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Spottsylvania (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 8
brigade from the 5th to the 12th of May, 1864, inclusive. by Colonel S. D. Thruston, of the Third North Carolina. In the Southern Historical Papers for 1885, appears the report of General R. S. Ewell of the campaign from the Rapidan to Spotsylvania, in May, 1864, in which only a casual mention is made of the part taken therein by the brigade of General George H. Steuart. This is readily accounted for from the fact that the commander, together with almost the entire brigade, was captured immediately following the death of the lamented Jones, with the results above indicated; this being ended, the troops lay quietly building breastworks all the afternoon on the line selected, and where they remained until moved by the right to Spotsylvania, May the 8th. General Ewell, in his report, makes no mention whatever of Steuart's brigade on the evening of the 10th, in the recapture of Doles's works. The facts are as hereinbefore stated. Steuart, facing by the rear rank, left his wor
Washington (United States) (search for this): chapter 8
r their endurance and heroism. From this day to the closing scene at Appomattox the two North Carolina regiments served with Ramseur's—later Cox's—brigade, of Rodes's division, and the three Virginia regiments were consolidated with the remnants of Jones's brigade, of Gordon's division. In these separate commands a warm feeling always existed between the men who had stood firmly by each other on so many hardly contested fields. They followed the fortunes of war under Early in the Washington city and Valley campaigns. The last seen of them by the writer was on the field of Winchester September 19, 1864, where he, after-being baptized in the blood of the heroic and dauntless Rodes, General Rodes was bending from his saddle and giving instructions to Colonel Thruston when the fatal bullet pierced his brain. He fell, without a groan, in the arms of the colonel, saturating him with the warm life current. was himself so fearfully wounded as to be unfit for field duty ever after.
Newtown (New York, United States) (search for this): chapter 8
nt commander being killed, the men streaming to the rear, and carrying many men of Battle's left with them. It was now 11 1/2 A. M. Battle having succeeded in rallying his men on Steuart's right, the line resumed the advance, and struck a stout line of Federal infantry in a thicket of pines, skirting the margin of the small opening—once a field. This line being assaulted, fled precipitately, all escaping except the One-hundred and Forty sixth New York—its commander, Colonel Jenkins, Elmira, New York, being killed—which surrendered in a body, and was sent to the rear, all except its color-guard and colors, which was too fleet to be overtaken. The right of Steuart, debouching suddenly into this field — the left still in the brush—discovered two Howitzers, in the act of being taken off, which were quickly captured, together with the Lieutenant commanding the section. This section of a battery was on the near side of the deep and wide washout—as described—while, three hundre
Appomattox (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 8
render. Thus, on the 12th day of May, 1864, in front of Spotsylvania Courthouse, ceased to exist Steuart's brigade, composed of men who had followed various commanders from Manassas, in 1861, the Valley campaign with Jackson, down to Richmond and on through the several conflicts of ‘62, ‘63 and ‘64, not only without spot on their colors, and having the confidence of their leaders, but also complimented and honored for their endurance and heroism. From this day to the closing scene at Appomattox the two North Carolina regiments served with Ramseur's—later Cox's—brigade, of Rodes's division, and the three Virginia regiments were consolidated with the remnants of Jones's brigade, of Gordon's division. In these separate commands a warm feeling always existed between the men who had stood firmly by each other on so many hardly contested fields. They followed the fortunes of war under Early in the Washington city and Valley campaigns. The last seen of them by the writer was on
Fredericksburg, Va. (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 8
e ready to move, and at midday it took up the line of march in the direction of Locust Grove, a point on the Old Stone Pike, running from Orange Courthouse to Fredericksburg. This point was reached and passed in the evening of the same day, and the brigade went into bivouac about two and a half miles beyond. The night was passedaphical history of the country in which the Army of Northern Virginia was about to grapple its enemy. The Old Stone Pike, running from Orange Courthouse to Fredericksburg, and having the general direction of southeast, passes what was formerly an old stage stand, known as Locust Grove. After passing this point about two and onhe two North Carolina regiments had served in Doles's brigade from the Seven Days battles around Richmond through the Second Manassas and Maryland campaign to Fredericksburg, 13th December, 1862. The men quickly recognized their old comrades and felt much interest in assisting that gallant brigade. This report is written from
