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Showing posts with label Arms. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Arms. Show all posts
Thursday, February 15, 2024

Diary of Private Lewis C. Paxson, Sunday, August 31, 1862

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Ordered to prepare to receive our arms. Company received a furlough of six days. Remained at Fort Snelling. Henderson's company armed wi...
Friday, December 16, 2022

William T. Sherman to Ellen Ewing Sherman, January 20, 1861

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SEMINARY, Jan. 20, 1861. Here is another Sunday. I have written you often enough of late to keep you in a perfect state of uneasiness, but...
Tuesday, October 18, 2022

Brigadier-General William H. Carroll to Major-General Leonidas Polk, November 11, 1861

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MEMPHIS, November 11 , 1861. Major-General POLK: Please send me all the guns and accouterments that can be spared to Chattanooga. I will mo...
Monday, October 5, 2020

Jonathan Worth to Joseph John Jackson, December 17, 1860

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RALEigh , Dec. 17, ‘60. I can not find time to write you as often as I ought to. To-day the Senate voted 27 to 15 to suspend the ru...
Thursday, April 23, 2020

Major-General William T. Sherman to Salmon P. Chase, August 11, 1862

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HEADQUARTERS FIFTH DIVISION,                   MEMPHIS, TENN., August 11, 1862. Hon. S. P. CHASE, Secretary of the Treasury. SIR: Y...
Friday, June 14, 2019

Governor John A. Andrew to Edwin M. Stanton, May 19, 1862

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Boston, May 19,1862. H on . Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War, Washington, D. C.: Sir, — I have this moment received a telegram in...
Friday, April 5, 2019

Thomas Wentworth Higginson to a Friend, September 16, 1856

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Nebraska City , September 16,1856 I know you will particularly like a word from the Border. . . . Various camping grounds are scattered...
Tuesday, May 1, 2018

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: September 15, 1863

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Gov. Vance writes that he has reliable information that the 30,000 troops in New York, ostensibly to enforce the draft, are intended for a ...
Wednesday, January 31, 2018

Edwin M Stanton to Major-General John A. Dix, April 13, 1865

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WAR DEPARTMENT,           Washington City, April 13 , 1865 . Major-General DIX, New York: The Department, after mature considerat...
Thursday, January 11, 2018

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: August 14, 1863

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The enemy is not idle. He knows the importance of following up his recent advantages, and making the utmost use of his veteran troops now i...
Wednesday, October 11, 2017

Diary of 2nd Lieutenant Luman Harris Tenney: November 23, 1863

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Went to mills and put them to running as fast as possible. Capt. Rankin in charge of two mills. June and Dan went to town. No pay. Read pap...
Monday, October 2, 2017

Edwin M. Stanton to Congressman Galusha A. Grow, June 14, 1862

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WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington City, D.C., June 14 , 1862 . Hon. GALUSHA A. GROW, Speaker of the House of Representatives: SIR: A res...
Thursday, September 28, 2017

Major-General David Hunter to Edwin M. Stanton, April 3, 1862

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HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE SOUTH, Hilton Head, Port Royal; S.C., April 3 , 1862 . Hon. E. M. STANTON, Secretary of War: SIR: ...
Saturday, September 16, 2017

Major-General Benjamin F. Butler to Lieutenant-General Winfield Scott, May 27, 1861

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HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF VIRGINIA, May 27 , 1861 . SIR: The expedition (of which I gave you information in my former dispatch) to N...

Major-General Benjamin F. Butler to Lieutenant-General Winfield Scott, May 29, 1861

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HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF VIRGINIA, May 29 , 1861 . SIR : The expedition to Newport News, of which I spoke in my last, eight miles f...
Saturday, August 12, 2017

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: June 28, 1863

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By order of Brig.-Gen. G. W. Custis Lee, the department companies were paraded to-day, armed and equipped. These, with the militia in the s...

Minute Men in Greenwood

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At a meeting of the Greenwood Minute Men, on Saturday last, a subscription list was opened, and six hundred dollars subscribed in a few min...
Monday, June 5, 2017

Diary of Sergeant Major Luman Harris Tenney: May 4, 1863

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Went up for the bread and beef. Visited the barber shop. Sleeked up. Examined our new arms. Like them well. We ought to be able to accompli...
Saturday, April 22, 2017

Diary of Sergeant Major Luman Harris Tenney: April 4, 1863

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Went up for the bread and beef. Visited the barber shop. Sleeked up. Examined our new arms. Like them well. We ought to be able to accompli...
Tuesday, April 18, 2017

Diary of Sergeant Major Luman Harris Tenney: April 3, 1863

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Rumor about camp that we will leave Monday. We are ready. Arms have come and good ones, too, I guess. Received and answered letters from ho...