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Slaughter (search for this): part 1.2, chapter 1.3
nnsylvania all but five; in the Fifth Connecticut all but eight. It was one of the most heroic combats of the war. A Leader of Cavalry. Colonel Alfred N. Duffie was in command of the First Rhode Island Cavalry, in the Cavalry Brigade of the Second Division of McDowell's (Third) Corps in Pope's Army of Virginia. The cavalry had been used pretty well during Pope's advance. On the 8th of August, the day before the battle of Cedar Mountain, the cavalry had proceeded south to the house of Dr. Slaughter. That night Duffie was on picket in advance of General Crawford's troops, which had come up during the day and pitched camp. The whole division came to his support on the next day. When the infantry fell back to the protection of the batteries, the cavalry was ordered to charge the advancing Confederates. Officers and men behaved admirably, and I cannot speak too highly of the good conduct of all of the brigade, reported General Bayard. After the battle the cavalry covered the retrea
Robert E. Lee (search for this): part 1.2, chapter 1.3
t know what the world later learned — that Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson were generals beforemonth with Pope's army toward Gordonville. But Lee, by his brilliant and daring tactics, drove theederal army, under Pope, in its advance against Lee needed much more than well drilled regiments ofrginia, under Pope, is now to bear the brunt of Lee's assault, while the Army of the Potomac is disichmond, and, if possible, to draw a portion of Lee's army away from McClellan. His first objectivith Jackson's own ideas which he had urged upon Lee. Although believing McClellan to be in an impretill in a position to be reenforced by sea, but Lee, seeing that McClellan remained inactive, had dahannock. Halleck was much concerned as to how Lee would act during the Federal evacuation of the hole army toward Gordonsville, in the hope that Lee, compelled to strengthen Jackson, would be too felt out the strength massed against it. After Lee's brilliant tactics had turned McClellan's Peni
FILLEBROWN (search for this): part 1.2, chapter 1.3
k by A. P. Hill, he halted on the edge of a wheatfield, where he was reenforced by the Tenth Maine. For nearly half an hour it held its own, losing out of its 461 officers and men 173 in killed and wounded. A few days after the battle some survivors had a picture taken on the exact spot where they had so courageously fought. The remains of the cavalry horses can be seen in the trampled field of wheat. From left to right these men are: Lieutenant Littlefield, Lieutenant Whitney, Lieut.-Colonel Fillebrown, Captain Knowlton, and First-Sergeant Jordan, of Company C. The house well named Slaughter's house, overlooking the scene of carnage of Cedar Mountain, stood on the northern slope in the rear of the position taken by the Confederate troops under General Ewell. The brigades of Trimble and Hayes were drawn up near this house, at some distance from the brigade of Early. After the battle the whole of Jackson's army was drawn up on the slopes near it. The fugitives: followe
Abraham Lincoln (search for this): part 1.2, chapter 1.3
Pope came to Washington in June, 1862. The secretary disclosed the plans on which he and President Lincoln had agreed, that a new army, to be known as the Army of Virginia, was to be created out ofops in the vicinity of Washington. A new army, in fact, was created to make the campaign which Lincoln had originally wanted McClellan to carry out. The command was given to General John Pope, whosestward to the Federal capital and Philadelphia. Immediately after Washington got wind of this, Lincoln (on August 4th) issued a call for three hundred thousand men; and all haste was made to rush throlina, declared that all slaves in his military department were forever free, but a week later Lincoln annulled the proclamation. Hunter, however, raised a storm by organizing a regiment of fugitivuld be made in proper cases. Ten days after the battle, Greeley published his famous letter to Lincoln, The Prayer of Twenty millions. On September 22, 1862, the Emancipation Proclamation was issue
Stanton (search for this): part 1.2, chapter 1.3
antly exhibit the trophies won at Donelson, at Pea Ridge, at Shiloh, and at Island No.10. The North thereupon came to believe that the Western leaders were more able than those of the East. This belief was shared by the President and his Secretary of War and it led to the determination to call on the West for help. The first to be called was General John Pope, who had won national fame by capturing New Madrid and Island No.10 on the Mississippi River. In answer to a telegram from Secretary Stanton, Pope came to Washington in June, 1862. The secretary disclosed the plans on which he and President Lincoln had agreed, that a new army, to be known as the Army of Virginia, was to be created out of three corps, then under the respective commands of Generals McDowell, N. P. Banks, and John C. Fremont. These corps had been held from the Peninsula campaign for the purpose of protecting Washington. Pope demurred and begged to be sent back to the West, on the ground that each of the t
