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Lewis C. Bartlett (search for this): chapter 10
he Army of the Potomac was in that vicinity in 1862 Captain Wilson invited General Bartlett and the other brigade officers to accompany him to the field where this trdivision of the Fifth Corps that connected with the Sixth was commanded by General Bartlett, whose transfer to that corps soon became permanent. A few days after tprimanded and given some extra picket duty. On the 23d day of December General Bartlett rode into the camp and was greeted with cheers and made a speech which Comellion would soon be put down. Three cheers and a tiger were given for General Bartlett, also for Colonel Upton, who protested saying, Steady, steady men, place it where it belongs, upon General Bartlett. Three more cheers and a tiger were given to both General Bartlett and Colonel Upton, and the men dispersed to their quarteGeneral Bartlett and Colonel Upton, and the men dispersed to their quarters in the best of spirits. Another event that deserves consideration was the breaking up of the Third Corps and the assignment of the regiments to the Sixth Corps.
Stonewall Jackson (search for this): chapter 10
road, leaving the dirt road for the trains and batteries. The route lay through Bristoe Station, Manasses, and Bull Run, and the head of the army filed into the old fortifications of Centerville just before the advance of the old corps of Stonewall Jackson came in sight of them. Colonel Beckwith tells of several experiences of this march that will interest other members of the regiment. We passed Bristoe Station about 3 o'clock and crossed a stream, called Broad Run, on the high trestle nd in the river interrupted it. A pontoon bridge spanned the river just above the ruins of the former bridge. These entrenchments were occupied by the 5th, 7th and 54th North Carolina regiments and a Louisiana brigade formerly commanded by Stonewall Jackson, and a famous New Orleans battery. The railroad approached the river by an embankment of considerable height. The writer stood on that embankment and watched the battle as long as it was light enough to see. The charge upon the redoubt wa
David A. Russell (search for this): chapter 10
l Sedgwick, determined to storm this position, had selected the First Division for the duty. The column of attack consisted of the Third and Second Brigades. General Russell commanded the Third and General Upton (then Colonel) the Second. General Bartlett had been assigned to temporary duty with the Fifth Corps. General Russell waGeneral Russell was to attack the redoubt and Colonel Upton the rifle pits. The men of the Third Brigade advanced late in the afternoon, protected somewhat by the railroad embankment, until within the immediate vicinity of the fort, when the conflict became hand to hand; and the fort was taken at great loss to the assailants, and to the utter surpr these words: To Major-General Sedgwick and the officers and men of the Sixth Corps participating in the attack, particularly to the storming party under Brigadier-General Russell, his thanks are due for the gallantry displayed in the assault on the enemy's entrenched position at Rappahannock Station, resulting in the capture of fo
George G. Meade (search for this): chapter 10
Chapter 8: Meade and Lee's game of strategy Brigade headquarters attacked by Moseby thn battleground. To counteract this movement Meade maneuvered as if about to cross the river farthe first move in the strategic game was won by Meade. General Lee, however, turned the head of hiso thus gain the vantage point at Centerville. Meade crossed the Sixth Corps over the bridge at Rapre rapid than the advance had been. Meanwhile Meade had divined the purpose of General Lee and begby the Confederates, was the second victory of Meade over Lee in the strategic game. Lee withdrew n this third event in the game of strategy General Meade certainly gained a decided success. Thesitions favorable for winter quarters, and General Meade thought that by a rapid advance, he might , and waited for further instructions from General Meade, who revoked the order for the assault ande Run and the junction of the two rivers. General Meade retired from Mine Run across the Rapidan, [3 more...]
