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John D. Billings, The history of the Tenth Massachusetts battery of light artillery in the war of the rebellion, Chapter 5: (search)
ted fighting troops of Gen. Sickles, who, having lost a leg at Gettysburg, had left his command and was succeeded by Gen. French. We soon found ourselves in the midst of the great army, cheek by jowl with the men who fought under McDowell, and McClellan, and Pope, and Burnside, and Hooker, as principals, and under the more immediate direction of such leaders as Sumner and Franklin, Keyes and Kearny, Heintzelman and McCall, Sedgwick, Reno, and Banks in the earlier days of the war, and now were he midst stood the modest little hamlet of Middletown and the glittering city of Frederick; while over all was poured a flood of mellow light from the sun just sinking behind the mountains. Among many of the older troops we found the love of McClellan still strong and deep. How was it that, after successive failure and defeat, after having lost the confidence both of the government and the people, this man succeeded in implanting such imperishable sentiments of love and devotion in his sold
John D. Billings, The history of the Tenth Massachusetts battery of light artillery in the war of the rebellion, Chapter 6: (search)
by the first division was red, the second white, and the third blue. General Orders No. 53, issued by Hooker in May, 1863, and before me as I write, order provost marshals to arrest as stragglers all troops (except certain specified bodies) found without badges, and return them to their commands under guard. This scheme of badges, originated by Kearny and perfected by Hooker, continued, substantially unaltered, to the close of the war. The system of headquarters' flags, inaugurated by McClellan, was also much simplified and improved by Hooker. The accompanying plate shows the badges of the first four corps and the artillery brigade of the Third Corps. Our camp duties at Sulphur Springs were by no means onerous, especially during August. Once established, there was very little drill or fatigue duty required of us. On the 6th a national Thanksgiving was proclaimed by President Lincoln, in recognition of the victories at Gettysburg and Vicksburg, and our gratitude took on a dee
John D. Billings, The history of the Tenth Massachusetts battery of light artillery in the war of the rebellion, Chapter 11: (search)
quite an extended detour for several reasons: first, that our destination should not be unmasked too soon; second, that the enemy should not assail our flank on the march; and third, because of the nature of the country. Our course finally lay towards the Pamunkey. This river is formed by the confluence of the North and South Anna rivers. Further down, the Pamunkey unites with the Mattapony to form the York River. On the latter is a settlement known as White House. It had been used by McClellan as a base of supplies in the Peninsula Campaign and was selected as our next base of supplies, Port Royal on the Rappahannock, which had been serving that purpose, being now abandoned. We traversed about thirteen miles of country this day, unmolested, bivouacking at night at a place four miles south of Concord Church. Six o'clock of the next morning (Saturday, May 28) saw us again in motion, and an advance of ten miles brought us to the ferry. On May 28, at 7 A. M., the Second Cor
John D. Billings, The history of the Tenth Massachusetts battery of light artillery in the war of the rebellion, Chapter 13: (search)
hould solve the problem for ourselves. We passed over the intervening space at an unusually rapid rate, and after dusk, parked in a luxuriant field of clover on the farm of a Dr. Wilcox, and watered our horses in the James River at what is known as Wilcox's Landing. Wilcox was said to have two sons in the Rebel army, both privates, although one of them had a good military education. We were especially amused at the nonchalance of one of the Doctor's old slaves, who had run away with McClellan's army when it was in this vicinity, but who had now returned to his wife and children, and was selling off pigs and chickens to the soldiers, alleging—with how much truth we cannot say — that they were his own. The Doctor had a guard put over his spacious and well-filled corn barn, but the fortune of War had decreed it to the Union, and in the afternoon a detachment of wagons from the forage train carted it all away. Private Diary. Tuesday morning, June 14th, the troops began to cross
John D. Billings, The history of the Tenth Massachusetts battery of light artillery in the war of the rebellion, Index (search)
n, Capt., 196, 197. Martin, Richard, 80, 203, 326, 339, 397, 403. Martin, Wm. H., 82, 83, 86. Mason, Chas. A., 206, 314, 324, 339, 352, 375, 398. Manassas, 110, 113, 139, 140. Maryland Heights, 87, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 115, 116. Maynard, John, 399. Maxwell, A. N. A., 148, 150, 184, 199, 200, 201, 204. Malone's Crossing, 312. McAllister, Gen., Robert, 330, 373, 385, 386, 387, 388. McAllister, Daniel, 184, 202, 208, 209, 403. McAuliffe, Cornelius, 350, 367, 375. McClellan, Gen., 101, 102, 125. Macomber, Francis L., 208, 325, 326, 339. McRae. Gen., 320, 337. Merrill, A. N., 47, 84, 169, 203, 204, 205. Meade, Gen., Geo. G., 94, 96, 98, 106, 107, 110, 111, 126, 127, 130, 139, 140, 141, 144, 153, 168, 173, 177, 180, 181, 188, 194, 211, 214, 217, 219, 225, 228, 234, 240, 254, 271, 277, 278, 327, 329, 338, 372, 380, 423, 424. Mercier, Moses, 401, 403, 404. Miles, Gen. N. A., 226, 239, 307, 327, 331, 332, 333, 372, 382, 412, 413, 420. Millett, John, 87, 150, 1