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General Joseph E. Johnston, Narrative of Military Operations During the Civil War 11 11 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 13. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 11 11 Browse Search
Edward Porter Alexander, Military memoirs of a Confederate: a critical narrative 10 10 Browse Search
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Jubal Anderson Early, Ruth Hairston Early, Lieutenant General Jubal A. Early , C. S. A. 10 10 Browse Search
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General James Longstreet, From Manassas to Appomattox 10 10 Browse Search
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The Annals of the Civil War Written by Leading Participants North and South (ed. Alexander Kelly McClure), General Meade at Gettysburg. (search)
ral Meade, without waiting to hear from Hancock, issued orders to the Fifth and Twelfth Corps to proceed to the scene of action. At 6.30 P. M. he received the first report from General Hancock, in which that officer said: We can fight here, as the ground appears not unfavorable, with good troops. General Meade at once issued orders to all his corps commanders to move to Gettysburg, broke up his headquarters at Taneytown, and proceeded himself to the field, arriving there at one A. M. of the 2d. He was occupied during the night in directing the movements of the troops, and as soon as it was daylight, he proceeded to inspect the position occupied, and to make arrangements for posting the several corps as they should arrive. By seven A. M. the Second and Fifth Corps, with the rest of the Third, had reached the ground, and soon after the whole army was in position, with the exception of the Sixth Corps, which arrived at two P. M. after a long and fatiguing march. General Sedgwick say
The Annals of the Civil War Written by Leading Participants North and South (ed. Alexander Kelly McClure), The campaign in Pennsylvania. (search)
the enemy's right with the dawn of day on the second. The divisions of Major Generals Early and Ro to begin the movement at an early hour on the second. He instructed General Ewell to be prepared tion during the day, and joined about noon on the 2d. Previous to his joining I received instructions Brigade joined its division, about noon on the 2d. In this, General Longstreet clearly admits thaoint he was distant but four miles, early on the 2d. But I cannot say that he was notified, on the attack proposed to be made on the morning of the 2d, and the part his corps was to take therein. Neral Lee but anticipated his early arrival on the 2d, and based his calculations upon it. I have showear the battle-field during the afternoon of the 2d, was ordered to attack the next morning; and Gens upon our extreme left, during the night of the 2d, ordered him forward early the next morning. In decided advantage gained by Longstreet on the second, the failure of the operations of the third da
The Annals of the Civil War Written by Leading Participants North and South (ed. Alexander Kelly McClure), The Union cavalry at Gettysburg. (search)
burg on the 1st, and on the left of our line, on the-3d, one of his brigades, led by General Farnsworth, gallantly charged the enemy's infantry, even to his line of defenses, and protected that flank from any attack, with the assistance of General Merritt's regular brigade. General Gregg's Division, having crossed the Potomac at Edwards' Ferry, in rear of our army, passed through Frederick, and, on the afternoon of July 1st, was at Hanover Junction, and reached Gettysburg on the morning of the 2d, taking position on the right of our line. On the 3d, during that terrific fire of artillery, which preceded the gallant but unsuccessful assault of Pickett's Division on our line, it was discovered that Stuart's cavalry was moving to our right, with the evident intention of passing to the rear, to make a simultaneous attack there. What the consequence of the success of this movement would have been, the merest tyro in the art of war will understand. When opposite our right, Stuart was met
The Annals of the Civil War Written by Leading Participants North and South (ed. Alexander Kelly McClure), Life in Pennsylvania. (search)
the night of the 1st. Speaking of the battle on the 2d, General Lee says, in his official report: It had not him without any orders at all. On the morning of the 2d, I went to General Lee's headquarters at daylight, an when the attack was made on the enemy's left, on the 2d, by my corps, Ewell should have been required to co-oe the co-operation of Generals Ewell and Hill, on the 2d, by vigorous assault at the moment my battle was in p Lee ordered me to attack the enemy at sunrise on the 2d. General J. A. Early has, in positive terms, indorsedny order for an attack on the enemy at sunrise on the 2d, nor can I believe any such order was issued by Generd. We continued in position until the morning of the 2d, when I received orders to take up a new line of battg reinforced General Johnson, during the night of the 2d, ordered him forward early the next morning. In obedneral Lee to attack until about eleven o'clock on the 2d; that I immediately began my dispositions for attack;
The Annals of the Civil War Written by Leading Participants North and South (ed. Alexander Kelly McClure), The campaign of Gettysburg. (search)
rg, and it was ably handled throughout the campaign, and until after the battle of Gettysburg. The army had three roads to concentrate on Gettysburg, viz.: the Emmettsburg road, the Taneytown road, and the Baltimore pike, and could naturally arrive there before Lee's army, coming from Chambersburg, on a single road through Cashtown. On the night of the 1st of July, we had more troops in position than Lee, and from that time victory was assured to us. Had Lee attacked on the morning of the 2d, he would have been repulsed, as he was when he did attack. The failure of Lee to make any impression on our right, which General Meade expected on both days, the 2d and 3d of July, showed that General Lee was either too weak, or did not have his army well in hand. As to General Lee maneuvring to our left, the supposition shows the ignorance existing of our position and the nature of the country. I had two divisions of cavalry, one in rear of our position, and one on Lee's right flank. Thi
The Annals of the Civil War Written by Leading Participants North and South (ed. Alexander Kelly McClure), The mistakes of Gettysburg. (search)
; sixth, when I attacked the enemy's left on the 2d, Ewell should have moved at once against his rig my troops fought an extraordinary battle on the 2d. I asserted that my thirteen thousand men virtuplain the relations of our tactical moves on the 2d, and force a confession from even their reluctan the first signs of activity in our ranks on the 2d, General Sickles became apprehensive that we weror, in referring to the hour of my battle on the 2d, says: Round Top, the key of their position, whick move by our right flank on the morning of the 2d, so as to seize the Emmettsburg road. Had we do to General Halleck just before my battle on the 2d. The dispatch reads: If not attacked, and I cane on the night of the 1st, or the morning of the 2d, the thirteen days that elapsed between our firsn was much stronger on the 3d than it was on the 2d. The troops that had fought with me the day befrsburg, reaching that point at early dawn on the 2d. I at once went to General Lee's headquarters.
