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Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: Volume 2., The battle of South Mountain, or Boonsboro‘ (search)
so many hours, in robbing victory of its fruits, and in inspiring the victors with such caution that a simple ruse turned them back in their triumphal career. Every battle-field of the Civil War beheld the deadly conflict of former friends with each other, South Mountain may be taken as a specimen of this unnatural and horrible state of things. The last time I ever saw Generals McClellan and Reno was in 1848, at the table of General G. W. Smith, in the city of Mexico. Generals Meade and Scammon had both been instructors while I was at West Point. Colonel Magilton, commanding a brigade in Meade's division, had been a lieutenant in my company in the Mexican war. General John Gibbon (whose brigade pressed up the pike on the 14th of September) and his brother Lardner had been best men at my wedding. They were from North Carolina; one brother took the Northern side, while the other took the Southern. There is another view of the picture, however. If we had to be beaten it was bett
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: Volume 2., Forcing Fox's Gap and Turner's Gap. (search)
ond battle of Bull. Run; but two regiments of Scammon's brigade were under fire at Bull Run Bridge,ision, consisting of two brigades (Moor's and Scammon's), had crossed at the stone bridge on the Narder. I ordered up quickly the 11th Ohio, of Scammon's brigade, which was in column in the road, ahere are you going? said he. I answered that Scammon's brigade was going to support Pleasonton in m paroled! and turned away. I galloped to Scammon and told him that I should follow him in closamin's) was of 20-pounder Parrott guns, while Scammon should march by the Sharpsburg road and try t column filed off on the old Sharpsburg road, Scammon having perhaps half an hour's start. We had mmit, at Fox's Gap, the enemy had opened upon Scammon with case shot from the edge of the timber ab1th Ohio was sent from Crook's brigade beyond Scammon's left, where part of the enemy's force held 36th Ohio was, in similar manner, sent beyond Scammon's right. The whole line again sprung forward[2 more...]