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General James Longstreet, From Manassas to Appomattox, Chapter 12: Halleck and Pope in Federal command. (search)
General Jackson, with his own and Ewell's division, to Gordonsville, to have a watch upon the Federal force operating in thnt. The threatening attitude of the Confederates at Gordonsville caused apprehension at Washington, and induced the auth When A. P. Hill's division joined General Jackson at Gordonsville, General Pope's army was posted,--the First Corps (Sige army under General Pope. On the 15th I was ordered to Gordonsville by the Central Railroad with ten brigades. Two others s's, and Drayton's. Hood's and Whiting's joined us near Gordonsville, Hood commanding the demi-division,--his own and Whitin in West Virginia under General Cox. After reaching Gordonsville and learning something of the position of the armies, aetter of General Robert E. Lee to General Stuart, dated Gordonsville, August 15, which made manifest to me the position and rdered to the rear, to confine himself to the limits of Gordonsville. In addition to Reno's command, Stevens's division
General James Longstreet, From Manassas to Appomattox, Chapter 21: reorganization and rest for both armies. (search)
n. Artillery, siege, and field batteries, 370 guns, General Henry J. Hunt, Chief. At the time of the change of commanders the Confederates were looking for a Federal move north of Culpeper Court-House, and were surveying the ground behind Robertson River for a point of concentration of the two wings to meet that move. General Burnside, however, promptly planned operations on other lines. He submitted to President Lincoln his proposition to display some force in the direction of Gordonsville as a diversion, while with his main army he would march south, cross the Rappahannock at Fredericksburg, and reach by a surprise march ground nearer Richmond than the holdings of the Confederates. This was approved by the President with the suggestion that its success depended upon prompt execution. On the 15th light began to break upon the Confederates, revealing a move south from Warrenton, but it was not regarded as a radical change from the Orange and Alexandria Railroad line of
General James Longstreet, From Manassas to Appomattox, Chapter37: last days in Tennessee. (search)
the bridges in that direction, so that there was no reason with us for delay. On the 7th of April I was ordered, with the part of my command that had originally served with the Army of Northern Virginia, back to service with General Lee on the Rapidan. The move was made as soon as cars could be had to haul the troops, halting under orders at Charlottesville to meet a grand flanking move then anticipated. On the 22d we were ordered down as far as Mechanicsville, five miles west of Gordonsville, watching there for a lesser flank move. On the 29th, General Lee came out and reviewed the command. Referring to the general officers who had been put under charges while in East Tennessee, General Robertson had been sentenced to suspension, and an excellent officer, General Gregg, had been sent to report, and was assigned to the Texas brigade. In the case of General McLaws, the court-martial ordered official reprimand, but the President disapproved the proceedings, passing reprima
General James Longstreet, From Manassas to Appomattox, Chapter 38: battle of the Wilderness. (search)
to prepare for immediate battle. The commands of the First Corps, Field's and Kershaw's divisions and Alexander's batteries, were stationed, Field's north of Gordonsville, where he had been posted on the 1st of May in anticipation of a move around our left, the other commands near Mechanicsville. We were ordered forward by the at once. I think General Fitzhugh Lee entirely in error as to any engineer or other officer being sent to guide you in the spring of 1864 from your camp near Gordonsville to the Wilderness. I well remember your sending for me, and directing me to procure a guide for you, which I did after some difficulty in the person of Mr. Jants is as follows: My command, the artillery, got orders to move about noon on May 4, 1864, being in camp near Mechanicsville, some four or five miles west of Gordonsville. We marched about four P. M., and with only short rests all night and all next day till about five P. M., when we halted to rest and bivouac at a point which