Ullman through Utz’s Ford, Virginia

ULLMANN, Daniel, soldier, born in Wilmington, Delaware, 28 April, 1810. He was graduated at Yale in 1829, studied law, was admitted to the bar, and practised in New York, where he was master in chancery from 1839 till 1844. In 1854 he was the candidate of the American or Know-Nothing Party for governor of New York, and received a very large vote. In 1861 he raised the 78th New York Volunteers, in which he served as colonel, was captured in August, 1862, and confined in Libby Prison until October of that year, when he was released on parole. He was promoted brigadier-general on 13 January, 1863, and ordered to appoint a cadre of officers and to go to Louisiana to raise five regiments of colored troops, afterward increased to a corps. This was the first order issued by the U. S. government for the raising of colored troops. He was brevetted major-general of U. S. volunteers on 13 March, 1865, was mustered out, 24 August, 1865, and was made major-general in November, 1865. General Ullmann received the degree of LL. D. from Madison University in 1861. Appletons’ Cyclopaedia of American Biography, 1888, Vol. VI, p. 205.


UNDER. The correlative of over. (See COMMAND; OBEDIENCE; OVER; SUPERIOR.) (Scott, Military Dictionary, Van Nostrand, 1862, p. 638).


UNDERHILL. Edward Fitch, stenographer, born in Wolcott, New York, 20 April, 1830. He was self-educated, at nineteen years of age became a stenographic reporter on the St. Louis press, and in 1853-'62 was connected with the "Tribune" and "Times" of New York City, becoming war-correspondent of the latter, and subsequently its Washington correspondent. He was one of the first court reporters in the United States, and in 1860 procured the passage of a law that made stenographers officers of the courts in New York City, which practice has since been adopted by the county courts and by nearly every state in the Union. In 1865 he also procured the passage of a law to regulate the salaries of court stenographers. He has been official stenographer of the legislature for five years, of the Constitutional convention in 1867-'8, of the state supreme court for eight years, and of the surrogate's court from 1872 till the present time. He has been admitted to the bar, and has written much in prose and verse, chiefly humorous. Appletons’ Cyclopaedia of American Biography, 1888, Vol. VI, p. 209.


UNDERWOOD, Adin Ballou, soldier, born in Milford,  Massachusetts, 19 May, 1828; died in Boston,  Massachusetts, 14 January, 1888. His ancestors came to Hingham before 1637 and afterward settled in Watertown. His father, Orison, was a brigadier-general of militia. After graduation at Brown in 1849 the son studied law at Harvard, was admitted to the bar in 1853, and settled in Boston in 1855. At the beginning of the Civil War he was active in raising recruits, and he was appointed captain in the 2d Massachusetts Infantry in April, 1861. He became major in the 33d Regiment in July, 1862, lieutenant-colonel and colonel in the same year, participated in the battles of Fredericksburg. Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg, and served under General Joseph Hooker at Lookout Mountain, but, being dangerously wounded, was disabled from further field duty. He was appointed brigadier-general of volunteers on 13 January, 1863, received the brevet of major-general of volunteers on 13 August, 1865, and was mustered out on 10 July, 1866. For nearly twenty years he was surveyor of the port of Boston. General Underwood published "Three Years' Service of the Twenty-third Massachusetts Infantry" (Boston. 1881). Appletons’ Cyclopaedia of American Biography, 1888, Vol. VI, p. 209.


UNDERWOOD, Francis Henry, author, born in Enfield,  Massachusetts, 12 January, 1825. He was educated partly at Amherst, then taught in Kentucky, read law, and was admitted to the bar. He returned to Massachusetts in 1850, and thenceforward took an active part in the anti-slavery cause. He was clerk of the Massachusetts Senate in 1852, and afterward literary adviser of the publishing-house of Phillips, Sampson, and Company. He conceived the idea of uniting the literary force of the north to the Free-Soil movement by means of a magazine, and after several years of effort was the means of securing the eminent writers that made the fame of the "Atlantic Monthly." He assisted in the management of that magazine for two years, until the firm with which he was connected came to an end. He was then (1859) elected clerk of the superior court in Boston, which post he held for eleven years, when he resigned and entered private business, chiefly to obtain more leisure for literary work. His studies have been mainly in English literature, but his writings cover a wide field. He served for thirteen years in the school board of Boston. In 1885 he was appointed U. S. consul at Glasgow, Scotland. His lectures on "American Men of Letters" and his occasional speeches, such as that before the Glasgow Ayrshire society "On the Memory of Burns," have been much admired. In 1888 the University of Glasgow conferred on him the degree of LL. D. His works include a " Hand-Book of English Literature" (Boston. 1871); "Hand Book of American Literature" (1872); "Cloud Pictures." a series of imaginative stories, chiefly musical (1872); "Lord of Himself," a novel of old times in Kentucky (1874); "Man Proposes," a novel (1880); " The True Story of Exodus, an abridgment of the work by Brugsch-Bey (1880); and biographical sketches of Longfellow (1882), Lowell (1882), and Whittier (1883). Dr. Underwood is engaged upon an elaborate popular history of English literature. Appletons’ Cyclopaedia of American Biography, 1888, Vol. VI, pp. 209-210.


