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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 7. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 203 (search)
ly Colonel Crane, of the army, now an Acting Master's Mate on the Tahoma. Our party were surprised on receiving a charge from so large a body of cavalry, not knowing that there were any in the place. The way in which this happened was this: A party of fifty cavalry had been sent about the country to pick up cattle and send them to Bragg's army; these by chance arrived at Tampa on the day of the bombardment, and (as they say) eagerly took a hand in the sport. The light field-pieces used in the woods were made in Tampa, by the rebels, by boring out an engine shaft. The ruse de guerre of Captain Semmes succeeded perfectly. The rebs watched him putting down the stakes near the southern entrance, guessed its meaning, and in the evening posted a strong body of men in the woods, ready to annihilate any party attempting to land there. The smoke from the burning vessels gave them the first notice that we had landed on the opposite side and given them the slip. Yours, PHOeNIX.
Admiral David D. Porter, The Naval History of the Civil War., Chapter 8: capture of Fernandina and the coast South of Georgia. (search)
against the enemy unless he is well supported by his officers; and as Dupont up to this time had been everywhere successful, we must give a portion of the credit to those who served under his command. That Dupont was fortunate in his selection, the names of Captain C. H. Davis, Commanders John Rodgers, Drayton, C. R. P. Rodgers, Godon, Parrott, Steedman, Gillis, Prentiss, Lieutenants-Commanding Balch, Stevens, Ammen, Nicholson, Truxton, Rhind, Bankhead, Conroy,Watmough, Budd, Semmes and Phoenix, in command of vessels,will show, besides the junior officers mentioned favorably by their commanding officers. Nearly all the commanding officers reached high rank, and the youngest of them are now well up on the list of commodores and captains. Eleven of them attained the rank of rear-admiral; and of these six are still living, have retired from active duty, and are reaping the reward of faithful service. They will figure again in the course of this narrative, as their service co
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Poetry and Incidents., Volume 1. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 92 (search)
ign of steel. The four years of Mr. Buchanan's have been the reign of stealing. We don't think that South Carolina has any warrant for her conduct, but she evidently has a good deal of war-rant. A new national flag proposed for the Southern Confederacy bears in its centre the figure of a Phoenix in the act of rising from a bed of flame and ashes, with the motto, We rise again. The Phoenix and the flame is thought to be beautifully typical of the death of the old and the resurrection of the new Union. We don't like the Phoenix as well as the snake, for if you cut off the tail of the latter it will wriggle a little after the separation, while the proposed bird of fable lives alone without a mate, and goes out like a pipe in its own ashes. But the confederated South should remember the history of another Phoenix, son to a king of Argos, who ingratiated himself into the favors of his father's mistress, and was deprived of his eyesight by divine vengeance. --Louisville Journal.
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 5. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 150 (search)
unteers, under command of Capt. Bennett, met with no resistance. About thirty tents and some cabins, used as quarters, were fired, and a few muskets brought away. We had no casualties. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, S. F. Du Pont, Flag-Officer Commanding South-Atlantic Blockading Squadron. Hon. Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy. United States steamer Crusader, North-Edisto, June 28, 1862. sir: On the twenty-first I took this vessel, followed by the Planter, Acting Master Phoenix, up to Simon's Bluff, on Wadmelan Sound, and, after a short engagement, drove off the enemy stationed there, and captured and destroyed their camp. On board the Planter were four officers and seventy men of the Fifty-fifth Pennsylvania volunteers, under command of Captain Bennett. From orders and papers found in the camp, it appears that the force at the point consisted of the Marion artillery and two companies of the Eleventh South-Carolina volunteers, and that the regiment was
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Arizona, (search)
and Nevada on the west. It contains about 113,916 square miles. It has eleven counties—Apache, Cochiso, Coconimo, Gila, Graham, Maricopa, Mohave, Pima, Pinal, Yavapai, and Yuma. Population, 1880, 40,440; 1890, 59,620; 1900, 122,931. Capital, Phoenix. First explorations made by Vasquez Coronado, sent from Mexico by Viceroy Mendozo......1540 Spaniards again enter and establish a military post where Tucson now stands......1580 Jesuit missionaries on Santa Cruz River, about......1600 mist shall vote or hold office......January–March, 1885 Congress appropriates $2,000 to repair the ruin of Casa Grande, reserving from settlement the entire site of the ancient city......March 2, 1889 State capital removed from Prescott to Phoenix......Feb. 4, 1890 Forty lives lost by broken mining-dam on the Hassayampa River......Feb. 23, 1890 Friday after Feb. 1 each year made a legal holiday as Labor Day......Jan. 19–March 19, 1891 Yuma devastated by flood......Feb. 27, 1891 <
