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Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Expedition against Fort Fisher-attack on the Fort-failure of the expedition-second expedition against the Fort-capture of Fort Fisher (search)
een there before and who understood these signals. He informed General Terry what reply he should make to have them come in, and Terry did aTerry did as he advised. The vessels came in, their officers entirely unconscious that they were falling into the hands of the Union forces. Even aften the army to whom it was necessary to impart the information. General Terry had not the slightest idea of where he was going or what he wasenced, and the fort showed evident signs of being much injured. Terry deployed his men across the peninsula as had been done before, and mile from the fort, and turned it so as to face the other way. Terry now saw Porter and arranged for an assault on the following day. Thon the bastion, rendered the best service they could by reinforcing Terry's northern line-thus enabling him to send a detachment to the assisofficers of any considerable rank for their conspicuous gallantry. Terry had been nominated for major-general, but had not been confirmed.
Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Sherman's March North-Sheridan ordered to Lynchburg-Canby ordered to move against Mobile-movements of Schofield and Thomas-capture of Columbia, South Carolina-Sherman in the Carolinas (search)
eve the rumor, because on the 17th we knew the enemy were blowing up their works about Fort Caswell, and that on the 18th Terry moved on Wilmington. If Wilmington is captured, Schofield will go there. If not, he will be sent to New Bern. In ei given to Thomas to move south to Alabama and Georgia. (I had previously reduced his force by sending a portion of it to Terry.) I directed in lieu of this movement, that he should send Stoneman through East Tennessee, and push him well down towardly escaped. Sherman reached Fayetteville on the 11th of March. He had dispatched scouts from Cheraw with letters to General Terry, at Wilmington, asking him to send a steamer with some supplies of bread, clothing and other articles which he enumer he made his escape and gotten down to reinforce Johnston, Sherman, with the reinforcements he now had from Schofield and Terry, would have been able to hold the Confederates at bay for an indefinite period. He was near the sea-shore with his back
The Atlanta (Georgia) Campaign: May 1 - September 8, 1864., Part I: General Report. (ed. Maj. George B. Davis, Mr. Leslie J. Perry, Mr. Joseph W. Kirkley), Report of Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, U. S. Army, commanding armies of the United States, of operations march, 1864-May, 1865. (search)
e another attempt to take the place. This time I selected Bvt. Maj. Gen. (now major-general) A. H. Terry to command the expedition. The troops composing it consisted of the same that composed the fander of the expedition the following instructions: City Point, Va., January 3, 1865. Bvt. Maj. Gen. A. H. Terry: General: The expedition intrusted to your command has been fitted out to renew the by us. This gave us entire control of the mouth of the Cape Fear River. Subordinate reports of Terry's expedition will appear in Vol. XLVI. At my request Maj. Gen. B. F. Butler was relieved, afor the purpose of seeing for myself the condition of things, and personally conferring with General Terry and Admiral Porter as to what was best to be done. Anticipating the arrival of General Schofield on the 21st, crossing the Neuse River ten miles above there, at Cox's Bridge, where General Terry had got possession and thrown a pontoon bridge, on the 22d, thus forming a junction with the
General Horace Porter, Campaigning with Grant, Chapter 24 (search)
case another expedition should be sent, General A. H. Terry would be, for many reasons, the best of General Grant had seldom come in contact with Terry personally, but had been much pleased at the mes River. A suggestion, too, was made that as Terry was a volunteer officer, and as the first expeto listen with interest to what was said about Terry, particularly as to his experience in seacoast and that he was to sail under sealed orders. Terry felt much complimented that he should be singlion that he was to join Sherman. On January 5 Terry was ready to proceed to Fort Monroe, and Grantnce from City Point, the general sat down with Terry in the after-cabin of the steamer, and there m on January 13, and on the morning of the 14th Terry had fortified a position about two miles from t 600 of the garrison were killed or wounded. Terry's loss was 110 killed, 536 wounded, and 13 mis General Grant with additional instructions to Terry; and upon my arrival I could not help being su[3 more...]
