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Indiana (Indiana, United States) (search for this): chapter 9
ton, and succeeded in raising a brigade of twenty-five hundred infantry, seven hundred cavalry and three batteries of artillery. With subsequent reinforcements his command amounted to four thousand men. It was obvious enough that with this small force, his situation was extremely critical. The enemy had already landed considerable forces at Parkersburg and Point Pleasant on the Ohio River, and was rapidly using his superiour facilities for raising troops in the populous States of Ohio and Indiana, and his ample means of transportation by railroad through those States and by the navigation of the Ohio and Kanawha Rivers, to concentrate a large force in the lower part of the Kanawha Valley. After some desultory movements, and a brilliant affair on Scary Creek, in Putnam County, where Col. Patton with a small force repulsed three Federal regiments, Gen. Wise prepared to give battle to the Federal forces, which, under the command of Gen. Cox, had been largely increased, and which wer
Weston, W. Va. (West Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 9
ed with adequate transportation, it would have been rash to have ventured forward on the north of the river. Knowledge of this situation of affairs was not lost upon the enemy. Gen. Rosecrans--a name which was hereafter to become familiar on more important theatres of the war-commanded the Federal forces between Buckhannon and Cheat Mountain. He at once conceived the idea of overwhelming the Confederates on both sides of the Gauley, and accordingly moved rapidly down the road leading from Weston to Summerville, with at least nine thousand men and several heavy batteries of artillery. Gen. Floyd was in a bend of Gauley River, very near Carnifax Ferry. On the 10th of September, Rosecrans, by a rapid march of sixteen miles, threw his entire force about Floyd's entrenchments, and commenced a vigorous attack. The force of Floyd's command did not exceed seventeen hundred and fifty men. But his flanks were well protected by precipices or cliffs heavily wooded ; and from three o'clock
North Carolina (North Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 9
killed and thirty-one wounded. The approaching rigours of winter terminated the campaign in Western Virginia; or it may be said to have been virtually abandoned by the Richmond authorities. Gen. Lee, who had shed such little blood in the campaign, and obtained such indifferent reputation in mountain warfare, was appointed to take charge of the coast defences of South Carolina and Georgia. Gen. Wise was ordered to report to Richmond, and was subsequently assigned to important duty in North Carolina. Gen. Floyd lingered in the mountains; had some desultory affairs with the enemy; subsequently retired to Southwestern Virginia; and from there was transferred by the Government to the now imposing theatre of war in Tennessee and Kentucky. Thus ended the effort of the Confederate authorities to reclaim the larger portion of Western Virginia. We have put in a brief space its narrative of military events; for, after all, it was a mere series of local adventures, compared with other ope
Parkersburg (West Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 9
ree batteries of artillery. With subsequent reinforcements his command amounted to four thousand men. It was obvious enough that with this small force, his situation was extremely critical. The enemy had already landed considerable forces at Parkersburg and Point Pleasant on the Ohio River, and was rapidly using his superiour facilities for raising troops in the populous States of Ohio and Indiana, and his ample means of transportation by railroad through those States and by the navigation ofe were strongly entrenched at a point at the junction of Tygart's Valley River and Elk Run, which post was called by the Federals Elk water. The remainder held the pass at the second summit of Cheat Mountain, on the best road from Staunton to Parkersburg. The mountain had three well-defined summits. The second presented the greatest advantages for fortification, and here the enemy had built a powerful fort or block-house in the elbow of the road, flanked by entrenchments of earth and logs, p
Springfield, Mo. (Missouri, United States) (search for this): chapter 9
of him. excitement in his camp. Price at Springfield. close of the first campaign in Missouri. and Sigel, were about to form a junction at Springfield, it was determined by Price, McCulloch, andached Crane Creek., about thirty miles from Springfield, a consultation was held as to their futurereceived, and offered to march at once upon Springfield, upon condition that he should have the chartillery. General Lyon had assembled at Springfield an effective army of nearly ten thousand meeek, intending to advance upon the enemy at Springfield. But Lyon had anticipated him, and was alrthe hills, rapidly making their way towards Springfield, defeated and driven from the field. Thehich had been left behind in the march from Springfield, was nearly exhausted, and that his men, mom, and the army was ordered to retreat from Springfield. The Federals accordingly left that town iola. From Osceola, Gen. Price fell back to Springfield, to forage his army and obtain supplies. B[1 more...]
