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Colonel Theodore Lyman, With Grant and Meade from the Wilderness to Appomattox (ed. George R. Agassiz), IV. Cold Harbor (search)
in great fear of Rebel sharpshooters! Baldy Smith arrived, by steamer, at Whitehouse, from Bermuulsing the enemy till Wright could arrive. Baldy Smith too was marching from Whitehouse and came us right. . . . There was a desperate charge on Smith and Wright at Cool Arbor and the sound of musk and were driven back just the same way. . . . Smith had orders to report to General Meade and so bwere here, and here, too, I first beheld Baldy Smith, a short, quite portly man, with a light-brownion; he sent only part of his forces, under Baldy Smith, who had reinforced Butler, which captured during the day), and there form on his left. Smith, meantime, had hit the enemy, some three or foant and his Staff coming back. Well, he said; Smith has taken a line of works there, stronger thanters where I please. I please here. Off goes Smith to Washington, mysteriously. Down pounces Butust at dark, and from an elevated position, as Smith would say, watched the flashes of the sharpsho[11 more...]
Colonel Theodore Lyman, With Grant and Meade from the Wilderness to Appomattox (ed. George R. Agassiz), V. Manoeuvres about Petersburg (search)
V. Manoeuvres about Petersburg [ if we only could have been a little quicker and more driving, we might have had Petersburg at a mouthful, wrote Lyman some days after the Army of the Potomac had crossed the James. The strategy of Grant had deceived Lee, who failed to divine the movement, and did nothing therefore to impede it. Rhodes, IV, 488. Butler, in command of the Army of the James, was encamped at Bermuda Hundred. Grant ordered him to advance and capture Petersburg. But Butler did not rise to the occasion; he sent only part of his forces, under Baldy Smith, who had reinforced Butler, which captured some strong outer fortifications but which did not advance on the city, although it was feebly garrisoned. When Grant and Meade arrived, the town had been reinforced. The attacks of June 16, 17, and 18 were repulsed with great loss to the Union forces. No new assaults were ordered, and the investment of Petersburg began.]
Colonel Theodore Lyman, With Grant and Meade from the Wilderness to Appomattox (ed. George R. Agassiz), chapter 7 (search)
l. I have arranged it all with the steward; we shall sit together, said this foxy one. Long before the hour, they all went down and stood against the door, like the queue at a French theatre. One of them came up, a little after, wiping his mouth; and asked me with surprising suddenness, if I was on the side of the Lord. They were mostly Methodists, and of course very pious. One of the soldiers on the lower deck, suddenly cried out: Oh, H----! upon which a Christian Commissioner said: Mr. Smith, did you think to bring a bundle of the tracts on swearing? I told him I hoped he had brought a good many, and of several kinds, as there was a wide field in the army. All of which reminds me of an anecdote. A group of these gentlemen, going on foot and with their carpet-bags towards the front, were addressed by a veteran with Hullo! Got any lemons to sell? No, my friend, we belong to the army of the Lord. Veteran, with deep scorn: Oh, ye — es; stragglers! Stragglers! I respect the
Colonel Theodore Lyman, With Grant and Meade from the Wilderness to Appomattox (ed. George R. Agassiz), chapter 9 (search)
Mrs. H--, and the Noble Patron, Mr. H--. These two seemed to take us all under their protection, and, so to speak, to run the machine. Mrs. was plump, fair, and getting towards forty. Mr. was of suitable age, stout, looked as if fond of good dinners, and apparently very tender on Mrs., for he continually smiled sweetly at her. Also he is a large legal gun and part proprietor of the Philadelphia Enquirer. Then there was a pale, no-account couple, Dr. and Mrs. G--. The Doctor's sister was Mrs. Smith, to whom Rosie attached himself with devotion that threatened the tranquillity of the absent S. All these, and more, were carted over to the Headquarters, where the General bowed them into his tent and cried out very actively: Now Lyman, where are all my young men? I want all of them. So I hunted all that were not already on hand, and they were introduced and were expected to make themselves as agreeable as possible. Without delay we were again en voyage (I, being sharp, got on a horse,
Colonel Theodore Lyman, With Grant and Meade from the Wilderness to Appomattox (ed. George R. Agassiz), Index (search)
, 148. Buford, John, 15, 40, 50; described, 21; advice to a volunteer aide, 35. Bullets, explosive, 102. Burnside, Ambrose Everett, 87, 91, 93, 94, 96, 97, 106, 108, 110, 114, 128, 134, 140, 211; at church, 120; corps incorporated, 127; at Smith's, 149; at Petersburg, 164, 167, 168, 197; mine, 199, 200, 310. Bushwhacking, 295. Butler, Benjamin Franklin, 118; orders demonstration, 68; Petersburg and, 160; described, 192; Smith and, 192; visit to, 193, 204, 279; sharpshooters and, 20Smith and, 192; visit to, 193, 204, 279; sharpshooters and, 205; Dutch Gap canal, 213, 282; stampeded, 237; cabinet rumor, 266; devices, 284. Cabot, Louis, 353. Cadwalader, Charles E., 69, 130, 210. Cadwalader, S., 359. Calling the hours, 276. Cameron, Simon, 317. Cannon, management of, 202; wooden, 242. Carr, Joseph Bradford, 67, 180. Carroll, Samuel Sprigg, 92, 139. Casey, Silas, 262. Castle-Cuffe, Viscount, see O'Connor. Cattle, stampede of, 275. Cavada, Adolph, 65, 210. Cavalry, southern, 125; boastfulness, 346. Chambliss, J