enemy was driven from his position and his barracks destroyed.
NOV. 22.—All political State prisoners released.
BATTLE OF CANE HILL, ARK.
NOV. 28.—The Union army, numbering 1,000 men, was commanded by General
Blunt. The rebels were defeated, with a heavy loss, and retreated to
Van Buren.
DECEMBER, 1862.
DEC. 1.—An expedition sent from Suffolk, Va., recaptured the Pittsburg
Battery, which had been taken from the Union army on the Peninsula.
DEC. 2.—Skirmish near Charleston, Va. Rebels defeated, losing 70 killed
and wounded and 145 prisoners.
DEC. 6.—General Banks’ expedition sailed for New Orleans.
BATTLE OF PRAIRIE GROVE, ARK.
DEC. 7.—The Union army was commanded by Generals Blunt and Herron. The
rebels were defeated with heavy loss, and retreated during the night.
The Union loss was 495 killed and 500 wounded. The rebel General Morgan
captured the 104th Illinois, the 106th and 108th Ohio, and a number of
the 2d Indiana cavalry, at Hartsville, Tenn. Unionists lost, besides
prisoners, 55 killed.
DEC. 11.—The city of Fredericksburg bombarded by the Union troops,
under cover of which they crossed the Rappahannock.
BATTLE OF FREDERICKSBURG, VA.
DEC. 13.—Confederate works were attacked by the Union troops in three
divisions, under Sumner, Hooker and Franklin, but were repulsed.
Federals lost 1,512 killed, 6,000 wounded, and 100 prisoners. General
Foster left Newbern, N. C., for the purpose of destroying the railroad
at Goldsboro’. He came up with the enemy at Southwest creek; after
a short engagement, they retired to Kingston, where they were again
attacked and driven from their position with a loss of 11 pieces of
artillery and 400 prisoners. Severe skirmish at Zuric, Va.; rebels
defeated and part of their force captured. An expedition under
Commodore Parker destroyed the rebel salt works, also five schooners
and two sloops in Mob Jack Bay.
DEC. 16.—General Burnside’s army removed to the north side of the
Rappahannock. General Foster defeated the rebels at White Hall, N. C.
DEC. 17.—The Union troops occupied Baton Rouge, La. General Foster
defeated the rebels at Goldsboro’, N. C. destroying the railroad bridge.
DEC. 19.—The rebels recaptured Holly Springs, Miss., taking the
garrison prisoners, and destroying a large quantity of ammunition,
commissary stores and cotton.
DEC. 21.—General Carter left Kentucky for the purpose of destroying
two important railroad bridges in East Tennessee. The expedition was
successful.
DEC. 23.—The Confederates attacked General Sigel at Dumfries, Va., but
were repulsed.
SECOND ATTACK ON VICKSBURG.
DEC. 27.—General Sherman attacked the advanced works of the enemy about
6 miles from Vicksburg, at the same time the gunboats attacked the
rebel batteries on Haines’ Bluff.
DEC. 28.—The Federals drive the rebels from the first and second lines
of defense and advanced to within two and a half miles of Vicksburg.
General Blunt entered Van Buren, Ark., capturing four steamboats laden
with provisions.
DEC. 29.—The Confederates attacked General Sherman with their whole
force, and drove him back to the first lines of defense.
BATTLE OF MURFREESBORO’, OR STONE RIVER.
DEC. 31.—Skirmishing had been going on for two days, but to-day the
engagement became general. The Union army numbered 45,000 men, under
General Rosecrans. The main attack of the rebels was made on General
Rosecrans’ right, commanded by General McCook. The division was driven
back four miles, and lost 26 guns; but reinforcements being sent from
the left and center, the enemy was in turn repulsed and the lost ground
regained. The iron-clad steamer, Monitor, foundered on the coast of
South Carolina. West Virginia admitted into the Union as a State.
JANUARY, 1863.
JAN. 1.—General Sullivan defeated the rebels under Van Dorn, at Hunt’s
Cross Roads, near Lexington, Tenn. Early in the morning of January 1st
a rebel force of 3,000 men under the command of General Magruder, made
an attack on the Union troops numbering 300, at Galveston, Texas. At
the same time the rebel batteries and two rebel steamers attacked the
blockading fleet. The fight lasted several hours, resulting in the
capture of the troops on land and the steamer Harriet Lane. The U. S.
vessel Westfield got aground, and was destroyed to prevent its falling
into the hands of the enemy. The explosion took place prematurely,
before Commodore Renshaw had left, and he perished with his vessel.
JAN. 3.—Since the hard battle of December 31st, fighting had been going
on between the two armies at Murfreesboro’. The Confederates made an
attack on the Federal lines Jan. 1st, and another Jan. 2d, but were
repulsed in both cases. On the night of Jan. 3d, they commenced their
retreat. The following is the official statement of the Union loss
at the battle of Stone River: killed 1,697, wounded 6,425, and 3,550
missing. The Federal army withdrew from before Vicksburg. The Union
loss in the second attack on Vicksburg was about 600 killed, 1,500
wounded and 1,000 missing.
JAN. 7.—The Confederates made an attack on Springfield, Mo., where a
large quantity of army stores had been deposited. The place was bravely
defended by General Brown and the rebels defeated. Union loss 17 killed.
ARKANSAS POST.
JAN. 10.—The attack was commenced Saturday night by the Mississippi
Squadron, under Admiral Porter. On the following day the land forces
under General McClernand, joined in the fight, and before night all the
fortifications were taken. About 7,000 prisoners, and a large quantity
of ammunition were captured. The Union loss was about 200 killed and
wounded. Two rebel iron-clad vessels made an attack on the blockading
fleet at Charleston, South Carolina. The Mercedita and Keystone were
severely injured, and the inner line of blockaders driven off for a
time, but the outer line of vessels were not disturbed and the blockade
was not interrupted.
JAN. 12.—Three Federal transports on the Cumberland river were captured
by the enemy. The gunboat Slidel, which was in company surrendered
without firing a gun.
JAN. 14.—Fight at Bayou Teche, La., a number of rebels were captured,
and the rebel gunboat Cotton, destroyed.
JAN. 20.—The Morning Light and Velocity, blockading Sabine City,
Texas, were both captured by the rebels. A few days after, the Morning
Light was destroyed to prevent its recapture by the Federals.
THIRD ATTACK ON VICKSBURG.
JAN. 22.—After the capture of Arkansas Post, General McClernand
returned to Vicksburg and resumed the siege of that place. Work was
also resumed on the canal across the point opposite Vicksburg.
JAN. 27.—The iron-clad Montauk, and three wooden gunboats, made an
attack on Fort McAllister, at the mouth of the Ogeechee river near
Savannah, Ga., but failed.
JAN. 28.—General Burnside relieved of the command of the army of the
Potomac, and General Hooker appointed in his place. General Sumner and
General Franklin were relieved from duty in the army of the Potomac.
JAN. 31.—The Confederate General Pryor made an attack on the Union
troops under General Peck, at Blackwater, Va. The rebels were repulsed.
The fighting resulted in a Union loss of 24 killed and 80 wounded.
Skirmish at Rover, Tenn., rebels were defeated with a loss of 12 killed
and 300 wounded.
FEBRUARY, 1863.
FEB. 1.—The gunboats made another attack on Fort McAllister, but were
unsuccessful.
FEB. 2.—The Federal ram Queen of the West, ran the blockade at
Vicksburg, but was captured a few days after by the rebels. Stokes’
Tennessee cavalry and one Kentucky regiment attacked a rebel camp near
Middletown, Tenn., dispersing the enemy and captured the camp.
FEB. 13.—The iron-clad Indianola ran the blockade at Vicksburg, and was
captured by the rebels.
FEB. 18.—The gunboats commenced the bombardment of Vicksburg, but
without accomplishing anything.
FEB. 26.—A train of 28 cars on the L. & N. R. R., captured by the
rebels at Woodburn, Ky., and destroyed.
FEB. 27.—The rebel steamer Nashville, while attempting to run the
blockade, got aground near Fort McAllister, and was destroyed by the
blockading fleet.
MARCH, 1863.
MARCH 5.—Five regiments of infantry, two of cavalry, and one battery,
under the command of Colonel Coburn, were attacked by a superior force
of rebels under Van Dorn, at Thompson’s Station, near Franklin, Tenn.
The unequal contest resulted unfortunately to the Union cause. The
Federal loss was 120 killed, and 1,206 taken prisoners.
MARCH 7.—General Minty attacked a rebel cavalry force at Unionville,
Tenn., capturing their wagons, horses and tents, and about 60 prisoners.
MARCH 9.—A band of rebel cavalry passed through the Union lines,
entered Fairfax, Va., and captured General Stoughton and a few privates.
MARCH 13.—The Confederates made an unsuccessful attempt to recapture
Newbern, N. C. Commodore Farragut’s fleet attempted to pass the rebel
batteries at Port Hudson, but only a part of the vessels succeeded. The
Mississippi got aground and was destroyed.
MARCH 17.—Two hundred cavalry under command of General Averill, crossed
the Rappahannock, near Kelly’s Ford, where but a single horseman could
cross at once, and in the face of a most terrible fire from rifle pits
and sharpshooters, charged the rebels in their intrenchments, killing
or capturing nearly the whole force. They then encountered Stuart’s
cavalry, and after a desperate hand-to-hand encounter, of five hours,
routed them with great slaughter, capturing 80 prisoners.
MARCH 20.—John Morgan with 4,000 men was totally defeated near Milton,
Tenn., by Colonel Hall, with 1,400 mounted men. The negro brigade took
Jacksonville, Florida. Major-General Burnside appointed to command the
Department of the Ohio.
MARCH 22.—Rebels under Clarke, captured Mt. Sterling, Ky.
MARCH 28.—The rebel steamer Iris, captured by the U. S. steamer Stellin
30 miles north of Charleston, S. C.
APRIL, 1863.
APRIL 1.—Two hundred and fifty of Jenkins’ rebel cavalry attacked
Point Pleasant. An expedition from Murfreesboro’ under General Hazen,
attacked a rebel camp near Woodbury, killing and wounding 20, capturing
30 prisoners, 50 horses and a lot of mules and wagons; the rebels were
600 strong, and under the command of Colonel Smith.
