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Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., General Grant on the Wilderness campaign. (search)
e Army of the Potomac. On the 24th of May the Ninth Army Corps, commanded by Major-General A. E. Burnside, was assigned to the Army of the Potomac, and from this time forward constituted a portion of Major-General Meade's command. Finding the enemy's position on the North Anna stronger than either of his previous ones, I withdrew on the night of the 26th to the north bank of the North Anna, and moved via Hanover Town to turn the enemy's position by his right. Generals Torbert's and Merritt's divisions of cavalry, under Sheridan, and the Sixth Corps led the advance; crossed the Pamunkey River at Hanover Town, after considerable fighting, and on the 28th the two divisions of cavalry had a severe but successful engagement with the enemy at Hawes's Shop. On the 29th and 30th we advanced, with heavy skirmishing, to the Hanover Court House and Cold Harbor road, and developed the enemy's position north of the Chickahominy. Late on the evening of the last day the enemy came out and
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., Through the Wilderness. (search)
he morning of the 8th he was ordered to halt at Aldrich's, where the Piney Church road leaves the main Fredericksburg Plank road, to guard the trains. Ferrero's division of this corps was now detached for this service. Warren was delayed by the blocking of the Brock road by the mounted troops of the provost guard, and this delay gave Longstreet's men, under R. H. Anderson, the opportunity to reach Spotsylvania in advance of Warren. When Warren reached Todd's tavern at 3 A. M., he found Merritt's cavalry engaging the Confederates. Hancock had waited for the whole army to pass, and reached the tavern at 9 o'clock on the 8th. My notes show that we of the Second Corps obeyed orders implicitly. We waited to cover the movements of the rest of the army, and then took our place at 4 P. M. of the 8th of May on the Brock road, about one mile south-east of Todd's tavern.--A. S. W. At 11 A. M.,says General Humphreys, Hancock sent his leading brigade under Miles to make a reconnoissance
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., The opposing forces at the beginning of Grant's campaign against Richmond. (search)
S., Capt. Ira W. Claflin. first division, Brig.-Gen. A. T. A. Torbert. First Brigade, Brig.-Gen. George A. Custer: 1st Mich., Lieut.-Col. Peter Stagg; 5th Mich., Col. Russell A. Alger; 6th Mich., Maj. James H. Kidd; 7th Mich., Maj. Henry W. Granger. Second Brigade, Col. Thomas C. Devin: 4th N. Y. (guarding trains), Lieut.-Col. William R. Parnell; 6th N. Y., Lieut.-Col. William H. Crocker; 9th N. Y., Col. William Sackett; 17th Pa., Lieut.-Col. James Q. Anderson. Reserve Brigade, Brig.-Gen. Wesley Merritt: 19th N. Y. (1st Dragoons), Col. Alfred Gibbs; 6th Pa., Maj. James Starr; 1st U. S., Capt. Nelson B. Sweitzer; 2d U. S., Capt. T. F. Rodenbough; 5th U. S., Capt. Abraham K. Arnold. Second division, Brig.-Gen. David McM. Gregg. First Brigade, Brig.-Gen. Henry E. Davies. Jr.: 1st Mass., Maj. Lucius M. Sargent; 1st N. J., Lieut.-Col. John W. Kester; 6th Ohio, Col. William Stedluan; 1st Pa., Col. John P. Taylor. Second Brigade, Col. J. Irvin Gregg: 1st Me., Col. Charles H. Smith; 1
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., The opposing forces at Cold Harbor. June 1st, 1864. (search)
h U. S., Capt. Ira W. Claflin. first division, Brig.-Gen. Alfred T. A. Torbert. First Brigade, Brig.-Gen. George A. Custer: 1st Mich., Lieut.-Col. Peter Stagg; 5th Mich., Col. Russell A. Alger; 6th Mich., Maj. James H. Kidd; 7th Mich., Maj. Alexander Walker. Second Brigade, Col. Thomas C. Devin: 4th N. Y., Lieut.-Col. William R. Parnell; 6th N. Y., Lieut.-Col. William H. Crocker; 9th N. Y., Lieut.-Col. George S. Nichols; 17th Pa., Lieut.-Col. James Q. Anderson. Reserve Brigade, Brig.-Gen. Wesley Merritt: 19th N. Y. (1st Dragoons), Col. Alfred Gibbs; 6th Pa., Maj. William P. C. Treichel; 1st U. S., Capt. Nelson B. Sweitzer; 2d U. S., Capt. Theophilus F. Rodenbough; 5th U. S. Co's B, F, and K, under Capt. Julius W. Mason, detailed as escort to Lieut.-Gen. U. S. Grant. Capt. Abraham K. Arnold. Second division, Brig.-Gen. David McM. Gregg. First Brigade, Brig.-Gen. Henry E. Davies, Jr.: 1st Mass., Lieut.-Col. Samuel E. Chamberlain; 1st N. J., Lieut.-Col. John W. Kester; 10th N. Y
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., Sheridan's Richmond raid. (search)
G. A. Custer, Colonel T. C. Devin, and General Wesley Merritt as brigade commanders; General D. McM.s of engineers, was very quick and impetuous; Merritt was a pupil of the Cooke-Buford school, with omprised the outfit. Torbert being disabled, Merritt assumed command of his division, and Gibbs oflate in the afternoon, the leading brigade of Merritt's division (Custer's) took the trot and chargaptain F. C. Newhall did find the needle, and Merritt was sent down to Meadow Bridge to cover a cro struggle for the bridge was going on between Merritt and an unknown force; while in a northerly diand were in some force on the opposite bank. Merritt dismounted all but; three regiments, and Custry and cavalry under General Gordon, followed Merritt, to their common satisfaction. A small but es, Jr. D. Mom. Gregg. Philip H. Sheridan. Wesley Merritt. A. T. A. Torbert. James H. Wilson. Sherithe line was occupied by the Reserve Brigade (Merritt's): six hundred dismounted men of the 1st and[2 more...]
