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Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 2. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book II:—the naval war. (search)
ear of running some risk, he was preparing for himself a disappointment similar to that which followed the evacuation of Yorktown. He had determined only to advance his divisions step by step, behind fortifications and breastworks, the zigzag of whiions. Like McClellan in Virginia, he would undertake nothing without the support of his siege artillery, and, as before Yorktown, the latter was ready to open fire on the very day when no one remained to reply to them. On the evening of the 27th,issippi and that of the Tennessee. This disappointment, following so close upon that which had caused the evacuation of Yorktown, produced a great sensation in the North. Beauregard had the double merit of having postponed this retreat as long as pBesides, Halleck might follow the example of the army of the Potomac, which, on the very day following the evacuation of Yorktown, had been able to overtake its adversaries at Williamsburg. But he only sent in pursuit of the Confederates a few detac
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 2. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book III:—Maryland. (search)
cted to enter Richmond before General McClellan, to show the latter how much he had been mistaken in advancing by way of Yorktown and Williamsburg. The Federal troops destined to operate against the Confederate capital were, therefore, divided into n which he had so manfully struggled, was sadly retracing his steps over the road which was to lead him to Williamsburg, Yorktown, Newport News, the theatre of the first incidents of this campaign, which had begun under such favorable auspices, and a same moment the last Federal soldier was crossing the Chickahominy, and on the 20th the whole army, distributed between Yorktown, Fortress Monroe and Newport News, was ready to embark at these three points as rapidly as the limited number of transpo of Reynolds and Porter had already disembarked. Keyes' corps was left to guard the extremity of the peninsula, between Yorktown and Fortress Monroe. Such was the distribution of the corps composing the army of one hundred thousand men, which had l
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 2. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book VI:—Virginia. (search)
s reorganization. But his inaction during the most favorable season for campaign purposes soon stirred up the impatient public, and reminded them of his temporizing policy at Washington in 1861, and in the beginning of the following year before Yorktown and on the Chickahominy. This impatience was fully shared by the Federal government. The difficult relations which had always existed between General McClellan and the Secretary of War had been aggravated by Halleck's appointment to the posts they occupied. It was in the midst of these painful circumstances that the army of the Potomac witnessed the close of the year 1862, the first of its active existence:--this year, which was marked by so many memorable events-by the siege of Yorktown, the comparatively successful battles of Williamsburg and Fair Oaks, the sanguinary but honorable defeats of Gaines' Mill and Glendale, and the success of Malvern Hill-this year, which had witnessed the disaster of Manassas, the fatal capitulati
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 2. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book VII:—politics. (search)
s shot. He finally set her on fire, and, taking one of the launches, reached Fort Macon safe and sound. On the same day three Federal steamers, leaving Yorktown, in Virginia, with a few companies of infantry, landed these troops for a few hours in one of the bays of Matthews county, on the Chesapeake coast, where they destroyedd new reinforcements, which enabled him at last to carry out his plan of campaign. Wessell's brigade, detached from Peck's division, which was stationed between Yorktown and Fort Monroe, had come to join him at Newberne, and on the 11th of December he set off with the four brigades placed under his command. This time the prelimier that we should speak of it in this place, for this operation must be considered as the sequel of those we have just related. Magruder, the able defender of Yorktown, had been appointed to the command of all the forces stationed in Texas during the month of December. As soon as he had arrived he set himself to work to prepar
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 2. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), chapter 8 (search)
on,Sykes. 1st Brigade (regular), Major Russell; 2d Brigade, Warren. Independent Division, McCall; 9514 men. （Pennsylvania Reserves.) 1st Brigade, Reynolds; 2d Brigade, Meade; 3d Brigade, Seymour. Iii. Report of the Confederate army at Williamsburg and Fair Oaks. We are not in possession of official documents to prepare full statements of the reports prior to the 26th of June, 1862, and can only give the following outline. On the 4th of May the army under Johnston at Yorktown, numbering about 55,000 men, was divided into four divisions: 1st, Magruder; 4 brigades, under D. R. Jones. 2d, G. Smith; 8 brigades, under Wilcox, A. P. Hill, Pickett, Colston, Hampton, Hood, Hatton and Whiting. 3d, D. H. Hill; 4 brigades, under Early, Rhodes, Garland and Rains. 4th, Longstreet; 4 or 5 brigades, under McLaws, Kershaw, Semmes and R. H. Anderson. On the 30th of May the army under Johnston at Richmond, about 70,000 strong, was divided into six divisions: 1st
