John Newton was an English evangelical Anglican cleric and slavery abolitionist. He had previously been a captain of slave ships and an investor in the slave trade. Newton served as a sailor in the Royal Navy and was himself enslaved for a time in West Africa. Newton is noted for being author of the hymns "Amazing Grace" and "Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken".
HAGERSTOWN, MD. HAGERSTOWN, MD., June 25, 1861. Maj. F. J. PoRTER, Assistant Adjutant-General : Sir: [have the honor to report the result of my examination of Maryland Heights (Elk Ridge).…
HEADQUARTERS BRIGADE, Camp Williams, December 6, 1861. SIR: I have the honor to submit, for the information of the division commander, a brief synopsis of the report of Lieutenant-Colonel Pinto,…
RAPPAHANNOCK STATION RAPPAHANNOCK STATION, August 29, 1863. (Received 7.45 a. m.) General HUMPHREYS, Chief of Staff: The following dispatches were received from our signal officers to-day : We intercepted the…
HEADQUARTERS ELEVENTH CORPS, Bristoe, September 13, 1863—10 p. m.. Brigadier-General VON STEINWEHR, Commanding Second Division: GENERAL: The scouts from Bull Run Mountains report no news fromthe enemy. Culpeper isin our…
HEADQUARTERS SECOND CORPS, September 18, 1863. September 18, 1863—9.30 p. m. General MEADE: I have been along my whole line to-day. About 3.30 p.m. our cavalry on the right drove…
Raccoon Forp Raccoon Forp, September 24, 1863. General HUMPHREYS, Chief of Staff: The following rebel dispatch just intercepted : General R. : No news relative to the force moving toGermanna.…
HEADQUARTERS THIRD CORPS, October 26, 1863. October 26, 1863. Major-General HUMPHREYS, Chief of Staff: Your dispatch just received. My line of battle is taken on the range of heights facing…