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George Meade, The Life and Letters of George Gordon Meade, Major-General United States Army (ed. George Gordon Meade) 1,542 0 Browse Search
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3. 728 6 Browse Search
The Annals of the Civil War Written by Leading Participants North and South (ed. Alexander Kelly McClure) 378 0 Browse Search
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 3. 374 2 Browse Search
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4. 325 5 Browse Search
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. 297 1 Browse Search
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 3. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.) 295 3 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 11. (ed. Frank Moore) 286 2 Browse Search
Oliver Otis Howard, Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general , United States army : volume 1 225 1 Browse Search
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Oliver Otis Howard, Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general , United States army : volume 1, Chapter 18: the battle of South Mountain (search)
's attack. That movement was undertaken without delay. Hooker's corps took on this formation: Meade's division to the right, Hatch's to the left; Ricketts's in the center a little back in reserve.a battery discovered and thin lines to sweep the height, but that was all that was apparent. So Meade and Hatch with their deployed lines went forward as fast as men could in climbing such a rough metts dispatched thither a brigade which, by a prompt change of front, stopped that danger, while Meade had the satisfaction of crowning the desired peak. That key was taken and batteries drawn up be accomplish. They saw at once that they had a plunging fire upon the little mountain valley. Meade had the summit peak, but lest it be retaken, Hatch, to his left, struggled over the uneven grounhis broke up their alignments and they were chased back from the battle ground. The woods which Meade and Doubleday had fought through, the minor combats continuing in the darkness of the night, res
Oliver Otis Howard, Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general , United States army : volume 1, Chapter 19: the battle of Antietam; I succeed Sedgwick in command of a division (search)
shers opened fire. Hooker at once faced his command to the left and deployed his lines. The Pennsylvania reserves under Meade formed the center, Doubleday's to the right, and Ricketts's division to the left of Meade. Hood's division of ConfederMeade. Hood's division of Confederates with assisting batteries held the East woods and was vis-a-vis to Hooker. D. H. Hill extended Hood's line down toward the Antietam. Jackson's two divisions, Lawton's and J. R. Jones's, were by this time holding the West woods about Dunker Chud been all fixed for them. They did as troops usually do, delayed, stopped, and returned fire for fire with rapidity. Meade, who had the heaviest force before him the night before, succeeded in making more progress than Doubleday, firing and advs's division, supporting the batteries to the left of it and materially aided by their fire, gained even more ground than Meade. But soon there was surging to and fro. The forces engaged on the two sides were about equal, and the losses of men, kil
Oliver Otis Howard, Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general , United States army : volume 1, Chapter 21: battle of Fredericksburg (search)
by rapid firing cleared the field. As soon as Meade was rid of that left flank annoyance he advancfrom their guns. Success at that time cheered Meade and the men of his division. Meade was now derate soldiers in solid line were waiting for Meade's approach. Yet, with hardly delay enough to of him, and finally to the front. At one time Meade sent Lieutenant Dehon with instructions to thetes before, seized the desired point for which Meade had been advancing and contending. The brigad him some relief. Gibbon had separated from Meade while advancing in the woods. He had a sharp had with his division done his utmost to give Meade a flank support. He faced a strip of woods stdown behind a slight rise of ground. Now when Meade made his last advance, Gibbon, perceiving the k, or any reinforcement from that division. Meade retired after the hard day to the position fron and from his own staff officer, Hardie, that Meade was gaining important advantage on Stonewall J[15 more...]
Oliver Otis Howard, Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general , United States army : volume 1, Chapter 22: battle of Chancellorsville (search)
. On April 8th the corps of Couch, Sickles, Meade, and Sedgwick were reviewed by President Lincoeynolds; Second, Couch; Third, Sickles; Fifth, Meade; Sixth, Sedgwick; Eleventh, Howard; Twelfth, S My corps was followed by Slocum's, and his by Meade's. The next day (Tuesday) we were on the rorable angle with the plank road. As soon as Meade had crossed the Rapidan, Anderson's two Confedld Fredericksburg turnpike, move up abreast of Meade, both columns having deployed their skirmishermake the corrections now of vital importance. Meade's skirmishers occupied the heights in sight of the same orders came to him; the same also to Meade, as he was getting ready to give Sykes a strondivision covered the space between Hancock and Meade, being substantially in reserve. Slocum's corknew how to do, with McLaws and Anderson, kept Meade, Couch, and Slocum busy-and Sickles busier sti marched to relieve the Fifth Corps, under General Meade, on our extreme left. Here it held an int[9 more...]