Abingdon, Va. (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 8
vidual conduct have been mentioned aside from the general behavior of the troops in the several conflicts; being on the right nothing, but the generalities of the left could be seen, and many seen have been forgotten; for this reason mention is made of no personal incident in either of the three splendid Virginia regiments, they being continuously on the left. Colonel Brown, First North Carolina, is living somewhere in Tennessee; Colonel Williams, Thirty-seventh Virginia, in or near Abingdon, Virginia; the colonels of the Tenth and Twenty-third Virginia have passed away. If either, or both, of those living, or any member of either of the regiments of Steuart's brigade happen to see this, it is earnestly solicited that any alterations, additions, or corrections, necessary to a truthful history, may be given publication, the writer's only object being to put the five regiments in their true light before their countrymen now living, and more particularly those to come after. Believ
Maryland (Maryland, United States) (search for this): chapter 8
in the heart of every surviving member of the Second corps. Oh, no; none of this! The only object is simply to put upon record, for history, those men and comrades who, at the time, had no one to do that duty for them. The brigade, composed of the First and Third North Carolina, and the Tenth, Twenty-third and Thirty-seventh Virginia regiments of infantry, was, a short time after the battle of Chancellorsville, in May, 1863, placed under the command of General George H. Steuart, of the Maryland Line, and followed him in the Gettysburg campaign, through all the campaigns of 1863, and down to the 12th of May, 1864, in all of which it bore itself with a conspicuous gallantry, and many times received the laudation of its division and brigade commanders. On the morning of May the 4th, 1864, the brigade, being on picket along the Rapidan, discovered the columns of the Federal army in the distance moving to the right and apparently to the river below. The order soon came to be ready
Tennessee (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): chapter 8
been filled in from General Ewell's report. Few incidents of individual conduct have been mentioned aside from the general behavior of the troops in the several conflicts; being on the right nothing, but the generalities of the left could be seen, and many seen have been forgotten; for this reason mention is made of no personal incident in either of the three splendid Virginia regiments, they being continuously on the left. Colonel Brown, First North Carolina, is living somewhere in Tennessee; Colonel Williams, Thirty-seventh Virginia, in or near Abingdon, Virginia; the colonels of the Tenth and Twenty-third Virginia have passed away. If either, or both, of those living, or any member of either of the regiments of Steuart's brigade happen to see this, it is earnestly solicited that any alterations, additions, or corrections, necessary to a truthful history, may be given publication, the writer's only object being to put the five regiments in their true light before their count
Gold Dale (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 8
moving to the right and apparently to the river below. The order soon came to be ready to move, and at midday it took up the line of march in the direction of Locust Grove, a point on the Old Stone Pike, running from Orange Courthouse to Fredericksburg. This point was reached and passed in the evening of the same day, and the brne Pike, running from Orange Courthouse to Fredericksburg, and having the general direction of southeast, passes what was formerly an old stage stand, known as Locust Grove. After passing this point about two and one half miles east and south, it enters the battle-renowned Wilderness. This Wilderness is a generally level barren,basins, through which the rainfall, washing from the higher margins, cuts long gullies and often deep and wide washouts. About three miles south and east of Locust Grove, a brave farmer, in days long gone, cleared a little field, of twenty or more acres, on and including one of these basins, through which the pike now runs. Ti
Ramseur (search for this): chapter 8
of Spotsylvania Courthouse, ceased to exist Steuart's brigade, composed of men who had followed various commanders from Manassas, in 1861, the Valley campaign with Jackson, down to Richmond and on through the several conflicts of ‘62, ‘63 and ‘64, not only without spot on their colors, and having the confidence of their leaders, but also complimented and honored for their endurance and heroism. From this day to the closing scene at Appomattox the two North Carolina regiments served with Ramseur's—later Cox's—brigade, of Rodes's division, and the three Virginia regiments were consolidated with the remnants of Jones's brigade, of Gordon's division. In these separate commands a warm feeling always existed between the men who had stood firmly by each other on so many hardly contested fields. They followed the fortunes of war under Early in the Washington city and Valley campaigns. The last seen of them by the writer was on the field of Winchester September 19, 1864, where he,
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