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Edward Alfred Pollard, The lost cause; a new Southern history of the War of the Confederates ... Drawn from official sources and approved by the most distinguished Confederate leaders., Chapter 9: (search)
ed. The loss of the Confederates was officially reported as six killed and thirty-one wounded. The approaching rigours of winter terminated the campaign in Western Virginia; or it may be said to have been virtually abandoned by the Richmond authorities. Gen. Lee, who had shed such little blood in the campaign, and obtained such indifferent reputation in mountain warfare, was appointed to take charge of the coast defences of South Carolina and Georgia. Gen. Wise was ordered to report to Richmond, and was subsequently assigned to important duty in North Carolina. Gen. Floyd lingered in the mountains; had some desultory affairs with the enemy; subsequently retired to Southwestern Virginia; and from there was transferred by the Government to the now imposing theatre of war in Tennessee and Kentucky. Thus ended the effort of the Confederate authorities to reclaim the larger portion of Western Virginia. We have put in a brief space its narrative of military events; for, after all, i
Edward Alfred Pollard, The lost cause; a new Southern history of the War of the Confederates ... Drawn from official sources and approved by the most distinguished Confederate leaders., Chapter 11: (search)
nfederacy to lose all her sea-ports. two naval expeditions down the Carolina coast. engagement at Hatteras Inlet. an unequal combat. the Port Royal expedition. capture of Port Royal. value of this Federal success. the Trent affair. capture of commissioners Mason and Slidell. an English commander's protest. great indignation in England. preparations there for war. conceit and exultation of the North. tributes and attentions to Capt. Wilkes. concern among the Confederates. what Richmond orators said. Seward's correspondence with the British Government. his collapse. the last resort of demagogueism. disappointment of the Confederates in the termination of the Trent affair. Earl Russell's declaration in Parliament. Mr. Gregory's reply. the treaty of Paris and the Federal blockade In the beginning of the war, General Winfield Scott had been entitled in Northern newspapers the Greatest Captain of the Age. After the disaster of Manassas the same newspapers derided hi
Edward Alfred Pollard, The lost cause; a new Southern history of the War of the Confederates ... Drawn from official sources and approved by the most distinguished Confederate leaders., Chapter 16: (search)
ate loss was five killed and seven wounded. This action was considered as proving that earthworks could not be reduced by gunboats, and decided the question for the enemy that the capture of Drewry's Bluff, and the water approach to Richmond were impracticable without the aid of a land force. The possession of the James River below Drewry's Bluff was of but little present advantage to McClellan, as his base of supplies was on the Pamunkey, from which point there was rail communication to Richmond. He had advanced within sight of the spires of the Confederate capital. The investment of the line of the Chickahominy brought the two armies face to face within a few miles of Richmond, and opened one of the grandest scenes of the war, exhibiting the strength and splendour of the opposing hosts, and appealing to the eye with every variety of picturesque effect. For nearly a year an immense labour had been expended upon the fortifications of Richmond. Earthworks of magnitude arose on ev
Edward Alfred Pollard, The lost cause; a new Southern history of the War of the Confederates ... Drawn from official sources and approved by the most distinguished Confederate leaders., Chapter 19: (search)
uisville. Bragg's movement to intercept Buell. the latter concentrating at Bowling Green. great success of Bragg's movements so far. his boastful dispatch to Richmond. his political object in invading Kentucky. his proclamation at Glasgow. surrender of the Federal garrison at Mumfordsville. Bragg's whole army between Nashvhad also compelled the evacuation of all Northern Alabama and Middle Tennessee, south of the Cumberland. On the 12th September, Bragg sent a fulsome despatch to Richmond, greatly exciting the hopes of the Government there. He telegraphed: My advance will be in Glasgow to-day, and I shall be with them tomorrow; my whole force wildivision, and driving the Federals within their inner line of redoubts. Gen. Van Dorn anticipated an easy success on the following morning, and telegraphed to Richmond the announcement of a great victory. It would seem that he was entirely unaware of the strength of the enemy's works at Corinth, and of the trial which yet rema
Edward Alfred Pollard, The lost cause; a new Southern history of the War of the Confederates ... Drawn from official sources and approved by the most distinguished Confederate leaders., Chapter 24: (search)
tion until the pontoons were constructed for the passage of his army over the river. He crossed over in face of the enemy, who had arrived on the 12th, and taken up position, with no loss of material, except a few disabled wagons and two pieces of artillery. The following official communication from Gen. Lee makes its own commentary on the unreliability of despatches of Federal generals: Headquarters Army of Northern Virginia, 21st July, 1863. Gen S. Cooper, Adjutant and Inspector-General C. S. A. Richmond, Va.: General — I have seen in Northern papers what purported to be an official despatch from Gen. Meade, stating that he had captured a brigade of infantry, two pieces of artillery, two caissons, and a large number of small arms, as this army retired to the south bank of the Potomac, on the 13th and 14th inst. This despatch has been copied into the Richmond papers, and as its official character may cause it to be believed, I desire to state that it is incorrect. The e
