Your search returned 334 results in 133 document sections:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ...
Horace Greeley, The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65: its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union. Volume II., II. Missouri--Arkansas. (search)
n, from which he had dislodged Davis by such desperate efforts. Pollard says, We had taken during the day 7 cannon and about 200 prisonersld where prouder honors awaited them than any he had yet gathered. Pollard says, Van Dorn's whole force was about 16,000 men. But now our whth our cavalry and howitzers, followed them beyond Bentonville. Pollard says: About 9 1/2 o'clock, Van Dorn had completed his arrangemciting an arrangement for burying the dead, which was accorded. Pollard makes a scarcity of ammunition a main reason for Van Dorn's retreat probable that any strenuous efforts were made to detain them. Pollard says: The Indian regiments, under Gen. Pike, had not come up i00; the greater number of whom have been buried by my command . Pollard, on the other hand, says of this battle: Our whole line of iounded, and missing, about 300. Gen. Blunt further says of this Pollard victory: Their transportation had been left south of the mou
Horace Greeley, The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65: its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union. Volume II., Iii. Kentucky--Tennessee--Alabama. (search)
there were about 400 Confederate prisoners wounded in hospital at Paducah, making 1,534 wounded. I was satisfied the killed would increase the number to 2,000. Pollard gives what he terms a correct list, by regiments, of the Confederate prisoners taken at Fort Donelson, footing up 5,079; but he evidently does not include in thisth but half of this number. The towns through which we passed were left full of sick men: and many were sent off to hospitals at some distance from our route. Pollard makes Johnston's army at Murfreesboroa but 17,000. Directly after the capture of Fort Henry, Commander Phelps, with the wooden gunboats Conestoga, Tyler, and he use of the United States. But, in fact, the spoils of victory had already been clutched by the Nashville mob; so that, while the Rebel loss was enormous, Pollard says: Gen. Johnston had moved the main body of his command to Murfreesboroa — a rear-guard being left in Nashville under Gen. Floyd, who had arrived from Do
Horace Greeley, The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65: its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union. Volume II., V. New Orleans and the Gulf. (search)
for miles afforded a magnificent but melancholy spectacle of burning cotton, sugar, and other staples of South-western commerce; while the river in front was so full of burning ships that great vigilance and skill were required to avoid them. Pollard says: No sooner had the Federal fleet turned the point, and come within sight of the city, than the work of destruction of property commenced. Vast columns of smoke ascended to the sky, darkening the face of heaven and obscuring the noon-evail between belligerents, and shells tearing up the graves of those who are so dear to them, he whimpered out: Our women and children cannot escape, from your shells, if it be your pleasure to murder them on a question of mere etiquette. Even Pollard barely represses his disgust at the silly repetitions and vanity of literary style protruded by tins Bobadil of a Mayor. The malevolent folly of the municipal authorities served only to expose their city to destruction. A force landed from the
Horace Greeley, The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65: its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union. Volume II., chapter 6 (search)
ted, or so worthless was McClellan's observation and secret service, that no hint of it appears to have reached our General until the day after its completion. Pollard says: For the space of three weeks before the army left its intrenchments at Manassas, preparations were being made for falling back to the line of the Rapay's battle in bed. Jackson had 10 regiments of infantry, all Virginians, but reports their aggregate strength at only 3,087 men, with 27 guns and 290 cavalry. Pollard says the Confederate forces amounted to 6,000 men, with Capt. McLaughlin's battery and Col. Ashby's cavalry. Gen. Shields had 6,000 infantry, 750 cavalry, and 24 f Yorktown, and Gen. Keyes, before Winn's Mill, Called by Gen. McClellan, Lee's Mill. on the Warwick, were brought to a halt by the fire of Rebel batteries. Pollard says: General Magruder, the hero of Bethel, and a commander who was capable of much greater achievements, was left to confront the growing forces on the Penins
Horace Greeley, The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65: its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union. Volume II., IX. my Maryland --Lee's invasion. (search)
Jackson's corps number 24,778--all far too high. Lee says he had under 40,000 men; which probably includes neither cavalry nor A. P. Hill's division; and perhaps not McLaws's. The Richmond Enquirer of the 23d (four days after the battle) says it has authentic particulars of the battle; and that the ball was opened on Tuesday evening about 6 o'clock, by all of our available force, 60,000 strong, commanded by Gen. Robert E. Lee in person. And this seems to be the more probable aggregate. Pollard, in his Southern history of the War, says of this battle: It was fought for half the day with 45,000 men on the Confederate side; and for the remaining half with no more than an aggregate of 70,000 men. Gen. McClellan makes his entire loss in this battle 12,469: 2,010 killed, 9,416 wounded, and 1,043 missing; and says his army counted and buried about 2,700 of the enemy, beside those buried by themselves: whence he estimates their total loss as much greater than ours. As the Rebels foug
