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Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3. 64 4 Browse Search
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 4. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.) 58 2 Browse Search
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Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: The Opening Battles. Volume 1., Wilson's Creek, and the death of Lyon. (search)
ight of the first Union line was held by the 1st Missouri; on its left were Totten's battery. Osterhaus's battalion, the 1st Kansas, DuBois's battery, and Steele's battalion. Later, the 1st Kansas ut to breakfast. Captain Plummer's battalion of regular infantry was the advance, followed by Osterhaus's two companies of the 2d Missouri Volunteers, and Totten's battery. A body of 200 mounted Horeached the enemy's pickets, the infantry was deployed as skirmishers, Plummer to the left and Osterhaus to the right, and Lieutenant-Colonel Andrews, with the 1st Missouri Infantry, was brought up ichecked Plummer's progress. DuBois's battery was moved up to a hill on the left, supported by Osterhaus's battalion, the 1st Iowa, and the 2d Kansas, and opened a deadly fire with shells upon the cothe troops who were with General Lyon. DuBois's battery continued on the left supported by Osterhaus's battalion and the 1st Missouri; the 1st Iowa, 1st Kansas, and the regular infantry supported
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: The Opening Battles. Volume 1., The Pea Ridge campaign. (search)
whole train, followed by the division of Colonel Osterhaus. They passed through Bentonville from 4nderstanding he followed the division of Colonel Osterhaus toward Sugar Creek; he was ambuscaded onel Jeff. C. Davis's division on the right of Osterhaus, and its energetic advance, turned a very cring their troops in a furious attack against Osterhaus and Davis. Hebert and a number of his officn's, and Davidson's batteries. Major-General Peter J. Osterhaus. From a photograph. Osterhaus chaOsterhaus changed his front twice under the fire of the enemy, to meet the dangerous flank attack and pressure o6 o'clock in the morning when I sent out Colonel Osterhaus with Captain Asmussen of my staff to recobject in view, told him that I expected Colonel Osterhaus and Captain Asmussen back every moment, ting over our heads. I mounted, told Colonel Osterhaus to take charge of our column and move itce. In about 15 minutes the First Division (Osterhaus's) was formed into line, with the artillery [6 more...]
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: The Opening Battles. Volume 1., The opposing forces at Pea Ridge, Ark. (search)
The opposing forces at Pea Ridge, Ark. The composition and losses of each army as here stated give the gist of all the data obtainable in the Official Records. K stands for killed; w for wounded; m w for mortally wounded; m for captured or missing; c for captured.-Editors. Composition and losses of the Union army. Brig.-Gen. Samuel R. Curtis. First and Second divisions, Brig.-Gen. Franz Sigel. First Division, Col. Peter J. Osterhaus. First Brigade: 25th Ill., Col. William N. Coler; 44th Ill., Col. Charles Knobelsdorff; 17th Mo., Major August H. Poten. Brigade loss: k, 4; w, 22; m, 11 = 37. Second Brigade, Col. Nicholas Greusel. 36th Ill., Col. Nicholas Greusel; 12th Mo., Major Hugo Wangelin; Illinois Cavalry (2 Cos.), Captains Albert Jenks and Henry A. Smith. Brigade loss: k, 7; w, 66; m, 36 = 109. Artillery: Mo. Battery, Capt. Martin Welfiey; 4th Ohio Battery, Capt. Louis Hoffmann. Loss: w, 6; m, 4 = 10. Second Division, Brig.-Gen. Alexander Asboth (w). Staff loss:
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3., chapter 5.63 (search)
