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Mrs. John A. Logan, Reminiscences of a Soldier's Wife: An Autobiography, Chapter 16: (search)
good health and in a few years followed her husband to the grave. Her daughters were interesting young women, who have since made marriages befitting their station. Finally the day arrived for the delivery of the proclamation, or rather coronation address, of Emperor Wilhelm II in the throne-room of the Emperor's palace. Mr. George H. Pendleton, the American minister to Germany (it was before we had ambassadors) caused tickets to the gallery to be sent us, and the second secretary, Mr. Crosby, did us the honor to escort us to our seats. It was an imposing spectacle and one never to be forgotten. On one side of the room with its many white columns and marble floor was a canopied throne, with two white chairs upholstered in red. Battalions of cuirassiers, uhlans, and many crack regiments of the German army, with their resplendent uniforms, took their places. Then came the Emperor, walking with solemn tread, dressed in the full white uniform of the cuirassiers, with the helmet.
Philip Henry Sheridan, Personal Memoirs of P. H. Sheridan, General, United States Army ., Chapter XIV (search)
fter years been driven to hostilities by most unjust treatment. It was the 2d of March that I received at Camp Supply Grant's despatch directing me to report immediately in Washington, It had been my intention, as I have said, to join Custer on the North Fork of the Red River, but this new order required me to recast my plans, so, after arranging to keep the expedition supplied till the end of the campaign, I started for Washington, accompanied by three of my staff-Colonels McGonigle and Crosby, and Surgeon Asch-and Mr, DeB. Randolph Keim, a representative of the press, who went through the whole campaign, and in 1870 published a graphic history of it. The day we left Supply we had another dose of sleet and snow, but nevertheless we made good time, and by night-fall reached Bluff Creek. In twenty-four hours more we made Fort Dodge, and on the 6th of March arrived at Fort Hays. Just south of the Smoky Hill River, a little before we got to the post, a courier heading for Fort Dodge
Benjamnin F. Butler, Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler, Chapter 6: contraband of War, Big Bethel and Hatteras. (search)
. Lieutenant-General Winfield Scott: General:--I have the honor to report the safe return of an expedition under Lieutenant Crosby, of my command, upon the Eastern shore, for the purpose of interrupting the commerce between the rebels of Maryland had not been able to land. We threw a shot at her from the Fanny, but she proved to be out of range. I then sent Lieutenant Crosby on shore to demand the meaning of the white flag which had been hoisted. The boat soon returned, bringing the follare the effusion of blood. To both the written and verbal communications I made reply as follows, and sent it by Lieutenant Crosby:-- Benj. F. Butler, Major-General U. S. Army, commanding, in reply to the communication of Samuel Barron, commannding officers to meet on board flag-ship Minnesota to arrange details. After waiting three quarters of an hour Lieutenant Crosby returned, bringing with him Captain Barron, Major Andrews, and Colonel Martin, of the rebel forces. Upon being rec
Benjamnin F. Butler, Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler, Index. (search)
report condition of Fort Fisher, 794; believes an attack would be useless, 796. Committee on Conduct of War sustains Butler regarding occupation of Manassas Junction, 223; examines Butler as to operations in Department of Gulf, 577. Conant, Captain, 480. Concord, N. H., President Pierce's home, 1020. Craig, Captain, Grant in office of, 868. Crimea, medal presented soldiers of, 742; Butler reads history of war, 868. Crispin, Captain, Commandant of U. S. Arsenal, 761. Crosby, Lieutenant, at Fort Hatteras, 284. Currituck, Union Gunboat, 617. Curtis, General, given reinforcements by Halleck, 457-459; proposed junction with Grant, 463; command drawn from Pittsburg trenches, 841. Curtis, Hon. B. R., 97; Counsel for President Johnson, 929-930. Cushing, Caleb, offers Butler a West Point appointment, 57; presides at Charleston Convention, 134; presides at Baltimore Convention, 144; in Mexican War, 303; refused army appointment by Andrew, 308; opinion regarding Tr
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 5. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 17 (search)
uraged by their example their men to do their duty on the field. Gen. Wessells had a horse shot under him, and himself received a wound in the shoulder. Lieutenants West and Foster, my Aids-de-Camp, were active through the day, affording me much service and behaving gallantly. Capt. Davis, of the provostguard of my division, acted as my aid a portion of the time, rendering much assistance, and conducting himself in a gallant manner. I also feel much indebtedness to my Medical Director, Dr. Crosby, for the energy he evinced in collecting, and his promptness and skill in providing for the wounded. I have enclosed a list of the killed, wounded and missing, as also the reports of the commanders of the brigades to which I refer. I cannot forbear mention of the severe misfortune suffered by the division and the service in the loss of Col. G. D. Bailey, my chief of artillery, who fell in the attempt to spike the pieces in my redoubt, which were necessarily abandoned. Col. Bailey was an
