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Colonel William Preston Johnston, The Life of General Albert Sidney Johnston : His Service in the Armies of the United States, the Republic of Texas, and the Confederate States., Chapter 27: Fort Henry. (search)
Fort Henry, at 10-A. M., and by a message from Colonel Heiman, received at 3z P. M., that the enemy were landing. He and Gilmer returned to Fort Henry that night, arriving there at midnight. The 5th of February and the morning of the 6th were spent in his report in one place that his force was 2,734 effective troops at Fort Henry, in another that it was 2,610; and General Gilmer puts it at about 3,200. A careful examination of the returns satisfies the writer that the latter statement is nearlwith courtesy, though the contrary has sometimes been alleged. In a letter written to General Pillow, February 10th, Colonel Gilmer expressed the opinion that the comparatively small damage done to the gunboats was due in great measure to the want owho served the guns, and not to the invulnerability of the boats themselves. When the surrender was determined on, Colonel Gilmer and a few others, unwilling to be included in it, escaped, and made their way an foot to Fort Donelson. The troops r
Colonel William Preston Johnston, The Life of General Albert Sidney Johnston : His Service in the Armies of the United States, the Republic of Texas, and the Confederate States., Chapter 28: Fort Donelson. (search)
uch damage, with the necessary short range on the Cumberland, we should destroy their boats. Gilmer, after his escape from Henry, stopped at Donelson; and, with General Johnston's authority, engagffering very much this cold weather. Writing to General Johnston the same day, the 10th, Colonel Gilmer says : The attack expected here is a combined one-gunboats by water, and a land-force ie meant that it had no strategic importance, but merely that it was not judiciously located; for Gilmer says in his report what was quite evident, The surrender of Fort Donelson made Nashville untenab continually strengthened by the labors of the soldiers, until Donelson itself was surrendered. Gilmer laid off the works with his accustomed judgment and skill; and, although rudely and tardily exec morning of the 12th. It had been located under the direction of that able engineer-officer, Major Gilmer, near the crests of a series of ridges which sloped backward to the river, and were again com
Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Chapter XXII: Operations in Kentucky, Tennessee, North Mississippi, North Alabama, and Southwest Virginia. March 4-June 10, 1862., Part II: Correspondence, Orders, and Returns. (ed. Lieut. Col. Robert N. Scott), Confederate correspondence, Etc. (search)
de. partments of the general staff of this army. They will be obeyed and respected as such: Col. Thomas Jordan, assistant adjutant-general, department of orders. Brig. Gen. J. E. Slaughter, acting inspector-general. Maj. Eugene E. McLean, Quartermaster's Department C. S. Army, in department of supplies and means of transportation. Maj. A. J. Smith, chief of the pay department. Lieut. Col. R. B. Lee, chief of subsistence department. Surg. A. J. Foard, medical director. Maj. J. F. Gilmer, C. S. Engineer Corps, chief of engineers. Capt. H. Oladowski, chief of ordnance. By command of A. S. Johnston: Braxton Bragg, Major-General, Chief of Staff. Special orders, no. 1. Hdqrs. Army of the Mississippi, Corinth, Miss., March 30, 1862. I. Martial law is hereby established at Jackson and Grenada, in the State of Mississippi, and their respective environs for a circuit of 5 miles. The inspector-general, Brigadier-General Slaughter, will appoint suitable persons at ea
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 9. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 86 (search)
cted preeminently brave. Lieutenants Hutcherson and J. Thomas Green, Eighth Virginia regiment, Lieutenant J. D. McIntire, of the Nineteenth Virginia, acted with a coolness and bravery never surpassed. Captain Boyd, Lieutenant Shepherd, and Sergeant Gilmer, of the Nineteenth Virginia, also acted with conspicuous bravery. Sergeant Gilmer, while urging his men over the breastworks, and calling upon them to follow their Colonel, and to remember Butler, fell, badly wounded. Also, Color-Corporal Sergeant Gilmer, while urging his men over the breastworks, and calling upon them to follow their Colonel, and to remember Butler, fell, badly wounded. Also, Color-Corporal Lee, of the Twenty-eighth Virginia, and Captain Jefress, of the Fifty-sixth, behaved with marked bravery. Privates Thacker, company G, and Henry Melton, company F, Nineteenth Virginia, deserve notice. I omitted to state that a good many of the brigade did not hear the order to halt, when given, and kept on in pursuit of the flying foe. When about six hundred yards from our advanced lines, these, who were joined by many stragglers from other brigades, were charged by a squadron of United Sta
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 9. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 88 (search)
s thought he might attempt an advance by the south side, my first attention was given to the defences in that direction. Heavy details were made from the division and two brigades near the bluff, to complete a line of intrenchments around it, and controlling the Petersburg road. Not a spade full of earth had been thrown up about Petersburg, and it was in a wholly defenceless condition. A system of fortifications was begun, (which subsequently met the approval of the chief engineer, Colonel J. F. Gilmer, C. S. A.,) and the brigades of Ransom, Walker, and Daniel were put to work on it. About a thousand negroes were procured (chiefly from North Carolina) and employed in like manner. Pontoon bridges were constructed at several points to make the connection rapid and secure between the two positions to be secured. The defences of the Appomattox were also strengthened, and a movable car planned and ordered to prevent a landing at City Point. An effort was made to organize and make effi
