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West Point (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 15
telegrams from President Davis, Secretary of War Seddon, Generals Lee and Beauregard ordered him to withdraw from New Bern with all haste, and interpose his troops between Butler and Richmond. Moving without a moment's delay, General Hoke reached Petersburg in advance of Butler; but so close was the race, that as Hoke's troops filed into the works protecting Petersburg, the advance of Butler's army appeared in view, making for the same point. This march of General Hoke's troops stands at West Point as the most rapid movement of troops on record. Appointed a major-general for his distinguished services as above, Hoke with his division, of which Clingman's brigade was part, helped to win the victory of Drewry's Bluff. Transferred to the north bank of the James, they saved the day at Cold Harbor. Hurried again to the southern side of the James, they reached the works defending Petersburg just in time to save the cty on the memorable attack, June 17, 1864. Memorial Address on Cling
William G. Lewis (search for this): chapter 15
service. While this active campaign was being waged above Richmond, another army, in which North Carolina was largely represented, fought, under General Beauregard's able direction, the battle of Drewry's Bluff on the south side of the Confederate capital. Of the four division commanders under Beauregard, three of them, Gens. Robert Ransom, Hoke and Whiting, were citizens of North Carolina. The following North Carolina troops were part of that organization: Hoke's old brigade under Col. W. G. Lewis, made up of these regiments—Sixth, Colonel Webb; Twenty-first, Lieutenant-Colonel Rankin; Fifty-fourth, Colonel Murchison; Fifty-seventh, Colonel Godwin; First North Carolina battalion, Colonel Wharton; Clingman's brigade, composed of these regiments—Eighth, Colonel Whitson; Thirty-first, Colonel Jordan; Fifty-first, Colonel McKethan; Sixty-first, Colonel Radcliffe; Ransom's brigade—Twenty-fourth, Colonel Clarke; Twenty-fifth, Colonel Rutledge; Thirty-fifth, Colonel Jones; Forty-ninth,<
J. V. Jordan (search for this): chapter 15
ard, three of them, Gens. Robert Ransom, Hoke and Whiting, were citizens of North Carolina. The following North Carolina troops were part of that organization: Hoke's old brigade under Col. W. G. Lewis, made up of these regiments—Sixth, Colonel Webb; Twenty-first, Lieutenant-Colonel Rankin; Fifty-fourth, Colonel Murchison; Fifty-seventh, Colonel Godwin; First North Carolina battalion, Colonel Wharton; Clingman's brigade, composed of these regiments—Eighth, Colonel Whitson; Thirty-first, Colonel Jordan; Fifty-first, Colonel McKethan; Sixty-first, Colonel Radcliffe; Ransom's brigade—Twenty-fourth, Colonel Clarke; Twenty-fifth, Colonel Rutledge; Thirty-fifth, Colonel Jones; Forty-ninth, Colonel McAfee; Fifty-sixth, Colonel Faison; Martin's Brigade—Seventeenth, Lieutenant-Colonel Lamb; Forty-second, Colonel Brown; Sixty-sixth, Colonel Moore. The following cavalry regiments were present: Third, Colonel Baker; Fourth, Colonel Ferebee; Sixth, Colonel Folk. Miller's and Cumming's batterie
M. W. Ransom (search for this): chapter 15
f the brigade. On the 16th, General Beauregard, putting Ransom's division on his left, next to Drewry's bluff, Hoke's on ordered an attack at daylight. The attack was to begin by Ransom's turning the Federal right. Whiting's division, then at paces, settled down and greatly retarded operations. General Ransom's left was confronted by Generals Weitzel's and Brookstelegraph wires had been stretched near the ground. General Ransom moved out of the trenches before day, and formed line derangement of lines consequent upon an attack, caused General Ransom to halt and reform his battle front. The cavalry undeounted and actively employed as skirmishers on the left of Ransom's line, and the artillery was engaged all the morning. General Beauregard says of this action that General Ransom's troops behaved with acknowledged gallantry. On the right, Genected to command the expedition. He took with him his own, Ransom's, Terry's Virginia brigade, the Forty-third North Carolin
Alfred Moore Scales (search for this): chapter 15
rry; Twenty-eighth, Colonel Speer; Thirty-third, Colonel Avery; Thirty-seventh, Colonel Barbour; Scales' brigade—Thirteenth, Colonel Hyman; Sixteenth, Colonel Stowe; Twenty-second, Colonel Galloway; T, Colonel Lowrance; Thirty-eighth, Colonel Ashford. Cooke and Kirkland were in Heth's division, Scales and Lane in Wilcox's division. When Heth's division, the head of A. P. Hill's corps, approach was withdrawn from the flank and put in to relieve Heth. This brought the brigades of Lane and Scales into the thickest of the fight. Wilcox assigned Scales and Lane to the right of the road, McGowScales and Lane to the right of the road, McGowan to the road and Thomas to his left. The two brigades on the right, says Humphreys （Lane's and Scales'), passed through Heth's lines and advanced at different times as far as the swamps, in andScales'), passed through Heth's lines and advanced at different times as far as the swamps, in and near which they encountered Hancock's and Getty's men with varying success, but were finally forced back to Heth's position. The Campaign of 1864 and 1865. Lane says in his account of the battle, th
