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William Swinton, Campaigns of the Army of the Potomac, chapter 6 (search)
on on the right, and the second, under General Greene, on the left. During the deployment, that veteran soldier, General Mansfield, fell mortally wounded. The command of the corps fell to General Williams, and the division of the latter to General Crawford, who, with his own and Gordon's brigade, made an advance across the open field, and succeeded in seizing a point of woods on the west side of the Hagerstown road. At the same time, Greene's division on the left was able to clear its front, the victory. The troops of Jackson and Hood had been so severely punished as to leave little available fight in them; so that, when Sumner threw Sedgwick's divisions on his right across the open field into the woods opposite—the woods in which Crawford had been fighting—he easily drove the shattered Confederate troops before him, and held definitive possession of the woods around the Dunker church. At the same time, Sumner advanced French's division on what had hitherto been the left, and Ric
William Swinton, Campaigns of the Army of the Potomac, chapter 9 (search)
igades, of the Sixth Corps, had just taken position on this crest their line was visibly shaken. At this moment six regiments of the division of Pennsylvania Reserves, moving down the ridge, rapidly advanced under the personal leadership of General Crawford. This sally was enough to determine the action; for seeing attack to be hopeless, and in turn assailed themselves, the Confederates, after a sharp but brief contest for the retention of a stone wall occupied by them, hastily recoiled to theffect the former purpose, and when Pickett had been repulsed, he made a foolish and isolated attack. Thus, in the first instance, he did not move forward enough, and in the second he moved too far. This ended the combat, though towards dusk General Crawford advanced across the wheatfield into the woods and took several hundred prisoners and a large number of arms. During the action, the cavalry had been operating on the flanks, Kilpatrick's division on the left, and Gregg's division on the rig
William Swinton, Campaigns of the Army of the Potomac, chapter 11 (search)
in; and the division of Robinson in support. Crawford's movement towards Parker's Store, which had ut the best thing they could. The brigade of Crawford's division (that of McCandless), which was toault. * * * The idea was entertained that General Crawford was to advance and join on the right of totes of a Staff-Officer. During this episode, Crawford's division had come up. It succeeded in drivierates out of the woods on Griffin's left; Crawford double-quicked into the woods, and drove the in by the flank, and coming unexpectedly upon Crawford's force, it was driven back for a mile in consevere loss. At three P. M. the divisions of Crawford and Cutler of Warren's corps had also essayed attempted to extend his line by sending down Crawford's division from the right to connect with Crie Mechanicsville pike and turn Warren's left, Crawford directed one of his brigades to the left to ch these, and the brigade of Colonel Kitching, Crawford took up a good position, and gave an effectua[8 more...]
William Swinton, Campaigns of the Army of the Potomac, chapter 12 (search)
hose on the second line; so that the whole of Crawford's division was compelled to fall back, as wasof the imperfect map. From the position where Crawford lay on the west side of Hatcher's Run, to thaalt at Burgess's Mill, was also informed that Crawford's division was feeling its way up the west bas erroneous, and it was afterwards found that Crawford was full three-fourths of a mile from Hancock directly in the interval between Hancock and Crawford. But of this circumstance he was not at all hat the enemy had come in between Hancock and Crawford, and attacked the former with great violence.ncock must have occurred while I was near General Crawford, and yet in the woods the sound of musketof General Hancock's staff, on his way to General Crawford, was captured by them, but made his escaply in the morning, with the aid of Ayres' and Crawford's divisions, the major-general commanding desvision was attacked and driven back, and then Crawford's division was repulsed in confusion and with[25 more...]
William Swinton, Campaigns of the Army of the Potomac, chapter 13 (search)
d position, with the divisions of Griffin and Crawford, on the Boydton plankroad, only the division in a few hundred yards of the White Oak road; Crawford's division in rear of and somewhat to the rigision in rear of and somewhat to the right of Crawford. In case of any hostile sally on the part ofthick woods, easily gave way, falling back on Crawford, whose division, disorganized by the fugitiveg, meantime, the two divisions of Griffin and Crawford where they were, until he should hear that Ayearly the whole of this refused line, so that Crawford and Ayres outflanked it to the north. Or nearly so: Crawford's division, indeed, in changing front, having occasion to pass over some open grou Now, owing to this circumstance—to wit, that Crawford's division on the right of Ayres, having to min air; and as it received the same fire that Crawford's left had encountered, the troops on that fl northward being thus closed, Warren directed Crawford's line to swing round to face southward and a[4 more...]