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James Barnes, author of David G. Farragut, Naval Actions of 1812, Yank ee Ships and Yankee Sailors, Commodore Bainbridge , The Blockaders, and other naval and historical works, The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 6: The Navy. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller), Introduction — the Federal Navy and the blockade (search)
ister Mercier more on the subject of the vessels building in France that he had been in correspondence with John Bigelow about, and he would have liked to know exactly what Napoleon III was trying to do in Mexico, in the ambitious game of which Maximilian was a pawn. The Nicaraguan Minister would have appreciated a word himself on the latter subject; and Lord Lyons, in view of the presence of the Russian fleet, would have liked to pick the brain of Baron De Stoeckel, whose royal master, the Czach they had been sent on a friendly mission. England was almost openly hostile to the North at the beginning of the war, while France better concealed its sympathies. Its diplomats were highly in favor of joining with Germany and Italy to aid Maximilian in setting up his monarchy in Mexico. The Federal navy was confronted from the start, not only with the problem of the blockade, but with that of providing sufficient fighting-ships to enable it to contend successfully with the navies of forei
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 10: The Armies and the Leaders. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller), Chapter 7: Confederate armies and generals (search)
me the Right Wing of the Army of Northern Virginia, and he commanded it during the Peninsula campaign. Magruder was then appointed to the Trans-Mississippi Department, in order to prosecute the war more vigorously in the West, but the assignment was changed, and in October, 1862, he was given the District of Texas, which was afterward enlarged to include New Mexico and Arizona. Magruder recaptured Galveston, January 1, 1863, and kept the port open. After the war he served in the army of Maximilian, and after the fall of the Mexican empire settled in Houston, Texas, where he died, February 19, 1871. Army of the Northwest The troops assigned to operate in northwestern Virginia were placed under the command of Brigadier-General R. S. Garnett on June 8, 1861, and were subsequently known as the Army of the Northwest. This was the force that opposed McClellan and Rosecrans in West Virginia, and was defeated at Rich Mountain and other places. On July 13th, Garnett was killed while
Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Chapter 54: (search)
ension had General Smith's army been reduced when he accepted the terms to which a reference has already been made. This reduction resulted from various causes, but it is believed was mainly due to the reluctance of a large part of his army to accept a parole, preferring to take whatever hazard belonged to absenting themselves without leave and continuing their character of belligerents. A few, but so far as I know very few, even went to the extent of expatriating themselves, and joined Maximilian in Mexico. Against no one as much as me did the hostility of our victorious enemy manifest itself, but I was never willing to seek the remedy of exile, and always advised those who consulted me against that resort. The mass of our people could not go; the few who were able to do so were most needed to sustain the others in the hour of a common adversity. The example of Ireland after the Treaty of Limerick, and of Canada after its conquest by Great Britain, were instructive as to the dut
John M. Schofield, Forty-six years in the Army, Chapter XX (search)
tates and France. Between the would-be empire of Maximilian and the United States all difficulty can easily bgnition by the United States of the government of Maximilian in Mexico as a condition precedent to the recall ans. I have no idea that Napoleon believes that Maximilian can remain long in Mexico after the French troopse of truth to his assumed grounds of action, that Maximilian be allowed to stay there some time without FrenchI have conversed express the decided opinion that Maximilian will come away with Marshal Bazaine, in spite of e, direct or indirect, and thus give Napoleon and Maximilian time to carry out their farce? Mexico would thusch troops come also, Juarez can easily dispose of Maximilian at any time. If they succeed in getting the Frennderstood, contained the Emperor's declaration to Maximilian of his intention to recall his troops. This will of Mexico. Subsequent events in Mexico included the sad fate of Maximilian and the sadder fate of Carlotta.
