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Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 3. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book I:—the war on the Rapidan. (search)
vessels. This was a wise suggestion: the admiral, who entertained the same opinion, adopted it without hesitation. He remained four days longer in the waters of Charleston, watching closely the enemy, who confined himself to the task of fishing up, by means of boats, the guns and some of the debris of the Keokuk. But on the 11th he decided to recross the bar, believing that the monitors were too much exposed to be injured by the first storm that might occur on that dangerous coast. On the 12th the fleet had resumed the positions it had occupied prior to the attack, with the exception of the Passaic, which had gone North to undergo repairs. The check experienced by the monitors inspired the defenders of Charleston with excessive confidence. Public opinion at the North was highly excited on the subject. Mr. Lincoln insisted that DuPont should take his fleet back inside of the bar, fearing lest the relinquishment of the operations against Charleston might enable the Confederates
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 3. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book II:—--the Mississippi. (search)
extending on the left beyond the bayou as far as the lake. Some guns of heavy calibre, several field-batteries, and the armament of the Diana moored alongside of the bayou defended this strong position. The Federals came to reconnoitre it on the 12th, and exchanged a sharp cannonade with their adversaries, but without seriously attacking them. On the 13th a portion of Banks' army crossed over to the left bank of the bayou by restoring the bridge, which was half submerged, and around which theaken measures to fall back in the direction of the north. McClernand occupied Clinton with one division, Mississippi Springs with another, and Raymond with a third; the fourth had remained at New Auburn, where Blair, having left Grand Gulf on the 12th, had joined it; finally, McArthur, who commanded the Third division of McPherson's corps, had brought on one of his brigades, under Ransom, and was marching toward Utica. These reinforcements swelled Grant's active force to twenty-four brigades,
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 3. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book III:—Pennsylvania. (search)
opes of the Blue Ridge. On the 11th the Third corps was ordered to take a position along the Rappahannock between Beverly Ford and Rappahannock Station. On the 12th two other corps were sent to occupy positions whence they could afford it speedy relief or dispute the passes of the Bull Run Mountains to the enemy if the latter the name of Jessie Scouts, whose members, disguised as Confederate soldiers, overran the country and enacted the part of spies as much as that of warriors. On the 12th he sent out two strong reconnoissances on the Woodstock and Front Royal roads. The first encountered a portion of Jenkins' brigade in the vicinity of Newtown, and ton authorities did not believe in the presence of Ewell in the Valley of Virginia until the 14th, when Milroy's fate had already been virtually settled. On the 12th, however, Hooker, always vigilant, having learned from a negro that Ewell's corps had passed by Sperryville, concluded that, not being able to attack Hill near Fre
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 3. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book IV:—Third winter. (search)
ers. But they are soon brought to a halt by superior orders, and the day of the 12th, like the preceding one, ends without seeing the two armies come in contact. y practicable one. But it is too late: the plan should have been adopted on the 12th. The bridge at Falling Waters is indeed completed during the morning, and theilpatrick. The latter leaves the neighborhood of Falmouth on the morning of the 12th, and early on the following day the Federal cavalry presents itself before the p the main body of the troops being at at Culpeper. Warned on the evening of the 12th, Lomax has all the stores collected in that town withdrawn, and on the morning o followed by the enemy. He again crosses Hedgeman's River on the morning of the 12th, and, remaining at Sulphur Springs with a single brigade, sends Colonel Taylor wl days. The Thirteenth Pennsylvania, attacked in its turn on the morning of the 12th, repels all the assaults of the Eleventh Virginia, but its commander neglects to