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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 5. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 221 (search)
at a subsequent date. Our force engaged amounted to but one hundred and twelve men. We left of killed, wounded, and missing, (exclusive of those who have just come in-among the last the gallant Capt. Thornton,) ten men at Ponchatoula. Surgeon Avery, of the Ninth Connecticut volunteers, with his attendants, voluntarily remained with our wounded, but the former has since returned. We brought in eleven men more or less severely wounded. One fatal case of sun-stroke occurred on board thtillery, which, with horses attached, would be brought back upon the line of the road as soon as we should have left the village. The artillery did so return at the signal of the inhabitants; but, though actively served, did us no harm. Surgeon Avery reports twenty of the enemy killed. Capts. Thornton and Farrington, and the officers and men of their respective commands, though nearly exhausted by the march, two miles of which was over an open trestle-work, in the heat of the day, beha
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 6. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 170 (search)
o strengthen company C, Second Lieut. J. C. Peck, who had been posted on our extreme left section of the guard, on the Lewisburgh pike. At the same time I sent for the provost-guards of Franklin, (company G, Second Lieut. J. A. Fisher commanding,) ordering them to reenforce my left by way of the Lewisburgh pike with all their force, excepting one relief of the prison-guards. This order was not obeyed. My messenger in a few minutes informed me that Lieut. Fisher and the Provost-Marshal, Capt. Avery, of Gen. Granger's staff, refused to send me the company. Company G, therefore, was not sent out of the town. With this disposition of my force, and with only seven companies of infantry — less than three hundred men — we maintained our lines, of more than one fourth of a mile in extent, for more than two hours against vastly superior numbers. Twice did they attempt to rout us with their cavalry, and as often were they repulsed with loss. They next advanced several mounted companies
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 9. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 86 (search)
at vicinity. My command being in front, the Jeff Davis legion on the right, the brigade advanced toward Cold Harbor. Captain Avery, during the forenoon, was detached to advance on a line with the infantry skirmishers, to the left of our line of batdrove back a squadron of the enemy's cavalry. We bivouacked at this point, and next day advanced to the White House. Captain Avery, Second legion, and Lieutenant Murry, Fourth cavalry, with three companies, were dismounted, and with two pieces of tthus formed are thick woods, and from these shots were fired at the head of the column, slowly retiring. Ordering in Captain Avery's company as sharpshooters, dismounted, I again advanced ; but halted the column when I found that our sharpshooters g the officers of my command, during the eventful period of time covered by this report, I would mention Major Stone, Captains Avery and Waring, and Lieutenants Waldham, Chestnut, and Moseley, of the legion; Captains Chamberlain and Strother, and Lie
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), Engagements of the Civil War with losses on both sides December, 1860-August, 1862 (search)
nks five days later, after a siege of six weeks, and the Mississippi passed forever from the control of the Confederacy. General Samuel Ryan Curtis Fort Curtis, Helena, Arkansas 24th S. C., Charleston, S. C., Battalion. Losses: Union 5 wounded. Confed. 17 wounded. June 3-5, 1862: Fort Pillow, Tenn. Evacuation by Confederates and occupation by Union troops commanded by Col. G. A. Fitch. June 5, 1862: Tranter's Creek, N. C. Union, 24th Mass., Co. I 3d N. Y. Cav. Avery's Battery Marine Art. Confed. No record found. Losses: Union 7 killed, 11 wounded. June 6, 1862: Memphis, Tenn. Union, U. S. Gunboats Benton, Louisville, Carondelet, Cairo, and St. Louis; and Rams Monarch and Queen of the West. Confed., River Defense fleet of 8 gunboats. Losses: Confed. 80 killed and wounded, 100 captured. June 6, 1862: Harrisonburg, Va. Union, 1st N. J. Cav., 1st Pa. Rifles, 60th Ohio, 8th W. Va. Confed., 1st Md. and 58th Va. Losses: U
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 2. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), General Lee's final and full report of the Pennsylvania campaign and battle of Gettysburg. (search)
art of which were carried by Stewart's brigade and a number of prisoners taken. The contest was continued to a late hour, but without further advantage. On Cemetery Hill the attack by Early's leading brigades — those of Hays, and Hoke under Colonel Avery--was made with vigor. Two lines of the enemy's infantry were dislodged from the cover of some stone and board fences on the side of the ascent and driven back into the works on the crest, into which our troops forced their way and seized sevbut the latter deemed it useless to advance after the failure of Early's attack. In this engagement our loss in men and officers was large. Maj.-Generals Hood and Pender, Brigadier-Generals Jones, Semmes, G. T. Anderson and Barksdale, and Colonel Avery, commanding Hoke's brigade, were wounded — the last two mortally. Generals Pender and Semmes died after their removal to Virginia. The result of this day's operations induced the belief that with proper concert of action, and with the inc