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 3. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book I:—the war on the Rapidan. (search)
ble of frequent application. By means of false information conveyed to the Federal garrison of Yorktown, on the 7th of February, 1863, a squadron of the enemy was enticed into a narrow road bordered ion of Harrison's Landing. They had then preserved the important positions of Williamsburg and Yorktown on the Virginia peninsula, of Norfolk and Suffolk on the right bank of the James. These were porps, commanded by General Keyes, had charge of these positions. It occupied Fortress Monroe, Yorktown, and Fort Magruder near Williamsburg with one division; the other, under General Peck, was locaough to withdraw his materiel, and on the 3d of May, precisely one year after the evacuation of Yorktown, he abandoned all his positions, which were occupied on the following day by the Federal forcesly destroyed a large foundry, and, the object of the expedition being accomplished, returned to Yorktown without accident. The navy, as will be seen, afforded powerful aid to the landtroops scatter
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 3. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book II:—--the Mississippi. (search)
osed two divisions, the seventh being upon detached service. Johnston had received no reinforcements during the night except a few regiments from Georgia. When he found that the Federals were arriving in force by two routes, he realized the fact that he could no longer defend the city of Jackson, and immediate preparations were made for evacuating it. It was a delicate operation, but on this occasion he succeeded in deceiving Grant as completely as he had McClellan the preceding year at Yorktown. While the material of war, the money, and the archives of the State were being sent northward, in the direction of Canton, by the Mississippi Central Railroad, he placed nearly all his forces in an advantageous position along the road followed by McPherson, whose progress would have interrupted the evacuation, in order to hold this general in check as long as possible. A small body of skirmishers and a few field-pieces, which he had sacrificed, alone remained in the works adjoining the R
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 3. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book III:—Pennsylvania. (search)
ence of strategic positions; but whereas Longstreet had brought back his army corps to Fredericksburg, Keyes was left at Yorktown with forces too small to exercise any serious influence over military operations, and yet sufficiently numerous to make uthorities, who had encouraged this scheme, acknowledged that it was impracticable, but only after Keyes had returned to Yorktown without having encountered a solitary enemy or attempted aught against Richmond. As will be seen presently, this fruitlk had so improperly left in the peninsula of Virginia had likewise taken the field. The Fourth army corps, assembled at Yorktown and Williamsburg under Keyes, was transported by water about the 20th of June to White House, where a brigade of cavalryand from eight to ten thousand of the twelve thousand who under Keyes were occupying their leisure hours in the lines of Yorktown in projecting a sudden descent upon Richmond. In short, by leaving in Baltimore the thirty-five hundred men charged wit
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 3. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book IV:—Third winter. (search)
oring has been broken. In the midst of the inevitable confusion of such an occurrence two hours pass before the communication is re-established. The First corps is not assembled on the Virginia bank until nine o'clock on the morning of the 14th. It is now Hill's turn to cross the river. But it has been daylight during the last five hours. What has happened in the Federals' camp? They have been keeping good watch at the outposts, and yet nothing has been seen, nothing found out. As at Yorktown, at Corinth, and still on other occasions, the first news of the Confederate troops' retreat is brought by a negro, whose statement is received with but little credence. Stuart's movements, it is true, have been signalled from three o'clock in the morning, and at daybreak Kilpatrick has sent Custer's brigade to reconnoitre toward Williamsport. But it is only at half-past 6 o'clock that the first official news of the evacuation of the enemy's camps comes to Meade: at half-past 8 he does n
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 4. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book III:—the Third winter. (search)
have spoken above. They therefore shut themselves up within the place. But with their retreat the most difficult part of the siege was going to commence. The cannon on Fort Wagner, which no bombardment had yet been able to dismantle, having no longer that curtain of sharpshooters before them, could thenceforth concentrate their fire on the narrow space in which the besiegers were obliged to proceed: torpedoes had been scattered there in plenty. These torpedoes were either shells, as at Yorktown, or boxes filled with powder, intended primarily to float in the passes: they were buried and provided with a very sensitive percussion apparatus. Placed after the assault of July 18th, they presented a formidable obstacle to any fresh attempts of this character, and increased the dangers of the sap. But the discovery of these engines, which cost the lives of several men, reassured at the same time the besiegers against the much more serious perils of the sallies. By surrounding themselv
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