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Wilkinson (Mississippi, United States) (search for this): chapter 35
e of the river. I was now satisfied that the enemy's movement up the opposite side of the river in the morning was a feint; that an advance would be made on Fredericksburg, and that our sojourn in that city would soon be terminated. The enemy's pickets soon advanced from Deep Run, drove General Early's pickets back to the railroad and moved up the turnpike toward Fredericksburg. I immediately threw back the right of my picket line, composed of Company E, under Lieutenant Mc-Neely, of Wilkinson county, and Company G, under Lieutenant Mills, of Leak county, and established it from the gas-house up Hazel Run to the railroad, with videttes along the railroad toward Hamilton station, connecting with General Early's pickets. The enemy's pickets continued to advance and engaged my pickets, but being supported by a line of infantry, failed to drive them from their position. It was now dark. Helpless and alone, the Twenty-first regiment, with four hundred muskets, was facing and resisting
Leake county (Mississippi, United States) (search for this): chapter 35
ld only go one eye on it, I saw enough to satisfy myself that I was cut off from the brigade, with the enemy on my right flank. I attempted to change front, and form on the plank road facing Marye's Hill, but soon found that road enfiladed by a battery near Mary Washington's monument, which forced us to retreat. Lieutenant Price Tappan, of Vicksburg, and Frank Ingraham, of Claiborne county, both accomplished soldiers and gentlemen, were killed and left on the hill. Lieutenant Mills, of Leake county, lost his leg, and was captured. The third company of the Washington Artillery lost its gun and some of the men. The fourth company lost its two guns. Lieutenant De Russy was knocked down by a fragment of shell and badly contused. Privates Lewis and Maury killed, and several captured. The whole story of the 3d of May, 1863, at Marye's Hill, was fully told, though not amiably expressed, by a noble son of Louisiana, who gallantly stood by his gun on the hill, until the last hope of ho
Dutch (West Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 35
attacked in the rear. Sedgwick, finding himself attacked front and rear by fifteen thousand men, instead of being able to attack Lee in his rear, hurriedly and rapidly retired by his right flank toward Banks's ford, and recrossed the Rappahannock that night. Lee, thus relieved of the presence of Sedgwick, moved McLaws and Early toward Chancellorsville to support Anderson and Stuart, who had been threatening, but were now ordered to engage Hooker. Early on the 5th, Hooker, perplexed by his Dutch entanglement, and alarmed by the failure of Sedgwick, declined the fight and retreated toward the Rappahannock and crossed at the United States ford. Thus, Lee, with an army of less than fifty thousand men, all arms—ragged, half-rationed, and badly equipped—successfully met an army of over one hundred and twenty thousand men, magnificently equipped, and on ground chosen by themselves and partly fortified. For five long days he maintained the unequal contest—skillfully foiled every effort o<
Chancellorsville (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 35
ved his main force, and confronted him at Chancellorsville, on the 1st of May. General Early's divurthouse road to reinforce General Lee at Chancellorsville, leaving the Twenty-first regiment to picd and startling stories borne to him from Chancellorsville by Hooker's wires concerning the fiery ch hope was to reach the main army, then at Chancellorsville, engaged in a furious battle. When, howeart and Anderson were ordered to threaten Chancellorsville, while, in person, Lee advanced with McLaf Sedgwick, moved McLaws and Early toward Chancellorsville to support Anderson and Stuart, who had bthe 30th of April? After Lee moved up to Chancellorsville, and confronted Hooker on the 1st of May, General Hooker had prudently remained at Chancellorsville, defending his ninety thousand men againsns at Fredericksburg, and returned toward Chancellorsville and struck Hooker on his left flank, drovning of the 2d of May, with 90,000 men at Chancellorsville; and had Sedgwick been a Beauregard, a D.[4 more...]
Yazoo (Mississippi, United States) (search for this): chapter 35
the point where it could be reached by Miller's gun, and proved too much for the left wing of the Eighteenth regiment, and three companies of the Twenty-first regiment, and, by an impetuous charge, broke through the battle-worn ranks of the ever-glorious Eighteenth, and overwhelmed the line at the stone-fence by jumping into the sunken road, and bayoneted and shot down many of our boys after they surrendered. Colonel T. M. Griffin, of Madison county; Lieutenant-Colonel W. Henry Luse, of Yazoo county, and Lieutenant J. Clark, of Jackson, were captured. Major J. C. Campbell, of Jackson, was wounded, but made his escape, and died in a few days. Lieutenant Mackey, of Madison county, was wounded, and died in Fredericksburg. Adjutant Oscar Stuart, of Jackson, Lieutenant H. T. Garrison, Lieutenant S. T. Fort, and William Cowen, were killed by drunken soldiers after they surrendered. One-half of the Eighteenth, and three companies of the Twenty-first, were killed or captured in the road.
