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Elias Nason, McClellan's Own Story: the war for the union, the soldiers who fought it, the civilians who directed it, and his relations to them., Chapter 15: (search)
ll night in giving the necessary orders for the conduct of affairs in front of Washington, the movements of troops, supplies, etc. I reached Fort Monroe on the afternoon of the 2d, still under the delusion that I should have an active army of 146,000 and the full control of my base of operations, and that I should receive efficient support from the navy. According to the best information in our possession in regard to the Peninsula; our main road extended from Fortress Monroe, through Hampton and Big Bethel, to Yorktown; while another existed from Newport News, nearly parallel with the James river, and passing through Warwick Court-House to the Halfway House, where it met the main road from Yorktown to Williamsburg. Both of these roads between Yorktown and the point of the Peninsula were intersected by many streams, and we had information to the effect that many of these crossings — as, for example, Big Bethel, Young's Mill, Howard's bridge, Cockletown, etc.--were strongly entr
Elias Nason, McClellan's Own Story: the war for the union, the soldiers who fought it, the civilians who directed it, and his relations to them., Index. (search)
541 ; unable to go to front, 534; order to McClellan, 538, 546; responsible for Pope's defeat, 538; helpless, 539; false testimony, 539, 542 ; contemptuous action, 550 : anxious, misquotes despatch of 11th Sept., ‘62, 555, 556; extract from testimony, 556 ; fault-finding, 614, 622 ; shirks responsibility, 635 ; on supplies to army, 641 ; refuses funds, 644 ; order of removal, 651. Haller, Maj. G. 0., 134. Hamilton, Gen. C. S., in Peninsula, 239, 246, 256 ; Yorktown, 260, 261, 263. Hampton, Capt , 592, Hancock, Gen. W. S., 81, 140; at Yorktown, 285, 300 ; Williamsburg, 325, 326, 330, 331 ; in pursuit, 352; Savage's Station, 428 ; Antietam, 597-599 602, 606. Hanover Court-House, Va., battle of, 363-376. Hardie, Lieut--Col. J. A., 122. Harland, Col., 578. 605. Harper's Ferry, Va., 94, 192 ; (Md. campaign) 550, 555, 556, 558-565, 570-573, 614, 622, 625, 627, 643, 644-646. Harris, Hon. I., Keyes's letter to, 267. Harrison, Capt, 371. Harrison's Landing, Va., 430, 437