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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) | 3 | 3 | Browse | Search |
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3. | 1 | 1 | Browse | Search |
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4. | 1 | 1 | Browse | Search |
Brigadier-General Ellison Capers, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 5, South Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) | 1 | 1 | Browse | Search |
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Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3., Kershaw 's brigade at Fredericksburg . (search)
Kershaw's brigade at Fredericksburg.
General J. B. Kershaw writes to the editors as follows, December 6th,.1887:
General Ransom's letter, in The Century for December, 1887, in regard to his services at Fredericksburg, contains an error in relation to the operations of my brigade.
In the morning of that day, my troops were stationed at the foot of Lee's Hill.
After the assaults on General Cobb's position had commenced, I was directed to send two of my regiments to reenforce Cobb, and did so. Before they had reached him, tidings arrived of the fall of General Cobb, and I was immediately ordered to take the rest of my brigade to the position held by his forces, and assume command of the troops of McLaws's division there.
I preceded my troops, and as soon as possible arrived at the Stevens House at the foot of Marye's Hill.
As my brigade arrived they were placed--two regiments, the 3d and the 7th South Carolina, at Marye's House on the hill, and the rest of them in the sunk
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., chapter 11.81 (search)
Four days of battle at Petersburg.
taken by permission from the North American review for December, 1887, and condensed. by G. T. Beauregard, General, C. S. A.
The movement of the Army of the Potomac to the south side of the James
For the particulars of the previous attempt on Petersburg, see the article by General Beauregard, p. 195, and that by General William F. Smith, p. 206.--editors. began on the evening of the 12th of June, and Smith's corps (the Eighteenth) was at Bermuda Hundred in the early afternoon of the 14th.
From Point of Rocks it crossed the river that night and was pushed forward without delay against Petersburg.
Kautz's cavalry and Hinks's command of colored troops had been added to it.
The Ninth Corps (Burnside's) and the Sixth (Wright's) moved by way of Jones's Bridge and Charles City Court House road.
The Second Corps (Hancock's) and the Fifth (Warren's) were marched from Long Bridge to Wilcox's Landing.--G. T. B.
It was with a view to thwart
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Cleveland , Grover 1837 - (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Zalinski , Edmund Louis Gray 1849 - (search)
Brigadier-General Ellison Capers, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 5, South Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Additional Sketches Illustrating the services of officers and Privates and patriotic citizens of South Carolina . (search)