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Georgia (Georgia, United States) (search for this): chapter 13
ed toward a man under such circumstances, but it is pleasant to be able to say that little Bob's prudent precautions accomplished their object. As I have always understood, he passed safely through the war and followed the men of his battery to Georgia. Stonewall was a remarkable little animal. It was surprising that he was not lost or killed in action, especially when we had to change our position rapidly under fire, which was very often. Under such circumstances, whoever happened to bebe in the ranks; that I was right about that movement of all our guns to that advanced position, and this showed I had a gift for handling artillery; that he would send for a commission as captain and have me assigned to the command of a certain Georgia battery which he mentioned; that it was true this battery had a way of getting its captains killed and wounded, but that bad luck like that didn't last forever, and that it was time the luck was turning with this battery. I thanked him heartily
Jackson (Mississippi, United States) (search for this): chapter 13
lorious head! God bless it, God bless it! In a short time the Light Division got under way again, resuming its swaying, swinging, panther-like step, others of Jackson's command following them. When the last of his troops had passed, we resumed our march and continued it until we finally reached the position assigned us, with Mot been able to rival it, nor has there been any near approximation to it in the other rebel armies. It is strange that I cannot recall when I first heard of Jackson's being wounded, nor even of the overwhelming calamity of his death. There is an impression on my mind that I saw his body lying in state in the Capitol at Richmirections to report at Richmond for orders. This seemed to settle the question. Evidently I could not wait for the chance of the reopening of the appointment on Jackson's staff, or for the captaincy in artillery of which General McLaws had spoken, either of which I should have greatly preferred to the engineer appointment. I had
Marye's Heights (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 13
d Early and Fitzhugh Lee, on the Confederate side, take a like view. The two latter estimate Sedgwick's force at thirty thousand troops, while Early had only some ten thousand to oppose him. Fitz says in substance that Sedgwick's attacks were desultory, nerveless, and easily repulsed, even by our very inferior force, until the extreme weakness of our lines was discovered under flag of truce granted him to take care of his wounded. Then he attacked with more determination and captured Marye's Heights and several pieces of artillery, but even then did not push his advantage with vigor. Barksdale seems to have been for the time separated from Early, and it was at this juncture that Mr. Owen procured the horse and galloped to Chancellorsville with his blood-curdling tale of disaster. A staff officer of General Early had, however, preceded him, as we afterwards learned. It was currently reported at the time that the whole of the Mississippi brigade would have been captured, as par
Chancellorsville (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 13
Chapter 13: Chancellorsville On the march the light division passes our guns Marse Robert passes the light divo little dogs of the battalion two of our guns take Chancellorsville in reverse interview with General McLaws entire reg. I recall but one or two features of the march to Chancellorsville. We were with McLaws' division, and of the 14,000 (An column on the side of the Old Turnpike, head toward Chancellorsville, to allow the Light division, as Gen. A. P. Hill's cod see the entire formation of the Federal lines about Chancellorsville. Who discovered this position I never knew, but it wat Fredericksburg with Early) we could fairly blow up Chancellorsville. While I was saying this Major Goggin, adjutant-geneture that Mr. Owen procured the horse and galloped to Chancellorsville with his blood-curdling tale of disaster. A staff of, on the 30th of April, as he took up his position at Chancellorsville, he issued his General Order No. 47, congratulating h
Jackson County (West Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 13
Chapter 13: Chancellorsville On the march the light division passes our guns Marse Robert passes the light division the two little dogs of the battalion two of our guns take Chancellorsville in reverse interview with General McLaws entire regiment from New Haven, Conn., captured brother William and Marse Robert Sedgwick Hooker his battle orders his compliment to Lee's Army Lee's order announcing Jackson's death. I recall but one or two features of the march to Chancellorsville. We were with McLaws' division, and of the 14,000 (Anderson's and McLaws' commands) with which General Lee undertook to hold, and did hold, the front of Hooker's 92,000, while Jackson, with the balance of our forces, swung around his right flank and rear. Two of our batteries, the Howitzers and Manly's, left Fredericksburg at midnight, April 30th, 1863, and early on the morning of May 1st were drawn up in column on the side of the Old Turnpike, head toward Chancellorsville, to a
