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Suffolk, Va. (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 21
men of the regular Army. Camp Butler was at once established; and in the course of a few days a battery was planted at Newport-Newce that commanded the ship-channel of the James River and the mouth of the Nansemond, on one side of which, on Pig Point, the insurgents had constructed a strong redoubt, and armed it well with cannon from the Gosport Navy Yard. It was a part of Butler's plan of campaign to Newport-Newce landing. capture or turn that redoubt, pass up the Nansemond, and seize Suffolk; and, taking possession of the railway connections between that town and Petersburg and Norfolk, menace the Weldon Road — the great highway between Virginia and the Carolinas. To do this required more troops and munitions of war, and especially of means for transportation, than General Butler had then at his command; and he was enabled only to take possession of and hold the important strategic point of Newport-Newce at that time. In order to ascertain the strength of the Pig Point Batter
Virginia (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 21
Chapter 21: beginning of the War in Southeastern Virginia. General Butler at Fortress Monroe, 498. movements of troops near Fortress Monroe, 500. slaves pronounced contraband of War Newport Newce fortified, 501. attack on Pig Point Battery the troops at Camp Hamilton, 502. the insurgents on the Peninsula, 503. eidents at Hampton, 515. the Eleventh Indiana Regiment, 516. expedition to Romney planned, 517. skirmish at Romney Bridge, 518. Whilst the campaign in Northwestern Virginia was opening with vigor, important events were occurring at and near Fortress Monroe, on the southeastern borders of that State, where General Benjamin F. Baffair at Great Bethel. That disappointment and chagrin were somewhat relieved by a victory obtained over insurgent troops at Romney, in Hampshire County, Northwestern Virginia, achieved on the following day by a detachment of the Eleventh Indiana (Zouaves), Eleventh Indiana Regiment. commanded by Colonel Wallace, whose speedy
Nansemond River (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 21
them. He was accompanied by Lieutenant John T. Greble, of the Second Regiment of Artillery, an accomplished young officer, educated at West Point, whom he appointed Master of Ordnance, to superintend the construction of the works. Greble had under his command two subalterns and twenty men of the regular Army. Camp Butler was at once established; and in the course of a few days a battery was planted at Newport-Newce that commanded the ship-channel of the James River and the mouth of the Nansemond, on one side of which, on Pig Point, the insurgents had constructed a strong redoubt, and armed it well with cannon from the Gosport Navy Yard. It was a part of Butler's plan of campaign to Newport-Newce landing. capture or turn that redoubt, pass up the Nansemond, and seize Suffolk; and, taking possession of the railway connections between that town and Petersburg and Norfolk, menace the Weldon Road — the great highway between Virginia and the Carolinas. To do this required more troo
Harper's Ferry (West Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 21
earnest desire for duty in the field, and it was delighted by an order issued on the 6th of June, by the General-in-chief, to proceed by rail to Cumberland, Maryland, and report to Major-General Patterson, then moving from Pennsylvania toward Harper's Ferry, where the insurgents were in strong force under General Joseph E. Johnston. This order was the result of the urgent importunities of Colonel Wallace and his friends, to allow his fine regiment an opportunity for active duties. During the f This dash on the insurgents at Romney had a salutary effect. It inspirited the loyal people in that region, thrilled the whole country with joy, and, according to the Richmond newspapers, so alarmed Johnston by its boldness, and its menaces of his line of communication with Richmond, and Manassas (for he believed these troops to be the advance of a much larger force), that he forthwith evacuated Harper's Ferry, and moved up the Valley to a point nearer Winchester. Tail-piece — Knapsac
Hampton Roads (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 21
ished there. Under his direction a line of intrenchments was thrown up, extending from Hampton Creek across to the marshes of Back River, a part of which, as we have observed, included the old church-yard walls. On these intrenchments the large number of fugitive slaves who had fled to the Union lines were employed. Troops from the North continued to arrive in small numbers, and the spacious building of the Chesapeake Female Seminary, standing on the edge of the water, and overlooking Hampton Roads, was taken possession of and used as a hospital. Chesapeake Female Seminary. Butler began to have hopes of sufficient strength to make some aggressive movements, when the disastrous battle at Bull's Run July 21, 1861. occurred, and blasted them. The General-in-chief drew upon him for so many troops for the defense of Washington that he was compelled to reduce the garrison at Newport-Newce, and to abandon Hampton. The latter movement greatly alarmed the contrabands there, under