Edward Alfred Pollard, The lost cause; a new Southern history of the War of the Confederates ... Drawn from official sources and approved by the most distinguished Confederate leaders., Chapter 27: (search)
they should make choice between Mississippi and Tennessee; and in urging the retention of the latter State, he declared, with singular felicity of expression, that it was the shield of the South. In six weeks after the battle of Murfreesboro, our army in Tennessee was as strong as when it fought that battle, and, with ordinary generalship, might have driven Rosecrans from the State. But when Stevenson's division was sent to the lines of the Mississippi, Johnston saw the errour; he sent to Richmond a protest against it, which he thought of such historical importance as to duplicate and to copy carefully among his private memoranda; and he then predicted that the Richmond Administration, in trying to hold the Mississippi River and Tennessee, would lose both, and that the enemy, once pressing the northern frontier of Georgia, would obtain a position that would eventually prove the critical one of the war. With his forces reduced for the defence of Vicksburg, Gen. Bragg insisted upon
Edward Alfred Pollard, The lost cause; a new Southern history of the War of the Confederates ... Drawn from official sources and approved by the most distinguished Confederate leaders., Chapter 30: (search)
importance of these Confederate successes. the raid of Ulric Dahlgren. the parts of Custer and Kilpatrick. failure and ludicrous cowardice of the several expeditions. Dahlgren's atrocious designs. he retreats, and is chased by Pollard. manner of his death. discovery of the Dahlgren papers. sensation in Richmond. President Davis' melodrama. statement of Edward W. Halbach in relation to the Dahlgren papers. the papers first found by the schoolboy Littlepage. how transmitted to Richmond. the theory of forgery. its utter absurdity Although the Northern public was gratified in contemplating the sum of Federal victories in the year 1863, it had yet to see in the early months of 1864 a remarkable train of Confederate successes, which, in the aggregate, did much to re-animate the Confederates, and to subdue expectation at Washington. These successes were principally a decisive victory in Florida; the defeat of Sherman's expedition in the Southwest; and a triumphant issue
Edward Alfred Pollard, The lost cause; a new Southern history of the War of the Confederates ... Drawn from official sources and approved by the most distinguished Confederate leaders., Chapter 31: (search)
Chapter 31: Opening of the great spring campaign of 1864. explanation of renewed confidence in Richmond. prospect for the Confederates in the Presidential contest of 1864. a New theory of peace. value of endurance. the mission of Messrs. Holcombe, Clay, and Thompson. they leave Wilmington when the campaign on the Rapidan opens. U. S. Grant appointed Lieutenant General of the Federal armies. character of Grant. compared with Buell. Gen. Grant's low and gross conception of war. the Federal Government prepares an army organization of one million of men. distribution of the Federal forces in Virginia. strength of the army of the Potomac. position and numbers of Gen. Lee. his great anxiety. appeal of Confederate women. the battles of the Wilderness. Grant crosses the Rapidan. Lee springs upon his flank. attack of Ewell and Hill. the Confederate line broken. Gordon's splendid charge. gallant conduct of Pegram's and Hays' divisions. night attack of the en
Edward Alfred Pollard, The lost cause; a new Southern history of the War of the Confederates ... Drawn from official sources and approved by the most distinguished Confederate leaders., Chapter 32: (search)
ive hundred men in three days operations on the Chickahominy, the greater portion of which occurred, of course, in the general action of the 3d of June. For several days after the battle of Cold Harbour there was comparative quiet, and some unimportant skirmishes. During the night of the 5th Grant withdrew his right wing about two miles, and placed it behind a swamp, which protected both the flank and front of that portion of his army. The severe experience of the 3d satisfied him that Richmond could not be carried by a coup de main, and could no longer be approached with advantage from the north. On this side lay a difficult river and five miles of earthworks, stretched to the Confederate capital. Here, too, the enemy had to hold the Fredericksburg railroad, a long, vulnerable line, which would exhaust much of his strength to guard, and which would have to be protected to supply his army — a situation which would have left open to the Confederates all their lines of communicati
Edward Alfred Pollard, The lost cause; a new Southern history of the War of the Confederates ... Drawn from official sources and approved by the most distinguished Confederate leaders., Chapter 35: (search)
of battle, proves a foregone determination to abandon the field. But the Presidential fiat was to go forth in the face of all facts. On the night of the 17th July it was known in the Army of Tennessee, that a despatch had been received from Richmond, removing Johnston from command, and appointing in his place Gen. J. B. Hood. The news struck a chill in the army, such as no act or menace of the enemy had ever done. To Sherman it was the occasion of new spirit. When he heard that Hood was nscription had exhausted the interiour; he knew that the country he would traverse was peopled with non-combatants, women, and children; he knew that this country abounded with supplies, which the difficulties of transportation had withheld from Richmond. He simply proposed to take plain advantage of these circumstances, and march to the sea-board. There was no genius in this; no daring; it was merely looking the situation in the face. It is said that had Sherman failed he would have been put
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