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John Sedgwick (search for this): chapter 10
oads, on McCall's right; Hooker in front of the Quaker road, on McCall's left; Sedgwick's division, Sumner's corps, behind McCall. Before noon of the 30th, Jackso of the Federal batteries. During the combat between Jackson and Franklin, Sedgwick's brigades under Dana and Sully were sent back to reinforce at the crossing, bable struggle, the Confederates won the ground, and Randol's gallant battery. Sedgwick's division reinforced the front and crowded back the Confederate right, while handsomest manner and with great slaughter. General Sumner, who was with General Sedgwick, in McCall's rear, also greatly aided with his artillery and infantry in d, where I received a call from General Kearny for aid. Knowing that all of General Sedgwick's troops were unavailable, I was glad to avail myself of the kind offer ofr's and Branch's, drove back reinforcements coming to their succor from one of Sedgwick's brigades; pushed Caldwell's off to Kearny's position, where, with the additi
L. O'B. Branch (search for this): chapter 10
n position at Meadow Bridge; his brigade, under General Branch, and Johnson's battery, seven miles above, at Bnoon passed. A few minutes after ten A. M., General Branch received a note informing him that, at the hour, hearing nothing from Jackson or his brigade under Branch, decided to cross the river and make his move without reference to Jackson or Branch. He crossed and moved down against Mechanicsville, attacked by Field's brig Hill at rest in the rear, except the brigade under Branch, which was posted off to my right and rear to guardat rest several hours after the battle was pitched (Branch's brigade on guard on my right retired, and Gregg'sgh the enemy's line, and, supported by Pender's and Branch's, drove back reinforcements coming to their succore some little distance in advance of it. Archer and Branch, on Field's right, made strong that part of it. Grek. By change of front a clever fight was made, but Branch's brigade, ordered for service at that point, had b
J. G. Walker (search for this): chapter 10
numbers and the two divisions. Hill was not put in until a later hour, and encountered the troops of Kearny and Slocum. Hill's orders were to hold the line gained until Jackson and Huger approached, to warrant more aggressive battle. Magruder's march had been directed to succor Holmes. In his official account, General Holmes wrote of parts of his cavalry and artillery, whose conduct was shameful in the extreme. He reported his casualties: Daniel's brigade, 2 killed, 22 wounded; Walker's brigade, 12 wounded; artillery, 15 wounded. The strength of the enemy's position and their imposing numbers were such that to attempt an attack upon them with my small force, unsupported, would have been perfect madness; for to have done this would have required a march of over three-quarters of a mile up a steep hill destitute of cover. I accordingly withdrew about nine P. M. to a position somewhat in advance of that occupied in the morning. Rebellion Record, vol. XI. part II. p. 1
R. H. Anderson (search for this): chapter 10
ainst Mechanicsville, attacked by Field's brigade, Anderson and Archer on Field's left, Pender and Gregg on hi Upon the receipt of the last message, Pickett and Anderson were ordered into action as assaulting columns, anssault, and to follow on the left of Pickett's and Anderson's columns, then in motion, as the columns of direcnder the full blaze of the battle, but Pickett and Anderson were comparatively fresh, and dashed through the oehind that brigade and closed the interval towards Anderson's left, leaving his other regiments, the First and close echelon. As the advanced lines of Pickett, Anderson, and Hood reached and crowned the stronghold of the enemy, Anderson and Pickett moved up in pursuit of the broken lines, and were almost in possession of their how the breach to have been made by the columns of Anderson, Pickett, and Hood's two regiments. The troops ofr the battery from which the shots came was R. H. Anderson's brigade, in which Colonel Jenkins had a battalio
Gaines (search for this): chapter 10
molested, the Confederates being satisfied that the direct assault had failed, and the flanking march non-aggressive. Early in the morning, D. H. Hill was ordered to march to the left to turn the position, and was on the Federal right before their lines were well out of their trenches. He came up with Jackson and led the march of that column from Hundley's Corner. A. P. Hill marched by the direct route to Gaines's Mill, and Longstreet, in reserve, moved by the route nearer the river and Dr. Gaines's house. D. H. Hill marched by Bethesda Church to Old Cold Harbor. He understood the plan of campaign and promptly engaged the new position along the Chickahominy Heights, on the enemy's right, where he found a well-posted battery of ten guns near swamp lands commanding the only road of approach. He ordered Bondurant's battery into action, but the combat was unequal; the latter was forced to retire, and General Jackson ordered the division back to selected ground parallel to a road o