John C. Fremont (search for this): part 1.2, chapter 1.3
nia, was to be created out of three corps, then under the respective commands of Generals McDowell, N. P. Banks, and John C. Fremont. These corps had been held from the Peninsula campaign for the purpose of protecting Washington. Pope demurred ahn Pope, whose capture of Island No.10 in the Mississippi had brought him into national importance. The corps of Banks, Fremont, and McDowell were consolidated to form this new army, called the Army of Virginia. General Fremont refused to serve unGeneral Fremont refused to serve under his junior, and his force was given to Franz Sigel, who had won fame in 1861 in Missouri. This picture was taken about two weeks after the reorganization was completed. The soldiers are those of McDowell's Corps. They are on the old battlefieof no avail and he assumed command of the Army of Virginia on the 26th of June. McDowell and Banks made no protest; but Fremont refused to serve under one whom he considered his junior, and resigned his position. His corps was assigned to General
Littlefield (search for this): part 1.2, chapter 1.3
enth When Crawford's troops were driven back by A. P. Hill, he halted on the edge of a wheatfield, where he was reenforced by the Tenth Maine. For nearly half an hour it held its own, losing out of its 461 officers and men 173 in killed and wounded. A few days after the battle some survivors had a picture taken on the exact spot where they had so courageously fought. The remains of the cavalry horses can be seen in the trampled field of wheat. From left to right these men are: Lieutenant Littlefield, Lieutenant Whitney, Lieut.-Colonel Fillebrown, Captain Knowlton, and First-Sergeant Jordan, of Company C. The house well named Slaughter's house, overlooking the scene of carnage of Cedar Mountain, stood on the northern slope in the rear of the position taken by the Confederate troops under General Ewell. The brigades of Trimble and Hayes were drawn up near this house, at some distance from the brigade of Early. After the battle the whole of Jackson's army was drawn up on t
Theodore A. Dodge (search for this): part 1.2, chapter 1.3
iet trees on the banks — all these features stand out as clearly as they did in August of 1862, as the engineer corps was working on the north fork of the Rappahannock, near Sulphur Springs. The pictures are of the same bridge from different points of view. Crossing the Rappahannock The Army of Virginia, under Pope, is now to bear the brunt of Lee's assault, while the Army of the Potomac is dismembered and sent back whence it came, to add in driblets to Pope's effective.--Colonel Theodore A. Dodge, U. S.A., in A Bird's-eye view of the Civil War. General George B. Mcclellan, with all his popularity at the beginning, had failed in his Peninsula campaign to fulfil the expectations of the great impatient public of the North. At the same time, while the Army of the Potomac had as yet won no great victories, the men of the West could triumphantly exhibit the trophies won at Donelson, at Pea Ridge, at Shiloh, and at Island No.10. The North thereupon came to believe that the W
McDowell (search for this): part 1.2, chapter 1.3
the battle-ground of Cedar Mountain. McDowell's headquarters Manassas, July 8, 1862. GenGeneral McDowell, who had been so unfortunate in the first great battle of the war, was made commander e newly created Army of Virginia under Pope. McDowell had his headquarters at Manassas. He moved scamera has preserved for us in this picture. McDowell once more had the chagrin of seeing a beaten s, then under the respective commands of Generals McDowell, N. P. Banks, and John C. Fremont. Thesnsula in March of 1862 he had expected all of McDowell's Corps to be sent him as reenforcement beforimportance. The corps of Banks, Fremont, and McDowell were consolidated to form this new army, callion was completed. The soldiers are those of McDowell's Corps. They are on the old battlefield of of the Army of Virginia on the 26th of June. McDowell and Banks made no protest; but Fremont refusethe Cavalry Brigade of the Second Division of McDowell's (Third) Corps in Pope's Army of Virginia.
T. J. Jackson (search for this): part 1.2, chapter 1.3
the Union charge was swept back by Stonewall Jackson Where the commander heard the cannonadinger learned — that Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson were generals before whose genius few opponene on Richmond. But the brilliant exploits of Jackson in the Shenandoah required the retention of ar the campaign have yet been formed. Where Jackson struck Cedar Mountain, Viewed from Pope's Headquarters. On the side of this mountain Jackson established the right of his battle line, when his intention and had sent General Stonewall Jackson with his and General Ewell's divisions on Julpy Gordonsville. Ewell arrived in advance of Jackson and held the town for the Confederates. I struck by a shell, expiring in a few hours. Jackson reported: It is difficult within the proper ression. In the campaign we are describing Jackson was the most active and conspicuous figure onremained inactive, had determined, by sending Jackson westward, to repeat the successful tactics of
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