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Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 2. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.) 211 5 Browse Search
William Swinton, Campaigns of the Army of the Potomac 174 24 Browse Search
Edward Porter Alexander, Military memoirs of a Confederate: a critical narrative 107 1 Browse Search
Maj. Jed. Hotchkiss, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 3, Virginia (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 63 1 Browse Search
Brigadier-General Ellison Capers, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 5, South Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 47 5 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 10. (ed. Frank Moore) 42 34 Browse Search
A. J. Bennett, private , First Massachusetts Light Battery, The story of the First Massachusetts Light Battery , attached to the Sixth Army Corps : glance at events in the armies of the Potomac and Shenandoah, from the summer of 1861 to the autumn of 1864. 38 6 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 10. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 37 7 Browse Search
Jubal Anderson Early, Ruth Hairston Early, Lieutenant General Jubal A. Early , C. S. A. 37 3 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 9. (ed. Frank Moore) 36 10 Browse Search
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Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Chapter 22: (search)
s plan of General Johnston the battle at Seven Pines General Johnston wounded advance of General Sumner conflict on the right delay of General Huger reports of the enemy losses strength of fout had not reached such height as to prevent the enemy from using his bridges; consequently, General Sumner, during the engagement, brought over his corps as a reenforcement. He was on the north sideght have been—to have crushed or put to flight first Keyes's and then Heintzelman's corps before Sumner crossed the Chickahominy, between five and six o'clock in the evening. By the official reportd a numerical superiority of about 2,500. Adopting the same method to calculate the strength of Sumner's corps, we find it to have been 18,724, which would give the enemy in round numbers a force of 16,000 in excess of ours after General Sumner crossed the Chickahominy. Both combatants claimed the victory. I have presented the evidence in support of our claim. The withdrawal of the Confedera
Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Chapter 25: (search)
ates government at the commencement of 1862 the willing aid of United States Congress attempt to legislate the subversion of our social institutions slavery the cause of all troubles statements of President Lincoln's inaugural declaration of Sumner abolition legislation the power based on necessity the system of legislation devised confiscation how permitted by the law of nations views of Wheaton; of J. Q. Adams; of Secretary Marcy; of Chief Justice Marshall nature of confiscation anch, 1861, President Lincoln said: I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so. The leader (Sumner) of the Abolition party in Congress, on February 25, 1861, said in the Senate, I take this occasion to declare most explicitly that I do not think that Congress has any right to interfere with slavery in a State. The principle thus announced had
Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Chapter 34: (search)
s of artillery, upward of twenty thousand stands of small arms, numerous colors, and a large amount of stores, besides those taken by General Jackson at Manassas Junction, were captured. Major General Pope in his report says: The whole force that I had at Centreville, as reported to me by the corps commanders, on the morning of the 1st of September was as follows: McDowell's corps, 10,000 men; Sigel's corps, about 7,000; Heintzelman's corps, about 6,000; Reno's, 6,000; Banks's, 5,000; Sumner's, 11,000; Porter's, 10,000; Franklin's, 8,000—in all, 63,000 men. . . . The small fraction of 20,500 men was all of the 91,000 veteran troops from Harrison's Landing which ever drew trigger under my command. Our losses in the engagement at Manassas Plains were considerable. The number killed was 1,090; wounded, 6,154—total, 7,244. The loss of the enemy in killed, wounded, and missing was estimated between 15,000 and 20,000. The strength of our army in July and September is stated on
Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Chapter 35: (search)
were immediately deployed and put to work. Every man was engaged. We had no reserve. The fighting was heaviest and most continuous on the Confederate left. It is established by Federal evidence that the three corps of Hooker, Mansfield, and Sumner were completely shattered in the repeated but fruitless efforts to turn this flank, and two of these corps were rendered useless for further aggressive movements. The aggregate strength of the attacking column at this point reached forty thousan with which to resist their fierce and oft-repeated assaults. The disproportion in the center and on our right was as great as, or even more decided than, on our left. In the Report of Committee on the Conduct of the War, Part I, p. 368, General Sumner testifies as follows: General Hooker's corps was dispersed; there is no question about that. I sent one of my staff-officers to find where they were, and General Ricket's, the only officer he could find, said that he could not raise thre
Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Chapter 37: (search)
lan crossed the Potomac east of the Blue Ridge and advanced southward, seizing the passes of the mountains as he progressed. In the latter part of the month he began to incline eastwardly from the mountains, moving in the direction of Warrenton, about which he finally concentrated, his cavalry being thrown forward beyond the Rappahannock in the direction of Culpeper Court House. On November 15th the enemy was in motion. The indications were that Fredericksburg was again to be occupied. Sumner's corps had marched in the direction of Falmouth, and gunboats and transports had entered Aquia Creek. McLaws's and Ransom's divisions were ordered to proceed to that city; on the 21st it became apparent that the whole army—under General Burnside, who had succeeded General McClellan—was concentrating on the north side of the Rappahannock. About November 26th Jackson was directed to advance toward Fredericksburg. As some of the enemy's gunboats had appeared in the river at Port Royal,
Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Index (search)
ewart, Gen. A. P., 41, 360, 361, 486, 489, 534. Stone, Colonel, 531. Stoneman, General, 475, 621, 622. Strahl, General. Death, 489. Streight, Colonel, 356. Stribling, Lieutenant, 218. Stuart, Gen. J. E. B., 79, 87, 93, 111, 117, 128, 131,269,270,271,273, 278, 281, 296, 302, 303, 310, 367, 370, 426, 427, 437. Description of skirmish at White House, Va., 128-29. Skirmish with Sheridan at Yellow Tavern, 427-28. Death, 428. Sullivan, Michael, 200. Patrick, 200. Thomas, 201. Sumner, General, 102, 105, 106, 137, 275, 286,294. Testimony on battle of Sharpsburg, Va., 286. Sumter (ship), 210, 237. Preparation for action, 206-07. Activities, 207-08. Supreme Court (U. S.) Case of John Merryman, 391-92. Surratt, John H., 417. Mary E., 417. Susquehanna (steamer), 63. Swann, Judge, 30. Swayne, General, 634. Swinton, —, 73. T Tacony (ship), 237. Taliaferro, General, 93, 164, 266, 268, 269, 272,296. Tallahassee (warship), 222, 237. Taney, —, 291. Tatn