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Buckingham (search for this): chapter 8
und rendered any aggressive movement in the dark impossible. Even if he had been able to execute this movement, the day's results could certainly not have been changed. Page 553. Colonel Farnsworth of the Eighth Illinois is not the General Farnsworth who was killed the following year at Gettysburg. Page 555. The information furnished by General McClellan himself enables us to correct a few errors in our account of his removal from command. McClellan was alone in his tent when Buckingham entered. The latter, although a stranger to the Army of the Potomac, was not unknown. He had many friends in it—among others, the general-in-chief himself. He had been in search of Burnside, and was desirous that the latter should be present at the painful interviews he was about to have. Page 681, line 19. Besides the President, a small number of magistrates and employes take the oath to support the Constitution in the Republic of the United States. Page 697. Of these twent
J. Esten Cooke (search for this): chapter 8
stly condemned the others. We have largely borrowed, for the same campaigns, from the following works: Four Years with General Lee, by Colonel Taylor; Personal Reminiscences of General Lee, by the Rev. J. Wm. Jones; Life of General Lee, by J. Esten Cooke; Pickett and his Men, by W. Harrison; and for that of Vicksburg a narration of the siege by a resident has furnished us with some curious details. Let us quote, in short, among our authors, the most illustrious of all, General Sherman, to wht held out chances of positive success, seemed also likely to compromise the very existence of his army. Page 80. Captain Royall was seriously but not mortally wounded. He survived both his wound and the war. Although the charge of General Cooke was made under unfavorable circumstances, he must be praised for having ordered it. He could not select his ground, and by sacrificing a portion of the Fifth cavalry he saved several Federal batteries, to which he gave time to withdraw. Pa
E. M. Law (search for this): chapter 8
ollowing provisional divisions: Hood (two brigades), accompanied by Evans' independent brigade; Wilcox (three brigades); Kemper (three brigades); D. R. Jones (three brigades). Anderson, with the last three brigades of the First corps, was too much in the rear to appear on the battlefield on that day. At noon this corps was deployed in two lines, each division occupying part of its front. Hood, being naturally first in line, had since eleven o'clock taken position across the turnpike, placing Law's brigade on the left and Wofford's on the right, in front of Groveton. Evans was on his right; Wilcox on his left, but slightly in the rear, connected the two corps of the Confederate army at the foot of the hill upon which Lee had posted a portion of his artillery. Kemper's division was on Evans' right; the first brigade, under Hunton, was drawn close to the latter; the other two, extending across a rough country, formed but a partial connection with D. R. Jones' division. About noon th
J. E. B. Stuart (search for this): chapter 8
division. About noon the three brigades of this division had planted themselves on the extreme right in very strong positions among the woods, resting upon the Manassas railroad near the point where it strikes the road from Gainesville to Bristoe and Manassas Junction. Robertson's cavalry cleared Longstreet's flank on the other side of the railway. Before Longstreet's arrival Sigel's troops outflanked Jackson's right, and for a moment they even caused considerable alarm on his rear; but Stuart's cavalry soon put a stop to a movement which Sigel was not strong enough to follow up vigorously; and at eleven o'clock Hood's arrival made Jackson's safety completely secure on that side. During this time McDowell and Porter were carrying out the new instructions they had received from Pope, who, as we have stated (page 288), directed them to march from Manassas Junction upon Gainesville in order to strike the flank and rear of the enemy on the right; Porter, with his two divisions, was m
Ricketts (search for this): chapter 8
along the road above mentioned; he was followed by King's division, which was temporarily attached to his command. General McDowell was with this column, while Ricketts, at the head of the Second division of his own corps, had borne more to the right, and was to strike the turnpike north of Groveton. The direction followed by, rescribed to him. McDowell was not long in joining him. Resuming the command of King's division, he sought to deploy it to the right of Porter in order to assist Ricketts, and thus form a continuous front of attack against the enemy he had so unexpectedly encountered. But the impenetrable thickets which covered the ground on th as Pope desired, determined, instead of attacking him in front with his forces and those of Porter combined, to bring King back to the rear in order to overtake Ricketts and operate with his whole corps in a less eccentric fashion against Jackson's right wing. This decision, which justified the latitude left by Pope's orders, wa
