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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 5. (ed. Frank Moore) 730 6 Browse Search
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories 693 5 Browse Search
George H. Gordon, From Brook Farm to Cedar Mountain 408 2 Browse Search
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 377 13 Browse Search
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: Volume 2. 355 5 Browse Search
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 2. 345 5 Browse Search
Elias Nason, McClellan's Own Story: the war for the union, the soldiers who fought it, the civilians who directed it, and his relations to them. 308 2 Browse Search
Edward Porter Alexander, Military memoirs of a Confederate: a critical narrative 280 2 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. 254 2 Browse Search
Maj. Jed. Hotchkiss, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 3, Virginia (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 219 1 Browse Search
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Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: Volume 2., Early operations in the Gulf. (search)
ders of the South Carolina, blockading Galveston, was fired on by a battery on the shore. Commander Alden, commanding the South Carolina, laid his ship close to the shore and returned the fire. A few shells were accidentally discharged into the town, but the affair was in no sense a bombardment of Galveston. In September Flag-Officer William W. McKean replaced Mervine in command of the squadron. Shortly after, the blockading vessels off the mouths of the Mississippi, commanded by Captain John Pope, moved up to the Head of the Passes. Early on the morning of the 12th of October this squadron, consisting of the Richmond, Vincennes, Preble, and Water Witch, was attacked by the ironclad ram Manassas, under Lieutenant A. F. Warley. The Manassas rammed the Richmond without inflicting serious injury, and, being herself damaged by the blow, withdrew up the river. At the same time, the Richmond and her consorts turned their heads down-stream, and retreated as fast as possible to the m
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: Volume 2., chapter 6.33 (search)
n of commands at the beginning of the campaign. On the 26th of June Pope was assigned to command all the troops in northern Virginia, Fremont Crook's loss was 13 killed, 53 wounded, and 7 missing. When General Pope assumed command he directed a defensive policy to be pursued in is an interesting fact, that, so confident was General Halleck that Pope would be joined by McClellan's army in time to keep Lee in the neighers were to march through the mountains by way of Staunton, and join Pope at Charlottesville. I had several detachments out pursuing guerrillrected movement. I took advantage of the interval to lay before General Pope, by telegraph, the proof that the march ordered meant fifteen daWashington in ten days or less by the way we came. On this evidence Pope, with Halleck's assent, gave permission to move as suggested. The mn within the time appointed. One train-load of two regiments joined Pope at Warrenton Junction when the railroad was cut at Manassas Junction
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: Volume 2., Hanover Court House and Gaines's Mill. (search)
ut April 1st, when our army began active operations in the field and recruiting should have been encouraged, the enrollment of troops was ordered to be stopped. The War Governor of Pennsylvania [Andrew G. Curtin] notably disregarded this order. His foresight was afterward recognized at Antietam, where he was able to render valuable assistance. In the month of June, however, the policy had begun to change, and the troops in Northern Virginia were being placed in charge of an officer [General John Pope] called to Washington to take command of Banks and Fremont, perhaps McDowell, take the field against Jackson, and eventually supersede McClellan. At the day the order of assignment was issued, June 27th, however, there was no enemy confronting that officer — Jackson having disappeared from Northern Virginia, and being in my front at Gaines's Mill. About 2 o'clock P. M., on the 26th, the boom of a single cannon in the direction of Mechanicsville resounded through our camps. This wa
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: Volume 2., McClellan's change of base and Malvern Hill. (search)
ing. None of us knew that the veterans of Longstreet and A. P. Hill were unsupported; nor did we even know that the firing that we heard was theirs. Had all our troops been at Frayser's farm, there would have been no Malvern Hill. Jackson's genius never shone when he was under the command of another. It seemed then to be shrouded or paralyzed. Compare his inertness on this occasion with the wonderful vigor shown a few weeks later at Slaughter's [Cedar] Mountain in the stealthy march to Pope's rear, and later still in the capture of Harper's Ferry. MacGregor on his native heath was not more different from MacGregor in prison than was Jackson his own master from Jackson in a subordinate position. He wrote once to Richmond requesting that he might have fewer orders and more men. That was the keynote to his whole character. The hooded falcon cannot strike the quarry. The gentleman who tried his splendid rifle on the drunken Irishman was the Rev. L. W. Allen. Mr. Allen had bee
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: Volume 2., The battle of Malvern Hill. (search)
