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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 13. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Gregg's brigade of South Carolinians in the Second. Battle of Manassas. (search)
during the 29th the tremendous assaults, which Pope made in the hope of overwhelming his meagre formained idle and inactive all the day, while he (Pope) fought a terrific battle on his right (our lefat Longstreet was in force before him, and that Pope was holding him responsible for not doing on thons, and commanded a brigade in Banks' corps of Pope's army, Major-General George H. Gordon, Unit break our long fast on the stores provided for Pope's supply. Arrived there, our mess details wereard in our pursuit. Jackson was fully aware of Pope's movements, and to meet King he had at noon seh. So in his corps he had nineteen regiments. Pope in his report estimated this corps, after deduct Sigel's corps all the morning, and that corps Pope estimated at nine thousand, The Army under PopPope, Ropes (Scribner), Appendix E. page 195. and Schurz's division was so completely exhausted by its was five thousand five hundred The Army under Pope, page 194. strong, together with a brigade at l[12 more...]
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 13. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 4 (search)
e the shooting of Williams. In the evening the whites also began to assemble. Information was received on Sunday that Fred. Pope, the leading negro in the assault on Mrs. Harvey, had sought protection with the armed negroes at Rousis's bridges. And by Griffin, a colored trial justice and a Republican, with a posse of white men, proceeded to Rousis's bridges to arrest Pope. In a defile near these bridges this posse was, unexpectedly and without any challenge, fired upon by some negroes in ambe committee met, the constable with his warrant being one of them. He exhibited his warrant and demanded the surrender of Pope, but on the assurance of the negroes that Pope was not at that time with them, it was mutually agreed that both parties shPope was not at that time with them, it was mutually agreed that both parties should disperse and return quietly to their homes, both parties pledging themselves to this agreement. The whites dispersed, but the blacks did not. In less than two hours afterwards they assailed two white men on the same spot. At the lower bridge
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 13. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Reunion of the Virginia division Army of Northern Virginia Association. (search)
fighting of the privates in the ranks. Lee's army was never so small. It had fought McClellan from Richmond to Harrison's Landing on James River. It had fought Pope from the Rappahannock to the Potomac. It had given a new experience to this young warrior, who, like Lockinvar had come gaily out of the West and had only seen thfore he vanished amid the storm he left behind him this military maxim for a line of retreat, the short cut is the safe cut. The campaigns against McClellan and Pope had greatly reduced Lee's army. The order issued on crossing the Potomac excusing all barefooted men from marching had reduced it still more. So, at Sharpsburg, ashioned arms, and scanty fare. Yet this same ragged, illy-equipped army, without any new sources of supply or recruitment held on for two years longer, defeating Pope at Cedar Mountain and Second Manassas, driving back Burnside at Fredericksburg, routing Hooker at Chancellorsville, and, finally, when reduced to fifty-nine thousa