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Brigadier-General Ellison Capers, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 5, South Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 1: (search)
The line of battle as now re-established, south of the Warrenton turnpike, ran at a right angle with the Bull run line, and was composed of the shattered commands of Bee, Bartow and Evans on the right, with Hampton's legion infantry; Jackson in the center, and Gartrell's, Smith's, Faulkner's and Fisher's regiments, with two companies of Stuart's cavalry, on the left. The artillery was massed near the Henry house. With this line the assaults of Heintzelman's division and the brigades of Sherman and Keyes, with their batteries, numbering some 18,000 strong, were resisted with heroic firmness. By 2 o'clock, Kershaw's Second and Cash's Eighth South Carolina, General Holmes' brigade of two regiments, Early's brigade, and Walker's and Latham's batteries, arrived from the Bull run line and reinforced the left. The enemy now held the great plateau from which he had driven our forces, and was being vigorously assailed on his left by Kershaw and Cash, with Kemper's battery, and by Earl
Brigadier-General Ellison Capers, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 5, South Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 8: (search)
n the nature of a surprise. Certainly Lee's army was not prepared for it. All that could be done was done—the brigades of Hill and Longstreet, with such artillery as could be operated on the mountain, held back the advancing columns of Hooker and Reno until night put an end to the conflict. General McClellan reported the battle on his side as fought by the divisions of Hatch, Ricketts and Meade, of Hooker's corps; Willcox, Sturgis and Cox, of Reno's corps; and the brigade of Sedgwick, of Sherman's corps; with artillery and cavalry. That this force did not drive Hill in rout from the mountain before Longstreet came up is due to the firmness and heroism of his defense. That it did not envelop both Longstreet and Hill late in the afternoon, and force them down upon Boonsboro, is due to the skill of those generals, and the conduct of their troops and their commanders. Having already stated the order for the investment of Harper's Ferry, we will have now to do with the part taken b
Brigadier-General Ellison Capers, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 5, South Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 11: (search)
Jackson and Vicksburg, holding the railroad at Clinton, where McPherson's corps was encamped. Sherman's corps was between Jackson and Raymond, McClernand's in supporting distance. General Pembertof the 13th of May. McPherson advanced upon Jackson early on the 14th, on the Clinton road, and Sherman at the same time, on the Raymond and Mississippi Springs road, both corps converging on Jacksot's cavalry was demonstrating in his front to keep up a show of attack. To check McPherson and Sherman while valuable stores were being removed from Jackson toward Canton, General Johnston sent the the fortified line around Jackson, where he was invested by three corps of Grant's army, under Sherman, which, by the 10th, were intrenched in front of Johnston's semi-circular line. Daily skirmishterly destroyed, on the 23d of July the ruined city was left to its distressed inhabitants, and Sherman's army returned to Vicksburg. In the campaign above described, from May 20th to July 20th, G
Brigadier-General Ellison Capers, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 5, South Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 19: (search)
n Virginia by the Federal army of Meade, Gen. W. T. Sherman, in command of the armies of the Cumberlnes, repulsing fierce assaults and permitting Sherman to gain no advantages except such as were du army, and announced that he would attack General Sherman's army so soon as it should cross the Chathe heavy enfilade fire of the batteries that Sherman had hurried up to protect his center, and occler with half his cavalry force to operate on Sherman's railroad communications with Chattanooga. he siege and recross the Chattahoochee. But Sherman had already determined to raise the siege, toas, on the railroad at Rough and Ready. Thus Sherman had thrown his entire army (the Twentieth corch Lovejoy's until the evening of the 3d, and Sherman's advance was deploying in Hardee's front by er's commendation. Following these events, Sherman retreated to Atlanta, Hood concentrated his amarched northward on the west of Atlanta and Sherman's army. Gist's brigade camped on the road to[5 more...]
Brigadier-General Ellison Capers, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 5, South Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 21: (search)
command of LieutenantGen-eral Hardee. During Sherman's advance, his feints at Columbia, Ga., made t. On November 28th, before the arrival of Sherman at Savannah, Maj.-Gen. John G. Foster, commann the Big Salkehatchie, early in February. Sherman declares that his real march began on the 1stold the South Edisto to Binnaker's bridge. Sherman pushed his army rapidly toward Midway and Grae of the Congaree; but the rapid movements of Sherman made this impossible. On the 15th, Logan'som Columbia. A pontoon was built, on which Sherman crossed into Columbia on the 17th, and was mehat cannot be removed out of the reach of Generals Sherman and Schofield. Provisions must be accumulhat place. Continuing his march northward, Sherman's left wing reached Fayetteville, N. C., on tly compelled the Confederates to withdraw. Sherman spent three days at Fayetteville, destroying ing that Schofield had reached Goldsboro, and Sherman was moving toward Cox's bridge, Johnston with[17 more...]
Brigadier-General Ellison Capers, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 5, South Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Biographical (search)
865 he was detached with a small division for the campaign against Sherman in the Carolinas. He commanded the rear guard of Hardee's army atpreliminary movements against Vicksburg he thwarted the attempt of Sherman and Porter to reach the city in the rear by way of Deer creek. Inigadier-general. He was active in command of cavalry in harassing Sherman's movement to Chattanooga, and during the Georgia campaign of 1864s lightning brigade, and displayed gallantry on every field. When Sherman began his march to Savannah, he harassed the Federal flank until wrender of Vicksburg, and then returning to Jackson was besieged by Sherman. His brigade comprised the Forty-sixth Georgia, Fourteenth Missiscorps he took part in the final campaign in North Carolina against Sherman, including the battle of Bentonville, and surrendered with the armar for the relief of Vicksburg, and the defense of Jackson against Sherman, and subsequently joined the army at Chattanooga. At the battle o
Brigadier-General Ellison Capers, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 5, South Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Additional Sketches Illustrating the services of officers and Privates and patriotic citizens of South Carolina. (search)
rought into active service by the approach of Sherman's army to that city. The cadets were put in or retirement, until the State was invaded by Sherman's army. In December, 1867, Mr. Elwell was adommand he was on duty on the coast, and after Sherman's invasion served with the troops who fell ba furlough and was cut off from his command by Sherman. He then reported to the provost marshal at having been ordered to the Carolinas to check Sherman's advance. After the close of the war he retrison's staff. He remained in Florence until Sherman's raid occasioned a removal of the prisons toand on James island, Charleston harbor, until Sherman's invasion, and then at various points until was on duty at Columbia until the invasion of Sherman's army, when he was transferred to Anderson, d's army in the subsequent operations against Sherman's communications, was engaged at Dalton, Ga.,his home. In March, 1865, on the approach of Sherman, he started out to drive some live stock to a[43 more...]