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 10. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 45 (search)
e of enabling him to determine how much longer he should attempt to hold the north end of Morris Island. Present--General G. T. Beauregard, commanding; Major-General J. F. Gilmer, second in command; Brigadier-General R. S. Ripley, commanding First military district; Brigadier-General Thomas Jordan, Chief of Staff and acting Recory visited Morris Island during the operations, and was present during the assault made by the enemy on the night of the eighteenth of July, in company with Major-General Gilmer, inspected the works on the night of the third instant, by order of the commanding General. The first question addressed to these officers was as followthree P. M. the conference was adjourned, to meet again at eight P. M. At eight P. M. the conference was resumed. Present--General G. T. Beauregard, Major-General J. F. Gilmer, Brigadier-General R. S. Ripley, Brigadier-General Thomas Jordan, and Lieutenant-Colonel D. B. Harris. A discussion then took place relative to the c
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 5: Forts and Artillery. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller), Reminiscences of the Confederate engineer service (search)
orthern Virginia before Petersburg, and surrendered at Apponmattox. Danville Leadbetter also became a major in the Engineer Corps March 16, 1861. He was a brigadier-general of the Provisional Army of the Confederate States February 27, 1861. J. F. Gilmer was lieutenant-colonel of the Engineer Corps in 1861. He became brigadier-general in the Confederate army in 1862, and major-general in 1863. During most of his service he was chief of the engineer bureau. Brigadier-General Danville Leadbetter Major-General J. F. Gilmer Brigadier-General Walter H. Stevens The moment that the Norfolk Navy-Yard was evacuated, the erection and armament of batteries along the Elizabeth River was begun to prevent its recapture; and thus Virginia came into possession of a thoroughly equipped navy-yard, at which the Merrimac, some time later, was converted into the ironclad Virginia, and the guns needed for the speedy armament of batteries for the defense not only of the Elizabeth, James, an
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 5: Forts and Artillery. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller), Defending the citadel of the Confederacy (search)
was useless to try to hold works that only jeopardized the safety of their defenders, General Hill, in July, 1863, reported that the entrenchments in that line on the west of the Brook turnpike, overlooking Brook Run, a stream flowing into the Chickahominy near Meadow Bridge, were not constructed so as to cover all the ground necessary; and that the infantry parapets were not strong enough. At his suggestion, all the troops available were put to work at once by the chief engineer, Colonel J. F. Gilmer, all obstructions removed from the front of the works, the parapets of some of the heavier batteries made stronger, and the lines of infantry cover connecting the redoubts improved. Big guns near Richmod. The narrow reach of the James is swept in both directions by the gun in the upper picture — a large Brooke rifle, made at the Tredegar Iron Works in the Confederate Capital. The gun below is a Columbiad with Brooke reinforcement. It is mounted within Fort Darling, and poin
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 10: The Armies and the Leaders. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller), General officers of the Confederate Army: a full roster compiled from the official records (search)
1863. Withers, Jones M., April 6, 1862. Wilcox, C. M., Aug. 3, 1863. Major-generals, provisional army (with temporary rank) Allen, William W., Mar. 4, 1865. Brown, John C., Aug. 4, 1864. Clayton, Henry D., July 7, 1864. Lomax, L. L., Aug. 10, 1864. Ramseur, S. D., June 1, 1864. Rosser, T. L., Nov. 1, 1864. Walthall, E. C., July 6, 1864. Wright, A. R., Nov. 26, 1864. Young, P. M. B., Dec. 20, 1864. Major-General, for service with volunteer troops (with temporary rank) Gilmer, J. F., Aug. 25, 1863. Brigadier-generals, provisional army Adams, Daniel W., May 23, 1862. Adams, John, Dec. 29, 1862. Adams, Wirt, Sept. 25, 1863. Allen, Henry W., Aug. 19, 1863. Anderson, G. B., June 9, 1862. Anderson, J. R., Sept. 3, 1861. Anderson, S. R., July 9, 1861. Armistead, L. A., April 1, 1862. Armstrong, F. C., April 20, 1863. Anderson, G. T., Nov. 1, 1862. Archer, James J., June 3, 1862. Ashby, Turner, May 23, 1862. Baker, Alpheus, Mar. 5, 1864. Baker, L. S., Jul
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 2. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 3.16 (search)
engineer service. In addition to the foregoing, the details of about (1,700) seventeen hundred able-bodied men (400 being for the Trans-Mississippi Department) is required. A large proportion of these necessary details has already been made by local commanders, and the men are constantly and fully employed. It is hoped that the foregoing statement furnishes approximately, at least, the information desired. I have the honor to be, With great respect, Your obedient servant, J. F. Gilmer, Major-General and Chief of Bureau. Confederate States of America, Surgeon-General's Office, Richmond, Virginia, February 9th, 1865. Sir — In reply to the circular of the 7th instant, from your office, I have the honor to submit the following report: By recent instructions, the Superintendent of Conscription has (on the authority of the War Department) directed that all disabled men detailed from the Army of Northern Virginia, should be returned for such duty as they may be able t
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