APRIL 6.—General Mitchell with 300 cavalry dashed into a rebel camp
near Nashville, on a sabre charge, capturing 5, killing 15, and
capturing all their tents, arms, horses and equipments.
[Illustration: MILLARD FILLMORE.]
ATTACK ON CHARLESTON.
APRIL 7.—The Federal fleet was composed of nine iron-clad vessels,
under the command of Commodore Dupont. The fight began in the afternoon
of April 7th, and lasted about two hours. Keokuk was so badly damaged
that she sunk in a few hours. Several other vessels were temporarily
disabled. The fleet was then withdrawn.
APRIL 10.—General Van Dorn’s forces attacked General Granger at
Franklin, Tenn., and were driven back with loss.
APRIL 17.—General Banks’ command left Baton Rouge, fought three
battles, two on land and one on Grand Lake, capturing 2,000 prisoners.
Our loss was 700. Six vessels of Porter’s fleet ran by the rebel
batteries at Vicksburg.
APRIL 18.—Fayetteville, Ark., attacked by 3,000 rebels, with four
pieces of artillery; Union forces numbered but 2,000. The rebels were
repulsed. Our loss was 5 killed and 17 wounded.
APRIL 22.—The ram Queen of the West, was captured in Grand Lake, with
Captain Fuller and all her officers and crew, numbering 90. General
McClellan’s staff disbanded. A small mounted force under Colonel
Wilder, attacked McMinnville, Tenn., at 1 o’clock, A. M., surprised the
rebel force under Grigsby, destroyed the railroad depot and bridges,
and an immense quantity of cotton and army supplies, capturing 300
prisoners. Banks occupied Opelousas and Washington, Miss. The Baltimore
and Ohio R. R. destroyed between Cumberland and Grafton. The advance
guard of Marmaduke’s army, under command of Colonel Newton, was
surprised—the entire regiment being either killed or captured by the
Union forces under Vandever.
APRIL 30.—Colonel Mulligan repulsed by the rebels at Fairmont, Western
Virginia, and the B. & O. R. R. bridges blown up at Fairmont and Cheat
river.
MAY, 1863.
MAY 1.—General Carter with 5,000 men crossed the Cumberland, below
Somerset, Ky., and attacked the rebel forces at Monticello, under
Pegram, driving them from the field. Rebels lost 66 men. Marmaduke’s
forces driven out of Missouri by Vandever.
BATTLE OF PORT GIBSON.
Grant defeated General Bowen with a loss of 1,550 men and 5 pieces of
artillery.
GRIERSON’S RAID.
MAY 2.—On the morning of the 17th of April, 1863, the 6th and 7th
Illinois cavalry, 900 strong, under command of Colonel Grierson, of
the 6th Illinois, (together with 6 pieces of artillery,) set out from
Lagrange, Tennessee, and pursuing in the main a Southerly course,
marched through the center of Mississippi, destroying as they went,
railroads, bridges, cars, locomotives, and stores of all kinds,
belonging to the rebels, in immense quantities. Traveling on an average
40 miles a day, they reached Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on the evening
of the 2d of May. They had traveled nearly 800 miles in 16 days, and
traversed 17 counties. At several points the enemy made great attempts
to capture them but failed. They brought into Baton Rouge over 1,000
horses and a large number of cattle; 500 negroes followed them.
FREDERICKSBURG.
MAY 3.—The second attempt to capture the rebel fortifications at
Fredericksburg, Va., was made by the Army of the Potomac, under General
Hooker, and failed. The army commenced marching April 27th, the main
body crossing the Rappahannock at Kelley’s Ford, about 20 miles
north-west of Fredericksburg, then marching south, crossed the Rapidan,
and took their position at Chancellorville, about 10 miles west of
Fredericksburg. Severe skirmishing took place on Friday and Saturday,
May 1st and 2d; but the main battle was fought on Sunday, May 3d,
resulting in the defeat of the Federal troops. In the meantime General
Sedgwick had crossed the Rappahannock and occupied Fredericksburg. He,
too, was defeated, and compelled to retire to the northern bank of the
river. Hooker’s army recrossed the river on the night of May 5th. The
loss on each side was about 15,000 killed, wounded and prisoners.
STONEMAN’S RAID.
While the fight was going on near Fredericksburg, General Stoneman,
with a large cavalry force, crossed the Rapidan east of Orange
Court House, and made a bold and partially successful raid into the
enemy’s country. A portion of the railroad between Gordonsville
and Charlottsville was destroyed, and considerable damage done to
the Virginia Central, and Richmond and Fredericksburg R. R. Large
quantities of provisions were destroyed at different points.
MAY 5.—Vallandigham arrested by order of General Burnside, at his
residence in Dayton, Ohio. Office of the Dayton Journal destroyed
by the mob. Suffolk, Va., abandoned by the rebel troops, and
fortifications destroyed. Alexandria, La., captured by Admiral Porter.
100 prominent secessionists of St. Louis sent South.
MAY 8.—Colonel Streight’s command of 1,700 men captured by Forrest’s
cavalry, two miles from Cedar Bluff, Ga., after severe fighting. The
rebel General Van Dorn killed by Dr. Peters, in Manny county, Tennessee.
MAY 9.—Colonel Jacobs, with Kentucky cavalry, attacked and routed a
guerrilla force near Horse Shoe Bend, on the Cumberland river; killed a
number, took 8 prisoners and destroyed their camp.
MAY 10.—The rebel General Stonewall Jackson died at Richmond, Va., of
wounds and pneumonia.
MAY 11.—The Buell Court of Inquiry adjourned, after a session of 165
days.
MAY 12.—General McPherson, of Grant’s command, attacked Raymond, Miss.,
and took the town after a hard fight of two hours. The enemy lost 76
killed, 639 wounded, and 186 prisoners.
BATTLE OF JACKSON, MISS.
MAY 13.—Grant defeated Joseph S. Johnson and captured Jackson, Miss.,
with 7 cannon, and large quantities of military stores, besides 400
prisoners. The State Capitol was destroyed by fire. Colonel W. K.
Breckenridge, with only 55 men of the 1st Union Tennessee cavalry,
attacked twice their number of rebels at Linden, Tennessee, and
captured 43 officers and privates, 50 horses, and a quantity of other
property.
MAY 15.—A severe fight near Suffolk, Va., in which the rebel detachment
was defeated. Faulkner’s rebel cavalry defeated near Holly Springs,
Miss.
BATTLE OF BAKER’S CREEK, MISS.
Between the rebel army under Lieut. General Pemberton, and the Union
forces under General Grant, occurred at Baker’s Creek, Miss., on the
15th of May. About 25,000 men were engaged upon each side. The rebels
met with a disastrous defeat, losing 2,600 in killed and wounded, 2,000
men prisoners, and 29 pieces of artillery.
BATTLE OF BIG BLACK RIVER.
MAY 17.—Grant again attacked Pemberton at Big Black River bridge, and
defeated him with a total loss of 2,600 men and 17 cannon.
MAY 24.—Austin, Mississippi, burned by Colonel Ellet’s Marine brigade.
MAY 25.—Vallandigham delivered to the rebels at Murfreesboro’, Tenn.
Rebel Navy Yard destroyed at Yazoo City.
MAY 28.—The gunboat Cincinnati sunk by the rebel batteries near
Vicksburg. She went down with her flag flying. 25 men were killed and
wounded, and 15 drowned.
MAY 29.—An immense train consisting of 600 wagons, 3,000 horses and
mules, 1,500 head of cattle, and 6,000 negroes, arrived from the Teche
country, within General Banks’ lines.
JUNE, 1863.
JUNE 1.—General Hunter removed from the command of the Department of
the South. General Gilmore succeeds him.
JUNE 3.—Colonel Montgomery, of the 2d South Carolina (colored)
regiment, made a most brilliant raid at the head of 200 men. He passed
up the Coosaw river, landing in full view of two rebel regiments, who
fled from the spot. He then penetrated 25 miles into the interior, and
on his return brought away 725 negroes, a fine lot of blooded horses
and other property, valued at $600,000.
JUNE 11.—Forrest with 5,000 cavalry and two batteries of artillery,
attacked the Union cavalry at Triune, Tenn., under command of Colonel
R. B. Mitchell. The rebels were defeated, losing 21 killed and 70
wounded and prisoners. Six of Mitchell’s men were killed. The notorious
blockade runner, Herald, was sunk at midnight by a broadside from our
blockading fleet off Charleston.
JUNE 14.—General Ewell defeated General Milroy at Winchester, Virginia,
with a loss of 2,000 men, and drove him to Harper’s Ferry.
JUNE 17.—The rebel ram, Atlanta, was decoyed into Wilmington Waters,
off the coast of South Carolina, and captured after a brief fight, by
the Weehawken, commanded by Captain John Rodgers. A division of our
cavalry under Colonel Kilpatrick, encountered General Fitzhugh Lee’s
cavalry brigade, consisting of five regiments, with artillery, near
Aldie, Va., and a desperate hand-to-hand encounter followed, ending in
a hasty retreat on the part of the rebel forces. 100 prisoners were
captured.
JUNE 21.—General McClernand removed by Grant, and General Ord put in
his place.
JUNE 23.—Rebels under Johnston attacked Osterhaus’ division on Big
Black River, Mississippi, and were defeated with great slaughter.
JUNE 24.—Rosecrans advanced from Murfreesboro’. Liberty Gap taken by
Willich’s brigade, with a loss of 75 killed and wounded. Hoover’s Gap
taken by Colonel Wilder’s mounted brigade, with a loss of 53 killed and
wounded.
JUNE 25.—Another fight at Liberty Gap, between a rebel division under
Claiborne, and Willich, Wilder and Carter’s brigades. Our loss, 40
killed and 100 wounded, that of the rebels much greater. The rebels
fled in disorder.
JUNE 26.—Rear Admiral Foote died in New York City. Colonel Wilder’s
brigade destroyed the Deckert bridge, in the rear of Bragg, between
Tullahoma and Chattanooga.
JUNE 28.—General Hooker was relieved of his command of the Army of the
Potomac, at his own request, and General Meade succeeds him.
