hide Matching Documents

The documents where this entity occurs most often are shown below. Click on a document to open it.

Document Max. Freq Min. Freq
Colonel William Preston Johnston, The Life of General Albert Sidney Johnston : His Service in the Armies of the United States, the Republic of Texas, and the Confederate States. 314 2 Browse Search
Col. J. Stoddard Johnston, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 9.1, Kentucky (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 231 1 Browse Search
William Boynton, Sherman's Historical Raid 164 2 Browse Search
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 2. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.) 157 1 Browse Search
Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant 138 0 Browse Search
Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Chapter XXII: Operations in Kentucky, Tennessee, North Mississippi, North Alabama, and Southwest Virginia. March 4-June 10, 1862., Part II: Correspondence, Orders, and Returns. (ed. Lieut. Col. Robert N. Scott) 133 7 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 4. (ed. Frank Moore) 106 0 Browse Search
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: Volume 2. 96 2 Browse Search
Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government 73 1 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. 64 0 Browse Search
View all matching documents...

Browsing named entities in 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.. You can also browse the collection for D. C. Buell or search for D. C. Buell in all documents.

Your search returned 32 results in 3 document sections:

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 12: (search)
e 2d of Nov. he requested me to order Halleck, Buell, Stevens, and some officers of experience to Kand efficiency out of chaos and helplessness. Buell found no difficulty in holding his own in Kenters of instruction were sent to Gens. Halleck, Buell, Sherman, and Butler; and I also communicated in your rear. Brig.-Gen. D. C. Buell. To Gen. Buell.headquarters of the Army, Washington, Nov. 1necessity for doing this, and constantly urged Buell to send a column to that region, even at the ee. But I have no doubt as to the propriety of Buell's decision. He was so true and loyal a soldie first from Buell or myself — very likely from Buell; certainly it did not originate with Halleck oing to Halleck's headquarters at St. Louis and Buell's at Nashville. I then called Buell and HalleBuell and Halleck to their respective offices, and asked for a full report of the condition of affairs, number, poition of their troops, that of the enemy, etc. Buell promptly gave me the information needed. Hall[13 more...]
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)
under the respective commands of Gens. Halleck and Hunter, together with so much of that under Gen. Buell as lies west of a north and south line indefinitely drawn through Knoxville, Tennessee, be conwould be — Burnside forming our left; Norfolk held securely: our centre connecting Burnside with Buell, both by Raleigh and Lynchburg; Buell in Eastern Tennessee and North Alabama; Halleck at NashvilBuell in Eastern Tennessee and North Alabama; Halleck at Nashvilie and Memphis. The next movement would be to connect with Sherman on the left by reducing Wilmington and Charleston; to advance our centre into South Carolina and Georgia; to push Buell either toBuell either towards Montgomery or to unite with the main army in Georgia; to throw Halleck southward to meet the naval expedition from New Orleans. We should then be in a condition to reduce at our leisure all ary of War. The same order which confined my command to the Department of the Potomac placed Buell under Halleck, and created the Mountain Department, extending from the western limits of the Dep
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 14: (search)
rpose going there in a few days. That is now the great strategic line of the Western campaign, and I am surprised that Gen. Buell should hesitate to reinforce me. He was too late at Fort Donelson, as Gen. Hunter has been in Arkansas. I am obliged tthe time this reached me I was no longer the general-in-chief. It may suffice to say that I had never been intimate with Buell, and that my friendship for him grew out of my admiration for his excellent character and high soldierly qualities. I re events did not modify my views. If I had placed any one in command of ail the operations in the West it would have been Buell and not Halleck. I could not then place Buell in that position, and was consequently obliged to do the best I could withBuell in that position, and was consequently obliged to do the best I could with a divided command. Burnside to McClellan. Unofficial letter.Roanoke island, March 5, 1862. my dear Mac.: My official report will be short to-day, as nothing of importance has transpired since my last. It is due to me to say confidential