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Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Name Index of Commands 34 0 Browse Search
Elias Nason, McClellan's Own Story: the war for the union, the soldiers who fought it, the civilians who directed it, and his relations to them. 11 1 Browse Search
Varina Davis, Jefferson Davis: Ex-President of the Confederate States of America, A Memoir by his Wife, Volume 1 5 1 Browse Search
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 10: The Armies and the Leaders. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller) 2 0 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1, Mass. officers and men who died. 2 0 Browse Search
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The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 1: The Opening Battles. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller) 1 1 Browse Search
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Varina Davis, Jefferson Davis: Ex-President of the Confederate States of America, A Memoir by his Wife, Volume 1, Chapter 9: the Galena lead mines, 1831-32. (search)
g-place of the city, leaving some of their families in their cabins. Lieutenant Wilson, in a letter in 1865, says he thought it was too cold at the time to remove the trespassers. However that may have been, Colonel Taylor at once sent Lieutenants Abercrombie and Jefferson Davis, with fifty men, to accomplish their removal. Lieutenant Davis had previously held some intercourse with them, when on duty near Dubuque, and was, as usual, with those whom he came near enough to know, on friendly tue for the same purpose as that for which I had been sent there in the previous year; but on reporting to the commanding officer at Prairie du Chien that trespassers were, despite his prohibition, crossing the river, a larger force was despatched to enforce the orders of the Government, and the laws relating to intercourse with the Indian tribes. Lieutenant J. J. Abercrombie and I were the officers of this reinforcement. It was in the depth of winter, so cold that we went all the way on ice.
Varina Davis, Jefferson Davis: Ex-President of the Confederate States of America, A Memoir by his Wife, Volume 1, Chapter 25: the storming of Monterey-report of Mr. Davis. (search)
follow him they will be sure to succeed, and they think so, too, with some reason, for during the conflict we attacked, and several times took, places and fortifications from which regular troops, greatly outnumbering us, had been three times repulsed by the Mexicans with considerable loss of life. I never wish to be commanded by a truer soldier than Colonel Davis. A short extract is subjoined from the report of General Taylor on the battle of Monterey: I desire also to notice Generals Hamer and Quitman, commanding brigades in General Butler's division; Lieutenant-Colonel Garland and Wilson, commanding brigades in General Twigg's division; Colonels Mitchell, Campbell, Davis, and Wood, commanding the Ohio, Tennessee, Mississippi, and Second Texas Regiments respectively; and Senior Majors Allen and Abercrombie, commanding Third, Fourth, and First Regiments of infantry, all of whom served under my eye and conducted their commands with coolness and gallantry against the enemy.
Elias Nason, McClellan's Own Story: the war for the union, the soldiers who fought it, the civilians who directed it, and his relations to them., Chapter 10: private letters, [Oct. 1, 1861, to March 12, 1862.] (search)
ke one's way among the wagons. It rained hard and was very cold during the night. . . . Slept in a car; I was up most of the night, telegraphing, etc. This morning it is blowing a hurricane, but the bridge stands well thus far. Burns's brigade came up during the night. I left them in the cars and crossed them this morning early. The wagons have gone over; a regiment of cavalry is now crossing, another battery will follow, and I will have everything well cleared up before the arrival of Abercrombie's brigade, which should be here by two o'clock. I will get it over before dark, also the heavy artillery and regular cavalry, if it arrives. I hope to be able to occupy Charleston to-morrow and get Lander to Martinsburg. It will then require but a short time to finish matters here. The roads on the other side are good; the country more open than near Washington. You have no idea how the wind is howling now — a perfect tornado; it makes the crossing of the river very difficult, and int