JULY, 1863. BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG, PENN.
JULY 1.—In the latter part of June the rebel army, under General Lee,
invaded Pennsylvania. On the 1st of July they were attacked by General
Meade near Gettysburg, and after a three days’ battle, driven from the
field, leaving 5,000 killed and wounded in our hands. Meade took 20,000
prisoners. Missouri passed the Ordinance of Emancipation. Rosecrans
drove Bragg from Tullahoma.
JULY 4.—General Prentice, with 3,500 men, defeated 18,000 rebels under
Holmes at Helena, Ark. Union loss less than 100; that of the rebels
2,400, including 1,600 prisoners.
VICKSBURG.
JULY 4.—The siege of Vicksburg by the Union army under Grant, commenced
May 18, and was pressed forward with almost unprecedented vigor until
July 4, when Pemberton surrendered to General Grant 27,000 prisoners,
132 cannon, and 50,000 stand of arms.
JULY 5.—John Morgan captured Lebanon, Kentucky, with 100 prisoners.
PORT HUDSON.
JULY 8.—In the month of May General Banks invested Port Hudson. Two
grand attacks were made by land and water on the 27th of May and 14th
of June, in which portions of the enemy’s works were taken. At last, on
the 8th of July, the commander, Major-General Gardner, surrendered with
7,000 prisoners, 60 cannon, and 10,000 stand of arms.
MORGAN’S RAID.
JULY 8.— Morgan, with 5,000 cavalry and 4 pieces of artillery, crossed
the Ohio river into Harrison county, Indiana, and marched rapidly
through the southern part of the State into Ohio, committing numerous
depredations. On the 18th he was overtaken by the troops under Colonels
Hobson and Judah, near Pomeroy, who captured all his artillery and
1,300 prisoners. With a mere fragment of his command he retreated
to Columbiana county, where, on the 20th, he surrendered to General
Shackleford.
JULY 17.—General Sherman attacked Jackson, Miss., routed Johnson and
occupied the city. Large stores were captured, and also 40 locomotives,
and all the rolling stock of the 3 railroads. General Ransom occupied
Natchez. A large quantity of ammunition, 13 cannon, 2,000 head of
cattle, and 4,000 hogsheads of sugar fell into his hands. A severe
fight occurred on Elk creek, Ark., between General Blunt with 2,400
Union troops, and General Tooper, with 5,000 rebels, in which the
former were victorious. Union loss 40, that of the rebels 184.
JULY 20.—A cavalry expedition sent out by General Foster, struck the
Wilmington and Weldon railroad at Rocky Mount, N. C., burnt the long
bridge over Tar river, tore up two miles of track, destroyed the depot,
a large cotton factory, a valuable supply train, and 5,000 bales of
rebel cotton. A cavalry force under Colonel Tolland, of the 34th Ohio
mounted infantry, burned Wytheville, Va., after a severe fight, taking
3 cannon, 700 stand of arms, and 120 prisoners. Our loss was 65,
including the brave Colonel Tolland; that of the rebels 75 killed and
many wounded.
JULY 22.—Colonel Wilder, of Rosecrans’ advance, shelled Chattanooga.
Brashear City, La., recaptured by the Union gunboat Sachem.
JULY 23.—A gallant fight occurred near Manassas Gap, in which 800 men
of General Spinola’s brigade, utterly routed twice their number of
Georgia and North Carolina troops, with 17 cannon.
JULY 23.—Kentucky again invaded. A small detachment of Union troops at
Richmond, under Colonel Sanders, badly cut up by 2,000 rebels under
Colonel Pegram, and compelled to retreat to Lexington. Kit Carson, with
a part of the 1st New Mexico regiment, defeated the Navajoe Indians in
a severe fight beyond Fort Canby.
JULY 31.—The Union forces in Kentucky, under Colonel Saunders,
thoroughly routed the rebel troops under Scott and Pegram.
AUGUST, 1863.
AUGUST 2.—A severe though indecisive cavalry fight occurred at
Culpeper, Va., between Buford and Stuart, in which 100 prisoners were
captured by the Union troops.
AUGUST 17.—The rebels having collected an immense quantity of stores at
Grenada, Mississippi, General Hurlbut sent out an expedition under the
command of Lieut. Col. Phillips, of the 9th Illinois Mounted Infantry,
to destroy them. Leaving Lagrange, Tenn., on the 13th, Col. Phillips
attacked the rebel forces at Grenada, consisting of 2,000 men, under
command of General Slimmer, and drove them in confusion from the place.
He then destroyed all the ordnance and commissary stores, burnt the
depot and machine shop, tore up the railroad track and destroyed 57
locomotives, and more than 400 cars.
AUGUST 20.—The town of Lawrence, Kansas, was surprised in the middle
of the night by 300 guerillas, who had collected in Cass county,
Mo., under the leadership of Quantrill. The town was set on fire and
182 buildings burned to the ground, and $2,000,000 worth of property
destroyed. 191 persons were killed, many of whom were helpless women
and children; 581 were wounded, many of them mortally. After the
departure of the guerillas, the citizens organized under General James
H. Lane and pursued them to their headquarters at Grand River, Mo.,
where they scattered in various directions. About 80 of the murderers
were killed.
AUGUST 22.—Colonel Woodson’s cavalry made a successful onslaught upon
numerous guerilla bands in Arkansas, capturing Jeff. Thompson with his
entire staff. General Blunt, with 4,500 men, attacked General Cooper,
with 11,000 rebel troops, in the Indian Territory, and compelled him to
retreat to Red River.
AUGUST 29.—The rebel army in Arkansas, under General Price, severely
pushed by the Union forces under General Steele. Steele’s advance,
under General Davidson, drove 3,000 rebels, under Marmaduke, out of
Brownsville, and across the Arkansas river.
SEPTEMBER, 1863.
SEPT. 1.—General Blunt defeated the rebel forces in Arkansas under
Cooper and Cobell, and captured Fort Smith. The rebels evacuated Little
Rock.
SEPT. 4.—Burnside occupied Knoxville, Tenn., and was hailed with
delight by the inhabitants.
SEPT. 8.—A land and naval force under the command of General Franklin,
made an attack on the rebel fortifications at Sabine City, Texas, but
were repulsed with a loss of two small boats.
SEPT. 9.—General Crittenden’s Division of Rosecrans’ army, entered
Chattanooga.
SEPT. 10.—General Burnside captured Cumberland Gap, with 2,000
prisoners and 14 pieces of artillery, under the command of
Major-General Frazer. General Steele took possession of Little Rock,
Ark.
CHICKAMAUGA.
SEPT. 19.—The battle was commenced by General Bragg in the morning
and continued all day.—At night both armies occupied nearly the same
position that they did in the morning. On the next day the battle
was renewed by the rebels and lasted until dark. The Union army was
defeated and driven back to Chattanooga. The Federal loss was about
1,800 killed and 9,500 wounded, and 2,500 prisoners.
OCTOBER, 1863.
OCT. 9.—Wheeler’s rebel cavalry, which had come north of the Tennessee
river, for the purpose of cutting Rosecrans’ communications, was
defeated with considerable loss, at Farmington, Tenn., and again near
Shelbyville.
OCT. 20.—The Departments of the Cumberland and Mississippi were
consolidated and placed under the command of General Grant. General
Rosecrans removed and General Thomas appointed in his place.
NOVEMBER, 1863—CHATTANOOGA.
NOV. 25.—The rebel army under Bragg was badly whipped near Chattanooga,
losing about 6,000 prisoners, and 52 guns. The Union loss was between
3,000 and 4,000 in killed and wounded.
DECEMBER, 1863.
DEC. 4.—General Longstreet commenced the siege of Knoxville, November
17th. On the 29th there was a severe fight, in which the Confederates
were defeated. This, with the defeat of Bragg, at Chattanooga,
compelled Longstreet to raise the siege. He retreated toward Virginia,
pursued by Burnside’s forces; while another army under General Foster,
started from Cumberland Gap to cut off their retreat.
FEBRUARY, 1864.
FEB. 1.—The Union outposts near Newburn were attacked by a strong force
and fell back in good order, with but little loss.
FEB. 9.—A large number of prisoners, including Colonel Streight,
escaped from Libby Prison, Richmond.
FEB. 15.—General W. T. Sherman, with his command, arrived at Meridian,
Miss., on his great raid into the heart of the enemy’s country. After
accomplishing his object in destroying railroads and stores, he
returned to Vicksburg with immense booty.
FEB. 20.—The advance into Florida of the Union forces, about 5,000
strong, under General Seymour, was repulsed near Olustee, with a loss
of 1,200. Rebel loss about the same.
FEB. 22.—A heavy reconnoitering force sent out from Chattanooga by
General Grant, met and defeated the enemy at Tunnel Hill.
MARCH, 1864.
MARCH 8.—General Grant was formally presented, by the President, with
his commission as Lieutenant-General, and on the 12th was assigned to
the command of the armies of the United States.
MARCH 15.—The Union forces under General A. J. Smith, captured Fort De
Russey, La., on Red river, with 325 prisoners, 12 pieces of artillery,
2,000 barrels of powder, with an immense amount of ammunition and
stores.
MARCH 25.—About 5,000 rebels under Forrester, captured Paducah, Ky.,
and fired the place. Union loss, 12 killed and 40 wounded; rebel loss,
150 killed.
MARCH 28.—The 54th Illinois regiment attacked by Coles county
copperheads, at Charleston, Ill.
APRIL, 1864.
APRIL 8.—The advance of General Banks’ expedition up Red river, under
the direction of General Stone, was repulsed near Shreveport, La.; but
on the following day our men defeated the enemy. Our loss was about
2,000 and the enemy’s the same.
APRIL 12.—General Forrest overpowered the Union forces at Fort
Pillow, compelled them to surrender, and immediately after commenced
an indiscriminate massacre of our wounded soldiers, both colored and
white—not excepting women and children who had taken refuge in the fort.
APRIL 17 and 18.—At Plymouth, N. C., the rebel ram and a battery sunk
three Union gunboats.
APRIL 23.—The Governors of Ohio, Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin and Indiana
offer to raise for the General Government 85,000 men for one hundred
days.