Horace Greeley, The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65: its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union. Volume II., X. Tennessee--Kentucky--Mississippi—Buell — Bragg — Rosecrans — Grant — Van Dorn.. (search)
a member of Congress. a weak old man, was inaugurated Oct. 4. Provisional Governor of Kentucky. This ceremony, says Pollard, was scarcely more than a pretentious farce: hardly was it completed when the Yankees threatened Frankfort; and the newleach, those in sympathy with the Rebellion were everywhere a decided and in many counties an inconsiderable minority. Pollard says: It is to be admitted that the South was bitterly disappointed in the manifestations of public sentiment in Kes that he captured 1,629 stand of arms, 13,000 rounds of ammunition, beside large quantities of equipments and stores. Pollard says that the Rebel loss was probably 800 in killed and wounded. Price retreated to Ripley, Miss., where lie united killed, 1,812 wounded, and 232 missing; and says that the Rebel loss in killed alone was 1,423, with 2,248 prisoners. Pollard — who rarely or never finds the Rebel losses the greater — says: Our loss in all the three days engagements was pr
Horace Greeley, The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65: its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union. Volume II., chapter 15 (search)
ng with the little garrison (225) of the 28th Maine, Maj. Bullen, tore the assaulting column with their shells, and soon put the Rebels to flight, with a loss of 200 killed and wounded, and 124 prisoners. Among their killed was Col. Phillips. Pollard reports another fight, July 12. six miles from Donaldsonville, between 1,200 Texans, under Green, and the enemy, over 4,000 strong; wherein we were beaten, with a loss of 500 killed and wounded, 300 prisoners, 3 guns, many small arms, and the impelled to their certain destruction. Our loss in this affair, beside the two boats and their 15 heavy rifled guns, was 50 killed and wounded, beside 200 prisoners--in all, just about equal to the whole number of Rebels engaged; of whom (says Pollard) not a man was lost on our side, nor a gun injured. Franklin had still his 4.000 soldiers, with his transports and two remaining gunboats; while there were not Rebel soldiers enough within a day's ride to have brought to a halt one of his reg
Horace Greeley, The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65: its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union. Volume II., chapter 16 (search)
ntrated largely upon his isolated lieutenant; reoccupying the Fredericksburg heights, and, striking him in flank, pushed him down toward the river, and, during the night, over it, at Banks's ford, with heavy loss — hardly less than 5,000 men. Pollard gives the following account of this movement from the Rebel side; which must serve for want of a better: The enemy, however, was not yet defeated. One more struggle remained; and, to make that, the enemy during the night massed a heavy forcds that a Rebel surgeon at Richmond stated the loss of their side in these struggles at 18,000 43 Among them, Gen. Paxton, killed and Gen. Heth, wounded. and it is significant that no official statement of their losses was ever made, and that Pollard is silent on the subject. It is quite probable that, while the prestige of success was wholly with the Rebels, their losses were actually more exhausting than ours. And the violent storm and consequent flood which attended and covered Hooker's
Horace Greeley, The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65: its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union. Volume II., Xvii. Lee's army on free soil-gettysburg. (search)
, O'Rorke, 140th N. Y., Revere, 20th Mass., and Taylor, Pa. Bucktails. Among our wounded were Brig.-Gens. Gibbon, Barlow, Stannard, Webb, and Paul. He only claims 3 guns as captured this side of the Potomac, with 41 flags and 13,621 prisoners--many of them wounded, of course. He adds that 24,978 small arms were collected on the field; but part of them may have been previously our own. Lee gives no return of his losses; but they were probably not materially greater nor less than ours Pollard rather candidly says: On our side, Pickett's division had been engaged in the hottest work of the day, and the havoc in its ranks was appalling. Its losses on this day are famous, and should be commemorated in detail. Every Brigadier in the division was killed or wounded. Out of 24 regimental officers, only two escaped unhurt. The Colonels of five Virginia regiments were killed. The 9th Virginia went in 250 strong, and came out with only 38 men; while the equally gallant 19th rival
Horace Greeley, The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65: its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union. Volume II., Xviii. The Chattanooga campaign.—Middle and East Tennessee. (search)
the mountain and down again; so that he only closed up to Thomas on the 17th. Bragg had sprung his trap too soon. Pollard sees the matter in different light; and his view seems worth considering. He says: During the 9th, it was ascertainfident of their ability to improve it by routing what remained of our army and chasing it into and through Chattanooga. Pollard says that Forrest climbed a tree, just as the fighting closed; and, seeing our army in full retreat, urged a general advinhumanly left to rot unburied) ; but his defeated antagonist had secured the great strategic object of his campaign, Pollard very fairly says: Chickamauga had conferred a brilliant glory upon our arms, but little else. Rosecrans still held s entire force by daylight; but it was calculated that they would suffice Hooker says they were two strong divisions: Pollard says they were but six regiments. to strike Geary by surprise in that strange, wooded region; routing him before he shou
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ...