc. 141.-eastern Tennessee. Jefferson Davis's proclamation. war Department, Adjutant and Inspector General's office, Richmond, Va., April 8, 1862. I. The following proclamation is published for the information of all concerned: Proclamation.By virtue of the power vested in me, by law, to declare the suspension of the privileges of the writ of habeas corpus: I, Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America, do proclaim that martial law is hereby extended over the Department of East-Tennessee, under the command of Major-General E. K. Smith; and I do proclaim the suspension of all civil jurisdiction, (with the exception of that enabling the courts to take cognizance of the probate of wills, the administration of the estates of deceased persons, the qualification of guardians, to enter decrees and orders for the partition and sale of property, to make orders concerning roads and bridges, to assess county levies, and to order the payment of county d