APRIL 26.—Government accept service of one hundred day men, and
appropriated $20,000,000 for their payment.
MAY, 1864.
MAY 5.—Draft ordered in Massachusetts, New Jersey, Ohio, Minnesota,
Kentucky and Maryland.
MAY 6.—General Grant crossed the Rapidan, and Lee fell back toward
Richmond.
MAY 7.—Grant still advances driving Lee’s forces before him.
MAY 8.—Sherman occupied Dalton.
MAY 9.—After 3 days’ hard fighting Lee’s forces retreated, leaving
3,000 killed and 10,000 wounded on the field, in possession of the
Union army.
BATTLE AT SPOTTSYLVANIA COURT HOUSE.
MAY 12.—Union troops victorious. They capture 4,000 prisoners and 25
pieces of artillery.
MAY 13.—General Sheridan, with cavalry, reached the rear of the enemy,
near Hanover Junction, breaking two railroads, capturing several
locomotives, and destroying Lee’s depot for supplies at Beaver Dam,
containing over 1,000,000 rations.
MAY 15.—Sherman forced Johnson to evacuate Resaca, after two days’
fighting.
MAY 23.—Army of the Potomac flanked the rebels, under Lee, and forced
them to evacuate their fortifications near Spottsylvania Court House.
John Morgan enters Kentucky with 4,000 men.
MAY 27.—Grant crossed the Pamunkey, and occupied Hanovertown.
MAY 30.—Grant reached Mechanicsville.
JUNE, 1864.—BATTLE OF COAL HARBOR.
JUNE 3.—In which the rebels are routed with heavy loss.
JUNE 5.—Sherman flanked Johnson and captured Ackworth Station.
JUNE 7.—General Hunter defeats the rebel General Jones, near Staunton,
Va.
UNION CONVENTION AT BALTIMORE.
JUNE 8.—Abraham Lincoln and Governor Andrew Johnson were nominated for
President and Vice-President. Morgan defeated by General Burbridge,
near Lexington, Ky.
JUNE 11.—Morgan demanded of Governor Bramlette the surrender of
Frankfort, which the Governor refused.
JUNE 12.—General Hancock drove the rebels from Bottom Bridge at the
point of the bayonet.
JUNE 15.—General Smith attacked with a force of 15,000 men.
JUNE 20.—Rebels strongly reinforced by Lee.
JUNE 23.—Rebels attack Wright and Hancock, capturing 3 full regiments,
after which they are repulsed.
JUNE 27.—Sherman made an unsuccessful attack on the enemy’s position,
losing from 2,000 to 3,000 men.
JUNE 28.—Left wing of Grant’s army take possession of the Weldon
railroad.
JUNE 30.—Secretary Chase resigned, and Hon. Wm. P. Fessenden was
appointed to fill the vacancy.
JULY, 1864.
JULY 10.—Rebels invade Maryland. The Union forces under General
Wallace, defeated at the Monacacy river.
JULY 13 and 15.—The rebels under General Forrest, defeated in 5
different battles near Pontotoc, Mo.
JULY 17.—The rebel army was driven within the fortifications at Atlanta.
JULY 20.—The enemy assaulted General Sherman’s lines 3 times, but were
repulsed each time with severe loss. General Averill defeated the enemy
near Winchester, Va.
JULY 22.—A great battle was fought before Atlanta, resulting in the
complete defeat of the Confederates.
JULY 25.—General Crook overtook the rebels retreating from the Maryland
raid, and recaptured a large amount of stores. After severe fighting
on the 23d and 24th July, General Averill is compelled to fall back to
Harper’s Ferry.
JULY 30.—A mine containing 6 tons of powder, under a rebel fort at
Petersburg, was exploded, destroying the fort and garrison.
AUGUST, 1864.
AUGUST 5.—Commodore Farragut’s fleet passed Forts Morgan and Gaines.
The rebel ram Tennessee was captured, and several other vessels
destroyed. Shortly after Fort Gaines surrendered and Fort Powell was
evacuated.
AUGUST 7.—General Averill defeated the enemy at Morefield, Virginia.
AUGUST 15.—The rebel General Wheeler repulsed at Dalton, Georgia.
AUGUST 18.—The Weldon railroad seized by General Grant.
AUGUST 23.—Fort Morgan surrendered.
AUGUST 25.—General Hancock, who held the Weldon railroad south of
Reams’ station, was attacked several times, but repulsed the enemy each
time.
SEPTEMBER, 1864.
SEPT. 1.—General Sherman defeated the enemy at Jonesboro, Georgia.
SEPT. 2.—The Federal troops took possession of Atlanta.
SEPT. 5.—The rebel General John Morgan was killed near Greenville, Tenn.
SEPT. 7.—A force of 2,000 rebels defeated at Readyville, Tennessee.
SEPT. 19.—General Sheridan gained a complete victory over the enemy in
the Shenandoah valley.
SEPT. 22.—The battle at Fisher’s Hill was fought, resulting in the
defeat of the rebel army.
SEPT. 28.—General Grant advanced his lines on the north side of the
James river to within 7 miles of Richmond. The rebels under General
Price invade Missouri.
OCTOBER, 1864.
OCT. 5.—The rebels attack Allatoona, Ga., but were repulsed with severe
loss.
OCT. 7.—The pirate vessel Florida captured by the U. S. steamer
Wachusett.
OCT. 8.—The rebels in the Shenandoah valley are again defeated by
Sheridan.
OCT. 19.—General Sheridan gained his fourth victory over the rebels
under Early, at Cedar creek, Va.
OCT. 23.—The rebel General Price defeated at Blue river, Missouri.
OCT. 28.—General Blunt defeated the rebels under Price, at Neosho, Mo.
OCT. 30.—General Hood made three attacks on Decatur, Ala., but was
repulsed each time.
NOVEMBER, 1864.
NOV. 3.—The rebel ram Albemarle destroyed by Lieutenant Cushing. The
Confederate army under Hood, attempted to cross the Tennessee, but were
repulsed by the Federal army, under General Sherman.
NOV. 8.—The Presidential election took place. Lincoln and Johnson
received 212, McClellan and Pendleton 21 electoral votes.
NOV. 16.—General Sherman left Atlanta, and began his march through
Georgia, to Savannah.
NOV. 30.—The rebel army under General Hood, attacked the Union troops
under General Schofield, at Franklin, Tenn., but were repulsed with
great loss.
DECEMBER, 1864.
DEC. 13.—Fort McAllister captured by Gen. Sherman’s army.
DEC. 16.—General Thomas defeated the enemy at Nashville, Tenn., with
heavy loss, capturing a large number of guns and prisoners.
DEC. 20.—The rebels under General Breckinridge defeated in
South-Western Virginia, and the salt works destroyed.
DEC. 21.—General Sherman entered the city of Savannah, capturing 150
cannon, 30,000 bales of cotton, and a large amount of munitions of war.
DEC. 29.—Hood’s army crossed the Tennessee river, thus ending the
Tennessee campaign.
JANUARY, 1865.
JAN. 3.—Massachusetts ratified Constitutional Amendment.
JAN. 8.—General Butler removed from the command of the army of the
James, and is succeeded by General Ord.
JAN. 11.—The garrison at Beverly, Va., was attacked by a rebel force
under General Rosser. The town and a large portion of the force
defending it, were captured.
JAN. 16.—Fort Fisher, near Wilmington, N. C., captured with all its
equipments.
JAN. 20.—Rebels evacuate Corinth.
JAN. 21.—Peace rumors.
JAN. 27.—Rebel incendiaries set fire to the city of Savannah.
FEBRUARY, 1865.
FEB. 1.—Illinois ratified the Constitutional Amendment.
FEB. 2.—Maryland, Michigan, New York and Rhode Island, ratified the
Constitutional Amendment.
FEB. 4.—Illinois Black Laws repealed.
FEB. 7.—Maine ratified the Constitutional Amendment.
FEB. 12.—General Sherman occupied Branchville, S. C.
FEB. 13.—Indiana ratified the Constitutional Amendment.
FEB. 17.—Louisiana ratified the Constitutional Amendment. General
Sherman’s victorious columns entered Columbia, S. C., and burned the
city.
FEB. 18.—Charleston, S. C., evacuated and taken possession of by
General Gilmore. Great amount of valuable property destroyed, six
thousand bales of cotton. Ammunition stored in the railroad depot
exploded, and many lives were lost. General Gilmore hoisted the old
flag over Fort Sumter.
FEB. 19.—Fort Anderson, N. C. taken.
FEB. 21.—Wisconsin ratified the Constitutional Amendment. Fort
Armstrong, N. C., taken.
FEB. 22.—Wilmington captured.
MARCH, 1865.
MARCH 2.—General Sheridan fought and captured the rebel General Early,
with 1,800 men, between Staunton and Charlottesville.
MARCH 10.—General Bragg attacked General Cox near Kingston, N. C., but
was defeated. General Sherman occupied Fayetteville, N. C.
MARCH 12.—Mobile attacked.
MARCH 13.—General Schofield occupied Kingston.
MARCH 16.—Rebel General Hardee defeated at Averysboro’, North Carolina.
MARCH 17.—Rebel Congress adjourned, _sine die_.
MARCH 19.—Rebel General Johnson defeated at Bentonville, North Carolina.
MARCH 25.—Rebels attack General Grant and got soundly whipped.
APRIL, 1865.
APRIL 3.—Richmond taken.
APRIL 9.—General Lee surrendered. Mobile captured.
APRIL 12.—Salisbury, N. C., captured. Mobile captured by General Canby,
1,000 prisoners, 150 cannon, 3,000 bales of cotton. Columbus, Ga.,
captured.
APRIL 13.—Raleigh, N. C., captured. Governor Vance taken prisoner.
APRIL 14.—President Lincoln assassinated. Secretary Seward stabbed.
Arkansas ratified the Constitutional Amendment.
APRIL 15.—President Lincoln died about 7 o’clock, A. M.
APRIL 16.—Andrew Johnson took the oath and was declared President of
the United States.
APRIL 26.—General Johnson surrendered. The war is over.
APRIL 27.—Booth, the murderer of President Lincoln shot and captured.
Dead.
MAY, 1865.
