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Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, The Passing of the Armies: The Last Campaign of the Armies. 260 2 Browse Search
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. 37 1 Browse Search
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Philip Henry Sheridan, Personal Memoirs of P. H. Sheridan, General, United States Army . 24 0 Browse Search
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Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, The Passing of the Armies: The Last Campaign of the Armies., Chapter 2: the overture. (search)
en of our Fifth Corps had once commanded the Second; Humphreys of the Second had formerly commanded a division in the Fifth; Miles, division commander in the Second, had won his spurs in the Fifth; Meade, commanding the army, had been corps commander of the Fifth. Crook's cavalry division of our army, now about to go to Sheridan, had been our pet and pride; Sheridan was an object of admiration and awe. Of the Fifth Corps, the division commanders of the First and Second were Griffin and Ayres of the regular artillery, and veterans of the Mexican War, who had served with their batteries in the Fifth Corps early in its career; and Crawford of the Third, who was with Anderson at Fort Sumter, was identified with the Pennsylvania Reserves, whose whole history was closely connected with this Corps. As for the First Division, the morning report for March 29, 1865, showed 6547 men present for duty. This number being on various duty elsewhere or sick in hospital was 4000 short of its
Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, The Passing of the Armies: The Last Campaign of the Armies., Chapter 3: the White Oak Road. (search)
junction of the White Oak and Claiborne Roads: Ayres, with the Second Division, in advance, about sun. In accordance with this understanding, Ayres had made a careful examination of the situatioor the White Oak Road was put into execution. Ayres advanced soldierlike, as was his nature; resolft, supported by all I can get of Crawford and Ayres, and attack .... This will take place about 1.operations nugatory. I will now send General Ayres to General Sheridan, and take General Griffin , nearest, and most disengaged. 4. To send Ayres and Crawford by the way Bartlett had gone, anddded the actual final movement, which was that Ayres went down the Boydton Road, and Griffin and Celaxation from intense vigilance. Meantime Ayres had kept on, according to Warren's first order by the roadside. We are not sorry for that. Ayres soon comes up on the Brooks Road. Crawford arompany,for going beyond the actual recovery of Ayres' lost field, and pressing on for the White Oak[19 more...]
Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, The Passing of the Armies: The Last Campaign of the Armies., Chapter 4: Five Forks. (search)
llen on the enemy's rear as they were pursuing Ayres and Crawford. --Records, Warren Court, p. 1313awford's Division directed upon the angle, and Ayres, of course, thrown far to the left, so as to ss a muddy stream and up a rough ravine towards Ayres. Half-way up, Griffin came to meet me,--neverll go! and away he dashed, right down through Ayres' left, down the White Oak Road, into that trip in this slackening of the strain, Griffin and Ayres, who were now riding with me, spoke regretfullford, down the Ford Road, half-way to the Run; Ayres out the White Oak Road on the right, and Bartlcommanding officers of the Maryland Brigade on Ayres' right, and of the 4th Delaware on Gwyn's righ troops of Griffin whom he met here as part of Ayres' command. For this would explain most of the Ayres said later in the day) to put Griffin on Ayres' right, in the order in which, curiously enougnsider what would have been the result in case Ayres had been withstood, or even repulsed, in his f[76 more...]
Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, The Passing of the Armies: The Last Campaign of the Armies., Chapter 6: Appomattox. (search)
ee's anxious infantry should break through. The storm-center was now on the Lynchburg Pike, a mile or so beyond Appomattox Court House. The Fifth Corps followed, Ayres' Division ahead; then our old Third Brigade of the First Division,once mine, since Bartlett's; next, my command, my own brigade and Gregory's; at the rear of the cke a storm-cloud beyond our right to close in on the enemy's left and complete the fateful envelopment. Ord's troops are now square across the Lynchburg Pike. Ayres and Bartlett have joined them on their right, and all are in for it sharp. In this new front we take up the battle. Gregory follows in on my left. It is a formirals in the Fifth, had chosen to take my brigade, I cheerfully returned to my regiment. Having in the meantime been applied for to command the Regular Brigade in Ayres' Division, I declined the offer at the request of General Griffin, who desired me to remain with the First Division. So remaining, I was often put in charge of pe
Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, The Passing of the Armies: The Last Campaign of the Armies., Chapter 7: the return of the Army. (search)
r. I was coming to see you, he says; now let us get Ayres. Finding Ayres-soldier born, and tried and true,--wech, reverential and religious in cherished thought; Ayres, too, ours from the beginning, solid and sure as theg, and the next morning we moved for the new field. Ayres' Division took ground from Burkeville to Nottaway Coe also assigned to the corps and finally taken up in Ayres' Division. We certainly had all the responsibility r May 1st reversed the order of the division camps. Ayres was to start early in the morning, followed by the a reaching Black's and White's Crawford was to follow Ayres, and when the two reached my division I was to follog with him the bones of Joseph the well-beloved. Ayres led that day; we had the rear of the column, with thI could see the whole black column struggling on and Ayres a mile behind urging and cheering his men with condefriendly aid. It was a mile away from me, but I knew Ayres close following would see the right thing done till
Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, The Passing of the Armies: The Last Campaign of the Armies., Chapter 9: the last review. (search)
passed this First Division,--and with it, part of my soul. But now comes in sight a form before which the tumult of applause swells in mightier volume. It is Ayres, born soldier, self-commanding, nerve of iron, heart of gold,--a man to build on. What vicissitudes has he not seen since Gettysburg! Of those three splendid brige that terrible charge down the north spur of Little Round Top into the seething furies at its base, and brought back not one-half of its deathless offering? Like Ayres it was — in spirit and in truth,--when asked at the Warren Court, years after, then reviewing the Five Forks battle, Where were your regulars then? to answer with, and the 15th Artillery, their equal in honor. At the head of this, on the fire-swept angle at Five Forks the high-hearted Fred Winthrop fell; then Grimshaw and Ayres himself led on to the first honors of that great day. At its head to-day rides the accomplished General Joe Hayes, scarcely recovered from dangerous wounds. It w
The Annals of the Civil War Written by Leading Participants North and South (ed. Alexander Kelly McClure), General Meade at Gettysburg. (search)
n of the Second Corps was sent by General Hancock to assist in checking the advance of the enemy, but after a severe struggle, in which Caldwell lost one-half of his command, the enemy enveloped his right and forced him back. The division of General Ayres was then struck on the right and rear, but with great courage it fought its way back through the enemy to its original line. General Humphreys, with his division, held the right of the line of the Third Corps. Although severely pressed by tshot under him. Finally, about sunset, a counter charge was made by our troops, in which the remnants of Humphrey's Division joined, and had the satisfaction of bringing back the guns they had previously lost. The division of Regulars, under General Ayres, led the assault on the right of the Fifth Corps, and pressed the enemy on the centre, but on the left they were outflanked and driven back. General Sykes at once ordered forward the Pennsylvania Reserves, who, led by General Crawford, made
General Horace Porter, Campaigning with Grant, Chapter 7 (search)
ers. However, there was no intention to allow the enemy to hold such an important position, and Meade directed Warren to send one of his brigades to recapture it. Ayres's brigade moved forward with spirit, and the position was soon retaken and held. General Grant expressed to General Meade his pleasure at seeing Warren's troops mcensured Warren on the 13th, they were anxious now to give him full credit for his present conduct. General Meade sent him the following despatch: I thank you and Ayres for taking the hill. It was handsomely done. General Wright then moved forward two brigades to relieve Ayres. This was the only fighting on that day. While Ayres. This was the only fighting on that day. While riding about the field General Grant stopped at a house and expressed a desire to prepare some despatches. A number of wounded were lying upon the porch and in the rooms; they had made their way there in accordance with the usual custom of wounded men to seek a house. It seems to be a natural instinct, as a house conveys the idea
General Horace Porter, Campaigning with Grant, Chapter 27 (search)
ions. He took in the situation in an instant, and at once telegraphed the substance of my report to Meade, and preparations soon began looking to the sending of Warren's corps and Mackenzie's small division of cavalry to report to Sheridan. It was expected that the infantry would reach its destination in ample time to take the offensive about daybreak; but one delay after another was met with, and Grant, Meade, and Sheridan spent a painfully anxious night in hurrying forward the movement. Ayres's division of Warren's corps had to rebuild the bridge over Gravelly Run, which took till 2 A. M. Warren, with his other two divisions, did not get started from their position on the White Oak road till 5 A. M., and the hope of crushing the enemy was hourly growing less. This proved to be one of the busiest nights of the whole campaign. Generals were writing despatches and telegraphing from dark to daylight. Staff-officers were rushing from one headquarters to another, wading through swa
General Horace Porter, Campaigning with Grant, Chapter 28 (search)
. on the Five Forks road not far from J. Boisseau's house. Ayres had his division on this road, having arrived about daylighn ground near the church, and form in order of battle, with Ayres on the left, Crawford on his right, and Griffin in rear as ront, in company with Sheridan and Warren, with the head of Ayres's division, which was on the left. Ayres threw out a skirmAyres threw out a skirmish-line and advanced across an open field which sloped down gradually toward the dense woods just north of the White Oak roae galloping back to join in the general scrimmage. Soon Ayres's men met with a heavy fire on their left flank, and had tobe a sorry soldier who could help following such a leader. Ayres and his officers were equally exposing themselves at all poadied, for such troops could suffer but a momentary check. Ayres, with drawn saber, rushed forward once more with his vetera had moved off in a northerly direction, marching away from Ayres, and leaving a gap between the two divisions. Sheridan bec
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