John M. Schofield, Forty-six years in the Army, Index (search)
the United States, 379, 382 et seq.; dangers of war with, 381 et seq.; demands recognition of Maximilian's government, 384; excitement in, 385; national pride, 387; unpopularity of the Mexican schemeboroa, Ga., Sherman at, 153, 159; battle of, 157,158 Juarez, Pres., Benito, warfare against Maximilian, 391 Jupiter, Fla., military operations at, 23-25 Jupiter Inlet, Fla., fever on, 24 Justiceat Chicago, 494, 496, 497, 503, 504, 507 Maryland, the Confederate invasion of, 234 Maximilian, Archduke and Emperor, assumes empire in Mexico, 378 et seq.; attitude of the Austrian government cs for evacuation of, 389-391, 393; the end of the Franco-Austrian intrigues, 393; the fates of Maximilian and Carlotta, 393 Miles, Maj.-Gen. Nelson A., telegram from S., July 2, 1894, 406; battle o 381 et seq.; financial stringency, 255, 314, 315, 383, 529-532; France demands recognition of Maximilian by, 384; strength of the government, 386, 387; the armies of, 386, 387; advisability of neutra
Raphael Semmes, Memoirs of Service Afloat During the War Between the States, Chapter 56: (search)
lect. He spoke half a dozen modern languages,— the English among the rest, with great precision and purity,— and both Caldwell and myself became much attached to him. He afterward played a very important role in the affairs of Mexico, becoming Maximilian's confessor, and one of his most trusted counsellors. He was imprisoned for a time, after the fall of the Empire, but was finally released, and has since made his way to Europe, with important papers belonging to the late unfortunate monarch, hern States, which put all this commerce in motion, to Bagdad, for shipment; and anchored off that mushroom village, I had counted, as I landed, no less than sixty sail of ships—nearly all of them foreign. Fortunately for all this busy throng, Maximilian reigned supreme in Mexico, and his Lieutenant in Matamoras, General Mejia, gave security and protection to person and property, at the same time that he raised considerable revenue by the imposition of moderate taxes. Colonel Ford, the comma<
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Book and heart: essays on literature and life, Chapter 13: the dream of the republic (search)
led; they are not more so than the mixed races whom the Roman Empire left on the British Isles when it withdrew from them. To this day there are no roads on those islands so good, no walls so solid, as those built by the Roman conquerors. Shall we say that it would have been better if Great Britain had remained forever an outlying colony of Rome? Not at all; she has worked out her own salvation by being thrown on herself, and so must these South American republics. We did not require Maximilian to leave Mexico for fear he would not govern vigorously under the direction of his master, Louis Napoleon; but we required it in order that Mexico should be free. See what progress Mexico has made since then-first under Juarez, a pure-blooded Indian, and since 1877 under Diaz! Brigandage has almost disappeared; the laws are administered; there is religious freedom; the army has been reduced. Yet there was a time when the very word Mexican was a synonym for disorder. Even a Hispano-Amer
John Harrison Wilson, The life of Charles Henry Dana, Chapter 23: period of reconstruction (search)
hout reproach. It will be remembered that from the time Dana left the Chicago Republican till he took charge of the Sun he contributed to no public journal, and took no public part in shaping national policies, but he was an observant spectator of both national and international events. From the end of the Civil War, and before the volunteer army was disbanded, he held that the first duty of the government at Washington was to enforce the Monroe Doctrine, as against the usurpation of Maximilian and his French allies. He favored their expulsion from Mexico by force if necessary, and felt confident that, as soon as they knew the purposes of the United States, they would go without waiting for an appeal to arms. He also favored the policy of holding Great Britain to a rigid accountability for the damage done to American shipping by the Confederate cruisers which had been built, fitted out, and permitted to sail from English sea-ports. On these two great questions Dana was emphati
John Harrison Wilson, The life of Charles Henry Dana, Index (search)
family, 45, 51, 57. McDowell, General, 166. Macfeeley, Lieutenant--Colonel, 242. McIntosh, General, 344, 373. McKinley, bill, 475; William, 293, 492. McMichael, Morton, 62. Macon, 343, 355, 361. McPherson, General, 222, 223, 227, 244-246, 251. Macready riots, 97. Manassas, 172. Manifest Destiny, 125,133, 402. Marat, President French Assembly, 78, 88. March to the Sea, 300, 355. Marriage of Dana, 58. Marti, Jose, tribute to, 498. Mason, Senator, 153. Maximilian, 398. Maynard, Horace, 288. Maynardier, Major, 351. Mazzini, 497. Meade, General, 249, 251, 310, 320, 323, 325, 326, 328, 330, 332-334, 336, 342, 348, 356, 361, 367. Meigs, General, 303. Memphis, 191, 192, 195, 204-206, 225, 256, 267, 301. Merritt, General, 366. Mexico, 114, 133. Middle Military Division, 343. Miles, General, 359, 364, 365. Military Division of the Mississippi, 268, 276, 297. Milliken's Bend, 201, 212, 216, 235, 243, 267. Mills bill, 475. Mill Sprin
C. Edwards Lester, Life and public services of Charles Sumner: Born Jan. 6, 1811. Died March 11, 1874., Section Eighth: the war of the Rebellion. (search)
en itself upon Mexico, which it will become a necessity with us at no distant day to dislodge. To do this, in the supposed event, would cost us millions, twenty times told, more than we now propose to lend upon undoubted security. When the ambitious designs of Napoleon became fully known, England and Spain withdrew. The Emperor landed a large army on the Mexican soil, and in the prosecution of the mad enterprise, ultimately witnessed the defeat of his object. The brave and virtuous Maximilian, whom he had placed upon the reconstructed throne of Mexico, was brought to a just and ignominious death,—many thousands of the finest soldiers in France left their bones on the soil;—her generals reaped no laurels in the field;—her ministers gained no fame in the cabinet;—an enormous amount of treasure was uselessly expended; and Napoleon discovered, only too late, that in the insane expedition, he had found his Moscow, from which dated the beginning of the decline of his power, which wa
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