MAY 8.—Subscriptions to 7-30 loan $6,183,000.
MAY 9.—Subscriptions to 7-30 loan $15,165,300.
MAY 10.—Jefferson Davis captured at Irwinville, 75 miles south-west of
Macon, Ga., by the 4th Michigan cavalry, under Colonel Pritchard, of
General Wilson’s command. Also, his wife, mother, Postmaster-general
Regan, Colonel Harrison, Private Secretary, Colonel Johnson and other
military characters. Subscription to 7-30 loan $17,410,100.
MAY 11.—Subscription to 7-30 loan $15,411,800.
MAY 12.—Subscription to 7-30 loan $13,762,100.
MAY 13.—Subscriptions to 7-30 loan $30,451,950. Total for one week
$98,000,000.
MAY 19.—Rebel Governor Watts, of Alabama, arrested.
MAY 21.—Rebel Governor Letcher, of Virginia, arrested.
MAY 24.—Grand review of General Sherman’s army at Washington. Jefferson
Davis indicted for treason.
MAY 26.—Kirby Smith surrendered. The last armed rebel organization has
succumbed.
MAY 31.—Rebel General Hood and staff surrendered.
Pay of Officers of the U. S., Civil and Military.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.
President $25,000 per annum
Private Secretary 2,500 ” ”
Private Secretary to sign Patents 1,500 ” ”
Vice-President 8,000 ” ”
HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS.
Secretary of State $8,000 per annum
Secretary of the Treasury 8,000 ” ”
Secretary of War 8,000 ” ”
Secretary of the Navy 8,000 ” ”
Secretary of the Interior 8,000 ” ”
Postmaster-General 8,000 ” ”
Attorney-General 8,000 ” ”
LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT.
Speaker of House of Representatives,
(mileage, 20 cents per mile.) $8,000 per annum
U. S. Senators, Members of Congress, 5,000 ” ”
and Delegates from Territories
JUDICIARY, (SUPREME COURT OF U. S.)
Chief Justice $6,500 per annum
Associate Justices, [8 in number] 6,000 ” ”
(Court meets first Monday in December)
MINISTERS AND DIPLOMATIC AGENTS OF THE UNITED STATES
IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES—ENVOYS EXTRAORDINARY AND
MINISTERS PLENIPOTENTIARY.
Minister to Great Britain $17,500 per annum
Minister to Russia 12,000 ” ”
Minister to France 17,500 ” ”
Minister to Spain 12,000 ” ”
Minister to Prussia 12,000 ” ”
Minister to Austria 12,000 ” ”
Minister to Italy 12,000 ” ”
Minister to China 12,000 ” ”
Minister to Mexico 12,000 ” ”
Minister to Brazil 12,000 ” ”
Minister to Chili 10,000 ” ”
Minister to Peru 10,000 ” ”
Minister to Nicaragua 7,000 ” ”
MINISTERS RESIDENT.
Minister in Portugal $7,500 per annum
Minister in Belgium 7,500 ” ”
Minister in Netherlands 7,500 ” ”
Minister in Denmark 7,500 ” ”
Minister in Sweden and Norway 7,500 ” ”
Minister in Switzerland 7,500 ” ”
Minister in Pontif States 7,500 ” ”
Minister in Turkey 7,500 ” ”
Minister in Japan 7,500 ” ”
Minister in Costa Rica 7,500 ” ”
Minister in Guatemala 7,500 ” ”
Minister in Honduras 7,500 ” ”
Minister in Salvador 7,500 ” ”
Minister in New Granada 7,500 ” ”
Minister in Venezuela 7,500 ” ”
Minister in Ecuador 7,500 ” ”
Minister in Argentine Confederation 7,500 ” ”
Minister in Hawaiian Islands 7,500 ” ”
WAR DEPARTMENT.
Secretary of War $8,000 per annum
Assistant Secretary of War 3,000 ” ”
Second Assistant Secretary of War 3,000 ” ”
Commander-in-Chief 5,340 ” ”
Adjutant-General 3,594 ” ”
Assistant Adjutant-General 2,532 ” ”
Second Assistant Adjutant-General 1,956 ” ”
Third Assistant Adjutant-General 1,956 ” ”
Fourth Assistant Adjutant-General 1,956 ” ”
Chief Clerk Adjutant-General’s Bureau 1,800 ” ”
Inspector General 2,532 ” ”
Judge Advocate General 2,532 ” ”
Deputy Judge Advocate 1,956 ” ”
Quartermaster General 3,594 ” ”
Deputy Quartermaster General 2,244 ” ”
Assistant Quartermaster 2,532 ” ”
Chief Clerk Quartermaster’s Bureau 1,800 ” ”
Chief Engineer 3,594 ” ”
Assistant Engineer 1,596 ” ”
Chief Clerk of Engineer Bureau 1,800 ” ”
Provost Marshal General ——
Surgeon General 3,594 ” ”
Assistant Surgeon General 2,532 ” ”
Chief Clerk Surgeon General’s Bureau 1,800 ” ”
Chief of Ordnance 3,594 ” ”
Assistant Chief of Ordnance 1,554 ” ”
Chief Clerk of Ordnance Bureau 1,800 ” ”
Paymaster General 2,740 ” ”
Deputy Paymaster General 2,144 ” ”
Additional Paymaster 1,950 ” ”
Chief Clerk Paymaster General’s Bureau 1,800 ” ”
Commissary General of Subsistence 2,532 ” ”
Assistant Commissary General 1,956 ” ”
Second Assistant Commissary General 1,956 ” ”
Chief Clerk Commissary General’s Bureau 1,800 ” ”
GENERAL OFFICERS.
Lieutenant-General $720 00 per month
Aids-de-camp and military secretary to
Lieutenant-General, each 170 00 ” ”
Major-General 445 00 ” ”
Senior Aid-de-camp to General-in-Chief 163 00 ” ”
Aid-de-camp, in addition to pay, etc., of
Lieutenant or Captain 24 00 ” ”
Brigadier-General 299 50 ” ”
Aid-de-camp, in addition to pay, etc., as
Lieutenant 11 00 ” ”
ADJUTANT-GENERAL’S DEPARTMENT.
Adjutant-General—Brigadier-General $407 50 per month
Assistant Adjutant-General—Colonel 211 00 ” ”
Assistant Adjutant-General—Lt. Colonel 187 00 ” ”
Assistant Adjutant-General—Major 163 00 ” ”
Judge Advocate General—Colonel 211 00 ” ”
Judge Advocate—Major 163 00 ” ”
Division Major 163 00 ” ”
INSPECTOR GENERAL’S DEPARTMENT.
Inspector General—Colonel $211 00 per month
Assistant Inspector General—Major 163 00 ” ”
SIGNAL DEPARTMENT.
Signal Officer—Colonel $211 00 per month
PAY DEPARTMENT.
Paymaster General $288 33 per month
Deputy Paymaster General 187 00 ” ”
Paymaster 163 00 ” ”
OFFICERS OF THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS, TOPOGRAPHICAL ENGINEERS, AND
ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT.
Chief of Ordinance—Brigadier-General $407 50 per month
Colonel 211 00 ” ”
Lieutenant Colonel 187 00 ” ”
Major 163 00 ” ”
Captain 129 50 ” ”
First Lieutenant 112 83 ” ”
Second Lieutenant 112 83 ” ”
Brevet Second Lieutenant 112 83 ” ”
OFFICERS OF MOUNTED DRAGOONS, CAVALRY, RIFLEMEN, AND LIGHT ARTILLERY.
Colonel $211 00 per month
Lieutenant Colonel 187 00 ” ”
Major 163 00 ” ”
Captain 129 50 ” ”
First Lieutenant 112 83 ” ”
Second Lieutenant 112 83 ” ”
Brevet Second Lieutenant 112 83 ” ”
QUARTERMASTER’S DEPARTMENT.
Quartermaster General—Brigadier General $407 50 per month
Assistant Quartermaster General—Colonel 211 00 ” ”
Deputy Quartermaster General—Lt. Colonel 187 00 ” ”
Quartermaster—Major 163 00 ” ”
Assistant Quartermaster—Captain 129 50 ” ”
SUBSISTENCE DEPARTMENT.
Commissary General of Subsistence—
Brigadier General $299 50 per month
Assistant Commissary General—Lt. Colonel 187 00 ” ”
Commissary of Subsistence—Major 163 00 ” ”
Commissary of Subsistence—Captain 129 50 ” ”
Assistant Commissary of Subsistence,
in addition to pay, etc., as Lieutenant 11 00 ” ”
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.
Surgeon General—Brigadier General $299 50 per month
Assistant Surgeon General 211 00 ” ”
Medical Inspector General 211 00 ” ”
Medical Inspector 187 00 ” ”
Surgeons of ten years’ service 199 00 ” ”
Surgeons of less than ten years’ service 163 00 ” ”
Assistant Surgeons of ten years’ service 165 50 ” ”
Assistant Surgeons of five years’ service 129 50 ” ”
Assistant Surgeons of less than five years’
service 112 83 ” ”
Adjutant, Regimental Quartermaster, and
Regimental Commissary, in addition to
pay of Lieutenant, each 10 00 ” ”
OFFICERS OF ARTILLERY AND INFANTRY.
Colonel $194 00 per month
Lieutenant Colonel 170 00 ” ”
Major 151 00 ” ”
Captain 118 50 ” ”
First Lieutenant 108 50 ” ”
Second Lieutenant 103 50 ” ”
Brevet Second Lieutenant 103 50 ” ”
Adjutant, in addition to pay, etc., of Lieut 10 00 ” ”
Regimental Quartermaster, in addition to
pay, etc., of Lieutenant 10 00 ” ”
PAY OF NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS, PRIVATES, ETC.—CAVALRY.
Sergeant-Major $21 00 per month
Quartermaster Sergeant 21 00 ” ”
Chief Bugler 21 00 ” ”
First Sergeant 20 00 ” ”
Sergeant 17 00 ” ”
Saddler Sergeant 21 00 ” ”
Commissary Sergeant 21 00 ” ”
Hospital Steward 30 00 ” ”
Corporal 14 00 ” ”
Bugler, or Trumpeter 13 00 ” ”
Farrier and Blacksmith 15 00 ” ”
Private 13 00 ” ”
Veterinary Surgeon 75 00 ” ”
African under-cooks 10 00 ” ”
ORDNANCE.
