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Oliver Otis Howard, Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general , United States army : volume 1, Chapter 10: camping in Washington; in command of a brigade (search)
ad broken in — the major, the surgeon, the captains and lieutenants, and the entire staff; I recall the faces. The hard drill was the real beginning of our repute. Washington came at sunset in carriages to witness our evening parade. I had these men in but one battle, but they had a great history, especially after Colonel Moses Lakeman, one of my captains, succeeded Staples as colonel. Being called the Fighting Colonel, he developed the energies of his regiment till it took high rank in Sickles's corps. It gave any flank strength to find the Third Maine there. Its presence made a rear guard confident, but its own chief pride in campaign or battle was to be in the lead. The officers very soon looked back to that exacting first colonel who insisted on close discipline and much drill, and forgave his severity. But at first there was considerable chafing; my brother, still a private in the regiment, on June 29th wrote to a friend: We had a good deal of excitement the night of tak
Oliver Otis Howard, Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general , United States army : volume 1, Chapter 22: battle of Chancellorsville (search)
-First Corps, Reynolds; Second, Couch; Third, Sickles; Fifth, Meade; Sixth, Sedgwick; Eleventh, Hown Thursday evening. Friday morning at dawn Sickles completed his march and joined us on the fron Hancock's angle, or that between Slocum and Sickles, were most favorable points. I sent out my cl the fight continue till help came. Was not Sickles's whole corps at hand Would not he simply facmoving troops of Jackson were seen by some of Sickles's skirmishers. This was reported to Sickles,Sickles, and by him to General Hooker. A strong reconnoissance was made. Clark's battery, well supported,eorgia Regiment, left behind, deployed toward Sickles to hold the corner where the road changed direction. This resistance caused Sickles, with Hooker's consent, to send forward two and a half mile the case, Hooker directed Slocum to support Sickles's left, and I received orders by Captain Moorm alone; upon that theory the move he made of Sickles, Slocum, and Barlow during Saturday was not b[18 more...]
Oliver Otis Howard, Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general , United States army : volume 1, Chapter 23: campaign of Gettysburg (search)
ell the feelings displayed and the opinions entertained by our military men at General Hooker's council of war just before we returned from Chancellorsville. General Sickles, then the able commander of the Third Corps, was very frank. Though our army was still so strong, much of it as yet unhurt, and though the other general offindependent bodies. At any rate, he had the awkward number of eight small corps, besides his artillery. John F. Reynolds commanded the First, Hancock the Second, Sickles the Third, Meade the Fifth, Sedgwick the Sixth, Howard the Eleventh, Slocum the Twelfth, and Pleasonton the cavalry; while Hunt had general charge of the artilleration, came to Catlett's Station. General J. F. Reynolds was given a wing of the army, just then the right; it consisted of the First (his own corps), the Third (Sickles's), and the Eleventh (mine). When I was at Catlett's, the First was a little west of south of me at Bealton Station, and the Third Corps, which had begun its marc
Oliver Otis Howard, Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general , United States army : volume 1, Chapter 24: the battle of Gettysburg begun (search)
Run, about five miles from Gettysburg; the Eleventh, under my command, remained at Emmittsburg for that day; the Third (Sickles's corps) moved from Taneytown to a point near Emmittsburg; the Twelfth (Slocum's) went forward and encamped near Littlesgain by Captain Hall to Schurz and to the reserve artillery under Major Osborn; by Captain Pearson to Barlow; then on to Sickles, ordering him up from Emmittsburg. Thence the news was borne to General Meade at Taneytown. A message was also sent toagainst us that night. This, to turn our right in column, our well-posted batteries thwarted. As the darkness fell General Sickles, having at once heeded my call, had arrived from Emmittsburg, and the remainder of the army, with General Meade at ioops. Ames, who succeeded Barlow, formed his entire division to the right of that regiment. After the battle Slocum, Sickles, and I took 9ur headquarters on the ground near the gatekeeper's cottage. Mrs. Peter Thorn, whose husband was a soldier
Oliver Otis Howard, Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general , United States army : volume 1, Chapter 25: the battle of Gettysburg; the second and third day (search)
th positive praise from some other commanders. General Sickles joined us as we were talking. I told Meade at for Slocum's division had come up and been placed. Sickles had heeded my call and was on hand with a part of hlf as equally confident: It is good for defense. Sickles, who had been able to get a glimpse of the Round Tort front on the highest ground by Zeigler's Grove. Sickles gathered the Third Corps and tried to fill the wholer was in the vicinity of our left during July 2d. Sickles's position was questioned; it was outside of the natect his left, it was a fortunate circumstance that Sickles had pushed out as he did, simply that it gained timongstreet over two hours to dislodge and drive back Sickles and the supports Meade sent him, and caused a most Hill, to face the eastern half of Ewell's corps. Sickles, like Hood, was at last badly wounded and carried fition of Lee's guns. Near the ground occupied by Sickles at the beginning of the battle of July 2d, extendin