Edward Porter Alexander, Military memoirs of a Confederate: a critical narrative, Chapter 17: Gettysburg: second day (search)
y repulsed. Early's report gives the following details: — . . . As soon as Johnson became warmly engaged, which was a little before dusk, I ordered Hays and Avery to advance and carry the works on the height in front. These troops advanced in gallant style to the attack, passing over the ridge in front of them under a heavy for reasons given in his report. The maps show that Hays's brigade on the right had only about 500 yards to advance over ground exposed to the enemy's fire. Avery's brigade on the left had a somewhat greater distance. Hays reports his casualties in this affair as 181. Avery was killed. The casualties of his brigade for Avery was killed. The casualties of his brigade for the three days were 345, of which at least two-thirds were suffered in this charge. Howard's report gives the story from the Federal side:— The attack was so sudden and violent that the infantry in front of Ames was giving way. In fact, at one moment the enemy had gotten within the batteries. A request for assistance had al
L. P. Brockett, The camp, the battlefield, and the hospital: or, lights and shadows of the great rebellion, Part 2: daring enterprises of officers and men. (search)
e the Ridge if you can --and so it went along the line. But the advance had already set forth without it. Stout-hearted Wood, the iron-gray veteran, is rallying on his men; stormy Turchin is delivering brave words in bad English; Sheridan-little Phil --you may easily look down upon him without climbing a tree, and see one of the most gallant leaders of the age if you do — is riding to and fro along the first line of rifle-pits, as calmly as a chess-player. An aide rides up with the order. Avery, that flask, said the general. Quietly filling the pewter cup, Sheridan looks up at the battery that frowns above him, by Bragg's headquarters, shakes his cap amid that storm of every thing that kills, when you could hardly hold out your hand without catching a bullet in it, and with a how are you? tosses off the cup. The blue battle flag of the rebels fluttered a response to the cool salute, and the next instant the battery let fly its six guns, showering Sheridan with earth. Alluding t
L. P. Brockett, The camp, the battlefield, and the hospital: or, lights and shadows of the great rebellion, The capture of Mission Ridge. (search)
e the Ridge if you can --and so it went along the line. But the advance had already set forth without it. Stout-hearted Wood, the iron-gray veteran, is rallying on his men; stormy Turchin is delivering brave words in bad English; Sheridan-little Phil --you may easily look down upon him without climbing a tree, and see one of the most gallant leaders of the age if you do — is riding to and fro along the first line of rifle-pits, as calmly as a chess-player. An aide rides up with the order. Avery, that flask, said the general. Quietly filling the pewter cup, Sheridan looks up at the battery that frowns above him, by Bragg's headquarters, shakes his cap amid that storm of every thing that kills, when you could hardly hold out your hand without catching a bullet in it, and with a how are you? tosses off the cup. The blue battle flag of the rebels fluttered a response to the cool salute, and the next instant the battery let fly its six guns, showering Sheridan with earth. Alluding t
Oliver Otis Howard, Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general , United States army : volume 1, Chapter 25: the battle of Gettysburg; the second and third day (search)
is energetic help the entire broken front was completely reestablished. General A. S. Webb, a generous and cooperative commander, also sent two of his regiments to my aid. The lines were thus reestablished; then, by the help of General Newton, who commanded the Fifth Corps, I was enabled to shorten my front and have sufficient reserves to prevent the possibility of such a break again. Early made a few desperate attempts to regain what he had just lost. One of his brigade commanders, Colonel Avery, was killed, and his men were falling rapidly, so that he at last gave up the struggle. Every effort against Culp's Hill, on either flank of it, had come too late to be of any avail in Lee's main attack against the Round Tops, and had been vigorously and promptly met with plenty of troops. But yet, as Geary, next to Greene, and Ruger, nearer McAllister's Mill, began to skirmish back in the night with the hope of resting within their strong barricade, they found to their surprise that t
John Harrison Wilson, The life of Charles Henry Dana, Chapter 3: community life (search)
y : because I suppose, there are no eagles there, only doves and such poultry. Nobody else, I believe, has come; not even my lover Lamed, from whom I hope not much. I am glad you are seeing all sorts of people, and talking to some of them about our wild notions. Tell me all you know of the Curtises: do they mean to join us by-and-by, or come they merely as spectators? What corner or crevice can we find for Mrs. Greeley: I see not: perhaps, we can make one before the summer is over. At Avery's I am sure, she would be homesick: besides, we should scarcely see her there, or she us. We are very glad to get the Tribune every week, as we do from Mr. Greeley: it is as pleasant an avenue as we could have wherewith to communicate with the Babel world it comes from. One bad thing alone belongs to your coming back, we sha'n't get any letters from you: we shall miss them so much that you will have to write us now and then, and send your letters from house to house. Dana's tastes and
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