Sergeant $34 00 per month
Corporal 20 00 ” ”
Wagoner 14 00 ” ”
Saddler 14 00 ” ”
Private—first class 17 00 ” ”
Private—second class 16 00 ” ”
ARTILLERY AND INFANTRY.
Sergeant-Major $21 00 per month
Quartermaster Sergeant 21 00 ” ”
Commissary Sergeant 21 00 ” ”
First Sergeant 20 00 ” ”
Sergeant 17 00 ” ”
Hospital Steward 30 00 ” ”
Corporal 14 00 ” ”
Artificer, Artillery 15 00 ” ”
Private 13 00 ” ”
Principal Musician 21 00 ” ”
Musician 12 00 ” ”
African under-cooks 10 00 ” ”
SAPPERS AND MINERS, AND PONTOONIERS.
Sergeant $34 00 per month
Corporal 20 00 ” ”
Private—first class 17 00 ” ”
Private—second class 16 00 ” ”
Musician 12 00 ” ”
African under-cooks 10 00 ” ”
BRIGADE BANDS.
Leader $45 00 per month
Four of the Band 34 00 ” ”
Eight of the Band 17 00 ” ”
Four of the Band 20 00 ” ”
MISCELLANEOUS.
Medical Cadets $30 00 ” ”
Hospital Steward—first class 22 00 ” ”
Matron 6 00 ” ”
Female nurses 40 cents per day.
PAY OF THE NAVY OF THE UNITED STATES.
REAR ADMIRALS—ACTIVE LIST.
When at sea $5,000 per annum
When on shore duty 4,000 ” ”
On leave, or waiting orders 3,000 ” ”
On Retired List 2,000 ” ”
COMMODORES—ACTIVE LIST.
When at sea $4,000 per annum
When on shore duty 2,800 ” ”
On leave, or waiting orders 2,100 ” ”
On Retired List 1,600 ” ”
COMMANDERS—ACTIVE LIST.
When at sea $2,800 per annum
When on shore duty 2,240 ” ”
On leave, or waiting orders 1,680 ” ”
On Retired List 1,400 ” ”
LIEUTENANT COMMANDERS—ACTIVE LIST.
When at sea $2,343 per annum
When on shore duty 1,875 ” ”
On leave, or waiting orders 1,500 ” ”
On Retired List 1,300 ” ”
LIEUTENANTS—ACTIVE LIST.
When at sea $1,875 per annum
When on shore duty 1,500 ” ”
On leave, or waiting orders 1,200 ” ”
On Retired List 1,000 ” ”
MASTERS—ACTIVE LIST.
When at sea $1,500 per annum
When on shore duty 1,200 ” ”
On leave, or waiting orders 960 ” ”
On Retired List 800 ” ”
ENSIGNS—ACTIVE LIST.
When at sea $1,200 per annum
When on shore duty 960 ” ”
On leave, or waiting orders 768 ” ”
On Retired List 500 ” ”
Midshipmen 500 ” ”
Fleet Surgeons 3,300 ” ”
SURGEONS.
For second five years after date of commission $2,400 per annum
RETIRED SURGEONS.
Surgeons ranking with commanders $1,100 per annum
Surgeons ranking with lieutenants 1,000 ” ”
RETIRED PASSED AND ASSISTANT SURGEONS.
Passed $850 per annum
Assistant 650 ” ”
PASSED ASSISTANT SURGEONS.
On duty at sea $1,500 per annum
On other duty 1,400 ” ”
On leave, or waiting orders 1,100 ” ”
ASSISTANT SURGEONS.
On duty at sea $1,250 per annum
On other duty 1,050 ” ”
On leave, or waiting orders 800 ” ”
PAYMASTERS.
On duty at sea—for fourth five years after
date of commission $2,900 per annum
PAYMASTERS RETIRED.
Ranking with Captains $1,300 per annum
Ranking with Commanders 1,100 ” ”
Ranking with Lieutenants 1,000 ” ”
ASSISTANT PAYMASTERS.
On duty at sea—after five years from date of
commission $1,500 per annum
On leave, or waiting orders 800 ” ”
CHAPLAINS,
To be paid as Lieutenants.
PROFESSORS OF MATHEMATICS.
On duty $1,800 per annum
On leave, or waiting orders 960 ” ”
BOATSWAINS, GUNNERS, CARPENTERS, AND SAILMAKERS.
On duty at sea—for first three years’
sea service from date of appointment. $1,000 per annum
For twelve years’ service and upwards 1,450 ” ”
On leave, or waiting orders—for twelve years’
sea service and upwards 1,000 ” ”
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CHIEF ENGINEERS.
On duty—for first five years after date of
commission $1,800 per annum
After fifteen years from date of commission 2,600 ” ”
On leave, or waiting orders, after fifteen years
from date of commission 1,500 ” ”
FIRST ASSISTANT ENGINEERS.
On duty $1,500 per annum
On leave, or waiting orders 900 ” ”
SECOND ASSISTANT ENGINEERS.
On duty $1,000 per annum
On leave, or waiting orders 750 ” ”
NAVY AGENT.
Commission not to exceed $3,000 per annum
Navy Agent at San Francisco 4,000 ” ”
Temporary Navy Agents
Naval Storekeepers
Officers of the Navy on Foreign Stations $1,500 per annum
Engineer-in-Chief 3,000 ” ”
Naval Constructors 2,600 ” ”
” ” when not on duty 1,800 ” ”
Secretaries to commanders of squadrons 1,500 ” ”
Clerks to commanders of squadrons and
commanders of vessels 500 ” ”
At Navy Yards—Boston and New York 1,200 ” ”
At Navy Yard—Washington 1,200 ” ”
At Navy Yards—Portsmouth, N. H., and
Philadelphia 1,200 ” ”
At Navy Yard—Mare Island 1,500 ” ”
YEOMEN.
In ships-of-the-line $45 00 per month
In frigates 40 00 ” ”
In sloops 30 00 ” ”
In smaller vessels 24 00 ” ”
ARMORERS.
In ships-of-the-line $30 00 per month
In frigates 25 00 ” ”
In sloops 20 00 ” ”
MATES.
Master’s (Acting) $40 00 per month
Boatswains 25 00 ” ”
Gunners 25 00 ” ”
Carpenters 25 00 ” ”
Sailmakers 20 00 ” ”
Armorers 20 00 ” ”
Masters-at-Arms 25 00 ” ”
Ship’s Corporals 20 00 ” ”
Coxswains 24 00 ” ”
Quartermasters 24 00 ” ”
Quarter Gunners 20 00 ” ”
CAPTAINS.
Of forecastle $24 00 per month
Of tops 20 00 ” ”
Of afterguard 20 00 ” ”
Of hold 20 00 ” ”
Coopers 20 00 ” ”
Painters 20 00 ” ”
STEWARDS.
Ship’s $30 00 per month
Officers’ 20 00 ” ”
Surgeons’, where ship’s complement is 400
and over 40 00 ” ”
Surgeons’, where ship’s complement is 200
and under 400 33 00 ” ”
Surgeons’, where ship’s complement is under
200 25 00 ” ”
Paymaster’s, where ship’s complement is 240
and over 33 00 ” ”
Assistant Paymaster’s, where complement is
100 and over 33 00 ” ”
Assistant Paymaster’s, where complement is
under 100 30 00 ” ”
NURSES.
Where complement is less than 200, one nurse $14 00 per month
Where complement is over 200, two nurses, each 14 00 ” ”
COOKS.
Ship’s $24 00 per month
Officer’s 20 00 ” ”
MUSICIANS.
Masters of the Band $20 00 per month
First class 15 00 ” ”
Second class 12 00 ” ”
Seamen $18 00 per month
Ordinary Seamen 14 00 ” ”
Landsmen 12 00 ” ”
Boys 8-9 00 ” ”
FIREMEN.
First class $30 00 per month
Second class 25 00 ” ”
Coal Heavers 18 00 ” ”
MARINE CORPS.
Colonel Commandant $3,186 00 per annum
Paymaster, with rank of Major 2,154 00 ” ”
Adjutant and Inspector, with rank of
Major 2,154 00 ” ”
Quartermaster, with rank of Major 2,154 00 ” ”
Assistant Quartermaster, with rank of
Captain 1,752 00 ” ”
Colonel 2,529 00 ” ”
Lieutenant Colonel 2,239 50 ” ”
Major 2,010 00 ” ”
NOTE.—By a late act of Congress, the monthly pay of private soldiers
has been increased three dollars, that of non-commissioned officers
being proportionately advanced. And a tax of five per cent. was imposed
on the salaries of commissioned officers, thus, indirectly reducing
their pay.
SCHEDULE OF STAMP DUTIES.
Stamp Duties.
_Acknowledgment_ of deeds exempt.
_Affidavit_ 5 cts.
” in suits or legal proceedings exempt.
_Agreement_ or Appraisement, (for each sheet, or piece of
paper on which the same is written) 5 cts.
_Assignment_ or transfer of mortgage, lease, or policy of
insurance, the same duty as the original
instrument.
” of patent right 5 cts.
_Bank Checks_, drafts or orders, &c., at sight or on demand 2 cts.
_Bills of Exchange_, (Foreign,) drawn in, but payable out
of, the United States, each bill of three
or more, must be stamped.
For every bill of each set, where the sum
made payable does not exceed one hundred
dollars, or the equivalent thereof in
any foreign currency in which such bills
may be expressed, according to the standard
of value fixed by the United States 2 cts.
For every additional hundred dollars, or
fractional part thereof in excess of one
hundred dollars 2 cts.
(Foreign,) drawn in, but made payable out
of, the United States, (if drawn singly or
in duplicate,) pay the same duty as Inland
Bills of Exchange.
[The acceptor or acceptors of any Bill of
Exchange, or order for the payment of
any sum of money drawn, or purporting
to be drawn, in any foreign country, but
payable in the United States, must, before
paying or accepting the same, place
thereon a stamp indicating the duty.]
