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Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3., chapter 8.89 (search)
ranger to the sorely beset Thomas: Arrived in sight, Granger discovered at once the peril and the point of danger — the gap — and quick as thought he directed his advance brigade upon the enemy. General Steedman, taking a regimental color, led the column. Swift was the charge and terrible the conflict, but the enemy was broken. A thousand of our brave men killed and wounded paid for its possession. Longstreet was determined to send Preston with his division of three brigades under Gracie, Trigg, and Kelly, aided by Robertson's brigade of Hood's division, to carry the heights — the main point of defense. His troops were of the best material and had been in reserve all day; but brave, fresh, and strong as they were, it was with them alternate advance and retreat, until success was assured by a renewal of the fight on the right. At 3:30 P. M. General Polk sent an order to me to assume command of the attacking forces on the right and renew the assault. Owing to a delay in the<
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3., The Confederate army. (search)
9. Artillery, Maj. J. W. Eldridge: 1st Ark. Battery, Capt. J. T. Humphreys; Ga. Battery (Dawson's), Lieut. R. W. Anderson; Eufaula Art'y, Capt. McD. Oliver. Artillery loss: k, 4; w, 23 == 27. Preston's division, Brig.-Gen. William Preston. Gracie's Brigade, Brig.-Gen. Archibald Gracie, Jr.: 43d Ala., Col. Y. M. Moody; 1st Ala. Battalion, Hilliard's Legion. Lieut.-Col. J. H. Holt (w), Capt. G. W. Huguley; 2d Ala. Battalion, Hilliard's Legion. Lieut.-Col. Bolling Hall, Jr. (w), Capt. Brig.-Gen. Archibald Gracie, Jr.: 43d Ala., Col. Y. M. Moody; 1st Ala. Battalion, Hilliard's Legion. Lieut.-Col. J. H. Holt (w), Capt. G. W. Huguley; 2d Ala. Battalion, Hilliard's Legion. Lieut.-Col. Bolling Hall, Jr. (w), Capt. W. D. Walden (w); 3d Ala. Battalion, . Maj. Joseph W. A. Sanford; 4th Ala., Hilliard's Legion. Maj. J. D. McLennan; 63d Tenn., Lieut.-Col. A. Fulkerson (w), Maj. John A. Aiken. Brigade loss: k, 90; w, 576; m, 2 == 668. Trigg's Brigade, Col. Robert C. Trigg: 1st Fla. Cav. (dismounted), Col. G. T. Maxwell; 6th Fla., Col. J. J. Finley; 7th Fla., Col. R. Bullock; 54th Va., Lieut.-Col. John J. Wade. Brigade loss: k, 46; w, 231; m, 4 == 281. Kelly's Brigade, Col. J. H. Kelly: 65th Ga., Col. R. H.
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3., The defense of Knoxville. (search)
ders should prove successful, was then to wheel to the left, and, followed by Benning's and Jenkins's brigades, sweep down our lines to the eastward. But if the main attack should fail, Anderson was to wheel to the right and endeavor to carry Fort Sanders from the rear. Kershaw's brigade was to advance to the assault of the works on the right of the fort as soon as it had fallen. The unassigned brigades of McLaws's and Jenkins's divisions, together with the brigades of Bushrod Johnson and Gracie, were to be held in readiness to follow up any success. Thus the plan of assault had been well studied, carefully elaborated, and clearly formulated. The preparations for resisting it were the wire entanglements already described, a slight abatis, the strong profile of Fort Sanders, and the arrangements for both a direct and a cross fire in front of the salient not only from the garrison of the fort itself, but also from the troops occupying the adjacent intrenchments. Fort Sanders was
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3., Longstreet at Knoxville. (search)
