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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 7. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 82 (search)
ttacking our pickets, who repulsed them, causing them a heavy loss. On the eighteenth they had a second fight and were again repulsed. On the twenty-sixth, the enemy, under Generals Green and Mouton; attacked and capture Brashear City. Our force there was very small I had only a small steamer, mounting two twelve-pound howitzers, which I purchased as a tug, but I regret to say that her commander is not represented as having been any more vigilant than the rest and backed down the bay. Mr. Ryder says, however, that he could not fire into the enemy without firing into our own people, so he withdrew and retired to New-Orleans, leaving Brashear City in possession of the enemy. On the twenty-seventh, Commander Woolsey informed me by telegraph, and Brigadier-General Emory personally, that General Green, of Texas, had notified the women and children to leave Donaldsonville, as he intended to make an attack. I immediately ordered the Kineo up to the assistance of the Princess Royal,
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 3., Chapter 7: the siege of Charleston to the close of 1863.--operations in Missouri, Arkansas, and Texas. (search)
prisoners, and burnt four steamers, seventy-five bales of cotton, and a barge. At the same time a co-operating force, under the Confederate Generals Green and Mouton, appeared on the site of Berwick, a small village opposite Brashear, which Lieutenant Ryder, in command of a gun-boat, had bombarded and burnt a little while before. The weak garrison in Fort Buchanan, at Brashear, was then in command of a sick colonel, and illy prepared for an attack. Major Hunter, with three hundred and twenty-five Texans, crossed the bayou below it, and assailed and carried the fort June 24, 1863. in a few minutes. Ryder had fled with his gun-boat on the approach of danger, and before ten o'clock on the day of the capture, Taylor and Green, Mouton and Hunter, were in conference in Brashear as victors, with one thousand prisoners, a strong fort mounting ten guns, and a large amount of small-arms, munitions, stores, and other National property, the whole valued at full $2,000,000. By this calamity a
Horace Greeley, The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65: its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union. Volume II., chapter 15 (search)
ors, often circulated on purpose to mislead; but our advanced posts were drawn back across the Atchafalaya to Brashear ; Berwick, just across the bayou, having been needlessly, therefore culpably, bombarded and ultimately burned June 19. by a Mr. Ryder, in command of our only gunboat in the bayou. There was abundance of fuss and aimless activity, but no real preparation at Brashear, whither Lt.-Col. Stickney had been recently sent over by Gen. Emory, at New Orleans, to take command: there wBuchanan, mounting ten heavy guns, was formidable in front or toward the bayou only: it could not fire a slot eastward; and, in a few minutes, it was stormed and carried by the ragged Texans, who had easily disposed of the infantry mob behind it. Ryder, with his gunboat, made all haste to run away; affording a fresh proof that Vandals are almost always cowards. It was still early morning when Taylor, Mouton, and Green, as well as Hunter, were in Brashear, which we had shamefully lost, with nea
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Poetry and Incidents., Volume 6. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 62 (search)
A brave man.--Mr. Ryder, of Dunbarton, N. H., has testimony to the truth of the following account of the murder of his brother-in-law at Genevieve, Mo., some months ago: James R. Cochrane, of New-Boston, N. H., had been in Missouri several years engaged in teaching. He had been in Genevieve nearly a year in the same occupation. One day a rebel by the name of Andrew Burnett met him and asked him to swear allegiance to the confederate government, and on his refusal threatened to shoot him. Shoot, says Cochrane, with patriotic determination, I shall never acknowledge allegiance to that government. Burnett drew his pistol and killed him on the spot.--Concord Patriot, September 27.
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 9. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 66 (search)
same command, and the Second Massachusetts infantry, the One Hundred and Eleventh Pennsylvania infantry, and the Thirty-third Massachusetts infantry, were ordered to report to me for duty. These regiments were stationed as follows: The Second Massachusetts infantry, Captain R. B. Brown commanding, at the City Hall Park; the One Hundred and Eleventh Pennsylvania infantry, Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas M. Walker commanding, at the City Park; and the Thirty-third Massachusetts infantry, Lieutenant-Colonel Ryder, afterward Lieutenant-Colonel Duane, commanding, on McDonough street, near the City Hall. The duties of this command were to protect and guard all public and private property in the city, and to patrol the streets for the purpose of maintaining order, and arresting all offenders and unauthorized persons in the city. Lieutenant-Colonel C. F. Morse, Second Massachusetts infantry, was detailed as Provost-Marshal of the post; Captain James M. Wells, One Hundred and Eleventh Pennsy
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), B. (search)