_Bills of Exchange_, (Inland,) draft or order, payable
otherwise than at sight or on demand, and
any promissory note, whether payable on
demand or at a time designated, (except
bank notes issued for circulation, and
checks made and intended to be, and
which shall be, forthwith presented for
payment,) for a sum not exceeding one
hundred dollars 5 cts.
For every additional $100, or fractional
part thereof 5 cts.
[The warrant of attorney to confess judgment
on a note or bond is exempt from
stamp duty, if the note or bond is properly
stamped.]
_Bills of Lading_, of vessels for ports of the United States
or British North America exempt.
” or receipt for goods, to any foreign port 10 cts.
_Bill of Sale_ of any vessel, or part thereof, when the
consideration does not exceed five hundred
dollars 50 cts.
” exceeding $500, and not exceeding $1,000 $1 00
” exceeding $1,000, for each $500, or fractional
part thereof 50 cts.
” of personal property, (other than ship or
vessel) 5 cts.
_Bond_, personal, for the payment of money. (See _Mortgage_.)
” official $1 00
” for indemnifying any person for the payment
of any sum of money, where the
money ultimately recoverable thereupon
is $1,000 or less 50 cts.
” Where the money recoverable exceeds
$1,000, for every additional $1,000, or
fractional part thereof 50 cts.
_Bonds_—County, city, and town bonds, railroad and
other corporation bonds, and scrip, are
subject to stamp duty. (See _Mortgage_.)
” of any description, other than such as are
required in legal proceedings, and such
as are not otherwise charged in this
Schedule 25 cts.
_Certificates_ of deposit in bank, sum not exceeding one
hundred dollars 2 cts.
” of deposit in bank, sum exceeding one
hundred dollars 5 cts.
” of stock in an incorporated company 25 cts.
” general 5 cts.
” of record upon the instrument recorded exempt.
” of record upon the book exempt.
” of weight or measurement of animals, coal,
wood, or other articles, except weighers’
and measurers’ returns exempt.
” of a qualification of a Justice of the Peace,
Commissioner of Deeds, or Notary Public 5 cts.
” of search of records 5 cts.
” that certain papers are on file 5 cts.
” that certain papers can not be found 5 cts.
” of redemption of land sold for taxes 5 cts.
” of birth, marriage and death 5 cts.
” of qualification of school teachers 5 cts.
” of profits of an incorporated company for
a sum not less than $10 and not exceeding
$50 10 cts.
” exceeding $50, and not exceeding $1,000 25 cts.
” exceeding $1,000, for every additional
$1,000, or fractional part thereof 25 cts.
” of damage, or otherwise, and all other certificates
or documents issued by any port
warden, marine surveyor, or other person
acting as such 25 cts.
_Certified Transcripts_ of judgments, satisfaction of
judgments, and all papers recorded or on file. 5 cts.
[N. B.—As a general rule, every certificate
which has, or may have, a legal value in
any court of law or equity, will require
a stamp duty of 5 cts.]
_Charter party_, or letter, memorandum, or other writing
between the captain, owner, or agent of
any ship, vessel, or steamer, and any other
person, relating to the charter of the
same, if the registered tonnage of said
ship, vessel, or steamer does not exceed
one hundred and fifty tons $1 00
” exceeding one hundred and fifty tons, and
not exceeding three hundred tons 3 00
” exceeding three hundred tons, and not exceeding
six hundred tons 5 00
” exceeding six hundred tons 10 00
_Check_, draft, or order for the payment of any sum of
money exceeding $10, drawn upon any
person other than a bank, banker, or
trust company, at sight or on demand 2 cts.
_Contract._ (See _Agreement_.)
” Broker’s 16 cts.
_Conveyance_, deed, instrument, or writing, whereby lands,
tenements, or other realty sold, shall be
conveyed, _the actual value_ of which does
not exceed $500 50 cts.
” exceeding $500, and not exceeding $1,000 $1 00
” for every additional $500, or fractional part
thereof in excess of $1,000 50 cts.
_Endorsement_ of any negotiable instrument exempt.
_Entry_ of any goods, wares, or merchandise at any custom
house, either for consumption or
warehousing, not exceeding one hundred
dollars in value 25 cts.
” exceeding one hundred dollars, and not exceeding
five hundred dollars in value 50 cts.
” exceeding five hundred dollars in value $1 00
” for the withdrawal of any goods or merchandise
from bonded warehouse 50 cts.
_Gaugers’_ returns, if for quantity not exceeding 500 exempt.
gallons, gross
” exceeding 500 gallons ”
_Insurance_, (Marine, Inland, and Fire,) where the consideration
paid for the insurance, in
cash, premium notes, or both, does not
exceed $10 10 cts.
” (Marine, Inland, and Fire,) exceeding $10,
and not exceeding $50 25 cts.
” (Marine, Inland, and Fire,) exceeding $50, 50 cts.
_Insurance_, (Life,) when the amount insured does not exceed
$1,000 25 cts.
” (Life,) exceeding $1,000, and not exceeding
$5,000 50 cts.
” (Life,) exceeding $5,000 $1 00
” (Life,) limited to injury to persons while
traveling exempt.
_Lease_ of lands or tenements, where rent does not exceed
$300 per annum 50 cts.
” exceeding $300, for each additional $200,
or fractional part thereof in excess of
$300 50 cts.
” perpetual, subject to a stamp duty as a
“conveyance,” the stamp duty to be
measured by resolving the annual rental
into a capital sum.
” clause of guaranty of payment of rent, incorporated
or indorsed, five cents additional.
_Manifest_ for custom house entry or clearance of the
cargo of any ship, vessel, or steamer for
a foreign port, if the registered tonnage
of such ship, vessel, or steamer does not
exceed 300 tons $1 00
” exceeding 300 tons, and not exceeding 600
tons 3 00
” exceeding 600 tons 5 00
_Measurer’s Returns_, if for quantity not exceeding one
thousand bushels exempt.
” exceeding one thousand bushels ”
_Mortgage_, trust deed, bill of sale, or personal bond for
the payment of money exceeding $100,
and not exceeding $500 50 cts.
” exceeding $500, for every additional $500,
or fractional part thereof in excess of
$500 50 cts.
_Pawners’ Checks._ 5 cts.
_Pension Papers._—Powers of attorney, and all other papers
relating to applications for bounties,
arrearages of pay, or pensions, or to receipt
thereof exempt.
_Passage Ticket_ from the United States to a foreign port,
costing not more than $35 50 cts.
” from the United States to a foreign port,
costing more than $35, and not exceeding
$50 $1 00
” for every additional $50, or fractional part
thereof in excess of $50 $1 00
_Power of Attorney_ to sell or transfer stock, or collect
dividends thereon 25 cts.
” to vote at election of incorporated company 10 cts.
” to receive or collect rents 25 cts.
” to sell, or convey, or rent, or lease real $1 00
” estate for any purpose 50 cts.
_Probate of Will_, or letters of administration, where the
value of both real and personal estate
does not exceed $2,000 $1 00
” for every additional $1,000, or fractional
part thereof in excess of $2,000 50 cts.
” bonds of executors, administrators, guardians,
and trustees, are each subject to
a stamp duty of $1 00
” certificate of appointment 5 cts.
_Protest_ upon bill, note, check, or draft 25 cts.
_Promissory Note._—(See _Bills of Exchange_, Inland.)
” deposit note to mutual insurance companies,
when policy is subject to duty exempt.
” renewal of, subject to same duty as an original
note.
_Quit Claim Deed_, to be stamped as a conveyance, except
when given as a release of a mortgage
by the mortgagee to the mortgagor,
in which case it is exempt.
_Receipt_ for the payment of any sum of money or debt
due exceeding $20, or for the delivery of
any property 2 cts.
” for satisfaction of any mortgage or judgment
or decree of any court exempt.
_Sheriff’s_ return on writ or other process exempt.
_Trust Deed_, made to secure a debt, to be stamped as a
mortgage.
” conveying estate to uses, to be stamped as
conveyance.
_Warehouse Receipt_ for any goods, wares, or merchandise
not otherwise provided for, deposited or
stored in any public or private warehouse,
not exceeding $500 in value exempt.
” exceeding $500, and not exceeding $1,000 ”
” exceeding $1,000, for every additional
$1,000, or fractional part thereof in excess
of $1.000 ”
” for any goods, &c. not otherwise provided
for, stored or deposited in any public or
private warehouse or yard ”
_Writs and Legal Documents_:
Writ, or other original process by which
suit is commenced in any court of record,
either of law or equity 50 cts.
Writ, or other original process issued by
a court not of record, where the amount
claimed is $100 or over 50 cts.
Upon every confession of judgment or cognovit
for $100, or over, except in cases
where the tax for a writ has been paid 50 cts.
Writs, or other process on appeals from
justices’ courts, or other courts of inferior
jurisdiction, to a court of record 50 cts.
Warrant of distress, when the amount of
rent claimed does not exceed $100 25 cts.
Warrant of distress when amount exceeds $100 50 cts.
Writs, summons, and other process issued
by a justice of the peace, police or municipal
court, of no greater jurisdiction
than a justice of the peace in the same
State exempt.
Writs, and other process in any criminal
or other suits commenced by the United
States in any State exempt.
Official documents, instruments, and papers
issued or used by officers of the United
States Government exempt.
GENERAL REMARKS.
Revenue stamps may be used indiscriminately upon any of the matters or
things enumerated in Schedule B, except proprietary and playing card
stamps, for which a special use has been provided.
Postage stamps can not be used in payment of the duty chargeable on
instruments.
It is the duty of the maker of an instrument to affix the stamp
thereto and to cancel the same in the manner required by law. Proper
cancellation is essential.
Under the provisions of section 158, an instrument subject to stamp
duty, but issued without a stamp or with an insufficient one, may be so
stamped by the Collector as to be as valid to all intents and purposes
(_except as against rights acquired in good faith before such stamping
and the recording of the instrument, if a record be required_) as if
properly stamped when made or issued. Such an instrument, issued at a
time when and in a place where no collection district was established,
may be stamped by the party who issued it or by any party having an
interest therein at any time prior to January 1, 1867, and the legal
effect of the stamp thus affixed will be the same as though affixed
by the Collector. When originals are lost the necessary stamps may be
affixed to copies.