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 10. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 23 (search)
igade took part in the fight. Of officers and men twelve hundred and six were taken. The rest were killed, wounded, or escaped. Of the number not taken there were probably four hundred, and one hundred and fifty or two hundred escaped; fifty or sixty killed and wounded. The enemy were all cavalry and mounted infantry, but all fought on foot, every fourth man holding four horses, and his force consisted of six brigades, under Major-General Van Dorn, Brigadier-Generals French, Armstrong, Crosby, Martin, and Jackson. Infantry had no chance to escape after the fight once began. Prisoners of war! I had supposed that soldiers taken in fair battle were treated as gentlemen, at least as human beings; but such is not the practice in this cursed land. I will state simply the facts. We were taken in the afternoon, after four hours fighting, and marched fourteen miles to Columbia. On the way the men had to wade the creek, over knee deep, and to ferry across Duck River, taking till
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 7. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), General Garland's report of the battle of seven Pines. (search)
ates John Burlington, E. H. Estes, R. J. Hatcher and John R. Billings; Corporal R. C. Fortune (killed). (The officers commanding Companies A, B, E and F are now absent, wounded; they may have names to present hereafter.) Second Florida. Company A--Sergeant Riley (distinguished both at Seven Pines and at Williamsburg); Corporal Rasson; Musician Cushman; Privates Bradley, Bryant, Hooper, Kennedy and Reed (special case). Company B--Lieutenants Jenkins and Thompson; Privates Finley, Crosby, Colson, Tidwell, Parker and Malphus; Sergeant Williams, Color-Bearer. Company C--Corporal J. B. Cason; Privates Gathegan, Wilkinson, Cone and Miller. Company D--Lieutenant Parker (who captured the colors of the Eighth New York); Sergeant Stephens; Privates Rawls, Morrison and Waller. Company E--Captain McCaslin; Lieutenant Reynolds (dead); Sergeant Roberts; Coroporals Howard and Cross; Private Burleson. Company F--Captain Pooser (killed); Privates Irvin (killed), Tillinghast, Po
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), B. (search)
the rod to the blind. The blind-frame a is held by adjustable slides, and the rod b, with its staples or rings already inserted, is laid along upon the slats e, the rings presented sideways. The staples to be driven straddle the wire h and feed down it, being driven one at a time by the lever c and plunger d, so that one leg of the staple passes through the eye on the rod b, and both of them enter the slat e. The frame is fed forward the distance between the slats after each operation. Crosby's blind-wirer. Fig. 720 shows a somewhat similar form of machine in which the staples feed down the incline h, and are driven into the slats e as the lever c is depressed. The lifting of the lever moves forward the blind-frame by means of a pawl which engages the rack m. Blink′er. （Saddlery.) A blind. Blis′ter-steel. Steel formed by roasting bariron in contact with carbon in a cementing furnace. It is so called from its blistered appearance. To improve the quality, it is<
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), L. (search)
aring, and a grinding plate at its lower end, which works against a grinding surface attached to the lower end of the tube. Above the mouth of the vessel is a wheel which removes the waste ore as it rises to the surface of the molten lead. In Crosby's apparatus the bulbous vessel contains a lead-bath, and is supported in the furnace. The tubular conductor has a disk on its lower end, against which rotates a grinding-plate attached to the vertical axial-shaft. The ore passes down the tube, openings in the side of the ladle, and the combined mineral and metal are triturated together between the grinding-surfaces, the precious metals becoming amalgamated with the lead while the refuse mineral rises to the top and is skimmed off. Crosby's lead-bath. Lead-cut′--ter. （Printing.) A knife for cutting leads which are held in a tray the while. Lead′er. 1. (Pyrotechnics.) A long paper tube of small diameter, enclosing a strand of quick match, used for communicating fire <
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), P. (search)
of rollers, from which it is carried by endless bands to a second knife between a second set of foldingrollers, and finally deposited in a trough. Birchall's English patent of 1847 shows mechanism for folding the sheet by a reciprocating knife into folding-rollers. Black (English), 1850, had registering-pins, which were vibrated out of the sheet. See also Smith's patent, November 27, 1849; Snow, October 15, 1850; English patent No. 13,315, for 1850; North's patent, October 15, 1856; Crosby, December 23, 1856; Smith, May 19, 1857; North, August 10, 1858; Endriss, March 8, 1859. Chambers, 1856, had registering-pins to fit the perforations made by the printing-press. (See point.) These pins or points are adjustable, and, as the folding-blade descends, recede by a cam movement. Chambers's machine (Fig. 3531) is adapted to fold large double-sheet papers. The sheet to be folded is spread upon the folding-table, and the register secured by points. The folding-blade overhead
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