Joseph E. Johnston (search for this): chapter 8
ration. Page 187. The Federal arsenals of the North, although depleted, were not absolutely empty. Page 248. Johnston did not stop the trains, with his army on board, in the open country; he landed his troops at Manassas Junction, and the, and particularly one despatch from Patterson to General Scott, dated July 20, informing the latter of the departure of Johnston's troops for Manassas Junction, do not justify us in persisting to blame General Patterson as we have done: by mistake wmes. But even if he had had a more numerous and better organized army at his disposal, he could not long have prevented Johnston from escaping him, as the latter had in his rear a line of railway connecting him with Beauregard. General Scott, in ade Confederates, told him that the battle between Beauregard and McDowell would take place on the 18th. Now, on that day Johnston was still at Winchester; he only started during the day; and Patterson did all that could be expected from him by announ
Floyd (search for this): chapter 8
day Johnston was still at Winchester; he only started during the day; and Patterson did all that could be expected from him by announcing this departure to his chief in a despatch which, had it been speedily forwarded, might have reached its destination in time to have been of use to McDowell before Bull Run. Page 297, line 18. Hominy is made of hulled and broken grains of white Indian corn. Page 308. The forwarding of arms deposited in the arsenals of the North to the South by Mr. Floyd has excited violent discussions and given place to searching inquiries. The result of these inquiries, without lessening the culpability of the Federal Secretary of War in our estimation, diminishes the amount of damage he thus caused to the army, of which he was the responsible chief. It is on record that to the 20,000 muskets which were already in the arsenals of the Southern States, and which did not quite represent the quota of those States, he added 115,000, taken from the arsenals
James Longstreet (search for this): chapter 8
The first relates to certain movements of Longstreet's corps during the afternoon of the 29th of on to believe to be scrupulously correct: Longstreet, arriving from Gainesville with General Lee,assas Junction. Robertson's cavalry cleared Longstreet's flank on the other side of the railway. Before Longstreet's arrival Sigel's troops outflanked Jackson's right, and for a moment they even cr's corps, leaving only a small force before Longstreet. The support of this corps, if it had arrirom them that he had before him a portion of Longstreet's corps, which the general staff still beliemself to watching the enemy in front of him. Longstreet, on his part, as soon as he was informed by cements. It is true that toward six o'clock Longstreet, perceiving at a distance King's division onto outflank Jackson's right, and ignorant of Longstreet's presence, had despatched the new division McDowell had brought him. At the same time, Longstreet, wishing to relieve the Second corps, ordere[2 more...]
J. A. McDowell (search for this): chapter 8
s, told him that the battle between Beauregard and McDowell would take place on the 18th. Now, on that day Johed its destination in time to have been of use to McDowell before Bull Run. Page 297, line 18. Hominy i completely secure on that side. During this time McDowell and Porter were carrying out the new instructions hich was temporarily attached to his command. General McDowell was with this column, while Ricketts, at the hnue the movement which had been prescribed to him. McDowell was not long in joining him. Resuming the command that side rendered such deployment impossible, and McDowell, justly thinking that the presence of the enemy onck. It is difficult to know precisely what orders McDowell, the senior officer of the two, gave to Porter; bus of the Alleghanies. Consequently, Porter, while McDowell was pursuing his way with King through a long and t's presence, had despatched the new division that McDowell had brought him. At the same time, Longstreet, wis
Pope (search for this): chapter 8
cDowell and Porter were carrying out the new instructions they had received from Pope, who, as we have stated (page 288), directed them to march from Manassas Junctioe therefore found himself suddenly in the presence of an enemy upon whom neither Pope nor himself had counted, and utterly unable to continue the movement which had bhe road from Gainesville to Bristoe would not permit him to strike his flank, as Pope desired, determined, instead of attacking him in front with his forces and thoseainst Jackson's right wing. This decision, which justified the latitude left by Pope's orders, was certainly the best, and it is only to be regretted that he did notination of the combat between Hood and King. It was, in fact, on the road where Pope, still believing in his ability to outflank Jackson's right, and ignorant of Lon whole day. As we stated (p. 292), he did not receive the order of attack, which Pope sent him at half-past 4 o'clock, in time to execute it: this order only reached
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