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Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., From the Wilderness to Cold Harbor. (search)
lines had settled down close to each other, and everything promised a repetition of the scenes at Spotsylvania. Three corps of Grant's army (General W. F. Smith's Eighteenth Corps having arrived from Drewry's Bluff) now confronted the Confederate right wing at Cold Harbor, while the other two looked after Early's (Ewell's) corps near Bethesda Church. In the afternoon of June 2d, General Early, perceiving a movement that indicated a withdrawal of the Federal force in his front, attacked Burnside's corps while it was in motion, striking also the flank of Warren's corps, and capturing several hundred prisoners. This was accomplished with small loss, and had the effect of preventing the cooperation of these two corps in the attack at Cold Harbor the next day. Early in the morning of the 2d I was ordered to move with my own and Anderson's brigades, of Field's division, to reenforce the line on the right, exercising my own discretion as to the point where assistance was most needed.
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., General Grant on the Wilderness campaign. (search)
d army, and how so large a train was to be carried through a hostile country and protected. Early on the 5th the advance corps (the Fifth, Major-General G. K. Warren commanding) met and engaged the enemy outside his intrenchments near Mine Run. The battle raged furiously all day, the whole army being brought into the fight as fast as the corps could be got upon the field, which, considering the density of the forest and narrowness of the roads, was done with commendable promptness. General Burnside, with the Ninth Corps, was, at the time the Army of the Potomac moved, left with the bulk of his corps at the crossing of the Rappahannock River and Alexandria Railroad, holding the road back to Bull Run, with instructions not to move until he received notice that a crossing of the Rapidan was secured, but to move promptly as soon as such notice was received. This crossing he was apprised of on the afternoon of the 4th. By 6 o'clock of the morning of the 6th he was leading his corps i
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., Through the Wilderness. (search)
he total force under General Grant, including Burnside, was 4409 officers and 114,360 enlisted men. and Hancock at 5 o'clock the next morning. Burnside, who, with his corps, had been holding the liby the combined Fifth and Sixth corps. General Burnside, with the divisions of Willcox and Potterho had gone in near the Plank road.--editors. Burnside's other division, under Stevenson, moved up tdges through the woods for the Brock road. Burnside had finally become engaged far out on our rignished over on the left so far as Hancock and Burnside were concerned. Grant had been thoroughly ad General Grant lay under the trees awaiting Burnside's advance, and revolving the idea of a movemehurch, and a third midway between these two. Burnside started to follow Sedgwick, but early on the right took command of the Sixth Corps. General Burnside had reported to General Grant on the 9th ft of the Sixth Corps, was to prepare to join Burnside, who with his corps (the Ninth) was to attack[3 more...]
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., Hand-to-hand fighting at Spotsylvania. (search)
int on the left of the Sixth Corps' former position in the neighborhood of the Brown house, massing his troops in that vicinity. [See map, p. 167.] General Grant's orders to Hancock were to assault at daylight on the 12th in cooperation with Burnside on his left, while Wright and Warren were held in readiness to assault on his right. The Confederate army was composed of three corps--Longstreet (now R. H. Anderson) on their left, Ewell in the center, and A. P. Hill (now under Early) on the rf Hancock, General Grant ( Personal memoirs, p. 231) says: Burnside on the left had advanced up east of the salient to the very parapet of the enemy. Potter, commanding one of his divisions, got over, but was not able to remain there. . . . Burnside accomplished but little on our left of a positive nature, but negatively a great deal. He kept Lee from reenforcing his center from that quarter. editors. As soon as the news of Hancock's good and ill success reached army headquarters, the