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Colonel Theodore Lyman, With Grant and Meade from the Wilderness to Appomattox (ed. George R. Agassiz) | 38 | 0 | Browse | Search |
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) | 9 | 1 | Browse | Search |
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Colonel Theodore Lyman, With Grant and Meade from the Wilderness to Appomattox (ed. George R. Agassiz), chapter 4 (search)
Colonel Theodore Lyman, With Grant and Meade from the Wilderness to Appomattox (ed. George R. Agassiz), IV . Cold Harbor (search)
Colonel Theodore Lyman, With Grant and Meade from the Wilderness to Appomattox (ed. George R. Agassiz), chapter 7 (search)
Colonel Theodore Lyman, With Grant and Meade from the Wilderness to Appomattox (ed. George R. Agassiz), chapter 8 (search)
Colonel Theodore Lyman, With Grant and Meade from the Wilderness to Appomattox (ed. George R. Agassiz), chapter 9 (search)
Colonel Theodore Lyman, With Grant and Meade from the Wilderness to Appomattox (ed. George R. Agassiz), Index (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Cedar Mountain , battle of (search)
Cedar Mountain, battle of
Pope's main army was near Culpeper Courthouse, and Stonewall Jackson was at Gordonsville, with a heavy force, at the close of July, 1862.
Pope had taken command on June 28, and assumed the control in the field on July 29.
Both armies advanced early in August.
Jackson, reinforced, had thrown his army across the Rapidan River on the morning of the 8th, and driven the National cavalry back on Culpeper Court-house. Gen. S. W. Crawford was sent with his brigade to assist the latter in retarding Jackson's march, and to ascertain his real intentions, if possible.
The movements of the Confederates were so mysterious that it was difficult to guess where they intended to strike.
On the morning of Aug. 9, Pope sent General Banks forward with about 8,000 men to join Crawford near Cedar Mountain, 8 miles southward of Culpeper Court-house, and Sigel was ordered to advance from Sperryville at the same time to the support of Banks.
Jackson had now gained the comma
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Crawford , Samuel Wylie 1829 -1892 (search)
Crawford, Samuel Wylie 1829-1892
Military officer; born in Franklin county, Pa., Nov. 8, 1829; graduated at the University of Pennsylvania in 1847; studied medicine, and in 1851 was made assistant surgeon in the United States army.
He was in Texas and New Mexico on duty, and in 1856 went to Mexico, where he pursued scientific researches.
Dr. Crawford was surgeon of the garrison of Fort Sumter during its siege in 1861, and performed valuable military service there.
Samuel Wylie CrawforSamuel Wylie Crawford. In May he was made major of infantry and inspector-general in eastern Virginia.
With Banks, he bore a conspicuous part in the Shenandoah Valley and in the battle of Cedar Mountain as brigadier-general.
At the battle of Antietam he commanded the ed colonel in the United States army for his conduct at Gettysburg.
In Grant's campaign (1864-65) against Richmond, General Crawford bore a conspicuous part from the Wilderness to Appomattox Court-house.
He was retired in 1873 with the rank of brig