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Alfred Roman, The military operations of General Beauregard in the war between the states, 1861 to 1865, Chapter 15: (search)
sly threatened by the Federal forces under General Grant, General Beauregard suggested to General Jthe latter would become untenable also, should Grant's attack on Fort Henry succeed; At Centrevitroops upon Henry and Donelson, so as to force Grant into a battle in that quarter, with decisive o those of Buell; that, even if victorious over Grant, our own forces would be more or less disorgantion of the works around Bowling Green. General Grant, according to his official report, broughtn and Cumberland), to form a junction with General Grant; which movement, with his many new levies,d men could have been thrown suddenly upon General Grant's forces near Fort Donelson, by the 10th onk of the Cumberland. Such a victory over General Grant would certainly have deterred Buell from ason. After the fall of Henry, on the 6th, General Grant did not move upon Donelson until the 12th,and easy victory in the battle fought with General Grant two months later, or, rather, which would [9 more...]
Alfred Roman, The military operations of General Beauregard in the war between the states, 1861 to 1865, Chapter 16: (search)
r its evacuation, so as to secure its supplies, armament, and garrison, which included nearly all the forces under General Polk. It was to be apprehended that General Grant, by marching westward from Fort Henry to Union City or Clinton—some sixty or seventy miles—after forming a junction with part of the forces under General Pope,i Valley to New Orleans, as between those two points there was not another organized body of troops capable of offering any resistance to the united forces of Generals Grant and Pope. Fort Pillow, about fifty miles above Memphis, was not then in as good condition as Fort Columbus; its defences being still incomplete. It was not acter. While General Johnston's crippled army was retreating towards northeast Alabama and Georgia before Buell's overwhelming forces, the Federal army, under General Grant, with or without the cooperation of Pope's command, might move from Fort Henry, upon the rear of Columbus, or execute a still more dreaded movement by ascendin
Alfred Roman, The military operations of General Beauregard in the war between the states, 1861 to 1865, Chapter 18: (search)
n Nashville. is at last aroused by order to unite his forces with those of General Grant. aggregate of Buell's forces in Tennessee and Kentucky. our only hope forhere; and had at a later period served with distinction in the Mexican War. General Grant, who, for a time after the capture of Fort Donelson, had been virtually susbering nearly forty thousand men, was ordered from Nashville, to the support of Grant.—Badeau's Military History of U. S. Grant, vol. i. p. 68. General Buell HU. S. Grant, vol. i. p. 68. General Buell He was a contemporary of General Beauregard's at the United States Military Academy, and had done good service as a young officer in Mexico. He was on the staff of Gned, on the 11th, to the command in chief—to unite his forces with those of General Grant, at Savannah, on the Tennessee River. This point of concentration was afte, from which the sound of the battle was plainly heard. The united armies of Grant and Buell (his five divisions) would have presented a well-disciplined and full
Alfred Roman, The military operations of General Beauregard in the war between the states, 1861 to 1865, Chapter 19: (search)
al reserve of about half as many. This second purpose was apparently accomplished, for, during the battle of Shiloh, General Grant telegraphed General Buell, who was then at Savannah, that he was heavily attacked by one hundred thousand men, and thnd friends in middle Tennessee had informed us that General Buell was at Franklin, on his way to form a junction with General Grant, at Savannah, where he might be expected early in April. It was known, however, that the bridges on his line of marcd, in which event Buell must have reached the theatre of action entirely too late to retrieve the disaster inflicted upon Grant, and must himself have been forced to retire from middle Tennessee. The delay which had marked the outset was followed bmps, where all was now silence and repose, and where none suspected the approaching storm. From them we learned that General Grant had returned for the night to Savannah, and that General Sherman commanded the advanced forces. No other information
Alfred Roman, The military operations of General Beauregard in the war between the states, 1861 to 1865, Chapter 20: (search)
ainst the enemy. Meanwhile, since four o'clock, Colonel J. D. Webster, an able officer of General Grant's staff, had been collecting the reserve artillery and other batteries, till he had massed aof Stuart's regiments, all of these reinforced by numbers rallied from the broken commands. General Grant having arrived on the field at one o'clock P. M., General Badeau says, eight o'clock A. Mf the Rebellion, vol. IV. p. 413. Behind these forces and below the bluff was the remainder of Grant's army, its flight arrested by the river, and its masses tossing in uncontrollable panic and disize them, as well as possible, to resume the offensive on the 7th, and complete his victory over Grant. Accordingly, at dusk, he sent to the different corps commanders the order, to arrest the conflll's army. as it had just been reported that he had done, instead of effecting his junction with Grant, on the evening and night of the 6th, as was actually the case. A despatch was sent to Richmo
Alfred Roman, The military operations of General Beauregard in the war between the states, 1861 to 1865, Chapter 21: (search)
river as the left of the battle front, and General Grant assigned Wallace's division to the right ften o'clock A. M., by several thousands of General Grant's troops, under McClernand and Hurlbut, itt of the 6th and early morning of the 7th, General Grant's shattered forces, of a mixed character, ight, and constituted the extreme right of General Grant's extensive line. General Sherman, in h: At daylight, on Monday, I received General Grant's orders to advance and recapture our orign, with a part of Crittenden's and some of General Grant's reorganized forces, pressed him so hard hile; and in that part of the field, including Grant's forces under Sherman and McClernand, there w the remainder of his forces with those of General Grant. He knew that his depleted and exhausted f Wood's division of the same army, See Generals Grant's and Buell's Reports. which brought up thses were, according to official reports—in General Grant's army, 1437 killed, 5679 wounded, and 29[3 more...]
