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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 19. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 15 1 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2 8 0 Browse Search
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Varina Davis, Jefferson Davis: Ex-President of the Confederate States of America, A Memoir by his Wife, Volume 2, Chapter 53: battle of Drury's Bluff, May 16, 1864. (search)
mediate movement. General Beauregard said he was waiting to hear Whiting's guns, and had been expecting him for some time to approach on the Petersburg road. Soon after this the foe, in a straggling, disorganized manner, commenced crossing the road, moving to the east, which indicated a retreat, perhaps a purpose to turn our left and attack Fort Drury in rear. He placed a battery in the main road and threw some shells at our intrenchments, probably to cover his retiring troops. Colonel W. Miller Owen: In Camp and Battle. One of the enemy's solid shot struck at the very feet of President Davis as he stood at the edge of the turnpike in conversation with General Beauregard. They, without apparently noticing the close call, stepped slowly and deliberately out of range. The enemy's guns soon limbered up and moved off, and Butler was in full retreat to Bermuda Hundreds. On the next morning our troops moved down the river road as far as Howlett's, but saw no enemy. Gen
Varina Davis, Jefferson Davis: Ex-President of the Confederate States of America, A Memoir by his Wife, Volume 2, Chapter 59: surrender of Lee. (search)
peak, but could only say, Men, we have fought through the war together. I have done the best I could for you. My heart is too full to say more. We all knew the pathos of those simple words, of that slight tremble in his voice, and it was no shame on our manhood that something on a soldier's cheek washed off the stain of powder; that our tears answered to those of our grand old chieftain, and that we could only grasp the hand of Uncle Robert and pray God help you, General. Colonel William Miller Owen: In Camp and Battle. t Colonel Taylor: Four Years with Lee. There were 7,892 men of the army of Northern Virginia who had arms in their hands at the surrender. The total number, including those who reported afterward, was between 26,000 and 27,000. Grant's army numbered 162,239.t In connection with the evacuation of Richmond, the following incident is related by General G. W. C. Lee: After I was taken prisoner at Sailor's Creek, with the greater part of the commands o
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3., A hot day on Marye's Heights. (search)
A hot day on Marye's Heights. by William Miller Owen, First Lieutenant, C. S. A. On the night of the 10th of December we, of the New Orleans Washington Artillery, sat up late in our camp on Marye's Heights, entertaining some visitors in an improvised theater, smoking our pipes, and talking of home. A final punch having been brewed and disposed of, everybody crept under the blankets and was soon in the land of Nod. In an hour or two we were aroused by the report of a heavy gun. I was up in an instant, for if there should be another it would be the signal that the enemy was preparing to cross the river. Mr. Florence, a civilian in the bivouac, bounced as if he had a concealed spring under his blanket, and cried out, Wake up! Wake up! What's that? The deep roar of the second gun was heard, and we knew what we had to do. It was 4 o'clock. Our orders were that upon the firing of these signal guns we should at once take our places in the redoubts' prepared for us on Marye's Hill,
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3., The great charge and artillery fighting at Gettysburg. (search)
the enemy's took part, until over a hundred guns were engaged, and a tremendous roar was kept up for quite a time. But it gradually died out, and the whole field became as silent as a churchyard until 1 o'clock. The enemy, aware of the strength of his position, simply sat still and waited for us. It had been arranged that when the column was ready, General Longstreet should order two guns fired by the Washington Artillery. In the United service magazine for August, 1885, Lieutenant-Colonel William Miller Owen, of the Washington Artillery, says: Returning to the position of the Washington Artillery, we all quietly awaited the order to open the ball. At 1:30 P. M. a courier dashed up in great haste, holding a little slip of paper, torn evidently from a memorandum-book, on which, written in pencil and addressed to Colonel Walton, was the following: headquarters, July 3d, 1863. Colonel: Let the batteries open. Order great care and precision in firing. If the batteries a
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2, chapter 11 (search)
Department, to date from Sept. 29, 1866. G. O. 89, Sept. 26, 1867. — Brevet Captain G. A., Assistant Surgeon, U. S. Army, to be Major, U. S. Army, by brevet, for faithful and meritorious services in the Medical Department, to date from Sept. 29, 1866. G 0. 89, Sept. 26, 1867. — Brevet Major G. A., Assistant Surgeon, U. S. Army, to be Lieut. Colonel, U. S. Army, by brevet, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from Sept. 29, 1866. G. O. 89, Sept. 26, 1867. Owen, Captain F. W., Commissary of Subsistence, U. S. Volunteers, to be Major, U. S. Volunteers, by brevet, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from Mar. 13, 1865. G. O. 67, July 16, 1867. Page, Captain Henry, Assistant Quartermaster, U. S. Volunteers, to be Major, U. S. Volunteers, by brevet, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from Mar. 13, 1865. G. O. 65, June 22, 1867. — Brevet Major Henry, Captain, Assistant Quartermaster, U. S.<