Suits are commenced in many States by other process than writ, viz.:
summons, warrant, publication, petition, etc., in which cases, these,
as the original processes, severally require stamps.
The jurat of an affidavit, taken before a Justice of the Peace, Notary
Public, or other officer duly authorized to take affidavits, is held
to be a certificate, and subject to a stamp duty of five cents, except
when taken in suits or legal proceedings.
_Certificates of Loan_, in which there shall appear any written or
printed evidence of an amount of money to be paid on demand, or at a
time designated, are subject to stamp duty as “Promissory Notes.”
When two or more persons join in the execution of an instrument, the
stamp to which the instrument is liable under the law may be affixed
and cancelled by either of them; and “when more than one signature is
affixed to the same paper, one or more stamps may be affixed thereto
representing the whole amount of the stamp required for such signature.”
No stamp is required on any warrant of attorney accompanying a bond
or note when such bond or note has affixed thereto the stamp or
stamps denoting the duty required; and whenever any bond or note is
secured by mortgage, but one stamp duty is required on such papers,
such stamp duty being the highest rate required for such instruments,
or either of them. In such case a note or memorandum of the value or
denomination of the stamp affixed should be made upon the margin or in
the acknowledgment of the instrument which is not stamped.
THE CIVIL RIGHTS BILL.
An Act to protect all persons in the United States in their civil
rights, and furnish the means of their vindication.
_Be it enacted, &c._, That all persons born in the United States and
not subject to any foreign power, excluding Indians, not taxed, are
hereby declared to be citizens of the United States; and such citizens
of every race and color, without regard to any previous condition of
slavery or involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime
whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall have the same
right in every State and Territory in the United States to make and
enforce contracts; to sue, be parties, and give evidence; to inherit,
purchase, lease, sell, hold, and convey real and personal property; and
to full and equal benefit of all laws and proceedings for the security
of person and property as is enjoyed by white citizens, and shall be
subject to like punishment, pains, and penalties, and to none other,
any law, statute ordinance, regulation, or custom, to the contrary
notwithstanding.
SEC. 2. That any person who, under color of any law, statute,
ordinance, regulation, or custom, shall subject, or cause to be
subjected, any inhabitant of any State or Territory to the deprivation
of any right secured or protected by this act, or to different
punishment, pains, or penalties on account of such person having
at any time been held in a condition of slavery or involuntary
servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall
have been duly convicted, or by reason of his color or race, than is
prescribed for the punishment of white persons, shall be deemed guilty
of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction, shall be punished by fine not
exceeding one thousand dollars, or imprisonment not exceeding one year,
or both, in the discretion of the court.
SEC. 3. That the district courts of the United States, within their
respective districts, shall have, exclusively of the courts of the
several States, cognizance of all crimes and offences committed against
the provisions of this act, and also, concurrently with the circuit
courts of the United States, of all causes, civil and criminal,
affecting persons who are denied or cannot enforce in the courts or
judicial tribunals of the State or locality where they may be any of
the rights secured to them by the first section of this act; and if any
suit or prosecution, civil or criminal, has been or shall be commenced
in any State court against any such person, for any cause whatsoever,
or against any officer, civil or military, or other person, for any
arrest or imprisonment, trespasses, or wrongs done or committed by
virtue or under color of authority derived from this act or the act
establishing a bureau for the relief of freedmen and refugees, and all
acts amendatory thereof, or for refusing to do any act upon the ground
that it would be inconsistent with this act, such defendant shall have
the right to remove such cause for trial to the proper district or
circuit court in the manner prescribed by the “Act relating to _habeas
corpus_ and regulating judicial proceedings in certain cases,” approved
March three, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, and all acts amendatory
thereof. The jurisdiction in civil and criminal matters hereby
conferred on the district and circuit courts of the United States shall
be exercised and enforced in conformity with the laws of the United
States, so far as such laws are suitable to carry the same into effect;
but in all cases where such laws are not adapted to the object, or are
deficient in the provisions necessary to furnish suitable remedies and
punish offences against law, the common law, as modified and changed
by the constitution and statutes of the State wherein the court having
jurisdiction of the cause, civil or criminal, is held, so far as the
same is not inconsistent with the Constitution and laws of the United
States, shall be extended to and govern said courts in the trial
and disposition of such cause, and, if of a criminal nature, in the
infliction of punishment on the party found guilty.
SEC. 4. That the district attorneys, marshals, and deputy marshals of
the United States, the commissioners appointed by the circuit court
and territorial courts of the United States, with power of arresting,
imprisoning, or bailing offenders against the laws of the United
States, the officers and agents of the Freedmen’s Bureau, and every
other officer who may be specially empowered by the President of the
United States, shall be, and they are hereby, specially authorized and
required, at the expense of the United States, to institute proceedings
against all and every person who shall violate the provisions of this
act, and cause him or them to be arrested and imprisoned, or bailed,
as the case may be, for trial before such court of the United States
or territorial court as by this act has cognizance of the offence. And
with a view to affording reasonable protection to all persons in their
constitutional rights of equality before the law, without distinction
of race or color, or previous condition of slavery or involuntary
servitude, except as a punishment for crime, whereof the party shall
have been duly convicted, and to the prompt discharge of the duties
of this act, it shall be the duty of the circuit courts of the United
States and the superior courts of the Territories of the United States,
from time to time, to increase the number of commissioners, so as to
afford a speedy and convenient means for the arrest and examination of
persons charged with a violation of this act. And such commissioners
are hereby authorized and required to exercise and discharge all the
powers and duties conferred on them by this act, and the same duties
with regard to offences created by this act, as they are authorized by
law to exercise with regard to other offences against the laws of the
United States.
SEC. 5. That it shall be the duty of all marshals and deputy marshals
to obey and execute all warrants and precepts issued under the
provisions of this act, when to them directed; and should any marshal
or deputy marshal refuse to receive such warrant or other process
when tendered, or to use all proper means diligently to execute the
same, he shall, on conviction thereof, be fined in the sum of one
thousand dollars, to the use of the person upon whom the accused is
alleged to have committed the offence. And the better to enable the
said commissioners to execute their duties faithfully and efficiently,
in conformity with the Constitution of the United States and the
requirements of this act, they are hereby authorized and empowered,
within their counties respectively, to appoint, in writing, under
their hands, any one or more suitable persons, from time to time, to
execute all such warrants and other process that may be issued by them
in the lawful performance of their respective duties; and the persons
so appointed to execute any warrant or process as aforesaid shall have
authority to summon and call to their aid the bystanders or the _posse
comitatus_ of the proper county, or such portion of the land and naval
forces of the United States, or of the militia, as may be necessary
to the performance of the duty with which they are charged, and to
insure a faithful observance of the clause of the Constitution which
prohibits slavery, in conformity with the provisions of this act; and
said warrants shall run and be executed by said officers anywhere in
the State or Territory within which they are issued.
SEC. 6. That any person who shall knowingly and wilfully obstruct,
hinder or prevent any officer, or other person charged with the
execution of any warrant or process issued under the provisions of this
act, or any person or persons lawfully assisting him or them, from
arresting any person for whose apprehension such warrant or process
may have been issued, or shall rescue or attempt to rescue such person
from the custody of the officer, other person or persons, or those
lawfully assisting as aforesaid, when so arrested pursuant to the
authority herein given and declared, or shall aid, abet, or assist any
person so arrested as aforesaid, directly or indirectly, to escape
from the custody of the officer or other person legally authorized
as aforesaid, or shall harbor or conceal any person for whose arrest
a warrant or process shall have been issued as aforesaid, so as to
prevent his discovery and arrest after notice or knowledge of the fact
that a warrant has been issued for the apprehension of such person,
shall, for either of said offences, be subject to a fine not exceeding
one thousand dollars, and imprisonment not exceeding six months, by
indictment and conviction before the district court of the United
States for the district in which said offence may have been committed,
or before the proper court of criminal jurisdiction, if committed
within any one of the organized Territories of the United States.
SEC. 7. That the district attorneys, the marshals, their deputies, and
the clerks of the said district and territorial courts shall be paid
for their services the like fees as may be allowed to them for similar
services in other cases; and in all cases where the proceedings are
before a commissioner, he shall be entitled to a fee of ten dollars in
full for his services in each case, inclusive of all services incident
to such arrest and examination. The person or persons authorized to
execute the process to be issued by such commissioners for the arrest
of offenders against the provisions of this act shall be entitled to
a fee of five dollars for each person he or they may arrest and take
before any such commissioner as aforesaid, with such other fees as may
be deemed reasonable by such commissioner for such other additional
services as may be necessarily performed by him or them, such as
attending at the examination, keeping the prisoner in custody, and
providing him with food and lodging during his detention, and until the
final determination of such commissioner, and in general for performing
such other duties as may be required in the premises; such fees to be
made up in conformity with the fees usually charged by the officers of
the courts of justice within the proper district or county, as near
as may be practicable, and paid out of the treasury of the United
States on the certificate of the judge of the district within which the
arrest is made, and to be recoverable from the defendant as part of the
judgment in case of conviction.
SEC. 8. That whenever the President of the United States shall have
reason to believe that offences have been, or are likely to be
committed against the provisions of this act within any judicial
district, it shall be lawful for him, in his discretion, to direct the
judge, marshal, and district attorney of such district to attend at
such place within the district, and for such time as he may designate,
for the purpose of the more speedy arrest and trial of persons charged
with a violation of this act; and it shall be the duty of every judge
or other officer, when any such requisition shall be received by him,
to attend at the place and for the time therein designated.
SEC. 9. That it shall be lawful for the President of the United States,
or such person as he may empower for that purpose, to employ such part
of the land or naval forces of the United States, or of the militia,
as shall be necessary to prevent the violation and enforce the due
execution of this act.
SEC. 10. That upon all questions of law arising in any cause under the
provisions of this act, a final appeal may be taken to the Supreme
Court of the United States.
The Bill passed in the Senate over the President’s veto by the vote of
33 yeas to 15 nays, and in the House by 122 yeas to 41 nays.
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.
The Amendment proposed to the Constitution, June 8, 1866.
ARTICLE XIV.