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Brig.-Gen. Bradley T. Johnson, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 2.1, Maryland (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 9: Maryland artillery—Second Maryland regiment infantry—First Maryland cavalry. (search)
f McClellan on the James to the rear of Pope at Manassas. On the 22d of August Early's brigade of Ewell's division crossed the Rappahannock at the White Sulphur Sprthis was Lee's advance over the river and forthwith concentrated a large force (Early says, his whole force) to attack it. During the night a tremendous rain fell anherefore, was cut off on the northern side of the river. During the entire day Early made a great show by marching and countermarching his regiments, and that stoodry, under Lieutenant Plater, at Hamilton's Crossing did excellent service, said Early. At the battle of Chancellorsville, the First Maryland and the Chesapeake artillery defended an important position in Early's line against Sedgwick on the 2d, and on the 3d was on Marye's Hill. Both batteries lost heavily in these engagements and received distinctive notice from General Early in his report. The Second Maryland infantry Major W. W. Goldsborough, of the Second Maryland, has a graphi
Brig.-Gen. Bradley T. Johnson, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 2.1, Maryland (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 10: the Maryland Line. (search)
unexpectedly be operating within the sphere of Early's movements, and the latter promptly prohibite with what patience nature had given him until Early's corps had returned to Staunton. Then Early hat he would be cut to pieces. That night General Early gave General Johnson his orders, just recssibility of accomplishing it. He directed General Early to detach Johnson with orders to move aroummand and march them to Bladensburg, where General Early was to wait for them, when Washington was Washington. Johnson sent this information to Early by an officer and five men, with orders to ridn got in motion, he received an order from General Early to report to him at once. Turning the head of the column toward Washington, he caught Early that night near Blair's house at Silver Spring a winter until March, 1865, when the remnant of Early's command was dispersed by Sheridan at WaynesbSeven Days battles. It fired the first gun in Early's advance into Maryland in 1864, when he cross[13 more...]
Brig.-Gen. Bradley T. Johnson, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 2.1, Maryland (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Biographical (search)
ith many of his command fell into the hands of the enemy. The service lost at this time, as General Early well expressed it, a most gallant and meritorious officer. In the summer of 1864, he was on leadership is narrated in the preceding pages. His prime object in the Maryland campaign under Early was the release of the Confederate prisoners at Point Lookout, which had been discussed by Generervice, being recalled after he made a detour around Baltimore to Beltsville by information from Early that the expedition was about to retire to Virginia. Later in July, 1864, he was associated wit Pa., and as he occupied the place with his brigade it fell his lot to execute the orders of General Early to burn the town. Justifiable as it was, as a stern and righteous retribution for the outr his efforts to retrieve the day. That he was not censurable was evidenced by the refusal of General Early to order the investigation demanded by him soon afterward. During the campaign in the valle