General Horace Porter, Campaigning with Grant, Chapter 28 (search)
rning. We have but a few hours of daylight left us. My cavalry are rapidly exhausting their ammunition, and if the attack is delayed much longer they may have none left. And then another batch of staff-officers was sent out to gallop through the mud and hurry up the columns. At four o'clock the formation was completed, the order for the assault was given, and the struggle for Pickett's intrenched line began. The Confederate infantry brigades were posted from left to right as follows: Terry, Corse, Steuart, Ransom, and Wallace. General Fitzhugh Lee, commanding the cavalry, had placed W. H. F. Lee's two brigades on the right of the line, Munford's division on the left, and Rosser's in rear of Hatcher's Run, to guard the trains. I rode to the front, in company with Sheridan and Warren, with the head of Ayres's division, which was on the left. Ayres threw out a skirmish-line and advanced across an open field which sloped down gradually toward the dense woods just north of the W
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., The army before Charleston in 1863. (search)
he attack against the combined fire of artillery and small-arms. Yet this was the work we had set out to do, and it was believed we had the men to do it. The demonstration up the Stono River was begun in the afternoon of July 8th, by Brigadier-General Terry, who landed on James Island with about 3800 men. The effect as subsequently ascertained was to draw a portion of the enemy's forces from our front on Morris Island. It is understood that General Beauregard denies this.-Q. A. . But seeth parallel was established on the night of August 21st, about five hundred yards in advance of the third. From this point the ridge was carried [by the 24th Massachusetts] at the point of the bayonet on the 26th, under the direction of Brigadier-General Terry, and the fifth parallel was established thereon. The resistance to our advance now assumed a most obstinate and determined character, being evidently under skillful and intelligent direction, while the firing from the James Island batte
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., The defense of Fort Fisher. (search)
where beyond the range of our heavy guns on the fort our land force could not approach him. Once landed, our only chance was to keep him, if possible, from the fort. With less than half his numbers, had we extended far enough toward the fort to prevent his movement that way he could have crossed the narrow peninsula north of us and cut us off entirely, when the fort and all must have gone. General Bragg, after explaining that his cavalry pickets failed to report the movement by night of Terry's force to its intrenched position near Fort Fisher, says: I put the command in motion, and ordered the enemy dislodged if it was at all practicable. General Hoke and his brigadiers made a close reconnoissance and expressed to me the opinion that their troops were unequal to the task. I moved forward with them, and made a close examination, confirmed their opinion, and after a conference decided not to attack. An attack and failure would have insured the fall of the fort, and would al
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 3., Chapter 7: the siege of Charleston to the close of 1863.--operations in Missouri, Arkansas, and Texas. (search)
ther from Morris Island. Thirty hours after Terry's departure, General George C. Strong silentlys Island in an attempt to surprise and capture Terry and his command. At the dawn of the 16th, July, 1863. these advanced rapidly upon Terry, from near Secessionville, under General Hagood, drivinfty-fourth Massachusetts, on picket duty. But Terry was never asleep in the presence of danger. Hwere very easily repulsed. This accomplished, Terry, whose whole movement had been a feint, withdrted attack on Fort Wagner. In this engagement Terry lost about one hundred men, and Hagood about ted the fact that Hagood was repulsed, and that Terry left the island at his leisure for a more impodriven away at the point of the bayonet by General Terry, when a fifth parallel was established clo The business of assault was intrusted to General Terry. He was directed to move upon the fort atn the morning, near the Beacon House, when General Terry announced to them that the fort was evacua[2 more...]
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 3., Chapter 18: capture of Fort Fisher, Wilmington, and Goldsboroa.--Sherman's March through the Carolinas.--Stoneman's last raid. (search)
ault on the Fort by land and sea, 488. capture of the Fort. 489. preparations for attacking Wilmington, 490. a large force at Fort Fisher, 491. capture of Wilmington, 492. advance on Goldsboroa, 493. Schofield enters Goldsboroa, 494. Sherman's marching orders, 495. March toward North Carolina, 496. the National Army at Fayetteville, 497. March on Goldsboroa, 498. battle of Averasboroa, 499. battle of Bentonsville, 500, 501, 502. junction of the armies of Sherman, Schofield, and Terry, 503. Stoneman's great raid in Virginia and the Carolinas, 504. Moderwell's expedition, 505. General Grant was greatly disappointed by the resuit of the expedition against Fort Fisher, and in his General Report of the Operations of the Army, July 22, 1865. he severely censured General Butler, and charged him with direct violation of the instructions given, by the re-embarkation of the troops and return of the expedition. In those instructions Dec. 6, 1864. General Grant had said: Sho
Admiral David D. Porter, The Naval History of the Civil War., Chapter 50: Second attack on Fort Fisher. (search)
ugur well for a good understanding between General Terry and the Admiral. Terry was rather cold anlay, and whose staff was exceptionally large. Terry had no staff, wore no spurs, and we do not thiiral Porter offered to do all he could for General Terry. and explained to him how matters stood. ose. Had the Admiral been shown these orders, Terry and himself would have understood each other ag throughout the night. On this evening General Terry went on board to see the Admiral and arranletter of Rear-admiral Porter in regard to General Terry. North Atlantic Squadron, U. S. Flag Army, and hastens to congratulate you and General Terry and the brave officers, soldiers and sailos many more as I could find, and report to General Terry, United States Army, the object being to othe rear, a staff officer informed me that General Terry desired all the marines and sailors who hato his forces from the troops of Schofield and Terry to enable him to hold his own until he reached[27 more...]
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