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Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight) 2 0 Browse Search
John D. Billings, The history of the Tenth Massachusetts battery of light artillery in the war of the rebellion 2 0 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 10. (ed. Frank Moore) 1 1 Browse Search
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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 10. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 31 (search)
ivalric daring; charging, in both instances, and routing the Yankee infantry, under a deadly fire from the enemy's batteries. To Lieutenant-Colonel Warden, Lieutenant-Colonel Carswell, Major Ross, and Major Jones, and the skilful officers and brave men of their commands, is the country in no small degree indebted for the splendid results of the week. This command and the country have to deplore the untimely loss of Captain Heath, of the Twenty-second Georgia, Captain Kendrick and First Lieutenant Spier, of the Forty-eighth Georgia, who were killed on Sunday near Chancellorsville. To Captain Girardey, A. A. general, Lieutenant Hazlehurst and Captain Bell, aids-de-camp, I am greatly indebted for their valuable and efficient services during all the week's operations. I am, Major, very respectfully, Your obedient servant, A. R. Wright. Brigadier-General, commanding Brigade. Report of Brigadier-General Perry. headquarters Perry's brigade, May 9, 1863. To Major Thomas
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Sackett's Harbor. (search)
arbor in May, 1813. ter, in charge of the Old sow and her companions, opened fire upon them, but without effect. The people on the shore plainly heard derisive laughter on board the Royal George. Shots came from the two British vessels, which were returned, and a brisk cannonading was kept up for about two hours, the squadron standing off and on out of the range of the smaller guns. One of the enemy's shot (a 32-pounder) came over the bluff, struck the ground, and ploughed a furrow. Sergeant Spier caught it up and ran with it to Vaughan, exclaiming, I have been playing ball with the redcoats and have caught 'em out. See if the British can catch it back again. the Royal George was at that moment nearing to give a broadside. Vaughan's great gun immediately sent back the ball with such force and precision that it went crashing through the stern of the British vessel, raked her decks, sent splinters as high as her mizzen topsail, killed fourteen men, and wounded eighteen. the Roya
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), S. (search)
nected rings b. In use, the fingers a a a a a are slid close together and introduced into the canal, and then each pushed outwardly by the finger of the operator. The pressure of the walls of the canal on their inner extremities causes them to bind between the two rings, and retains them in expanded position. In Fig. 5361, a is Robert and Collins' nasal speculum. b, Elsberg's nasal speculum. c c, Thudichum's nasal speculum. In Fig. 5362, d is Simrock's otoscope, with lens. e, Spier's self-sustaining ear-speculum. f, Whitehead's mouth-gag (showing cleft palate). See Sta-Phylographic instrument. Fig. 5363 shows instruments for distending the eyelids during examinations and operations. Tiemann's nasal speculum. Speculums. a (Fig. 5363), Graefe's eyespeculum. b, Noyes' eye-speculum. c, Hart's eye-speculum. 2. (Optics.) A metallic, concave mirror. These were known to the ancients, and were probably used for lighting the sacred fires. The cons
John D. Billings, The history of the Tenth Massachusetts battery of light artillery in the war of the rebellion, Chapter 15: (search)
this part of the line, that we not only had not adopted our usual precaution of strengthening our position, but had loaned every pick and spade to a regiment requesting their use, and did nothing whatever to improve our frail breastwork. Soon after 9 o'clock skirmishing was heard some distance down the railroad, and a short time afterward also broke out directly in the rear. The first-mentioned was at Malone's Crossing, less than two miles southward from our post. Aug.25, 1864, 9.20 A. M. Spier's cavalry began to skirmish in front with the enemy (Wade Hampton's cavalry), on Malone's Crossroad. Gibbon's division, Second Corps, immediately moved out to meet enemy's cavalry. Our cavalry forced back to high ground in rear of Smart's house by the time Gibbon's troops had advanced that far.—Notes from the Diary of a Staff Officer. While this skirmishing was in progress a battery opened to our left rear, which we knew from the sound to be one of the enemy's. The right section of-our