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Benjamnin F. Butler, Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler, Chapter 14: in command of the Army of the James. (search)
oss to both sides. On the morning of the 9th, General Sheridan started on a raid against the enemy's lines of as below set forth. At evening of the 14th General Sheridan was reported by Lieutenant-Colonel Fuller, chirage. I telegraphed to Colonel Fuller to give General Sheridan all the forage and rations he needed. See Ao. 50. Later in the day I sent a despatch to General Sheridan requesting that he join me with his command, aterview at the earliest moment. On the 15th General Sheridan called on me at the front, and in conference w with me before that time, and deeming that if General Sheridan's command, numbering four thousand effective mturned out to graze. See Appendix No. 53. General Sheridan on the next day sent me a copy of his instructountry. This statement implies a censure on General Sheridan. It seemed to me, when I wrote it, to be justen publications in which it appears that after General Sheridan called on me and received my orders,--which he
Benjamnin F. Butler, Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler, Chapter 15: operations of the Army of the James around Richmond and Petersburg. (search)
Thomas at Nashville, by which he substantially destroyed Hood's army. From an interview with Sheridan, I learned what Lee and Grant had done in the march from the Rapidan. The position of Grant's t the fact, probably to break up my army. I believe it to have been Halleck. It may have been Sheridan, as he made a raid upon Richmond at that time expecting to capture it, because, as he supposed,lson's Landing, Fort Pocahontas. He asked me to send two regiments down to that landing to aid Sheridan in defending himself from the attacks of the Confederate troops who were close upon his rear. I sent the troops but advised that Sheridan should fall back the space of three or four miles from where he was to Fort Pocahontas where he would receive from Wilde's troops all the aid and protection. That suggestion I believe was adopted, but of the details of that I have no recollection, as Sheridan got across safely. I had advised very strongly that the Second Corps, commanded by General H
Benjamnin F. Butler, Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler, Chapter 17: Fort Fisher. (search)
w, one eighth as strong as that work was. Both times when I was assaulted by the enemy, the intrenchments behind which my men fought were constructed in one night, and in each case after the men had had two or three days of very hard work. I have been repulsed in every attempt I have made to carry an enemy's work although I have had as good troops as any in the United States army, and their record shows it. The troops that I had under my command in the first two assaults have been with General Sheridan in the whole of his last campaign — the first division of the Nineteenth Army Corps--and they fought as well under me as they have under him. The third time that I assailed a position was on the Williamsburg road. I had two of the best brigades of the Eighteenth Army Corps. It was a weakly defended line, and not a very strong one. Still, I lost a great many men, and was repulsed. In the two instances where the enemy assaulted my position they were repulsed with heavy loss. After
Benjamnin F. Butler, Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler, Chapter 18: why I was relieved from command. (search)
evidently did not get enough of West Point into him to hurt him any; he was less like a West Point man than any officer I ever knew. The reader sees how much of a military education I lost in not having gone to West Point to get a military education like that of Grant. The less of West Point a man has the more successful he will be. We see how little Grant had. All of the very successful generals of our war stood near the lower end of their classes at West Point. As examples, take Grant, Sheridan, and Sherman. All the graduates in the higher ranks in their classes never came to anything as leaders of armies in the war. The whole thing puts me in mind of an advertisement I saw in a newspaper in my youth. It contained a recipe for making graham bread out of coarse unbolted flour mixed with sawdust. The recipe ended as follows: N. B.--the less sawdust the better. Notice how little the young student was interested at West Point, in those studies which pertained to the art of war,
Benjamnin F. Butler, Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler, Chapter 19: observations upon matters connected with the War. (search)
tly he must wait until milder weather and the drying up of the mud before he could make the move. So confident was Grant of this that early in March he recalled Sheridan with his ten thousand cavalry. Sheridan had been operating in the Shenandoah Valley, and came down toward the north side of the James River so as to join Grant Sheridan had been operating in the Shenandoah Valley, and came down toward the north side of the James River so as to join Grant at once with his whole force. As soon as Sheridan's horses had been rested and his army had been refitted, Grant, fearing all the time that Lee would escape him, commenced a series of operations on Lee's right flank to drive him into Richmond and hold all communication on the south side. Hence the battle of Five Forks, which wasSheridan's horses had been rested and his army had been refitted, Grant, fearing all the time that Lee would escape him, commenced a series of operations on Lee's right flank to drive him into Richmond and hold all communication on the south side. Hence the battle of Five Forks, which was successful. Lee made a counter attack on Grant's right wing, which was at first quite successful, his lines being broken through the day so that Meade was cut off from his headquarters; but that disaster was soon repaired. From that moment Grant had no further doubt of the end and was very much concerned lest Lee should vacate
Benjamnin F. Butler, Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler, Appendix. (search)
Your despatch received. My compliments to General Sheridan. Say to him I think he had better not come ovpage 653.] in the field, May 14, 1864, 9 P. M. General Sheridan: Since I wrote a hurried note to Lieutenant [no. 52. see page 653.] May 15, 1864, 3 P. M. General Sheridan: You will bring your command at once acrosspage 653.] headquarters, May 15, 1864, 3 P. M. General Sheridan: You will turn over all your disabled and uptured rebel General Walker, of Texas troops. General Sheridan is at White House, and has sent for a pontoon ted the rebel force which a little later assaulted Sheridan, and an advantage might easily have been gained which, followed up by Sheridan's two divisions of cavalry, might have led to the dispersal of Lee's army. Both he enemy, and take up a position in reserve behind Sheridan. This will give us a heavy movable column for attmmand in the first two assaults have been with General Sheridan in the whole of his last campaign — the first
Benjamnin F. Butler, Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler, Index. (search)
paupers sold to, 939; reference to, 973; incident of 975, 976, 981. Hatteras Inlet, expedition to, 281-286; Butler's expedition against, 281-285. Haxall's, Sheridan arrives at, 653. Hayes, President, reform adminstration of, 446; reference to, 860, 926, 967. Hay, John, remarks concerning, 243,260,264,421. Haseltine,; on Butler's staff, 894; at Newburyport, 404. Shaw, Lemuel, Esq., on Charlestown annexation case, 1001; Butler's last act toward, 1002. Shenandoah Valley, Sheridan in, 901. Shepley, Geo. F., anecdote of, 143; appointed colonel, 305. Shepley, General, acts investigated, 850; tribute to, 850; sent to Fortress Monroe, 871; Governor of Louisiana, 896. Sheridan, reference to, 647; arrives at Haxalls, 653; confers with Butler, 653; declines to obey Butler's orders, 654; crosses James River, 686; reference to, 669, 817, 867; joins Grant, 901. Sherman, General (not William T.) reference to, 860. Sherman, Captain, recruiting for special servic