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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 4. (ed. Frank Moore) 33 1 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 11. (ed. Frank Moore) 13 1 Browse Search
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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 4. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 48 (search)
e column. As a support, two Ohio regiments, under Col. Ross, were moved up and well advanced on the left flank, that I rode to Gen. Buckner's quarters, sending Lieut. Ross, with Major Rogers, of the Third Mississippi (reb Knefler, my Assistant Adjutant-General, and Lieut. James R. Ross and Lieut. A. Ware, my aids-de-camp, rendereand formed a second line of battle. At this point Col. Ross, of the Nineteenth Illinois, arrived on the field nstruction in the use of their guns. I detailed Captain Ross, with his company of artillerists, to the commano commanded the lower battery, of eight guns, and Capt. Ross the upper battery, of four guns, were to hold theer of my staff, whom I assigned to the command of Capt. Ross's field-battery, with new recruits as gunners, and the water-batteries, commanded respectively by Captains Ross, Beaumont and Graham. The troops were mainly  Maney,10059 do.  Jackson,3400 do.  Guy,5800 do.  Ross,16622 do.  Green,7601       Total,    
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 4. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 83 (search)
the enemy, that he was being rapidly reinforced, and ordered the Eighteenth and Twenty-second Indiana to make a flank movement to the right and perpendicular to the enemy, and then to move forward and attack him. This was accomplished with alacrity, but not, however, until the Second brigade had begun to recede before the excessive fire of the enemy, who had now concentrated his forces to the number of several thousand, under McCulloch and McIntosh, with a large body of Indians under Pike and Ross. The Second brigade being thus overwhelmed, I ordered it to fall back and change front to rear on its right, and the First brigade to change front forward on its left, so as to attack the enemy in his rear, who was now exultingly following up his temporary success. The Eighteenth Indiana soon executed the movement as directed, and opened a well-directed fire upon the enemy's rear, which had the effect of drawing his fire and disconcerting his pursuit so as to enable the Second brigade to re
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 4. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 118 (search)
ven the gallant gentlemen of my staff--Capt. Fred. Knefler and Lieutenants Ross and Ware. To them I add Capt. E. T. Wallace, of the Eleventh light battery, four pieces, commanded by First Lieut. E. Brotzmann; Ross's battery, Second Michigan, and Meyer's battery, Thirteenth Ohio. sh and timber. Mann's battery was placed in the angle of the lines, Ross's battery some distance to the left, and the Thirteenth Ohio battery, the call was answered, and ten gallant men from Mann's battery and Ross's battery brought in the horses, which were wild, and spiked the gunroach within four hundred yards when fire was opened from Mann's and Ross's batteries, and from the two right regiments of the First brigade, eft of my line were readily repelled, until I was compelled to order Ross's battery to the rear, on account of its loss in men and horses. Duand eight horses before they were withdrawn. The greater portion of Ross's battery was captured on Sunday in the ravine near my camp. For