Jackson (Mississippi, United States) (search for this): chapter 35
's army, and drove back the right wing of Hooker's army upon his centre. Then Sedgwick began to move in earnest on the 3d of May, and Hooker remained on the defensive with his ninety thousand against forty-five thousand. From the number of men that Hooker knew Jackson had on his right flank, stirring up his Dutch, he must have known that Lee had but few left between him and Sedgwick. Yet Hooker remained defending his ninety thousand as best he could against Anderson's twelve thousand and Jackson's twenty-five thousand, and let Lee turn towards Fredericksburg with two divisions—eight thousand men—on the 4th of May, and in hearing distance of Hooker, drive Sedgwick, with his twenty thousand, across the Rappahannock; and on the 5th became alarmed for the safety of his ninety thousand, and precipitately recrossed the river. That didn't look to the Rebels like pulverizing the rebellion much. Had Hooker been a Lee, and Sedgwick a Jackson, Sedgwick would have moved out of Deep Run wit
Stafford Court House (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 35
brigades and thirty-two guns on the 13th of December, 1862. The discovery emboldened him, and as the last wounded Federal was taken from the field, a concentrated fire, from thirty or forty pieces of artillery posted in the city and on Stafford's Heights, was directed on Marye's Hill, and three columns of infantry seemed to rise out of the earth, and rushed forward with demoniac shouts and yells—one from a valley in front of Marye's Hill, one from the city on the plank road, and up the vallion the various portions of the two contending armies found themselves in on the morning of the 4th of May, after six days marching, fighting and counter-marching. A heavy force of Federals—about fifteen thousand—occupied Fredericksburg and Stafford Heights; Barksdale and Early., with their backs to each other on the plank road, with five thousand men, between Fredericksburg and Sedgwick; Sedgwick between Early and Lee, with twenty thousand men; Lee, with Anderson, McLaws and Wilcox, between Se<
Hazel Run (West Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 35
of Leak county, and established it from the gas-house up Hazel Run to the railroad, with videttes along the railroad toward him at Marye's Hill. I informed him of the situation at Hazel Run, and my instructions to pickets, which were approved, and I returned to the city to superintend the picket line at Hazel Run, where there was a desultory firing kept up from both side same time a line of the enemy's infantry charged across Hazel Run upon Company E and Company G. Our brave boys gallantly sone from the city on the plank road, and up the valley of Hazel Run. The Twenty-first regiment and Miller's gun repulsed the on Willis's Hill, drove back the column that advanced up Hazel Run. The centre column that advanced from the valley, directmovement of the enemy, advancing over Marye's Hill and on Hazel Run, made me despair of reaching the brigade. My only hope will. I saw that it was possible for my regiment to cross Hazel Run above Marye's Hill and rejoin the brigade, which move was
United States (United States) (search for this): chapter 35
tracts from the Mississippi State War Records, by General B. G. Humphreys, ex-Governor of Mississippi, and Colonel of the Twenty-first Mississippi regiment, Confederate States army.] * * * * * During the winter of 1862-3, General Burnside had been superseded by Fighting Joe Hooker, who was making gigantic preparations, just acrubtless with the view of deceiving us into the belief that he was withdrawing from our front and going to support Hooker at Chancellorsville, by the way of the United States ford. The heavy artillery and musketry firing in that direction told but too plainly that a terrible battle was raging there. About the middle of the forenooooker, perplexed by his Dutch entanglement, and alarmed by the failure of Sedgwick, declined the fight and retreated toward the Rappahannock and crossed at the United States ford. Thus, Lee, with an army of less than fifty thousand men, all arms—ragged, half-rationed, and badly equipped—successfully met an army of over one hundred
Georgia (Georgia, United States) (search for this): chapter 35
federacy are satisfied that Barksdale's brigade and the Washington Artillery can't whip the whole Yankee army. The rapid movement of the enemy, advancing over Marye's Hill and on Hazel Run, made me despair of reaching the brigade. My only hope was to reach the main army, then at Chancellorsville, engaged in a furious battle. When, however, I reached Gest's Hill on the plank road, I discovered the enemy had been checked by the Thirteenth and Seventeenth regiments, Frazier's battery from Georgia, Carloton's battery from North Carolina, and the second company of Washington Artillery, then on Lee's Hill. I saw that it was possible for my regiment to cross Hazel Run above Marye's Hill and rejoin the brigade, which move was made and accomplished. General Barksdale, as soon as he saw that Marye's Hill was lost, the Eighteenth regiment shattered, the Washington Artillery captured and the Twenty-first regiment cut off, ordered the Thirteenth and Seventeenth regiments to fall back to Lee
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