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Bull Run, Va. (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 7
gether new experience for our much-enduring, much-abused old Army of the Potomac,--so taunted with not moving,--urged on to Richmond with the spur, but held to cover Washington with the curb, hitherto forced by something in the rear to stand still after our victories, and by something we did not understand to draw back from some of our best-fought fields. Yet it had been so managed that at the worst the enemy seldom got sight of our backs. For our part, we had come off in good order from Bull Run and Fredericksburg in ‘62, and equally well from Chancellorsville in ‘63, and from all the long series of terrible drawn battles from the Rapidan to the James in ‘64. And we had many times seen the rebel army retiring in good order from great disaster; for Lee showed his best generalship in the defensive, his best manhood and humanity in orderly retreat. But we had never seen anything like this. Now we realized the effects of Grant's permission to push things, --some of these things bein<
Fulton, Mo. (Missouri, United States) (search for this): chapter 7
nes, and a bedlam of a bivouac that would have been. After their defeat at Five Forks, the cavalry of both the Lees joined Rosser at the Ford crossing of Hatcher's Run, and then drew back on that road to the Southside Railroad crossing. There were gathered also the fugitives from Pickett's and Johnson's Divisions, covered by the remainder of those divisions that had not been in the fight, --Hunton's Brigade of Pickett's Division, and Wise's, Gracie's (commanded by Colonel Sanford), and Fulton's of Johnson's Division, all under command of General R. H. Anderson. Their ultimate destination was to cover the enemy's right flank at Sutherland's Station. These would have been unpleasant fellows to camp with on the night of April 1st. Humphreys, finding the entrenchments in his front impregnable, at about midnight sent Miles up the White Oak Road to Sheridan. But at daylight Sheridan faced him right about, and with two divisions of the Fifth Corps following, pushed back down the
High Bridge (Kentucky, United States) (search for this): chapter 7
seventeen hundred prisoners. After this defeat, Gordon pushed his retreat to High Bridge, a crossing of the Appomattox five miles below Farmville. Meantime EwellMahone's Divisions following, crossed to the north side of the Appomattox at High Bridge, five miles below Farmville. Our Second Corps closely followed, reaching th Corps had moved from Sailor's Creek at daylight, and at 9.50 had arrived at High Bridge. A singular movement is now put into effect, the purpose of which to ordinaconfronting Longstreet and Gordon on the opposite side of the river, between High Bridge and Farmville, that the Sixth and Twenty-fourth Corps are at hand, and that rps, if he struck quickly, before the Fifth could have got over the river at High Bridge, and the Sixth and Twenty-fourth could have come around from Farmville by th to get across Lee's track. Could our army that morning in easy reach of High Bridge have been rapidly concentrated according to Humphreys's earnest suggestion,
Virginia (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 7
e virtually turned the right of the defenses of Petersburg and broken the Confederate hold upon Virginia. It was, indeed, a brilliant overture, giving courage to our hearts and stimulus to our energiof the flight of the Confederate government from Richmond, the full retreat of Lee's army from Virginia, and the downfall of the Confederacy. The plain facts were enough for us: Lee's army was in reavalry, with which they had formerly served so harmoniously and so efficiently in the valley of Virginia. The Sixth Corps now remained with the cavalry and under Sheridan's direct command, until af together for manhood's sake in the name of what they already felt to be a doomed Confederacy. Virginia was but a prison-pen; the Southside Railroad was the dead-line; the river the Lethean stream. army compared with ours made it clear that we should soon overcome that resistance and relieve Virginia of the burden of being the head of the Confederacy, and from that must follow the downfall of t
Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): chapter 7
ession of the Cox Road. This we found to be well defended. A force of about ten thousand men formed a strong line in front of us, but with that light order of disposition and movement which betokens a rear-guard. As this is sometimes, however, the mask for formidable resistance, I prepared to carry the position whatever it might prove to be. Accordingly, I threw forward the 185th New York in extended but compact order, covering the enemy's front, brought the two battalions of the Ig8th Pennsylvania into line of battle in support, placed the 18gth New York, Lieut.-Colonel Townsend commanding, in a large tract of woods on the right with orders to move left in front, ready to face outwards and protect that flank which looked toward Sutherland's, and advanced briskly upon the opposing lines. They proved to be Fitzhugh Lee's Division of cavalry dismounted, which from character and experience had acquired a habit of conservative demeanor. But a strong dash broke them up, and we pressed
