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William Swinton, Campaigns of the Army of the Potomac, chapter 12 (search)
short distance below Hancock's point of passage. This bridge was a notable achievement in ponton engineering, being over two thousand feet in length, and the channel boats anchored in thirteen fathoms of water. It was begun during the forenoon of the 14th and was completed by midnight. The site for the bridge was selected and the approaches prepared by Brigadier-General Weitzel, chief-engineer Department of Virginia and North Carolina; and the bridge was laid under direction of Brigadier-General Benham. By noon of the 16th the whole army was on the south side of the James. While the Army of the Potomac was thus making the overland march across the Peninsula, General Smith's command had returned to Bermuda Hundred, whence it proceeded upon an operation that had an important bearing on the campaign. Upon debarking at Bermuda Hundred during the night of the 14th, Smith's column was by General Butler put in motion to seize Petersburg, an abortive attempt to capture which had bee
William Swinton, Campaigns of the Army of the Potomac, chapter 13 (search)
at the same time by the Weldon road and the Jerusalem plankroad, turning west from the latter before crossing the Nottoway, and west with the whole column before reaching Stony Creek. General Sheridan will then move independently, under other instructions which will be given him. All dismounted cavalry belonging to the Army of the Potomac, and the dismounted cavalry from the Middle Military Division not required for guarding property belonging to their arm of service, will report to Brigadier-General Benham, to be added to the defences of City Point. Major-General Parke will be left in command of all the army left for holding the lines about Petersburg and City Point, subject, of course, to orders from the commander of the Army of the Potomac. The Ninth Army Corps will be left intact to hold the present line of works, so long as the whole line now occupied by us is held. If, however, the troops to the left of the Ninth Corps are withdrawn, then the left of the corps may be thrown bac
Maj. Jed. Hotchkiss, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 3, Virginia (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 25: (search)
f the 10th of May, Grant dispatched to Washington, still from near Spottsylvania Court House: The enemy hold our front in very strong force and evince a strong determination to interpose between us and Richmond to the last. I shall take no backward steps but may be compelled to send back to Belle Plain [below Aquia creek on the Potomac] for further supplies. Please have supplies of forage and provisions sent there at once and 50 rounds of ammunition (infantry) for 100,000 men. Send General Benham with the necessary bridge train for the Rappahannock river. We can maintain ourselves at least, and, in the end, beat Lee's army, I believe. Send to Belle Plain all the infantry you can rake and scrape. With present position of the armies, 10,000 men can, be spared from the defenses of Washington, besides all the troops that have reached there since Burnside's departure. Some may also be brought from Wallace's department. We want no more wagons nor artillery. This dispatch tell
Brigadier-General Ellison Capers, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 5, South Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 4: (search)
South Carolina, reported an aggregate of 16,989 effectives, stationed along the coast from Tybee, Ga., to Edisto island. These troops were commanded by Brigadier-Generals Benham, Viele, Stevens, Wright and Gilmore, and were mainly concentrated on Daufuskie island, at Hilton Head and Beaufort, and on Edisto island. The Federal fot was now evident that the Federals planned a lodgment on James island, for the number of their boats increased gradually in the river, and on the 2d of June, General Benham landed a part of his command at Battery island, under Brig.-Gen. I. I. Stevens. Here they were secure under the guns of the fleet in the Stono. By June 5th brook and John's island from North Edisto, had crossed the Stono from Legareville to Grimball's on James island. These two divisions constituted the force of General Benham, that of Wright covering his left on the Stono, and that of Stevens his right, immediately in front of Secessionville. The gunboats in the Stono, firing by s
Joseph T. Derry , A. M. , Author of School History of the United States; Story of the Confederate War, etc., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 6, Georgia (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 4: (search)
nor thinks differently. There had been, however, no delay in supplying every regiment which Georgia had been asked to contribute to the Confederate service. Under the last call for twelve regiments, eighteen had been furnished. Brig.-Gen. W. D. Smith was assigned to duty in the military district of Georgia, with orders to report to Gen. A. R. Lawton, April 10th. The United States land forces participating in the reduction of Fort Pulaski were under Maj.-Gen. David Hunter and Brigadier-Generals Benham, Viele and Gillmore. Within the walls of Fort Pulaski, under the command of Col. Charles H. Olmstead, were a little over 400 men of the Savannah regiment, or First regiment of Georgia, the companies being the Montgomery Guard, Capt. L. J. Gilmartin; German Volunteers, Capt. John H. Steigen; Oglethorpe Light Infantry, Capt. T. W. Sims; Wise Guard, Capt. M. J. McMullen; Washington Volunteers, Capt. John McMahon. The armament of the fort was five 10-inch and nine 8-inch columbiads,
