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Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 4. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.) 355 3 Browse Search
Adam Badeau, Military history of Ulysses S. Grant from April 1861 to April 1865. Volume 1 147 23 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 7. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 137 13 Browse Search
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 2. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.) 135 7 Browse Search
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 3. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.) 129 1 Browse Search
The Annals of the Civil War Written by Leading Participants North and South (ed. Alexander Kelly McClure) 125 13 Browse Search
Robert Lewis Dabney, Life and Commands of Lieutenand- General Thomas J. Jackson 108 38 Browse Search
Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant 85 7 Browse Search
William Swinton, Campaigns of the Army of the Potomac 84 12 Browse Search
Edward Porter Alexander, Military memoirs of a Confederate: a critical narrative 70 0 Browse Search
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Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 1. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book III:—the first conflict. (search)
contributed powerfully to the organization of the volunteers. Selections were unquestionably made which were dictated either by political influence or personal favor; and among the first major-generals appointed by Mr. Lincoln we find two— Messrs. Banks and Butler—who are the two types of the class then styled political generals: Banks, a former workingman of Massachusetts, who through his intelligence had attained the highest civil positions, of a loyal character and universally esteemed, bBanks, a former workingman of Massachusetts, who through his intelligence had attained the highest civil positions, of a loyal character and universally esteemed, but totally ignorant of military matters—who, although fully aware of this fact, was nevertheless anxious to obtain a command, aggravating his first error in action by mistrust of himself and untoward hesitations, and who did not always succeed in staving off, by his great personal courage, the disastrous results of enterprises he had imprudently undertaken; Butler, a shrewd lawyer, a bold politician, without scruples, who had rendered a great service to his country by taking upon himself the re<
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 1. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book IV:—the first autumn. (search)
ion in July, the defence of the Upper Potomac was entrusted by McClellan to General Banks, and the troops remaining in that district formed a division under his ordee point of its confluence with the Shenandoah. He had, therefore, brought back Banks's division into the valley of the Monocacy, a tributary of the right bank of th Shortly afterwards, Stone's division, lately organized, made a connection with Banks at Washington, by taking a position at Poolesville, on the road leading from thly be disturbed in their inaction by accidents or by insignificant encounters. Banks's advanced posts, taking advantage of low water in the month of August, frequenine of defence from the suspension bridge to Alexandria. The others, under Generals Banks, Stone, Keyes, and Hooker, were stationed en echelon in the valley of the Mthe absence of the enemy in that direction, and deceived by a false report from Banks, he concluded that the Confederates had no intention of defending Leesburg. He
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 1. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book V:—the first winter. (search)
set himself to work. On the 24th of February Banks's division, encamped on the left borders of th campaign, and his division, united to that of Banks, formed the fifth army corps, under command ofany demonstration on the part of the enemy, to Banks's corps. The two fine divisions of which it wand a few pieces of artillery before them; and Banks, convinced that Jackson, when better informed,e the borders of Cedar Creek. On the same day Banks returned to Winchester with a portion of Williovement was not without results. It compelled Banks to concentrate once more his two divisions in Fort Monroe, and transferred to Fremont. General Banks, with his twenty-five thousand men of the housand men, sent in search of the former, nor Banks's twenty-five thousand, to whom Jackson could and nine pieces of field-artillery, including Banks's corps and Blenker's division. It is true ththousand men constituting the active forces of Banks and Blenker, from fifteen thousand to eighteen[2 more...]