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Adam Badeau, Military history of Ulysses S. Grant from April 1861 to April 1865. Volume 3, Chapter 26: (search)
's operations facilitated by movement on James Meade moves out to left Warren captures work on Peeble's farm Ninth corps. At first forced back, but afterwards rallies Warren holds his position tith four divisions of infantry under Warren and Parke, advanced towards Poplar Spring church and Peeble's farm, about two miles west of the Weldon road, while Gregg's division of cavalry moved still burg. Warren, who held Meade's right in this movement, soon came upon the enemy entrenched at Peeble's farm; he made a vigorous attack, and carried two redoubts with a line of rifle-pits, capturingthen laid out, and the national line was extended from the Weldon road to the position gained at Peeble's farm. This was a little more than a mile from the Boydtown road, and not more than two miles , required a day to move his men from Petersburg to the Richmond front, or from Fort Harrison to Peeble's farm. The superiority in numbers possessed by one was more than equalized by the position the
Adam Badeau, Military history of Ulysses S. Grant from April 1861 to April 1865. Volume 3, Chapter 27: (search)
or forty feet, under the rebel batteries. Parallels here were impossible. Regular approaches were out of the question. Besides this, Grant's fundamental purpose was the destruction of Lee's army, not the capture of Petersburg or Richmond. The rebels took shelter behind their works, and therefore Grant besieged the works; but if the troops could be destroyed or captured, he was indifferent about the possession of either town. This made it far better for him to fight at the Weldon road or Peeble's farm, than at any point on the entrenched lines close to Petersburg. While he was running parallels, Lee might defy, or escape him; but by extending the investment, Grant forced the rebels to defend their lines of supply. In fact, he compelled Lee to become in some sort the attacking party, for the rebel general could not permit these extensions to go on without an effort to prevent them; and whenever he ventured out with a division or a corps, he was invariably repelled with loss. Bu
Adam Badeau, Military history of Ulysses S. Grant from April 1861 to April 1865. Volume 3, Index (search)
rth of James river, 511; at Ream's station, 530; at Peeble's farm, III., 77; at Hatcher's run, 117, 124; at Dih Early's campaign, III., 17-24, 38, 80, 84,105; at Peeble's farm and Fort Harrison, 74-80; at Hatcher's run, 16; battle of Ream's station, 528; movement against Peeble's farm, III., 70, 72, 77, 78; battle of Hatcher's re of Winchester, III., 30; at Fisher's hill, 33; at Peeble's farm, 78; in Sheridan's Valley campaign, 104; at aults on Petersburg, 360-380; Weldon road, 514-532; Peeble's farm, III. 74-78; Hatcher's run, 115-128; disaffe Ninth corps, II., 489; at Poplar Spring church and Peeble's farm, III., 75, 76; at Hatcher's run, 116-118; inrty, disloyal course of, at the North, III., 13. Peeble's farm, seizure of, III., 75. Pennypacker, Generations against Deep Bottom and Weldon road, 514-53; Peeble's farm, III., 74-78; Hatcher's run, 115-128; streng, 485, 488; at Weldon road, 514-518, 527; battle of Peeble's farm. III., 75, 76; battle of Hatcher's run, 117