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Kanawha (West Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 7
protect and nourish the Union sentiment, the other to aid and encourage those who sympathized with the South. Henry A. Wise, once their governor, was made a brigadier general and assembled a force with which he advanced to Charleston, on the Kanawha River, but afterward returned to Lewisburg, on the Greenbrier. It was thought by his presence and eloquence that the resident population might be made confederate in feeling and his army largely recruited. General John B. Floyd, who had been Presto the necessities of war, to comprehend and promptly execute the measures required for the occasion. General Johnson, of Georgia, commands on the Monterey line, General Loring on this line, and General Wise, supported by General Floyd, on the Kanawha line. The soldiers everywhere are sick. The measles are prevalent throughout the whole army. You know that disease leaves unpleasant results and attacks the lungs, etc., especially in camp, where the accommodations for the sick are poor. I t
West Virginia (West Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 7
Chapter 6: the campaign in West Virginia. General Lee was in Richmond during the operations a done. I leave to-morrow for the army in western Virginia. As no immediate hostile advance now tssued a proclamation to the inhabitants of West Virginia, and on the following day another to the ss so called after he had been brought from West Virginia to the command of the Army of the Potomac.ou will in due time sweep the rebels from western Virginia, but we do not mean to precipitate you, aents now. General Lee proceeded at once to West Virginia, and for the first time assumed active comhim. He fully realized he had been sent to West Virginia to retrieve Confederate disasters, and thawill be done to please them. It is true West Virginia, as it is called, would have been a desira be admitted that General Lee retired from West Virginia with diminished military reputation. Greatinware with which he commenced the war in West Virginia. It is not known that General Lee ever at
Ohio (United States) (search for this): chapter 7
he President thought it more important that I should be here. I could not have done as well as has been done, but I could have helped and taken part in a struggle for my home and neighborhood. So the work is done, I care not by whom it is done. I leave to-morrow for the army in western Virginia. As no immediate hostile advance now threatened the Federal or Confederate capitals, other sections began to receive attention. Northwest Virginia lies between the Alleghany Mountains and the Ohio River. It is a rough, mountainous district, with only a few passable roads connecting it with the remainder of the State. The iron horse had never penetrated its soil or watered in its mountain streams. There was not that touch and feeling of interest that is derived from personal contact between the citizens of northwest Virginia and other portions of the Old Dominion. On the question of secession the majority of them differed widely from the great mass of Virginians. It was doubtful terr
Washington (United States) (search for this): chapter 7
rginians. It was doubtful territory, and both the Governments at Washington and at Richmond recognized the importance at an early date of senl force. In his dispatch of July 12th to the adjutant general at Washington he estimated Garnett's force at ten thousand, beginning at this tat at Manassas, McClellan was selected to command the defenses at Washington, and the day after that battle, while at Beverly, was informed by Adjutant-General Thomas, at Washington, that his presence there without delay was necessary. General William S. Rosecrans succeeded him. assumed command of the Department of Northeastern Virginia and of Washington. Being necessary to select another commanding officer for the Suse he thought the most important battles would be fought between Washington and Richmond. It was then determined that General Lee should assordinance creating them into a new State, which the Government at Washington recognized as the State of Virginia. It must be admitted that
Virginia (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 7
er sections began to receive attention. Northwest Virginia lies between the Alleghany Mountains andhad recruited and organized a brigade in southwest Virginia, and in July led it over to the region oral of Ohio volunteers. He crossed into northwest Virginia on the 26th of May, he says, of his own d been ordered to defend that portion of northwest Virginia. Garnett was a Virginian, who had grding officer for the Southern troops in Northwest Virginia, General Lee designated Brigadier-Generaould probably be two armies operating in northwest Virginia, and also being disappointed in what hadation from Staunton and other portions of eastern Virginia were necessarily long and difficult. vernment at Washington recognized as the State of Virginia. It must be admitted that General Le be avenged, and the whole of that portion of Virginia speedily wrested from the Federal arms. The Confederate States, the other the Governor of Virginia. They knew him well, and that the failure o[1 more...]
