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John D. Billings, Hardtack and Coffee: The Unwritten Story of Army Life, chapter 14 (search)
This became generally known as the Kearny Patch. I think General Townsend is incorrect in saying that Kearny issued orders immediately on reaching camp for all officers and men to wear the patch; first, because the testimony of officers of the old Third Corps to-day is that the order was first directed to officers only, and this would be in harmony with the explanation which I have quoted; and, second, after the death of Kearny and while his old division was lying at Fort Lyon, Va., Sept. 4, 1862, General D. B. Birney, then in command of it, issued a general order announcing his death, which closed with the following paragraph :-- As a token of respect for his memory, all the officers of this division will wear crape on the left arm for thirty days, and the colors and drums of regiments and batteries will be placed in mourning for sixty days. To still further show our regard, and to distinguish his officers as he wished, each officer will continue to wear on his cap a piece
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: The Opening Battles. Volume 1., Organization of the two governments. (search)
Colonel Stephen H. Long. (This corps was consolidated with the Corps of Engineers, under act of March 3, 1863.) Corps of Engineers Brig.-Gen. Joseph G. Totten (died April 22, 1864） Brig.-Gen. Richard Delafield. Ordnance Department Colonel Henry K. Craig (until April 23, 1861） Brig.-Gen. James W. Ripley (retired Sept. 15, 1863） Brig.-Gen. George D. Ramsay (retired Sept. 12, 1864） Brig.-Gen. Alexander B. Dyer. Bureau of military justice Major John F. Lee (resigned Sept. 4, 1862） Brig.-Gen. Joseph Holt. Bureau of the provost Marshal General (created by act of March 3, 1863） Brig.-Gen. James B. Fry. General officers of the United States army, January 1, 1861 Brevet Lieut.-Gen. Winfield Scott (General-in-chief） Brig.-General John E. Wool Brig.-General David E. Twiggs Brig.-General William S. Harney. (Note.-E. V. Sumner was promoted Brigadier-General March 16, 1861, vice David E. Twiggs, dismissed March 1, 1861.) * Afterward in the
Judith White McGuire, Diary of a southern refugee during the war, by a lady of Virginia, 1862. (search)
and to the valour of our troops a nation's gratitude is due. (Signed) R. E. Lee. Nothing more to-day-my heart is full. The papers give no news of the dead and wounded. The dreaded black-list yet to come. In the mean time we must let no evil forebodings mar our joy and thankfulness. September 3d, 1862. Wild stories on the street this morning, of the capture of prisoners, killing of generals, etc. Burnside and staff captured, they say. This last too good to be true. September 4th, 1862. Our victory at Manassas complete; the fight lasted four days. General Kearney was killed in a cavalry fight at Chantilly. Beautiful Chantilly has become a glorious battle-field. The splendid trees and other lovely surroundings all gone; but it is classic ground from this time. In those fights I had eight nephews! Are they all safe? I have heard from two, who fought gallantly, and are unscathed. It is said that our army is to go to Maryland. September 5th, 1862. Our son
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3., chapter 5.75 (search)
Gulf operations in 1862 and 1863. see Vol. II., p. 13. by Professor James Russell Soley, U. S. N. The regular monotony of the blockade of Mobile by the West Gulf squadron was interrupted only by the two successful passages of the Oreto or Florida, under Commander J. N. Maffitt, C. S. N., past the blockading squadron, inward on the 4th of September, 1862, and outward on the 16th of January, 1863. The first passage was made in broad daylight, under the disguise of an English gun-vessel, at a time when the Oreto was short-handed, the captain and crew ill, and the battery incapable of resistance. As a bold dash, it was hardly paralleled during the war. The second passage was made at night, without disguise, after the squadron had received full warning, and had been reenforced specially to capture the cruiser. On the Texas coast the blockade was only of moderate efficiency, and in the summer of 1862 Farragut determined to convert it at the principal points into an occupation
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, chapter 10 (search)
1; died in Confederate prisons (previously included), 48. battles. K. & M. W. battles. K. & M. W. Martinsburg, Va. 2 Opequon, Va. 18 Mine Run, Va. 1 Fisher's Hill, Va. Sept. 21-22, 1864 9 Wilderness, Va. 56 Cedar Creek, Va. 6 Spotsylvania, Va. 31 Fort Welch, March 25, 1865 3 Cold Harbor, Va. 3 Fall of Petersburg, Va. 2 Monocacy, Md. 17 Siege of Petersburg, Va. 2 Smithfield, Va. 1 Place unknown 1 Present, also, at Brandy Station, Va. notes.--Mustered in September 4, 1862, and ordered to Western Virginia, where it remained during the next eight months, stationed most of that time at Martinsburg, engaged in guard duty along the railroad, its work varied occasionally by scouting expeditions into the enemy's country for the suppression of guerrilla bands. It was then in B. F. Smith's Brigade, Second Division, Eighth Corps. Upon Lee's advance, in June, 1863, the regiment, with other troops, was attacked at Martinsburg, and after a sharp fight was forced t
William Tecumseh Sherman, Memoirs of General William T. Sherman ., volume 1, chapter 13 (search)
