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John D. Billings, Hardtack and Coffee: The Unwritten Story of Army Life, XX.
Army road
and bridge Builders. (search)
end and one in the centre. It was the longest bridge built in the war, of which I have any knowledge, save one, and that the bridge built across the James, below Wilcox's Landing, in 1864. This latter was a remarkable achievement in ponton engineering. It was over two thousand feet long, and the channel boats were firmly anchored in thirteen fathoms of water. The engineers began it during the forenoon of June 14, and completed the task at midnight. It was built under the direction of General Benham for the passage of the wagontrains and a part of the troops, while the rest crossed in steamers and ferry-boats. But ponton bridges were not always laid without opposition or interference from the enemy. Perhaps they made the most stubborn contest to prevent the laying of the bridges across the Rappahannock before Fredericksburg in December, 1862. The pontoniers had partially laid one bridge before daylight, but when dawn appeared the enemy's sharpshooters, who had been posted i
John D. Billings, Hardtack and Coffee: The Unwritten Story of Army Life, Index. (search)
Alexander, E. Porter, 406-7 Alexandria, Va., 48,121,331 Allatoona, Ga., 400-401 Ambulances, 302-15 Anderson, Robert, 22 Andrew, John A., 23, 25 Antietam, 71,176,253, 286,287, 378 Ashby, Mass., 274 Atkinson, D. Webster, 392 Atlanta, 400,403,405 Avery House, 402 Baltimore, 116 Banks, Nathaniel P., 23, 71 Beale, James, The Battle Flags of the Army of the Potomac at Gettysburg, 338-39 Beats, 94-102, 174,312 Bell, John, 16 Belle Plain, Va., 369 Benham, Henry W., 391 Big Shanty, Ga., 404 Birney, David B., 157,255-56,261, 345,353 Blair, Francis P., 264, 383 Borden's Milk, 125 Boston, 25,29-30,51, 199,226 Bounty-jumpers, 161-62,202 Bowditch, Henry I., 315 Boxford, Mass., 44 Boydton Plank Road, 313 Bragg, Braxton, 262 Brandy Station, Va., 113, 180,229, 352-53 Bristoe Station, Va., 367 Brown, Joseph W., 403 Buchanan, James, 18-19,395 Buell, Don Carlos, 405 Bugle calls, 165-66, 168-69, 172, 176-78,180-97,336-3
General James Longstreet, From Manassas to Appomattox, Chapter28: Gettysburg-Third day. (search)
Reed; 2d Pa. Cav., Col. R. Butler Price; 6th Pa. Cav., Cos. E and I, Capt. James Starr; Regular Cav. (detachments from 1st, 2d, 5th, and 6th Regiments). signal Corps, Capt. Lemuel B. Norton. guards and Orderlies, Oneida (N. Y.) Cav., Capt. Daniel P. Mann. artillery, Brig.-Gen. Henry J. Hunt. engineer Brigade,Not engaged. With exception of the regular battalion, it was, July 1, and while at Beaver Dam Creek, Md., ordered to Washington, D. C., where it arrived July 3. Brig.-Gen. Henry W. Benham:--15th N. Y. (3 cos.), Maj. Walter L. Cassin; 50th N. Y., Col. William H. Pettes; U. S. Battn., Capt. George H. Mendell. First Army Corps, Major-General John F. Reynolds, of this Corps, was killed July 1, while in command of the left wing of the Army; General Doubleday commanded the Corps July 1, and General Newton, who was assigned to that command on the 1st, superseded him July 2. Major-General Abner Doubleday, Major-General John Newton. General Headquarters, 1st me. Cav., Co
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: Volume 2., Siege and capture of Fort Pulaski. (search)
