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Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3., chapter 2.20 (search)
h terminated to the right of the Richmond road. about 5 P. M. General Burnside came to the left wing, and after he had taken a hurried gallop along the lines General Franklin asked him to go to his tent, and there gave him the above-described plan as the only one that in our judgment offered a fair hope of success. When General Burnside left us we were all of the opinion that he agreed with us, and the last request, urgently pressed upon him, was that he should at once give the order for Birney's and Sickles's divisions of the Third Corps (Hooker's center Grand division) to cross the bridge and be ready to begin to relieve the Sixth Corps in the lines at dusk. Under the supposition that the orders asked for would soon be received, General Franklin gave General Reynolds and myself orders to do all the preliminary work possible; which being done, we returned to General Franklin's headquarters to await the arrival of the messenger from General Burnside. As the precious time passed b
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3., chapter 2.21 (search)
nd Meade's was broken. The infantry combat was here kept up with great spirit for a short time, when Meade's column was vigorously assailed by the enemy's masked force, and, after a severe contest, forced back. Two regiments of Berry's brigade, Birney's division, arrived about this time, and were immediately thrown into the wood on Gibbon's left, to the support of the line; but they, too, were soon overpowered, and the whole line retired from the wood, Meade's in some confusion, and, after an , and ordered the remainder of Berry's brigade, which had come up, to the support of the batteries. The enemy, showing himself in strong force in the wood, seemed disposed to follow our retiring troops, but the arrival of the other brigades of Birney's division on the ground at this critical moment, to occupy our line of battle, materially aided in saving Hall's battery, which was now seriously threatened by the enemy, and, together with our artillery fire, soon drove him to his sheltered pos
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3., The opposing forces at Fredericksburg, Va. (search)
n F. Farnsworth: 8th Ill., Col. William Gamble; 3d Ind., Maj. George H. Chapman; 8th N. Y., Col. Benjamin F. Davis. Second Brigade, Col. David McM. Gregg, Col. Thomas C. Devin: 6th N. Y., Col. Thomas C. Devin, Lieut.-Col. Duncan McVicar; 8th Pa., Lieut.-Col. Amos E. Griffiths; 6th U. S., Capt. George C. Cram. Artillery: M, 2d U. S., Lieut. Alexander C. M. Pennington, Jr. center Grand division, Maj.-Gen. Jos. Hooker. Third Army Corps, Brig.-Gen. George Stoneman. First division, Brig.-Gen. David B. Birney. First Brigade, Brig.-Gen. John C. Robinson: 20th Ind., Col. John Van Valkenburg; 63d Pa., Maj. John A. Danks; 68th Pa., Col. Andrew H. Tippin; 105th Pa., Col. Amor A. McKnight; 114th Pa., Col. Charles H. T. Collis; 141st Pa., Col. Henry J. Madill. Brigade loss: k, 14; w, 106; m, 26 == 146. Second Brigade, Brig.-Gen. J. H. Hobart Ward: 3d Me., Col. Moses B. Lakeman; 4th Me., Col. Elijah Walker; 38th N. Y., Lieut.-Col. William Birney (w); 40th No Y., Lieut.-Col. Nelson A. Gesner (w
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3., The successes and failures of Chancellorsville. (search)
p for a charge, the line not so long as half an hour before by one-third, but still as shapely and resolute as ever. The horses were blown and nervous, and the men were, no doubt, a little depressed by the rough usage they had met with. A horse, that had followed the company riderless from the charge, was given to me, and my confidence and self-respect came back as I mounted him, for I was no longer a fugitive, but a soldier. The fighting now began in earnest. The splendid divisions of Birney, Berry, and Whipple had to be met and vanquished before a farther advance could be made, and before Jackson could attain the great object of his march to our rear. The gathering darkness was favorable to the Confederates, for they could get near the guns before being seen; but it also added to the terror of the batteries, which were discharged double-shotted at the assailants, and lit up the heavens with fire that seemed supernatural. The dusky lines fell back into the woods in disorganize
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3., The Eleventh Corps at Chancellorsville. (search)
non. I sent the news to every division and said, Be ready. Devens states in his official report that at intervals between 11 A. M. and 6:30 P. M. he reported to corps headquarters that the enemy in force was threatening his front and his right flank.--editors. Slocum went forward to the aid of Sickles, and Hancock was behind him with support. Next, the enemy was reported to be in full retreat. General Hooker so telegraphed to Sedgwick; Captain Moore, of his staff, who had gone out with Birney to see the attack upon Jackson, came hurriedly to me with an order from General Hooker for my reserve brigade, Barlow's. Major Howard rode rapidly to Sickles, that he might point out exactly where to locate the brigade. The major was also to ascertain the nearest route, so as to save time and not weary the men by a circuitous march. It was already past 4. There was much excitement among the groups of officers at the different points of observation. We who were at Dowdall's had been wat