Elias Nason, McClellan's Own Story: the war for the union, the soldiers who fought it, the civilians who directed it, and his relations to them., Chapter 13: (search)
On the 1st of April, in view of what had occurred meanwhile, I temporarily changed the arrangements to the extent of leaving Banks in the Shenandoah. I placed Abercrombie in command at Warrenton and Manassas, under Banks's general orders, with 7,780 men at the former and 10,859 men at the latter place, and 18,000 men in Washington so that if Abercrombie was obliged to retire upon Washington there would be concentrated there 36,639 men, besides 1,350 on the lower Potomac and 35,467 under Banks in the Shenandoah. In the event of an advance of the enemy in force in the Shenandoah Valley, Banks could have withdrawn to his aid at least 10,000 men from AbercrAbercrombie's command, or, in the reverse case, could hare gone to the latter's assistance with at least 30,000 men, leaving his Strasburg entrenchments well guarded. Had I remained in command I would have seen to it that the entrenchments referred to were promptly executed. To say that the force I left behind me was, under the circu
Elias Nason, McClellan's Own Story: the war for the union, the soldiers who fought it, the civilians who directed it, and his relations to them., Chapter 23: (search)
on was disposed as follows: Naglee's brigade extending from the Williamsburg road to the Garnett field, having one regiment across the railroad; Gen. Wessells's brigade in the rifle-pits, and Gen. Palmer's in the rear of Gen. Wessells's; one battery of artillery in advance with Gen. Naglee; one battery in rear of rifle-pits to the right of the redoubt; one battery in rear of the redoubt, and another battery unharnessed in the redoubt. Gen. Couch's division, holding the second line, had Gen. Abercrombie's brigade on the right, along thenine-mile road, with two regiments and one battery across the railroad near Fair Oaks Station; Gen. Peck's brigade on the right and Gen. Devens's in the centre. On the approach of the enemy Gen. Casey sent forward one of Gen. Palmer's regiments to support the picket-line; but this regiment gave way without making much, if any, resistance. Heavy firing at once commenced, and the pickets were driven in. Gen. Keyes ordered Gen. Couch to move Gen. Peck's
Elias Nason, McClellan's Own Story: the war for the union, the soldiers who fought it, the civilians who directed it, and his relations to them., Index. (search)
Index. Abbott, Lieut. H. C., 124. Abercrombie, Gen. J. J., in Virginia, 240, 241 ; Fair Oaks, 379. Abert, Capt. W. S., 123. Acquia creek, Va., 106, 493-496, 500, 506, 508, 509, 529-531. Administration, unfitness, 175, 176. Alexander, Col. B. S., 119, 124. Alexandria, Va., 80, 89, 96, 239, 509-527, 536. Allen's Field, Va.--see Savage's Station. Anderson, Gen. J. R., 347, 351, 371, 374. Anderson, Gen., Richard, at Williams burg, 324, 325; South Mountain, 561, 573. Anderson. Lieut.-Col. Robert, 580. Annandale, Va., 515-519. Antietam, Md., battle of, 584-613. Arlington Heights, Va., 67, 68, 73, 80. Army, Confederate, discipline, 72 ; entrenchments, 75 ; advantages, 253 ; at Yorktown, 257, 260, 267, 272, 285-291, 311, 312, 319; Williamsburg, 324-326, 333; West Point 337 ; Hanover C. H., 369-372; Fair Oaks, 378-384 ; in Union rear, 390-393 ; Gaines's Mill, 416-418 ; Savage's Station, 426-428 ; Charles City road, 431, 432: Glendale, 430-433; Malvern Hill, 436,
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 1: The Opening Battles. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller), Preface 1: Photographing the Civil War (search)
