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John Beatty, The Citizen-Soldier; or, Memoirs of a Volunteer, July, 1861. (search)
Clellan, and yelling, as he passed, that four companies of the regiment to which he belongs had been surrounded at Glendale, by twelve hundred secessionists, under O. Jennings Wise. Our men, misapprehending the statement, thought Buckhannon had been attacked, and were in a great state of excitement. The officers of General Schleich's staff were with me on to-day's march, and the younger members, Captains Hunter and Dubois, got off whatever poetry they had in them of a military cast. On Linden when the sun was low, was recited to the hills of Western Virginia in a manner that must have touched even the stoniest of them. I could think of nothing but There was a sound of revelry by night, and as this was not particularly applicable to the occasion, owing to the exceeding brightness of the sun, and the entire absence of all revelry, I thought best not to astonish my companions by exhibiting my knowledge of the poets. West Virginia hogs are the longest, lankest, boniest animals
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 4. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Report of General H. L. Benning. (search)
d ordered to erect breastworks, which it did. My brigade was on the left, its left resting on that road. About 12 o'clock at night the division commenced moving back towards Hagerstown by Fairfield, my brigade bringing up the rear. Nothing more of much interest happened to the brigade until the division had crossed the Shenandoah. It crossed that river at Berry's Ford by wading, and found the water deep and swift. At dawn the next day, the division took the road from Front Royal to Linden by Manassas Gap. It found the Gap occupied by the enemy's cavalry and artillery, with pickets some distance in their front, and some regiments of cavalry between these and the Gap. My brigade was stretched across the road (relieving a portion of General Corse's brigade), on a ridge parallel with the Gap, and such dispositions were made by General Law on my flanks with the other brigades, that the enemy's pickets soon fell back a mile or more, and his reserve regiments quite to the Gap.
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events, Diary from December 17, 1860 - April 30, 1864 (ed. Frank Moore), 1863, May (search)
urn and Franklin, Ky., by a detachment of Union troops, who defeated them and put them to flight. S. L. Phelps, commanding the Tennessee division of the Mississippi squadron, took on board his gunboats fifty-five men and horses of the First Western Tennessee cavalry, under the command of Colonel W. K. M. Breckinridge, and landed them on the east side of the Tennessee River, sending the gunboats to cover all the landings above and below. Colonel Breckinridge dashed across the country to Linden, and surprised a rebel force more than twice his number, capturing Lieutenant-Colonel Frierson, one captain, one surgeon, four lieutenants, thirty rebel soldiers, ten conscripts, fifty horses, two army wagons, arms, etc. The court-house, which was the rebel depot, was burned, with a quantity of army supplies. The enemy lost three killed. The Nationals lost no men, but had one horse killed. Colonel Breckinridge, after this exploit, reached the vessel in safety, and recrossed the river.--Com
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 7. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 106 (search)
ey's command,) temporarily commanded by General Ward, was thrown forward to support General Buford, who was found to be ten miles in advance up the gap. Thus it was nearly midnight when this division reached its camping ground, in the vicinity of Linden, a little town close in among the mountains. Early on the following morning General French moved the rest of the corps up to support the First division, and despatched his chief of staff, Colonel Hayden, to ascertain the position of the enemy. ng a skirmishing line of unusual strength and excellence. They were immediately supported by the Ninety-ninth Pennsylvania, and the Eighty-sixth and One Hundred and Twenty-fourth New-York. The line was formed just beyond the little village of Linden, where the pass is very narrow and would admit of no extended line. There was but a single, and that a very narrow, road leading through the gap by which to move up the main body of the corps; but, in the face of these obstacles, General French
Admiral David D. Porter, The Naval History of the Civil War., Chapter 30: (search)
ssible, and as he could not land parties of sufficient force to cope with the enemy, he made an arrangement with Lieutenant-Colonel Breckenridge at Fort Henry to supply a body of cavalry for the purpose. There was a conscription party at Linden, Tennessee, which had made itself particularly odious, and it was arranged that Colonel Breckenridge should be landed with his men at a certain point, and the gun-boats should be spread along the river, so that the troops could retreat to them in casethem, Phelps dropped Lieutenant Commander S. Ledyard Phelps. down to Decatursville, where he took on board Colonel Breckenridge and fifty mounted men and landed them on the opposite side of the river. At daybreak Colonel Breckenridge reached Linden, twelve miles from the river-bank, and completely surprised the enemy. The latter made little resistance, and only three of their number were killed. These men were evidently not anxious to fight themselves, but were looking for others to fight
