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The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 1: The Opening Battles. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller), The Seven days Battles: the Confederate capital saved. (search)
lley to the west. This naturally strong position, now well defended, was almost impregnable to an attack from the front. Before sunrise of the appointed day the Confederate forces were at the Chickahominy bridges, awaiting the arrival of Jackson. To reach these some of the regiments had The retrograde crossing Lower bridge on the Chickahominy Woodbury's Bridge on the Chickahominy. Little did General D. F. Woodbury's engineers suspect, when they built this bridge, early in June, 1869, as a means of communication between the divided wings of McClellan's army on the Chickahominy that it would be of incalculable service during battle. When the right wing, under General Fitz John Porter, was engaged on the field of Gaines' Mill against almost the entire army of Lee, across this bridge the division of General Slocum marched from its position in the trenches in front of Richmond on the south bank of the river to the support of Porter's men. The battle lasted until nightfall
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Women, Advancement of (search)
849 Her sister Emily graduates from the Cleveland Medical College......1852 Edmona Lewis, half negro, half Indian, who becomes a famous sculptor, born in Ontario county, N. Y.......1855 First woman's hospital in the world founded at New York City by Dr. Marion Sims......1857 [In Philadelphia, 1862; in Boston, incorporated, 1863; in Chicago, 1865; in San Francisco, 1875; in Minneapolis, 1882.] Arabella A. Mansfield, of Mount Pleasant, la., admitted to the practice of law......June, 1869 Mrs. Myra Bradwell, of Chicago, applies for a license as an attorney-at-law......1869 [The Superior Court of Illinois refused, and the Supreme Court of the United States affirmed the decision. Women now admitted to the practice of law in Illinois by statute.] American Woman's Suffrage Association formed by Lucy Stone Blackwell......1869 First convention held at Case Hall, Cleveland, O......Nov. 24, 1869 [Unites with the National Woman's Suffrage Association, forming the Na
Oliver Otis Howard, Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general , United States army : volume 2, Chapter 60: opposition to Bureau and reconstruction work became personal; the Congregational Church of Washington (search)
spatches did not let me rest. His father, followed by the majority of our members, now left the First Congregational Church and united with a Presbyterian Church, of which he became the pastor. He resigned, too, from the presidency of Howard University, and from that time on my official intercourse with him ceased. But the woes that follow such divisions continued. As I was returning from an International Conference of the Young Men's Christian Association, held in Detroit, Mich., in June, 1869, and passing through Ohio, I had been conversing with Mr. Locke, whose nom de plume was Petroleum V. Nasby. As he was glancing over a paper, sitting just behind me, he spoke up with evident surprise: How is this, General? He then showed me one of General Boynton's Washington communications of about a column in length, which attacked me severely. It was one of a series of articles which accused me in my Government administration of every sort of delinquency. As it appeared in the Cincin
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 4, chapter 18 (search)
other man in the world who could as well as you, being the friend of both, help us out of this unsatisfactory state of things, and thereby remove one of the existing causes of war. A European who could solicit in such terms the friendly intervention of an American citizen in the relations between his own and another kingdom must have held in remarkable confidence and esteem the foreigner to whom he applied. Miss Seward deals disingenuously with this speech. She cites it as made in June, 1869, in the Rigsdag, whereas it was made May 13 at the banquet; but exact time and place are unimportant, except as bearing on her method of dealing with facts. She quotes three sentences from the speech, and at the end of the first one there are stars, indicating an omission. The next sentence was the following, at the beginning of which she was careful to stop:— It must, however, continued General Raasloff, not be forgotten that the treaty has not been rejected; its ratification
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2, chapter 2 (search)
ll, advance to Centreville, battles of Antietam, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Rappahannock Station, Mine Run, expedition to Gordonsville, battles of the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Snicker's Gap, Opequon, Fisher's Hill, Cedar Creek, Hatcher's Run, Farmville, actions preceding the surrender of Lee. Captain, 32d U. S. Infantry, July 28, 1866. Mustered out of volunteer service, Nov. 30, 1866. Unassigned, Apr. 19, 1869. Assigned to the military division of the South, June, 1869. Assigned to 19th U. S. Infantry, Feb. 15; 1870. Resigned Aug. 3, 1870. Whittier, Francis Henry. Born at East Cambridge, Mass., Dec. 3, 1829. Second Lieutenant, 30th Mass. Infantry, Dec. 6, 1861. Engaged in the battle of Ball's Bluff. First Lieutenant, Dec. 10, 1861. Served during the Peninsular campaign. Captain, Aug. 6, 1862. Major, Nov. 26, 1863. Lieut. Colonel, May 27, 1864. Colonel, Feb. 17, 1865; not mustered. Brevet Colonel and Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13,
Edward H. Savage, author of Police Recollections; Or Boston by Daylight and Gas-Light ., Boston events: a brief mention and the date of more than 5,000 events that transpired in Boston from 1630 to 1880, covering a period of 250 years, together with other occurrences of interest, arranged in alphabetical order, Boston events. (search)
Hackney, came in use, 1774 One horse, called cabs, in use, 1835 Hackney carriages to be licensed, 1847 Coburn, Daniel J. ex-Chief of Police, died, Jan. 11, 1866 Cockade black, first worn by the Federalists, April 2, 1798 Adopted by the U. S. War Department, Apr. 22, 1798 Corcoran, Gen. had reception at Boston, Aug. 29, 1862 Cod Fish placed in old State House over Speaker's chair, Mar. 17, 1784 Coliseum built on Boylston street, for Musical Festival, June, 1869 Disposed of by lottery, Oct., 1869 Huntington av., frame blown down in a tempest, Apr. 26, 1872 The World's Musical Festival began, June 17, 1872 Great Peace Jubilee closed, July 4, 1872 Collamore, Geo. W. body brought home from Kansas, Sep. 1, 1863 Committee of Safety chosen by the town, May 2, 1776 Chosen to hunt out old Tories, 1777 Chosen to protect the town from the British, August, 1812 Common distribution of Common lands by a committee, Dec. 18,
The Daily Dispatch: May 26, 1862., [Electronic resource], A thrilling record. (search)
Do not reproach yourself for my death I deserve it; but do think as kindly as you can of me *** Once more let me entreat you to forgive me. Good bye, my dearest William; tongue cannot tell how much I love you May you be happy and forget me. If it is possible *** I will appear to you after death, and assure you of my never-dying love [The following is written in deceater's blood;] Good bye, my dearest, forever Yours, Mary Moore Good bye; be happy, William. for my sake" It appears that in June 1869, the deceased's sweetheart wrote an extraordinary declaration of his attachment to the deceased, upon which he called upon the host of Heaven to witness "this solemn and binding oath, " "that he would devote his life and everything connected therewith to her service" This epistle is written in blood, and concludes, "Signed by Alfred Will am Pitney, in his own heart's blood" At the inquest on Tuesday, the jury returned a verdict that the deceased came by her death from the effects of landan