Robert Lewis Dabney, Life and Commands of Lieutenand- General Thomas J. Jackson, Chapter 17: the campaign in Maryland. (search)
ir vast depots just at hand. He had now left his railroad communication far behind, and must provide for the wants of his army with scanty trains of wagons; while ordnance, clothing, and shoes were deficient, and impossible to obtain in adequate quantities. No generals, therefore, ever adopted a bolder project than that of Lee and Jackson, or executed it with greater promptitude. The battle of Ox Hill ended at nightfall, September 1st, amidst thunder, tempest, and a deluge of rain. On the 2nd the last remains of the beaten Federals were whipped in under the shelter of their ramparts. On the 3rd the Confederate army was upon the march for the fords of the Potomac! The invasion determined on, two places offered themselves to General Lee for penetrating into Maryland. If he removed his army directly across the Blue Ridge to the Lower Valley, he could easily brush away the force which occupied Martinsburg; when the valley of central Pennsylvania would lie open before him, and hi
Robert Lewis Dabney, Life and Commands of Lieutenand- General Thomas J. Jackson, Chapter 18: Fredericksburg. (search)
tly behind with my reports, and am very desirous of getting through with them before another campaign commences. April 10th. I trust that God is going to bless us with great success, and in such a manner as to show that it is all His gift; and I trust and pray that it will lead our country to acknowledge him, and to live in accordance with His will as revealed in the Bible. There appears to be an increased religious interest among our troops here. Our chaplains have weekly meetings on Tuesdays: and the one of this week was more charming than the preceding one, &c. The effort thus begun in General Jackson's corps, was imitated in the others. The movement was not limited to the army of Virginia: but was also propagated in the South and West. Soon the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, and the other ecclesiastical authorities, encouraged by the advice which the friends of General Jackson were permitted to quote from him, began to take action on behalf of the army; an
Jubal Anderson Early, Ruth Hairston Early, Lieutenant General Jubal A. Early , C. S. A., Chapter 14: affair at Ox Hill or Chantilly. (search)
ive brigades; McLaw's division of four brigades, composed of his own and Magruder's consolidated; and the force of Holmes and Wise-all of which had constituted part of the army at Richmond during the battles,--had been left for the protection of that city until the whole of McClellan's force moved from James River. When that event was fully ascertained, Hill's and McLaw's division and two of Holmes' brigades, under Walker, had been ordered to move North, but Hill and McLaws got up on the 2nd, the day after the affair at Ox Hill, and Walker later, so that Pope had only to confront the 29 brigades before mentioned. My brigade was fully an average one, and my effective force did not exceed 1,500. Some idea therefore may be formed of the force with which General Lee fought the second battle of Manassas; I don't think it could have exceeded 50,000 effective men in all, including artillery and cavalry, and it was probably considerably under that number. The loss in Ewell's divisi
Jubal Anderson Early, Ruth Hairston Early, Lieutenant General Jubal A. Early , C. S. A., Chapter 20: battle of Chancellorsville. (search)
McLaws' division and the three divisions of Jackson's corps had moved up during the night of the 30th of April and the morning of the 1st of May and united with Anderson. Our troops had thus moved forward on the Plank road and the stone turnpike, Anderson's and McLaws' divisions in front, and Jackson's divisions following Anderson's on the Plank road, and had driven an advanced line of the enemy back to within a mile of Chancellorsville upon his main force. Early on the morning of the 2nd, Anderson's and McLaws' divisions, with the exception of Wilcox's brigade of Anderson's division, which had been sent back to Banks' Ford, and Barksdale's brigade of McLaws' division which was at Fredericksburg, were left to confront the enemy on the side next to Fredericksburg, and Jackson moved with his three divisions, by a circuitous route to the left, to gain the rear of the enemy's right. Late in the afternoon, General Jackson reached the rear of the enemy's right flank about three mil
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