o see. The fort is progressing well, Captain Jenney having arrived. Sixteen heavy guns are received, with a large amount of shot and shell, but the platforms are not yet ready; still, if occasion should arise for dispatch, I can put a larger force to work. Captain Prime, when here, advised that the work should proceed regularly under the proper engineer officers and laborers. I am, etc., W. T. Sherman, Major-General commanding. headquarters Fifth division, Memphis, Tennessee, September 4, 1862. Colonel J. C. Kelton, Assistant Adjutant-General, Headquarters of the Army, Washington, D. C. dear Colonel: Please acknowledge to the major-general commanding the receipt by me of his letter, and convey to him my assurances that I have promptly modified my first instructions about cotton, so as to conform to his orders. Trade in cotton is now free, but in all else I endeavor so to control it that the enemy shall receive no contraband goods, or any aid or comfort; still I feel sure
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 8. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 37 (search)
is unwonted and cruel procedure filled their minds and the minds of their families with alarm and terror, and called forth for them the sympathy of the citizens who witnessed it. Some of these informed General Wallace of this conduct, and remonstrated against it. He condemned it, and for the purpose of protecting the colored men and organizing them for their work, requested me to take command of them, publishing the following order: circular. headquarters U. S. Forces, Cincinnati, Sept. 4, 1862. William M. Dickson is hereby assigned to the command of the negro forces from Cincinnati, working on the fortifications near Newport and Covington, and will be obeyed accordingly. By order of Major-General Lew. Wallace. T. C. Elston, Jr., A. D. C. Upon assuming the command, September fourth, I organized my staff, as follows: Timothy C. Day, Assistant Adjutant-General. J. Stacy Hill, Quartermaster. William Woods, Commissary. James Lupton, Volunteer Aid, Acting Camp Com
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 10. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 54 (search)
e-Camp, Lieutenant Wood, who will land this to you. I enclose for your information copies of a letter from General Bragg, dated August twenty-seventh, and of a despatch from General Armstrong, announcing the result of an engagement in front of Bolivar. I am, General, with the greatest respect, Your obedient servant, Sterling Price, Major-General. M. M. Kimmel, Major, and A. A. G. From General Price to General Van Dorn. headquarters District of the Tennessee, Tupelo, September 4, 1862. Major-General Earl Van Dorn, commanding District of the Mississippi: General: One of your staff officers, Colonel Lomax, having requested me to do so, I state, for your information, that I can put in the field thirteen thousand infantry, three thousand cavalry, and eight hundred artillery, effective total; that they are supplied with transportation and ammunition, as prescribed in General Bragg's last general orders; that subsistence has been provided to the first day of October; t
James Barnes, author of David G. Farragut, Naval Actions of 1812, Yank ee Ships and Yankee Sailors, Commodore Bainbridge , The Blockaders, and other naval and historical works, The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 6: The Navy. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller), The Confederate cruisers and the Alabama : the Confederate destroyers of commerce (search)
ut to sea. In the Oreto, Captain Maffit proceeded to Nassau; after she had been released by the British authorities there, her armament was again put aboard her and she began her career as the Florida. She had been out but five days when yellow fever broke out on board. It reduced the working force to one fireman and four deck-hands. Maffit, himself stricken, ran into Cardenas, but was soon ordered by the Cuban authorities to bring his ship to Havana. Maffit determined to escape. On Sept. 4, 1862, he took the Florida boldly through the blockading squadron into Mobile Bay. The vessel was refitted, and on the night of Jan. 15, 1863, Captain Maffit ran out with her and got safely to sea. He continued to command the cruiser on her adventurous voyages until the latter part of 1864, when his health was so broken that he was relieved. In January, 1865, he took the blockade-runner Owl out from Wilmington and over the bar near Fort Caswell, the very night that the forts surrendered to t
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America. (search)
ug. 30, 1862 Kirby Smith, with Bragg's right, advances on Richmond, Ky., and defeats the Union forces......Aug. 30, 1862 Battle of Chantilly, Va......Sept. 1, 1862 General Pope asks to be relieved from his command of the Army of Virginia, and transferred to the Department of the Northwest......Sept. 3, 1862 Joseph Holt, of Kentucky, appointed judge-advocate-general of the United States......Sept. 3, 1862 Confederate forces cross the Potomac and occupy Frederick City, Md.......Sept. 4-5, 1862 Department of the Northwest created of Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and the Territories of Dakota and Nebraska; General Pope commanding......Sept. 6, 1862 General Lee issues a proclamation on entering Maryland......Sept. 8, 1862 Capture of Munfordville, Ky., by the Confederate forces under Bragg......Sept. 14-16, 1862 Harper's Ferry surrenders to Stonewall Jackson......Sept. 15, 1862 Battles of South Mountain, Md.......Sept. 15, 1862 Advance of Gen. Kirby Smith appe
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