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Brigadier-General Ellison Capers, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 5, South Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 16: (search)
nant-General Longstreet commanding. Buckner's corps, Major-General Buckner: Stewart's division, 4 brigades, 4 batteries; Preston's division, 3 brigades, 3 batterier side of the road from Reed's bridge toward Kelly's. Early in the afternoon, Stewart's division in front of Vineyard's, and Hood's on his left, vigorously attacked. Stewart drove in the Federal center and crossed the Chattanooga road, but was repulsed. The battle of Stewart and Hood was vigorous and aggressive from the startStewart and Hood was vigorous and aggressive from the start, but was not reinforced and was repulsed from the road. Stewart nor Hood had artillery, and neither could hold what was gained at and beyond the road. Thus endeStewart nor Hood had artillery, and neither could hold what was gained at and beyond the road. Thus ended the battle of the 19th. Rosecrans held the ridge of the Chattanooga road, formed and strengthened his line during the night, and Bragg called his corps commandersutenant-General Longstreet's wing was organized from right to left as follows: Stewart (touching Cleburne), Johnson, Hood, McLaws, Hindman and Preston. The line of
Brigadier-General Ellison Capers, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 5, South Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 19: (search)
, and May 25th found them in rear of and supporting Stewart's division at New Hope church. They were not engagattack upon Thomas on Peachtree creek by Hardee and Stewart (Polk's corps), while his corps, under Cheatham, me's southeastward flank and rear, while Cheatham and Stewart attacked in front. In this hard-fought battle of Jacon railroad. Hood was holding on to Atlanta with Stewart's corps, and the militia of Georgia, the latter undetired to Lovejoy's Station, where he was joined by Stewart's and Lee's corps. No dates were given by General Hood. Stewart and Lee did not reach Lovejoy's until the evening of the 3d, and Sherman's advance was deployingy by the pickets, and again on the 3d, so that when Stewart and Lee came up from Atlanta on General Hardee's ril-chosen position by the reinforcement of Lee's and Stewart's corps. If the attack of August 31st was disappoithe front and Carter's and Strahl's the rear line. Stewart's corps was on the right of the pike. At 4 o'clock
Brigadier-General Ellison Capers, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 5, South Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 21: (search)
ll was put in command at Augusta, Ga. The greatly depleted corps of S. D. Lee, Stewart and Cheatham, army of Tennessee, were on their way to reinforce General Hardeeerman, Lee's corps of the army of Tennessee having arrived, and Cheatham's and Stewart's being on the way, had the following effective strength: Hardee's command, reavalry, 6,700. Army of Tennessee: Lee's corps, 4,000; Cheatham's corps, 3,000; Stewart's corps, 3,000; artillery, 800; total, 10,800. Grand total, 33,450. On, acco was surrendered at 9 a. m. by Mayor Charles Macbeth. Generals Cheatham and Stewart had by this time brought what remained of their corps, pitifully few in numbertacked, but repulsed every assault. Next day there was heavy skirmishing, and Stewart's and Taliaferro's skirmishers were thrown forward, who found that Sherman, ha. On the 19th, before the arrival of Hardee to take position between Hoke and Stewart, Hampton held the gap in the line with two South Carolina batteries of horse a
Brigadier-General Ellison Capers, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 5, South Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Additional Sketches Illustrating the services of officers and Privates and patriotic citizens of South Carolina. (search)
ch he served for a period of six months, and was then appointed assistant adjutant-general on the staff of Gen. Wade Hampton, then commanding a cavalry brigade of Stewart's division, army of Northern Virginia. During the remainder of the war he was associated with the famous career of General Hampton and his command in the Marylanr among them. Since 1875 he has labored almost exclusively among the negroes of the State as a missionary and bishop in the Reformed Episcopal church. Major James M. Stewart, clerk of court of Pickens county, S. C., was born in that county May 16, 1839. His father was Robert Stewart, of Pickens county. When the war began he auga. During a portion of this time he was detailed as a member of the signal corps of McLaws' division, and as such was brought into contact with Generals Lee, Stewart and Early. After the battle of Chickamauga he was transferred as second lieutenant to Company H, Sixty-fourth Georgia regiment, then stationed in Florida. He op