Alfred Roman, The military operations of General Beauregard in the war between the states, 1861 to 1865, Chapter 22: (search)
e had not yet received any intimation that General Grant was in danger, or that he (Buell) should h31st of March. received an intimation that General Grant was in any danger, or that there was need to the probability of an early attack upon General Grant, hurried through the place for rest and trLanding was distinctly heard at Savannah. General Grant supposed that it indicated an attack upon l Buell] subsequently received a note from General Grant, addressed to the commanding officer, advathe severity of the blows he inflicts. If General Grant really believed that his enemy was as stro non-aggressive adversary to resist. If General Grant had had time to carry out his intention, Gcording to Sherman's Memoirs, Page 245. General Grant's own forces, on the 7th, amounted to neartillery, on the left, with which to oppose General Grant's force of more than twenty thousand men. what would have been the consequences had General Grant carried out his intention—according to a s[17 more...]
Alfred Roman, The military operations of General Beauregard in the war between the states, 1861 to 1865, Chapter 24: (search)
Chapter XXIII. It was about the same time that General Beauregard wrote to General Grant concerning the burial of the Confederate dead on the field of Shiloh, and st to the remains of near relatives known to have fallen during the battle. General Grant denied the privilege thus requested, and said that he had already performedorwarded to the President for promotion; to his further correspondence with General Grant relative to the exchange of prisoners, and the distinction to be made betwee hundred and twenty-five thousand men, with General Halleck, as first, and General Grant, as second, in command. See History of the Army of the Cumberland, by Va labor was still available for a concentrated campaign. Military History of U. S. Grant, vol. i. p. 106. The italics are curs. Whoever considers the retreat frs was drawn out in line of battle, awaiting an assault. Military History of U. S. Grant, vol. i. p. 102. The italics are ours. An army of nearly fifty thousand,
Alfred Roman, The military operations of General Beauregard in the war between the states, 1861 to 1865, Chapter 25: (search)
om Tupelo, for I wish you the amplest success, both on your own and the country's account. You have evidently but one of four things to do. First, to attack Halleck at Corinth; second, to attack Buell at or about Chattanooga; third, to attack Grant at or about Memphis; fourth, to remain idle at Tupelo. From what you state the first is evidently inadmissible, and the last cannot be entertained for one moment, for action, action, is what we require. Now, with regard to the other two protle first, or compel him to retire before us. Should he retire on Nashville (as the newspapers say he is now doing), we will be advancing towards Louisville; but should he venture on Florence or Savannah, to unite his forces with Rosecrans and Grant, we will have to concentrate enough of our forces from Mobile and East Tennessee to follow him rapidly and defeat him in a grand battle, when we would be able to resume our march as before indicated. We must, however, as soon as practicable, con
Alfred Roman, The military operations of General Beauregard in the war between the states, 1861 to 1865, chapter 27 (search)
r to me, stating that our pickets reported General Grant approaching rapidly, and within half a milell away from us until we can get through with Grant and Halleck's other forces. I send you, herdent. By a rapid and vigorous attack on General Grant it was expected he would be beaten back in reach the field of battle in time to save General Grant's shattered, fugitive forces from capture esh troops; which, added to the remnant of General Grant's forces on Monday morning, amounting to 2e shells from the enemy's gunboats. 17. General Grant, in his Report of the Battle of Shiloh, puate head which it did on the next day, against Grant's and Buell's combined armies, up to the momenllery, and in such good order that Buell's and Grant's armies did not venture to follow. Yours ty of the Mississippi, April 8th, 1862. Maj.-Genl. U. S. Grant, Comdg. U. S. Forces near Pittsburg, Tppi, Corinth, Miss., April 13th, 1862. Maj.-Genl. U. S. Grant, Comdg. Forces of United States, Pitts[2 more...]