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Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., From Gettysburg to the coming of Grant. (search)
once moved his command to intercept him. This cleared the way for Custer and enabled him to return within the lines of the Sixth Corps, with only an affair with a rear-guard. His movement had certainly had the desired effect as a diversion, While these operations were taking place Kilpatrick had advanced in the direction of Richmond and had divided his forces, sending a portion under Dahlgren to strike the James River above Richmond, retaining the main body under his own command until he was satisfied that the experiment was not feasible. He made his way down the Peninsula in the direction of Butler's command, and was subsequently transferred by boat to rejoin the Army of the Potomac, or more properly the horse-hospital camp, near Washington. Aside from our losses in men, and among them the gallant and heroic Dahlgren, the result of this movement was to disable for the time being 3000 or 4000 of the very flower of our cavalry. Fugitive negroes at the Rapidan. From a photograph.
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., chapter 4.14 (search)
d of the Gulf Department by General Banks, General Butler was not in active service until November 1 us possession of stores on which Lee relied. Butler was to advance by the James River, having Richctive. Before the advance commenced I visited Butler at Fort Monroe. This was the first time I hadm to the command of one of the corps under General Butler. I was not long in finding out that the o it, but, as I say, I may have to do it if General Butler remains. . . . I would feel strengthened wld belonging to the Army of the James, and General Butler was ordered back to administrative duty atearly a date as possible. By the 6th of May Butler was in position and had begun intrenching, andering reenforcements. On the 16th he attacked Butler with great vigor, and with such success as to that the position was like a bottle, and that Butler's line of intrenchments across the neck represames River below the city, to communicate with Butler, and to rest his men and horses as well as to [21 more...]
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., Butler's attack on Drewry's Bluff. (search)
the enemy in rear of Richmond. On April 1st Butler disclosed to me his plan of landing at Bermuda On April 2d, when General Grant came ashore, Butler got out his maps and sent for me. Not liking te about it. He did not, but sat down and wrote Butler's instructions, which Butler understood as indButler understood as indorsing his plan entirely, and so I thought and still think from the text of them. After that of coudred, Gillmore and I united in a letter to General Butler, telling him that Petersburg must be takenss there and get at Petersburg from the east. Butler declined, and said he was not going to build atween the James and the Appomattox rivers. General Butler in his plan of campaign was tempted by theeral Foster was relieved at Fort Monroe by General Butler, November 11, 1863. The James River wiarge force coming from Richmond, and under General Butler's orders the troops fell back to the sheltmunication would have been at the mercy of General Butler. He could then have waited patiently to b[20 more...]
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., General Grant on the siege of Petersburg. (search)
ose withdrawn before we could discover it. General Butler, taking advantage of this, at once moved a under orders for City Point, to report to General Butler at Bermuda Hundred, of which General Butlehe part of the United States war vessels. General Butler, conceiving the idea of cutting a canal ths causes, and especially to the capture by General Butler of the outer line of the Richmond defensesing. About 2 o'clock in the afternoon General Butler was forced back to the line the enemy had ing of the 21st a lodgment was effected by General Butler, with one brigade of infantry, on the nortnk of the James River and joined the force General Butler had there. On the 27th the enemy was drivw lines which resulted from the success of General Butler at Fort Harrison on the 29th of September,the 13th a reconnoissanece was sent out by General Butler, with a view to drive the enemy from some d position. In support of this movement General Butler made a demonstration on the north side of [4 more...]
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., The defense of Fort Fisher. (search)
ith a 24-pounder was added after the attack by the forces under General Butler and Admiral Porter on Christmas, 1864. A wharf for large steamtwo days terrific bombardment of Porter's great armada, reported to Butler that the fort could not be carried by assault. General B. F. Butry and Battery Buchanan. Admiral Porter was as much to blame as General Butler for the repulse. General Butler was blamed by contemporaneouGeneral Butler was blamed by contemporaneous writers for not capturing the works. For this criticism he had himself to blame. On the evening of the 25th, before waiting for official rnd is actually repeated by General Grant in his Memoirs, though General Butler corrected the error in his official report of January 3d, 1865., who, from behind traverses, were watching for an advance. When Butler's skirmish-line approached I purposely withheld the fire of infantrmporarily there, were from outside the State. After the repulse of Butler and Porter, although some important guns were destroyed by the bomb
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., The Navy at Fort Fisher. (search)
e from the troops about Richmond. As Fort Fisher lay within the territorial jurisdiction of General Butler, commanding the Department of Virginia and North Carolina, the troops were detailed from his command, and in the first attack Butler, with General Weitzel in immediate command of the troops, had control of the land operations. The naval command of the expedition having been declined by Admi troops, arrived from Beaufort. On Christmas day, as agreed upon between Admiral Porter and General Butler, the smaller vessels were engaged in covering the disembarkation of the troops, while the ir. R. Breese. From a photograph. Major General A. H. Terry. From a photograph. fifty yards. Butler and Weitzel decided that it could not be taken by assault. Orders were issued to reembark afterattles. Tile redoubt in front of the sally-port was there in December and had been used against Butler's skirmish-line. It was arranged that the grand bombardment should begin on the morning of t