UNDERWOOD, John Curtiss, 1808-1873, Litchfield, New York, jurist, opponent of slavery.  (Appleton’s Cyclopaedia of American Biography, 1888, Vol. VI, p. 210; Dictionary of American Biography, Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York, 1936, Vol. 10, Pt. 1, p. 113)

UNDERWOOD, John Curtiss, jurist, born in Litchfield, Herkimer County, New York, in 1808; died in Washington, D. C., 7 December, 1873. He was graduated at Hamilton in 1832, and moved to Clarke County, Virginia, where he engaged in farming, and in 1856 was a delegate to the convention that nominated John C. Frémont for president. Being proscribed for his political sentiments, and especially for his opposition to slavery, he moved to New York, where he became secretary to a company that was formed to deal in southern lands. In 1861 he was nominated consul at Callao, Peru, but he accepted instead the office of fifth auditor in the treasury department, and while there was appointed judge of the district court of Virginia. Early in the Civil War he affirmed the right of the U. S. government to confiscate the enemy's property, and also maintained the civic rights of colored citizens. In his district Jefferson Davis was indicted for treason, and he refused in June, 1866, to admit the prisoner to bail, on the ground that he was in custody of the military authorities. He still presided in May, 1867, when the Confederate leader was released. Judge Underwood was bitterly assailed for his maintenance of the rights of colored citizens and for his zeal in enforcing the Federal laws, and was forced into litigation on account of his decree sanctioning confiscation. Appleton’s Cyclopaedia of American Biography, 1888, Vol. VI, pp. 210.


UNDERWOOD, John William Henry, jurist, born in Elbert County, Georgia, 20 November. 1810; died in Rome, Georgia, 18, July, 1888. He studied law under his father. Judge William H. Underwood, in Hall County, was admitted to the bar, practised in Habersham County for many years, and moved to Rome, Georgia, in 1851. He was elected solicitor-general for the western circuit in 1843, but resigned in 1840, and was appointed chief justice of the supreme court of Nebraska by President Buchanan, which post he declined. He was elected to the legislature of Georgia in 1857, was made speaker of the House of Representatives, and was then elected to Congress, serving from 5 December, 1859, till 23 January, 1861, when he resigned on the secession of his state. In 1867 he was appointed judge of the Rome circuit by Governor Charles J. Jenkins, but went out with the reconstruction act in 1868. In 1874 he was reappointed to the same office, and he was re-elected in 1878. ne resigned in 1882, to take his place on the tariff commission, to which he was appointed by President Arthur. Appletons’ Cyclopaedia of American Biography, 1888, Vol. VI, p. 210.


UNDERWOOD, Joseph Rogers, senator, born in Goochland County, Virginia, 24 October, 1791; died near Bowling Green, Kentucky, 23 August, 1870. He is a descendant of William Thomas Underwood, who settled in Virginia about 1680. His family being in adverse circumstances, he was adopted by his maternal uncle, Edward Rogers, a soldier of the Revolution, who had emigrated to Kentucky in 1783. Removing to that state in 1803, the boy was educated in various schools and was graduated at Transylvania in 1811, after which he studied law in Lexington, Kentucky. He was the first volunteer to be attached to the regiment of Colonel  William Dudley for co-operation with the northern army on the Canada border, was made a lieutenant, and when the captain of his company was killed in Dudley's defeat, 5 May. 1813, the command devolved upon him. Underwood was wounded, and with the remnant of Dudley's regiment was forced to surrender. After undergoing cruel treatment from the Indians, he was released on parole and returned to his home. He was admitted to the bar in the same year, and settled in Glasgow, Kentucky, where he was also trustee of the town and county attorney until he moved to Bowling Green in 1823. Be served in the legislature in 1816-'19 and again in 1825-'6. was a candidate for lieutenant-governor in 1828, and from that year till 1835 was judge of the court of appeals. Being elected to Congress as a Whig, he served from 7 December, 1835, till 3 March, 1843, and in 1845 was chosen to represent Warren County in the legislature, serving as speaker of the house. He was elected a U. S. Senator as a Whig, and. after serving from 6 December, 1847, till 3 March, 1853, again practised his profession. In 1824 and 1844 he was a presidential elector on the Henry Clay ticket, and he was a delegate to the National Democratic convention at Chicago in 1864.—His brother, Warner L., born in Goochland County, Virginia, 7 August, 1808. was graduated at the University of Virginia in 1830, served in the Kentucky legislature in 1848-'9, and was elected to Congress," as an American, serving from 3 December, 1855, till March, 1859. Appletons’ Cyclopaedia of American Biography, 1888, Vol. VI, pp. 210-211.


UNDERWOOD, John Cox, engineer, born in Georgetown, D. C., 12 September, 1840, moved to Kentucky with his father. After graduation at Rensselaer polytechnic institute in 1862, he entered the Confederate Army and served as a military engineer in Virginia, but was captured in 1863 and confined in prisons in Cincinnati and Boston until the close of the war. He then returned to Kentucky, where he has since engaged in engineering, and has contributed to the improvement of his part of the state. He was engineer in charge of the public works of Warren County, City engineer of Bowling Green in 1868-'75, and mayor of that town in 1870-'2. He was active in the reorganization of the Democratic Party in Kentucky, was a member of the state executive committee, Speaker of the Senate in 1876, where his casting-vote defeated the whipping-post bill, and in 1876-'80 was lieutenant-governor of Kentucky. Mr. Underwood established the "Kentucky Intelligencer" in Bowling Green, but transferred this journal to Louisville, and consolidated it with the " Post." In 1881 he moved to Covington, and organized a daily newspaper publishing company in Cincinnati, Ohio, where in 1882 the " Daily News," of which he was general manager, began to be issued. He has published various official documents in the form of pamphlets and reports. Appletons’ Cyclopaedia of American Biography, 1888, Vol. VI, p. 211.