the Confederacy was precipitated. Curtis meanwhile moved without opposition from Elkhorn into northeastern Arkansas, and on the 3d of May occupied Batesville, a small town on White River within ninety miles of Little Rock. His effective force, after sending two divisions, under Generals Asboth and Jeff. C. Davis, to the Tennessee, still amounted to 12,422 men The Army of the South-west consisted, May 13th, 1862, of three divisions under Generals Frederick Steele, E. A. Carr, and P. J. Osterhaus. General Sigel was assigned to duty in the East by orders dated June 1st, 1862.--editors., Nothing now prevented him from moving against the capital and the valley of the Arkansas, but the difficulty of subsisting his army so far from its base of supply, which was St. Louis. In spite of this difficulty he had begun to advance to Little Rock, and his outposts were within thirty-five miles of that city (where he was to assume the position of military governor), when the evacuation of C
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3., The opposing forces in Arkansas, December 7th, 1862--September 14th, 1863. (search)
. David P. Grier; 97th Ill., Col. Friend S. Rutherford; 108th Ill., Col. John Warner; 131st Ill. (not in action), Lieut.-Col. R. A. Peter; 19th Ky., Lieut.-Col. John Cowan; 48th Ohio, Lieut.-Col. Job R. Parker (w), Capt. S. G. W. Peterson (temporarily). Brigade loss: k, 8; w, 77 = 85. Artillery, Mercantile (Ill.) Battery, Capt. Charles G. Cooley: 17th Ohio Battery, Capt. Ambrose A. Blount. Artillery loss: w, 1. Cavalry: Squadron 6th Mo., Col. Clark Wright. Second division, Brigadier-General Peter J. Osterhaus. First Brigade, Col. Lionel A. Sheldon: 118th Ill., Col. John G. Fonda; 69th Ind., Col. Thomas W. Bennett; 120th Ohio, Col. Daniel French. Brigade loss: k, 3; w, 14; m, 11 = 28. Second Brigade, Col. Daniel W. Lindsey: 49th Ind., Col. James Keigwin; 3d Ky., Capt. Andrew H. Clark; 114th Ohio, Lieut.-Col. Horatio B. Maynard. Third Brigade, Col. John F. DeCourcy: 54th Ind., Col. Fielding Manstield; 22d Ky., Maj. William J. Worthington; 16th Ohio, Capt. Eli W. Botsford; 42d Ohio,
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3., chapter 5.69 (search)
A. J. Smith upon the right-hand branch, and Osterhaus on the left. I was on the field by 10 A. M.o take, but with a start of four miles; one (Osterhaus's) was at Raymond, on a converging road that(Carr's) had to pass over the same road with Osterhaus's, but, being back at Mississippi Springs, wht of the 15th Hovey was at Bolton; Carr and Osterhaus were about three miles south, but abreast, fions by the southernmost of these roads, and Osterhaus and Carr by the middle road. Orders were to follow the retreating foe. I sent orders to Osterhaus to pursue the enemy, and to Carr, whom I saw the Big Black, and to cross it if he could, Osterhaus to follow him. The pursuit was continued untd at all, except that (as described before). Osterhaus's and A. J. Smith's had encountered the rebe 3:30 A. M. on the 17th, followed closely by Osterhaus; McPherson bringing up the rear with his coruff, and the Big Black, with the division of Osterhaus watching the crossings of the latter river f[6 more...]
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3., The opposing forces in the Vicksburg campaign: May 1st-July 4th, 1863. (search)
Lieut. Samuel N. Benjamin. Thirteenth Army Corps, Maj.-Gen. John A. McClernand, Maj.-Gen. Edward O. C. Ord. Escort: L, 3d Ill. Cav., Capt. David R. Sparks. Pioneers: Indpt. Co., Ky. Inf., Capt. Wm. F. Patterson. Ninth division, Brig.-Gen. Peter J. Osterhaus (w). Brig.-Gen. Albert L. Lee, Brig.-Gen. Peter J. Osterhaus. Staff loss: Big Black Bridge, w, 1. First Brigade, Brig.-Gen. Theophilus T. Garrard, Brig.-Gen. Albert L. Lee (w), Col. James Keigwin: 118th Ill., Col. John G. Fonda;Brig.-Gen. Peter J. Osterhaus. Staff loss: Big Black Bridge, w, 1. First Brigade, Brig.-Gen. Theophilus T. Garrard, Brig.-Gen. Albert L. Lee (w), Col. James Keigwin: 118th Ill., Col. John G. Fonda; 49th Ind., Col. James Keigwin, Maj. Arthur J. Hawhe, Lieut.-Col. Joseph H. Thornton; 69th Ind., Col. Thomas W. Bennett, Lieut.-Col. Oran Perry; 7th Ky., Maj. H. W. Adams, Lieut.-Col. John Lucas, Col. Reuben May; 120th Ohio, Col. Marcus M. Spiegel. Brigade loss: Port Gibson, k, 18; w, 102; m, 3 = 123. Champion's Hilt, k, 11; w, 44; 1, 13 = 68. Big Black Bridge, w, 1. Vicksburg, assault May 19th, k, 1; w, 28 = 29; assault May 22d, k, 15; w, 87 = 102. Second Brigade, Col. Lionel A. Sheldon, Co
