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Mrs. John A. Logan, Reminiscences of a Soldier's Wife: An Autobiography, Chapter 11: (search)
great fire chairman of the Senate military committee the Abbott ransom case White House New Year's reception, 1872 subsequent social festivities death of Mrs. Belknap and of our adopted daughter Kate Logan. While affairs socially were moving so smoothly there were many important matters arising in Congress. There was a p fortune in her own right. She married Mr. George Wood, retired from the stage, and continued to reside in New York until her death, January 15, 1872. General W. W. Belknap had succeeded General John A. Rawlins as Secretary of War. He and his bride — for he had not long been married to his second wife-took up their residence e present Belasco Theatre. This house had been occupied by Secretary William H. Seward at the time of the assault upon him when Mr. Lincoln was assassinated. Mrs. Belknap's death cast a shadow over the gayeties of the official circles. In March a great sorrow came into our own household through the death of our adopted daugh
Mrs. John A. Logan, Reminiscences of a Soldier's Wife: An Autobiography, Chapter 12: (search)
The President and Mrs. Grant and Vice-President Wilson, who was a widower, arrived at about half past 11 o'clock. Mr. and Mrs. Fish, Secretary and Mrs. Boutwell, Secretary and Mrs. Belknap, Secretary Robeson, Postmaster-General and Mrs. Creswell, Attorney-General and Mrs. Williams, Secretary and Mrs. Delano, accompanied by Mr. andMrs. Belknap, Secretary Robeson, Postmaster-General and Mrs. Creswell, Attorney-General and Mrs. Williams, Secretary and Mrs. Delano, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. John Delano, were in the Presidential party, while the Diplomatic Corps, led by the Dean Blacque Bey of Turkey, Sir Edward Thornton, the Marquis de Naoville of France, Mr. and Madame Mori of Japan, and the Peruvian minister, all in full court dress — as on the occasion of all inaugural balls, the ladies wearing their most goeption of the Secretary of the Treasury. The members of the cabinet were: Hamilton Fish, Secretary of State; William A. Richardson, Secretary of the Treasury; W. W. Belknap, Secretary of War; George M. Robeson, Secretary of the Navy; Columbus Delano, Secretary of the Interior; John A. Creswell, Postmaster-General; George H. Willia
Mrs. John A. Logan, Reminiscences of a Soldier's Wife: An Autobiography, Chapter 13: (search)
he probabilities are that in all his public life he was never more outraged than over the part which he was deceived into taking in securing Grant's acceptance of Belknap's resignation before people understood the great scandal which was Belknap's undoing. Chandler was so honest a man that he could not conceive of a public officiaBelknap's undoing. Chandler was so honest a man that he could not conceive of a public official, especially a man with such a record as Belknap had as a soldier, playing the part of which he was accused in the matter of commissions on the sale of post-traderships. He knew no such word as timidity, and was always ready to join in the advocacy of measures supposed to be in the interest of the public welfare. His record as aBelknap had as a soldier, playing the part of which he was accused in the matter of commissions on the sale of post-traderships. He knew no such word as timidity, and was always ready to join in the advocacy of measures supposed to be in the interest of the public welfare. His record as a senator and as Secretary of the Interior is without a stain. Meanwhile, in a political way, excitement was waxing hotter and hotter, and the most stupendous charges were being made against President Grant and his administration, while the prominent men of the Republican party ably defended them. On July i General John A. C
Mrs. John A. Logan, Reminiscences of a Soldier's Wife: An Autobiography, Chapter 14: (search)
for a visit to her native land, were a guarantee that Mrs. Grant's receptions would be very brilliant during the season. In fact, the society season began December 1, and promised to be unusually gay. King David Kalakaua and his suite arrived December 12. Much ado was made over the fact that a real king was to visit Washington. As I remember it, Congress made an appropriation of twenty-five thousand dollars for the entertainment of His Majesty during his stay. Secretary Fish, Secretary Belknap, and Secretary Robeson joined the committee to welcome the King on his arrival. He was escorted to his apartments which had been prepared for him in the Arlington Hotel. Unfortunately, on account of a severe cold which he had contracted, the King was unable to carry out part of the programme which had been arranged for him, but was able to attend the theatre to hear Clara Louise Kellogg in Mignon. He displayed his gallantry by showering flowers on the prima donna. In appearance, th
William Tecumseh Sherman, Memoirs of General William T. Sherman ., volume 2, chapter 25 (search)
ry. 20th Illinois Infantry. 30th Illinois Infantry. 12th Wisconsin Infantry. Second Brigade. Brigadier-General R. K. Scott. 20th Ohio Infantry. 68th Ohio Infantry. 78th Ohio Infantry. 19th Wisconsin Infantry. Fourth division. Brevet Major-General G. A. Smith. First Brigade. Brigadier-General B. F. Potts. 23d Indiana Infantry. 32d Ohio Infantry. 53d Indiana Infantry. 14th Illinois Infantry. 53d Illinois Infantry. 15th Illinois Infantry. Third Brigade. Brigadier-General W. W. Belknap. 11th Iowa Infantry. 13th Iowa Infantry. 15th Iowa Infantry. 16th Iowa Infantry. 32d Illinois Infantry. detachments. Artillery Brigade. Major Frederick Welker. C Battalion, 1st Michigan Artillery. 1st Minnesota Battery. 15th Ohio Battery. 9th Illinois Mounted Infantry. G Company, 11th Illinois Cavalry. Signal Detachment. Army of Georgia. Major-General H. W. Slocum commanding. Fourteenth Army Corps--Brevet Major-General J. C. Davis commanding first
