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Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4. 1 1 Browse Search
Edward H. Savage, author of Police Recollections; Or Boston by Daylight and Gas-Light ., Boston events: a brief mention and the date of more than 5,000 events that transpired in Boston from 1630 to 1880, covering a period of 250 years, together with other occurrences of interest, arranged in alphabetical order 1 1 Browse Search
The writings of John Greenleaf Whittier, Volume 3. (ed. John Greenleaf Whittier) 1 1 Browse Search
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Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., General Warren at five Forks, and the court of inquiry. (search)
the Department of the Mississippi. I at once proceeded to Washington, and, after a personal interview with General Grant, received, on the 6th of May, an answer to my communications of the 9th and 22d of April, authorizing my publishing them, and stating the reasons for not granting me the investigation sought. General Warren resigned his volunteer commission May 27, 1865; he died Aug. 8, 1882, at Newport, R. I. A court of inquiry was finally granted to General Warren on the 9th of December, 1879, by President Hayes. As finally constituted, the court consisted of Brevet Major-Generals C. C. Augur and John Newton, and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Loomis L. Langdon, recorder. The inquiry related to four imputations contained in the final reports of Grant and Sheridan. First. General Grant wrote: In his Memoirs (C. L. Webster & Co., 1885), General Grant says: I was so munch dissatisfied with Warren's dilatory movements in the battle of White Oak road, and in his failure
Edward H. Savage, author of Police Recollections; Or Boston by Daylight and Gas-Light ., Boston events: a brief mention and the date of more than 5,000 events that transpired in Boston from 1630 to 1880, covering a period of 250 years, together with other occurrences of interest, arranged in alphabetical order, Boston events. (search)
Cobb, 19,991; for Henry D. Cushing, 568, Dec. 9, 1873 For Samuel C. Cobb, 17,874; for Francis B. Hayes, 835, Dec. 13, 1874 For Samuel C. Cobb, 14,923; for Halsey J. Boardman, 12,257, Dec. 14, 1875 For Fred. O. Prince, 16,507; for Nathaniel J. Bradley, 13,967, Dec. 12, 1876 For Henry L. Pierce, 24,936; for Fred. O. Prince, 22,774, Dec. 11, 1877 For F. O. Prince, 19,546; for Charles R. Codman, 18,009, Dec. 10, 1878 For F. O. Prince, 18,594; for Solomon B. Stebbins, 16,063, Dec. 9, 1879 Elevator One in City Hall completed, Sep., 1874 Eliot, Rev. John came to Boston from England, Nov., 1631 Eliot, Rev. John preached to the Indians, 1644 Completed a translation of the Bible in Indian language, 1663 Emancipation proclaimed by President Lincoln, Jan. 1, 1863 Statue given by Moses Kimball, placed in Park square, Dec. 6, 1879 Emerson, Nath'l ex-Police Captain, died at Medford, aged 62, Aug. 5, 1879 Envelopes for letters, came in use,
The writings of John Greenleaf Whittier, Volume 3. (ed. John Greenleaf Whittier), Anti-Slavery Poems (search)
All-healing, all-redressing; Meet Fate half-way, and make it A joy and blessing! 1869. The Emancipation group. Moses Kimball, a citizen of Boston, presented to the city a duplicate of the Freedman's Memorial statue erected in Lincoln Square, Washington. The group, which stands in Park Square, represents the figure of a slave, from whose limbs the broken fetters have fallen, kneeling in gratitude at the feet of Lincoln. The group was designed by Thomas Ball, and was unveiled December 9, 1879. These verses were written for the occasion. amidst thy sacred effigies Of old renown give place, O city, Freedom-loved! to his Whose hand unchained a race. Take the worn frame, that rested not Save in a martyr's grave; The care-lined face, that none forgot, Bent to the kneeling slave. Let man be free! The mighty word He spake was not his own; An impulse from the Highest stirred These chiselled lips alone. The cloudy sign, the fiery guide, Along his pathway ran, And Nature, thro