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George H. Gordon, From Brook Farm to Cedar Mountain, Chapter 5: return to Strasburg (continued)—Banks's flight to Winchester—Battle of Winchester. (search)
side of a creek. In this posture of affairs, Jackson with his escort came unconsciously almost up to it. He was received by Major Dwight, who commanded the rear, by a volley delivered at short range with perfect coolness and great effect. Major Dwight's formation was judicious: Captain Abbott commanded one platoon, posted on one side of the road; Captain Cogswell another, on the other side ; while in the centre were two platoons from these companies formed in square, under command of Lieutenant Grafton. The effect of this fire was a surprise; Jackson's cavalry escort, upon whom it fell, drew rein, wavered for a moment, and fell back out of range. Then came a single shell from a Confederate battery, which was replied to by another volley from the rear-guard, delivered without seeing the enemy. Colonel Andrews now changed the rear-guard, substituting Company I (Captain Underwood) and Company D (Captain Savage)as flankers. The remainder of the regiment then moved on to where thei
George H. Gordon, From Brook Farm to Cedar Mountain, Chapter 9: battle of Cedar Mountain (continued). (search)
lled and wounded out of the Second alone; and of this number, six of the officers and fifty-two of the non-commissioned officers and privates were instantly killed or mortally wounded. The losses of the Second had been terrible: Captains Abbott, Cary, Williams, and Goodwin, and Lieutenant Perkins, were dead; Major Savage was mortally wounded and a prisoner; Captain Quincy and Lieutenant Millen were wounded and prisoners; Surgeon Leland (early in the action), Lieutenants Oakey, Browning, Grafton, and Robeson, were wounded; Captain Russell was a prisoner. Corporal Bassett, Bright, Dyer, Flemming, Hazelton, Livingston, and Sergeant Whitten, of Company A; Gilson and Corporal Oakes, of Company B; Brown, F. H. Cochrane, Francis, Corporal Gray, Hines, Jewell, Stonehall, and Williston, of Company C; Bickford, Corporal Fay, and Corporal Wilcox, of Company D; Ide and Sparrow, of Company E; Sergeant Andrews, Hatch, Howard, and Hoxsey, of Company G; Corporal Cahill, Corporal DeWeale, and Duf
George H. Gordon, From Brook Farm to Cedar Mountain, Index (search)
, 292. Geary, Colonel, Federal officer under Banks, 44, 45, 47, 279, 294, 295, 298, 299. Is wounded in the battle of Cedar Mountain, 319. German, a ferocious and valiant, exploits of, 131. Goodwin, Captain, of the Second Mass. Regiment, 13. Is sick at Little Washington, 277. Killed in the battle of Cedar Mountain, 311, 332. Gorman, General, Federal officer in Civil War, 113, 116. Gould, Major, historian of the Tenth Maine Regiment, 301, 302 (and notes), 316 (note), 349. Grafton, Lieutenant, 219. Greene, George S., commands a brigade under Banks, 226, 257. H Hall and Lounsburg, telegraph operators, who saved a bridge from destruction, 172 (note). Hamilton, General, commands Federal troops in Civil War, 62, 113, 114. Hardy, Captain, 76. Hatch, General, commander of Federal Cavalry, 162. Forms the rearguard in Banks's retreat from Strasburg, 201. Is met by Stonewall Jackson at Middletown (Va.), and fights an unequal battle, 209, 210. Retreats tow