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Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: The Opening Battles. Volume 1., Washington on the Eve of the War. (search)
I reported these matters to General Scott, who ordered me to watch these proceedings carefully, and to be ready to suppress any attempt at violence; but to avoid, if possible, any shock, for, said he, We are now in such a state that a dog-fight might cause the gutters of the capital to run with blood. While the volunteer force for the support of the Government was organizing, another force with exactly the opposite purpose was in course of formation. I learned that the great hall over Beach's livery stable was nightly filled with men who were actively drilled. Doctor B----, of well-known secession tendencies, was the moving spirit of these men, and he was assisted by other citizens of high standing, among whom was a connection of Governor Letcher of Virginia. The numbers of these occupants of Beach's hall increased rapidly, and I found it well to have a skillful New York detective officer, who had been placed at my disposition, enrolled among them. These men called themselve
John James Geer, Beyond the lines: A Yankee prisoner loose in Dixie, Chapter 1: (search)
e we effected a landing on the 13th. In the mean time, I was appointed on the staff of Colonel Ralph D. Buckland, then acting as Brigadier of the Fourth Brigade, under General Sherman, who commanded the First Division. Most of us landed by the 15th, and parties were sent out every day to reconnoitre, and many returned, reporting fights with the enemy, and the capture of prisoners, horses, and other valuables. On the 28th, we had quite a bloody conflict in a cotton-field, belonging to Mr. Beach, who was the owner of a small lot of cotton. The rebels had robbed him of all his horses, pork, and wheat, leaving him nothing but the cotton and a small amount of corn, which the Government intended to purchase. But when we were dispatched for it, we found that the rebels, who were now in full retreat, had rolled the cotton against a corn-crib, and set both on fire. The next day we had a fight near the same spot. Again, the next day, a reconnaissance showed the enemy to be in full fo
Varina Davis, Jefferson Davis: Ex-President of the Confederate States of America, A Memoir by his Wife, Volume 2, Chapter 43: visit to New Orleans and admission to Fortress Monroe. (search)
things, entirely new, and was unexpected to the Government counsel, and he expected also to the court. Chief-Justice Chase said the argument of counsel was not unexpected to the court, it having supposed, after the announcement of this motion to quash, that it was based on the fourteenth article, that this line of argument would be pursued. Time was given the Government counsel to confer, and the Court took a recess at noon. After reassembling, Governor H. H. Wells and District Attorney Beach for the Government, replied, contending that the fourteenth amendment merely created a disability, and not a penalty, which is the subject of judicial sentence, and was not inconsistent with the act against treason. The amendment was permanent and prospective, and could not be reasonably construed to repeal existing punishments for past and future treasons. The Court then adjourned. Dana closes to-morrow for the Government, and O'Conor for Mr. Davis. Mr. Charles O'Conor said:
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 8. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 16 (search)
Gallehue, of the Eighty-fourth Indiana, and William Spears, of the Fortieth Ohio, and Joseph Long, orderlies of my staff, to recommend them for promotion for gallantry. Quartermaster's Lieutenant Igot, though Brigade Quartermaster, offered his services for the expedition, and discharged his thankless fatiguing duty regardless of mud, and was active in obtaining supplies for my men and forage for the animals through the cold freezing nights. The surgeons of the brigade, under control of Dr. Beach, discharged their duties well. Father Coony, Chaplain to the Thirty-fifth Indiana, a most exemplary man, was with us to cheer us, and wait upon the wounded and dying according to the rites of his Church. He came under my personal notice in the fiercest of the fight. The strength of my command in storming Lookout was one hundred and ten commissioned officers and one thousand three hundred and fifty-five enlisted men, making an aggregate of one thousand four hundred and sixty-five activel
The Daily Dispatch: December 10, 1861., [Electronic resource], Proceedings of the Federal Congress. (search)
s--Mr. Wilkinson, of Minnesota, gave notice of a bill to abolish the distinction between the regular and the volunteer soldier. The committee appointed to wait upon the President reported that he would communicate his Message to Congress at noon to-day, whereupon the Senate adjourned. In the House one hundred and ten members answered to their names. Mr. Maynard, of Tennessee, was admitted to a seat. The question of admitting Mr. Segar, from the Fortress Monroe District of Virginia; Mr. Beach, from the same State, and Mr. Foster, from North Carolina, were referred to Committee on Elections. A memorial from Mr. Lowe, to be admitted as an additional member from California, was referred to the same committee. A joint resolution, tendering the thanks of Congress to Capt. Wilkes for his arrest of the rebel emissaries, Mason and Slidell, was adopted. A resolution expelling John W. Reed, the member from the 5th District of Missouri, and now serving in the rebel army, was ad
The Daily Dispatch: May 15, 1862., [Electronic resource], For hire (search)
n of General Hooker and the brigade under General Palmer are reported badly out up: The only officers killed or wounded, that I have heard of, are Captain Williams and Lieutenant Barnard, of General Kearney's Steff, killed; and Colonels Terry and Beach, of the Fifth Michigan, wounded. Colonel Beach has lost a leg. At daylight this morning it was discovered that the enemy bad left during the night, and taken all their guns and baggage, and our force are now in pursuit of them. As we approColonel Beach has lost a leg. At daylight this morning it was discovered that the enemy bad left during the night, and taken all their guns and baggage, and our force are now in pursuit of them. As we approached. Williamsburg, we were met by a deputation of citizens, requesting protection, which was granted. Occupying the enemy's Stronghold. Our forces entered Williamsburg about one o'clock. The town is deserted by most of the male population, but many of them left their families behind. It is a beautiful town, of about fifteen hundred inhabitants, and, I should judge, a delightful residence before the war. The streets are now badly out up and filled with broken wagons and rubbish, thr
The Daily Dispatch: November 24, 1863., [Electronic resource], Latest from Europe. (search)
honor is perfectly safe and that the whole charge is solemnly denied. Meantime Lord Palmerston is on a visit to the Queen, at Windsor Castle, and will be a guest at the Lord Mayor's banquet on the 9th of November. The Eco delle Altra. Cozie announces that Garibaldi's son had passed through Canco on his way to Nice, for the purpose of obtaining the necessary papers for his approaching marriage with a Genoese lady, daughter of one of the officers of the corps d'armee of Marsala. Mr. Beach, M. P. for Alton, in an address to his constituents, said: "He regretted that we should be obliged to allow so many men to emigrate to America to supply the blanks which slaughter had made in the Northern armies. There was much danger of a European war in the present relations of Germany and Genmark, and he feared that England, if it broke out, could scarcely avoid taking part in it. He hoped, however, that we should use every effort to escape that necessity." The London Westm