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Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 3. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book I:—the war on the Rapidan. (search)
rfect, were too weak to do any serious damage to the solid hulls of the monitors. Several hundred guns of all constructions and of different calibres had been collected together for the armament of the forts of Charleston. The number of pieces forming the first circle of defence—that is to say, that which protected the entrance of the channel —amounted to sixty-nine. Besides five mortars and about fifteen cannon of small calibre, there were two new specimens of seveninch rifled gulls of Brooke's pattern, The guns of the Brooke pattern were cast at the Tredegar Works, Richmond, Va.—Ed. which discharged enormous slugs of beaten iron, and some old rifled brass thirty-two and fortytwo pounders, and several large naval howitzers, also of brass, having diameters of eight, nine, and ten inches, with which the Confederates did not hesitate to fire balls of immense weight. Fort Sumter—which, as the reader will remember, had a tier of casemated batteries—contributed to the amount thi
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 3. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book III:—Pennsylvania. (search)
the first to be killed. But they soon encounter new adversaries; for Caldwell, seeing the losses of his first line, has caused the second, composed of Zook's and Brooke's brigades, to advance. Semmes' troops are driven back to the other side of the ravine before they have been able to set foot upon the hill, whence Kershaw, on tConfederates, posted in the wood, command all its approaches; their artillery, descending the slopes of the hillock of the orchard, takes the Unionists in flank. Brooke charges it with his brigade in vain; he is repulsed and seriously wounded. Colonel Brooke was severely bruised, but did not relinquish his command.—Ed. The FedColonel Brooke was severely bruised, but did not relinquish his command.—Ed. The Federal line is irrevocably broken, and all the forces which have until then held Longstreet in check on the left are unable to re-form it. Out of eight brigades brought into action by the commander of the First Confederate corps, six are making desperate attacks upon them. The Union troops, most of them in complete disorder, fall b
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 3. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), chapter 6 (search)
j.-gen. Doubleday. 1st brigade, Brig.-gen. Rowley—121st, 135th, 142d, 151st Pa. 2d Brigade, Col. Roy Stone—143d, 149th, 150th Pa. Artillery—1st Pa. Art. (Bats. B, G, I). Second army corps, Major-general Couch. 1st division, Maj.-gen. Hancock. 1st brigade, Brig.-gen. Caldwell—5th N. H., 61st N. Y., 81st, 148th Pa. 2d brigade, Brig.-gen. Meagher—28th Mass., 63d, 69th, 88th N. Y., 116th Pa. 3d Brigade, Brig.-gen. Zook—52d, 57th, 66th N. Y., 140th Pa. 4th Brigade, Col. Brooke—27th Conn., 2d Del., 64th N. Y., 53d, 145th Pa. Artillery—1st N. Y. Art. (Bat. B), 4th U. S. Art. (Bat. C). 2d division, Brig.-gen. Gibbon. 1st brigade, Brig.-gen. Sully—19th Me., 15th Mass., 1st Minn., 34th, 82d N. Y. 2d Brigade, Brig.-gen. Owen—69th, 71st, 72d, 108th Pa. 3d Brigade, Col. Hall—19th, 20th Mass., 7th Mich., 51st, 59th N. Y., 127th Pa. Detached—Col. Andrews—Sharpshooters. Artillery—1st R. I. Light Art. (Bats. B, H). 3d divisio
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 3. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), chapter 7 (search)
ision, Major-general Doubleday. 1st brigade, Rowley, 20th N. Y., 121st, 142d Pa. 2d brigade Stone, 142d, 149th, 150th Pa. (Bucktails). 3d brigade Stannard, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th Vt. Corps artillery, 28 cannon. Second corps. Major-General Hancock. 1st division, Brigadier-general Caldwell. 1st brigade, Cross, 5th N. H., 61st, 81st N. Y. 2d brigade Kelly, 28th Mass., 63d, 69th, 88th N. Y., 116th Pa. 3d brigade Zook, 52d, 57th, 66th N. Y., 140th Pa. 4th brigade Brooke, 27th Conn., 2d Del., 64th N. Y., 53d, 145th Pa. 2d division, Brigadier-general Gibbon. 1st brigade, Harrow, 19th Me., 15th Mass., 82d N. Y., 1st Minn. 2d brigade Webb, 69th, 71st, 72d, 106th Pa. 3d brigade Hall, 19th, 20th Mass., 7th Mich., 42d, 59th N. Y. 3d division, Brigadier-general Hays. 1st brigade, Catroll, 14th Ind., 4th, 8th O., 2d W. Va. 2d brigade Smyth, 14th Conn., 1st Del., 10th, 12th, 108th, 136th N. Y. 3d brigade Willard, 37th, 111th, 125th, 126th N.
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 3. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Addenda by the editor (search)
rig.-gen. Samuel K. Zook. 52d New York. 57th New York. 66th New York. 140th Pennsylvania. Fourth brigade. Colonel John R. Brooke. 27th Connecticut. 2d Delaware. 64th New York. 53d Pennsylvania. 145th Pennsylvania. Artillery. Captai.). Artillery reserve, Second corps. Colonel S. Crutchfield. Brown's Battalion. Colonel J. Thompson Brown. Brooke's Virginia Battery (Brooke Art.). Dance's Va. Battery (Powhatan Art.). Graham's Va. Battery (Rockbridge Art.). H Lieut.-col. John Fraser. 52d New York. 57th New York. 66th New York. 140th Pennsylvania. Fourth brigade. Colonel John R. Brooke. 27th Connecticut. 2d Delaware. 64th New York. 53d Pennsylvania. 145th Pennsylvania Second division. （1)rth Carolina. 22d North Carolina. 34th North Carolina. 38th North Carolina. Artillery. Major William T. Poague. Brooke's Virginia Battery. Graham's North Carolina Battery. Ward's Mississippi Battery (Madison Light Art.). Wyatt's Vi