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Fitzhugh Lee, General Lee, Chapter 10: Sharpsburg and Fredericksburg. (search)
te of two hundred per day. A majority of the officers, too, were hostile to the policy of the Government, and the number of absentees without leave amounted to 2,922 officers and 81,964 non-commissioned officers and privates, while the express trains to the army were filled with citizens' clothing, sent to assist soldiers to desert. Hooker, by judicious furloughs, stopped this in a measure, filled up his ranks, instilled discipline, gave leaves to the officers, consolidated his cavalry into a corps, and replaced the Corps d'armee or Grand Divisions by an army organization of seven corps, commanded by, First, Reynolds; Second, Couch; Third, Sickles; Fifth, Meade; Sixth, Sedgwick; Eleventh, Howard; and Twelfth, Slocum. Then he began to study strategy, for Mr. Lincoln had said, Go forward and give us victories. Lee's army, his objective point, must be reachedbut how? The more the problem was considered the more he was convinced its solution involved reaching General Lee's left rear.
Fitzhugh Lee, General Lee, Chapter 11: Chancellorsville. (search)
his left and attack in reverse his fortified lines. The next day Sickles's Third Corps, having assisted Sedgwick to demonstrate, went to Hoement as well as to precede it. As early as 8 A. M. Birney, of Sickles's corps, reported a continuous column of infantry trains and ambuon Howard's left, whose corps formed the right of the Union army. Sickles sent a battery forward to a commanding position on his front and fr his brigade, in reserve at that point, was selected to assist in Sickles's pursuit. At 9.30 A. M. Hooker notified Slocum and Howard tha was in full retreat toward Gordonsville, and that he had sent out Sickles to capture his artillery; and at 4.10 P. M., the hour Jackson was k: We know the enemy is flying, trying to save his trains. Two of Sickles's divisions are among them. About 3 P. M. Jackson's van reachednnoissance. Quickly there was a blind panic and great confusion. Sickles, who had moved to the front from his place in line to attack Jacks
Fitzhugh Lee, General Lee, Chapter 12: Gettysburg. (search)
riginal status. At sunset two brigades of Sickles's Third Corps arrived; Sickles in person reacSickles in person reached the field an hour earlier. They would have been too late, and would have been recalled to Pipeven, even then had some elements of success. Sickles, with the Third Corps, had become dissatisfietreet was to drive in. There was much behind Sickles, and Longstreet was attacking the Marye Hill y his Texas scouts, that instead of attacking Sickles's left he could turn Round Top, he sent threelate when they began to fight. The attack on Sickles's corps was bravely made and bravely resistedr its possession there was furious fighting. Sickles first, and then Warren, Meade's chief engineemportant position. Longstreet did not engage Sickles alone, for the Fifth Corps, part of the Seconnemy's left, and the Federal main line behind Sickles's outlying corps was intact. After the partition of Greene's brigade) had gone to support Sickles against Longstreet's attack, and captured pri[5 more...]
Fitzhugh Lee, General Lee, Index. (search)
d, 14. Sheridan, General Philip H., notice of, 327; cavalry raid, 343; sent to the Valley, 352; victory at Fisher's Hill, 353; defeats Early, 353; at Five Forks, 377; at Titusville, 383. Sherman, Senator, John, 103. Sherman, General William T., at Savannah, 368; marching North, 370; at Goldsborough, 372; advice about Lee, 374. Shields, General, James, 39, 52, 144. Shippen, Dr., William, 8. Shirley on the James, 16, 20. Shropshire Lees, 2, 3. Sibley Tent, the, 72. Sickles, General D. E., 244, 248, 273, 281. Sigel, General, 179, 190, 192, 341. Slavery abolished, 219. Slocum, General Henry W., 187, 248, 290. Smith, General Gustavus W., 138, 139, 147, 148, 181. Smith, General Purcifor F., mentioned, 41; noticed, 46, 47. Smith, General William F., 227, 266, 341, 342, 346, 347. Solferino flag, the, 327. Sorrel, General, mentioned, 390. Southern cavalry, 154. Spottswood, Alexander, 21. Spottsylvania Court House, 259, 333. Stafford Heights, 225.