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Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Chapter 45: (search)
army of Northern Virginia expeditions of Custer, Kilpatrick, and Dahlgren for the destruction of railroads, tn Richmond on the east, while Generals Custer and Kilpatrick and Colonel Dahlgren were to attack it and enter ovement, with the destruction of railroads by General Kilpatrick, and of the Central Railroad and the James Rihe same day on which General Custer started, General Kilpatrick with five thousand picked cavalry and a lightrtillery. After an engagement of thirty minutes, Kilpatrick's entire force began to retreat in the direction ades. The camp was taken, and the whole force of Kilpatrick fled at a gallop, leaving one hundred and five prdred horses. Colonel Dahlgren started with General Kilpatrick, but at Spotsylvania Court House was dispatchnextricably encompassed by his foe. Custer and Kilpatrick, who were to cooperate with him in the expedition vain, as there were none there to pursue him. Kilpatrick, followed as above stated by Colonel Bradley T. J
Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Chapter 51: (search)
ant cavalry affairs took place, in which our troops displayed their wonted energy and dash. Among these the most conspicuous were General Butler's at Mount Elon, where he defeated a detachment sent to tear up the railroad at Florence; General Wheeler's attack and repulse of the left flank of the enemy at Hornesboro, March 4th; a similar exploit by the same officer at Rockingham on the 7th; the attack and defeat by General Hampton of a detachment on the 8th; the surprise and capture of General Kilpatrick's camp by General Hampton on the morning of the 10th, driving the enemy into an adjoining swamp, and taking possession of his artillery and wagon train, and the complete rout of a large Federal party by General Hampton with an inferior force at Fayetteville on the 11th. As it was doubtful whether General Sherman's advance from Fayetteville would be directed to Goldsboro or Raleigh, General Johnston took position with a portion of his command at Smithfield, which is nearly equidistan
Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Index (search)
56, 357. General W. E., 434, 445. K Kautz, General, 544. Kawles, Benjamin, 532. Kearney, General, 275. Kearsarge (ship), 214. Fight with the Alabama, 315-16. Kellogg, W. P., 642. Kemper, General, 103, 273. Kennon, Lt., Beverly, 185. Report of loss of Governor Moore, 186. Kent, Chancellor, 227. Kentucky, subversion of state government, 395-99. Kernstown, Battle of, 97. Kershaw, General, 131, 361, 451, 452-53, 454, 563, 564, 565. Keyes, General, 72, 105, 106. Kilpatrick, General, 423, 426, 539. Raid on Richmond, 424. King, Preston, 417. Kingsbury, Lieutenant, 54. Kirkland, General, 435. Kollock, Dr., 605. L Lafayette, Marquis de, 404. Laird, Messrs., account of building of the Alabama, 208-10. Lamb, Colonel, 548. Lane, General, 297. James H., 417. Law, General, 284, 285, 361. Lawton, Gen. A. R., 110, 133-34, 265, 272, 281,284, 285,550, 569. Lea, Lieutenant, 198. Lee. Captain, 82. Charles, 426. Edmund I., 448. Gen. Fitzhugh, 271, 279