S. P. Heintzelman (search for this): chapter 10
found Sumner too strong for him. After his success, Sumner retired to Savage Station, where he joined Franklin with his division under Smith. The Third Corps (Heintzelman's), under misconception of orders, or misleading of staff-officers, followed the marching corps across the swamp, leaving the Second and Smith's division of theivision came against my right. Thus the aggressive battle became defensive, but we held most of the ground gained from McCall. In his official account, General Heintzelman said,-- In less than an hour General McCall's division gave way. General Hooker, being on his left, by moving to the right repulsed the rebels in the haarny's aid. I rode out far enough on the Charles City road to see that we had nothing to fear from that direction. Rebellion Record, vol. XI. part II. p. 100. Heintzelman. General McCall reported,-- I had ridden into the regiment to endeavor to check them, but with only partial success. It was my fortune to witness one o
James J. Archer (search for this): chapter 10
. P. Hill, hearing nothing from Jackson or his brigade under Branch, decided to cross the river and make his move without reference to Jackson or Branch. He crossed and moved down against Mechanicsville, attacked by Field's brigade, Anderson and Archer on Field's left, Pender and Gregg on his right, and six field batteries (four guns each). The outpost was driven in, and Hill prepared and attacked against the front at Beaver Dam Creek. Meanwhile the Mechanicsville Bridge had been cleared, and,s division, Kearny succeeded in recovering his own ground and in putting Caldwell's brigade into part of McCall's original right, leaving the Confederates holding part of McCall's first line, Field's brigade some little distance in advance of it. Archer and Branch, on Field's right, made strong that part of it. Gregg's brigade on the left made little progress beyond holding most of the ground taken by the first assault. The battle thus braced held its full and swelling volume on both sides. My
Alanson M. Randol (search for this): chapter 10
troops right and left going in, in the same spirit, McCall's fire and the forest tangle thinned our ranks as the lines neared each other, and the battle staggered both sides, but, after a formidable struggle, the Confederates won the ground, and Randol's gallant battery. Sedgwick's division reinforced the front and crowded back the Confederate right, while Kearny's, reinforced by Slocum, pushed severely against my left, and then part of Hooker's division came against my right. Thus the aggresattle joined; Hill was to be put in fresh to crown it. As night approached without indications of attack from either of those columns, Hill was advanced to relieve the pressure against my worn troops. At the first dash he again grasped and held Randol's battery, that had been the source of contention from the first onset. Field's brigade pushed on through the enemy's line, and, supported by Pender's and Branch's, drove back reinforcements coming to their succor from one of Sedgwick's brigades
Micah Jenkins (search for this): chapter 10
were sent back to reinforce at the crossing, but upon the opening of the engagement at Frayser's Farm they were brought back on the double-quick. After a time reports of cannon fire came from the direction of Charles City road, signalling, as we supposed, the approach of Huger's column. To this I ordered one of our batteries to return salutation. The senior brigadier of the division, R. H. Anderson, was assigned to immediate supervision of my front line, leaving his brigade under Colonel M. Jenkins. While awaiting the nearer approach of Jackson or the swelling volume of Huger's fire, the President, General Lee, and General A. P. Hill, with their staffs and followers, rode forward near my line and joined me in a little clearing of about three acres, curtained by dense pine forests. All parties engaged in pleasant talk and anticipations of the result of a combination supposed to be complete and prepared for concentrating battle,--Jackson attacking in the rear, Huger on the right
Henry W. Slocum (search for this): chapter 10
ssing at White Oak Swamp, and pass over to defend it. The Fifth and Slocum's division of the Sixth were to follow at night of the 28th. The Slvern Hill, with McCall's division across the Long Bridge road, and Slocum's across the Charles City road, defending the avenues of approach f heavy tangles, as was the ground in front of Hooker. The front of Slocum, along the Charles City road, was something similar, but offering sd crowded back the Confederate right, while Kearny's, reinforced by Slocum, pushed severely against my left, and then part of Hooker's divisiore unavailable, I was glad to avail myself of the kind offer of General Slocum to send the New Jersey brigade of his division to General Kearput in until a later hour, and encountered the troops of Kearny and Slocum. Hill's orders were to hold the line gained until Jackson and Hugeoff to Kearny's position, where, with the additional aid of part of Slocum's division, Kearny succeeded in recovering his own ground and in pu
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