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Benjamnin F. Butler, Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler, Chapter 14: in command of the Army of the James. (search)
und as unprepared for attack as it had been reported, I desired that Lee might be detained from sending any part of his army to Richmond, and asked that the Army of the Potomac lying in front of Lee might make a movement upon him as a feint. General Meade being sick, General Sedgwick, who was in command, was ordered to co-operate with me. But after considerable correspondence he telegraphed that he could not get ready in time. On the 4th of March I received notice that General Kilpatrick haign. It will thus be seen that my opinion, given to the War Department upon taking command of this department, that Plymouth and Washington were worse than useless to us, was unhappily verified. On the 9th of April, General Grant wrote to General Meade a letter See Appendix No. 17. in which he set out his whole plan of campaign, which shows how fully at that time the plan of my operations became a fixed fact, and further, how fully it was determined that General Grant should strike the l
Benjamnin F. Butler, Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler, Chapter 15: operations of the Army of the James around Richmond and Petersburg. (search)
, Benham refused to obey, upon the ground that having been ordered there by General Meade, he could not leave there without an order from him. So Benham remained the could not relieve General Butler, and that as I had so severely criticised General Meade he had determined to relieve me from the command of the Eighteenth Corps aneen ordered to do. Of this opinion was General Hancock. By the order of General Meade he attacked the enemy's new line at 6.30 P. M. on the 16th and fought all nat it seems the moonlight was sufficient for him to fight), and reported to General Meade the reason of his repulse as follows:-- I do not think the loss heavy but think the men attacked with persistence; they appeared to be wearied. General Meade, in a despatch to General Grant at 6 A. M. of the 17th, describing the attaBefore the 2d of July Grant learned that Smith had, in addition to his abuse of Meade, whose command of the Army of the Potomac he sought from Grant, induced a Tribu
Benjamnin F. Butler, Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler, Chapter 16: capture of fortifications around Richmond, Newmarket Heights, Dutch Gap Canal, elections in New York and gold conspiracy. (search)
for that purpose than a planter's deserted house, which, from my experience, I found sometimes too thickly populated to be comfortable. Those headquarters were never abandoned until Richmond was taken. Except for the unfortunate accident of General Ord's disability, this whole movement was most successful, but not all we had hoped for, and it was characterized by General Grant as one of the best things of the kind done in the war. In a book published by Maj.-Gen. A. A. Humphreys, General Meade's chief of staff, purporting to be a history of the movements Headquarters of Gen. Butler on North bank of the James, eight miles from Richmond. 1. office and room of Gen. Butler. 2. kitchen. 3. servants' lodgings. from the Rapidan, this movement is narrated, and although it was carried on in obedience to my express orders and under my own personal superintendence and command, he forgets to mention that I was there at all or had anything to do with it, simply because he was, and I
Benjamnin F. Butler, Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler, Chapter 18: why I was relieved from command. (search)
ormed me of his absence and enclosed an order to General Meade. See Appendix No. 145. General Grant had fobey my command implicitly and promptly than they did Meade's during those last disastrous days, the 16th, 17th, and 18th of June, when Meade was attempting to retake Petersburg, which the colored troops of Smith's corps hance taken, and which he had let go. It appears by Meade's circular of orders to make the attack on those dayces, from which Assistant Secretary of War Dana said Meade had suffered so much. The end of it all was that wen to Raleigh with those instructions, he had ordered Meade to march the armies of the Potomac and James to Burkdge. He immediately went into Virginia, and ordered Meade's armies to move on Johnston, notwithstanding the exakes a second vacancy, and I have urged the names of Meade and Sherman, and Hancock for Meade's place as brigadMeade's place as brigadier. There is some obstacle in the way and I can't remove it. I am not certain what it is, but can guess. Per
Benjamnin F. Butler, Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler, Chapter 19: observations upon matters connected with the War. (search)
as to join Grant at once with his whole force. As soon as Sheridan's horses had been rested and his army had been refitted, Grant, fearing all the time that Lee would escape him, commenced a series of operations on Lee's right flank to drive him into Richmond and hold all communication on the south side. Hence the battle of Five Forks, which was successful. Lee made a counter attack on Grant's right wing, which was at first quite successful, his lines being broken through the day so that Meade was cut off from his headquarters; but that disaster was soon repaired. From that moment Grant had no further doubt of the end and was very much concerned lest Lee should vacate Petersburg in the night and escape him, of course abandoning Richmond. Grant was being all the time reinforced by troops from the North and other sources, while Lee could get no more reinforcements. This impossibility of obtaining reinforcements led Lee to make a proposition to the Confederate government to arm th
Benjamnin F. Butler, Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler, Appendix. (search)
to move from Fortress Monroe the same day General Meade starts from here. The exact time I will tral Butler: A bearer of despatches from General Meade has just reached here by way of Fredericksnia C. H., before daylight yesterday morning. Meade's headquarters were yesterday at Ladd's Taverne there at 9 A. M., as was General Grant's and Meade's design that his whole corps should be on thepersal of Lee's army. Both Generals Grant and Meade are intensely disgusted with these failures of Wright and Warren. Meade says a radical change must be made, no matter how unpleasant it may be word was said as to my right to criticise General Meade then, and I left without a suspicion that , and that as I had so severely criticised General Meade he had determined to relieve me from the csix days, I have just sent instructions to General Meade, of which the enclosed is a copy. These ieral. City Point, Va., Nov. 15, 1864. Maj.-Gen. G. G. Meade, Commanding Army of the Potomac: Th[5 more...]
Benjamnin F. Butler, Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler, Index. (search)
with, 873. Bull Run, forces at, 571; reference to, 872, 875. Burksville, Meade ordered to, 876. Burlington, N. J., Grant visits family at, 779. Burlingaler's plans, 627, 857; plans for campaign against Richmond, 628, 631; letter to Meade, 636; letter to Butler, 637; letter in regard to Gillmore, 639; reference to, 6ads Porter's abusive letter, 823-824; leaves orders for Butler, 827; orders for Meade, 827; fears Lee intends to march against Sherman, 827; change in manner toward 874; in Personal Memoirs, 874-875; carries instructions to Sherman, 876; orders Meade to Burkville, 876; on Davenport's report, 900; believes Lee must surrender, 901onel, 461; regarded as an able commander, 531. McPHEETUS, Colonel, 496. Meade, General, reference to, 621, 683, 700; letter from Grant to, 636; despatch from, des; second demonstration against, 687, 693; Wilkeson's story of attack, 706, 712; Meade's attempt to retake, 831; Grant believes Lee must abandon, 901. Phelps, Gene