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E. O. C. Ord (search for this): chapter 11.86
lled the enemy to so extend his that it seemed he could have but few troops north of the James for the defense of Richmond. On the night of the 28th the Tenth Corps, Major-General [D. B.] Birney, and the Eighteenth Corps, Major-General [E. O. C.] Ord commanding, of General Butler's army, were crossed to the north side of the James, and advanced on the morning of the 29th, carrying the very strong fortifications and in trenchments below Chaffin's Farm, known as Fort Harrison, capturing fifteen effectual pursuit. On the 24th of March General Sheridan moved from White House [see p. 494], crossed the James River at Jones's Landing, and formed a junction with the Army of the Potomac in front of Petersburg on the 27th. During this move General Ord On the 8th of January, 1865, General E. O. C. Ord succeeded General B. F. Butler in command of the Army of the James, and the Department of Virginia and North Carolina, the designation of which was changed, February 8th, to the Department o
Marco B. Gary (search for this): chapter 11.86
rn on the Charles City road. The headquarters of the division were at Darbytown, two miles in front of the intrenched infantry line, located in the forks of the swamp which forms Four Mile Creek. The error of the position was duly represented. When the enemy at 4 A. M. on the 7th of October tried to extend his lines, the weight of the assault fell upon the cavalry. Two divisions of infantry under Longstreet engaged my force in front, while a superior force of Confederate cavalry under General Gary, covered by the timber, penetrated to the rear. The cavalry sustained the attack until 8 o'clock, giving the Tenth Corps ample time to prepare to punish the enemy very severely. This he followed up by an attack on our intrenched infantry line, but was repulsed with severe slaughter. On the 13th a reconnoissanece was sent out by General Butler, with a view to drive the enemy from some new works he was constructing, which resulted in very heavy loss to us. General Kautz writes: On
Richard Anderson (search for this): chapter 11.86
lry was pushed forward on the road to the right of this, supported by infantry, and reached the enemy's inner line, but was unable to get farther. The position captured from the enemy was. so threatening to Richmond that I determined to hold it. The enemy made several desperate attempts to dislodge us, all of which were unsuccessful, and for which he paid dearly. The assaults on Fort Harrison were made by the brigades of Clingman, Colquitt, Law, G. T. Anderson, and Bratton, under General R. H. Anderson, commanding Longstreet's corps. The Confederate loss in killed and wounded was about two thousand. General George J. Stannard, commander of the Union troops at Fort Harrison, lost his arm, and General Hiram Burnham, a brigade commander, was killed.--editors. On the morning of the 30th [of September] General Meade sent out a reconnoissance with a view to attacking the enemy's line if it was found sufficiently weakened by withdrawal of troops to the north side. In this reconnoissance
Joseph B. Kershaw (search for this): chapter 11.86
I therefore sent the Second Corps and Gregg's division of cavalry, of the Army of the Potomac, and a force of General Butler's army, on the night of the 13th of August, to threaten Richmond from the north side of the James, to prevent him from sending troops away, and, if possible, to drawback those sent. [See map, p. 198.] In this move we captured six pieces of artillery and several hundred prisoners, detained troops that were under marching orders, and ascertained that but one division (Kershaw's) of the three reputed detached had gone. The enemy having withdrawn heavily from Petersburg to resist this movement, the Fifth Corps, General Warren commanding, was moved out on the 18th, and took possession of the Weldon Railroad. [See p. 568.] During the day he had considerable fighting. To regain possession of the road the enemy made repeated and desperate assaults, but was each time repulsed with great loss. On the night of the 20th the troops on the north side of the James were
B. F. Butler (search for this): chapter 11.86
ose withdrawn before we could discover it. General Butler, taking advantage of this, at once moved a under orders for City Point, to report to General Butler at Bermuda Hundred, of which General Butlehe part of the United States war vessels. General Butler, conceiving the idea of cutting a canal ths causes, and especially to the capture by General Butler of the outer line of the Richmond defensesing. About 2 o'clock in the afternoon General Butler was forced back to the line the enemy had ing of the 21st a lodgment was effected by General Butler, with one brigade of infantry, on the nortnk of the James River and joined the force General Butler had there. On the 27th the enemy was drivw lines which resulted from the success of General Butler at Fort Harrison on the 29th of September,the 13th a reconnoissanece was sent out by General Butler, with a view to drive the enemy from some d position. In support of this movement General Butler made a demonstration on the north side of [4 more...]