ne of our Columbiads had sent through the wall. Among the articles of capitulation was one providing that the sick and wounded should be sent under a flag of truce to the Confederate lines. This article General Hunter declined to ratify, and the whole garrison were sent as prisoners to the forts in New York harbor. The garrison was found to consist of 385 men, the opposing land forces at Fort Pulaski, Ga. Union forces. Maj.-Gen. David Hunter, department commander. Brig.-Gen. Henry W. Benham, division commander. Daufuskie Island, Brig.-Gen. Egbert L. Viele: 6th Conn., Col. John L. Chatfield; 8th Me. (5 co's), Lieut.-Col. Ephraim W. Woodman; 48th N. Y., Col. James H. Perry. Jones Island (K, 1st N. Y. Engineers, Capt. H. L. Southard, and G, 3d R. I. Artillery, Capt. John H. Gould), Lieut.-Col. William B. Barton. Bird Island (E, 3d R. 1. Artillery, Capt. James E. Bailey, and E, 1st N. Y. Engineers, Capt. James E. Place), Maj. Oliver T. Beard. Tybee Island, Acting Brig
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3., Sedgwick at Fredericksburg and Salem Heights. (search)
oker on Sunday evening. Warren says: As soon as General Sedgwick's advance had caused the retreat of the troops at Banks's Ford [about 1 P. M., May 3d], General Benham had thrown a bridge across and communicated with him. By this route and the United States Mine Ford, I returned to headquarters, near Chancellorsville, which less he attacks him at the same time. He says you are too far away from him to direct. Look well to the safety of your corps, and keep up communication with General Benham at Banks's Ford and Fredericksburg. You can go to either place, if you think best. To cross at Banks's Ford would bring you in supporting distance of the maetch. for the withdrawal. Newton quickly made himself acquainted with the roads leading to Banks's Ford and succeeded in establishing communication with General Henry W. Benham, who was in charge of the pontoons at that place. At 6 o'clock in the evening the enemy attacked Brooks and Howe on the center and left, with the desig
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3., The opposing forces in the Chancellorsville campaign. (search)
. Marsena R. Patrick: 93d N. Y., Col. John S. Crocker; E and I, 6th Pa. Cav., Capt. James Starr; 8th U. S. (6 co's), Capt. E. W. H. Read; Detachment Regular Cav., Lieut. Tattnall Paulding. Patrick's Brigade, Col. William F. Rogers: B, Md. Art'y, Capt. Alonzo Snow; 21st N Y., Lieut.-Col. Chester W. Sternberg; 23d N. Y., Col. Henry C. Hoffman; 35th N. Y., Col. John G. Todd; 80th N. Y. (20th Militia), Col. Theodore B. Gates; 12th Ohio Battery, Capt. Aaron C. Johnson. Engineer Brigade, Brig.-Gen. Henry W. Benham: 15th N. Y., Col. Clinton G. Colgate; 50th N. Y., Col. Charles B. Stuart; Battalion U. S. Engineers, Capt. Chauncey B. Reese. Brigade loss: k, 1; w, 6; m, 1 == 8. Guards and Orderlies, Oneida (N. Y.) Cav., Capt. Daniel P. Mann. artillery, Brig.-Gen. Henry J. Hunt. Artillery Reserve, Capt. William M. Graham, Brig.-Gen. Robert O. Tyler: B, 1st Conn., Lieut. Albert F. Brooker; M, 1st Conn., Capt. Franklin A. Pratt; 5th N. Y., Capt. Elijah D. Taft; 15th N. Y., Capt. Patrick Hart; 2
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., chapter 1.1 (search)
ested by a bold but unsuccessful assault upon them by our forces under Brigadier-General [H. W.] Benham on the 16th of June, 1862. I deem it necessary to place the facts of this attack in their prttempted the Morris Island route. The truth of the matter is, that the point attacked by Generals Benham and I. I. Stevens near Secessionville The assault at Secessionville was made by Stevens' to the report of General David Hunter, who commanded the department, the attack was made by General Benham in violation of his instructions. The Confederate force engaged was commanded by General the fight at Secessionville was lost, in great measure, by lack of tenacity on the part of Generals Benham and Stevens. Their troops outnumbered ours more than two to one, and fought with considera, went even inside one of the salients of the work. It was saved by the skin of our teeth. General Benham's attack was, therefore, hardly a test of the possibility or impossibility of carrying the J
