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Spottsylvania (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.18
sion commander than General Edward Johnson, commonly known as Old Alleghany. Thomas H. Carter. Letter of Lieutenant W. S. Archer. Editor of The Times. As I served throughout the war in the brigade which held the Bloody Angle at Spotsylvania, and it has most unjustly been held responsible for the disaster there, I would like to add one statement to what has already been said, which I think has an important bearing on the result. I do not remember accurately the points of the conemy, the wild cheer of his boys, and then comparative silence, for the boys were too busy to yell? Soon his practiced ear could detect a receding fire, as the enemy broke in confusion and were driven across the line of the horseshoe, towards Spotsylvania. Here they followed the line of Johnson's work towards the famous Bloody Angle, our boys in hot pursuit. As we advanced up a long slope, the ground gradually rising towards the bloody angle, we discovered a dense mass of the enemy formed b
Washington (United States) (search for this): chapter 1.18
spectfully, laid their hands upon the bridle of his horse and turned his head to the rear. Then the old hero raised his hat in his peculiar dignified way, and rode slowly back, while the brigade went forward with more dash and courage than ever before, because they had commanded Mars Bob, and he had obeyed their command. It was in this bloody angle that an oak tree, as large around as a man's body, was cut down by minie balls alone, and its trunk can now be seen in the war office at Washington city. I have spoken of this charge of Hancock's corps, because it has been ignorantly charged that our troops were taken by surprise. There may have been some want of care on the part of the troops and their officers in not keeping their powder dry, and had it been a rainy night, they would have taken greater precautions, and the disaster would never have occurred. As an illustration of the dangers and the casualties of the campaign of 1864, it is only necessary to take Johnson's di
Scottsville (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.18
g on to Richmond move. Good heavens! where did they come from? Such were my thoughts as we pressed our way through their centre. We were marched back some two or more miles to Provost Marshal General Patrick's headquarters, and there I met with a young man, a lieutenant on General Patrick's staff, who, saluting me, said: Well, General, we got a few of you this morning. I replied, Yes; but, as the Yankee said when selling his razor strops, there are plenty more of the same sort left. He remarked again, rather boastingly, We charged you with but 45,000 this morning. I suppose he alluded to the assaulting column, that had nearly passed over our works before I left, for I am quite sure there were at least 100,000 in the column through which I passed in crossing the plateau in front of Jones' and the Louisiana brigades, described by General Walker. D. W. Anderson, Major Forty-fourth Virginia Regiment, Jones' Brigade, Johnson's Division. Scottsville, Albemarle county, Va.
Fort Delaware (Delaware, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.18
fter surrendering we sat down in the trenches a few minutes, then the enemy began pouring over our works in heavy columns, and we were ordered to go to the rear. I hesitated to take such a leap into the dark blue mass of human beings then before me, a closed column of about four hundred yards front and half a mile deep, thick as men could walk, pressing forward with rapid strides to support those more advanced. Such was the sight that met my gaze when I mounted the works for my on to Fort Delaware march. I could but exclaim, Oh, for a few rounds from Colonel Nelson's guns! What a target from the position they held on yesterday! All Yankeedom concentrated with a big on to Richmond move. Good heavens! where did they come from? Such were my thoughts as we pressed our way through their centre. We were marched back some two or more miles to Provost Marshal General Patrick's headquarters, and there I met with a young man, a lieutenant on General Patrick's staff, who, saluting
Chancellorsville (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.18
the other fragments of Johnson's division, were incorporated into a single brigade, called Terry's brigade. The official designation of Stonewall brigade was not given to that body of men until after the death of its General, Paxton, at Chancellorsville, in May, 1863. Prior to that it had been known either by its number, or the name of its commander. When Stonewall Jackson was its commander in 1861, it was called the First Virginia brigade. After General Jackson was promoted to major-gr's brigade. When the gallant Winder fell, General Jackson had Major Paxton, of his staff, promoted to the rank of brigadier-general, and assigned to the Command of Winder's brigade; and it was called Paxton's brigade until he was killed at Chancellorsville in May, 1863. Then I was assigned to its command, and for a few weeks only it was known as Walker's brigade; when, by authority of the Secretary of War, it received the official designation of Stonewall brigade, by which it had been unoff
