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Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3., The assault on Chickasaw bluffs. (search)
27th and 28th, and the enemy was driven back to his trenches. My division consisted of the brigades of Sheldon, Lindsey, and De Courcy. General Blair's brigade, as already stated, had been detached from Steele's division, and ordered to report to me. December 28th, I directed Blair, then on the north side of the bayou, to reconnoiter his front, and with De Courcy, who was on the opposite side of the bayou from Blair, I reconnoitered First Vicksburgh campaign or Chickasaw Bayou December 27 1862--January 3, 1863. the front of his brigade; and then passed to McNutt Lake,--an enlargement of Chickasaw Bayou,--and with Colonel D. W. Lindsey (whose brigade, with that of Colonel L. A. Sheldon, was in the woods bordering on the lake) reconnoitered his front. The enemy had relied on the depth and width of the lake as a sufficient defense, and at that place had neither troops nor works of any kind between the lake and the bluffs. I determined to bridge the lake during the night, and a
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3., The opposing forces at Chickasaw bluffs (or First Vicksburg), Miss.: December 27th, 1862--January 3d, 1863. (search)
The opposing forces at Chickasaw bluffs (or First Vicksburg), Miss.: December 27th, 1862--January 3d, 1863. The composition, losses, and strength of each army as here stated give the gist of all the data obtainable in the Official Records. K stands for killed; w for wounded; m w for mortally wounded; m for captured or missing; c for captured. The Union army. Right wing. Thirteenth army Corps. Major-General William T. Sherman. First division, Brig.-Gen. Andrew J. Smith (also in command of the Second Division December 29th). Escort: C, 4th Ind. Cav., Capt. Joseph P. Lesslie. First Brigade, Brig.-Gen. Stephen G. Burbridge: 16th Ind., Col. Thomas J. Lucas; 60th Ind., Col. Richard Owen; 67th Ind., Col. Frank Emerson; 83d Ohio, Lieut.-Col. William H. Baldwin; 96th Ohio, Col. Joseph W. Vance; 23d Wis., Col. Joshua J. Guppey. Brigade loss: k, 1; w, 1==2. Second Brigade, Col. William J. Landram: 77th Ill., Col. David P. Grier; 97th Ill., Col. Friend S. Rutherford; 108th Ill.,
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 2., Chapter 20: events West of the Mississippi and in Middle Tennessee. (search)
fog had been lifted from the country, it was found that his foe had decamped, leaving a battery of six pieces, supported by cavalry, to dispute the crossing of Wilson's Creek. These were soon driven, and McCook rested at Triune that night. Dec. 27, 1862. Crittenden, in the mean time, had driven the Confederates out of Lavergne, and, in the face of continual opposition, advanced to Stewart's Creek, a deep stream with high banks, where Rosecrans expected the Confederates would make a stand. Tred in the heart of Kentucky, where he was well known and feared by all parties. He dashed up toward Louisville along the line of the railway, and after skirmishing at Nolensville and other places, he suddenly appeared before Elizabethtown, Dec. 27, 1862. then garrisoned by five hundred men of the Ninety-first Illinois, under Lieutenant-Colonel Smith. They were too few to combat successfully Morgan's three thousand. These surrounded the town, Dec. 28. and, without warning to the inhabitant
Horace Greeley, The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65: its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union. Volume II., Xxix. The War on the ocean — Mobile Bay. (search)
. Released from duress, she put to sea, and soon appeared as a British ship of war off the harbor of Mobile, then blockaded by Com'r Geo. II. Preble, who hesitated to fire on her lest she should be what she seemed; and in a few minutes she had passed him, and run up to Mobile, showing herself the Rebel corsair she actually was. Preble was promptly dismissed from the service — an act of justice which needed but a few repetitions to have prevented such mistakes in future. Running out Dec. 27, 1862. again under cover of darkness, the Oreto, now commanded by John N. Maffitt, Of Texas: son of a once noted Methodist clergyman of like name, who was Irish by birth, and a noted pulpit orator. became the Florida, thereafter vieing with her consort, the Alabama — a new British vessel henceforth commanded by Semmes-and with other such from time to time fitted out, in their predatory career. Each of these habitually approached her intended prey under her proper (British) colors, but hois
William F. Fox, Lt. Col. U. S. V., Regimental Losses in the American Civil War, 1861-1865: A Treatise on the extent and nature of the mortuary losses in the Union regiments, with full and exhaustive statistics compiled from the official records on file in the state military bureaus and at Washington, Chapter 7: muster-out-rolls — Anthropological statistics. (search)
pril 23, 1864. In the United States Volunteer Register, the officers' roster of the Indian (Kansas) regiments is given, from which the following items are taken: First Indian Guards:--Captain Tul-se-fix-se-ko; killed February 1, 1863. First Indian Guards:--Captain Ah-ha-la-tus-ta-nuk-ke; died at Camp Moonlight, Ark., March 23, 1863. First Indian Guards:--Captain Ta-ma-tus-ta-nuk-ka; cashiered December 3, 1864. First Indian Guards:--Captain Ak-ti-yah-gi-ya-ho-la; deserted December 27, 1862. (It is hoped that in the heat of action, these officers did not stand upon their dignity and insist upon being addressed by their full names.) Second Indian Guards:--Captain Spring Frog; mustered out May 31, 1865. Second Indian Guards:---Captain Eli Tadpole; died of disease April 15, 1863. Second Indian Guards:--Lieutenant Andrew Rabbit; resigned July 12, 1863. Second Indian Guards:--Captain Jim Ned; missing since August 31, 1862. Second Indian Guards:--Captain Dirt