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), P. (search)
h the warp-threads. These cause the wheels k′ k′ in the shuttle to turn at precisely the same speed in an opposite direction, so that no lateral motion is imparted to the warp-threads over which they pass. The wheels m m roll on the under surface of a beveled rail, which keeps the shuttle down to its work. Post. 1. （Carpentry.) An upright timber in a frame; as, king-post, queen-post, corner-post, door-post, crown-post, etc. 2. A pillar or column in a structure. The celebrated Phoenix post, used extensively for posts and girders for iron structures, is made of four flanged pieces riveted together. a b are trellis-posts for light superstructures. Trellis-posts. 3. A vertical pillar forming a part of a fence (c), or for holding aloft telegraph-wires (d). Lamp-posts. 4. (Furniture.) a. One of the uprights of a bedstead. Posts for urban use and Cemetery lots. b. One of the standards of a chair-back. 5. (Mining.) One of the pillars of coal or <
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), S. (search)
merican Institute, it propelled at the rate of 8 miles an hour. In 1806, he built a second and larger boat called the Phoenix, with which he made a successful trip to Albany in August, 1807, but a few days after that of Fulton, in the Clermont.AmericanSteamboat twin screw-propeller (Hudson）1804 NiepceFrenchHot-air engine carriage1806 StevensAmericanSteamboat ( Phoenix, New York to Philadelphia）1808 BlenkinsopEnglishLocomotive1811 BellScotchSteamboat ( Comet, Clyde）1812 HedleyEnglishLwaters of the Hudson for steam-navigation. The Clermont performed the trip in 32 hours. Mr. Stevens built the steamboat Phoenix, but was precluded from using it on the Hudson by the monopoly of Fulton. It was then placed on the water between New Y 1808 it left New York for Philadelphia, in charge of his son. Robert L. Stevens. On the passage a storm arose, but the Phoenix made a safe harbor at Barnegat whence it proceeded to Philadelphia, and plied for many years between Philadelphia and Tr<
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), T. (search)
s, etc. CottonGossypium her baceum, etcWarm countries.Length, strength, etc., of fiber, various. East Indian generally coarse and short; American finer and longer. Sea Island and Egyptian have the longest fibers. Cotton (silk)Bombax ceibaSouth AmericaA silky substance unfit for spinning. Used for stuffing cushions, etc. Cuba bastParitium elatumCuba, etcA bark. Used to tie up cigars. DaphneDaphne papyraceaIndiaFibrous bark. Used for making paper, etc. Edgeworthia gardneri Date-palmPhoenix dactyliferaN. Africa and interior desertsPlaited work, baskets, from the leaves. Esparto-grassLygaeum spartumS. Europe, etcCoarse. Matting, cordage, baskets, paper, etc. Fan-palm (dwarf)Chamaerops humilisSpain, Italy TropicsMats, baskets, caps, etc., from the leaves. FlaxLinum usitatissimumTemperate climesVarieties numerous. Yarn, linens, cambrics, etc. Flax (New Zealand)Phormium tenaxNew Zealand, etcStrong. Cloth, baskets, cordage, etc. GrassesVery numerousGenerallySome species, as
Emilio, Luis F., History of the Fifty-Fourth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry , 1863-1865, Roster of the Fifty-Fourth Massachusetts Infantry. (search)
nn. Nokes, Jeremiah 42, mar.; laborer; Monterey. 15 Dec 63; 20 Aug 65. $325. Palmer, Ishmael 25, sin.; laborer; Springsborough, O. 5 May 63; 20 Aug 65. Wounded 16 Jly 63 James Id. S. C. and 20 Feb 64 Olustee, Fla. $50. Niobrara, Neb. Palmer, Joseph A. Sergt. 23, sin.; barber; Dayton, O. 5 May 63; 20 Aug 65 Wounded Jly 63 ——. $50. Parkis, Francis 40, mar.; laborer; Russell. 24 Nov 63; died of wounds 2 Dec 64 Gen. Hos. Beaufort, S. C. Wounded 30 Nov 64 Honey Hill, S. C. $325. PHOeNIX, James 24, sin.; laborer; Pottsville, Pa. 5 May 63; died 8 Jly 65 Post Hos. Charleston S. C. of disease. Wounded 16 Jly 63 James Id. S. C. $50. Prince, Abel 35, sin.; farmer; St. Albans, Vt. 22 Jly63; 20 Aug 65. —— St. Albans, Vt. Pritchet, Robert 18, sin.; laborer; Pontiac, Ind. 5 May 63; 20 Aug 65. $50. Quin, James C., 23, —— —— Rutland, Vt. 5 Dec 63; 20 Aug 65. —— Worcester. Redmond, William H. 21, mar.; farmer; Newport, Ind. 5 May 63; 28 Sep 65 Boston. $50. Rick
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Margaret Fuller Ossoli, chapter 7 (search)
s to take exercise; and see no human face, divine or otherwise, out of my own family. But I am wearied out and I have gabbled and simpered and given my mind to the public view these two years back, till there seems to be no good left in me. Fuller Mss. i. 22. She wrote to Mr. Emerson of the remaining months of that winter, My sufferings last winter in Groton were almost constant, and I see the journal is very sickly in its tone. I have taken out some leaves. Now I am a perfect Phoenix compared with what I was then, and it all seems past to me. Ms. letter, November 25, 1839. During this invalid winter, however, she made a brief visit to Boston, where she had three enjoyments, so characteristic as to be worth quoting:-- 7 January, 1839. Three things were specially noteworthy. First, a talk with Mr. Alcott, in which he appeared to me so great, that I am inclined to think he deserves your praise, and that he deceived neither you nor himself in saying that I had no
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