General Butler in New Orleans: History of the Administration of the Department of the Gulf in the Year 1862: with an Account of the Capture of New Orleans, and a Sketch of the Previous Career of the General, Civil and MilitaryMason Brothers, 1864 - 649 страници |
Между кориците на книгата
Резултати 1 - 5 от 76.
Страница 67
... fleet drew near . The fifteenth of April arrived . Fort Sumter had fallen . The president's proclamation calling for troops was issued . In the morn- ing came a telegram to Governor Andrew from Senator Wilson , asking that twenty ...
... fleet drew near . The fifteenth of April arrived . Fort Sumter had fallen . The president's proclamation calling for troops was issued . In the morn- ing came a telegram to Governor Andrew from Senator Wilson , asking that twenty ...
Страница 128
... fleet will be allowed to the families of citizens of Virginia , who may desire to go north or south to a place of safety . " • General Butler : " The presence of the families of belligerents is always the best hostage for their good ...
... fleet will be allowed to the families of citizens of Virginia , who may desire to go north or south to a place of safety . " • General Butler : " The presence of the families of belligerents is always the best hostage for their good ...
Страница 178
... fleet was more steadily served than theirs , and no men more composed than they when danger was supposed to be imminent . In action and out of action their conduct was everything that could be desired . The other matter which demands a ...
... fleet was more steadily served than theirs , and no men more composed than they when danger was supposed to be imminent . In action and out of action their conduct was everything that could be desired . The other matter which demands a ...
Страница 185
... fleet of bomb - boats . The navy had been otherwise strengthened , though the day of iron - clads had not yet dawned in Hampton Roads . Immense provision had been ordered of the cumbrous material used in sieges . But , as yet ...
... fleet of bomb - boats . The navy had been otherwise strengthened , though the day of iron - clads had not yet dawned in Hampton Roads . Immense provision had been ordered of the cumbrous material used in sieges . But , as yet ...
Страница 202
... fleet augmented in the harbor . The troops being inconveniently crowded , General Phelps sent over a party to the main land to see if there was room and safety there for a portion of his command . A sudden shower of canister from a ...
... fleet augmented in the harbor . The troops being inconveniently crowded , General Phelps sent over a party to the main land to see if there was room and safety there for a portion of his command . A sudden shower of canister from a ...
Съдържание
13 | |
45 | |
59 | |
75 | |
100 | |
120 | |
139 | |
148 | |
346 | |
354 | |
407 | |
449 | |
467 | |
477 | |
489 | |
516 | |
163 | |
179 | |
195 | |
253 | |
267 | |
279 | |
300 | |
532 | |
551 | |
586 | |
613 | |
625 | |
631 | |
Други издания - Преглед на всички
Често срещани думи и фрази
allegiance Annapolis arms army asked authority Baltimore bank Baton Rouge battery BENJAMIN F boat brought Butler camp Camp Parapet Captain Farragut cause citizens Colonel command conduct Confederate Conturié cotton democratic dispatch dollars duty enemy fire flag fleet force foreign Fort Jackson Fortress Monroe forts French consul friends general's gentlemen give governor Gulf gun-boats guns hands Havana head-quarters honor Hope & Co hundred Jackson labor land letter Lieutenant Louisiana loyal Major Strong Major-General Massachusetts mayor ment miles military Mississippi morning negroes never oath officers Orleans party passed persons Phelps president prisoner proclamation protection question rebel rebellion received regiment replied river secession secessionists sent Ship Island slavery slaves soldiers South steamer streets thousand tion troops Union Union army United vessel Washington women wounded yellow fever
Популярни откъси
Страница 482 - Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel : therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me. When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die ; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life ; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity ; but his blood will I require at thine hand.
Страница 49 - That the enactments of State legislatures to defeat the faithful execution of the Fugitive Slave law are hostile in character, subversive of the Constitution, and revolutionary in their effect.
Страница 46 - Resolved, That we, the Democracy of the Union, in Convention assembled, hereby declare our affirmance of the resolutions unanimously adopted and declared as a platform of principles by the Democratic Convention at Cincinnati, in the year 1856, believing that Democratic principles are unchangeable in their nature, when applied to the same subject-matters...
Страница 307 - In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, until thou return unto the ground ; for out of it wast thou taken. For dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
Страница 450 - I, AB, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the United States of America ; that I will serve them honestly and faithfully against all their enemies whomsoever ; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States, and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to the rules and articles of war.
Страница 276 - ... drawn upon the city at any moment, and in such an event the levee would, in all probability, be cut by the shells, and an amount of distress ensue to the innocent population which I have heretofore endeavored to assure you that I desired by all means to avoid.
Страница 567 - ... him, weep the true friend, the gallant gentleman, the brave soldier, the accomplished officer, the pure patriot and victorious hero, and the devoted Christian. All, and more, went out when Williams died. By a singular felicity, the manner of his death illustrated each of these generous qualities. " The chivalric American gentleman, he gave up the vantage of the cover of the houses of the city, forming his lines in the open field, lest the women and children of his enemies should be hurt in the...
Страница 193 - Here it may be necessary for you to land your troops and cooperate with the naval attack, although it is more than probable that the navy,. unassisted, can accomplish the result. If these works are taken, the city of New Orleans necessarily falls. In that event, it will probably be best to occupy Algiers with the mass of your troops, also the eastern bank of the river above the city.
Страница 234 - The Flag-Officer, having heard all the opinions expressed by the different commanders, is of the opinion that whatever is to be done will have to be done quickly...
Страница 619 - You know I am incapable of the weakness of jealousy, Peter; but what I have seen with my own eyes, and heard with my own ears, in this disguise, must command credit, however reluctantly granted.