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., The army before Charleston in 1863. (search)
ey, who had immediate command of the defense, recently stated that he had under his control 385 pieces of artillery of all calibers, including field-batteries, and an ample force of skilled men to serve them. When the position was evacuated by the Confederates, February 18th, 1865, 246 guns were left behind in the several works. The James Island defenses were especially strong. They had repulsed a bold and spirited assault upon them from the Stono River side, made by forces under General H. W. Benham, on the 16th of June, 1862, and had been greatly strengthened since that time. A gallant and well-directed attack upon Fort Sumter on April 7th, 1863, by a squadron composed of nine iron-clad vessels, under command of Rear-Admiral Du Pont, had signally failed, after a sharp engagement lasting about one hour. [See p. 32.] The squadron carried 15-inch and 1-inch shell guns and 150-pounder Parrott rifles. Five of the iron-clads were reported by their respective commanders to be whol
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., The opposing forces at the beginning of Grant's campaign against Richmond. (search)
eorge G. Meade. Provost Guard, Brig.-Gen. Marsena R. Patrick: C and D, 1st Mass. Cav., Capt. Edward A. Flint; 80th N. Y. Inf. (20th Militia), Col. Theodore B. Gates; 3d Pa. Cav., Maj. James W. Walsh; 68th Pa. Inf., Lieut.-Col. Robert E. Winslow; 114th Pa. Inf., Col. Charles H. T. Collis. Volunteer Engineer Brigade, With the exception of eleven companies of the 50th N. Y. under Lieut.-Col. Spaulding, this command, with its commander, was at the Engineer Depot, Washington, D. C. Brig.-Gen. Henry W. Benham: 15th N. Y. Engineers, Maj. William A. Ketchum; 50th N. Y. Engineers, Lieut.-Col. Ira Spaulding. Battalion U. S. Engineers, Capt. George H. Mendell. Guards and Orderlies: Oneida (N. Y.) Cav., Capt. Daniel P. Mann. Second Army Corps, Maj.-Gen. Winfield S. Hancock. Escort: M, 1st Vt. Cav., Capt. John H. Hazelton. first division, Brig.-Gen. Francis C. Barlow. First Brigade, Col. Nelson A. Miles: 26th Mich., Maj. Lemuel Saviers; 61st N. Y., Lieut.-Col. K. O. Broady; 81st Pa., C
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., The opposing forces at Petersburg and Richmond: December 31st, 1864. (search)
y of the Potomac.--Maj.-Gen. George G. Meade (on leave), Maj.-Gen. John G. Parke. Provost Guard, Brig.-Gen. Marsena R. Patrick: 8th Del. (3 co's), Capt. Robert I. Holt; K, 1st Ind. Cav., Lieut. William O. Hedrick; C and D, 1st Mass. Cav., Capt. Edward A. Flint; 80th N. Y. (20th militia), Lieut.-Col. John McEntee; 3d Pa. Cav. (8 co's), Lieut.-Col. James W. Walsh; 68th Pa., Col. Andrew H. Tippin; 114th Pa., Col. Charles H. T. Collis. Engineer Brigade and Defenses of City Point, Brig.-Gen. Henry W. Benham: 1st Me. Sharp-shooters (2 co's), Capt. George R. Abbott; 61st Mass. (6 co's), Lieut.-Col. Charles F. Walcott; Hall's Batt'n Mich. Sharp-shooters (2 co's), Capt. Nathaniel P. Watson; 18th N. H. (6 co's), Lieut.-Col. Joseph M. Clough; 15th N. Y. Engr's, Col. Wesley Brainerd; 50th N. Y. Engr's, Col. William H. Pettes. Battalion U. S. Engineers, Maj. Franklin Harwood. Guards and Orderlies: Oneida (N. Y.) Cav., Lieut. Frank Vane. artillery, Brig.-Gen. Henry J. Hunt (chief of artille
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