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2, chapter 16 (search)
1863, p. 4, cols. 4-8. — – Pickett's charge. Gen. E. P. Alexander, C. S. A. Century, vol. 33, p. 464. — – Pickett's charge unsupported. Col. W. Allen. Century, vol. 34, p. 150. — – Third day at; Confederate positions, orders, etc. Wm. Miller Owen, Confederate Artillery. United Service Mag., vol. 13, p. 148. —July 1-4. With maps. Gen. Henry J. Hunt. Century, vol. 33, pp. 112, 278, 451. — – Gen. Meade's report. Boston Evening Journal, Nov. 13, 1863, p. 4, cols. 3, 4. — – R Holmes. Atlantic, vol. 13, p. 497. Out on picket. Col. T. W. Higginson. Atlantic, vol. 19, p. 271. Owasco, U. S. steamer. Taking possession of the fort at Sabine Pass, Texas, May 26, 1865. Army and Navy Journal, vol. 2, p. 685. Owen, Wm. Miller. Confederate Artillery. Third day at Gettysburg; giving Confederate positions, orders, etc., Pickett's charge. United Service Mag., vol. 13, p. 148. Paine, Maj. Joseph W., 43d Regt. M. V. M. and 2d Mass. H. A. Obit
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2, Index of names of persons. (search)
rne, I. J., 328 Osborne, N. W., 435, 546 Osborne, W. H., 607 Osgood, C. E., 328 Osgood, G. C., 110 Osgood, J. A., 328 Osgood, J. H. 328 Osgood, J. M., 328 Osgood, L. V., 328 Osgood, Lucy, 583 Ostrander, A. H., 110 O'Sullivan, William, Jr., 475 Otis, Elmer, 546, 435 Otis, G. A., 386, 435, 546 Otis, J. H., 110 Otis, T. C., 328 Otis, W. H., 110 Ottiwell, William, 110 Owen, C M., 583 Owen, F. W., 435, 475, 547 Owen, L. C., 110 Owen, R. S, 328 Owen, Sarah B., 583 Owen, W. M., 694 Owens, A. A., 110 Owens, G. E., 475 Owens, J. W., 328 Owens, John, 110 P. Packard, A. B., 223 Packard, C. M., 328 Packard, C. T., 829 Packard, Dan, 329 Packard, Ezekiel, 329 Packard, H. D., 110 Packard, Henry, 110 Packer, A. G., 329 Packwood, G. H., 329 Page, A. M., 329 Page, C. C., 436 Page, C. E., 329 Page, C. G., 387 Page, C. H., 110 Page, D. P., 110 Page, E. B., 329 Page, Edward, Jr, 329 Page, H. A., 583 Page, H. T., 110 Page, Henry, 329, 436, 547
John Dimitry , A. M., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 10.1, Louisiana (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 20: (search)
aken place between the Louisianians and the enemy possessing as before, heavier odds in men and guns. At 8 a. m. Wheat's battalion, deployed as skirmishers, were eyeing an extended line of the enemy in their front. Of the attack upon Wheat; of the cool courage with which he met it, and of the formidable odds united against Evans' line which he was protecting, Beauregard says: The enemy, galled and staggered by the fire and pressed by the determined valor with which Wheat handled Adjutant Owen, of the Washington artillery, lying on the grass near by heard these words to report them. his battalion until he was desperately wounded, Though badly beaten Maj. Robert Wheat left his mark on the memories of the beaten army. In Washington, on the morning of the 22d, the soldiers explained the rout by gasping—D—n those Louisiana Tigers—born devils, every one of them! hastened up three other regiments of the brigade and two Dahlgren howitzers—making in all quite 3,000 men and 8 pie
John Dimitry , A. M., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 10.1, Louisiana (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 22: (search)
ton artillery was directed to move out on the Mechanicsville turnpike. Once on the pike, the battalion began to learn what the phrase reserve artillery might mean. They saw no fighting on the 26th; grumbled at the reserve on the 27th; frowned on the 28th, 29th and 30th —were lured into hope on July 1st, and dropped into gloom by Longstreet himself late on the afternoon of Malvern Hill. Longstreet had said: We have done all we can to-day. Park your guns in the field alongside the road. Owen's In Camp and Battle with the Washington Artillery. That was all That same night McClellan sought repose at Harrison's landing—leaving the batteries still in reserve. On July 5th-7th Squires' battery, with Col. S. D. Lee, had some practice on the Union shipping on the James. Impatient at their long inaction, eager for the fray, yelling wildly at the order of June 26th, rejoicing in the splendid show they are making when they obey it—with their sixteen guns, rifles and Napoleons taken from<
John Dimitry , A. M., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 10.1, Louisiana (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 25: (search)
Toward noon there was an outburst of Hill's guns, but it soon subsided and, says Colonel Alexander, the whole field became as silent as a churchyard until 1 o'clock. The enemy waited for what Lee might do, and Lee was making ready for the last assault on Cemetery hill. It had been arranged that when the column was ready General Longstreet should order two guns fired by Captain Eshleman. At 1:30 a message came to Walton from Longstreet: Let the batteries open. In a moment, says Col. William Miller Owen of the Washington artillery, the report of the first gun rang out upon the still summer air (fired by Miller's battery). There was a moment's delay with the second gun, a friction-primer having failed to explode. It was but a little space of time, but 100,000 men were listening. Finally a puff of smoke was seen at the Peach orchard, then came a roar and a flash, and 138 pieces of Confederate artillery opened upon the enemy's position. From the opposing heights came back a thund
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