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3., The opposing forces in the Chancellorsville campaign. (search)
William Jameson; 132d Pa., Col. Charles Albright, Lieut.-Col. Joseph E. Shreve. Brigade loss: k, 8; w, 80; m, 11 == 99. Artillery: G, 1st N. Y., Lieut. Nelson Ames; G, 1st R. I., Capt. George W. Adams. Artillery loss: k, 5; w, 18 == 23. artillery Reserve: I, 1st U. S., Lieut. Edmund Kirby (m w while commanding 5th Maine Battery); A, 4th U. S., Lieut. Alonzo H. Cushing. Artillery loss: w, 2. Third Army Corps, Maj.-Gen. Daniel E. Sickles. Staff loss: w, 1. First division, Brig.-Gen. David B. Birney. Staff loss: wv, 2. First Brigade, Brig.-Gen. Charles K. Graham, Col. Thomas W. Egan: 57th Pa., Col. Peter Sides; 63d Pa., Lieut.-Col. William S. Kirkwood (m w), Capt. James F. Ryan; 68th Pa., Col. Andrew H. Tippin; 105th Pa., Col. Amor A. McKnight (k), Lieut.-Col. Calvin A. Craig; 114th Pa., Col. Charles H. T. Collis, Lieut.-Col. Frederick F. Cavada; 141st Pa., Col. Henry J. Madill. Brigade loss: k, 72; w, 490; m, 194 = 756. Second. Brigade, Brig.-Gen. J. H. Hobart Ward: 20th
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3., chapter 4.42 (search)
es of the army, showing that principles vindicate themselves. When I arrived Birney's division was already posted on the crest, from Devil's Den to the Peach OrchaNew Jersey Regiment, then in skirmish order at the front, was sent to reenforce Birney. Seeley's battery, at first posted on the right, was soon after sent to the leson's brigades were advancing on Humphreys, and the latter received orders from Birney, now in command of the corps (Sickles having been severely wounded soon after 6ack his left, form. an oblique line in his rear, and connect with the right of Birney's division, then retiring. The junction was not effected, and Humphreys, greaturned over to Gibbon. About 7:15 P. M. the field was in a critical condition. Birney's division was now broken up; Humphreys's was slowly falling back, under cover musket in hand, who thus recovered his guns, Watson being severely wounded. Birney's division once broken, it was difficult to stem the tide of defeat. Hood's an
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3., chapter 4.43 (search)
mbled in the little front room of the Liester House — Newton, who had been assigned to the command of the First Corps over Doubleday, his senior; Hancock, Second; Birney, Third; Sykes, Fifth; Sedgwick, who had arrived during the day with the Sixth, after a long march from Manchester; Howard, Eleventh; and Slocum, Twelfth, besides position of the army, but would not retreat. 2. In no condition to attack, in his opinion. 3. Until he moves. Williams:1. Stay. 2. Wait attack. 3. One day. Birney:Same as General Williams. Sykes:Same as General Williams. Newton:1. Correct position of the army, but would not retreat. 2. By all means not attack. 3. If weion of the original document deposited by Colonel George Meade with the Penn. Hist. Society.--editors. to mass forces and attack. Howard favor of not retiring. Birney don't know. Third Corps used up and not in good condition to fight. Sedgwick doubtful whether we ought to attack. The words in italics, noted as illegible in
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3., Kershaw's brigade at Gettysburg. (search)
iment were nearly doubled on each other. The Union force engaged in this movement consisted of De Trobriand's brigade (Birney's division) of the Third Corps.--editors. About this time, the fire of the battery on my left having ceased, I sent femmes's was assailed or defended by the Federal brigades of De Trobriand, Sweitzer, Tilton, and Zook, of the divisions of Birney, Barnes, and Caldwell, and of the Second, Third, and Fifth corps. Nowhere have I found any more forcible evidence of the desperate but unsuccessful efforts to secure it. Notwithstanding the stubborn resistance of the Third Corps under Major-General Birney (Major-General Sickles having been wounded early in the action), superiority in numbers of corps of the enemy enabling him to outflank its advance position, General Birney was compelled to fall back and re-form behind the line originally designed to be held. In the meantime, perceiving the great exertions of the enemy, the Sixth Corps, Major-General Sedgwick,
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3., chapter 4.58 (search)
were disclosed by reconnoissances made by General Birney, one of the greatest soldiers produced by Pennsylvania. Birney commanded my left division. To his vigilance and unerring military intuition r (see Hancock's Official Report); third, that Birney, under orders from Major-General Sickles, relids in advance. (See Official Report of Major-General Birney, commanding First Division, Third Corpstions from the official reports of Hancock and Birney prove that only one division (Geary's) of the there by Hancock; that, pursuant to my orders, Birney relieved Geary's division and occupied a posits from the official reports of Generals Meade, Birney, and Humphreys. It is enough for me to state by the two division commanders, Humphreys and Birney, and by Graham and Carr, and by De Trobriand, t but for an order received direct from Major-General Birney, commanding the corps, to fall back to r I had reached the position designated by General Birney, the brigade was rallied by my assistant a
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