William Hepworth Dixon, White Conquest: Volume 2, Chapter 4: General Sheridan. (search)
he pleasures of courtship, and the festivities of Christmas, when a letter reached him from General Belknap, Secretary of War, marked confidential, which upset all his arrangements for balls and dinnh of pleasure as of business. ... You can return by Washington, and make a verbal report. W. W. Belknap. Ever ready to obey orders, Sheridan telegraphed to Washington Your letter arrived — all man is that higher officer. It is no great secret that General Sherman notes these doings of Belknap and the War Office with alarm. Sherman has no taint of Caesarism. A patriot first, a soldier s, disgusted by the passing phase of public affairs. Sherman is too great a man to slight; and Belknap, on receiving Sheridan's answer, sent a confidential letter to St. Louis, explaining Sheridan'icate. No officer likes to be set aside, especially by a secret order, and without a hearing. Belknap threw his burthen on to Sheridan's back, by that clause in his letter which instructed Sheridan
William Hepworth Dixon, White Conquest: Volume 2, Chapter 7: banditti (search)
'clock in the evening Sheridan wires these words to Belknap, Secretary of War: New Orleans: Jan. 4, 1875. terns for punishment! This startling telegram to Belknap runs: New Orleans: Jan. 5, 1875. I think thh, but in the North and West-is not so confident as Belknap and his adjutants that things are all going well inreet and quay. At midnight, Sheridan telegraphs to Belknap, using a secret cipher for his message: New Orou will only have confidence. P. H. Sheridan. Belknap has confidence; so have the adjutants. Caesar is ners under which his province has been seized. Yet Belknap, more Caesarian than Caesar, wires to New Orleans: ence, and thoroughly appreciate your course. W. W. Belknap. All of us? Who are these all of us The telemay only mean the adjutants and secretaries; but as Belknap is a Cabinet minister, all of us may mean the wholes much committed to Caesarism as either Williams or Belknap ; yet Sheridan, after reading and re-reading the do
William Hepworth Dixon, White Conquest: Volume 2, Chapter 11: the Rotunda. (search)
rom Washington! Read, read! scream a hundred voices. One of the clerks jumps on a bench, the printed telegraph slip in his hand, and waving it before his audience, cries out lustily: Gentlemen, the President backs down! Backs down? each wild and pallid auditor asks his neighbour; Yes, backs down! At once the strained and tragic situation softens; lips relax, eyes lighten into humour, and everyone begins to chatter and shake hands. Some slip away to spread the news elsewhere. The knots and groups break up, and many seek for details in the messages which still keep pouring in. Play over, says the well-known voice; Durell repudiated, Belknap discredited, Sheridan excused. The President abandons all responsibility. Sheridan is not sustained, and his recommendations are described as unlawful. Yes, the play is over. Sheridan will now have time for his pleasure trip, and he may then go home to his wedding-cake. Third term? The third term is dead. Exit Caesar!
William Hepworth Dixon, White Conquest: Volume 2, Chapter 18: at Washington. (search)
, venality-and the comic papers bristle with insults and assaults. In one of these prints a naughty boy, climbing into Uncle Sam's pantry to reach some third term preserve, upsets habeas corpus jam, for which, being caught in the fact, he is soundly whipped on the back. One large cartoon, by Matt Morgan, has the title: Grant's Last Blow at Louisiana. A handsome female figure mounts the steps of the Capitol with a petition. Grant .comes out to meet her, with his two mastiffs, Phil and Belknap, and upbraids her: You have dared to despise the masters I put over you; you have the temerity to wish to govern yourself. I whipped you once. You have no rights that a soldier is bound to respect. To which abuse Louisiana objects: I am a Free State. I obey the Federal law. I am suffering for law and peace. I merely wish to rule myself under the constitution. Constitution! cries the armed ruler, plunging his dagger into her heart, I am your constitution. In the passion of the mo
Oliver Otis Howard, Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general , United States army : volume 2, Chapter 35: Battle of Atlanta (search)
orks without discovery. Regimental commanders, with their colors, and such men as could follow them, would not infrequently occupy one side of the works and our men the other. Many individual acts of heroism here occurred. The flags of two opposing regiments met us on the opposite side of the same works, and were flaunted by their respective bearers in each other's faces. Men were bayoneted across the works, and officers with their swords fought hand to hand with men with bayonets. Colonel Belknap of the Fifteenth Ohio took prisoner Colonel Lampley of the Forty-fifth Alabama by pulling him over the works by his coat collar, being several times fired at by men at his side. The colors of his regiment were taken at the same time. The enemy's loss in this attack was very severe. By dark the enemy here had retired, except along the line of the works, which position some of them held until nearly daylight the next morning, thus being able to get off their wounded, but leaving the
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