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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Drainsville , skirmish at. (search)
Drainsville, skirmish at.
The loyal people of the country became impatient because the Army of the Potomac, fully 200,000 strong, at the end of 1861, was seemingly kept at bay by 60,000 Confederates—a little more than their number at Manassas.
There was a sense of relief when, on Dec. 20, Gen. E. O. C. Ord had a sharp skirmish with Confederate cavalry near Drainsville, led by Col. J. E. B. Stuart.
Ord had gone out to capture Confederate foragers, and to gather forage from the farms of Confederates.
He was attacked by Stuart, who had come up from Centreville.
A severe fight occurred, and the Confederates were beaten and fled.
The Nationals lost seven killed and sixteen wounded; the Confederates lost forty-three killed and 143 wounded. The Nationals returned to camp with sixteen wagon-loads of hay and twenty-two of corn.
Harrison, Fort
An eminence below Chapin's Bluff, constituting a part of the defences of Richmond in the Civil War. On the night of Sept. 28, 1864. Generals Ord and Birney, with a considerable force of National troops, crossed the James River on muffled pontoon bridges to attack the Confederate works below Chapin's Bluff, the heaviest of which was Fort Harrison.
Ord stormed and carried the fort before reinforcements could reach its thinned garrison.
With the fort were captured a long line of intrenchments, with twenty-two pieces of heavy ordnance and about 300 men. In the assault General Burnham was killed and Ord severely wounded.
The Nationals lostOrd severely wounded.
The Nationals lost about 700 men killed and wounded.
The strong work was renamed Fort Burnham, in honor of the slain general.
Then Fort Gilmer, a little farther on, was assailed by the Nationals, with a loss of 300 men. Meanwhile Birney, with 3,000 colored troops in advance, attacked the Confederate works at Spring Hill, on New Market Heights.
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hatchee, battle at. (search)
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