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George H. Gordon, From Brook Farm to Cedar Mountain, Chapter 7: the Army of Virginia under General Pope—Battle of Cedar Mountain. (search)
II. part III. p. 523), see Appendix A. had assembled along the turnpike from Sperryville to Culpeper. King's division of McDowell's corps (3d) was still opposite Frry from Siegel's corps, stationed where the road from Madison Court House to Sperryville crosses Robertson's River. General Bayard, with four regiments of cavalry, wanks to move his corps to that town, and at the same time notified Siegel at Sperryville, to which place he had marched from Luray, to move to the same point. The ope, or ought to have been. What did Pope know? On the 7th, while he was at Sperryville I quote from Pope's Official Report. inspecting Siegel's corps, he was iniberty Mills. Rightly divining the enemy's purposes, so it seems, Pope left Sperryville at four o'clock in the afternoon, and proceeded in person to Culpeper Court d forces of the enemy. Siegel did not obey his orders to march at once from Sperryville to Culpeper, but to Pope's surprise returned in reply a note, which, dated a
George H. Gordon, From Brook Farm to Cedar Mountain, Chapter 9: battle of Cedar Mountain (continued). (search)
l, with his staff, entered it to report to him. The troops of his command, said to be much jaded by the heat and fatigue, were not yet in town. It will be remembered that on the 8th Siegel received orders from Pope to march immediately from Sperryville to Culpeper, a distance of about twenty miles. Instead of obeying these orders, he sent a note (which the latter received after night on the 8th), dated at Sperryville at 6.30 P. M., asking by what road he should march to Culpeper Court House.Sperryville at 6.30 P. M., asking by what road he should march to Culpeper Court House. This delay of Siegel's detained him until too late for the action,--delayed him, as Pope says, Pope's Official Report by the singular uncertainty of what road he ought to pursue. Nor was this all. At this vital hour, at four o'clock in the afternoon of the ninth of August, Siegel's corps had not yet arrived at Culpeper, and, worse than that, when it did arrive, the men were hungry as well as jaded, for they were without rations. I had given notice, says Pope, that the whole army of Virgi
George H. Gordon, From Brook Farm to Cedar Mountain, chapter 14 (search)
staff and escort 35164219233 Warrenton, Va. First (Siegel's) Army Corps: Headquarters staff and escort13149172187 Sperryville, Va. First (Schenck's) Division 195415347446679*Near Sperryville. Second (Van Steinwehr's) Div.147275431224404*Near SpSperryville. Second (Van Steinwehr's) Div.147275431224404*Near Sperryville. Third (Schurz's) Division 149303235204763*Sperryville. Milroy's brigade 110239727523787* Near Woodville, Va. Total First Corps614124851248519820 Second (Banks's) Army Corps: Headquarters staff 121212 Near Washington, Va. First (Sperryville. Third (Schurz's) Division 149303235204763*Sperryville. Milroy's brigade 110239727523787* Near Woodville, Va. Total First Corps614124851248519820 Second (Banks's) Army Corps: Headquarters staff 121212 Near Washington, Va. First (Williams's) Division Including Hatch's cavalry, 158 officers and 3101 men present for duty.4589629103118246* Culpeper Court House,Va. Second (Augur's) Division228445851157184* Near Washington, Va. Total Second Corps698140871605820442 Third Sperryville. Milroy's brigade 110239727523787* Near Woodville, Va. Total First Corps614124851248519820 Second (Banks's) Army Corps: Headquarters staff 121212 Near Washington, Va. First (Williams's) Division Including Hatch's cavalry, 158 officers and 3101 men present for duty.4589629103118246* Culpeper Court House,Va. Second (Augur's) Division228445851157184* Near Washington, Va. Total Second Corps698140871605820442 Third (McDowell's) Army Corps: Headquarters staff232324 Warrenton, Va First (King's) Division 457880898031229424Opposite Fredericksburg. Second Division (Ricketts' Division) 388835592531142922 Waterloo, Va. Doubleday's brigade 891677105822256Opposit