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Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4. 3 1 Browse Search
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Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., General Edwards's brigade at the bloody angle. (search)
the oak-tree, twenty-one inches in diameter, was cut down by bullets and fell within the Confederate lines. I believe every regiment that fought anywhere in that part of the field claims to have shot down this particular tree; but in truth no single organization is entitled to all the credit. The tree fell during the night, near midnight in fact, and hours after the firing had virtually ceased on all parts of the line save at this vital point. General Grant reconnoitering the Confederate position at Spotsylvania Court House. From a sketch made at the time. Mr. Reed, the artist, belonged to Bigelow's 9th Massachusetts battery, which, with a battery of the 5th Regular Artillery, was holding the Fredericksburg road (see map, p. 167) at the place where General Grant made his observation. The troops seen in the background are the 9th Massachusetts Volunteers, who at the time were crossing the road from the left toward the right of the line.--editors. Beating the long roll.
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., The opposing forces in the campaign of the Carolinas. (search)
.-Col. John W. Hammond; 9th N. J., Col. James Stewart, Jr.; 103d Ohio, Capt. Henry S, Pickands; 177th Ohio, Col. Arthur T. Wilcox, Lieut.-Col. William H. Zimmerman. Third Brigade, Col. Thomas J. Henderson: 112th 11., Lieut.-Col. Emery S. Bond; 63d Ind., Lieut.-Col. Daniel Morris, Maj. Frank Wilcox; 140th Ind., Col. Thomas J. Brady; 17th Mass., Lieut.-Col. Henry Splaine. Artillery: 23d Ind. (detached at Wilmington April 6th), Capt. James H. Myers; D, 1st Ohio, Capt. Giles J. Cockerill, Lieut. Cecil C. Reed. division from District of Beaufort (discontinued April 2d, and troops assigned to other commands), Brig.-Gen. Samuel P. Carter. First Brigade, Col. Peter J. Claassen: 17th Mass., Lieut.-Col. Henry Splaine; 132d N. Y., Lieut.-Col. George H. Hitchcock. Second Brigade, Col. James Stewart, Jr.: 25th Mass., Capt. Samuel Harrington, Lieut.-Col. James Tucker; 9th N. J., Lieut.-Col. Samuel Hufty; 85th N. Y., Lieut.-Col. William W. Clarke. Artillery, Capt. William E. Mercer: C, 3d N. Y.