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Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: Volume 2. 222 36 Browse Search
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 3. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.) 171 5 Browse Search
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Fitzhugh Lee, General Lee 133 5 Browse Search
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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 85 1 Browse Search
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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 10. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 70 12 Browse Search
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An English Combatant, Lieutenant of Artillery of the Field Staff., Battlefields of the South from Bull Run to Fredericksburgh; with sketches of Confederate commanders, and gossip of the camps., Chapter 33: (search)
property. Ellison's Mills and Beaver Dam Creek were,. in fact, the impediments thrown out to obstruct our advance; and, though brilliantly fought actions, were simply considered as preliminary to others of greater importance within a few hours' march. The advance, therefore, was prosecuted with vigor, and it was scarcely nine A. M. ere the several divisions were rapidly approaching the enemy. General Ambrose Hill was in the centre, bearing towards Coal Harbor; Generals Longstreet and A. P. Hill proceeded along the edge of the Chickahominy on the right, while Jackson was still far to the left, threatening the enemy's right rear as he gradually converged towards the river. In this order the three columns proceeded through the country towards Gaines's Mills, but were frequently halted and formed in line to invite a combat with the enemy in fair open ground. They would not accept our frequent challenges, however, but slowly retired through the woods, feeling confident in the stren
An English Combatant, Lieutenant of Artillery of the Field Staff., Battlefields of the South from Bull Run to Fredericksburgh; with sketches of Confederate commanders, and gossip of the camps., Chapter 38: (search)
rose Hill was a spirited affair, and beautifully conducted. Ambrose P. Hill is a Virginian; graduated at West-Point, and was brevet Second, and they formed on a rising ground ready for business? Had I been Hill, I should have deferred matters until morning. Yes, and in the montil all was over; and had it not been for the invincible spirit of Hill, the field and booty would never have been ours. When we had driven against us! Such an apparition would have disheartened any one but Hill. He, seeing how matters stood, and that they were determined to atthat they slackened pace. Bidding us hold the ground a little while, Hill went to the rear, but no reenforcements had arrived; so, cheering on and the failure of Huger to arrive in time, it seems wonderful that Hill should have shown so much hardihood in attacking, and displayed suchprisoners, and small arms. It is a pity the advance did not fall on Hill when we attacked Malvern Hill, for I am sure our loss would not have
Fitzhugh Lee, General Lee, Chapter 2: birth.-career as officer of Engineers, United States army. (search)
nant of infantry, twenty-six years old, brevetted twice and wounded at Chapultepec; and Magruder, known among his comrades as Prince John, from courtly manners, distinguished appearance, and fine conversational powers, who commanded a light battery in Pillow's division, was twice brevetted and wounded at Chapultepec. John Sedgwick was with the army, first lieutenant of artillery, a classmate of Bragg and Early and Hooker, twice brevetted; and so was Richard S. Ewell, a typical dragoon; Ambrose P. Hill, only twenty-one years old, second lieutenant of the First Artillery; and Daniel H. Hill, Jubal Early, and many others who afterward became famous. Little did these young fellows, who marched, bivouacked, fought, and bled side by side on the burning sands of old Mexico, imagine that in less than two decades McDowell would be training his guns on Johnston and Beauregard at first Manassas, while McClellan, Pope, Burnside, Hooker, Meade, and Grant would each in turn test the prowess of L
Fitzhugh Lee, General Lee, Chapter 5: invasion of Virginia. (search)
n evacuated Harper's Ferry, and two days later, with a force of sixty-five hundred men, was at Bunker Hill, a point twelve miles from Winchester and between that city and Martinsburg. This was wise on the part of Johnston. His intention to do so was accelerated from a well-authenticated rumor that had reached him of the advance of the Federal forces in the direction of Winchester from Romney, some forty--three miles west of that place. Indeed, he had detached two regiments under Colonels A. P. Hill and Gibbons, and sent them to Winchester with orders to proceed out on the road toward Romney for the purpose of checking any march of hostile troops from that direction. These troops were thought to be the advance of a force under General McClellan, which had been organized in that section of western Virginia. When Patterson crossed the Potomac Johnston very properly moved to Bunker Hill, so as to be in position to prevent the junction of McClellan and Patterson, by fighting a batt
Fitzhugh Lee, General Lee, Chapter 8: commands the army defending Richmond, and seven days battles. (search)
ia. These lines were held by five divisions-A. P. Hill's on the left: at Meadow Bridge, Huger's andd rear, namely, Longstreet, D. H. Hill, and A. P. Hill. These officers, with Jackson, having recei the Central Railroad. Branch's brigade, of A. P. Hill's division, will also to-morrow evening takevements of these columns are discovered, General A. P. Hill, with the rest of his division, will crockson, and General Longstreet supporting General A. P. Hill. The four divisions-keeping in communicdvance in two lines: Jackson on the left and A. P. Hill on the right of the first line, the former bafterward by Lee at Chancellorsville. After A. P. Hill drove the Federals out of Mechanicsville he discovered, early on the 29th Longstreet and A. P. Hill were directed to recross the Chickahominy atNelson's, Farm, was fought by Longstreet and A. P. Hill. Huger did not get up, and Jackson was unabssumed the offensive. On July 27th Lee sent A. P. Hill's division, which gave him an army of 18,623[3 more...]