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 5. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 43 (search)
him, for he was frightened nearly to death. Thinking it to be only a skirmish with a party of guerrillas, whom we knew to be in the mountain, Lieut.-Col. Dushane and Dr. Mitchell mounted their horses and rode out towards town. They had been gone but a short time when they came dashing back to Colonel Kenly, the long roll was beat, and we were immediately drawn up in line prepared for a fight. Our force was small, there being four companies detached from the regiment, one at a town called Linden, about eight miles from camp, two doing picket duty a short distance from Front Royal, and one on provost duty in the town of Front Royal. A number of our men in this company were killed by the citizens of the town of Front Royal, by shooting from their dwellings. This left us but six companies in camp, five of the six were ordered to support a section of Knapp's battery, on the left of our camp, leaving one company to guard the camp. The three companies in town fell back to camp, when th
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Chicago, (search)
an around his neck aid endeavored to get hold of his scalping-knife. While thus struggling, she was dragged from her antagonist by another Indian, who bore her to the shore of the lake and plunged her in, at the same time saving her from drowning. It was a friendly hand that held her —the Pottawatomie chief Black Partridge, who would have saved the white people if he could. He gave Captain Heald such warning as he dared. On the night before the evacuation of the fort he had said to him, Linden birds have been singing in my ears to-day; be careful on the march you are going to take. On that bloody field, now in the suburbs of the great city of Chicago, other women performed acts of heroism. Meanwhile, Captain Heald had made terms for surrender, and the massacre was stayed. The prisoners were distributed among the captors, and were finally reunited or restored to their friends and families. In this affair, twelve children, who were in a wagon, all the masculine civilians excep
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), A. (search)
of air-tight compartments, and having a projection at one end forming a bolster; each compartment has a valve through which it is inflated by a bellows. Aircushions are merely small sacks filled with air through a tube at one co2ner or end, by means of an air-condenser or by expiration from the lungs: escape is prevented by a screw-stopcock. These articles are useful to travellers and invalids, being light and elastic, but are liable to be torn or punctured, and thus rendered worthless. Linden's air-bed. linden, October 7, 1862, has adapted the elastic bed to be used as a part of the infantry equipment. The air-bed has an outside flap of enamelled cloth or leather, cut longer and wider than the bed so as to form a coverlid for the person who lies upon the inflated bed. When the bed is collapsed it can be folded in such a manner as to form a knapsack, and is provided with straps to enable it to be worn as such when on the march. Hamilton, July 16, 1867, ties the upper and l
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), W. (search)
tc. AshFraxinus excelsiorBritain, etc.Hard, tough. Handles, turnery, hoops, machine-work. Ash (black)Fraxinus sambucifoliaEastern U. S.Hard, very lasting. Hoops. splints, etc. Ash (blue)Fraxinus quadrangulataEastern U. S.Hard, white. lasting. Same as white or gray ash. Ash (white)Fraxinus americana.Eastern U. S.Hard, white. Carpentry, agricult'l implements, wagons. BambooBambusa arundinacea.China, India, etc.Various. Bar-woodAfricaTurning ramrods, violin-bows, dyeing. Basswood(See Linden.) BeechFagus sylvaticaTemperate EuropeHard. Handles, lasts, boot-trees, planes, pegs; stained for furniture. BeechFagus ferrugineaEastern U. S.Hard, yellow, Framing planes, tool-handles, turnery. BirchBetula albaTemperate EuropeHard. Legs for tables, water-taps, butter-molds, spoons. Birch (paper)Betula papyraceaNortheastern AmericaCanoes. Birch (white)Betula alba populifoliaNortheastern AmericaFurniture. Birch (yellow)Betula luteaNortheastern AmericaFurniture. BitiIndiaOpen-grained
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Battles, Tennessee, 1863 (search)
valry. Union loss, 2 wounded. May 9: Affair near Caney Fork(No Reports.) May 9: Skirmish, Schoeppe HouseOHIO--3rd Cavalry. May 9: Skirmish, Cumberland RiverKENTUCKY--9th Cavalry. May 11: Skirmish, La FayetteILLINOIS--14th Cavalry. Union loss, 1 killed, 2 wounded, 4 missing. Total, 7. May 11-15: Expedition from La Grange to Panola, MissILLINOIS--7th Cavalry; Battery "I" 1st Light Arty. IOWA--2nd Cavalry, 6th Mounted Infantry. Union loss, 2 wounded, 2 missing. Total, 4. May 12: Skirmish, LindenTENNESSEE--1st West Cavalry. May 12: Reconnoissance from La VergneOHIO--1st, 3rd and 4th Cavalry. May 12-16: Reconnoissance from Murfreesborough to Lebanon and Liberty(No Reports.) May 17: Skirmish, Bradyville PikeTENNESSEE--5th Cavalry (Detachment). Union loss, 5 wounded. May 18: Action, Marrow Bone CreekINDIANA--5th Cavalry. May 18: Skirmish, Horn Lake CreekWISCONSIN--2nd Cavalry (Co. "L"). May 19: Scouts from La GrangeILLINOIS--7th Cavalry (Detachment). IOWA--2nd Cavalry (Detachment)
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