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The Atlanta (Georgia) Campaign: May 1 - September 8, 1864., Part I: General Report. (ed. Maj. George B. Davis, Mr. Leslie J. Perry, Mr. Joseph W. Kirkley) 437 5 Browse Search
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Horace Greeley, The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65: its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union. Volume II. 129 1 Browse Search
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Waitt, Ernest Linden, History of the Nineteenth regiment, Massachusetts volunteer infantry , 1861-1865, Chapter 16: the march down the Peninsula. (search)
nts were selected as the rear guard for Porter's, Sigel's and Sumner's Corps and were placed under the command of Gen. Oliver O. Howard. Col. Hinks, who was in command of the rest of Dana's Brigade, was chosen with his command as the rear guard of td a shell wound on the left knee, but kept to the saddle. Fortunately no men were lost, although several were hit and Gen. Howard mentioned in his report that the coolness and perfect quietness and absence of any hurry or confusion was most gratifyPursuit from that time on was given up. After resting for some time, in order to be sure that no one was pursuing, General Howard, with his orderlies, rode back, leaving orders for the two regiments to find their way until they made the junction wturn fire. They were under perfect control. There were many stories as to how this unfortunate incident occurred. Gen. Howard states that it is his belief that a horse stepped upon a musket, discharging it, and thus causing a panic among horse
Waitt, Ernest Linden, History of the Nineteenth regiment, Massachusetts volunteer infantry , 1861-1865, Chapter 18: the battle of Antietam. (search)
creek, but Burnside, who was at the left, did not press the work there and the weight of Lee's forces fell upon Sumner and Hooker in a desperate attempt to force the centre. After marching a mile, Sedgwick's Division halted and faced to the right, behind a fence. In front was a cornfield in which the First brigade was forming under General Gorman. Gen. Dana was in command of the Third or centre Brigade, in which was the Nineteenth Massachusetts regiment. The Second Brigade, under Gen. O. O. Howard, filed into the field in the rear, forming the third line. Gen. Sedgwick commanded the Division and took his position between the first and second lines and there led the charge. Only about forty paces separated the lines from each other. It was a very faulty formation. The Division moved in three lines, each composed of a Brigade, without a skirmisher in front, in close order, and without connection or support on either flank. The faulty formation, as explained by Carleton, the
Waitt, Ernest Linden, History of the Nineteenth regiment, Massachusetts volunteer infantry , 1861-1865, Chapter 20: to Falmouth, in pursuit of Lee. Burnside supersedes McClellan. (search)
line and realized what a hold he had upon the hearts of the men. Burnside assumed command immediately and the army was reorganized in three grand divisions, the right being commanded by Gen. Sumner and consisting of his own Second Corps; Gen. O. O. Howard commanding the Second Division and Col. Norman J. Hall, of the Seventh Michigan, the Third Brigade, which, in addition to the four regiments which had so long served together had been strengthened by the addition of the Fifty-Ninth New Yor even the frowning cannon seem but as the shade necessary to perfect the picture. The Nineteenth Massachusetts regiment had by this time been drilled into excellent condition and the commanding officers were much pleased with it. Brig. General O. O. Howard, on Nov. 20th, 1862, wrote from the headquarters of the Second Division, Second Corps, at Falmouth, Va. I have had Massachusetts regiments under my command for the last few months and they have won my complete confidence. The Fift
Waitt, Ernest Linden, History of the Nineteenth regiment, Massachusetts volunteer infantry , 1861-1865, Chapter 22: crossing the river at Fredericksburg. (search)
endid record. He was later commissioned Second and then First Lieutenant and was killed in the trenches at Cold Harbor, June 3, 1864.) The Nineteenth Massachusetts held the north side of Caroline street during the night, and the enemy the south side, defended with the most formidable barricades which ingenuity could invent, consisting of barrels and boxes filled with earth and stones and placed between the houses, so as to form a continuous line of defense. The Division Commander, Gen. O. O. Howard, inspected the line of defence at about 11 P. M. and was greatly pleased to learn that the men had secured the city after such a desperate defence. The Second and Ninth Corps passed to the outskirts of the town as the enemy retired, and there and in the fields beyond bivouacked for the night. The Nineteenth Massachusetts and the Seventh Michigan were permitted to remain in the town. The pickets of the regiment had an opportunity to look behind the fences running parallel to the r
Waitt, Ernest Linden, History of the Nineteenth regiment, Massachusetts volunteer infantry , 1861-1865, chapter 23 (search)
Now and then a shell came bounding along. To avoid the shells, the men were ordered to take to the side-walk, and the march was continued at a quick-step. Gen. O. O. Howard was met and he spoke an encouraging word as he passed. The wounded were moving to the rear in crowds, a sickening sight. The houses soon were further and fed with certainty what its losses were in that affair, separate from the following battles. Col. Hall thinks there were about 10 killed and about 28 wounded. O. O. Howard, Brig. Gen., Commadg. Div. Report of Gen. O. O. Howard Commanding 2d Div. 2d Corps, dated Dec. 19th, 1862 to Corps. H. Q. I think the Seventh MichiGen. O. O. Howard Commanding 2d Div. 2d Corps, dated Dec. 19th, 1862 to Corps. H. Q. I think the Seventh Michigan Regiment, also the Nineteenth and Twentieth Massachusetts, deserve honorable and public mention for gallantry in crossing the river and securing a foothold in the town of Fredericksburg on the evening of the 11th instant. The crossing of the river in the boats gave rise to one of the poems written during the war by George H.
