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October 19th (search for this): chapter 7
nt had another opportunity to make known its views upon the same question, and readily availed itself of it to take a new step in the policy it had adopted. The naval expedition to Port Royal, under Commodore Dupont, was getting ready; in landing at the Sea Islands in the midst of an almost exclusively black population, it was to be expected that the slaves, abandoned by their masters, would fall to the care of the Federal authorities. In this anticipation the Secretary of War, on the 19th of October, forwarded special instructions to General Sherman, who was to command the land-forces. After recapitulating the instructions he had given to General Butler, and the principles which had prompted them, he added, as a new matter, that if it should be deemed necessary the refugees might be organized into squads and companies. Although he took care to add that such a measure did not imply the general arming of fugitives, it was evidently intended to open the way for such an event. From
August 8th, 1862 AD (search for this): chapter 7
ier interposed against all abuse of power on the part of inferior functionaries; but, on the other hand, as it would have been annulling the right of the President to compel him to sign mandates which had to be sometimes executed at a distance of several hundred leagues from Washington, it became necessary to determine to whom his power was to be delegated, and the limits within which this power was to be exercised. This is precisely what Mr. Lincoln did by an order published on the 8th of August, 1862. The military police was empowered to arrest all individuals accused of holding intercourse with the enemy, or of aiding the latter in any way whatever, either by opposing enlistments or encouraging refractory persons; at the same time, this military police was reorganized, and its authority was made to extend over the whole territory of the republic. A provost-marshal-general was stationed at Washington, and a certain number of provost-marshals, all subordinates to the general, wer
October 30th (search for this): chapter 7
ne hundred and ninety wounded; the enemy had about one hundred men disabled. The double expedition had not accomplished the object proposed, for it had not seriously damaged the railroad at any point. It was undertaken without a sufficient number of troops, and, above all, without any of those accessories which are indispensable for a campaign of several days. Mitchell's bold and skilful management had been wanting. The troops returned to find their chief expiring. He died on the 30th of October, and was replaced by General Hunter, who had already preceded him in the command. The latter attempted no operation during the last two months of 1862, but confined himself to the task of preparing for the siege of Charleston, which he proposed to undertake in the spring of 1863. We shall therefore pass from the Atlantic coast to that of the Gulf of Mexico, where we left the Federals after the conquest of New Orleans in the latter part of April, 1862. The capture of this great city
October 26th (search for this): chapter 7
had expected to receive numerous projectiles, was found to be only armed with bogus wooden cannon. It was immediately occupied; and Renshaw, bringing his vessel to bear upon the town, allowed the Confederates to evacuate it. The place was delivered up to him on the 9th of October, but the few troops he had at his disposal rendered its possession more dangerous than useful, as we shall presently see. Meanwhile, he continued the system of occupation prescribed by Farragut and on the 26th of October two of his gun-boats. the Westfield and the Clifton, took possession of the village of Indianola, in the Bay of Matagorda, without opposition. Similar bold strokes were attempted along that portion of the coast of the Mexican gulf which extends east of the mouths of the Mississippi. We do not propose to speak of the operations of General Weitzel, nor of the flotilla that accompanied him on the Atchafalaya and the Bayou Teche; the naval force having only played an accessory role, th
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