Five Forks (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 7
r 5: the week of flying fights. The victory at Five Forks had swept away a flying buttress of the enemy's s Immediately on learning of Sheridan's victory at Five Forks, Grant reissued the suspended order directing an ut he felt anxious about our isolated position at Five Forks, and ordered Humphreys to make vigorous demonstrac that would have been. After their defeat at Five Forks, the cavalry of both the Lees joined Rosser at thd marches his men back over the White Oak Road to Five Forks, and pushes on by the Ford Road up to Hatcher's Reen crushed at Sutherland's depot. I returned to Five Forks, and marched out the Ford Road towards Hatcher's quite as much as the eventful one of Crawford at Five Forks, where Warren was the chief victim. There areaccount of our pursuit of tangible beings evading Five Forks. It seems like passing from war to peace. Earlysk week's work of it since the White Oak Road and Five Forks-rushing and pushing night and day, fighting a lit
Appomattox (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 7
ther up their wounded lying between the lines, which were only a few hundred yards apart. Lee's answer comes back within an hour, not offering to surrender but asking the terms that would be given in such case. In the course of the night, as might have been anticipated, Lee retires, making all possible dispatch for Lynchburg, the Second Corps by daylight in close pursuit, followed by the Sixth. We, of course, knew nothing of this at the time; but only of what was going on in the road to Appomattox. For our part, on the morning of the 8th the Fifth Corps moved out at six o'clock, pressing with all our powers to outflank Lee's march. This morning I received a wholesome lesson of the results of inattention. In crossing Buffalo River, my horse had a pardonable desire to take a drink. I let him advance half his length into the water, knee-deep or more,--which I thought enough; but with that unaccountable instinct of a drinking horse (or other fellow) to get further in, to take an
Richmond (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 7
ing in exultant and wildly exaggerated phrase of the flight of the Confederate government from Richmond, the full retreat of Lee's army from Virginia, and the downfall of the Confederacy. The plain Danville Road. Grant had ordered a general assault on the interior lines of Petersburg and Richmond early on this morning of the 3d, but it was then discovered that they had been evacuated duringrecting their course towards Amelia Court House on the Danville Railroad about equidistant from Richmond and Petersburg. Those with whom we had been principally engaged, Pickett's and Bushrod Johnso the grocers and tinsmiths, but also the jewelers and possibly the milliners, of Petersburg and Richmond had been disappointed in a venture they had hopefully consigned to southern ports. It was almo much-enduring, much-abused old Army of the Potomac,--so taunted with not moving,--urged on to Richmond with the spur, but held to cover Washington with the curb, hitherto forced by something in the
Clearseeing Humphreys (search for this): chapter 7
ur army upon the outer Petersburg defenses. Humphreys, learning of this at about nine o'clock, att probabilities of Meade's motive in ordering Humphreys away from Miles' Division when Sheridan was west of them, and also just at the time when Humphreys was returning from the direction of Petersbu him. He adds, in terms implying censure of Humphreys: I directed Humphreys to send a division bacmself. It required considerable boldness in Humphreys to go himself with one of his divisions. Wae ratio seems the same as that of Warren and Humphreys to their commands,--the instinctive dignity imity. He dispatches Grant: I have ordered Humphreys to move out at all hazards at 3 A. M.; but i now well on its way around our left flank. Humphreys caught sight of some of Lee's rear columns mounded by the enemy. Had Lee but understood Humphreys's situation, he might have destroyed the Sec have been rapidly concentrated according to Humphreys's earnest suggestion, and Meade's intention,[27 more...]
Gracie (search for this): chapter 7
s. We should have camped inside the rebel lines, and a bedlam of a bivouac that would have been. After their defeat at Five Forks, the cavalry of both the Lees joined Rosser at the Ford crossing of Hatcher's Run, and then drew back on that road to the Southside Railroad crossing. There were gathered also the fugitives from Pickett's and Johnson's Divisions, covered by the remainder of those divisions that had not been in the fight, --Hunton's Brigade of Pickett's Division, and Wise's, Gracie's (commanded by Colonel Sanford), and Fulton's of Johnson's Division, all under command of General R. H. Anderson. Their ultimate destination was to cover the enemy's right flank at Sutherland's Station. These would have been unpleasant fellows to camp with on the night of April 1st. Humphreys, finding the entrenchments in his front impregnable, at about midnight sent Miles up the White Oak Road to Sheridan. But at daylight Sheridan faced him right about, and with two divisions of the
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