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L. P. Brockett, The camp, the battlefield, and the hospital: or, lights and shadows of the great rebellion, List of illustrations. (search)
al Heintzelman. 9. General Sherman. 10. General Rosecrans. 11. General Logan. 12. General Howard. 13. General Slocum. 14. General Robert McCOOK. 15. General McCLERNAND. 16. Lieutenant-General Scott 17. General Halleck. 1S. General Dix. 19. General Casey. 20. General Franklin. 21. General Buell. 22. General shields. 23. General McCLELLAN. 24. General Foster. 25. General Terry. 26. General Sykes. 27. General Gillmore. 28. General Wallace. 29. General Garfield. 30. General Schofield. 31. General Sheridan. 32. General Kilpatrick 33. General Custer 34. General Buford 35. General Merritt 36. General Averill 37. General Torbert. 38. General Sedgwick. 39. General McPHERSON. 40. General Reynolds. 41. General Wadsworth. 42. General Sumner. 43. General Kearney. 44. General Lyon 45. General Birney. 46. General Mitchell. 47. General Reno. 48. General Grierson 49. General Rousseau. 51. General Wilson. 51. General Kautz. 52. General Stoneman. 63. General Pleasonton. u4. General Gregg. 56. Vice Adm
L. P. Brockett, The camp, the battlefield, and the hospital: or, lights and shadows of the great rebellion, Portraits. (search)
al Heintzelman. 9. General Sherman. 10. General Rosecrans. 11. General Logan. 12. General Howard. 13. General Slocum. 14. General Robert McCOOK. 15. General McCLERNAND. 16. Lieutenant-General Scott 17. General Halleck. 1S. General Dix. 19. General Casey. 20. General Franklin. 21. General Buell. 22. General shields. 23. General McCLELLAN. 24. General Foster. 25. General Terry. 26. General Sykes. 27. General Gillmore. 28. General Wallace. 29. General Garfield. 30. General Schofield. 31. General Sheridan. 32. General Kilpatrick 33. General Custer 34. General Buford 35. General Merritt 36. General Averill 37. General Torbert. 38. General Sedgwick. 39. General McPHERSON. 40. General Reynolds. 41. General Wadsworth. 42. General Sumner. 43. General Kearney. 44. General Lyon 45. General Birney. 46. General Mitchell. 47. General Reno. 48. General Grierson 49. General Rousseau. 51. General Wilson. 51. General Kautz. 52. General Stoneman. 63. General Pleasonton. u4. General Gregg. 56. Vice Adm
L. P. Brockett, The camp, the battlefield, and the hospital: or, lights and shadows of the great rebellion, Part 2: daring enterprises of officers and men. (search)
hin is delivering brave words in bad English; Sheridan-little Phil --you may easily look down upon ht the battery let fly its six guns, showering Sheridan with earth. Alluding to that compliment with uttered words that rang like Napoleon's, and Sheridan, the rowels at his horse's flanks, was ready murs, far down the valley of the Chickamauga; Sheridan was again in the saddle, and with his commandy punished to be willing to remain quiet, General Sheridan made a flying visit to his out-stations aafterward found to his sorrow was false, that Sheridan had gone with the Sixth Corps to join the Armrd Winchester. How all this was changed by Sheridan's arrival, let Captain de Forest, himself a sich presented no natural line of resistance. Sheridan's plan was to push them off the crests by a tre a certainty. The victory was pushed, as Sheridan has pushed all his victories, to the utmost pdinary. Two days after the battle I saw near Sheridan's headquarters a row of forty-nine pieces of [15 more...]
L. P. Brockett, The camp, the battlefield, and the hospital: or, lights and shadows of the great rebellion, The capture of Mission Ridge. (search)
ouch it with your hand. The divisions of Wood and Sheridan are wading breast deep in the valley of death. onverged their fire down upon Baird, and Wood, and Sheridan. It was rifles and musketry; it was grape and can Turchin is delivering brave words in bad English; Sheridan-little Phil --you may easily look down upon him wisaid the general. Quietly filling the pewter cup, Sheridan looks up at the battery that frowns above him, bynstant the battery let fly its six guns, showering Sheridan with earth. Alluding to that compliment with any over the mountains as their forefathers went! As Sheridan rode up to the guns, the heels of Breckinridge's h Wood uttered words that rang like Napoleon's, and Sheridan, the rowels at his horse's flanks, was ready for alanders. Bayonets glinted and muskets rattled General Sheridan's horse was killed under him; Richard was not n murmurs, far down the valley of the Chickamauga; Sheridan was again in the saddle, and with his command spur
L. P. Brockett, The camp, the battlefield, and the hospital: or, lights and shadows of the great rebellion, Sheridan at Middletown. (search)
ase, only by the aid of reinforcements. In Sheridan's case, there were no reinforcements except hy punished to be willing to remain quiet, General Sheridan made a flying visit to his out-stations ard Winchester. How all this was changed by Sheridan's arrival, let Captain de Forest, himself a sate struggle of five hours, we were joined by Sheridan, who had passed the night in Winchester, on tion, and suspense. Then came a message from Sheridan to Emory that the enemy in column were advan was visible. Emory immediately sent word to Sheridan that the attack had been repulsed. That's good, that's good! Sheridan answered, gayly. Thank God for that! Now then, tell General Emory if from the crest and wood which we had gained. Sheridan dashed along the front, re-organizing the lin, bloody, and disastrous conflict. As one of Sheridan's staff officers followed up our first divisir way to Martinsburg, spreading the news that Sheridan's army had been totally defeated, and that th[6 more...]
L. P. Brockett, The camp, the battlefield, and the hospital: or, lights and shadows of the great rebellion, Rallying a flying brigade. (search)
ps in the field. But the attempt to rally them when flying almost invariably proves a failure. They may stop for a few moments, but presently they will be edging off in another direction. In the attack of Sherman's troops upon Fort Buckner, in the battle of Chattanooga, however, an exception to this general rule occurred. A flying brigade was stopped in its flight, and turned again and marched instantly upon the enemy. An eyewitness thus relates the incident, which has no parallel save Sheridan's turning back his flying men at Middletown: It was a partial repulse, but that momentary episode of the battle will reflect undying honor on the army of which those repulsed troops formed a part. I know not the cause — the rebel artillery may have been concentrated upon it, but one brigade broke-broke in utter confusion, I thought, as I saw it, and the men came rushing down the hill. The others still stood, and the reinforcements continued to move forward. But the retreating troops did
L. P. Brockett, The camp, the battlefield, and the hospital: or, lights and shadows of the great rebellion, My capture and escape from Mosby. (search)
e into the gorgeous forest of crimson and gold below Front Royal. It is the day of the regular train, and a thousand army wagons are already rolling away from Sheridan's headquarters down the famous Valley Pike, to bring food and raiment to a shivering and hungry army. I spring into the saddle, and Belle, in excellent spirits,y executed eight of your poor fellows on the valley pike, your highway of travel, in retaliation for my men hung at Front Royal; and I have to-day written to General Sheridan, informing him of it, and proposing a cessation of such horrible work, which every true soldier cannot but abhor. I sincerely hope he will assent to it. e dreary Libby. All of the guard confirmed Mosby's statement as to the organization of his band and the execution of our men the day previous; and his letter to Sheridan in regard to it has since been published, and certainly speaks for itself of the business-like habits of its author. Our party of eleven were assigned to one