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456 HISTORY OF MARYLAND.
steam and sailing vessels, consisting of gun-boats, transports and tugs, and
about eleven thousand troops, mostly recruited in New England, composed
the armaments which, under the command of General A. E. Burnside, became
known as the " Burnside Expedition." The military force taking part in it,
had been gathered at Annapolis, and was divided into three brigades, under
command respectively of Generals John G. Foster, Jesse L. Reno and John
G. Parker. The expedition, which we do not propose to follow in detail,
sailed on its secret mission from Annapolis on the 8th of January, 1862. The
naval fleet was under the command of Commodore L. M. Goldsborough, of
Maryland. The expedition, like that for Port Royal, experienced the stormy
weather for which the dangerous coast of North Carolina is noted in the winter season. However, with the loss of three steamers and some half-dozen
sailing vessels, sloops and schooners, the fleet arrived at Hatteras Inlet, and
on the 5th of February sailed up the Sound, and, op the 8th, landed and
captured the Confederate forts of Roanoke Island.
The next in the order of military events in Maryland, was the occupation of Accomac and Northampton Counties of Virginia, east of the
Chesapeake Bay. It was understood, in November, that a body of Confederates, mostly residents, were in arms and, to a certain extent, in control
of those two counties. General Dix, then in command of the department,
with his headquarters at Baltimore, despatched, on the, 13th of November, 1861, four thousand troops, under Brigadier General Henry H. Lock-
wood, to restore the Federal authority. At the same time he issued
a proclamation, addressed to the people of the two counties, stating that the
object of the expedition was to assert the authority of the United States, etc.
The troops composing the expedition, consisting among others the 1st Eastern
Shore Maryland Home Guard, Captain Richard's company of Independent
cavalry and Purnell's Legion, were transported from
Baltimore, and mostly landed at Newtown, Somerset
County, whence they marched across the Maryland
line into Accomac and Northampton Counties, Virginia, where they met with no opposition. The people
declared their intention to submit to the United States
authorities, and the Federal troops held peaceful possession of the two counties. As the election, appointed
to be held November 6th, 1861, for governor, comptroller, members of the Legislature, judges of the
various courts and several clerks, sheriff, commis-
governor Bradford. sioner 0f public works and city surveyor, approached,
it became manifest that the right of suffrage was to be accorded to the
people of the State, only to such extent as might be consistent with the
objects of the "Union" party. In the election for members of the First
Branch City Council, held in Baltimore on the 9th of October, the candidates of this party had no opposition, and polled only 9,587 votes; but at the
| Title | History of Maryland - 3 |
| Creator | Scharf, J. Thomas (John Thomas) |
| Publisher | J. B. Piet |
| Place of Publication | Baltimore |
| Date | 1879 |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000487 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | 456 HISTORY OF MARYLAND. steam and sailing vessels, consisting of gun-boats, transports and tugs, and about eleven thousand troops, mostly recruited in New England, composed the armaments which, under the command of General A. E. Burnside, became known as the " Burnside Expedition." The military force taking part in it, had been gathered at Annapolis, and was divided into three brigades, under command respectively of Generals John G. Foster, Jesse L. Reno and John G. Parker. The expedition, which we do not propose to follow in detail, sailed on its secret mission from Annapolis on the 8th of January, 1862. The naval fleet was under the command of Commodore L. M. Goldsborough, of Maryland. The expedition, like that for Port Royal, experienced the stormy weather for which the dangerous coast of North Carolina is noted in the winter season. However, with the loss of three steamers and some half-dozen sailing vessels, sloops and schooners, the fleet arrived at Hatteras Inlet, and on the 5th of February sailed up the Sound, and, op the 8th, landed and captured the Confederate forts of Roanoke Island. The next in the order of military events in Maryland, was the occupation of Accomac and Northampton Counties of Virginia, east of the Chesapeake Bay. It was understood, in November, that a body of Confederates, mostly residents, were in arms and, to a certain extent, in control of those two counties. General Dix, then in command of the department, with his headquarters at Baltimore, despatched, on the, 13th of November, 1861, four thousand troops, under Brigadier General Henry H. Lock- wood, to restore the Federal authority. At the same time he issued a proclamation, addressed to the people of the two counties, stating that the object of the expedition was to assert the authority of the United States, etc. The troops composing the expedition, consisting among others the 1st Eastern Shore Maryland Home Guard, Captain Richard's company of Independent cavalry and Purnell's Legion, were transported from Baltimore, and mostly landed at Newtown, Somerset County, whence they marched across the Maryland line into Accomac and Northampton Counties, Virginia, where they met with no opposition. The people declared their intention to submit to the United States authorities, and the Federal troops held peaceful possession of the two counties. As the election, appointed to be held November 6th, 1861, for governor, comptroller, members of the Legislature, judges of the various courts and several clerks, sheriff, commis- governor Bradford. sioner 0f public works and city surveyor, approached, it became manifest that the right of suffrage was to be accorded to the people of the State, only to such extent as might be consistent with the objects of the "Union" party. In the election for members of the First Branch City Council, held in Baltimore on the 9th of October, the candidates of this party had no opposition, and polled only 9,587 votes; but at the |
