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Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., From the Wilderness to Cold Harbor. (search)
as on and near the Rapidan, above Mine Run, and Hill's on his left, higher up the stream. When the d to move rapidly across the country and follow Hill on the Plank road. Ewell's corps was the first4 o'clock in the afternoon was ordered to drive Hill out of the Wilderness. Cadmus Wilcox's divisio road at Parker's store, three miles in rear of Hill's battle-field. The right of Ewells corps forps, repulsed the attack with great slaughter. Hill's corps (now under command of General Early) di Court House. advance, when Lane's brigade. of Hill's corps, which was immediately on the right of s still held by the enemy. Three brigades from Hill's corps were ordered up. Perrin's, which was thom the river it met Cadmus Wilcox's division of Hill's corps, and a severe but indecisive engagementt of June.--editors. Longstreet's and a part of Hill's corps, with Hoke's and Breckinridge's divisioeet at Gordonsville, and Anderson's division of Hill's corps left on the Upper Rapidan, were too wid[5 more...]
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., General Grant on the Wilderness campaign. (search)
per supplies, we can hold out against the whole of Lee's army. I have ordered up the supplies. Beauregard, with a large portion of his force, was left south by the cutting of the railroads by Kautz. That portion which reached Petersburg under Hill I have whipped to-day, killing and wounding many, and taking many prisoners, after a severe and well-contested fight. General Grant will not be troubled with any further reinforcements to Lee from Beauregard's force. Benj. F. Butler, Major-Geneneral Smith, several pieces of artillery, and over four hundred prisoners. The Fifth Corps having got up, the attacks were renewed and persisted in with great vigor on the 17th and 18th, but only resulted in forcing the enemy into an interior line, from which he could not be dislodged. The advantages of position gained by us were very great. The army then proceeded to envelop Petersburg toward the South Side Railroad, as far as possible without attacking fortifications. Up-Hill work.
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., Through the Wilderness. (search)
ongstreet reached the field on the same road as Hill. The engagements fought on May 5th by Ewell onshers to assist them. Those skirmishers struck Hill's corps, moving down the Orange Plank road towaand General Meade had developed the presence of Hill on their left and Ewell on their right. Getty'toward him, by way of the Brock road, and drive Hill back, if possible, behind Parker's store. Onhundred yards when he struck Heth's division of Hill's corps, and found the enemy in force, his righ of the Potomac in close contact with Ewell and Hill. During the night of the 5th orders were givso far as could be ascertained, the gap between Hill and Ewell was not yet closed, neither was that at 8 o'clock Hancock was battling against both Hill and Longstreet. General Gibbon had command on movement of the right wing of Meade's army, and Hill and Longstreet defeated our left under Hancock.tete-du-pont facing south. Heth's division, of Hill's corps, attacked the two right brigades with v[3 more...]
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., Hand-to-hand fighting at Spotsylvania. (search)
sessed themselves of the intrenchments. Over three thousand prisoners were taken, including General Johnson and General Steuart. Twenty Confederate cannon became the permanent trophies of the day, twelve of them belonging to Page and eight to Cutshaw. Upon reaching the second line of Lee's works, held by Wilcox's division, who by this time had become apprised of the disaster to their comrades, Hancock met with stern resistance, as Lee in the meantime had been hurrying troops to Ewell from Hill on the right and Anderson on the left, and these were sprung upon our victorious lines with such an impetus as to drive them hastily back toward the left of the salient. Of the Union troops on the left of Hancock, General Grant ( Personal memoirs, p. 231) says: Burnside on the left had advanced up east of the salient to the very parapet of the enemy. Potter, commanding one of his divisions, got over, but was not able to remain there. . . . Burnside accomplished but little on our left
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., chapter 11.81 (search)
--and none appreciated it more than I did,--was entirely of my opinion. Thus the new defensive line selected by me, which my own troops had been holding for twelve hours before the arrival of General Lee at Petersburg, and which his troops occupied as they came in, was maintained unchanged as to location-though much strengthened and improved thereafter-until the end of the war. After those explanations to General Lee, and while still examining the field, I proposed to him that, as soon as Hill's and Anderson's corps should arrive, our entire disposable force be thrown upon the left and rear of the Federal army before it began to fortify its position. General Lee, after some hesitation, pronounced himself against this plan. He thought it was wiser, under the circumstances, to allow some rest to his troops (those present as well as those still coming up) after the long march all would have gone through with; and he stated as a further reason for his objection, that our best policy-
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., Actions on the Weldon Railroad. (search)
le to more open ground, where his artillery might play its part; and on the 21st Hill reappeared before him to try it again with his own corps and W. H. F. Lee's cavalry, reenforced by part of Hoke's division of Ewell's corps. Hill was a dashing general, and he made a gallant effort on Warren's lines, now pretty well intrenched, cannonade of thirty guns. But Griffin and Ayres were both old artillerists, and Hill's long, serried lines were smashed by our guns before they got within reach of oeverything looked promising to Hancock for an hour or two. However, the rest of Hill's troops were coming up, and the chopping of trees and the rumble of artillery wf precaution. Evidently he expected Mott first at the junction. At 5 o'clock Hill had opened with his artillery, both shot and shell, some of which took the workscock at the station. Had our troops behaved as they used to I could have beaten Hill, he said to me. But some were new, and all were worn out with labor. Or had you