McCandless (search for this): chapter 15
t Daniel's and Gordon's brigades got on the ground, with his left flank toward them. They took instant advantage to attack, and his front line being so entangled in the wood as not to admit of ready handling, its left fell back quickly and in some confusion, and the enemy passing through the opening thus made, took Dennison's brigade in flank, as well as two brigades of the right, and after a short, sharp engagement forced them also to retire. The Virginia Campaign of 1864 and 1865. McCandless' brigade of Crawford's division was also engaged and broken by these same brigades, assisted by a front fire. During the busy work of Daniel and Gordon on the flank, the Confederate front also had been seriously struggling. Steuart's brigade, along with Battle's, engaged the right of Griffin, whose left had been turned by Daniel and Gordon. In Steuart's attack, the First and Third North Carolina regiments, forming his right, bore an honorable part. They charged upon a line of infantr
A. P. Hill (search for this): chapter 15
na road, General Lee moved the corps of Ewell and A. P. Hill on the two parallel roads, to strike the Federal ered up from North Carolina. Anderson's division of Hill's corps also was not present at the opening of the bEwell's battle of the 5th was entirely distinct from Hill's fight of the same day. As Ewell advanced—Jones' breld. While Ewell's forces were thus engaged, Gen. A. P. Hill's corps was battling with Getty and Hancock on and one regiment, the Fifty-fifth, Colonel Belo, in Hill's corps: Kirkland's—the Eleventh, Colonel Martin; Tw's division. When Heth's division, the head of A. P. Hill's corps, approached the Federal lines, General Meon by Heth's and Wilcox's divisions alone, Anderson, Hill's other division commander, being still absent with men to stand firm. During the morning attacks on Hill's position, and the splendid fighting of Longstreet'sting on the Po river, Ewell's in the center, and A. P. Hill's on the right. The 9th of May was a day of comp
Doles (search for this): chapter 15
e same day. As Ewell advanced—Jones' brigade in front, followed by Battle's and Doles' on Battle's right—Griffin's division of Warren's corps, composed of the brigade him back. Jones' men somewhat disordered Battle's line as they gave way, but Doles held steady on the right. General Daniel was sent to the aid of Doles, who wasDoles, who was hard pressed, and Gordon a little later formed on Daniel's right. These North Carolinians and Georgians gallantly dashed against Griffin's men, forced Ayres acrosse proximity of the lines permitted, decided that the part of Lee's line held by Doles' brigade was vulnerable to front assault. Accordingly a storming force was orgps, twelve regiments in all, led the storming columns against the works held by Doles and his three Georgia regiments. Upton was followed by Mott's division of Hancfter a violent artillery fire, was somewhat of a surprise to the Confederates. Doles' three regiments, after a splendid resistance, were overrun, and the assailants
Griffin (search for this): chapter 15
y. As Ewell advanced—Jones' brigade in front, followed by Battle's and Doles' on Battle's right—Griffin's division of Warren's corps, composed of the brigades of Ayres, Bartlett and Barnes, fell uponlater formed on Daniel's right. These North Carolinians and Georgians gallantly dashed against Griffin's men, forced Ayres across the pike, and restored the Confederate line. Gordon being on the fl, supported on the left by Dennison's brigade, advanced through the dense thickets to reinforce Griffin. He reached the firing line, says Humphreys, just about the time that Daniel's and Gordon's brso had been seriously struggling. Steuart's brigade, along with Battle's, engaged the right of Griffin, whose left had been turned by Daniel and Gordon. In Steuart's attack, the First and Third Norming his right, bore an honorable part. They charged upon a line of infantry supporting one of Griffin's batteries, drove it and captured two howitzers. The Regimental History of the Third regiment
Clarke (search for this): chapter 15
North Carolina battalion, Colonel Wharton; Clingman's brigade, composed of these regiments—Eighth, Colonel Whitson; Thirty-first, Colonel Jordan; Fifty-first, Colonel McKethan; Sixty-first, Colonel Radcliffe; Ransom's brigade—Twenty-fourth, Colonel Clarke; Twenty-fifth, Colonel Rutledge; Thirty-fifth, Colonel Jones; Forty-ninth, Colonel McAfee; Fifty-sixth, Colonel Faison; Martin's Brigade—Seventeenth, Lieutenant-Colonel Lamb; Forty-second, Colonel Brown; Sixty-sixth, Colonel Moore. The follo storm, forcing Heckman back in confusion toward the center. In this attack, the North Carolina brigade acted with the utmost bravery, and lost some most gallant officers and men. Soon after the engagement opened, the Twenty-fourth regiment, Colonel Clarke, and the Forty-ninth, Major Davis then in command (Colonel McAfee being wounded and Lieutenant-Colonel Fleming being in charge of the skirmish line), were ordered to the right flank of Johnson's brigade, and shared nobly in the hard fighting <
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