Waitt, Ernest Linden, History of the Nineteenth regiment, Massachusetts volunteer infantry , 1861-1865, Chapter 24: the winter camp at Falmouth. (search)
e seines were used and the men, wading up to their chins in the cold water, would carry them around the fish. They had one boat in use and sometimes rowed so near the northern shore that the Union pickets could throw a stone into the boat. The rebels watched the pickets sharply at these times but were never molested farther than to be invited to come over and give us a shad. On one day when the regiment was on picket duty at the river, and had just formed line to return to camp, Gen. Oliver O. Howard, in command of the division, rode up and made a short address in which he complimented the regiment very highly for the part it had taken in the battle of Fredericksburg, and closed by saying, Men of the Nineteenth Massachusetts, I love you. You have done nobly. God bless you. Go on and continue to do as you have done. The men applauded him as he concluded. While at Falmouth, the men received many boxes from home. Adjt. Hill received one which contained a turkey. Unfortunately
Waitt, Ernest Linden, History of the Nineteenth regiment, Massachusetts volunteer infantry , 1861-1865, chapter 28 (search)
rate fights at Seminary Ridge and Willoughby Run, between Gen. Reynold's, with the First Corps, and Gen. Ewell, had already taken place. Reynolds had lost his life. His First Corps had been almost annihilated after a magnificent resistance, and Howard, with the Eleventh Corps, who had come up late in the afternoon, had been driven back through Gettysburg to Cemetery Hill. Success at one moment had been with the Union forces and then with the Rebels, according as each received reinforcements. Reynold's and Howards' Corps rallied on the heights of Cemetery Ridge, under cover of a fresh brigade which had been left there by Gen. Howard, and at this crisis Gen. Hancock's Second Corps came up and bivouacked. In the morning the Third Corps arrived and took position on its left. A peak, which from its shape was called Round Top, threw out a spur toward Gettysburg, forming first another little peak, called Little Round Top, and then a ridge extending as far as the Cemetery, just out
Waitt, Ernest Linden, History of the Nineteenth regiment, Massachusetts volunteer infantry , 1861-1865, Chapter 30: Pickett's charge. (search)
n sweat, black with powder, red with blood, stifling in the horrid heat, parched with smoke and blind with dust, with fiendish yells and strange oaths they blindly plied the work of slaughter. Remember you who hold dear the glory of ambitious wars, that on every field where glory has been won or lost there has been a scene like this! The gallant Vermont brigade closed in upon the right flank of the great column in front. Woodruff advanced his battery far out upon the plain in front of Howard's corps and opened fire upon their left rear. Hancock had fallen, Hayes and Gibbon both were wounded. Brave Webb called out to Charge! Suddenly in the midst of the awful carnage, the National color of the Nineteenth Massachusetts was seen to fall, but it was instantly raised in the hands of Lieut. Moses Shackley, of Co. B. Lieut. Herman Donath, with the other color, fell dead and then Shackley was wounded. Ben Jellison of Co. C, instantly grabbed both colors and planted them within th
Waitt, Ernest Linden, History of the Nineteenth regiment, Massachusetts volunteer infantry , 1861-1865, Chapter 31: after the battle. (search)
ed all that day until after nightfall, the moon shining with extreme brightness, and we were placed in line of battle in rear of Round Top, where it was understood we might expect to meet the enemy—the First and Eleventh Corps, under Reynolds and Howard, having met with severe disaster during the day and at and beyond Gettysburg. During the night the plan was changed, and before daylight of a dark, cloudy morning, the Second Corps was on the move, and halted only when it reached the low cemetery Ridge, where it relieved the badly broken First Corps, on the left of Howard's line, thus occupying about the centre of the Army, and held this position until the conclusion of what was soon to be the ever memorable battle of Gettysburg in its second and third day's continuance. Early in the morning of July 2nd, General Gibbon, commanding the Second Division of the Second Corps, assumed command of the corps, General Hancock being temporarily in chief command. General Harrow, commanding F
Waitt, Ernest Linden, History of the Nineteenth regiment, Massachusetts volunteer infantry , 1861-1865, Index. (search)
.............. 143 Homans, Thomas B.,................................... 288 Homer, Henry A.,................................................... 365 Hooker, Joseph, General, 80, 131, 133, 13-, 142, 164, 177, 178, 195, 199, 200, 211, 212, 213, 316 Hopkinson, William,................................ 324 Horstman, Alfred,.......................................... 292 Hovey, Samuel D.,....................................5, 43 Howard, Daniel P.,..................1............... 186 Howard, Gen. O. O., 123, 124, 134, 139, 158, 161, 172, 177, 178, 179, 185, 196, 225 Howe, Frank E.,................................................... 11 Howe, Henry J., 1, 3, 4, 14, 16, 21, 32, 34, 35, 49, 50, 77, 83, 96, 97, 99, 105, 112 Howe, John C.,............................................... 146, 286 Howe, W. C. M.,................................................... 43 Hoyt, Daniel,...................................................331, 341 Hoyt, John L.,...................................