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Edward R. Bowen (search for this): chapter 38
elfth Regiment marched back to find its place on the other side of the Plank road, it was mistaken, in the wood, for an advance of the enemy, and fire was opened on it from the other regiments of the brigade. The men threw themselves to the ground to let the fire pass. Just then our party of officers was up and rode under the fire. General Jenkins had not finished the expressions of joyful congratulations which I have quoted when he fell mortally wounded. Captain Doby and the orderly, Bowen, of Kershaw's staff, were killed. General Kershaw turned to quiet the troops, when Jenkins's brigade with levelled guns were in the act of returning the fire of the supposed enemy concealed in the wood, but as Kershaw's clear voice called out F-r-i-e-n-d-s! the arms were recovered, without a shot in return, and the men threw themselves down upon their faces. At the moment that Jenkins fell I received a severe shock from a minie ball passing through my throat and right shoulder. The bl
George E. Pickett (search for this): chapter 38
ennessee. General Badeau claims, besides, six thousand furloughed men and conscripts as joining the army between the 20th of April and the 4th of May. Of this there is no official record, and it is more than probable that new cases of sick and furloughed men of that interval were as many at least as the fragmentary parties that joined us. General Humphreys reported me as having fifteen thousand men. If he intended those figures as the strength of the First Corps, he is accurate enough, but Pickett's division of that corps was not with it, nor did it return to the Army of Northern Virginia until late in the campaign. So I find no good reason for changing the figures of Colonel Taylor, except so far as to add Johnson's brigade of Rodes's division, which is reported to have joined the Second Corps on the 6th of May,--estimated at 1500, which, added to 63,998, would make the total 65,498. But General Ewell's official account of numbers on the morning of the 6th of May puts his force a
Erasmus Taylor (search for this): chapter 38
leged fact. I had the letters published as an advertisement for the officer who was claimed as my guide. No response came. I inquired of the members of the staff, First Corps; not one had seen or heard of such a person. The quartermaster, Colonel Taylor, who was ordered to secure a competent guide at the first moment of receipt of orders to march, reported of the matter thus: Meadow Farm, Orange Court-House, July 1, 1879. General James Longstreet: Dear General,-- Your favor of the 30th uide for you, which I did after some difficulty in the person of Mr. James Robinson, the then sheriff of the county. I saw no such person, nor can I think that any such was at any time at our quarters before we broke camp. Sincerely yours, Erasmus Taylor. These efforts to secure one witness in support of the allegation, or rather to prove a negation, were all that occurred to me at the time, and now I can think of but one more chance, which is for Fitzhugh Lee to offer a liberal reward.
Winfield S. Hancock (search for this): chapter 38
e contention the stronger force. In this connection I refer to the policy of attrition which became a prominent feature during part of the campaign, and showed that the enemy put his faith in numbers more than in superior skill and generalship. General Grant made his Headquarters near the Army of the Potomac, in Culpeper County, Virginia, commanded by Major-General George G. Meade. It had been organized into three corps, Second, Fifth, and Sixth, commanded respectively by Major-General W. S. Hancock, Major-General G. K. Warren, and Major-General John Sedgwick, all in cantonment near Culpeper Court-House. The Ninth Corps was a distinct body reorganized under Major-General A. E. Burnside, and posted in cooperative position near the railroad bridge over the Rappahannock River. The aggregate of the two commands was about one hundred and thirty thousand men, classified as follows: Army of the Potomac: Infantry present for duty, equipped (aggregate)73,390 Cavalry (aggregate)1
James E. B. Stuart (search for this): chapter 38
when the solid columns came. Warren's (Fifth Corps) crossed after Wilson's cavalry, marching westward as far as Wilderness Tavern. Sedgwick's corps followed and pitched camp near the crossing. Hancock's corps followed Gregg's cavalry, and made camp at Chancellorsville. Generals Grant and Meade went over after Warren's column and established Headquarters near the crossing. General Grant despatched for Burnside's corps to come and join him by night march. Sheridan was expected to engage Stuart's cavalry at Hamilton's Crossing near Fredericksburg. General Grant had no fixed plan of campaign beyond the general idea to avoid the strong defensive line occupied by General Lee behind Mine Run, and find a way to draw him out to open battle. The Wilderness is a forest land of about fifteen miles square, lying between and equidistant from Orange Court-House and Fredericksburg. It is broken occasionally by small farms and abandoned clearings, and two roads,the Orange Plank road an