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., Sheridan's Trevilian raid. (search)
at point from the north-east. The bulk of Sheridan's command, preceded by the Reserve Brigade (Merritt's), passed through our picket line, and as the leading regiment, 2d United States Cavalry, tookme distance. Our cavalry was partly dismounted, and the entire First Division became engaged. Merritt reported that the enemy was driven through a thick, tangled brushwood for over two miles to Tre thrust it in his bosom. Finally about 5 P. M. the brigade was extricated and took position to Merritt's left rear. Fitz Lee now faced the Union left flank, his line being perpendicular to Merritt'Merritt's. The two parts of the Union line formed a right angle; the Reserve Brigade occupying the right of the line to the vertex of the angle, the Second Brigade on its left occupying part of the other linonfederate line faced to the east, Fitz Lee being on the right, perpendicular to the railroad. Merritt says: The Reserve Brigade was ordered to attack the enemy's left, and it was intended that
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., The cavalry fight at Trevilian Station. (search)
sary. As it was, I was not relieved and did not withdraw from my lines until 2 o'clock on the morning of the 13th, and in the meantime had to care for the wounded and bury the dead. Sheridan's forces consisted of two divisions, the First commanded by General A. T. A. Torbert, and the Second by General D. McM. Gregg. The First Division was composed of the Reserve Brigade, 1st, 2d, and 5th U. S. Cavalry (Regulars), 6th Pennsylvania Cavalry, 1st New York Dragoons, commanded by Brigadier-General Wesley Merritt, the First Brigade consisting of the 1st, 5th, 6th, and 7th Michigan Cavalry, commanded by Brigadier-General G. A. Custer; the Second Brigade, 4th, 6th, and 9th New York Cavalry and 17th Pennsylvania Cavalry, commanded by Colonel T. C. Devin. The Second Division, commanded by General David McM. Gregg, was composed of two brigades, the First, commanded by General H. E. Davies, consisted of the 1st Massachusetts, 1st New Jersey, 10th New York, and 1st Pennsylvania. The Second Br
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., Sheridan in the Shenandoah Valley. (search)
Sheridan in the Shenandoah Valley. by Wesley Merritt, Major-General, U. S. V., Brigadier-General, U. S. A. arily for this command. His permanent Major-General Wesley Merritt. From a photograph. occupation of the ng Breckinridge's command in reserve. At this time Merritt, who with his cavalry had followed Breckinridge clod actual rout produced by the successive charges of Merritt's division would appear incredible did not the writf Winchester: This day the First Division (Brigadier-General Merritt) alone captured 775 prisoners, about 70 ofalry also showed itself on the main road upon which Merritt was retiring, but dispersed upon being charged by a that of the enemy under Generals Rosser and Lomax. Merritt's division moved on the pike and extended across toclosing in Powell, or that the cavalry divisions of Merritt and Custer were placed on the right of our line, whe precision and quietness of troops on parade. General Merritt informed Colonel Warner of Getty's division, ne
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., The opposing forces at Cedar Creek, Va., Oct. 19, 1864. (search)
apt. Frank C. Gibbs; D, 1st Pa., Lieut. William Munk; B, 5th U. S., Lieut. Henry F. Brewerton, Lieut. Charles Holman. Brigade loss: k, 8; w, 16; m, 27==51. Provisional division, Only a small detachment from the First Brigade, and the 6th N. Y. H. Art'y, from the Second Brigade, engaged in the battle. Col. J. Howard Kitching (m w). Loss: k, 12; w, 72; m, 18 == 102. cavalry, Brig.-Gen. Alfred T. A. Torbert. Escort: 1st R. I., Maj. William H. Turner, Jr. first division, Brig.-Gen. Wesley Merritt. First Brigade, Col. James H. Kidd: 1st Mich., Capt. Andrew W. Duggan; 5th Mich., Maj. Smith H. Hastings; 6th Mich., Maj. Charles W. Deane; 7th Mich., Maj. Daniel H. Darling; 6th N. Y. Battery, Capt. Joseph W. Martin. Brigade loss: k, 10; w, 45; m, 33 = 88. Second Brigade, Col. Thomas C. Devin: 4th N. Y., Detailed for duty at General Sheridan's headquarters. Maj. Edward Schwartz; 6th N. Y., Capt. George E. Farmer; 9th N. Y., Col. George S. Nichols; 19th N. Y. (1st Dragoons), C
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., Five Forks and the pursuit of Lee. (search)
0,000 men were engaged with us when we surrendered, namely, two infantry corps and Custer's and Merritt's divisions of cavalry. General J. Warren Keifer, in a pamphlet on the battle of Sailor's Cd joined the Third Division in the attack and pursuit. The main body of the cavalry, under General Merritt, was dispatched to intercept the Confederate retreat. General Merritt passed east and soutGeneral Merritt passed east and south of the enemy across Sailor's Creek, and again attacked him on the right rear. By about 5 P. M. the Confederate army was forced across the valley of Sailor's Creek, where it took up an unusually steral Sheridan to attack and, if possible, flank the extreme right of the enemy's position. General Merritt's cavalry divisions (First and Third) simultaneously attacked the Confederate army on its rront. The swollen stream forbade a Confederate advance to attack the unguarded artillery. General Merritt and Colonel Stagg's cavalry, in a simultaneous attack, overthrew all before them on the rig
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