engaged in the Knoxville campaign. On the 22d of November, two brigades of Buckner's division (Gracie's and Bushrod Johnson's) were sent from Chattanooga and reached Knoxville by the 28th, but were nd follow the storming column. On the night of the 24th we learned that Bushrod Johnson's and Gracie's brigades, about 2600 men, were on their way to reinforce us, and would arrive the next night. f the enemy that had followed us to Bean's Station and had become separated from its support. Gracie's brigade had quite a sharp engagement here, General Gracie being severely wounded, and Kershaw'General Gracie being severely wounded, and Kershaw's and Bushrod Johnson's brigades and two of my batteries were slightly engaged; but darkness came on before we could get a sufficient force into position and line, and under cover of it the enemy retrarried in some way — as plans are always liable to do. Our loss was 290, more than half of it in Gracie's brigade. This virtually ended the fighting of the campaign, in which our entire losses were 1
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3., The opposing forces at Knoxville, Tenn.: November 17th-December 4th, 1863. (search)
C. Jordan; Va. Battery, Capt. William W. Parker; Va. Battery, Capt. Osmond B. Taylor; Va. Battery, Capt. Pichigru Woolfolk, Jr. Artillery loss: k, 2; w, 2==4. Buckner's division, Joined November 26th-28th. Brig.-Gen. Bushrod R. Johnson. Gracie's Brigade, Brig.-Gen. Archibald Gracie, Jr.: 41st Ala., Lieut.-Col. T. G. Trimmier; 43d Ala., Col. Y. M. Moody; 59th Ala., Lieut.-Col. J. D. McLennan; 60th Ala., Col. J. W. A. Sanford. Brigade loss: k, 1; w, 1==2. Johnson's Brigade, Col. John S.Brig.-Gen. Archibald Gracie, Jr.: 41st Ala., Lieut.-Col. T. G. Trimmier; 43d Ala., Col. Y. M. Moody; 59th Ala., Lieut.-Col. J. D. McLennan; 60th Ala., Col. J. W. A. Sanford. Brigade loss: k, 1; w, 1==2. Johnson's Brigade, Col. John S. Fulton: 17th and 23d Tenn., Lieut.-Col. W. W. Floyd; 25th and 44th Tenn., Lieut.-Col. J. L. McEwen, Jr.; 63d Tenn., Maj. J. A. Aiken. Brigade loss: k, 2; w, 19==21. cavalry Corps, Maj.-Gen. Joseph Wheeler, Maj.-Gen. William T. Martin. Division commanders: Maj.-Gen. William T. Martin, Brig.-Gen's F. C. Armstrong and John T. Morgan. Brigade commanders: Colonels Thomas Harrison, A. A. Russell, C. C. Crews, and George G. Dibrell. Troops: Parts of 4th, 8th, 9th, and 11th Tenn., 1st, 2d, 3d, 4th
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., The Confederate Army. (search)
regor's (Va.) Battery; Shoemaker's (Va.) Battery; Thomson's (Va.) Battery. Richmond and Petersburg lines, Gen. G. T. Beauregard. Major-General George E. Pickett commanded at Petersburg. Ransom's division, Maj.-Gen. Robert Ransom, Jr. Gracie's Brigade, Brig.-Gen. Archibald Gracie, Jr.: 41st Ala.,----; 43d Ala.,----; 59th Ala.,----; 60th Ala.,----. Kemper's Brigade, Col. William R. Terry: 1st Va., Maj. George F. Norton; 3d Va.,----; 7th Va., Capt. W. O. Fry; 11th Va.,----; 24th Va.,--Brig.-Gen. Archibald Gracie, Jr.: 41st Ala.,----; 43d Ala.,----; 59th Ala.,----; 60th Ala.,----. Kemper's Brigade, Col. William R. Terry: 1st Va., Maj. George F. Norton; 3d Va.,----; 7th Va., Capt. W. O. Fry; 11th Va.,----; 24th Va.,----. Barton's Brigade, Brig.-Gen. Seth M. Barton: 9th Va., Col. James J. Phillips; 14th Va., Col. William White; 38th Va., Lieut.-Col. J. R. Cabell; 53d Va., Col. William R. Aylett; 57th Va., Col. C. R. Fontaine. Hoke's (old) Brigade, Lieut.-Col. William G. Lewis: 6th N. C.,----; 21st N. C.,----; 54th N. C.,----; 67th N. C.,----; 1st N. C. Batt'n,----. Artillery Battalion, Lieut.-Col. C. E. Lightfoot: Va. Battery, Capt. J. D. Hankins; Va. Battery, Capt. J. H. Rives; Va. Battery, Capt. T. R. Thorn
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., chapter 4.27 (search)