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3., chapter 9.97 (search)
s command was in a position to move, though one division (Osterhaus's) had not yet crossed the river at Brown's Ferry. The c without this division. Accordingly, orders were sent to Osterhaus to report to Hooker if he could not cross by 8 o'clock on Hooker was engaged on the west. He had three divisions: Osterhaus's, of the Fifteenth Corps, Army of the Tennessee; Geary's was on the right at Wauhatchie, Cruft at the center, and Osterhaus near Brown's Ferry. These troops were all west of Lookouridge over the creek, near the crossing of the railroad. Osterhaus was to move up to the bridge and cross it. The bridge wasg of the bridge. By 11 o'clock the bridge was complete. Osterhaus was up, and after some sharp skirmishing the enemy was drand rear menaced, gave way and were followed by Cruft and Osterhaus. Soon these were up abreast of Geary, and the whole commary's division of the Twelfth Corps, Army of the Potomac; Osterhaus's division of the Fifteenth Corps, Army of the Tennessee;
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3., The army of the Cumberland at Chattanooga. (search)
ill was ours. About 4 o'clock in the afternoon of November 23d, when it became certain that Osterhaus, cut off by the breaking of the pontoon-bridge at Brown's Ferry, would be attached to Hooker'sntime Grose's brigade was engaging the enemy at the lower road crossing, and Wood's brigade of Osterhaus's division was building a bridge rather more than half a mile farther up the creek. Geary, mo down the valley, reached this point at 11 o'clock, just after the bridge was finished, and as Osterhaus's division and Grose's brigade were crossing. Hooker's command, now united in the enemy's fiecreek opened on the works which covered the enemy's right. Then followed a gallant assault by Osterhaus and Grose. After fighting for nearly two hours, step by step up the steep mountain-side, overma, writing to the editors, May 27th, 1887, said: The impression conveyed in the above is that Osterhaus and Grose were confronted by at least a reasonably large force in their fight up the mountain-
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3., Opposing forces in the Chattanooga campaign. November 23d-27th, 1863. (search)
rst: 44th Ind., Lieut.-Col. Simeon C. Aldrich; 15th Ky., Maj. William G. Halpin; 9th Mich., Lieut.-Col. William Wilkinson. army of the Tennessee, Maj.-Gen. William T. Sherman. General Sherman had under his immediate command the Eleventh Corps, and the Second Division, Fourteenth Corps of the Army of the Cumberland; the Second and Fourth Divisions, Fifteenth Corps, and the Second Division, Seventeenth Corps. Fifteenth Corps, Maj.-Gen. Frank P. Blair, Jr. First division, Brig.-Gen. Peter J. Osterhaus. First Brigade, Brig.-Gen. Charles R. Woods: 13th Ill., Lieut.-Col. Frederick W. Partridge .(w), Capt. Geo. P. Brown; 3d Mo., Lieut.-Col. Theodore Meumann; 12th Mo., Col. Hugo Wangelin (w), Lieut.-Col. Jacob Kaercher; 17th Mo., Lieut.-Col. John F. Cramer; 27th Mo., Col. Thomas Curly; 29th Mo., Col. James Peckham (w), Maj. Philip H. Murphy; 31st Mo., Lieut.-Col. Samuel P. Simpson; 32d Mo., Lieut.-Col. Henry C. Warmoth; 76th Ohio, Maj. Willard Warner. Brigade loss: k, 33; w, 203;
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