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Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3., chapter 3.25 (search)
cksburg. Stonewall Jackson, who was watching Sedgwick, received instructions to withdraw his corps,n of it between the Plank road and turnpike. Sedgwick, the previous night, had been ordered to sendy of the commanding general at daylight. But Sedgwick was already across the river and three miles rtified heights to assault, the problem which Sedgwick had to solve will be pronounced impossible ofs was about the middle of the afternoon, when Sedgwick in force attacked the enemy. Though at firsterward stated, strained to catch the sound of Sedgwick's guns, it could not have heard them in the cuproar that filled the air around him; but as Sedgwick, who was known as a fighting officer, had notmy having been sent to Salem Church to resist Sedgwick. Sedgwick had difficulty in maintaining his Sedgwick had difficulty in maintaining his ground, but held his own by hard fighting until after midnight, May 4th-5th, when he recrossed at Bao a place where it could not be hurt, leaving Sedgwick to take care of himself. At 12 o'clock on [5 more...]
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3., The successes and failures of Chancellorsville. (search)
rd, and the Sixth, comprising 59,000 men, under the command of General Sedgwick, to cross the Rappahannock River below Fredericksburg and holddan and to Chancellorsville. The left wing of the army, under General Sedgwick, was ordered to cross the Rappahannock below Fredericksburg onne of retreat if he marched upon Chancellorsville; in other words, Sedgwick was told to hold Lee at Fredericksburg until Hooker could come dowcover Banks's Ford, which would shorten our communication with General Sedgwick over 5 miles, and bring us within 31 miles of Falmouth by thatChancellorsville. The Third Corps had already been taken from General Sedgwick at Fredericksburg, and at 2 o'clock on the morning of May 2d the First Corps was also ordered up to Chancellorsville, leaving Sedgwick with the Sixth Corps. These movements did not escape the attention ok in March. He left a sufficient force at Fredericksburg to watch Sedgwick, while with the bulk of his army he moved on Chancellorsville, sen
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3., The Eleventh Corps at Chancellorsville. (search)
ns, and the remainder of the Army of the Potomac was under the sturdy Sedgwick, beyond Fredericksburg. Our opponents, under General Robert E. Lee, the evening before, were about two miles distant toward Fredericksburg, and thus between us and Sedgwick. Lee had immediately with him the divisions of McLaws, Anderson, Rodes, Colston, and A. P. Hill, besides some cavalry under Stuart. He The old Chancellor house, burned during the battle. From a photograph. held, for his line of battle, a he enemy in force was threatening his front and his right flank.--editors. Slocum went forward to the aid of Sickles, and Hancock was behind him with support. Next, the enemy was reported to be in full retreat. General Hooker so telegraphed to Sedgwick; Captain Moore, of his staff, who had gone out with Birney to see the attack upon Jackson, came hurriedly to me with an order from General Hooker for my reserve brigade, Barlow's. Major Howard rode rapidly to Sickles, that he might point out exa
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3., Stonewall Jackson's last battle. (search)
t the suggestion of Colonel Venable, whom I found stirring, I entered the general's tent and awoke him. Turning his feet out of his cot he sat upon its side as I gave him the tidings from the front. Expressing no surprise, he playfully said: Well, I thought I heard firing, and was beginning to think it was time some of you young fellows were coming to tell me what it was all about. Tell your good general that I am sure he knows what to do. I will meet him at the front very soon. It was Sedgwick who had crossed, and, marching along the river front to impress us with his numbers, was now intrenching his line on the river road, under cover of Federal batteries on the north bank. All day long we lay in the old lines of the action of December preceding, watching the operation of the enemy. Nor did we move through the next day, the 30th of April. During the forenoon of the 29th General Lee had been informed by General J. E. B. Stuart of the movement in force by General Hooker acros
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3., Hooker's comments on Chancellorsville. (search)
nock Bridge, and Port Royal. The movement of Sedgwick below the town was disclosed to Lee on the 29h I successfully accomplished. I now ordered Sedgwick, who commanded the Sixth Corps, the largest i's flank I calculated would be decisive. But Sedgwick was dilatory in moving, See statements in river. Before doing so I sent orders to General Sedgwick to hold his position near Banks's Ford, oords (Vol. XXV., Part II., p. 418) show that Sedgwick recrossed the Rappahannock in obedience to anoker, dated May 5th, 1 A. M., and received by Sedgwick at 2 A. M. At 1:20 A. M. Hooker sent the following order to Sedgwick (Ibid., p. 419): Yours received, saying you should hold position [as orderedntermanded. This countermand was received by Sedgwick at 3:20 A. M., but meanwhile almost his entirengineers, peremptory orders were sent to General Sedgwick to advance over the Plank road from Fredee to do as much as I could, but no more. Had Sedgwick come up on Lee's rear, the latter would have [2 more...]
