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Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 2., Chapter 5: military and naval operations on the coast of South Carolina.--military operations on the line of the Potomac River. (search)
ry, and as far down as Liverpool Point, in Maryland, nearly opposite Acquia Creek. The different divisions were posted as follows: Hooker at Budd's Ferry, Lower Potomac; Heintzelman at Fort Lyon and vicinity; Franklin near the Theological Seminary; Blenker near Hunter's Chapel; McDowell at Upton's Hill and Arlington; F. J. Porter at Hall's and Miner's Hills; Smith at Mackall's Hill; McCall at Langley; Buell at Tenallytown, Meridian Hill, Emory's Chapel, &c., on the left bank of the river; Casey at Washington; Stoneman's cavalry at Washington; Hunt's artillery at Washington; Banks at Darnestown, with detachments at Point of Rocks, Sandy Hook, Williamsport, &c.; Stone at Poolesville; and Dix at Baltimore, with detachments on the Eastern shore. At the close of September a grand review had been held, when seventy thousand men of all arms were assembled and maneuvered. It was the largest military force ever gathered on the American Continent, and gave the loyal people assurance of
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 2., Chapter 16: the Army of the Potomac before Richmond. (search)
lison's Mill an inspiriting order, 404. inactivity of the Army of the Potomac, 405. skirmishes near Hanover Court House, 406. McClellan calls for re-enforcements raids on railways, 407. the Confederates prepare to attack the Nationals General Casey's position, 408. battle of the seven Pines, 409. battle near Fair Oaks Station, 410. Sumner crosses the Chickahominy, 411. Second battle of Fair Oaks Station the Confederate Commander-in chief wounded, 412. Hooker looks into Richmond aeneral McClellan's official report made more than a year afterward, in which it is repeated, and especially in the clear light of subsequent investigation. It was a precedent for the most mischievous insubordination throughout the army. Had General Casey, when, after the Battle of Seven Pines, he looked sadly upon one-third of his entire division killed or maimed, and felt keenly the injustice of his commander's stinging words of censure, sent a note to the Commander-in-Chief, saying (and wit
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 2., Chapter 20: events West of the Mississippi and in Middle Tennessee. (search)
Forty-First infantry, Ohio Volunteers, Lieutenant-Colonel A. Wiley; Sixth infantry, Kentucky Volunteers, Colonel W. C. Whitaker; Ninth infantry, Indiana Volunteers, Colonel W. H. Black; one hundred and Tenth infantry, Illinois Volunteers, Colonel T. S. Casey; Cockerill's battery, company F, First artillery, Ohio Volunteers, Nineteenth brigade Buell's Army of the Ohio, Colonel W. B. Hazen, Forty-First infantry Ohio Volunteers commanding. North side.--the blood of one-third of its soldiers, ting the day, and perhaps the Army of the Cumberland. Thirteen hundred men, These were comprised in four thin regiments, namely, Sixth Kentucky, Colonel W. H. Whittaker; Ninth Indiana, Colonel W. H. Blake; One Hundred and Tenth Illinois, Colonel T. S. Casey; and Forty-first Ohio, Colonel A. Wiley. skillfully handled, had kept thousands at bay, by repelling them time after time, and stayed the tide of victory for the Confederates, which had been rolling steadily forward for hours. But the s