UNDERWOOD FARM, MISSOURI, October 14, 1861. (See Bird's Point.) 


UNDRESS. Authorized habitual dress, not full uniform. The French designate the full dress as, grande temie; the undress, as petite tenue. (Scott, Military Dictionary, Van Nostrand, 1862, p. 638).


UNIFORM. Prescribed dress. The President shall have power to prescribe the uniform of the army; (ART. 100.) (Scott, Military Dictionary, Van Nostrand, 1862, p. 638).


U. S. GUNBOAT, February 2, 1864. (See New Berne, same date.)


UNION, MISSISSIPPI, February 21, 1864. Meridian Expedition. Confederate cavalry attacked at Union the guard of the wagon train sent from Decatur, but were driven off on the arrival of the advance of the 4th division. No casualties reported. The Union Army, 1908, Vol. 6, p. 881.


UNION, MISSOURI, October 1, 1864. Confederate reports of Price's Missouri expedition tell of an attack by Marmaduke's division of cavalry on some 200 Union men comprising the garrison at Union. The Federals were routed, 32 being killed and 70 captured. The Union Army, 1908, Vol. 6, p. 881.


UNION, VIRGINIA, November 2-3, 1862. Cavalry of the Army of the Potomac and 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 1st Army Corps. During the operations in Loudoun county, Virginia, the cavalry advance came up with the Confederates under General Stuart at Union. The enemy had some infantry supporting their guns and sharp fighting resulted, a caisson of one of the enemy's guns exploding and killing a number of men. The Federals slowly pushed Stuart back on the road to Upperville, the fighting continuing until after dark. Next morning they again advanced and drove the enemy through Upperville to Ashby's gap and Piedmont . The Union loss on the 3d was 6 killed and 56 wounded. The Confederate casualties were not reported, but were fully as heavy. The Union Army, 1908, Vol. 6, p. 881-882.


UNION CHURCH, MISSISSIPPI, April 28, 1863. (See Grierson's Raid.)


UNION CHURCH, MISSOURI, July 30, 1864. (See Chariton Road.)


UNION CHURCH, VIRGINIA, June 8, 1862. (See Cross Keys.)


UNION CITY, TENNESSEE, March 31, 1862. U. S. Forces under Colonel Napoleon B. Buford. With the 27th Illinois and the 15th Wisconsin infantry, a detachment of the 2nd Illinois cavalry and Sparrestrom's battery of 4 pieces, Buford surprised a Confederate camp at Union City at 7 a. m., driving the enemy from it and capturing 14 prisoners, 100 horses and mules, and destroying the barracks and a quantity of arms. No casualties were reported. The Union Army, 1908, Vol. 6, p. 882.


UNION CITY, TENNESSEE, December 21, 1862. (See Forrest's Expedition into West Tennessee.)


UNION CITY, TENNESSEE, July 10, 1863. Detachment of 4th Missouri Cavalry. Two companies of the 4th Missouri, composing the outpost at Union City were surprised by Confederates between 9 and 10 a. m. and after a short fight, in which 2 of the garrison were killed and 8 wounded, the whole of the command with the exception of 2 men was captured. The number of prisoners aggregated 90. One of the enemy was severely wounded. The Union Army, 1908, Vol. 6, p. 882.


UNION CITY, TENNESSEE, March 12, 1864. 7th Tennessee Cavalry. Colonel Isaac R. Hawkins, commanding the 7th Tennessee, reported that "On the 12th had a running fight for 10 miles with Captain Bolen's company, with about an equal number of men commanded by Lieuts. R. Y. Bradford and Hawkins, in which 2 of the enemy were killed, 1 severely wounded and 1 captured. Our loss nothing." The Union Army, 1908, Vol. 6, p. 882.


UNION CITY, TENNESSEE, March 23, 1864. 7th Tennessee Cavalry. This affair was the first engagement of an expedition of Forrest's cavalry into western Tennessee and Kentucky. The Federal pickets at Union City were driven in about 4:30 a. m. and a charge by the mounted enemy immediately following was repulsed. Forrest then dismounted his men and three times sent them against the Union position, but each time they were repulsed. He withdrew to the shelter of the timber, whence his sharpshooters kept up a steady fire for 3 hours. About 11 a. m. he sent in a summons to surrender, and after some parleying Colonel Isaac R. Hawkins, commanding the garrison, acceded to the demand and the 481 men became prisoners. One man had been killed and 2 wounded while fighting. The Confederate loss at Union City and Paducah, Kentucky, where they were engaged next day, was 25 killed and wounded. The Union Army, 1908, Vol. 6, p. 882.


UNION CITY, TENNESSEE, September 2, 1864. Detachment of 7th Tennessee Cavalry. Lieutenant William W. Murray with 70 men came up with a Confederate detachment at Union City and immediately attacked, killing 6 and capturing 1 1 of the enemy. Meantime another portion of the regiment under Captain Murray encountered the enemy 2 miles west of Union City. The result of the latter skirmish was 2 of the enemy killed and 1 of the wounded captured. There were no casualties in either Federal command. The Union Army, 1908, Vol. 6, p. 882.