Samuel S. Carroll (search for this): chapter 38
tty's division advanced, and met the divisions of Heth and Wilcox a few hundred yards in advance of their trenches. In the fierce engagement that followed, Birney's and Mott's divisions were engaged on Getty's left, and later the brigades of Carroll and Owen, of Gibbon's division. Wadsworth's division and Baxter's brigade of the Fifth Corps were put in to aid Getty's right. The combination forced Heth and Wilcox back about half a mile, when the battle rested for the night. Hancock reinfoeight o'clock Hancock was reinforced by Stevenson's division of the Ninth, and Wadsworth of the Fifth was put under his orders. At nine o'clock he attacked with Wadsworth's, Birney's, Stevenson's, and Mott's divisions, and the brigades of Webb, Carroll, and Owen, of Gibbon's division, making as formidable battle as could be organized in the wood, but the tangle thinned his lines and our fire held him in desperate engagement. Two divisions of the Ninth Corps, at the same time marching for P
Getty (search for this): chapter 38
the corps made ready for battle. The Sixth, except Getty's division, was ordered to make connection on the rihe Fifth by wood roads, and prepare for the battle. Getty's division was ordered to the Plank road at the Broc they were near the Brock road crossing, occupied by Getty's division of the Sixth Corps. General Getty wasGeneral Getty was in time to drive back a few of our men who had reached the Brock road in observation, and Hancock's corps joins, and Barlow's-along the Brock road, on the left of Getty's. His artillery was massed on his left, near Barlowrossroads, General Meade ordered them into action. Getty's division, supported by the Second Corps, was to drs orders for the advance on the Plank road. At 4.15 Getty's division advanced, and met the divisions of Heth alowed, Birney's and Mott's divisions were engaged on Getty's left, and later the brigades of Carroll and Owen, xter's brigade of the Fifth Corps were put in to aid Getty's right. The combination forced Heth and Wilcox bac
Thomas H. Owen (search for this): chapter 38
sion advanced, and met the divisions of Heth and Wilcox a few hundred yards in advance of their trenches. In the fierce engagement that followed, Birney's and Mott's divisions were engaged on Getty's left, and later the brigades of Carroll and Owen, of Gibbon's division. Wadsworth's division and Baxter's brigade of the Fifth Corps were put in to aid Getty's right. The combination forced Heth and Wilcox back about half a mile, when the battle rested for the night. Hancock reinforced his frck Hancock was reinforced by Stevenson's division of the Ninth, and Wadsworth of the Fifth was put under his orders. At nine o'clock he attacked with Wadsworth's, Birney's, Stevenson's, and Mott's divisions, and the brigades of Webb, Carroll, and Owen, of Gibbon's division, making as formidable battle as could be organized in the wood, but the tangle thinned his lines and our fire held him in desperate engagement. Two divisions of the Ninth Corps, at the same time marching for Parker's Stor
John W. Fairfax (search for this): chapter 38
Rapidan before night; but General Lee was present, and ordered that our line, which was nearly a right angle (my division being the base, and Kershaw's and the other flanking force the perpendicular), should first be straightened out. The difficulty of manoeuvring through the brush made this a tedious operation, so that when we did advance with large reinforcements from Ewell's corps placed under my orders, the enemy was found awaiting us behind new breastworks, thoroughly prepared. Colonel Fairfax says,--On reaching the line of troops you were taken off the horse and propped against a tree. You blew the bloody foam from your mouth and said, Tell General Field to take command, and move forward with the whole force and gain the Brock road, but hours were lost. Letter to the writer. A Northern historian says,--It seemed, indeed, that irretrievable disaster was upon us; but in the very torrent and tempest of the attack it suddenly ceased and all was still. What could cause th
Andrew A. Humphreys (search for this): chapter 38
two commands was about one hundred and thirty thousand men, classified as follows: Army of the Potomac: Infantry present for duty, equipped (aggregate)73,390 Cavalry (aggregate)12,424 Artillery and engineers2,764 Quartermaster's, subsistence, and medical departments, extra-duty men, and engineer brigade19,183 Ninth Corps, present for duty, equipped19,486 Total127,247 But deducting extra-duty men, claimed as non-combatants19,183 Leaves108,064 These figures are from Major-General A. A. Humphreys, chief of staff of the Army of the Potomac. But General Badeau, in his Military history of U. S. Grant, p. 94, gives as the exact numbers put into battle (after deducting a division of colored troops, not then used for battle service) the following: Army of the Potomac97,273 Ninth Corps22,708 Total119,981 From which he deducts the division of colored troops3,095 Leaving116,886 The Army of Northern Virginia stood on the west side of Rapidan River, Mine Run on its righ
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