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Maj. Jed. Hotchkiss, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 3, Virginia (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 241 7 Browse Search
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 3: The Decisive Battles. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller) 217 3 Browse Search
William F. Fox, Lt. Col. U. S. V., Regimental Losses in the American Civil War, 1861-1865: A Treatise on the extent and nature of the mortuary losses in the Union regiments, with full and exhaustive statistics compiled from the official records on file in the state military bureaus and at Washington 208 10 Browse Search
Edward Porter Alexander, Military memoirs of a Confederate: a critical narrative 169 1 Browse Search
Benjamnin F. Butler, Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler 158 36 Browse Search
Adam Badeau, Military history of Ulysses S. Grant from April 1861 to April 1865. Volume 3 81 1 Browse Search
Adam Badeau, Military history of Ulysses S. Grant from April 1861 to April 1865. Volume 2 81 1 Browse Search
Waitt, Ernest Linden, History of the Nineteenth regiment, Massachusetts volunteer infantry , 1861-1865 72 20 Browse Search
Oliver Otis Howard, Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general , United States army : volume 1 71 3 Browse Search
The Annals of the Civil War Written by Leading Participants North and South (ed. Alexander Kelly McClure) 68 16 Browse Search
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Benjamnin F. Butler, Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler, Chapter 14: in command of the Army of the James. (search)
eneral Grant. The first stated that on Friday night Lee's army was in full retreat for Richmond, Grant pursuing; that Hancock had passed Spottsylvania Court-House, on the morning of the 8th; and that Fredericksburg was occupied by Federal forces.If Lee's army was in full retreat toward Richmond, Grant pursuing with his army on Friday night (the 6th) (not true), if Hancock had passed Spottsylvania Court-House on Sunday morning, the 8th (not true), if Grant, on that day, was on the march to j War stating that a despatch just received reported a general attack by Grant, in which great success was achieved; that Hancock had captured Maj.-Gen. Edward Johnson's division, and taken him and Early, and forty cannon, and that the prisoners werelts. . . . Early on the morning of the 2th a general attack was made on the enemy in position. The Second Corps, Major-General Hancock commanding, carried a salient of his line, capturing most of Johnson's division of Elwell's Corps and twenty piec
Benjamnin F. Butler, Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler, Chapter 15: operations of the Army of the James around Richmond and Petersburg. (search)
the purpose of a rapid march on Petersburg. Hancock had rations enough to last him three days, and of half past 5, he had passed a division of Hancock's corps (Birney's) some four miles from Smithr says that with the concurrence of Smith and Hancock his troops were taken out of the line before owing the blame for not taking that city upon Hancock. Smith says that he knew nothing about thethe knowledge of Smith, and knowing that when Hancock came up he made the generous offer to surrend could ascertain where they were needed. General Hancock rode to General Smith, and informed him thtly, and favorable to further operations. Hancock, with two divisions of the Second Corps, reaceen ordered to do. Of this opinion was General Hancock. By the order of General Meade he attackmurmurs arose of: Now for it; Put us into it, Hancock, my boy; we will end this damned Rebellion torn Virginia came up; but that they, Smith and Hancock, had hesitated and dawdled the night away. . [37 more...]