UNION MILLS, MISSOURI, August 20, 1862. 1st Missouri and 13th Illinois Cavalry. The Union Army, 1908, Vol. 6, p. 882.


UNION MILLS, MISSOURI, July 22, 1864. (See Camden Point, same date.)


UNION MILLS, VIRGINIA, February 14, 1863. Detachment of 1st Michigan Cavalry. A despatch from Brigadier-General Alexander Hays, dated at Union Mills at 2:30 p. m., says: "A captain and 45 men of the 1st Michigan cavalry were attacked an hour ago about 3 miles in front of Union Mills, toward Brentsville, by the enemy's cavalry, who were lying in ambush. Killed, wounded and missing, 1 lieutenant and 17 men, with 12 horses." The Union Army, 1908, Vol. 6, pp. 882-883.


UNION STATION, TENNESSEE, November 1, 1864. Detachment of 10th Missouri Cavalry. After crossing Wolf river while on a scout from Memphis the detachment drove 3 of the enemy's scouts to Union Station. From this point Lieutenant Leslie Norman proceeded with 15 men, leaving 25 men with Lieutenant Miles Reilly at the station. At 11:30 a. m. the Confederates attacked Reilly on the right flank as his men were in line. Reilly became confused and attempted to flee, but he and the larger part of his command were captured. The enemy then arrayed themselves in the Federal uniforms, pursued Norman's party and when it was overtaken charged and scattered it. The total Union loss was 1 killed, 4 wounded and 26 captured. No Confederate casualties were reported. The Union Army, 1908, Vol. 6, p. 883.


UNIONTOWN, MISSOURI, October 18. 1862. Detachment of Enrolled Missouri Militia. This affair was a skirmish between a party of Federals and a gang of Dunn's guerrillas, whose camp was surprised. The outlaws escaped after losing 4 killed and 25 captured, besides 25 horses, as many guns and all their camp equipage. One Federal soldier was wounded. The Union Army, 1908, Vol. 6, p. 883.


UNIONVILLE, TENNESSEE, January 31, 1863. (See Rover, same date.) The Union Army, 1908, Vol. 6, p. 883.


UNIONVILLE, TENNESSEE, March 4, 1863. Detachments of 7th Pennsylvania and 4th Michigan Cavalry. Colonel Robert H. G. Minty, commanding the cavalry in an expedition from Murfreesboro to Columbia, states that his advance came upon a Confederate camp at Unionville where about 600 cavalry were stationed. The enemy was driven at a gallop to within 5 miles of Shelbyville, where the infantry pickets were encountered and 5 of them captured. In the whole affair the Federal cavalry had only one man wounded, and captured 51 prisoners (13 of whom were severely wounded), 17 wagons, 42 mules, 31 Sibley tents, and a quantity of commissary stores. The Union Army, 1908, Vol. 6, p. 883.


UNIONVILLE, TENNESSEE, June 23, 1863. (See Rover, same date.)


UNIVERSITY DEPOT, TENNESSEE, July 4, 1863. 5th and 6th Kentucky Cavalry. Colonel Louis D. Watkins with the two regiments proceeded from Cowan on the morning of the 4th. When about 3 miles out on the University road three companies of the 5th under Major John Q. Owsley were sent in advance and when they had gone a mile after leaving the main column they encountered the Confederate pickets. These were driven back to the main body, posted behind trees and logs in an old field skirting the road. Owsley skirmished 10 or 15 minutes and then fell back to the rest of the column, which formed in line of battle and advanced, the 6th Kentucky in advance and the 5th acting as a reserve. The Confederates slowly gave way, their opponents pursuing to within half a mile of the university. The enemy, according to the statement of one of the 15 prisoners taken, lost more heavily than did the Federals, whose casualties were 2 killed, 11 wounded and 1 missing. The Union Army, 1908, Vol. 6, p. 883.


UNMILITARY. Contrary to rules of discipline; unworthy of a soldier. (Scott, Military Dictionary, Van Nostrand, 1862, p. 638).


UNSPIKE. (See SPIKING.)


UPBRAID. Any officer or soldier, who shall upbraid another for refusing a challenge, shall himself be punished as a challenger; (ART. 28.) (Scott, Military Dictionary, Van Nostrand, 1862, p. 638).


UPHAM, William, 1792-1853, Leicester, Massachusetts, lawyer, member of Vermont House of Representatives, Whig U.S. Senator, 1843-1853.  Opposed slavery.  He stated, “Slavery is a crime against humanity and a sore evil in the body politic.”  (Appleton’s Cyclopaedia of American Biography, 1888, Vol. VI, p. 213) 

UPHAM, William, senator, born in Leicester,  Massachusetts, in August, 1792; died in Washington, D. C., 14 January, 1853. He moved with his father to Vermont in 1802, was educated at the State university, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1812, and began practice in Montpelier. In 1827-'8 he served in the legislature, was state's attorney for Washington County in 1829, and served again in the legislature in 1830. Elected a U. S. Senator as a Whig, he served from 4 December, 1843, until his sudden death by small-pox.  Appletons’ Cyclopædia of American Biography, 1888, Vol. VI, p. 213.


UPPERVILLE, VIRGINIA, November 2-3, 1862. (See Union.)