Rapidan (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.18
nian, at Gettysburg. The Federal Government then brought General Grant from the West, flushed with victory, to command the largest and best equipped army ever gathered on American soil. Its appointed task was to destroy the army of General Lee and capture the Capital of the Confederate States. To accomplish this cherished object, the new commander was promised all the men, the means and the munitions of war he should ask for. On the 4th of May, 1863, when General Grant crossed the Rapidan river, his whole force amounted to 141,000 men, while that of General Lee amounted to 64,000, the odds being over two and a-quarter to one. Any other commander except Robert E. Lee would have felt it prudent to retire before such odds, and watch for opportunities to strike his antagonist at exposed points, and select and fortify a strong position near Richmond. But General Lee was as bold and daring as he was skillful and prudent, and he knew the men he commanded were equal to any task tha
United States (United States) (search for this): chapter 1.18
re speaking of that day's work. It will be remembered that the Army of Northern Virginia, having defeated McDowell, McClellan, Pope, Burnside and Hooker, met its first check at the hands of General Meade, a Virginian, at Gettysburg. The Federal Government then brought General Grant from the West, flushed with victory, to command the largest and best equipped army ever gathered on American soil. Its appointed task was to destroy the army of General Lee and capture the Capital of the Confederate States. To accomplish this cherished object, the new commander was promised all the men, the means and the munitions of war he should ask for. On the 4th of May, 1863, when General Grant crossed the Rapidan river, his whole force amounted to 141,000 men, while that of General Lee amounted to 64,000, the odds being over two and a-quarter to one. Any other commander except Robert E. Lee would have felt it prudent to retire before such odds, and watch for opportunities to strike his antag
Raccoon Ford (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.18
usket nor cannon in it to fire a shot, and the enemy simply walked over the works without hindrance. The Forty-eighth, it is true, was a small regiment, for on the 5th of May more than one-half the men present, with the colors, had fallen in the gloomy depths of the Wilderness. There were enough left, however, to have held the salient if they had been in it with dry powder. W. S. Archer, Lieutenant Forty-eighth Virginia Regiment. Rev. M. S. Stringfellow's account. Raccoon Ford, Culpeper county, Va., February 20, 1893. Editor of The Times: I have been very much interested in two articles which have recently appeared in your paper over the signatures of General James A. Walker and Colonel Thomas H. Carter, relating to the battle of the 12th of May, at Spotsylvania Courthouse. I feel some hesitancy in coming before the public after such men as the two abovemen-tioned, but as I feel that it is a duty we owe to our cause and ourselves to throw all the light we can upon so
Fort Bedford (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.18
from Johnson's old works, and discovered that they were heavily manned by the enemy. Turning from the pursuit of the mass in front of us we charged the works which were now to our left, killing, wounding and capturing everything in them. At this juncture of affairs I am satisfied I was in less than fifty steps of the angle, and I am perfectly certain I could have gone to the angle without encountering an enemy. The officer commanding our brigade that day was, I think, Colonel Casey, of Bedford. Finding that our pursuit of the enemy had separated our brigade from the Georgians, he ordered us to close to the right. In doing so, we increased the distance between our left and the angle to probably a hundred, or possibly one hundred and fifty yards. Not long after this movement, about half an hour, I think, a large number of tile enemy made their appearance to our left and rear. Running through the entire length of the horse shoe, from toe to heel, was a skirt of timber. Under cov
Bloody Angle (search for this): chapter 1.18
dful carnage on both sides, in that salient which gave to it the name of the Bloody Angle; the touching incident of the devotion of General Lee's soldiers to his persf The Times. As I served throughout the war in the brigade which held the Bloody Angle at Spotsylvania, and it has most unjustly been held responsible for the disa It is necessary to bear all this in mind to understand what followed. The Bloody Angle was held by the Second Brigade, Colonel Witcher, of General Edward Johnson'stsylvania. Here they followed the line of Johnson's work towards the famous Bloody Angle, our boys in hot pursuit. As we advanced up a long slope, the ground grad another Old Reb space in your valuable paper to say a word or two about the Bloody Angle, in addition to what has been said by General J. A. Walker and others? I n the noise of the moving columns of the enemy concentrating in front of the Bloody Angle. Third. I was within a few paces of General Johnson when we were capture
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