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Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 2., Chapter 1: effect of the battle of Bull's Run.--reorganization of the Army of the Potomac.--Congress, and the council of the conspirators.--East Tennessee. (search)
ay. To remain was to acquiesce in the new order of things, or suffer intensely. Then, for the same reason that gave truth to the proclamation of the despot--Order reigns in Warsaw --there was a United South in The Tredegar iron works, at Richmond, Virginia. this view is from the ruins of the Virginia State Arsenal. The works are on the left bank of the James River, nearly opposite Mayo's Island. favor of the conspirators. Under their subordinate officers, civil and military, almost unboJames River, nearly opposite Mayo's Island. favor of the conspirators. Under their subordinate officers, civil and military, almost unbounded license was exercised, and no man's life, liberty, and property were secure from violence. In districts of the Confederacy, such as East Tennessee, where the blight of slavery was but little known, where a greater portion of the inhabitants were loyal to their Government, and where the Confederates held sway, the keenest cruelties were exercised. Those who, in East Tennessee, had voted for the Union at the election of which Governor Harris made fraudulent returns, See pages 388-889
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 2., Chapter 14: movements of the Army of the Potomac.--the Monitor and Merrimack. (search)
m Richmond and made their appearance in the James River, a short distance above Newport-Newce. Theary command, were lying in the mouth of the James River, off Newport-Newce. The Congress carriedid the Norfolk Day Book, we have raised the James River blockade without foreign assistance, and aras believed that the free navigation of the James River by the National gun-boats would speedily foand men on the Virginia Peninsula, between the James and York rivers, with his Headquarters at Yorknt opposite, and on Mulberry Island, on the James River, This was sometimes called Mulberry PoinConfederate water-batteries on the York and James rivers, and Flag-officer Goldsborough had offered ly expected, with renewed strength, and the James River was blockaded by Confederate gun-boats on iApril. across the Peninsula fails into the James River. In front of these lines McClellan's continsula, with the probability of the York and James rivers on each flank being opened to the National
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 2., Chapter 15: the Army of the Potomac on the Virginia Peninsula. (search)
that city at the narrowest part of the Peninsula the right resting on a deep ravine near the James River, and the left on Queen's Creek, near the York River. The principal work was Fort Edwin V. Norfolk, and by General Wool at Fortress Monroe. Wool, who saw the eminent advantage of the James River as a highway for the supplies of an army on the Peninsula, had, ever since McClellan decided t Craney Island, for the two-fold purpose of protecting Norfolk and guarding the mouth of the James River. The land troops had fled without informing Tatnall of the movement, and the unfortunate oldter than to destroy his ship and fly, for with his best efforts he could not get her into the James River. Sewell's Point and Craney Island, both strongly fortified, were abandoned. Craney Island n the ensign of rebellion and place the National flag there. The Confederate gun-boats in the James River fled toward Richmond, and the navigation of that stream was opened to the National vessels.
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 2., Chapter 16: the Army of the Potomac before Richmond. (search)
retreat, 434. position of his Army on the James River, 435. visit to the battle-fields near Richfragments, the Confederate gun-boats in the James River retired to Richmond, closely followed by a position, and prepared for a retreat to the James River. Report, page 124. He considered the pos course, and commenced a retreat toward the James River, for which, as we have observed, he had presuit, and directing Keyes to move on to the James River, and occupy a defensive position near the h comprehensive view of the lowlands and the James River, in the vicinity of Turkey Bend. The view rt of the day on board of a gun-boat in the James River, according to his report, and another part owing morning May 30, 1866. we crossed the James River and drove down to Drewry's Bluff. That dayring are more than a hundred feet above the James River. Such layers occur throughout the region be weather was delightful, and the banks of the James were clad in richest verdure, hiding in a degr[11 more...]
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 2., Chapter 17: Pope's campaign in Virginia. (search)
of Richmond, had abandoned the siege, and had intrenched itself in a defensive position in the malarious region of the James River, beneath the scorching sun of midsummer, where home-sickness and camp-sickness in every form were fearfully wasting itcy of the case, McClellan was authorized to assume control of all the vast fleets of war-vessels and transports on the James River and Chesapeake Bay. Already Burnside's army, which had been ordered from North Carolina, as we have observed, See rict defensive in front of Washington and Harper's Ferry, and that the true defense of Washington was on the banks of the James, where the fate of the Union was to be decided. He asked his superior to rescind the order, and assured him that if he dt to take countervailing measures. It knew far better than the Commander of the Army of the Potomac, on the banks of the James, that the Army of Virginia, near the Rappahannock, was necessary for the defense of the National capital, and acted accor
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 2., Chapter 18: Lee's invasion of Maryland, and his retreat toward Richmond. (search)
ooker, Brooks, and Newton were named for ignominious dismissal from the service, and Generals Franklin, W. F. Smith, Cochran, and Ferrero, and Lieutenant-Colonel J. H. Taylor, were to be relieved from duty in the Army of the Potomac. Generals Franklin and Smith, without the knowledge of Burnside, wrote a joint letter to the President on the 21st of December, expressing their belief that Burnside's plan of campaign could not succeed, and substantially recommending that of McClellan, by the James River and the country on its borders. The President replied that they were simply suggesting a plan fraught with the old difficulty, and he appeared to be astonished, as Franklin had distinctly advised bringing the army away from the Peninsula. He was competent to issue the order on his own responsibility; but, in compliance with judicious advice, he submitted it to the President. Mr. Lincoln was perplexed. He appreciated the patriotism and soldierly qualities of Burnside, yet he could not c