UPPERVILLE, VIRGINIA, May 13, 1863. Detachment of 1st New York Cavalry. During a scout from Snicker's ferry, a detachment of the regiment encountered some of Mosby's Confederates at Upperville and captured 5 of them after a slight skirmish. The Union Army, 1908, Vol. 6, p. 883.


UPPERVILLE, VIRGINIA, June 21, 1863. 1st and 2nd Cavalry Divisions, Army of the Potomac. The enemy was driven from his position on Goose creek by Vincent's infantry brigade, and retreated rapidly toward Upperville, followed by the Federal cavalry, Gregg's (2nd) division in advance. At Upperville the Confederate cavalry was massed and their artillery was placed in position at Ashby's gap. Kilpatrick's brigade charged, but was repulsed. The 3d brigade, under Colonel J. I. Gregg, now came up and formed on Kilpatrick's left, the artillery was placed in position, and with these supports Kilpatrick again charged and drove the enemy from the town, capturing 1 piece of artillery. A short distance west of the town the Confederates again made a stand at the base of the mountain, where for a time they successfully met and repulsed Gregg's attacks, countercharging in turn, only to be forced back. General Buford, with the 1st division, was moving to Gregg's assistance, when he became engaged with a heavy force of the enemy that threatened to come between him and Gregg. Colonel Gamble, commanding the advance brigade, deployed the 3d Ind. and 8th Illinois to protect the flanks, and these two regiments poured in such a murderous carbine fire that the enemy broke and fled toward the gap, closely pressed by the entire division. About the same time the force in front of Gregg gave way and the retreat became almost a rout. The Union loss at Upperville was 12 killed, 130 wounded and 67 missing. The Confederate casualties were not officially reported, but General Pleasonton, commanding the Union cavalry corps, says in his report: "We took 2 pieces of artillery and 3 caissons, besides blowing up 1; also upward of 60 prisoners, * * * a lieutenant-colonel, major and 5 other officers, besides a wounded colonel and a large number of wounded rebels, left in the town of Upperville. They left their dead and wounded upon the field. Of the former I saw upward of 20." The Union Army, 1908, Vol. 6, p. 883-884.


UPPERVILLE, VIRGINIA, September 25, 1863. Battalion Maryland Cavalry, Potomac Home Brigade. During a scout from Harper's Ferry through Loudoun county, the command of Major Henry A. Cole came upon the enemy 150 strong, drawn up in battle line at Upperville. The Confederates fled when Cole's men charged, leaving 1 killed, and 8 captured. The Union participants suffered no loss. The Union Army, 1908, Vol. 6, p. 884.

UPPERVILLE, VIRGINIA, February 20, 1864. Cavalry Detachment of the Department of West Virginia. A scouting party under Major Cole met Mosby's Confederate command at Upperville and, after a sharp skirmish, in which 2 Federals were killed and several wounded, succeeded in capturing 18 of the enemy. The Union Army, 1908, Vol. 6, p. 884.


UPPERVILLE, VIRGINIA, October 29, 1864. (See Snicker's Gap, same date.)


UPSHAW'S FARM, MISSOURI, October 29, 1864. Detachment of 2nd Arkansas Cavalry. Lieutenant-Colonel Hugh Cameron of the 2nd Arkansas reports that his command pursued a party of Confederates and encountered them at the Upshaw farm in Barry county. The enemy was routed and dispersed, 50 being killed, 37 captured, besides 58 horses, 4 mules, a large number of saddles and several stand of arms. The affair was an incident of Price's Missouri expedition. The Union Army, 1908, Vol. 6, p. 884.


UPSHUR, Abel Parker, statesman, b, in Northampton County, Virginia, 17 June, 1790; died near Washington, D. C., 28 February, 1844. He received a classical education, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1810, and practised at Richmond, Virginia, until 1824, when he moved to his estate in Northampton County, and was elected to the legislature. In 1826 he was appointed a judge in the general court of Virginia, in 1829 he was a member of the convention that was called to revise the state constitution, and after the reorganization of the judicial system under that instrument he was again elected judge of the same court. This office he continued to hold until 1841, when he was called by President Tyler to fill that of Secretary of the Navy. On the resignation of Daniel Webster, in 1843, he was made Secretary of State. In politics he belonged to the extreme state-rights pro-slavery school of the south. Early in 1844 he was on the U. S. steamer "Princeton," on Potomac River, in company with the president and the other members of the cabinet, to witness experiments with a large wrought-iron gun, which burst on being fired the third time and killed him together with several others. Judge Upshur, besides a number of essays and addresses, published "Brief Inquiry into the True Nature and Character of our Federal Government: Review of Judge Joseph Story's Commentaries on the Constitution " (Petersburg, Virginia, 1840). Appletons’ Cyclopaedia of American Biography, 1888, Vol. VI, pp. 213-214.