thing for the ladies of the capital to invade these outlying camps, and they were always welcomed by the officers weary of continuous guard-duty. Here the camera has caught the willing subject in handsome Kate Chase Sprague, who became a belle of official society in Washington during the war. She was the daughter of Salmon P. Chase, Lincoln's Secretary of the Treasury. At this time she was the wife of Governor William Sprague, of Rhode Island, and was being entertained in Camp by General J. J. Abercrombie, an officer of the regular army, well known in the capital. A horse and rider that will live Here is an extraordinary photograph of a spirited charger taken half a century ago. This noble beast is the mount of Lieut.-Col. C. B. Norton, and was photographed at General Fitz John Porter's headquarters. The rider is Colonel Norton himself. Such clear definition of every feature of man and horse might well be the envy of modern photography, which does not achieve such depth wit
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 10: The Armies and the Leaders. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller), Chapter 9: roster of general officers both Union and Confederate (search)
antry on the field. Tennessee Samuel P. Carter, originally Colonel 2d regiment. James A. Cooper, originally Colonel of the 6th regiment. James G. Spears, brevetted Brigadier-General in 1862. Robert Johnson, originally Colonel of the 1st Cavalry. William B. Campbell, commissioned in 1862; resigned in 1863. Brigadier-generals, U. S. Army (full rank) Hammond, W. A., April 25, 1862. Taylor, Jos. P., Feb. 9, 1863. Brigadier-generals, U. S. Army, (by Brevet) Abercrombie, J. J., Mar. 13, 1865. Alexander, A. J., April 16, 1865. Alexander, B. S., Mar. 13, 1865. Alexander, E. B., Oct. 1865. Alvord, Ben., April 9, 1865. Arnold, Lewis G., Mar. 13, 1865. Babbitt, E. B., Mar. 13, 1865. Babcock, O. E., Mar. 13, 1865. Bache, H., Mar. 13, 1865. Badeau, Adam, Mar. 2, 1867. Barriger, J. W., Mar. 13, 1865. Beckwith, E. G., Mar. 13, 1865. Bell, George, April 9, 1865. Bingham, J. D., April 9, 1865. Blake, Geo. A. H., Mar. 13, 1865. Bomford, Jas. V., Mar. 13,
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Name Index of Commands, J. J. Abercrombie (search)
J. J. Abercrombie Brigadier General  Abercrombie's Division, Military District of Washington, Army of the Potomac Brigadier GeneralApr. 4, 1862, to Apr. 30, 1862. 2d Brigade, 1st Division, Department of the Shenandoah Brigadier GeneralAug. 17, 1861, to March 13, 1862. 2d Brigade, Bank's Division, Army of the Potomac BriAbercrombie's Division, Military District of Washington, Army of the Potomac Brigadier GeneralApr. 4, 1862, to Apr. 30, 1862. 2d Brigade, 1st Division, Department of the Shenandoah Brigadier GeneralAug. 17, 1861, to March 13, 1862. 2d Brigade, Bank's Division, Army of the Potomac Brigadier GeneralFeb. 2, 1863, to June 26, 1863. Abercrombie's Division, Twenty-Second Army Corps, Department of Washington Brigadier GeneralJuly 12, 1862, to Aug. 12, 1862. 1st Division, Fourth Army Corps, Army of the Potomac Brigadier GeneralMarch 13, 1862. to Apr. 4, 1862. 2d Brigade, 1st Division, Fifth Army Corps, Army of the Abercrombie's Division, Twenty-Second Army Corps, Department of Washington Brigadier GeneralJuly 12, 1862, to Aug. 12, 1862. 1st Division, Fourth Army Corps, Army of the Potomac Brigadier GeneralMarch 13, 1862. to Apr. 4, 1862. 2d Brigade, 1st Division, Fifth Army Corps, Army of the Potomac Brigadier GeneralMay 11, 1862, to May 24, 1862. 2d Brigade, 2d Division, Third Army Corps, Army of the Potomac Brigadier GeneralMay 18, 1862, to June 26, 1862. 2d Brigade, 1st Division, Fifth Army Corps, Army of the Potomac Brigadier GeneralMay 24, 1862, to July 5, 1862. 2d Brigade, 1st Division, Fourth Army Corps
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Name Index of Commands, Clarence Buell (search)
Clarence Buell Col. 169th N. Y. InfantryOct., 1862, to Feb., 1863. Provisional Brigade, Abercrombie's Division, Military District of Washington, Army of the Potomac
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