ements might be executed the next day on the different parts of the field. General Ransom began his advance at a quarter to 5 o'clock A. M. [of the 16th of May], but was much retarded by a dense fog of several hours' duration. He had with him Gracie's brigade, Kemper's under Colonel Terry, Barton's under Colonel Fry, and Hoke's old brigade commanded by Colonel Lewis. At 6 o'clock A. M. he had carried the enemy's breastworks in his front, taking, it was claimed,--but this was afterward seriously contested,--several stand of colors and some five hundred prisoners. His troops had behaved with acknowledged gallantry, Gracie's and Kemper's commands having been mostly engaged, and the former having turned the enemy's right flank. But, for the purpose, it is alleged, of reestablishing his line and procuring a fresh supply of ammunition, Ransom now came to a halt, and, reporting his loss heavy and his troops scattered by the fog, called for immediate assistance. At 6:30 Colquitt's bri
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., General Lee in the Wilderness campaign. (search)
Pickett's men engaged, leaped from their trenches,--first the men, then the officers and flag-bearers,--rushed forward and were soon in the formidable trenches, which were found to be held by a very small force. On the 15th, 16th, and 17th battle raged along the lines of intrenchments and forts east of Petersburg, between Grant's forces and Beauregard's troops, who made a splendid defense against enormous odds. About dark on the 17th grave disaster to the Confederates seemed imminent, when Gracie's brigade of Alabamians, just returned from Chaffin's Bluff on the north side of the James, gallantly leaped over the works and drove the assailants back, capturing a thousand or more prisoners. Hoke, too, on his part of the lines, had easily repulsed Smith's assaults. This battle raged until near midnight. Meantime Beauregard's engineers were preparing an interior line, to which his wearied troops fell back during the night. A renewal of the attack on the lines held by the Confederate tr
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., chapter 11.81 (search)
ate lines was wholly broken and the troops in that quarter were about to be thrown into a panic, which might have ended in irreparable disaster, when happily, as General Beauregard, with his staff, was endeavoring to rally and re-form the troops, Gracie's brigade, of Johnson's division, consisting of about twelve hundred men,--the return of which to his command General Beauregard had been urgently asking,--came up from Chaffin's Bluff, whence, at last, the War Department had ordered it to move. iculars: Prisoners just taken represent themselves as belonging to Second, Ninth, and Eighteenth corps. They state that Fifth and Sixth corps are behind coming on. Those from Second and Eighteenth Interior view of the Confederate lines at Gracie's salient. From a War-time photograph. came here yesterday, and arrived first. Others marched night and day from Gaines's Mill, and arrived yesterday evening. The Ninth crossed at Turkey Bend, where they have a pontoon-bridge. They say Grant
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., The opposing forces at Petersburg and Richmond: December 31st, 1864. (search)
Johnson's division, Maj.-Gen. Bushrod R. Johnson. Wise's Brigade, Brig.-Gen. Henry A. Wise: 26th Va., Capt. W. R. Perrin; 34th Va., Col. J. T. Goode; 46th Va., Capt. J. H. White; 59th Va., Maj. R. G. Mosby. Elliott's Brigade, Brig.-Gen. Stephen Elliott, Jr.: 17th S. C., Col. F. W. McMaster; 18th S. C., Lieut.-Col. W. B. Allison; 22d S. C., Col. W. G. Burt; 23d S. C., Col. H. L. Benbow; 26th S. C., Col. A. D. Smith; Holcombe S. C. Legion, Capt. A. B. Woodruff. Gracie's Brigade, Brig.-Gen. A. Gracie, Jr.: 41st Ala., Col. M. L. Stansel; 43d Ala., Lieut.-Col. J. J. Jolly; 59th Ala., Lieut.-Col. G. W. Huguley; 60th Ala., Col. J. W. A. Sanford; 23d Ala. Batt'n, Maj. N. Stallworth. Ransom's Brigade, Brig.-Gen. M. W. Ransom: 24th N. C., Lieut.-Col. J. L. Harris; 25th N. C., Col. H. M. Rutledge; 35th N. C., Col. J. T. Johnson; 49th N. C., Col. L. M. McAfee; 56th N. C., Col. Paul F. Faison. artillery, Col. H. P. Jones. Moseley's Battalion: Ga. Battery, Capt. C. W. Slaten; N. C. Battery,
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