UPSHUR, John Henry, naval officer, born in Northampton County, Virginia, 5 December, 1823, changed his name from Nottingham to that of his mother, Upshur, when he entered the U.S. Navy to gratify her wish, as the Upshur family was conspicuous in naval annals. He became a midshipman, 4 November, 1841, and cruised in the sloop "St. Mary's" in 1843-6, in which he joined the squadron in the Gulf of Mexico during the Mexican War. He served in the naval battery during the bombardment of Vera Cruz, 10 to 25 March, 1847, and after the fall of that city he attended the naval school, becoming a passed midshipman, 10 August, 1847. He was promoted to master, 18 July, 1855, and to lieutenant, 14 September, 1855, served in the frigate "Cumberland" on the coast of Africa to suppress the slave-trade in 1858-'9, and was an instructor at the Naval Academy in 1859-'61. When the war began he was assigned to the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, and participated in the capture of the forts at Hatteras inlet and in the sounds of North Carolina in 1861. He was executive officer of the steam frigate "Wabash" at the capture of Port Royal, and commanded  four boats in Cornet: Commander C. R. P. Rodgers's expedition in the inland coast waters in the vicinity of Port Royal and Beaufort, South Carolina. He was in charge of the steamer "Flambeau," of the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, in 1862-'3 in operations on the coast of South Carolina, he was promoted to lieutenant-commander, 16 July, 1862, assigned to the steam frigate "Minnesota," of the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, in 1863-'4, and had the steamer "A. D. Vance" (a blockade-runner whose name was changed to the "Frolic ") in 1864-'5, in which he took part in both engagements at Fort Fisher. He was promoted to commander, 25 July, 1866, and given the " Frolic," on the Mediterranean station, in 1865-'7. After promotion to captain, 31 January, 1872, he served as a member of the board of inspectors in 1877-'80. He had a leave of absence, during which he visited Europe, in 1880, and upon his return was a member of the board of examiners. He was commandant of the Brooklyn Navy-yard in 1882-'4, and commander-in-chief of the Pacific Station in 1884-'5. He was promoted to rear-admiral, 1 October, 1884, and was voluntarily placed on the retired list, 1 June, 1885.—A niece, Mary Jane Stith, poet, born in Accomac County, Virginia, 7 April, 1828, was educated entirely at home, and early began writing for the press. On the death of her father, in 1869, she moved from Norfolk, Virginia, to New York City, and on 2 July, 1870, married Josiah R. Sturges. Mrs. Sturges was one of the organizers and the first president of the Harlem free hospital and dispensary for women and children. She has contributed to southern periodicals both prose and poetry, commonly under the pen-name of " Fanny Fielding." Her principal work is "Confederate Notes," an historical novel, which appeared anonymously in 1867 in the " Home Monthly," published at Nashville, Tennessee. Appletons’ Cyclopaedia of American Biography, 1888, Vol. VI, p. 214.


UPSON, Charles, Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, voted for Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution, abolishing slavery (Congressional Globe)


UPTON, Emory, soldier, born in Batavia, Genesee County, New York, 27 August, 1839; died in San Francisco, California, 14 March, 1881. He was educated at Oberlin College and at the U. S. Military Academy, where he was graduated in Mav, 1861, eighth in a class of forty-five, and made 2d lieutenant in the 4th U.S. Artillery. On 14 May he became 1st lieutenant in the 5th U.S. Artillery. During the first year of the Civil War he was assigned to duty in the defences of Washington, and was present at Bull Run, where he was wounded. He commanded his battery during the early part of 1862 in the Virginia Peninsular Campaign, including all actions to Glendale, and subsequently a regiment and brigade of artillery in the Maryland Campaign. He was appointed colonel of the 121st New York Volunteers in October, 1862, and was conspicuously engaged at the head of a brigade of the 6th Corps, Army of the Potomac, until the close of 1863. He received the brevet of major on 8 November, 1863, for gallant service at the battle of Rappahannock Station. Virginia During the Wilderness Campaign of 1864 he bore an active part, especially at Spotsylvania. where he won the brevet of lieutenant-colonel, U. S. A.. 10 May, 1864, and was wounded while leading the assaulting column of twelve regiments of his corps. For this he was appointed on the spot a brigadier-general of volunteers, 12 May, 1864. He was present during the siege of Petersburg, in the defence of the capital in July, 1864, and in the Shenandoah Campaign, where, while commanding a division of infantry at the battle of the Opequan, he was severely wounded. On 19 September, 1864, he was brevetted colonel, U. S. A., for gallant and meritorious services at Winchester, Virginia, 19 October, 1864, and also received the brevet 'was in command of the 4th U.S. Cavalry Division under General James H. Wilson during the closing operations in Alabama and Georgia. He became captain in the 5th Regiment of U.S. Artillery on 22 February, 1865, was brevetted brigadier-general, U. S. Army, on 13 March, 1865, for gallant service at Selma, Alabama, and also received the brevet of major-general, U. S. Army, for services in the field during the Civil War. He was in command of the 1st Cavalry Division in the District of Kast Tennessee in July and August, 1865, and of the District of Colorado from 22 August, 1865, till 30 April, 1866, when he was mustered out of the volunteer service. In the reorganization he became lieutenant-colonel, 25th U.S. Infantry, 28 July, 1866. He had employment in the intervals of active service in preparing an original system of tactics for the use of the military forces of the government, and in 1867 his system for infantry was adopted. He was commandant of cadets at the U. S. Military Academy in 1870-'5, and member of a "board to assimilate the tactics" in 1873, when his system, modified for artillery and cavalry, was also accepted. General Upton was sent on a tour of inspection of the armies of Europe and Asia in 1875-"7, and on his return was assigned to the artillery-school at Fort Monroe, and wrote his official report, which was published by the government in 1878. He became colonel of the 4th U.S. Artillery in 1880, and soon afterward joined his regiment at the Presidio, San Francisco, California His mind became affected, and he committed suicide. In his last days he was engaged in tactical studies and in writing a work on "The Military Policy of the United States," which is being prepared for publication by General James H. Wilson. He published "A New System of Infantry Tactics" (New York, 1867; 2d ed., 1874); "Tactics for Non-Military Bodies " (1870); and " The Armies of Asia and Europe" (1878). See "Life and Letters of Major-General Emory Upton," by Peter S. Michie (New York, 1885). Appletons’ Cyclopaedia of American Biography, 1888, Vol. VI, pp. 214-215.


