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Horace Greeley, The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65: its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union. Volume II., Vii. McClellan before Richmond. (search)
by Gen. Emory, with a section of Benson's battery, and thus advanced slowly toward the enemy until reinforced by Gen. D. C. Butterfield, with four regiments of his brigade, when the enemy was charged and quickly routed; one of his guns being captureng the 9th Massachusetts and 62d Pennsylvania through the woods on the right (west) to take the enemy in flank ; while Butterfield, with the 83d Pennsylvania and 16th Michigan, hastened through the woods still farther to the right, and completedd thn our right, while a portion of Newton's was sent in between Morell and Sykes. Gaines's Mill. Morell's Div. A Butterfield's Brigade. B Martindale's Brigade. C Griffin's Brigade. Sykes's Div. D G. S. Warren's Brigade. E H. Chapmae Porter's corps. B Buchanan's brigade C Chapman's brigade D Griffin's brigade E Martindale's brigade F Butterfield's brigade G Couch's div. Keyes's corps. H Casey's div. I Kearny's div. Heintzelman's corps. J Hooker's div
Horace Greeley, The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65: its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union. Volume II., Xvii. Lee's army on free soil-gettysburg. (search)
nd rode back to Meade, whom he reached at 9 P. M.; when he was told by Meade that he had decided to fight at Gettysburg, and had given orders accordingly. Gen. Butterfield, chief of staff, testifies that Meade directed him to make out, next morning, a General Order of retreat from Gettysburg, prescribing the route of each corpsie would now have been consciously master of the situation, and might have blocked Lee's return to Virginia. But he gave no such order to Couch; and having, at Butterfield's urgent suggestion, withdrawn French's 11,000 men from Maryland Heights, lie left 7,000 of them standing idle at Frederick, sending the residue as train-guardsanother battle in those mountains. Hereupon, the 5th corps and some other troops were sent to reenforce Sedgwick, and the 1st and 3d, which had been started by Butterfield, chief of staff, on the Boonsboroa road, were halted; while others, farther in advance, moved on. Soon, word came from Sedgwick that it was unwise to push the e
Horace Greeley, The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65: its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union. Volume II., Appended notes. (search)
th of the Mississippi, 85; occupies New Orleans, 97; administration of, in, New Orleans, 98; 101; 106; his order No. 28,100; superseded by Gen. Banks, 105; returns to New York, 105; outlawed by ,Jeff. Davis, 105-6; his address to people of New Orleans, 106; he retains slaves as contraband of war, 238; in command( at Fortress Monroe, 574; menaces Petersburg and Richmond, 575; commands the first Fort Fisher expedition, 708; declines to assault Fort Fisher, 711; returns to the James, 711. Butterfield, Gen. D. C., at Gaines's Mill, 146; at Malvern Hill, 165; at Gettysburg, 380 to 389. C. Cabell, Gen., repulse of, at Fayetteville, 448; routed by Gen. Brown at Booneville, 453; captured by Pleasanton's force in Missouri, 561. Caldwell, Brig.-Gen., at Antietam, 208. Camden, Arkansas, Steele marches to, 552. Cameron, Gen. Simon, retires from War Department, 81; 108; in relation to Slaves, 239; 243. Campbell's Station, East Tenn., fight at, 431. Canby, Gen. E. R. S., o