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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 11. (ed. Frank Moore) 92 0 Browse Search
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rderous rate and with a malicious pleasure, General Ward so reported, and the main force retired frorst Indiana, lay along the foot of the hill General Ward's brigade of Harrison's division. Colonel rush, should be carried by assault. Brigadier-General Ward, the rough, stern old Kentuckian, who tructed a redoubt for four guns. No sooner had Ward's troops emerged into the open ground beyond thk, and the flag floats from the parapet. General Ward is severely wounded in the charge, and upond, each of whom fought brigrades on the left of Ward, suffered heavy losses, and reaped honors that of wounded. But to the hill. Here in front of Ward and Coburn, and Wood and Geary, the dead were ness bravery his men advanced to the attack, and Ward's brigade, of Butterfield's division, stormed a the Seventieth Indiana, who assumed command of Ward's brigade upon the latter being wounded, particone, Geary's division supporting Butter-field. Ward's brigade, which were participating in their fi[2 more...]
of attack. The Twelfth Iowa had one man killed. The Seventh Minnesota, besides losing Dr. Smith, had fifteen wounded, two dangerously. The Fourth brigade, Colonel Ward's, of First division, which was in rear of supply train, participated in this affair — I do not know with what casualties, but not many. Captain O'Donnell, ofline; its left, Colonel Wood's brigade; the Third, extending from the road northward, bending around to the east, facing west and northwest; the Fourth brigade Colonel Ward's, on the right of the Third, fronting north northwest, while the Second brigade, Colonel Mekin, the First brigade, Colonel McMillan, were still further to thee; missing, twenty-eight. Total, twenty-nine. Thirty-fifth Iowa, Colonel Hill: wounded, five; missing, thirty-four. Total, thirty-nine. Fourth brigade, Colonel Ward: killed, six; wounded, forty-six; missing one. Total, fifty-three. Total loss in First division, Three hundred and seventy-one. Total loss of Third divis
n in column of brigades, the Third brigade, General Ward, being in advance and suffering most severefth Illinois, Assistant Adjutant-General to General Ward, received a severe flesh-wound in the rightn Butterfield's division, commanded by Brigadier-General Ward came up and occupied a ridge on Newtonto capture without debate. The rebels opposing Ward, prominent among whom was General Featherston's from the severely-whipped foe, and are held by Ward as his tangible, trophies, He too, had done the winding up this evening by a strong one on General Ward's division of the Twentieth corps, now in p issued orders to his division commanders, Generals Ward, Williams and Geary, to send out each a he Advancing rapidly, Colonel Coburn, commanding General Ward's reconnoissance, entered the enemy's drawn up. Mayor Calhoun invited several of General Ward's staff to accompany him to the Court-house Atlanta, Georgia, September 2, 1864. Brigadier-General Ward, commanding Third Division, Twentieth [6 more...]
common pine barren. The Twentieth corps, General Williams, had the lead, and Ward's division the advance. This was deployed, and the skirmish line developed the Twentieth corps, did good execution on the retreating brigade, and on advancing Ward's division over this ground, General Williams captured three guns and two hundre, and five days rations. One hundred and eight rebel dead were buried by us. As Ward's division advanced, he developed a second and stronger line, when Jackson's division was deployed forward on the right of Ward, and the two divisions of Jeff. C. Davis' (Fourteenth) corps on the left, well toward the Cape Fear. At the same timeas gone, having retreated in a miserable, stormy night over the worst of roads. Ward's division of infantry followed to and through Averysboro, developing the fact tbe inferred from his dead (one hundred and eight), left for us to bury. Leaving Ward's division to keep up a show of pursuit, Slocum's column was turned to the right
Colonel Woods, Twelfth Iowa volunteer infantry; Fourth brigade, Colonel Ward, Fourteenth Wisconsin volunteer infantry. This brigade was a dehat he was threatened by a large force of the enemy. I directed Colonel Ward, whose brigade had been marching on the right flank of the trainted of four brigades of cavalry. This attack was soon repulsed, Colonel Ward's brigade taking the chief part in the fight, and capturing a retotoc road, and connecting with the right of the Third division; Colonel Ward's brigade on the right of Colonel Woods'; Colonel McMillen's brigade on the right of Ward's; and Colonel Wilken's brigade in reserve. The Second Iowa battery was placed on the left of Colonel Ward's brigColonel Ward's brigade, and commanded the Pontotoc road and the open field on the right of that road. Captain Miller's battery was placed on the right of ColoneColonel Ward's brigade, and the section of Company E, First Illinois battery on the right of Colonel McMillen's brigade. The enemy commenced the
rt Marshall J. Haringhorst Mason J. S. Chamberlain Mason J. W. Mathews McDon'h J. C. Thompson McDon'h Thos. A. Masteve McDon'h Wm. H. Neece McDon'h R. Caswell McLean J. C. Springer McLean T. Alexander Putnam W. H. G. Burney Putnam H. B. Kays Putnam E. S. Wilson Richland J. W. Barrett Sangamon W. T. Barrett Sangamon Jacob Epler Sangamon B. B. Piper Sangamon W. M. Springer Sangamon E. Edmonston Schuyler P. L. Campbell Schuyler J. Montgomery Schuyler J. C. Fox Schuyler J. N. Ward Schuyler G. W. Mentz Schuyler F. B. Thompson Shelby Reuben Ruessier Shelby W. Friend Wabash C. Z. Landes Wabash C. H. Wright Peoria John Oug Putnam M. Richardson Shelby M. Shallenberger Stark J. B. Smit Stevenson J. L. Carr Vermillion John Donlar Vermillion J. B. McCourtney Warren N. K. Poeffer Warren John Hanna Warren G. W. Aiken Williamson R. M. Hendley Williamson C. A. Richardson Woodford
d and Griffin and a brigade of Robinson's, General Wadsworth and Robinson being under command of Hancock. The lines formed by the two commands of Generals Warren and Sedgwick stretched from near the river, through the forest, across the road leading to Locust Grove, to within half a mile of the Orange Court-house road. Across this road, and far to the left, the troops led by Hancock were disposed--Colonel Carroll's and General Hayes' (now Colonel Crocker's) brigades on the right, and Generals Ward's and Owen's brigades on the left of the thoroughfare. The three brigades of General Getty's division of the Sixth corps, commanded by Generals Eustis, Wheaton, and Grant, were in support. General Mott's division, of the Second corps, adjoined on the left — the whole left of this line being under command of Birney. The divisions of Generals Gibbon and Barlow formed the left of the line, under command of Gibbon. Our cavalry were operating still further on the left, and the left flank