Massachusetts (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 21
tes Senate. See pages 227 and 856. Duryee was succeeded a few days afterward by Brigadier-General E. W. Peirce, of Massachusetts, Butler's senior in rank in the militia of that State, who had generously yielded his claims to higher position for tic man, and was willing to serve the cause in any capacity. He came from the command of the principal rendezvous for Massachusetts troops, at Fort Warren, and entered upon his duties, as the leader of the forces at Camp Hamilton, on the 4th of Juneby a detachment from Colonel Phelps's command at Newport-Newce. These latter consisted of a battalion of Vermont and Massachusetts troops (the latter of Wardrop's Third Regiment), under Lieutenant-Colonel Washburne; Ebenezer W. Peirce. Colont deployed on the right of the highway, in the wood, toward the left flank of the insurgents, with three companies of Massachusetts and Vermont troops of Washburne's command. The battle was opened by a Parrott rifled cannon fired from the insurge
Hampton (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 21
y a Bridge in the direction of the village of Hampton. The picture is a bird's-eye view of the formilton. Over and beyond us is the village of Hampton. Beginning at the isthmus, on the right, we onfusion caused by Colonel Phelps's dash into Hampton, three negroes, claimed as the property of Cothree months service, when he held command at Hampton, he bore the load of odium with suffering tha the battle-ground at Big Bethel, the site of Hampton, and the hospitals and schools in the vicinit of interest on the way. A few miles out from Hampton we passed a small freedmen's village. Then w moon. We spent Tuesday among the ruins at Hampton and vicinity, and in visiting the schools andth of August, 1861. excepting the burning of Hampton on the 7th of that month. It was now plainly position at Newport-Newce and the village of Hampton. On the 1st of July that village was formallthe garrison at Newport-Newce, and to abandon Hampton. The latter movement greatly alarmed the con[6 more...]
Wade Hampton (search for this): chapter 21
censured officer justified, 511. the desolation of Hampton, 512. Big Bethel battle-ground visited, 513. HampHampton and vicinity, 514. incidents at Hampton, 515. the Eleventh Indiana Regiment, 516. expedition to Romney pxtinguished the flames, crossed the stream, entered Hampton, and drove what few armed opponents they found ther, and became so in this country, as Randolph-Macon, Hampton-Sidney, and Wilkes-Barre. In Captain Smith's map o of two churches), on the road between Yorktown and Hampton, and only a few miles from the latter place. With eparing to attempt the seizure of Newport-Newce and Hampton, and confine Butler to Fortress Monroe. The latterstores of Adler, Peake, and Armistead, merchants of Hampton. The one with the wood-sawyer in front was a barbehis Pictorial Field-Book of the Revolution, visited Hampton and the fortress, and traveled over the road from Ye, the rector of the parish when the writer visited Hampton in 1853. was covered with rude cabins, all occupie
John P. Pegram (search for this): chapter 21
uggle; and was one of a class of graduates of the West Point Military Academy, which furnished several distinguished general officers for the war that ensued. There were forty-six graduates of his class of one hundred, of whom twenty-three remained true to the Union, and fourteen joined the insurgents when the war broke out. At that time, seven of them were known to be dead. Ten of the fourteen disloyal ones became generals in the Confederate army, namely, G. W. C. Lee, Jas. Deshler, John P. Pegram, J. E. B. Stuart, Archibald Gracie, S. D. Lee, W. D. Pender, J. B. Villepigue, J. T. Mercer, and A. B. Chapman. Only four of the loyal graduates were raised to the rank of general, namely, Henry L. Abbot, Thomas E. Ruger, 0. 0. Howard, and S. H. Weed. Of the forty-six graduates, it is known that twelve were killed in battle, and, up to this time (December, 1865), eight have died. Generous, brave, and good, he was greatly beloved by all who knew him, and was sincerely mourned by the na
John T. Greble (search for this): chapter 21
death of Major Winthrop, 508. death of Lieutenant Greble, 509. effect of the battle of Big Betheto superintend the construction of the works. Greble had under his command two subalterns and twentewce, followed by Bendix with his Germans, and Greble with his battery and artillerymen, as supportsd of thirty men) and Washburne, and also Lieutenant Greble, thinking the insurgents had fallen uponyee, and three pieces of artillery under Lieutenant Greble. One of Townsend's mountain howitzers had been added to Greble's battery of two guns. On the right of the advancing force was a wood thatr of the wood on the right of the road, whilst Greble, still advancing, poured a rapid and effectivecurrence of his colonels, to order a retreat. Greble was still at work, but with only one gun, for d Right, as the beloved young martyr. Lieutenant Greble's body was borne to Fortress Monroe by tink I shall come off the field alive. Lieutenant Greble's body received military honors in Phila[7 more...]
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