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Horace Greeley, The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65: its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union. Volume II., chapter 4 (search)
re been stationed; but by this time a far superior Rebel force had, by means of telegraphs and railroads, been concentrated at that point, and he wisely retreated without molestation or loss, other than that inflicted by the rain, sleet, and deep mud through which the retreat was effected. The liberation of several hundred slaves was the chief result of this expedition. A few weeks later, Gen. Foster, with a considerably larger force — all that he could collect — set out from Newbern Dec. 11. on a march directly inland, intending to reach and destroy the important railroad junction at Goldsboroa. He encountered no impediments, save from trees felled across the road, until he reacheed South-west creek, where the bridge had been destroyed, and a regiment was found posted on the opposite blank, supporting three pieces of artillery. These were driven off by a charge of tlhe 9th New Jersey, and 1 gun captured ; when, after two or three more skirmishes, Foster advanced Sunday, 1
Horace Greeley, The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65: its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union. Volume II., chapter 13 (search)
d on by the military chiefs of the belligerents. Gen. Rosecrans exchanged them; but gave notice that he would do so no more. In the Hartsville disgrace, sone 150 on either side were killed or wounded Moore says he had but 1,200 men in the fight, and that he was hemmed in on all sides by an overwhelming force of five or six to one. Bragg says Morgan had not more than 1,200 in action, and that he took 1,800 prisoners, with two gnus and 2,000 small arms. The Rebel Banner (Murfreesboroa, Dec. 11 says: All told, our forces were about 1,300. Moore says the Rebel loss in killed and wounded was about 400: Bragg says their loss in killed and wounded was 125, and ours 500. Moore lays his defeat at the door of the 106th Ohio, Col. Taffle, whom he charges with intense cowardice. Two days later, Wheeler, with a large force of mounted infantry and cavalry, attacked a brigade of our infantry, under Col. Stanley Matthews, which was foraging between the two armies; but was received with d
Horace Greeley, The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65: its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union. Volume II., chapter 16 (search)
g on it from either side, however, and the often wanton devastations of our soldiers, it was ultimately reduced to a state of general dilapidation. Our army being at length in position along the north bank, Burnside commenced Night of Dec. 10-11. throwing over pontoons to Fredericksburg; also at a point nearly two miles below. The Engineer corps had laid the upper pontoon two-thirds of the way, when daylight exposed them to the fire of the enemy's sharp-shooters, which drove them off; andke of the land being there favorable to us — and laid his pontoons without loss. Possession of both banks being thus secured, two other pontoons were laid at either point, and our army mainly pushed across during that and the following days. Dec. 11-12. The next was that chosen for the assault on the Rebel position; whose strength, though under-estimated by Burnside, was known to be very considerable. Lee's army, fully 80,000 strong, was stretched along and behind the southern bluffs of