Thomas L. Clingman (search for this): chapter 11.86
we were repulsed with heavy loss. [See map, p. 198.] Kautz's cavalry was pushed forward on the road to the right of this, supported by infantry, and reached the enemy's inner line, but was unable to get farther. The position captured from the enemy was. so threatening to Richmond that I determined to hold it. The enemy made several desperate attempts to dislodge us, all of which were unsuccessful, and for which he paid dearly. The assaults on Fort Harrison were made by the brigades of Clingman, Colquitt, Law, G. T. Anderson, and Bratton, under General R. H. Anderson, commanding Longstreet's corps. The Confederate loss in killed and wounded was about two thousand. General George J. Stannard, commander of the Union troops at Fort Harrison, lost his arm, and General Hiram Burnham, a brigade commander, was killed.--editors. On the morning of the 30th [of September] General Meade sent out a reconnoissance with a view to attacking the enemy's line if it was found sufficiently weakened
William Birney (search for this): chapter 11.86
he extension of our lines across the Weldon Railroad compelled the enemy to so extend his that it seemed he could have but few troops north of the James for the defense of Richmond. On the night of the 28th the Tenth Corps, Major-General [D. B.] Birney, and the Eighteenth Corps, Major-General [E. O. C.] Ord commanding, of General Butler's army, were crossed to the north side of the James, and advanced on the morning of the 29th, carrying the very strong fortifications and in trenchments below Con, capturing fifteen pieces of artillery and the New Market road and intrenchments. This success was followed up by a gallant assault upon Fort Gilmer, The assault on Fort Gilmer was made by General Adelbert Ames's division, and Brigadier-General William Birney's colored brigade of the Tenth Corps.--editors. immediately in front of the Chaffin Farm fortifications, in which we were repulsed with heavy loss. [See map, p. 198.] Kautz's cavalry was pushed forward on the road to the right of th
Adelbert Ames (search for this): chapter 11.86
B.] Birney, and the Eighteenth Corps, Major-General [E. O. C.] Ord commanding, of General Butler's army, were crossed to the north side of the James, and advanced on the morning of the 29th, carrying the very strong fortifications and in trenchments below Chaffin's Farm, known as Fort Harrison, capturing fifteen pieces of artillery and the New Market road and intrenchments. This success was followed up by a gallant assault upon Fort Gilmer, The assault on Fort Gilmer was made by General Adelbert Ames's division, and Brigadier-General William Birney's colored brigade of the Tenth Corps.--editors. immediately in front of the Chaffin Farm fortifications, in which we were repulsed with heavy loss. [See map, p. 198.] Kautz's cavalry was pushed forward on the road to the right of this, supported by infantry, and reached the enemy's inner line, but was unable to get farther. The position captured from the enemy was. so threatening to Richmond that I determined to hold it. The enemy ma
A. V. Kautz (search for this): chapter 11.86
ral Wilson, with his own division of cavalry of the Army of the Potomac and General Kautz's division of cavalry of the Army of the James, moved against the enemy's rof the 26th of July the Second Corps and two divisions of the cavalry corps and Kautz's cavalry were crossed to the north bank of the James River and joined the forc fortifications, in which we were repulsed with heavy loss. [See map, p. 198.] Kautz's cavalry was pushed forward on the road to the right of this, supported by infrepulsed the enemy with great loss. On the 7th of October the enemy attacked Kautz's cavalry north of the James and drove it back with heavy loss in killed, wound and prisoners, and the loss of all the artillery--eight or nine pieces. General Kautz writes to the editors, November, 1888: The new lines which resulted fro new works he was constructing, which resulted in very heavy loss to us. General Kautz writes: On the 13th of October the Cavalry Division participated in a m
John B. Gordon (search for this): chapter 11.86
ulted in extending the Union intrenchments to Hatcher's Run, after some severe fighting with the troops of A. P. Hill and Gordon.--editors. After the long march by General Sheridan's cavalry, from the Shenandoah Valley, over winter roads it was n the right of the line held by the Army of the Potomac, near the Appomattox River, and the ridge in their rear. . . . General Gordon was selected for the service, and his corps was brought to the intrenchments nearest Petersburg, with its left on thehe point of attack was Fort Stedman, where the opposing lines were only 150 yards apart, the pickets 50 yards apart. General Gordon was sanguine that this redoubt could be taken by a night assault, and that through the breach thus made a sufficient rown to disorganize and destroy Grant's left wing before he could recover and concentrate his forces from the right. General Gordon says that General Lee placed at his disposal, in addition to his own corps, a portion of A. P. Hill's and a portion o
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