Grafton, W. Va. (West Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 7
gning from the United States Army his first service in the South was as adjutant general of the Virginia forces. He was considered an excellent officer, a rigid disciplinarian, and, in consequence of many soldierly traits, had at one time been appointed commandant of the Cadet Corps at West Point. In June this officer occupied, with a force of about five thousand men, Laurel Hill, thirteen miles south of Philippi, on the turnpike leading to Beverly, in Randolph County. McClellan reached Grafton on the 23d of the same month, and on the same day issued a proclamation to the inhabitants of West Virginia, and on the following day another to the soldiers of the Army of the West, both in the bombastic, inflated style followed by officers on each side in the early days of the war. He called his enemies hard names and charged them with grave offenses, and in many ways differed from the same McClellan who afterward commanded the Army of the Potomac. Soldiers, said he, I have heard there wa
Cheat River (United States) (search for this): chapter 7
ion of Garnett's force under Lieutenant-Colonel John Pegram. Beverly was occupied by the Federal troops the next day, and General Garnett with the remainder of his army, finding that retreat had been cut off in that direction, abandoned his intrenchments on Laurel Hill and made a hasty retreat in the night over a rough country road in the direction of St. George, in Tucker County. He was rapidly followed and his rear overtaken at Carrick's Ford, on the Shafer Fork of the main branch of Cheat River. In the engagement which followed Garnett was killed. Lieutenant-Colonel Pegram, who had escaped with a force of some five hundred men from Laurel Hill, not being able to join General Garnett in consequence of the latter's retreat, determined to surrender his little force, which had been without food for two days, as prisoners of war, and on July 12th surrendered to General McClellan five hundred and sixty men and thirtythree commissioned officers. Four days afterward Mc-Clellan iss
St. George, W. Va. (West Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 7
to turn their flank and rear, which General Rosecrans successfully did with four regiments. The troops at this point were a portion of Garnett's force under Lieutenant-Colonel John Pegram. Beverly was occupied by the Federal troops the next day, and General Garnett with the remainder of his army, finding that retreat had been cut off in that direction, abandoned his intrenchments on Laurel Hill and made a hasty retreat in the night over a rough country road in the direction of St. George, in Tucker County. He was rapidly followed and his rear overtaken at Carrick's Ford, on the Shafer Fork of the main branch of Cheat River. In the engagement which followed Garnett was killed. Lieutenant-Colonel Pegram, who had escaped with a force of some five hundred men from Laurel Hill, not being able to join General Garnett in consequence of the latter's retreat, determined to surrender his little force, which had been without food for two days, as prisoners of war, and on July 12th surre
Big Sewell Mountain (West Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 7
sed at once, so that We conquer or die together, a most extravagant and unusual form of speech for him to adopt. You have spoken, said he to Wise, of want of consultation and concert. Let that pass till the enemy is driven back. I expect this of your magnanimity. Consult that and the interest of your cause, and all will go well. Just say, then, replied Wise, where we are to unite and conquer or die together, and I will delight to obey you. Rosecrans had advanced to the top of Big Sewell Mountain and had placed his army in a strong position. General Lee, with the troops of Wise, Floyd, and Loring --about eight thousand men — occupied a position on a parallel range. The two armies were now in close proximity to each other, both occupying strong defensive positions. Lee and Rosecrans, having been officers of the engineers, were fully aware of the great disadvantage an attacking army would have, and each waited, hoping the other would attack. After occupying these positions f
Staunton, Va. (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 7
esults and attacks the lungs, etc., especially in camp, where the accommodations for the sick are poor. I traveled from Staunton on horseback. A part of the road I traveled over in the summer of 1840 on my return to St. Louis after bringing you homt wants is labor to clear the mountainsides of timber. It has rained, I believe, some portion of every day since I left Staunton. Now it is pouring. Colonel Washington, Captain Taliaferro, and myself are in one tent, which as yet protects us. I hain Tygart's Valley on the road to Huttonsville, with a reserve at Huttonsville, so he could re-enforce his troops on the Staunton road, or on the Valley Mountain road, as necessary. Loring, with thirtyfive hundred effective troops, was in front of him on the latter, while General H. R. Jackson, with twenty-five hundred men, opposed him on the Staunton road. The natural topographical features, supplemented by artificial means, rendered his position very strong on both. General Lee promptly too
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