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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 26 0 Browse Search
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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 24. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 4 0 Browse Search
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G. S. Hillard, Life and Campaigns of George B. McClellan, Major-General , U. S. Army, Chapter 2: (search)
a more congenial field of duty; for in a letter to his brother, dated Indianola, April 7, 1853, he tells him that he has been offered the charge of a portion of one of the Pacific Railroad surveys recently authorized by Congress, to start from Puget Sound and to go through the Cascade Mountains to St. Paul on the Mississippi, and adds, As the results of the surveys are to be presented to Congress during the ensuing February, the time will be limited; and I can never have a better opportunity oft was charged with the duty of examining the lines of the forty-seventh and forty-ninth parallels of north latitude; and the special object of the exploration was the determination of a railroad-route from the head-waters of the Mississippi to Puget Sound. One party, under the immediate direction of Governor Stevens, was to proceed from the Mississippi westward, survey the intermediate country, and examine the passes of the Rocky Mountains. Captain McClellan, at the head of a separate party, wa
Edward Porter Alexander, Military memoirs of a Confederate: a critical narrative, Chapter 1: from the U. S.A. Into the C. S.A. (search)
p. There was generally little active interest taken by army officers in political questions, but, with few exceptions, the creed was held that, as a matter of course, in case war should result from secession, each officer would go with his state. In Feb. we received news of the secession of Georgia. There seemed then, however, strong probability of a peaceful separation. In March came orders for the return of our detachment to West Point. No vessel was then running to any port in Puget Sound, and we had to wait until special arrangements for our transportation could be made. Our Quartermaster Department, however, maintained an armed vessel, the Massachusetts, upon the Sound to keep off invasions of the Stikane Indians, who made raids from Alaska in their immense war canoes. This vessel was directed to take us to Port Townsend, and there the Cortes, which ran between San Francisco and Vancouver's Island, would call and get us. We sailed from Steilacoom City in the aftern
John M. Schofield, Forty-six years in the Army, Chapter XXVIII (search)
ll other government service. J. M. Schofield, Major-General Commanding. (Telegram.) Headquarters of the army, Washington, July 7, 1894. brigadier-General Otis, Commanding Department of the Columbia, Vancouver Barracks, Washington: The order of the President sent you this morning by telegraph is the same in substance as one sent last night to General Merritt, the purpose being to extend military protection over the entire line of the Northern Pacific Railroad from St. Paul to Puget Sound. In the movement of the troop-trains along the line of the road in the execution of this order, the Department of Justice will furnish a sufficient force of marshals to make arrests and hold prisoners subject to the orders of the United States courts. You will please concert with General Merritt by direct correspondence the necessary exchanges of guards upon moving trains at the military posts in your department and in his, nearest to each other, so that the troops may return to their p
John M. Schofield, Forty-six years in the Army, Index (search)
Posse Comitatus Act, the, 509 Potomac River, the, S.'s troops delayed in, 294, 346 Powder Spring Road, Ga., military operations on the, 135 Prairie Grove, Ark., battle of, 62-6??? Press, a false freedom of the, 425 Price, Maj.-Gen., Sterling, defeated by Lyon at Boonville, 37 Proctor, Redfield, Secretary of War, 423. See also War Department. Professional patriots, 539, 540 Provisional government, 376, 377 Public service, the path to success in the, 480-483 Puget Sound, protecting the Northern Pacific Railroad at, 511 Pulaski, Tenn., expectations of Thomas concentrating at, 164, 194, 289, 290; S. ordered to, commanding at, and movements near, 165-167, 200, 201, 282—285, 287, 288, 319; the Fourth Corps at, 165, 166, 285; Stanley ordered to, 165, 288, 290; the Twenty-third Corps ordered to, 165-167; Cox's movements near, 167; Hood's advance on, anticipated, 167; Thomas's mistake in sending troops to, 167; possible results of fighting at, 193, 194; defe
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Docks, (search)
as wet-docks; those for repairing only, as dry-docks; and those for commercial traffic, as basins or docks. Wet and dry docks are floating or stationary, according to construction. Basins or docks are constructed over large areas, comprising docks for loading and unloading vessels, and convenient waterways for the movement of vessels. The most notable dry-docks in the United States are at Boston, Mass.; Portland, Me.; Norfolk, Va.; Savannah, Ga.; Mare Island, Cal.; Detroit, Mich.; and Puget Sound, Wash. The costliest of these are at the navy-yards. In 1901 one of the largest dry-docks in the world was under construction at Newport News. At New York City, as well as all the large ports, there are numerous floating dry-docks for the repair of the merchant marine. The most notable basins or docks for commercial traffic are in Brooklyn, N. Y., where over 4000 vessels are annually unloaded. The chief of these is the Atlantic Docks, covering an area of 40 acres, and capable of acco
