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Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., From the Wilderness to Cold Harbor. (search)
xposed to a terrible fire from the works still held by the enemy. Three brigades from Hill's corps were ordered up. Perrin's, which was the first to arrive, rushed forward through a fearful fire and recovered a part of the line on Gordon's left. General Perrin fell dead from his horse just as he reached the works. General Daniel had been killed, and Ramseur painfully wounded, though remaining in the trenches with his men. Rodes's right being still hard pressed, Harris's (Mississippi) and McGowan's (South Carolina) brigades were ordered forward and rushed through the blinding storm into the works on Ramseur's right. The Federals still held the greater part of the salient, and though the Confederates were unable to drive them out, the Federals could get no farther. Hancock's corps, which had made the attack, had been reenforced by Russell's and Wheaton's divisions of the Sixth Corps and one-half of Warren's corps, as the battle progressed. Artillery had been brought up on both sid
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., Hand-to-hand fighting at Spotsylvania. (search)
the rear of the works, were completely gnawed off by our converging fire, and about 3 o'clock in the day fell among the enemy with a loud crash. The stump of one of these trees is preserved in Washington. In his official report, Brigadier-General Samuel McGowan, who commanded a brigade in Wilcox's Confederate division, says: To give some idea of the intensity of the fire, an oak-tree twenty-two inches in diameter, which stood just in rear of the right of the brigade, was cut down by the conand broken foliage were strewn about. With much labor a. detail of Union soldiers buried the dead by simply turning the captured breastworks upon them. Thus had these unfortunate victims unwittingly dug their own graves. The Confederate General McGowan officially says: The trenches on the right in the Bloody Angle ran with blood and had to be cleared of the dead bodies more than once.--editors. The trenches were nearly full of muddy water. It was the most horrible sight I had ever witness
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., The Confederate Army. (search)
16th N. C., Col. W. A. Stowe; 22d N. C.,----; 34th N. C., Col. W. L. J. Lowrance; 38th N. C., Lieut.-Col. John Ashford. McGowan's Brigade, Brig.-Gen. Samuel McGowan: 1st S. C. (Prov. Army), Lieut.-Col. W. P. Shooter; 12th S. C., Col. John L. MilleBrig.-Gen. Samuel McGowan: 1st S. C. (Prov. Army), Lieut.-Col. W. P. Shooter; 12th S. C., Col. John L. Miller; 13th S. C., Col. B. T. Brockman; 14th S. C., Col. Joseph N. Brown; 1st S. C. (Orr's) Rifles, Lieut.-Col. G. McD. Miller. Thomas's Brigade, Brig.-Gen. Edward L. Thomas: 14th Ga.,----; 35th Ga.,----; 45th Ga.,----; 49th Ga., Lieut.-Col. J. T. Jord The losses of these armies are only partially reported. In the Wilderness Ewell's corps lost 1250 killed and wounded; McGowan's brigade (Wilcox's division), 481 killed, wounded, and missing; Lane's brigade (Wilcox's division), 272 killed and wounare as follows: Ewell's corps (May 10th), 650, and (May 19th), 900; Edward Johnson's division (May 12th), over 2000; and McGowan's brigade (May 12th), 86 killed, 248 wounded, and 117 missing. The following summary, aggregating 3507, exhibits the
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., The opposing forces at Petersburg and Richmond: December 31st, 1864. (search)
. Simmons; 49th Ga., Col. John T. Jordan. Lane's Brigade, Brig.-Gen. James H. Lane: 7th N. C., Col. E. G. Haywood; 18th N. C., Col. J. D. Barry; 28th N. C., Capt. T. V. Apperson; 33d N. C., Col. R. V. Cowan; 37th N. C., Lieut.-Col. W. G. Morris. McGowan's Brigade, Brig.-Gen. Samuel McGowan: 1st S. C. (Prov. Army), Col. C. W. McCreary; 12th S. C., Lieut.-Col. T. F. Clyburn; 13th S. C., Col. Isaac F. Hunt; 14th S. C., Col. J. N. Brown; Orr's (S. C.) Rifles, Col. G. McD. Miller. Scales's BrigadeBrig.-Gen. Samuel McGowan: 1st S. C. (Prov. Army), Col. C. W. McCreary; 12th S. C., Lieut.-Col. T. F. Clyburn; 13th S. C., Col. Isaac F. Hunt; 14th S. C., Col. J. N. Brown; Orr's (S. C.) Rifles, Col. G. McD. Miller. Scales's Brigade, Brig.-Gen. Alfred M. Scales: 13th N. C., Col. J. H. Hyman; 16th N. C., Col. W. A. Stowe; 22d N. C., Col. T. S. Gallaway; 34th N. C., Col. W. L. J. Lowrance; 38th N. C., Col. John Ashford. Mahone's division, Maj.-Gen. William Mahone. Sanders's Brigade, Brig.-Gen. J. C. C. Sanders: 8th Ala., Col. Y. L. Royston; 9th Ala., Col. J. H. King; 10th Ala., Col. W. H. Forney; 11th Ala., Col. G. E. Tayloe; 13th Ala., Col. James Aiken; 14th Ala., Col. L. Pinckard. Weisiger's Brigade, Brig.-Gen. D. A
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., The opposing forces in the Appomattox campaign. (search)
45th Ga., Col. Thomas J. Simmons; 49th Ga., Maj. James B. Duggan. Lane's Brigade, Brig.-Gen. James H. Lane: 18th N. C., Maj. Thomas J. Wooten; 28th N. C., Capt. T. J. Linebarger; 33d N. C., Col. Robert V. Cowan; 37th N. C., Maj. Jackson L. Bost. McGowan's Brigade, Brig.-Gen. Samuel McGowan : 1st S. C. (Prov. Army), Lieut.-Col. Andrew P. Butler; 12th S. C., Capt. J. C. Bell; 13th S. C., Col. Isaac F. Hunt; 14th S. C., Lieut.-Col. Edward Croft; Orr's S. C. Rifles, Lieut.-Col. J. T. Robertson. ScBrig.-Gen. Samuel McGowan : 1st S. C. (Prov. Army), Lieut.-Col. Andrew P. Butler; 12th S. C., Capt. J. C. Bell; 13th S. C., Col. Isaac F. Hunt; 14th S. C., Lieut.-Col. Edward Croft; Orr's S. C. Rifles, Lieut.-Col. J. T. Robertson. Scales's Brigade, Col. Joseph H. Hyman: 13th N. C., Lieut.-Col. E. B. Withers; 16th N. C., Col. William A. Stowe; 22d N. C., Col. Thomas S. Galla-way; 34th N. C., Lieut.-Col. George M. Norment; 38th N. C., Col. John Ashford, Lieut.-Col. George W. Flowers. Mahone's division, Maj.-Gen. William Mahone. Forney's Brigade, Brig.-Gen. William H. Forney: 8th Ala., Lieut.-Col. John P. Emrich; 9th Ala., Maj. James M. Crow; 10th Ala., Maj. Louis W. Johnson; 11th Ala., Capt. Martin L. Stewart; 13th Ala