he hungry Army at Harrison's Landing. From a War-time sketch. Berkeley, Harrison's Landing, as seen from McClellan's headquarters tents. From a War-time sketch. This house was the birthplace of General (afterward President) William Henry Harrison. During the month of July, 1862, it was used as a hospital and signal station. renew the contest from the south bank, for which he had commenced operations. It was publicly announced that Halleck would assume command and take the field. Pope had reason to believe that he would eventually supersede McClellan, and McDowell had been so satisfied of his future supremacy that he confided to a friend that he would be at the highest round of the ladder.--F. J. P. During this period he omitted nothing which would insure the removal of the army without loss of men and material. The withdrawal of the army changed the issue from the capture of Richmond to the security of Washington, transferred to the Federals the anxiety of the Confederat
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: Volume 2., The Administration in the Peninsular campaign. (search)
leck was appointed. On the 26th General Halleck arrived at General McClellan's camp. He reports that McClellan expressed the opinion that with 30,000 reenforcements he could attack Richmond, with a good chance of success. I replied that I was authorized by the President to promise only 20,000, and that if he could not take Richmond with that number we must devise some plan for withdrawing his troops from their present position to some point where they could unite with those of General Pope without exposing Washington. . . . He the next morning informed me he would attack Richmond with the reinforcements promised. He would not say that he thought the probabilities of success were in his favor, but that there was a chance, and he was willing to try it. With regard to the force of the enemy he expressed the opinion that it was not less than 200,000. The orders for the removal followed. There was, to my mind, General Halleck says, no alternative. I have taken the resp
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: Volume 2., chapter 8.58 (search)
imate: Aggregate, 50,600, or 7600 more than General Pope's estimate. On the 31st of July the consoland when he had been reenforced by Reno (7000), Pope estimated his force at barely 40,000. With thi on McClellan's right near Mechanicsville. General Pope took command on the 27th; on that day was fd Mr. Stanton proposed to the President to send Pope to the James and give [Ormsby M.] Mitchel the c 9:40 P. M., Please inform me exactly where General Pope's troops are. Up to what point is the Orangl the 30th all direct communication between General Pope and Washington remained cut off, and nothin5 P. M., he received McDowell's order, based on Pope's of 4:15, to march on Centreville. He turned that during the afternoon he was ordered by General Pope to march by New Market on Centreville, and ave been at Centreville at this time, since General Pope's headquarters near Bull Run were between h the same positions and in the same order. General Pope's orders for the 30th directed that the cor[36 more...]
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: Volume 2., In vindication of General Rufus King. (search)
llections of The Second battle of Bull Run, General Pope has, perhaps inadvertently, used the exact iption reached General King that night from General Pope or any other superior officer; no staff-officer of General King saw or heard of General Pope that night; and, in point of fact, no matter how many he may have sent to McDowell, Pope has since admitted that he sent none to King. Early in 186ate commander to have the error rectified. General Pope claimed that the construction of the sentenand went off; but he remembered no message from Pope to King, and if there was one, which he doubts, No other officer from King got within range of Pope that night, so far as rigid investigation has ever disclosed, and that none at all came from Pope to King is beyond peradventure. Indeed, in 1878 General Pope declared it was to McDowell that all the orders were sent. General Pope also repeateGeneral Pope also repeated this statement in a conversation with me in July, 1887, and expressed his regret that this phraseo[2 more...]
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: Volume 2., The opposing forces at Cedar Mountain, Va.: August 9th, 1862. (search)
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. The Union Army. Army of Virginia.--Major-General John Pope. Escort: A and C, 1st Ohio Cavalry, Capt. Nathan D. Menken. Loss: m, 2. Second Army Corps, Maj.-Gen. N. P. Banks. Escort: L, 1st Mich. Cav., Capt. Melvin Brewer; M, 5th N. Y. Cav., Lieut. Eugene Dimmick; H, 1st W. Va. Cav., Capt.st R. I., Col. Alfred N. Duffie. Cavalry loss: k, 10; w, 45; m, 6 = 61. Total Union loss: killed, 314; wounded, 1445; captured or missing, 622 = 2381. The number engaged on the Union side is not specifically stated, but it is estimated that Pope's effective force in Banks's and McDowell's commands and the cavalry,, on the field from first to last, aggregated about 17,900. The Confederate Army. Major-General Thomas J. Jackson. first division, Brig.-Gen. Charles S. Winder (k), Brig.-G
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: Volume 2., The opposing forces at the Second Bull Run. August 16th-September 2d, 1862. (search)
m w for mortally wounded; m for captured or missing; c for captured. The Union forces. Army of Virginia.--Major-General John Pope. Staff loss: m, 2. Escort: A and C, 1st Ohio Cav., Capt. Nathan D. Menken. Loss: w, 1; m, 20=21. first Aubject, based upon the best information obtainable, justifies the conclusion that the effective strength of the army under Pope's command was at least 63,000, and that of the Confederate army about 54,000--of all arms. The computation of Pope's forcPope's forces includes his own proper command (exclusive of Banks's corps, which did not reach the scene of action), Reno's corps, and the reenforcements received from the Army of the Potomac. The Confederate force has been estimated by some writers as low as dnance, Second Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, in a paper upon the subject, contributed to the Military Historical Society of Massachusetts, concludes that on the 28th of August, Pope had 70,000 men (including Banks's corps), and Lee about 49,000.
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