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Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, The Passing of the Armies: The Last Campaign of the Armies., Chapter 1: the situation. (search)
ht the total loss in the Corps up to 18,000,--this being almost a thousand more than two thirds of the bright faces that crossed the Rapidan in the starlight of that May morning, now gone down to earth, or beneath it,--and yet no end! Colonel W. H. Powell in his History of the Fifth Corps, published since the above was written, gives this total loss as 17,861. It does not appear whether he takes into account the losses of the Corps in the assault of June 18th on the salient covering the Norfolk Railroad and the Jerusalem Plank Road. Owing to the casualties among commanders, the action of that day has never been adequately reported. Colonel Powell had no data on which to base a just account of the overture of Forts Sedgwick and Mahone,--surnamed by the performers Fort Hell and Fort Damnation. Glance now at the record of the whole army. Those treated in the field hospitals up to the end of October were officially reported as numbering 57,498, and to the end of December, 68,8
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 9. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 87 (search)
and men, acted nobly and gallantly, still the conspicuous conduct of some of the officers and men, after the regiment became broken, and was acting in independent squads, deserves to be particularly noticed. Captain P. F. Frazier, of company E, individually took a Yankee Captain, a Sergeant, and two privates, while they were retreating from our forces, and delivered them in person (and without any other guard than himself) to General Jackson. Lieutenant A. W. Edgar, of company E, Color-Sergeant W. H. Powell, Sergeant C. S. Davis, Dr. J. B. Patton, and Surgeon Stewarts, only two of the party having fire-arms, one having the colors, and the Lieutenant his sword, at the instance of Lieutenant-Colonel Gardner, went beyond our lines after the fight, and captured a Yankee picket of one Sergeant and twelve privates, all of whom were armed when they were captured. They brought them to the Fourth Virginia volunteers, and delivered them to the guard. My regiment went into the battle with les
Edward Porter Alexander, Military memoirs of a Confederate: a critical narrative, Chapter 11: second Manassas (search)
m to envelop it, were paralyzed by the danger of firing into each other in the darkness. In the Federal army the confusion was very great, as troops and trains intermixed groped through the rain, and poured across the bridge and along the pike toward Centreville. There Franklin's corps had arrived about 6 P. M., only a few hours too late to have come upon the field and have saved the day. Upon this corps Pope ordered his whole army to concentrate. An officer of the regular army, Capt. W. H. Powell, describing this night march, wrote in the Century War book, as follows: — As we neared the bridge we came upon confusion. Men, singly and in detachments, were mingled with sutler's wagons, artillery caissons, supply wagons, and ambulances, each striving to get ahead of the other. Vehicles rushed through organized bodies, and broke the column into fragments. Little detachments gathered by the roadside, after crossing the bridge, crying out the numbers of their regiments as a gui
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Name Index of Commands, W. H. Powell (search)
W. H. Powell Col. 2d W. Va. CavalryAug., 1864, to Sept. 26, 1864. 2d Brigade, 2d Cavalry Division, 1st Division, Department of West Virginia Col. 2d W. Va. CavalryJune 10, 1864, to July, 1864. 3d Brigade, 2d Cavalry Division, 1st Division, Department of West Virginia Col. 2d W. Va. CavalrySept. 30, 1864, to Jan. 13, 1865. 2d Cavalry Division, 1st Division, Department of West Virgini
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 18. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Southern Historical Society Papers. (search)
ery. There was no fire from infantry from the front for at least half an hour; none from the left for twenty minutes, and but few shots from the right. Major W. H. Powell, acting aide-de-camp of General Ledlie, the commander of the first division of the Ninth corps, at the time of the explosion, in his article entitled The Tr their necks, others to their waists, and some with only their feet and legs protruding from the earth. * * * The whole scene of the explosion, continues Major Powell, struck every one dumb with astonishment as we arrived at the crest of the debris. It was impossible for the troops of the Second Brigade to move forwargade commanders could realize the situation, the brigades became inextricably mixed in the desire to look into the hole. * * * * From the next paragraph of Major Powell's article it appears that Colonel Pleasants was in error as to the extent of the demoralization of the Confederates incident upon the explosion, as the South C
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 18. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Index. (search)
Battalion of Artillery, 35. Pegram. Col. Wm., his ardor and courage, 72. Petersburg, Va., Battles Around, in 1864, 41. Picheret, Rev. Father H. A., Impressive Prayer by, 295. Pike, Gen., Albert, Death of, 94. Pitcher, Gen. James A., 48. Pleasants. Lt.-Col. Henry 23. Point Lookout Prison Life, Address by Col. C. T. Loehr, 113; Account of, by Rev. J. B. Traywick, 431. Poindexter, Charles, 422. Polk, Gen., Leonidas, His Life at West Point, 371; death of, 380. Powell, Maj. W. H., His article, The Tragedy of the Crater, 23. Porter, Gen., Fitz John, on the Battle of Malvern Hill, 64 Prison Pens North, Hon. A. M. Keiley on, 333. Quintard, Rt. Rev. Chas. Todd, 192. Ragland House, The, 5. Ramseur. Gen. Stephen D., His Life and Character, Address by Gen. W. R. Cox, 217; parentage of. 225; Gen. R. E. Lee's tribute to. 237; death of; personal appearance of, 258. Rations of a C. S. Soldier in 1864, 409. Rebel The first, in North America, 262; an hono
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Index (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller), P (search)
First Rhode Island recruited, VIII., 60. Pawtucket, U. U. S., III., 342. Paxton, E. F.: II., 334; X., 151. Pay, rations, and equipment of Southern soldier, VIII., 114. Payne, L.: VII., 205; VIII., 278. Payne, Lewis or Powell: hanged for conspiring to kill President Lincoln, VII., 211. Payne, W. H.: IV., 112; X., 321. Pea Ridge, Ark. (see also Sugar Creek, Ark.): I., 358, 365; losses at, X., 142. Peabody, G., X., 4. Peace Society of New York (sgeon, VII, 222. Potts, B., X., 233. Pound Cake regiment, X., 121. Pound Gap, Tenn., I., 358. Powder Springs, Ga., III., 322. Powell, L., alias Payne, hanged for conspiracy to kill President Lincoln, VII., 211. Powell, W. H., III., 338. Powell, W. L., VI, 154. Powhatan,, U. S. S.: III, 340; VI., 116, 184, 308. Powhatan Point, Va., V., 239. Powhite Creek, Va., I., 326. Poydras College, La., IX., 19, 158. Prairie D'ann, Ark.,