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3., Sedgwick at Fredericksburg and Salem Heights. (search)
ncentrating at Chancellorsville, the corps of Sedgwick and Reynolds, after considerable opposition, id that Jackson had first preferred to attack Sedgwick's corps in the plain at Fredericksburg; Lee tn as practicable and as secretly as possible, Sedgwick prepared to attack the heights. Gibbon, of tleft on the north bank, crossed shortly after Sedgwick had captured the town and moved to the right, if to recover breath, and slightly wavered. Sedgwick and Newton looked on with unconcealed anxietyption of Jackson's corps, and marched against Sedgwick. Still Hooker remained inactive; with a forcmy in his front, he made no effort to relieve Sedgwick from his perilous position. Works were throwt so great a sacrifice, were again theirs. Sedgwick's position, as finally established, was in ther's chief of engineers, who had been sent to Sedgwick to render what assistance he might, and who hNewton with the arrangements The attack on Sedgwick at Banks's Ford, Monday evening, May 4, as se[21 more...]
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3., Lee's knowledge of Hooker's movements. (search)
that the pause in the attack was one of those fatalities of war that no foresight can prevent. It was about 1 o'clock on Sunday, May 3d, that Lee received information that Early had been driven from Marye's Heights and was falling back before Sedgwick. Jackson's corps, which had been fighting since 6 o'clock the previous evening, with very little rest during the night, renewing the conflict at daylight, and capturing the positions at Chancellorsville, was much diminished by casualties and mu were almost the exact words of General Lee, to which he added, Move at once, which I did. I was not a little puzzled at the time (not knowing the situation at Fredericksburg), and I wondered why we were not to continue our advance and hurl Hooker into the river. Lee left the field at Chancellorsville immediately after giving me the above orders, and hastened to Early's support with McLaws's division, Mahone's brigade, and other troops, and compelled Sedgwick to retreat across the Rappahannock.
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3., The opposing forces in the Chancellorsville campaign. (search)
ieut.-Col. David W. Rowe (w); 129th Pa., Col. Jacob G. Frick; 134th Pa., Col. Edward O'Brien. Brigade loss: k, 21; w, 166; m, 53=240. Second Brigade, Col. Peter H. Allabach: 123d Pa., Col. John B. Clark; 131st Pa., Maj. Robert W. Patton; 133d Pa., Col. Franklin B. Speakman; 155th Pa., Lieut.-Col. John H. Cain. Brigade loss: k, 4; w, 31; in, 2=37. Artillery, Capt. Alanson M. Randol: C, 1st N. Y., Capt. Almont Barnes; E and G, 1st U. S., Capt. Alanson M. Randol. Sixth Army Corps, Maj.-Gen. John Sedgwick. Staff loss, w, 1; m, 1 =2. Escort: Maj. Hugh M. Janeway: L, 1st N. J. Cav., Lieut. Voorhees Dye; H, 1st Pa. Cav., Capt. William S. Craft. First division, Brig.-Gen. William T. H. Brooks. Staff loss: w, 1. Provost Guard: A, C, and H, 4th N. J., Capt. Charles Ewing. Loss: w, 1. First Brigade, Col. Henry W. Brown (w), Col. William H. Penrose, Col. Samuel L. Buck (w), Col. William H. Penrose: 1st N. J., Col. Mark W. Collet (k), Lieut.-Col. William Henry, Jr.; 2d N. J., Col. S
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3., Hooker's appointment and removal. (search)
e selection was found to lie among Hooker, Reynolds, and Meade. I have been told recently, on hearsay testimony, that Sedgwick was sounded and said he ought not to be appointed because he was a McClellan man. I never heard that Sedgwick was ever pSedgwick was ever proposed as successor to Burnside, and I cannot believe it, knowing the limited though warm regard of Secretary Stanton for him. Stanton always spoke of Sedgwick as a brave, thorough-going soldier, who staid in camp, gave Washington a wide berth, and Sedgwick as a brave, thorough-going soldier, who staid in camp, gave Washington a wide berth, and did not intrigue against his superiors; but I never heard him attribute to Sedgwick such high qualities for a great command as he imputed to some other officers of that army.--C. F. B. The first-named had a strong popular lead, but General Halleck, bSedgwick such high qualities for a great command as he imputed to some other officers of that army.--C. F. B. The first-named had a strong popular lead, but General Halleck, backed by the Secretary of War, contended that there were reasons of an imperative character why he should not be intrusted with an independent command of so high a degree of responsibility. Stress was laid upon the fact that in the dispositions for
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3., chapter 4.42 (search)
all the Confederate army had reached Gettysburg or its immediate vicinity, a large portion of the Army of the Potomac was still on the road. The Second Corps and Sykes, with two divisions of the Fifth, arrived about 7 A. M., Crawford's division not joining until noon; Lockwood's brigade--two regiments from Baltimore — at 8; De Trobriand's and Burling's brigades of the Third Corps, from Emmitsburg, at 9, and the Artillery Reserve and its large ammunition trains from Taneytown at 10:30 A. M. Sedgwick's Sixth Corps, the largest in the army, after a long night march from Manchester, thirty-four miles distant, reached Rock Creek at 4 P. M. The rapidity with which the army was assembled was creditable to it and to its commander. The heat was oppressive, the long marches, especially the night marches, were trying and had caused much straggling. All this morning Meade was busily engaged personally or by his staff in rectifying his lines, assigning positions to the commands as they came up
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