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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Heintzelman , Samuel Peter 1805 -1880 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Logan , John Alexander 1826 -1886 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Oak woods, battle of (search)
Oak woods, battle of
In the Civil War the siege of Richmond had gone on quietly until near the close of June, 1862, when General Heintzelman's corps, with a part of Keyes's and Sumner's, was ordered to move forward on the Williamsburg road, through a swampy wood, for the purpose of ascertaining the nature of the ground beyond, and to place Heintzelman and Sumner in a position to support a proposed attack upon the Confederates at a certain point by General Franklin.
They met a Confederate rough a swampy wood, for the purpose of ascertaining the nature of the ground beyond, and to place Heintzelman and Sumner in a position to support a proposed attack upon the Confederates at a certain point by General Franklin.
They met a Confederate force, and a fight ensued, in which the brigades of Sickles and Grover, of Hooker's division, bore the brunt.
The Confederates were driven from their encampment, and the point aimed at was gained.
The National loss was 516 men killed and wounded.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Robinson , John Cleveland 1817 -1897 (search)
Robinson, John Cleveland 1817-1897
Military officer; born in Binghamton, N. Y., April 10, 1817; took a partial course of study at West Point, leaving it to study law; served in the war against Mexico, and at the beginning of the Civil War was in command of Fort McHenry, Baltimore.
As brigadier-general he took command of a division in Heintzelman's corps in the battle before Richmond in 1862.
He was in the principal battles in Virginia and Pennsylvania in 1863; was brevetted major-general of volunteers and majorgeneral, United States army, lost a leg at Spottsylvania; was awarded a congressional medal of honor; and was retired as a major-general, United States army, in 1869.
In 1872 he was elected lieutenant-governor of New York on the ticket headed by Gen. John A. Dix, He died in Binghamton, N. Y., Feb. 18, 1897.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Savage's Station , battle at (1862 ) (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Stoneman , George 1822 -1894 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Williamsburg , battle of (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Wright , Horatio Gouverneur 1820 -1899 (search)
Wright, Horatio Gouverneur 1820-1899
Military engineer; born in Clinton, Conn., March 6, 1820; graduated at West Point in 1842, remaining two years as assistant Professor of Engineering.
He was made brigadier-general of volunteers in September, 1861, and major-general in July, 1862.
He was chief engineer of Heintzelman's division at the battle of Bull Run, and in
Horatio Gouverneur Wright. the Port Royal expedition he commanded a brigade.
In February, 1862, he was in the expedition that captured Fernandina, Fla., and commanded a division in the attack on Secessionville, S. C., in June, 1862.
In July he was assigned to the Department of the Ohio, and commanded the 1st Division, 6th Corps, in the Army of the Potomac at Gettysburg.
After General Sedgwick's death he was in command of the 6th Corps, which he led in the Richmond campaign until July, 1864, when he was sent to the defence of the national capital, and afterwards (August to December) was engaged in the Shenandoah ca