hide Matching Documents

Browsing named entities in Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 5. (ed. Frank Moore). You can also browse the collection for Debeck or search for Debeck in all documents.

Your search returned 3 results in 3 document sections:

Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 5. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 18 (search)
ecticut cavalry, Sergeant Morehouse and four men of company D, being sent to ascertain the position of Col. Cluseret, commanding the advance brigade, lost their way, and were captured, as is supposed, by the enemy's pickets. The whole number of effective men of my brigade that I was enabled to take into action was as follows:  Men. Thirty-second Ohio,500 Fifty-fifth Ohio,525 Seventy-Third Ohio,295 Seventy-fifth Ohio444 Eighty-second Ohio,374   Total Infantry,2138  Men.Guns. DeBeck's battery,946 Rigby's battery,915 Connecticut cavalry,113  The casualties were, altogether, but four killed, seven wounded, and four missing. I append in a separate report the names and corps of the killed and wounded. I cannot close this report without expressing my satisfaction with the officers and men generally of my command. Although worn down, and reduced in numbers by days and weeks of constant fatigue and privation, under long marches, with insufficient supplies, which the
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 5. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 97 (search)
romptness and skill exhibited in bringing his battery into position. In less than five minutes after the receipt of the order he had his pieces in action, amid a perfect shower of shot, shell, and canister from three of the rebel batteries, and in ten minutes after had silenced their heaviest battery. He continued engaging the enemy for about two hours, compelling them to constantly change the position of their guns, when his ammunition having given out, I asked for another battery. Captain Debeck's, of McLean's brigade, was sent me, he in turn being relieved in about two hours by a battery of the reserve, commanded by Captain Buell. The enemy ceased firing about three P. M. My infantry, which at the commencement of the action I had placed under cover of the woods on either flank of the battery, had suffered but little, some twelve or thirteen wounded and two killed by shell and canister. About half-past 3 P. M., wishing to ascertain the cause of the enemy's silence, I determi
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 5. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 110 (search)
romptness and skill exhibited in bringing his battery into position. In less than five minutes after the receipt of the order he had his pieces in action, amid a perfect shower of shot, shell, and canister from three of the rebel batteries, and in ten minutes after had silenced their heaviest battery. He continued engaging the enemy for about two hours, compelling them to constantly change the position of their guns, when his ammunition having given out, I asked for another battery. Captain Debeck's, of McLean's brigade, was sent me, he in turn being relieved in about two hours by a battery of the reserve, commanded by Captain Buell. The enemy ceased firing about three P. M. My infantry, which at the commencement of the action I had placed under cover of the woods on either flank of the battery, had suffered but little, some twelve or thirteen wounded and two killed by shell and canister. About half-past 3 P. M., wishing to ascertain the cause of the enemy's silence, I determi