Fitzhugh Lee, General Lee, Chapter 9: Second battle of Manassas. (search)
Pope's line of battle. On August 25th Jackson, with three divisions of infantry, under Ewell, A. P. Hill, and W. B. Taliaferro, preceded by Munford's Second Virginia Cavalry, crossed the upper Rappahthe next day, the three divisions of that wide-awake officer were marching away from Manassas: A. P. Hill to Centreville, Ewell to the crossing of Bull Run at Blackburn Ford, and up the left bank of tubleday's, and fought two of Ewell's and three of Taliaferro's brigades of Jackson's command. A. P. Hill's division was not engaged. It was an exhibition of superb courage and excellent discipline ois surrender was demanded. For two hours this plunging fire was maintained, and at the moment A. P. Hill advanced to storm the town from the Virginia side a white flag was displayed. The firing ceas five marches from him. It was necessary that he should return as soon as possible, so leaving A. P. Hill to manage the details of surrender with his other two divisions, he marched day and night, rec
Fitzhugh Lee, General Lee, Chapter 10: Sharpsburg and Fredericksburg. (search)
have encountered if he had attacked on the 16th. Anderson's six brigades, McLaws's four, and A. P. Hill's five-making fifteen brigades-did not reach Lee until the 17th. After they had arrived the tetermined and brave resistance he was forced to give way and the enemy gained the summit. General A. P. Hill had now arrived from Harper's Ferry, having left that place at 7 A. M., and immediately atre were consumed in preparations to assault the ridge held by Jones. The opportune arrival of A. P. Hill, with his thirty-four hundred men, saved Lee's right. Had McClellan placed a portion of his lonel E. P. Alexander was in charge of the division batteries of Anderson, Ransom, and McLaws. A. P. Hill, of Jackson's corps, was posted between Hood's right and Hamilton's Crossing. Early's and Talsition on Telegraph Hill, in the center of his line, Lee saw the mass of Federals deploying in A. P. Hill's front. Franklin was about to assault with one division at least, as ordered. As a matter o
Fitzhugh Lee, General Lee, Chapter 11: Chancellorsville. (search)
ackson's corps, composed of the divisions of A. P. Hill, Early, and D. H. Hill under Rodes, and Trimcond line two hundred yards in the rear, and A. P. Hill's in supporting distance in column. At 6 P. Captain Wilbourn and placed on the ground. A. P. Hill was soon at his side, as well as his two aidhere he died on the following Sunday. Order A. P. Hill to prepare for action, he cried in the delir complete its work; but who should lead it? A. P. Hill, the next in rank, had been disabled shortlycuous courage in the assault of the 3d. Generals A. P. Hill, Nichols, McGowan, Heth, Hoke, and Pendanded respectively by Longstreet, Ewell, and A. P. Hill. Ewell had been next in command to Jackson,ldier, nor an odder, more lovable fellow. A. P. Hill's promotion to a corps commander was bestoweaying: Next to these two officers I consider A. P. Hill the best commander with me; he fights his tral D. H. Hill or McLaws, both of whom ranked A. P. Hill for the Third Corps, because they were not V[2 more...]
Fitzhugh Lee, General Lee, Chapter 12: Gettysburg. (search)
n chieftain there might have been a lasting blot. Taylor, the adjutant general of the army, says it was originally intended to make the attack with Hood and McLaws, re-enforced by Pickett, and it was only because of the apprehensions of General Longstreet that his corps was not strong enough that General Hill was called on to support him; and Hill, in an official report, states that his troops were sent to Longstreet as a support to his corps. Lee rode along a portion of the line held by A. P. Hill's corps, and finally took a position about the Confederate center on an elevated point, from which he could survey the field and watch the result of the movement. Long says the order for the assault by the whole corps was given verbally by General Lee in his presence and that of Major Venable and other officers of the army. Memoirs of Robert E. Lee, by Long, p. 294. Venaable states that he heard the orders given to support Pickett's attack by McLaws and Hood, and that when he called Ge
Fitzhugh Lee, General Lee, Chapter 13: campaign in Virginia.-Bristol Station.-mine Run.-Wilderness. (search)
as marching south. Ewell was on the former and Hill moved on the latter road, and by Hill's side atis columns turned toward Parker's Store to meet Hill. Grant discovered that he had Lee's army on hiterward Hancock on his left. On the plank road Hill's left did not connect with Ewell's right. Getusand men, while Hancock's vigorous assaults on Hill's two divisions on the plank road were successf was not yet up, nor was Anderson's division of Hill's corps. So Lee had to wait on his right; but it, but rushed on Heth and Wilcox's division of Hill's corps, and finally carried their whole front r Longstreet's corps nor Anderson's division of Hill's had arrived. The former left his camp near Ghat afternoon sixteen miles. The next day, when Hill and Ewell were fighting, he resumed his march, oke camp at 12.30 A. M. on the 6th, and reached Hill, whose two divisions had been assailed by six Fime. Lee had in person been in the midst of Hill's troops, restoring confidence and order, and h[11 more...]
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