Louisiana (Louisiana, United States) (search for this): chapter 13
y in his mouth when Van had once inserted it between his teeth. Then when the orderly sergeant, before beginning the roll, called Pipes out! Van would stoop and slip Stonewall's pipe from his mouth to his left paw, which would then instantly drop to his side with the other, and the little corporal would stand, or sit, stiffly and staunchly in the position of a soldier, eyes front, until the company was dismissed. Stonewall was stolen from us several times by Harry Hayes' brigade, his Louisiana Creoles having the ungovernable passion of the French soldier for pets. At last the cunning thieves succeeded in hiding him, and we lost him finally, to the deep regret, not to say grief, of every man in the battery. After fighting for some hours in a very indecisive and unsatisfactory fashion, in the unsatisfactory position above described, two of our pieces, my gun one of them, were advanced by a neighborhood road, several hundred yards to the right and front and to the top of a hil
West Virginia (West Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 13
field for some interesting observation and discrimination. Both were small, the Troupe Artillery dog, the larger of the two, about the size of a small coon without a tail, which he in general resembled. He was dark, stone gray on his back, inclining (somewhat more than a coon) to tan or fawn color underneath. He had also rough, coarse hair; short, stout legs, and, as implied, little or no tail. He had entered the service early, joining the battery during the unfortunate campaign in Western Virginia, and was named after the commanding general, Robert Lee. He was very plucky in a personal difficulty, but I blush to say, an abject coward in battle. The Howitzer dog, whom we christened Stonewall Jackson, came to us a mere puppy in the summer of 1862, after the battles around Richmond, and while we were waiting for the re-equipment of the battery. He was a Welsh fice, very small, but beautifully formed, gleaming white in color, with a few spots of jet black, his hair fine and short,
New Haven (Connecticut, United States) (search for this): chapter 13
e On the march the light division passes our guns Marse Robert passes the light division the two little dogs of the battalion two of our guns take Chancellorsville in reverse interview with General McLaws entire regiment from New Haven, Conn., captured brother William and Marse Robert Sedgwick Hooker his battle orders his compliment to Lee's Army Lee's order announcing Jackson's death. I recall but one or two features of the march to Chancellorsville. We were with McLah seemed to have been sent forward with the view of capturing our two rifled guns. A little later he marched his prisoners into the clearing we had occupied, and it turned out that he had an entire regiment, I think of hundred-day men, from New Haven, Conn. General Lee, convinced that there was, for the present at least, no more dangerous fight in Hooker, had ridden through to General McLaws' position to talk with him about turning back to help Early take care of Sedgwick. He and McLaws we
Fredericksburg, Va. (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 13
t flank and rear. Two of our batteries, the Howitzers and Manly's, left Fredericksburg at midnight, April 30th, 1863, and early on the morning of May 1st were drahat he had gotten separated from his company, which had been left behind at Fredericksburg with Early. To my astonishment, he made for a large tree, back of which anith our eight guns in action on that hill (the other eight had been left at Fredericksburg with Early) we could fairly blow up Chancellorsville. While I was saying ti, or rather of Barksdale's brigade — the real hero of the great revival at Fredericksburg. He, of course, had remained behind there, with his brigade, under the genrdered to draw out on the road, head of column to the rear, that is, toward Fredericksburg,--an order and movement which we all well understood,--when my attention wath, his eyes starting from their sockets, began to tell of dire disaster at Fredericksburg-Sedgwick had smashed Early and was rapidly coming on in our rear. I hav
Winthrop Dudley Sheldon (search for this): chapter 13
ed me to him and asked whether I really knew those people, the peculiar phrase which he employed habitually in speaking of the Northern people or the Federal soldiery,--and upon my telling him that I did, he ordered the guard to pass me in the lines, telling me to find out what I could and let him know. He also offered to do anything in his power for any prisoner whose circumstances I might think required his intervention, and in this way I arranged a special exchange for a young man named Sheldon, whom I had known at Yale or at a preparatory school in New Haven. I also gathered considerable information, which I gave to the commanding general. A short time after this, I cannot say exactly how long, but that same evening and before we started back after Sedgwick, General McLaws called me to him and said I ought not to be in the ranks; that I was right about that movement of all our guns to that advanced position, and this showed I had a gift for handling artillery; that he would
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