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Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, The Passing of the Armies: The Last Campaign of the Armies., Chapter 2: the overture. (search)
rom our extreme left at Hatcher's Run inclining towards the Boydton Road, being only two miles distant from it at Dinwiddie Court House. Five miles east of this place the Quaker Road, called by persons of another mood, the Military Road, crosses the, crosses the White Oak at a right angle, leading from a station on the Southside Railroad, three miles north, to Dinwiddie Court House, six miles south. The enemy's main line of entrenchments west from Petersburg covered the important Boydton Pdown the Vaughan. My brigade, being the advance of the First Division, reached the Chapple House, about two miles from Dinwiddie, early in the forenoon, encountering only a few cavalry pickets. Sheridan with the cavalry, moving by a still exterior route, was pushing on towards Dinwiddie Court House. At about noon General Griffin directed me to return upon the Vaughan Road to the junction of the Quaker Road, and push up this road to develop the enemy's position in that quarter. This dire
Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, The Passing of the Armies: The Last Campaign of the Armies., Chapter 3: the White Oak Road. (search)
Our line is now unbroken from Appomattox to Dinwiddie. I now feel like ending the matter, if possnce toward Five Forks being driven back upon Dinwiddie, for his conduct in which he received only p Road, and holding his main body inactive at Dinwiddie a whole day through. And after Warren had a clandestinely engaged to Philip Sheridan of Dinwiddie. A new anxiety now arose. Just as we haeceding. I believed it was receding towards Dinwiddie; that was what had deepened my thoughts. Teickett's infantry and driven pell-mell into Dinwiddie. He could hardly hold himself there. The pydton Road, to move immediately down towards Dinwiddie. Pearson got to the crossing of the main str Road? Sheridan cannot maintain himself at Dinwiddie without reinforcements, and yours are the on this very day, driven back discomfited into Dinwiddie, he was not blamed; he was praised,--and in esults: one, to let the cavalry linger about Dinwiddie and threaten Lee's communications, so as to [1 more...]
Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, The Passing of the Armies: The Last Campaign of the Armies., Chapter 4: Five Forks. (search)
the cavalry, though a little piqued at our not going down and picking up what they had left at Dinwiddie the night before, were quite willing we should share whatever they should get to-day. SheridCrawford's Divisions were massed near the house of J. Boisseau, on the road leading from Dinwiddie Court House to Five Forks. Ayres was halted a mile back at the junction of the Brooks Road, which hd in my rear. General Mackenzie's cavalry, of the Army of the James, had been ordered up from Dinwiddie, to cross the White Oak Road and move forward with us covering our right flank. Nevertheless,attle. There was some very remarkable testimony before the court in regard to the fight at Dinwiddie, resulting from anything but infirmity of mind. There were also many inconsistencies concerniing the progress of the battle. They had been on the ground earlier it seems on retiring from Dinwiddie; but for one reason or another they had one by one retired across Hatcher's Run,--looking afte
Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, The Passing of the Armies: The Last Campaign of the Armies., Chapter 7: the return of the Army. (search)
e book and kiss the officer. Her charming and coquettish ways, indicating a habit of easy conquest, caused an aesthetic efflorescence among the emotional susceptibilities of this personage, and so melted the firm face of his official habit, that he did not consider himself wholly fit for duty, and came to me stating the case, and asking if he might bring the reluctant petitioner for a hearing before me. Of course I assented, notwithstanding his remark that she was considered the belle of Dinwiddie, and the fact that I was not then on the superannuated list myself. Her graceful bearing as she entered my tent, composed manner of address, and I must add her beauty as she adjusted herself to our courtesies, left me no doubt of her status,--whatever might be my own. My guests took two camp chairs placed at an angle from my center of about sixty degrees, which I believe is the frost angle, perhaps salutary here. I could not but be amused at their mutual bearing in stating the case in wh