Your search returned 11 results in 7 document sections:

Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 2., Chapter 6: the Army of the Potomac.--the Trent affair.--capture of Roanoke Island. (search)
with quarters in Fort Warren, Fort Warren is on George's Island, and commands the main entrance to Boston Harbor. It is a strong work of masonry, with five fronts, the southern, eastern, and northern ones being seen in the little sketch. Around the main work is a ditch 30 feet in width. The entire circuit of the fort is 8,136 feet. Against the south front is an outwork of much strength, which is seen in the sketch. then used as a prison for political offenders, under the charge of Captain Dimick, the defender of Fortress Monroe against the Virginia insurgents. See page 498, volume I. The act of Captain Wilkes was universally applauded by loyal men, and filled the land with rejoicings because two of the worst of the conspirators were in the custody of the Government. For the moment men did not stop to consider either the law or the expediency involved in the act. Public honors were tendered to Commander Wilkes, The crew of the San Jacinto presented to Lieutenant Fairfa
Benjamnin F. Butler, Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler, Index. (search)
enry, appointment of, 299-300; reference to, 386; insulted by New Orleans women, 417. Denegre, president New Orleans bank, anecdote of, 518. Dent, Lieutenant-Colonel, carries instructions to Fortress Monroe, 637. Department of Virginia and North Carolina, detailed to command of, 617. De Russey, Colonel, anecdote of, 249-251. Devens, Gen., Chas., consultation with at Annapolis, 210-211; in Fort McHenry, 231-232. Dimon, Col., Chas. A. R., enlists ex-confederates, 587. Dimick, Colonel, U. S. A., curious question put to, 173; reference to in Scott's order, 240. Dismal Swamp Canal, convict labor on, 847. Dix, General John A., sent to Eastern Virginia by General Scott, 295, 323; possible candidate for Vice-President, 632; reference to 754, 761; Butler reports to, 757. Dodge, Capt., Geo. S., faithful services at Bermuda Hundred, 899. Dodge, Colonel, telegram from, 784; prepared to ship troops on Roanoke expedition, 784. Douglas, Stephen A., as candidate fo
William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 1, Chapter 2: (search)
e fort, every man for duty. Found the Fourth Regiment there, which had arrived two hours before, and seven companies of United-States artillery in garrison. Colonel Dimick, commanding post, asked Colonel Wardrop if he was a minute-man. He answered, Yes. — How long will it take to get your regiment ready? — Fifteen minutes. — Ge The Colonel of the Third Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteers will immediately report for orders to Commodore Paulding, United-States Navy. By order of Colonel Dimick, (Signed) T. J. Haines, Adjutant. Colonel Wardrop requested to know the object, and was informed that it was to hold possession of Gosport Navy Yardus to leaving, their Springfield rifled muskets were exchanged for old smoothbores. On the eve of departure, the regiment was addressed by General Butler and Colonel Dimick. On the 15th of July, it embarked on board the steamer S. R. Spaulding, and in fifty-six hours arrived in Boston harbor, after an absence of three months. It<
Maj. Jed. Hotchkiss, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 3, Virginia (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 8: (search)
securing that article. On the 20th the governor of Georgia reported that he had four companies ready to start for Virginia. The Seaboard railroad furnished facilities for sending these South Carolina and Georgia troops directly to Norfolk. Scott, on the 19th of April, ordered Capt. H. G. Wright, of the engineers, to proceed to the Gosport navy yard to aid the commodore there in command, in designing and. executing a plan of defense; instructing him to call at Fort Monroe and consult Colonel Dimick regarding the sending of a regiment of infantry to assist in the defense of the navy yard, but to bear in mind that, although the navy yard and its contents are of very great importance, Fort Monroe is still more so to the Union. Captain Wright at once proceeded on the steamer Pawnee to Fort Monroe. One of the two regiments which had arrived at Fort Monroe that morning, about 370 strong, under Colonel Wardrop, was marched on board the Pawnee, which arrived at Norfolk on the night of th
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 12. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Memoir of General John Bankhead Magruder. (search)
mpanies at Fort Leavenworth suggested the establishment of a light artillery school at that place, on the plan of the school that had been created at Old Point. On this suggestion the Leavenworth school was established in the spring of 1859. Colonel Dimick, by virtue of his rank, became superintendent of this school. He was an officer remarkable for purity and integrity of character; through a long experience his valor and his piety shone alike conspicuous. Shortly after the establishment of the Leavenworth school, Colonel Dimick was removed to another sphere of duty, and Colonel Magruder became his successor. He was well-fitted for the position to which he had been assigned. His early career in the light artillery service, in companionship with Bragg, Duncan, and Ridgely, impressed upon him a character for dashing and bold qualities, so necessary for the light artillery officers. On the fields of Pallo Alto, Reseca de la Palma and Buena Vista, and the Valley of Mexico, the brill
The Daily Dispatch: April 3, 1862., [Electronic resource], Notes of the War. (search)
and refreshing notices with which, for some time past, your paper has honored me; and although in my progress through the North I have met with many attempts on the part of the press at an imitation of your peculiarly felicitous style of misrepresentation, I have found none to equal the original. I am, therefore, under the necessity of applying at the fountainhead. I inclose two dollars, for which please send me your country daily to the following address. Gen. S. B. Buckner, Care of Col. Dimick, Fort Warren, Mass. P. S.--Since writing the above, our friend, Col. R. W. Hanson, has reached this celebrated resort, and desires me to add that the present of a demijohn of whiskey, which he learns you have promised him, would never be more acceptable than at this time — the locality and the latitude, as well as the sentiments of our neighbors up the harbor, holding out most tempting inducements to cultivate a taste for that delightful beverage. As a matter of caution, howev
The Daily Dispatch: August 31, 1863., [Electronic resource], The United States army. (search)
r. Gen Heintzleman's chances for a regular Brigadier Generalship are considered good. The following regular army officers were dismissed from the service last year: Maj Gen Fitz John Porter, Colonel 15th; Maj Haller, 7th; Maj Davidson, 4th; and Capts Beall, 2d; Stivers, 7th; Mayer and Wilkinson, 12th; Woodson, 16th; Cady, 17th; Breslin and Kellogg, 18th; Goodwin, 10th. The act of July 17th, 1862, gave Lincoln discretionary power to retire all officers whose names have been borne on the army register 45 years, or who are 65 years of age, without submitting their cases to a Retiring Board. The recent retirement, under this act, of Gens Wool, Harney, and Brown; and Colonels Long, Thayer, Craig, Symington, Gates, Merchant, Dimick, Loomis, and Burke, together with the summoning of many field officers before the Retiring Board, is considered very strong evidence that the authorities intend to take full advantage of the act referred to by laying all old officers "on the shelf,"