Capt. Calvin D. Cowles , 23d U. S. Infantry, Major George B. Davis , U. S. Army, Leslie J. Perry, Joseph W. Kirkley, The Official Military Atlas of the Civil War, Authorities. (search)
Fort De Russy, La. 34 i, 224 Henderson's Hill, La. 34 i, 225 Mansura, La. 34 i, 234, 235 Monett's Ferry, La. 34 i, 233 Pleasant Hill, La. 34 i, 230-232 Sabine Cross-Roads, La. 34 i, 227-229 Sabine Pass Expedition 26 i, 291 Wilson's Plantation, La. 34 i, 226 Bernard, John G.: Harper's Ferry, W. Va., fortifications 25 II, 425-427 Barnum, Henry A.: Savannah, Ga. 44, 308 Baxter, Henry: Dinwiddie Court-House, Va. 42 i, 513 Benham, Henry W.: Pontoons 33, 413 Birney, David B.: Gettysburg, Pa. 27 i, 486, 487 Blackford, William W.: Brandy Station, Va. 27 II, 686 Blake, Edward D.: New Madrid, Mo., and Island no.10 8, 137 Bowen, John S.: Port Gibson, Miss. 24 i, 665 Branch, L. O'B.: New Berne, N. C. 9, 248 Bratton, John: Wauhatchie, Tenn. 31 i, 232 Briscoe, James C.: Gettysburg, Pa. 27 i, 486, 487 Brooks, Thomas B.: Morris Island, S. C. 28 i, 263
Capt. Calvin D. Cowles , 23d U. S. Infantry, Major George B. Davis , U. S. Army, Leslie J. Perry, Joseph W. Kirkley, The Official Military Atlas of the Civil War, Authorities. (search)
3, 2 Charleston, S. C. 131, 1 Corinth, Miss., to Pittsburg Landing, Tenn. 12, 5 Morris Island, S. C., July 10-Sept. 7, 1863 26, 2 Shiloh, Tenn., April 6-7, 1862 14, 2 Views 121, 1-9; 122, 1-11 Bell, L.: Bethesda Church, Va., June 1-3, 1864 55, 5 North Anna River, Va., May 22-27, 1864 55, 4 Spotsylvania Court-House, Va., May 8-21, 1864 55, 2, 3 Totopotomoy River, Va., May 28-31, 1864 55, 5 Wilderness, Va., May 5-7, 1864 55, 1 Benham, Henry W.: Chancellorsville Campaign, April 27-May 6, 1863 39, 2 Secessionville, S. C., June 16, 1862 23, 6, 7 Bennett, L. G.: Westport and Big Blue, Mo., Oct. 22-23, 1864 66, 3, 4 Bennett, Samuel A.: Chattanooga, Tenn., to Atlanta, Ga. 101, 1-6, 8-18 Kolb's Farm, Ga., June 22, 1864 101, 19 Peach Tree Creek, Va., July 20, 1864 101, 7 Birney, David B.: Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 11-15, 1862 30, 3, 4 Blackford, B. Lewis: Smith's Island, N
Adam Badeau, Military history of Ulysses S. Grant from April 1861 to April 1865. Volume 2, Chapter 33: (search)
ttacking the main line of works around Petersburg, whilst the others are only attacking an outer line, which the enemy might give up without giving up Petersburg. Parke should either advance rapidly, or cover his men and hold all he gets. At the same time he cautioned Weitzel, north of the James: The greatest vigilance is necessary on your part that the enemy do not cross the Appomattox to overwhelm and drive back Parke. To the staff officer left in charge at City Point he said: Instruct Benham to get the men at City Point out to the outer lines, and have them ready. While all our forces are going in, some enterprising rebels may possibly go through down there, in a fit of desperation, to do what damage they can. With all his aggressive audacity Grant never neglected the necessary precautions against similar traits in the enemy. Meanwhile the two corps on the left of the Sixth had made their advance. The ground in front of Ord was difficult, and his troops at first did not su
Adam Badeau, Military history of Ulysses S. Grant from April 1861 to April 1865. Volume 2, Appendix to Chapter XXXII. (search)
the same time, by the Weldon road and the Jerusalem plank-road, turning west from the latter before crossing the Nottoway, and west with the whole column before reaching Stony creek. General Sheridan will then move independently under other instructions, which will be given him. All dismounted cavalry belonging to the army of the Potomac, and the dismounted cavalry from the Middle Military Division not required for guarding property belonging to their arm of service, will report to Brigadier-General Benham, to be added to the defences of City Point. Major-General Parke will be left in command of all the army left for holding the lines about Petersburg and City Point, subject, of course, to orders from the commander of the army of the Potomac. The Ninth army corps will be left intact to hold the present line of works, so long as the whole line now occupied by us is held. If, however, the troops to the left of the Ninth corps are withdrawn, then the left of the corps may be thrown ba
Adam Badeau, Military history of Ulysses S. Grant from April 1861 to April 1865. Volume 2, Index (search)
I., 169; approves of Hood's advance into Tennessee, 203; summoned from the West to Georgia, 223: underestimates Sherman's force, 288; command extended to sea-coast, 291; proposition to crush national army and dictate peace, 397; superseded by Johnston, 397; retreat to Charlotte, 424. Bell, Colonel, in command of brigade before Fort Fisher, III., 337-33; mortally wounded, 339. Bell's ferry, destruction of national gunboat at, III., 242. Belmont, battle of; 17-19; results, 20, 21. Benham, General Henry W., builds pontoon bridge over the James, II., 375. Bentonsville, battle of, III., 429-432. Bermuda hundred, position of II., 248; capture of, 248; Butler retreats to, 254; Smith arrives at, 354; battles of June 16 and 17, 1864, 363, 367, 368; fortifications at, III 4, 7. Big Black river, battle of, i., 275, 278. Birney, General D. B., in temporary command of Second corps before Petersburg, II., 369, 382; second movement at Deep Bottom, 505, 511; Butler's movement
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