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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 6. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), The Historical Register on our Papers. (search)
cruelty to prisoners in our hands, but we showed that the laws of the Confederacy, the orders of our authorities, and the whole spirit of our people were opposed to the ill treatment of prisoners in any respect. We gave detailed proofs to show that the mortality of prisoners at Andersonville was from causes entirely beyond the control of our Government, and we especially proved that the charge of cruelty to prisoners made against President Davis was so void of a shadow of evidence that even Holt and his band of trained perjurers shrunk from going into a trial of the charge. We proved that the Confederacy made every effort to mitigate the sufferings of Federal prisoners, not only by offering, again and again, to carry out the cartel for the exchange of prisoners, but by proposing to allow each side to send their own surgeons and supplies to their prisoners — by offering to buy medicines, hospital stores, &c., for the exclusive use of Federal prisoners, paying for them in gold, cotton
George Meade, The Life and Letters of George Gordon Meade, Major-General United States Army (ed. George Gordon Meade), chapter 6 (search)
t if he was aware of this fact, I thought it was his duty to retire them, and I should not object; and I suppose the result will be a pretty general sweeping out. While with the Secretary, Mr. Usher, Secretary of the Interior, came in and invited me to his house at seven o'clock. Supposing it to be an evening party, where I could show myself and slip out, I accepted; but on going there I found it to be a regular dinner party. Senators Collamore, Wilson, Wilkeson and Powell, together with Judges Holt and Law, and the ladies of the family, constituted the party. All received and treated me with great distinction and civility, and about 10 P. M. I got home, and, after a talk with Cram, went to bed, a little tired. I had intended to go down to the army this morning, but received last night a note from the Secretary, saying he wanted to see me to-day; so I had to spend some four or five hours at the Department, and the rest of the day have remained quietly in the house with Cram. Mr.
George Meade, The Life and Letters of George Gordon Meade, Major-General United States Army (ed. George Gordon Meade), Index. (search)
, 105, 300, 303; II, 223. Hewsons, I, 9. Higgins, Thaddeus, I, 25. Hill, Dr., II, 283. Hill, Ambrose P., I, 196, 280, 286-288, 291, 293, 294, 323, 340, 386, 387; II, 16, 19. 20, 24, 25, 31, 32, 36, 41, 42, 45, 46, 48, 49, 51, 53, 55, 60, 69, 80, 87, 100, 108, 131, 311, 323, 324, 327, 328, 373, 383, 384, 388, 389. Hill, D. A., I, 280. Hoffman, Rev. Dr., II, 303. Hoke, R. F., II, 51. Holland, Sir, Henry, II, 152. Holmes, Gen., I, 296. Holstein, Mr., II, 159. Holt, Judge, II, 165. Hood, Henry, I, 8. Hood, John B., I, 26, 60, 69, 80, 81, 100, 128; II, 241, 250, 253. Hooker, Joseph, I, 196, 249, 284, 286, 288, 289, 293, 296, 307, 309-315, 317-319, 324, 326-328, 332, 335, 337-341, 344, 346, 347, 349-354, 357, 361, 363-366, 369-385, 387-389; II, 1-4, 7, 18, 26, 142, 147, 160, 161, 164, 169, 172, 174, 179, 183, 187, 217, 234, 264, 317-319, 322, 354, 355, 398, 420. Hooper, Congressman, II, 234. Hopkinson, Mrs., II, 268. Hopkinson, Joseph, I, 8
Alfred Roman, The military operations of General Beauregard in the war between the states, 1861 to 1865, Military operations of General Beauregard. (search)
n acting as Street Commissioner of the great northern metropolis, and Captain Mansfield Lovell. The absorbing topic of the day was necessarily brought forward and earnestly discussed. Major Beauregard informed them of his intention to follow his State should it secede. They approved of his proposed course, and declared that they would act in the same manner, were they similarly situated. Major Beauregard had been only a few days in command at West Point, when the new Secretary of War, Mr. Holt, through animosity to Mr. Slidell, it was said, and perhaps because he had no faith in Major Beauregard's Union sympathies, peremptorily remanded him to his former station in New Orleans. No order could have been more acceptable to him, and he hastened to obey it. Passing through the city of New York, on his way South, he received a telegram from Governor Moore, of Louisiana, informing him of the withdrawal of the State from the Union, and requesting his immediate return. He readily co
Alfred Roman, The military operations of General Beauregard in the war between the states, 1861 to 1865, Chapter 2: (search)
urrender Fort Sumter to the State authorities. This Major Anderson refused to do, but offered to refer the matter to his government, at Washington. As a proof of the conciliatory spirit still animating both the people and the authorities of South Carolina, Governor Pickens acceded to this request, and the Honorable Isaac W. Hayne was accordingly sent to Washington, with power to act in the premises. Protracted negotiations ensued, but brought about no satisfactory result, the answer of Mr. Holt, the new Secretary of War, leaving but little hope of an amicable settlement. Thus, under these perplexing circumstances, with an earnest desire for peace, but with insufficient courage to avow and promote it, Mr. Buchanan's administration came to a close. Congress had been as irresolute as the President himself, and had taken no step to avoid the impending danger of collision. In the meantime, other Southern States, to wit, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texa
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), F. (search)
June. 11, 1872. 129,393M. J. ChamberlainJuly. 16, 1872. 129,433D. SmithJuly 16, 1872. *129,523A. BurgessJuly 16, 1872. 129,637E. Whitney and F TresingJuly 16, 1872. 130,165H. UpdegraffAug. 6, 1872. 131,487J. M. WhittemoreSept. 17, 1872. 131,921J. M. WhittemoreOct. 1, 1872. 132,740W. Mont StormNov. 5, 1872. 133,063W. S. SmootNov. 12, 1872. *134,589A. BurgessJan. 17, 1873. 135,405M. J. ChamberlinFeb. 4, 1873. 135,671C. M. SpencerFeb. 11, 1873. 137,625C. SharpsApr. 8, 1873. 138,157Holt and MarshallApr. 22, 1873. 138,207D. SmithApr. 22, 1873. 141,383J. RiderJuly 20, 1873. 141,384J. RiderJuly 20, 1873. 141,603Smith and MarshallAug 5, 1873. 142,396D. HugSept. 2, 1873. 2. (d.) Swinging on Centers or Trunnions. *10,084E. H. GrahamOct. 4, 1853. 10,391J. D. GreeneJan. 3, 1854. *11,944E. H. GrahamMay 16, 1854. 12.244A. D. PerryJan. 16, 1855. 12,906H. GrossMay. 22, 1855. 14,819E. SniderMay. 6, 1856. *15,734E. H. GrahamSept. 16, 1856. 17,136G. A. BlittkowskiApr.
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), S. (search)
ected by a piston. b is Civialle's, having spoon-shaped terminals concealing the knife. c is Gouley's. c′, an enlarged view of a portion. d is another of Gouley's. d′, an enlarged view, showing the lancet projected from the sheath. e e′ e′ are Volimier's instruments. f f′, Martin's instrument. Strict′ure-di-lat′or. An instrument for relieving contractions in the urethra, by tearing. a b are views of Miner's instrument, one showing the probe projected. c c c c c are Holt's instruments, of different diameters, for consecutive use in expanding the walls of the urethra d d is Bumstead's dilator. e shows dilators of varying forms, with whalebone guide. f is an expansible bifurcated instrument. g. Sir Henry Thompson's instrument, with expansible stem section. Strig′il. 1. An instrument formerly used in baths for scraping off the sweat, but more specifically useful in exciting the action of the skin and tissues beneath. 2. A flesh-brus
Elias Nason, The Life and Times of Charles Sumner: His Boyhood, Education and Public Career., Chapter 17: (search)
pent in revising his speeches for the press, and in making preparations for the coming conflict in the re-establishment of order in the Southern States. On the twenty-seventh day of October he was united in marriage, by the Right Rev. Bishop Manton Eastburn, with Mrs. Alice (Mason) Hooper, the widow of Mr. William Sturgis Hooper, and daughter of Mr. Jonathan Mason of Boston. This alliance, owing to disparity of age and taste, was infelicitous; and a divorce was decreed May 10, 1873, by Judge Holt of the Supreme Court of Massachusetts. By this circumstance the friendly relations between Mr. Sumner and the Hon. Samuel Hooper, father-in-law of Mrs. Sumner, were in no respect disturbed. In regard to naming children after great men, Mr. Sumner wrote this pleasant and sensible letter to a father in New York who proposed to call his son Charles Sumner:-- My dear----,--Don't make a mistake. Never name a child after a living man. This is the counsel I give always, and most since
William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 1, Chapter 5: (search)
portion of our country. [Applause.] . . . We are here, in the presence of the public peril, ready to sink, more than hitherto, the partisan in the patriot: counting it honor, as well as duty, to lock arms with such glorious patriots as the noble Holt [applause], working at the pumps, whoever is at the helm; the bold and unflinching Johnson [applause], nailing his flag to the mast; and the peerless Everett [applause], sounding the clarion-notes of his stirring eloquence along the ranks of the aernor. Thomas Russell, Esq., of Boston, moved to amend the motion, that a committee of two from each congressional district be appointed to report nominations for the other officers to the convention. He said, We have come here to lock arms with Holt and Dickinson and Butler and Frothingham and Greene, and we have got to do it in some practical way. This amendment was carried, and a committee appointed, which subsequently reported, for Lieutenant-Governor, Edward Dickinson, of Amherst; for Se
William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 1, Chapter 11: (search)
any further reference to the subject on the files of the Governor. On the 15th of August, the Governor wrote to the Secretary of War the following letter:— I had the honor, when in Washington, the first week in July, to call your attention to the cases of several officers of the Thirty-sixth U. S.C. troops, who were degraded by General Orders No. 46 from General Butler's headquarters in April last, which act of degradation has been declared by the Judge-Advocate-General of the army (Holt), on proper reference to that officer, to be utterly without warrant of law. I believe also, that the order was hasty and ill-advised, even though it had been legally competent. The particular individuals for whose rights and welfare I intervened had long been faithful and meritorious soldiers of the Twenty-fifth Massachusetts, who had earned in the field the recommendation of their field officers to promotion, and they had all secured the reputation of bravery and fidelity. You remarked
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