UPTON, George Bruce, manufacturer, born in Eastport, Maine, 11 October, 1804; died in Boston, Massachusetts, 1 July, 1874. He entered Harvard, but left n short time before he had completed his course, and entered business. He spent about three years in Boston, and then moved to Nantucket, where in 1825 he became partner in a firm that manufactured oils and candles, built ships, and was extensively engaged in the sperm-whale fisheries. While in Nantucket he was sent twice to the general court, and he was elected for three terms a member of the state senate. In 1845 he moved to Manchester, New Hampshire, where he established the Manchester print-works, and in 1846 he went to Boston. He was treasurer for eight years of the Michigan Central Railroad, and built numerous clipper-ships for the California and Pacific trade. He was a member of the executive council of the state in 1853, and of the constitutional convention of the same year. He was active during the Civil War in measures for the relief of the sick and wounded soldiers, and made large contributions to the fund for procuring recruits. He opposed the Clarendon-Johnson treaty in regard to the Alabama, and in an open letter to Earl Russell controverted the arguments of that statesman. He was a sufferer from the great fire in Boston in 1872, but gave largely to the fund for the victims, and was the first to organize measures for their relief. Mr. Upton was an active member of the New England historic-genealogical society, and bore most of the expense of compiling and publishing Reverend John A. Vinton's " Upton Memorial" (Bath, Maine, 1874). Appletons’ Cyclopaedia of American Biography, 1888, Vol. VI, p. 215.


UPTON, George Putnam, journalist, born in Roxbury, Massachusetts. 25 October, 1834. He was graduated at Brown in 1854, moved to Chicago, Illinois, in 1855, and till 1856 was connected with the " Native Citizen" in that place. In 1856-'61-he was city editor of the "Evening Journal," and in 1862-81 he was musical critic of the Chicago " Tribune," of which he has been an editorial writer since 1872. In 1862-'3 he was also a war-correspondent. […].  Appletons’ Cyclopaedia of American Biography, 1888, Vol. VI, p. 215


UPTON, Charles Horace, politician, born in Salem, Massachusetts. 23 August, 1812: died in Geneva, Switzerland, in June, 1877, was graduated at Bowdoin in 1834, and settled in Fairfax County, Virginia, whence he was elected to Congress in 1860. In 1863 he was appointed U. S. consul at Geneva, Switzerland. Appletons’ Cyclopaedia of American Biography, 1888, Vol. VI, p. 216.


UPTON, Edward Peirce, lawyer, born in Castine, Maine, 22 July, 1816, received an academic education, was admitted to the bar, and settled in Virginia, but about 1858 moved to Texas. During the Civil War he was a devoted friend of the Union and was indicted for treason against the Confederacy, imprisoned six months, and shot at several times. One of his sons was murdered by a political mob a year after the war. He was appointed judge of the 18th judicial district of Texas in 1867, and held the post two years. Appletons’ Cyclopaedia of American Biography, 1888, Vol. VI, p. 216.


UPTON, Francis Henry, lawyer, born in Salem, Massachusetts, 25 May, 1814: died in New York City, 25 June, 1876, was graduated at Harvard law-school in 1835 and settled in New York City, where he rose to eminence in his profession. During the Civil War he held the appointment of counsel for captors in prize courts, and while arguing a case received a stroke of paralysis from which he never recovered. He published "A Treatise on the Law of Trade-Marks, with a Digest and Review of English and American Authorities" (Albany, 1860), and "The Law of Nations affecting Commerce during War, with a Review of the Jurisprudence, Practice, and Proceedings of Prize Courts" (New York, 1863). Appletons’ Cyclopaedia of American Biography, 1888, Vol. VI, p. 216.


UPTON'S HILL, KENTUCKY, October 12, 1861. 39th Indiana Infantry. Urbana, Maryland, July 9, 1864. 8th Illinois Cavalry. When General Lew Wallace gave way at Monocacy the 8th Illinois, which formed the extreme left of Ricketts' division, found itself cut off and fell back skirmishing to Urbana. There a stand was made and several charges of the enemy were repulsed. Confederate General McCausland then brought his whole brigade into the action and Lieutenant-Colonel D. R. Clendenin, commanding the Illinois regiment, was compelled to withdraw to Monrovia. Clendenin lost 1 man killed and 6 wounded. The Union Army, 1908, Vol. 6, p. 884.


