Word: porting
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...interest in this port created by the first run of a week ago was well sustained yesterday, which day the Athletic Association had named for the date of the second run. The steward in charge was Mr. Wendell Baker, and at a few minutes after four he sent off Brandt, '85 and Williams, '85, the hares, from the usual starting place in front of Matthews. Meanwhile the hounds and quite a crowd collected about to see the second start. hazard, '85, was master of hounds and after the seven minutes of allowance was up he led off a pack...
...inscribed with the vote of the class and other appropriate devices. At 7.45 the line was formed in column of fours, numbering 152 men ; and with the officers of the club, and the Boston Cadet Band at the head, the procession took up the line of march for the Port...
Bill, A. H. 20 Centre St., Cam'port...
...campaign which ended in the surrender of Vicksburg and Port Hudson was one which called for generalship, as the forces on each side were about equal. The result proved that General Grant was more worthy of fame than his Confederate antagonist, General Pemberton. That the delay in taking these cities was so great is not due to any superiority of force or ability displayed by the Confederates, but because Nature stood in the way. The possession of Vicksburg was of the greatest importance to both sides. Situated on a series of high bluffs at a sharp bend in the Mississippi...
...when Lee's last charge on the Gettysburg heights had failed, Pemberton made terms with Grant. On the next day an army of 30,000 men and the long coveted prize, Vicksburg, fell into the hands of Grant. Johnston was also driven away by Sherman. Four days later, Port Hudson, lower down the river, surrendered to General Banks. The Mississippi was then open from source to mouth, and the Confederacy...