William F. Fox, Lt. Col. U. S. V., Regimental Losses in the American Civil War, 1861-1865: A Treatise on the extent and nature of the mortuary losses in the Union regiments, with full and exhaustive statistics compiled from the official records on file in the state military bureaus and at Washington, Chapter 11: list of battles, with the regiments sustaining the greatest losses in each. (search)
155 7th Rhode Island Sturgis's Ninth 11 132 15 158 28th Massachusetts Hancock's Second 14 124 20 158 Kinston, Whitehall and Goldsboro, N. C.             Dec. 14 17, 1862.             10th Connecticut Foster's ---------- 11 89 -- 100 45th Massachusetts Foster's ---------- 18 59 -- 77 9th New Jersey Foster's ---------- 5 86 4 95 103d Pennsylvania Peck's ---------- 16 53 -- 69 23d Massachusetts Foster's ---------- 12 55 -- 67 Chickasaw Bayou, Miss.             Dec. 27-29, 1862.             16th Ohio Morgan's ---------- 16 101 194 311 54th Indiana Morgan's ---------- 17 112 135 264 13th Illinois Steele's ---------- 27 107 39 173 31st Missouri Steele's ---------- 17 72 62 151 29th Missouri Steele's ---------- 19 70 61 150 58th Ohio Steele's ---------- 36 78 11 125 4th Iowa Steele's ---------- 7 105 -- 112 22d Kentucky Morgan's ---------- 9 72 26 107 6th Missouri Morgan's ---------- 14 43 -- 57 Parker's X Roads
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 6. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 27 (search)
in Allen, Capt. Pierce, and Adjutant Lewis; among the killed was Sergeant-Major E. E. Henthorn, a most gallant and brave soldier. A full statement of our loss has been previously forwarded. My officers and men behaved with the utmost courage and bravery, and deserve the highest reward and esteem of their country. I have the honor to be, etc., Franklin Sawyer, Lieutenant-Colonel Commanding Eighth Ohio Volunteers. Official report of Colonel Andrews. Wilmington, Delaware, December 27, 1862. Captain Joseph W. Plume, A. A.A. G., French's Division. Captain: I have the honor to report the following, as the part taken by the Third brigade, under my command, in the attack on the enemy's works near Fredericksburgh. On the morning of the twelfth of December at half-past 7, the command, following General Kimball's brigade, and advancing by the left flank, crossed the pontoon-bridge, and formed line of battle in the main street of Fredericksburgh, the men keeping near their ar
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 6. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 79 (search)
Doc. 73.-operations in North-Carolina. The official report of Major-General Foster. headquarters, Department of North-Carolina, Newbern, December 27, 1862. Major-General H. W. Halleck, General-in-Chief, United States Army, Washington, D. C.: General: Referring to my letters of December tenth, fourteenth, and twentieth, I have the honor to report that I left this town at eight A. M. of the eleventh, with the following forces: Gen. Wessells's brigade of General Peck's division, kindly loaned to me; Col. Amory's brigade; Col. Stevenson's brigade; Col. Loe's brigade. In all about----infantry; batteries Third New-York artillery; Belger's battery, First Rhode Island; section of Twenty-fourth New-York independent battery; section of Twenty-third independent battery, having a total of----guns, and the Third New-York cavalry of about----men. We marched the first day on the main Kinston road about fourteen miles, when, finding the road obstructed by felled trees for half a
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 6. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 96 (search)
he concentrated his force, and prepared for battle. When Morgan made his appearance with his command, Colonel Smith, wishing to gain time, sent him the following note, demanding a surrender: headquarters U. S. Forces, Elizabethtown, December 27, 1862. To the Commander of the Rebel Forces: sir: I demand of you an immediate and unconditional surrender of yourself and forces under your command. I have you completely surrounded, and will open my batteries upon you in twenty minutes, andust have surprised Morgan, and was a good joke, if nothing more. John, however, treated the matter very seriously, and returned the following answer, demanding in turn the surrender of the Federal forces: headquarters army of Kentucky, Dec. 27, 1862. H. S. Smith, Officer Commanding U. S. Forces at Elizabethtown: sir: I have the honor to inform you that I have received your communication of this date, in which you demand an immediate surrender of myself and the forces under my command
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Poetry and Incidents., Volume 6. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 153 (search)
Executions by the rebels.--The Rebel Banner, of the twenty-seventh December, 1862, has the following in a letter from Murfreesboro: Yesterday the sentences of court-martial were executed upon several persons in the vicinity of this place. Gray, resident of this county, was hung as a spy in presence of an immense throng of soldiers and citizens. Proof of guilt was very comprehensive and conclusive. He had been for several months acting in concert with the enemy, and giving them aid and comfort. The gallows was erected near the railroad depot, whither at noon the condemned man was conveyed. He appeared quite unconcerned, and his forbidding features did not display any particular interest in the dread tragedy about to be enacted. Just after the noose had been adjusted about the prisoner's neck, and as Captain Peters was about reading the sentence, Gray leaped from the platform, thus launching himself into eternity. He struggled severely for several minutes, and then expir
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