UTENSILS for camp and garrison are styled camp and garrison equipage, and are furnished by the quartermaster's department. The regulations allow: a general Officer, three tents in the field, one axe and one hatchet; a field or staff officer above the rank of captain, two tents in the field, one axe and one hatchet; other staff officers or captains, one tent in the field, one axe and one hatchet; subalterns of a company, to every two, one tent in the field, one axe and one hatchet; to every 15 foot and 13 mounted men, one tent in the field, two spades, two axes, two pickaxes, two hatchets, two camp kettles, and five mess pans. Bed sacks are provided for troops in garrison, and iron pots may be furnished to them instead of camp kettles. Requisitions will be sent to the quartermaster-general for the authorized flags, colors, standards, guidons, drums, fifes, bugles and trumpets. The prescribed cooking utensils are evidently not adapted to field-service. The soldier is made too dependent on a baggage train. Some tools deemed necessary for service in the French army are also omitted in the enumeration of camp equipage furnished to the United States troops. (See TOOLS.) (Scott, Military Dictionary, Van Nostrand, 1862, pp. 638-639)


UTICA, MISSISSIPPI, May 9-10, 1863. Cavalry of 17th Army Corps. During the operations following the battle of Port Gibson, the cavalry in advance entered Utica and had a skirmish with a few of the enemy stationed there. As the Federals moved out of the town next morning more skirmishing was done. No casualties were reported. The Union Army, 1908, Vol. 6, p. 884.


UTICA, MISSISSIPPI, July 13, 1864. Detachment of 1st Cavalry Brigade, 16th Army Corps. During an expedition from Memphis, Tennessee, to Grand Gulf, Mississippi, Major Shorey with a part of the detachment was attacked near Utica and driven back to the main body. There were no casualties reported. The Union Army, 1908, Vol. 6, pp. 884-885.


UTOY CREEK, GEORGIA, August 5-6, 1864. 14th and 23d Army Corps. After Atlanta was fully invested on July 23, Sherman turned his attention to the destruction of the railroads south of the city, over which the Confederate army was receiving its supplies. Two cavalry expeditions, commanded by Generals McCook and Stoneman, were sent against the roads, but they were not altogether successful, and Sherman decided to extend his lines to the right until his flank touched the line of communication somewhere near East Point, the junction of the Atlanta & West Point and Macon & Western railroads. The Army of the Tennessee, now commanded by Major-General Howard, was ordered to move on July 27 from the extreme left to the extreme right and take position near the Lickskillet road running west from Atlanta past Ezra Church. This movement led to the engagement at Ezra Church (q. v.) on the 28th. South of the Lickskillet road is Utoy creek, a tributary of the Chattahoochee river. The north fork of this creek rises near Ezra Church and flows a general westerly direction, while the south fork has its source near East Point and flows northwest. Between the two branches the ground is hilly and broken, easily made capable of defense, and it was to this rugged district that Hood extended his lines in an effort to protect his communications, forming his main line of intrenchments along the east bank of a small tributary of the Utoy. On August 2 Schofield moved to the right of Howard and took a position along the north branch of Utoy creek. Morgan's division of the 14th corps and Ward's of the 20th were stationed as a reserve to support Schofield in case of an attack. The next day the entire 14th corps was ordered to cooperate with the 23d, both under the command of Schofield. Hascall's division of Schofield's command crossed the Utoy at Herring's mill in the face of a stubborn resistance, and found the enemy in a strongly fortified position in front . Hascall intrenched under a heavy artillery fire, Baird's division of the 14th crossed and formed on Hascall's right, while Johnson's division of the same corps crossed about a mile below. Some heavy skirmishing occurred on the 4th, which led Schofield to believe the enemy's line in his front was only an outer one, not held in strong force, and he ordered an assault to be made at 6 a. m. on the 5th. Some delay occurred, but about 8 o'clock Baird and Morgan moved their commands gallantly forward, drove in the enemy's intrenched skirmish line, and captured 140 prisoners. The whole line then advanced to the west bank of the creek above mentioned, but no effort was made to cross the stream. During the night Hood strengthened his line by adding a part of Hardee's corps and felled the trees along the east side of the creek to form an abatis. On the morning of the 6th Cox was ordered to make a reconnaissance with one brigade, supporting it with the rest of his division ready to follow up any advantage gained. Reilly's brigade was selected to lead the movement, 200 men were added to the skirmish line, which advanced and drove the enemy back from the works in front of the Union right center, where the timber offered some protection. The 104th Ohio was then sent forward to support the skirmishers in a farther advance, which resulted in the enemy's being driven into his works along the entire length of the ridge. Encouraged by conditions thus far developed, Reilly now advanced with his whole brigade and assaulted the main line of intrenchments. After crossing the little creek the men became entangled in the network of fallen trees, many of which were cut only half off, then bent over and interlaced, forming an almost impassable barrier. While the men were struggling with these obstructions they were subjected to a merciless fire from the Confederate works, where reinforcements were constantly arriving. Reilly held his ground, however, until Casement's brigade was sent to cover his withdrawal. In the meantime Hascall had moved his division to the right to endeavor to capture a battery that enfiladed Cox's position. Cooper's and Swaine's brigades were moved through the woods beyond the Sandtown road and were in position to make the assault before they were discovered. Then both brigades pressed forward and drove the enemy back into his works, though they managed to save the guns. This attack came late in the afternoon and from it Hood came to the conclusion that an effort was being made to turn his left flank, which caused him to evacuate his works during the night. No detailed statement of the casualties at Utoy creek can be made as the official reports of losses include this engagement with others about Atlanta during the month. The Union Army, 1908, Vol. 6, pp. 885-886.


UTZ'S FORD, VIRGINIA, October 7, 1862. A report from Confederate General J. E. B. Stuart says that 24 men of the 7th Virginia cavalry crossed the Rapidan at Utz's ford and attacked the Federal picket, killing 1, wounding 1 and capturing 6, together with 22 horses. Union reports make no mention of the affair. The Union Army, 1908, Vol. 6, p. 886.