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Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 1., Chapter 21: beginning of the War in Southeastern Virginia. (search)
shooting-iron. In one of his last letters to a friend, Winthrop wrote:--If I come back safe, I will send you my notes of the plan of attack, J)art made up from the General's hints, part my own fancies. At noon on Sunday, the 9th of June, General Peirce received a note from General Butler, written with a pencil on the back of an address card, summoning him to Fortress Monroe. Peirce was too ill to ride on horseback, and was taken by water in a small boat. There he found a plan minutely arrPeirce was too ill to ride on horseback, and was taken by water in a small boat. There he found a plan minutely arranged for an attack upon the insurgents at the two Bethels, on the Yorktown Road, and received orders to command the expedition. He was directed to lead Duryee's Fifth and Townsend's Third New York Volunteers from Camp Hamilton to a point near Little Bethel, where he was to be joined by a detachment from Colonel Phelps's command at Newport-Newce. These latter consisted of a battalion of Vermont and Massachusetts troops (the latter of Wardrop's Third Regiment), under Lieutenant-Colonel Washburn
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1: prelminary narrative, Preliminary narrative. (search)
of the 1st Vermont, John W. Phelps, an officer of West Point training, Mexican war experience and proved courage; but, passing by him, he designated to command the night attack a militia brigadier from Massachusetts, Gen. (afterwards colonel) E. W. Peirce, who was doubtless personally brave but was utterly inexperienced. The whole plan of the expedition was so impracticable that Colonel (afterwards major-general) Phelps predicted in advance precisely what occurred,—that the troops, coming togecho of this musketry had hardly died away when Colonel Phelps stood at the entrance of the tent of the writer and said, It is as I thought it would be, they are firing into each other; get your regiment ready, and report as a reinforcement to General Peirce. The account of the affair of the two Bethels has passed into history. This, however, is the first time that this singular example of intuition on the part of General Phelps has ever been written for publication. (Report of Association of
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1, Mass. officers and men who died., Index of names of persons. (search)
E. P., 474 Pearson, Kendall, 541 Pearson, Timothy, 194 Pearsons, William, 404 Pease, A. E., 404 Pease, E. B., 404 Pease, F. W., 120, 474 Peaslee, Alpheus, 541 Peaterson, Leonard, 404 Peatfield, W. P., 404 Peck, C. L., 404 Peck, Chauncey, 404 Peck, Lewis, 404 Peck, P. H., 404 Peckham, A. P., 541 Peckham, Phineas, Jr., 474 Peckham, S. H., 541 Peckham, T. J., 404 Peckham, W. W., 474, 541 Pederson, Carls, 405 Peebles, J. P., 405 Peel, W. J., 405 Peggren, Edward, 405 Peirce, E. W., 32, 33, 250 Peirce, Elliott, 405 Peirson, C. L., 53, 127, 152, 270 Pelton, C. H., 123, 405 Pemberton, J. C., 21 Pendall, J., 541 Pendergast, Michael, 474 Pendergrass, James, 541 Penniman, F. W., 474 Penniman, J. M., 541 Penniman, W. S., 405 Pent, Peter, 541 Perkins, C. E., 474 Perkins, E. S., 405 Perkins, Franklin, 541 Perkins, G. A., 405 Perkins, G. W., 474 Perkins, I. H., 474 Perkins, J. A., 88, 405 Perkins, J. H., 405 Perkins, J. M., 405 Perkins, L. A., 405 Per
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2, chapter 16 (search)
ons and action. Boston Evening Journal, Aug. 17, 1861, p. 4, col. 4. — – Animus of criticisms upon Gen. Butler and Col. Peirce; plan of attack, from private notes of Maj. Theodore Winthrop. Boston Evening Journal, June 26, 1861, p. 4, col. 3. l batteries. Boston Evening Journal, June 12, 1861, p. 2, cols. 4, 6; June 13, p. 4. col. 1. — – First despatches; Col. Peirce held to blame. Boston Evening Journal, June 11, 1861, p. 2, col. 6. — – Full accounts; Gen. Butler's report, and t Journal, June 14, 1862, p. 4, cols. 1, 2, 4, 5. — – Further details of action, from private letter; also card from Col. Peirce, in defence of his orders. Boston Evening Journal, June 15, 1861, p. 4, col. 3. — Engagement of June 10, 1861. Fuurnal, June 26, 1861, p. 4, col. 3. — – – Engagement of June 10, at Big Bethel, Va. Animus of criticisms on Butler and Peirce. Plan of attack, from private notes of Maj. Theodore Winthrop. Boston Evening Journal, June 26, 1861, p