Benjamnin F. Butler, Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler, Chapter 16: capture of fortifications around Richmond, Newmarket Heights, Dutch Gap Canal, elections in New York and gold conspiracy. (search)
the north side he detailed, on the 13th of August, Hancock with the Second Corps, to be transported from City he Tenth Corps across from Bermuda Hundred and join Hancock in an attack upon the enemy in that quarter. The pas to be made at daybreak by both corps. Grant put Hancock's corps on board transportation to go around by riveadquarters. The first of the vessels containing Hancock's troops, as I was informed, reached Deep Bottom bemagine my surprise at about eleven o'clock when General Hancock with his staff,--who preferred to ride from theposition of the enemy to be too strong to be taken, Hancock withdrew his troops back to the lines at Petersburg General Grant had made a formal demonstration with Hancock's Second Corps and Birney's Corps from Bermuda Hund I can take with the negroes, a redoubt that turned Hancock's corps on a former occasion, that will settle the ey's Run, apparently to guard the road by which General Hancock advanced over Strawberry Plains from below Four
Benjamnin F. Butler, Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler, Chapter 18: why I was relieved from command. (search)
toon bridge to the south side of the James River. July 14, the Eighteenth Corps, Kautz's Cavalry, attacked Petersburg, crossing the Appomattox by the pontoon bridge. July 17, Birney's Corps crossed the pontoon bridge over the James to meet Hancock, and attacked the enemy's works on the north bank, and returned. August 19, part of the Second and Tenth Corps crossed the pontoon bridge to attack the defences on the north side of the river around Richmond. In August my Eighteenth Corps acancies. The law allows five. You filled an original vacancy, and I last year urged Sherman's name for Wool's place, but could not get him appointed. Your promotion makes a second vacancy, and I have urged the names of Meade and Sherman, and Hancock for Meade's place as brigadier. There is some obstacle in the way and I can't remove it. I am not certain what it is, but can guess. Perhaps you will be enlightened a little by knowing what are some of the outside influences. I understand the
Benjamnin F. Butler, Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler, Chapter 20: Congressman and Governor. (search)
men in that party that had always opposed me in the Republican party made a bolt from the convention and ran a candidate against me, so that I was not elected, although I received a very large number of votes. In 1879, I was again candidate for governor, having the nomination of the Democratic party. The Hunker Democrats ran a bolting candidate, and I was again defeated, but held substantially the same vote that I had received the year before. In 1880 I supported the nomination of General Hancock for President, the first Democratic candidate I had supported for President since the war began. In 1882 I came to the conclusion to try the question of my being governor of Massachusetts directly and fully against the Republican party, although they had the prestige of just electing a president and had the administration. The hunkers of the Democratic party, having found their utter inability to carry any votes worth counting, did not run a bolting candidate, and I received my nomi
Benjamnin F. Butler, Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler, Appendix. (search)
A. M., in which great success was achieved. Hancock had captured Maj.-Gen. Edward Johnson's divisficer. With this remark he turned away. General Hancock had left when General Smith turned to walent. I therefore turned back and went to General Hancock's headquarters for the purpose of ascerta there, but from his staff I learned that General Hancock had promptly, upon arriving on the field,vident intent upon his part to place upon General Hancock the responsibility for no further movementhe general's whereabouts, I proceeded to General Hancock's headquarters and to those of the divisi Grant on the night of the 15th, you speak of Hancock's troops having been passed by one of your stGen. Francis A. Walker, chief of staff to General Hancock, in his history of Hancock's corps says ts an article in the Tribune reflecting on General Hancock, which I had nothing in the world to do wn us personally. You will report to Major-General Hancock, who will be at Deep Bottom in the cou[18 more...]
Benjamnin F. Butler, Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler, Index. (search)
s prisoners at Port Hudson and Vicksburg, 584; reference to, 629; quarrel with Hancock, 877. Barker, Jacob, advances money at New Orleans, 383. Barnard, Genera. Bingham, Hon. John A., of Ohio, reference, 927. Birney, General, joins Hancock in expedition against Deep Bottom, 717-718; Butler's order to regarding demonsighth Vermont Regiment, 496; reference to, 895. Eleventh New York Battery (Hancock's), reference to, 703. Eleventh Pennsylvania Cavalry, 898. Eliot, presiden aid on Butler's staff, 201; sent to Washington, 206; letter from, 226. Hancock, General, reference to, 645, 651, 652, 686, 712, 715; joins in expedition against Pt regarding contrabands, 263; on to Richmond, 267-289; article reflecting upon Hancock published, 700, 715; correspondent of arrested, 700; a government agent, 939. on, 774, 779, 782, 830; blockade runners enter harbor, 849. Windmill Point, Hancock at, 686. Winans, Ross, 227, 229, 233, 235, 239. Winthrop, Robert C., appoi