Oliver Otis Howard, Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general , United States army : volume 1, Chapter 23: campaign of Gettysburg (search)
ed the First, Hancock the Second, Sickles the Third, Meade the Fifth, Sedgwick the Sixth, Howard the Eleventh, Reynolds's camp, and Captain Stinson to that of General Meade. I have a new officer on my staff-Captain Danie the neighborhood of Fairfax Court House; the Fifth (Meade's), which had been nearly opposite the United Statest far from Leesburg, Va.; the Fifth, still under General Meade, somewhere near Adlie. The Second Corps had beehis place the commander of the Fifth Corps, General George G. Meade. A comrade feels less and less inclined hey learned that the able, upright, and well-reputed Meade had succeeded Hooker. As soon as Meade took commaMeade took command of the Army of the Potomac he exhibited a mind of his own, and immediately changed the plan of our march. Mudden changes that were taking place. I had known Meade before the war, having met him and traveled with hime can trust without his showing him any special regard. So we respected and trusted Meade from the beginning.
Oliver Otis Howard, Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general , United States army : volume 1, Chapter 24: the battle of Gettysburg begun (search)
thread of hope, and, under God, the thread was Meade and his army. A little later information den and Baltimore and Philadelphia. The army of Meade was also well supported by a fine reserve; for Halleck, strange to tell, had given to Meade what he had withholden from Hooker, namely, the force Cashtown road, and reported to his chief that Meade's army in force was near at hand. At that tleader and of the commander of the wing: Meade intrusted the task of clearing and directing hposition, general. We both meant position for Meade's army. After observing the whole sweep of Emmittsburg. Thence the news was borne to General Meade at Taneytown. A message was also sent to ocum, who was my senior. He was, judging from Meade's orders by this time at or near the two taveral at that time, IIancock returned to meet General Meade. Slocum's troops had been previously placsburg, and the remainder of the army, with General Meade at its head, was already en route. The Fir[11 more...]
Oliver Otis Howard, Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general , United States army : volume 1, Chapter 25: the battle of Gettysburg; the second and third day (search)
much bad blood is stirred up. Even the time of Meade's arrival at the cemetery gate is a point of c It is a good place to fight from, general! Meade's reply to us pleased me: I am glad to hear yoarse its pictorial summary, for I hardly think Meade was considering the panorama at all-the mounta as he did, simply that it gained time for General Meade and secured Little Round Top against captuck. As soon as the firing began in earnest, Meade rode near his left flank, and ordered up the Fntered the battle, led by the vigilant Warren, Meade's chief engineer, and held Little Round Top toing as it subsides. I sent immediately to General Meade to inquire what the combat meant. The ansments twenty-seven fell at a single shot. General Meade's headquarters were for a time in the hottand 5th at Gettysburg, the pictures exhibiting Meade's men and Lee's, though now shadowy from time,rowned while fording the river. The loss of Meade's army at Gettysburg is set down at 23,186, ma[13 more...]
Oliver Otis Howard, Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general , United States army : volume 1, Chapter 26: transferred to the West; battle of Wauhatchie (search)
West; battle of Wauhatchie I continued with the Army of the Potomac till General Meade had not only recrossed the Potomac and marched back southward, following up, by the inside lines, the retreat of the Confederates, but till Meade had crossed the Rappahannock also, established his headquarters at Culpeper Court House, Virgi3, returning from Manassas Junction, where I had been to review troops, I found Meade, Humphreys, and Pleasonton at my headquarters. Meade took dinner with me undMeade took dinner with me under our fly; he admired the ability of our cook in making strange devices upon an admirable cake. Our German cook's ability exceeded anything found in cities. At ns are ready to take your command. Please acknowledge. By command of Major General Meade S. Williams, Asst. Adj't Gen. General Slocum, commanding the Twelftcured at a costly sacrifice. It was, therefore, determined to detach us from Meade and make a transfer to Rosecrans. The two corps (the Eleventh and Twelfth) qui
Oliver Otis Howard, Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general , United States army : volume 1, Chapter 32: battle of Kolb's Farm and Kenesaw (search)
gements of Von Moltke in the Franco-Prussian War, we have our commander in a central position on high ground, about one mile in our rear, connecting his spreading rays in fanshaped order with his army commanders; and they by signal stations and swift messengers with their corps commanders, the latter with division leaders, and so on to include brigades and regiments. Johnston did well to go up to the Kenesaw crest. Here he had in the battle similar but better advantages over Sherman than Meade had over Lee from the famous Cemetery Hill. Sherman's plan was, as ordered, for Thomas to make a heavy assault at the center with his army while McPherson made a feint on the left and Schofield a threatened attack on the right. Orders: I. The corps of Major General Howard will assault the enemy's intrenchments at some point near the left of Stanley's and Davis's divisions, which will be selected by General Howard after a careful reconnoissance. He will support his attack by such disp