Osceola, Mo. (Missouri, United States) (search for this): chapter 9
eatened; but Fremont's subordinates, Sigel and Asboth, positively refused to sustain him, and the army was ordered to retreat from Springfield. The Federals accordingly left that town in the direction of Rolla, and were pursued by Gen. Price to Osceola. From Osceola, Gen. Price fell back to Springfield, to forage his army and obtain supplies. Both armies having thus drawn off, we may leave here for the present the history of the Missouri campaign. Notwithstanding the adverse termination oOsceola, Gen. Price fell back to Springfield, to forage his army and obtain supplies. Both armies having thus drawn off, we may leave here for the present the history of the Missouri campaign. Notwithstanding the adverse termination of this campaign with respect to the occupation of Missouri, it had already accomplished much; it had given an exhibition of spirit and resource without a parallel in equal circumstances; and it constitutes the most remarkable and brilliant episode of the war. It was a chapter of wonders. Price's army of ragged heroes, had marched over eight hundred miles; it had scarcely passed a week without an engagement of some sort; it was tied down to no particular line of operations, but fought the enemy
Hawk's Nest, W. Va. (West Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 9
ortance. He accordingly advanced to the White Sulphur Springs, nine miles east of Lewisburg, and held conferences with Gen. Wise. An advance towards the Gauley was promptly determined on, but the two bodies, under their commanders, moved at different times, and with perfectly distinct organizations, though within supporting distance. Gen. Floyd moved first, and for some days skirmished vigorously with Cox's troops, which were in force at Gauley Bridge and in the neighbourhood of the Hawk's Nest, a picturesque and majestic monument of wooded rocks, rising a thousand feet from the river road, at a point ten miles below the mouth of the Gauley. Gen. Wise having come up, the joint Confederate forces now approached nearer the enemy, skirmishing with various success. But while thus occupied, it was ascertained that another foe threatened their flank. Col. Tyler, commanding the Seventh Ohio Regiment, of nearly thirteen hundred men, was approaching the Gauley River at Carnifax Ferr
John C. Fremont (search for this): chapter 9
retreat. Missouri's ordinance of secession. Fremont superseded. three military messengers in pur specific results. It used the popularity of Fremont to bring an army into the field. It combined than six thousand. Some weeks previous, Gen. Fremont had arrived to take chief command of the We and instantly overruled by him. But while Fremont was thus indulging his political fanaticism, gton Bank had been robbed, in accordance with Fremont's instructions, which Gen. Price ordered to bnd alarm in the Washington administration. Gen. Fremont, who was severely censured for not having rr, Lane on the west, and himself on the east, Fremont expected to cut off and capture the entire fo Pineville, Price made preparation to receive Fremont, determined not; to abandon Missouri without le. But just at this juncture news came that Fremont had been superseded as commander of the Feder in gaining admission, and, making his way to Fremont's presence on the night of the 7th of Novembe[4 more...]
Buell (search for this): chapter 9
versal mind and energy were consolidated in its war upon the South. There is no more remarkable phenomenon in the whole history of the war than the display of fully awakened Northern energy in it, alike wonderful in the ingenuity of its expedients and in the concentrated force of its action. At every stage of the war the North adopted the best means for securing specific results. It used the popularity of Fremont to bring an army into the field. It combined with the science of McClellan, Buell, and Halleck, such elements of popularity as could be found in the names of Banks, Butler, and Baker. It patronized the great ship-brokers and ship-owners of New York to create a navy. The world was to be astonished soon to find the North more united than ever in the prosecution of the contest, and the proportions of the war so swollen as to cover with its armies and its navies the frontiers of half a continent. While these immense preparations were in progress in the North, and while t
Sterling Price (search for this): chapter 9
ouri campaign. the politics of Missouri. Sterling Price and his party. imprudence and violence ofcements under McCulloch. Disagreement between Price and McCulloch. noble conduct of Price. the bon. the siege of Lexington. its surrender to Price. gallantry of Col. Mulligan. critical positi junction at Springfield, it was determined by Price, McCulloch, and Pearce, to march upon that plaounter was evidently staggered. McCulloch and Price threw forward nearly all their reserves. Totte of Lexington. On the 12th of September, Gen. Price approached Lexington. In the midst of the s of holding a garrison of ten thousand men. As Price approached the town a sharp affair occurred wisword, had it immediately returned to him by Gen. Price, who said he could not see a man of his valote. Gen. McCulloch had retired to Arkansas. Gen. Price was left with the only forces in Missouri toength passed the Ordinance of Secession, and Gen. Price had the satisfaction of firing a hundred gun[41 more...]
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