William P. Roome (search for this): chapter 10
ways kindly and considerate of others, was never profane or vulgar in his conversation. While not a strict abstainer, I never saw him intoxicated in the slightest degree. He was a quick and capable business man, and not a small part of the efficiency of the brigade as a fighting unit was due to his courage and cool-headedness. His weird signature was a revelation of the unusual character of the man. His equal did not succeed him as assistant adjutant-general of the brigade, though Capt. William P. Roome ran him a close second. Captain Wilson entered the service as second lieutenant of Company D, 16th New York, was made adjutant September 20, 1861; promoted to captain and assistant adjutant-general of United States volunteers March 11, 1863, and afterward commissioned as major of the 121st, which he declined. He resigned from the service February 18, 1864, and died October 18, 1886. His grandfather was with General Washington at Yorktown on October 19, 1781, and to him was assigned
Lansing B. Paine (search for this): chapter 10
on the 15th of July. On the next day, the 16th of July, the Army of the Potomac began its advance into Virginia by the same route it had used after the battle of Antietam. The 121st, now reduced to fourteen line officers present for duty, with Major Mather in command, took up the line of march through Boonsborough, Middletown and Burkettsville to the old crossing of the Potomac, at Berlin. Lieut.-Col. Olcott, Captain Gordon and Lieut. Bates were left behind sick. Captain Galpin and Lieutenants Paine and VanScoy with an escort of men, were sent to Washington to bring a squad of conscripts to the regiment. Having crossed the river at Berlin on a pontoon bridge, the advance continued past Lovettsville, Uniontown, Snickersville, and on the 23d of July Ashby's Gap was reached. The movement was continued through New Baltimore to Warrenton where a rest of a couple of days was enjoyed. Then the Second Brigade was sent back to New Baltimore five miles distant from the rest of the corps
Clinton Beckwith (search for this): chapter 10
las was known to be in the vicinity. An attack was made which Comrade Beckwith graphically describes. On Sept. 4, a squad of Rebel cavalryf the old corps of Stonewall Jackson came in sight of them. Colonel Beckwith tells of several experiences of this march that will interest D were deployed as skirmishers under command of Captain Fish. Comrade Beckwith gives the best close — up account of the fight thus: We moved gn his office and his commission and retire to private life. Comrade Beckwith says that the men nicknamed him Snoop, but adds that he did not, was made to carry the captured flags to army headquarters. Colonel Beckwith was one of the ten from the 121st, and thus graphically descries from freezing by running round and round in the snow. Colonel Beckwith gives his personal experience. We stacked our traps and left e conditions of life in a winter camp are so well described by Comrade Beckwith that his description ought to appear in the history of the reg
R. P. Wilson (search for this): chapter 10
ew; but the man on picket and one of the band were wounded. Two attempts were made to capture some of the guerrillas, but without success. In one of these expeditions Moseby's home was visited, located on the side of the mountain between Thoroughfare Gap and the New Baltimore Pike; and some of his turkeys were captured, but severely settled for by Colonel 01-cott's orders. The seven weeks spent at New Baltimore were improved by daily drills and tactical exercises. It was here that Captain Wilson obtained the young puppy that afterwards became a feature of Brigade Headquarters, and attached himself to General Upton whenever he started out on any movement. On the 15th of September the army advanced beyond Culpeper to Stony Mountain, and after several days, to Cedar Mountain. Lee had retired behind the Rapidan where he remained until the beginning of October. On the 5th of October he began a movement to interpose his army between the Army of the Potomac and Washington by cross
Richards (search for this): chapter 10
day laughed heartily over the adventure. As a participant in this affair the writer feels justified in correcting somewhat the Colonel's version of it. The officers' tents were located just behind the first row of trees in the orchard, three or four yards from the fence. The guerrillas did not any of them get inside the fence but fired into the tents from the outside. The General and several of the other officers took position behind the nearest apple trees and returned the fire. Captain Richards, the odd genius of the staff, the night before, having declaimed his usual speech, Hanni-bul and Skipi-o were two great com-pe-ti-ters. They passed over into Af-ri-ca and wag-ged war against each other, took out his revolver and laid it on the stand at the head of his cot, exclaiming, There, I am ready for the guerrillas when they come. His revolver spoke more than once in welcome to the raiders and in louder tones than did that of the General, who the next day lamented the smallness
Egbert Olcott (search for this): chapter 10
ttle of Antietam. The 121st, now reduced to fourteen line officers present for duty, with Major Mather in command, took up the line of march through Boonsborough, Middletown and Burkettsville to the old crossing of the Potomac, at Berlin. Lieut.-Col. Olcott, Captain Gordon and Lieut. Bates were left behind sick. Captain Galpin and Lieutenants Paine and VanScoy with an escort of men, were sent to Washington to bring a squad of conscripts to the regiment. Having crossed the river at Berlin on the finest fellows in the regiment, a member of Company D, was killed. Our entire loss was four killed and twenty-two wounded. Major Mather was in command of the regiment and gained the high opinion of the men for his coolness and ability. Colonel Olcott was away, nursing the injuries he had received from falling off his horse some time before. It has always been a mystery to me why those Johnnies did not kill every one of us, and how any of us escaped. Colonel Upton not only encouraged h
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