a round head, a short shank, turned and lacquered. Bul′let. (From the French boulet, diminutive of boule, a ball.) A small projectile for fire-arms. The use of round bullets dates back to the time when gunpowder was first used in ordnance. Bullets are now usually cylindrical, with conical or conoidal points. In 1418, four thousand bullets were ordered to be made of stone from the quarries of Maidstone, England. These were probably for cannon, as were the iron ones mentioned in Ryder's Foedera, 1550. The trajectory of a bullet is the line described by its center on its passage through the air. It would be a parabolic curve in a vacuum, but the resistance of the atmosphere greatly modifies this and reduces the range, so that a 24-pdr. cannon-ball, fired at an angle of 45°, with an initial velocity of 1,400 feet per second, ranges only some 2,100 yards instead of more than 20,000, as it would do if the atmosphere offered no resistance. The actual velocity of the sm
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), S. (search)
. 55,567WilkinsJune 12, 1866. 75,755HathawayMar. 24, 1868. 79,571Hewitt et al.July 7, 1868. 81,454AllenAug. 25, 1868. 88,558ElliottApr. 6, 1869. 101,328VeaseyMar. 29, 1870. 101,843ElliottApr. 12, 1870. 101,844ElliottApr. 12, 1870. 101,924RyderApr. 12, 1870. 103,782SargeantMay 31, 1870. 107,666CourtsSept. 27, 1870. 112,740RyderMar. 14, 1871. 113,135Bishop et al.Mar. 28, 1871. 115,060JonesMay 23, 1871. 115,779Stafford et al.June 6, 1871. 116,040FontayneJune 20, 1871. 118,117DuncaRyderMar. 14, 1871. 113,135Bishop et al.Mar. 28, 1871. 115,060JonesMay 23, 1871. 115,779Stafford et al.June 6, 1871. 116,040FontayneJune 20, 1871. 118,117DuncanAug. 15, 1871. 119,606HatchOct. 3, 1871. 120,098ProctorOct. 17, 1871. 120,783SkinnerNov. 7, 1871. 124,106WrightFeb. 27, 1872. 127,571ClarkJune 4, 1872. 128,113ChumockJune 18, 1872. 129,354McAffertyJuly 16, 1872. 129,629VeaseyJuly 16, 1872. 132,285HiestandOct. 15, 1872. 137,141LincolnMar. 25, 1873. 139,606PlankJune 3, 1873. 139,608ProctorJune 3, 1873. 141,236RobertsonJuly 29, 1873. 142,615ClarkSept. 9, 1873. 143,387SmithSept. 30, 1873. 145,011ProctorNov. 25, 1873. 146,289Stansb
Caroline E. Whitcomb, History of the Second Massachusetts Battery of Light Artillery (Nims' Battery): 1861-1865, compiled from records of the Rebellion, official reports, diaries and rosters, Roster of Second Massachusetts Battery (search)
iordon, William,35Pittsfield, Ma.Feb. 29, 1864Aug. 11, 1865, expiration of service. Robertson, Joshua F.,34Boston, Ma.July 31, 1861Aug. 16, 1864 expiration of service. Robertson, John H.,18Colrain, Ma.Sept. 3, 1864June 11, 1865, expiration of service. Roberts, Thomas E.,23Boston, Ma.July 31, 1861Aug. 16, 1864, expiration of service. Rooney, James,37Boston, Ma.Aug. 30, 1864Aug. 11, 1865, expiration of service. Russell, David,28Ashby, Ma.Sept. 3, 1864June 11, 1865, expiration of service. Ryder, Henry F.,23Boston, Ma.July 31, 1861Aug. 16, 1864, expiration of service. Richardson, Christopher C., Jr.,21Haverhill, Ma.Nov. 15, 1864Aug. 11, 1865, expiration of service. Russell, Isaac H.,23Charlestown, Ma.July 31, 1861Aug. 16, 1864, expiration of service. Sampson, Charles H.,18Boston, Ma.Dec. 21, 1863Aug. 11, 1865, expiration of service. Sanborn, Charles O.,24Medford, Ma.Feb. 1, 1862Jan. 31, 1865, expiration of service. Sanborn, Cutler D.,21Medford, Ma.July 31, 1861June 27, 1862, di
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1, Condensed history of regiments., Thirty-third regiment Massachusetts Infantry. (search)
ing to Virginia and posted for a time at Catlett's and Bristoe's stations, it was ordered in September with the 11th Corps under Hooker to join the Army of the Cumberland in Tennessee, and arrived at Bridgeport, Tenn., October 1. It took part at the battle of Wauhatchie or Lookout Valley, forming with the 73d Ohio the force to assault the heights, meeting most severe loss, though finally successful. Colonel Underwood being severely wounded, the command of the regiment was taken by Lieutenant-Colonel Ryder. It engaged at Chattanooga, and marching to the relief of Knoxville, received at Louisville, Tenn., the news of the raising of the siege, and returning, made winter quarters at Lookout Valley. In the spring of 1864, forming part of the 20th Corps, Army of the Cumberland, the regiment was engaged at Resaca, Ga., making a series of charges, and was detailed as division train guard during the siege of Atlanta, and afterwards served as provost guard in the city under Maj. Elisha Doane
The Daily Dispatch: January 19, 1861., [Electronic resource], Arrival from the "Foreign" port of Charleston, S. C. (search)
Arrival from the "Foreign" port of Charleston, S. C. --Shipping Papers of the New "Republic."--The bark Modens, Capt. Ryder, of Silloway's line of packets, plying between Boston and Charleston, S. C., arrived at this port yesterday forenoon. This is the first vessel which has reached here with clearance papers from the newly-constituted revenue authorities of the State, and the papers offered by Capt. Ryder for the entry of his vessel at the Custom-House are curiosities in their way. The manifest is in the form usually given for clearances to a foreign port. The bill of health is in the usual United States form, with the caption, "The United Stahn Lawrence, Naval Officer. The Custom-House officers not having been notified that South Carolina was out of the Union, refused to enter the vessel under the bogus papers, and as Capt. Ryder sails under a coastwise license, it was not regarded as necessary that he should have cleared at all from Charleston.--Boston Journal.
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