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Navy of the United States (search)
l service and 9 in the training service. Naval stations were maintained at Boston, Mass. (navy-yard); Island of Guam, Ladrones; Havana, Cuba; Honolulu, Hawaii; Key West, Fla.; Indian Head, Md.; Mare Island, Cal. (navy-yard); Newport, R. I. (training station, naval war college, and torpedo station); New York, N. Y. (navy-yard); Norfolk, Va (navy-yard); Pensacola, Fla. (navyyard); Philadelphia, Pa. (navy-yard); Cavite, Philippine Islands; Port Royal, S. C.; Portsmouth, N. H. (navy-yard); Puget Sound, Wash. (navy-yard); San Francisco, Cal. (training station); San Juan, Porto Rico; Tutuila, Samoa; Washington, D. C. (navy-yard); and Yokohama, Japan (naval hospital). Naval officers were also employed on the lighthouse board, the board of light-house inspectors, the commission of fish and fisheries, the nautical school-ships, and as attaches of embassies and legations in foreign countries. The following shows the pay of officers of the navy and marine corps: Rank.At Sea. Or shor
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Treaties. (search)
ficationSt. PetersburgJuly 12, 1822 Convention of AwardLondonNov. 13, 1826 Convention of BoundaryLondonSept. 29, 1827 Treaty of Boundary, slave-trade, extraditionWashingtonAug. 9, 1842 Treaty of Oregon boundary, etc.WashingtonJune 15, 1846 Convention of Nicaragua ship-canalWashingtonApril 17, 1850 Convention of Settlement of claimsLondonFeb. 8, 1853 Treaty of Fisheries, etc.WashingtonJune 5, 1854 Treaty of Suppression of slave-tradeWashingtonApril 7, 1862 Treaty of Hudson Bay and Puget Sound claimsWashingtonJuly 1, 1863 Convention of NaturalizationLondonMay 13, 1870 Convention of Slave-tradeWashingtonJune 3, 1870 Treaty of Fisheries, Alabama claims, etc.WashingtonMay 8, 1871 Convention of Trade-marksLondonOct. 24, 1878 Convention of Supplementary extradition treaty of Aug. 9, 1842WashingtonJuly 12, 1889 Treaty of For Nicaragua canalWashingtonFeb. 5, 1900 (Amended by Senate, Dec. 13, 1900; rejected by Great Britain, March 10, 1901.) Greece: Treaty of Commerce and navi
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Washington, (search)
ut 100 miles......October–November, 1792 Puget Sound discovered, named, and explored by George VIndian portage it descends the Eld Inlet to Puget Sound......December, 1824 Convention with Russd......Nov. 29, 1847 Fort Steilacoom, on Puget Sound, established......July, 1849 Convention ve wagons, with 100 or 200 emigrants, reach Puget Sound......1853 Henry L. Yesler builds Puget SPuget Sound's first steam saw-mill at Seattle......1853 I. I. Stevens, appointed governor of the Territ First vessel direct from China to enter Puget Sound, the Lizzie Jarvis, arrives and secures a cd......1863 Tacoma, on Commencement Bay, Puget Sound, selected as the western terminus of the Nober, 1891 Centennial of the discovery of Puget Sound celebrated at Port Townsend......May 7, 189rt Orchard naval station, enlarged, becomes Puget Sound navy-yard......July, 1901 First contract the United States government canal between Puget Sound and Lake Washington......1901 State unde
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), A. (search)
withe (see axe), or, as in Figs. 39, 40, the cutting material of shell, flint, or obsidian was lashed to a stock. Metal superseded the other materials in most parts of the world, but many barbarous nations of America and Polynesia yet make their weapons of the material generally discarded at a very distant date in the Old World. South-Pacific adzes. Fig. 39 represents three stone adzes of the South Pacific, and Fig. 40 a stone adze of the Chalam Indians, who occupy the shores of Puget Sound. It suggests the most ancient form of the tool, employed especially for digging out the canoes from the solid log. These canoes were common at a period before the discovery of iron in Europe, and their remains are there found associated with the implements of the stone and bronze ages. Chalam adze. The stone adze of the Tahitians, when visited by Captain Cook, was similar to those represented in Fig. 39. Large ones for cutting down trees weighed from six to seven pounds; smaller
Oliver Otis Howard, Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general , United States army : volume 2, Chapter 63: in the Northwest, among the Indians; trip to Alaska; life in Portland, Ore.; 1874 to 1881 (search)
n Vancouver, on September 17, 1879, our daughter Grace married Captain James T. Gray, the son of the missionary, W. H. Gray, historian of Oregon. During the fall of 1879, President Hayes, accompanied by General Sherman and others, paid a visit to Oregon and Washington Territory. I met him at Roseberg as they came up from California, and accompanied them along the line of the railroad and elsewhere, while they were in my department. We had interesting journeys up the Columbia and over Puget Sound. Mr. Hayes was greatly interested in the various Indian tribes that we met. He had a characteristic council one day with the Puyallups at Tacoma. The Indians selected their speakers with some care, and after the interview was over President Hayes remarked: What orators they are I Every one of these wild men has made a speech that would do honor to a member of Congress. Just about that time I had difficulty in preserving a small tract of country to Spokane Lott and his people. He was
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