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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), State of Pennsylvania, (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Port Royal Ferry , battle of. (search)
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Smith, Charles Henry 1827-
Military officer; born in Hollis, Me., Nov. 1, 1827; was made captain of the 1st Maine Cavalry soon after the beginning of the Civil War; rose to colonel in the spring of 1863, and was active as a cavalry officer in the campaigns in Virginia and at Gettysburg that year.
He was with Sheridan in his operations in May and June, 1864, and was one of the most efficient cavalry officers of the Army of the Potomac in the campaign against Richmond that year, commanding a brigade of Gregg's division south and west of Petersburg, and then in the later operations, that resulted in the capture of Lee and his army.
For gallant and meritorious services during the war he was brevetted major-general, United States army, in 1867; commissioned colonel of the 28th United States Infantry in 1866; transferred to the 19th Infantry in 1869; and was retired in 1891.
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Wilderness, battle of the
At midnight on May 3, 1864, the Army of the Potomac, fully 100,000 strong, fresh and hopeful, and with an immense army-train, began its march towards Richmond.
The right was composed of the corps of Warren and Sedgwick, and the left of that of Hancock.
Warren's cavalry, preceded by that of Wilson, crossed the Rapidan at Germania Ford on the morning of the 4th, followed by Sedgwick.
The left, preceded by Gregg's cavalry, and followed by the entire army-train of wagons, 4,000 in number, crossed at Ely's Ford at the same time.
Burnside's 9th Corps, left behind in anticipation of a possible move of Lee on Washington, crossed the Rapidan and joined the army on the 5th, when the whole force had pushed on into the region known as The wilderness, beyond Chancellorsville, and well on the right flank of the Confederate army lying behind strong intrenchments on Mine Run.
The whole force of the National army was now about 130,000 men, of whom a little more than