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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 37. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Review of the Gettysburg campaign. (search)
s, and the only remaining troops left upon Cemetery Hill, consisted of a single brigade with some aundertakes to show, that the possession of Cemetery Hill on the afternoon of the 1st, by the Confe no question but what a combined attack on Cemetery Hill, made within an hour, would have been succto say, that if the Confederates had taken Cemetery Hill the first day, they would have accomplished upon a line of defense so impregnable as Cemetery Hill and Round Top proved to be. In the enga. From this point the country was open to Cemetery Hill opposite, and the heights south of it, andivisions being posted along the crest from Cemetery Hill towards Round Top, connecting on the right held the town, sweeping round the base of Cemetery Hill, and ending on the left in front of Culps s divisions were posted along the crest of Cemetery Hill, facing to the west. A stone wall ran ju the artillery of the 2d corps and that on Cemetery Hill, that while on the lookout for a favorable[3 more...]
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 37. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.34 (search)
and gives evidence as to one of the occasions upon which General Early advised an assault on Cemetery Hill that afternoon. Colonel Harry Gilmore, of Maryland, in his book, Four Years in the Saddle, ne could have captured the Federal works and driven away the Federal army from the summit of Cemetery Hill as his book intimates, he would have done with this handful of soldiers, had he not been halfacts which induced General Ewell to advance his corps on the afternoon of the first against Cemetery Hill. That fact was the message that came from our left that the enemy were there appearing, an lying between us and the suburbs of Gettysburg, which was situated on the slope approaching Cemetery Hill, and was about twelve hundred or fourteen hundred yards distant. The other three batterither part of his report he says: The enemy had fallen back to a commanding position known as Cemetery Hill, south of Gettysburg, and quickly showed a formidable front there. On entering the town I r
Adam Badeau, Military history of Ulysses S. Grant from April 1861 to April 1865. Volume 3, Index (search)
06-231: self-abnegation, 261; at Cold Harbor, 280 281, 289, 299; on the Chickahominy, 348. 348; crosses the James, 363; first assaults on Petersburg, 365, 375; Cemetery Hill and the nine, 465, 479-482; granted leave of absence, II., 489. Butler, General B. F. his part in general campaign of 1864, II. 31, 33, 34, 44-47, 86, 89; vampaign, 329; first assaults on Petersburg, 372; movement of June 22, 1864, 384; at St. Mary's church, 398; Wilson's raid, 411; at battle of Darbytown, 471; at Cemetery Hill, 483; at Weldon road, 515; at Ream's station, 531; at Kenesaw mountain, 538; in Atlanta campaign, 546, at battle of Winchester, III., 30; at Fisher's hill, 33;t Fort Fisher, 343. White, Captain, gallant feat of, i., 319. Wilcox, General O. B., in East Tennessee, i., 484; at Spottsylvania, II., II., 148, 149; at Cemetery hill, 480-490; at battle of Ream's station, 530. Wilderness, battle of the, II., 106-125; observations and reflections on, 127-131; results of, 131. Wilmingto
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 2. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book VI:—Virginia. (search)
e one at the north-west, Stansbury Hill, the one in the centre, Cemetery Hill; that at the south-east bears more particularly the name of Mart four hundred metres before entering this town, on a line with Cemetery Hill, a large ditch, which carries off the waste water of the canal,olutely necessary to pass in order to approach the positions of Cemetery Hill or Marye's Hill. The road from Fredericksburg to Orange Court-nges of hills. That on the left, consisting of Stansbury Hill, Cemetery Hill and Marye's Hill, as well as the second terrace, barred the roaLaws and Anderson were encamped in the rear of Marye's Hill and Cemetery Hill, ready to occupy the redoubts planted on the heights with all t was distributed among the redoubts which crowned Marye's Hill, Cemetery Hill and Stansbury Hill. The Confederates had nearly two hundred canoeuvre he expected to seize all the positions of Marye's Hill, Cemetery Hill and Stansbury Hill. The two attacks were to be nearly simultan
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)
of the Sixty-first Pennsylvania and Fortythird New York, and Johns' comprised the Seventh Massachusetts and Thirtysixth New York.—Ed. in serried ranks, against Cemetery Hill, north of the Plank Road. Colonel Burnham supports this movement with four regiments, which, being deployed south of this road, proceed in the direction of Marad; finally, Howe's long column had bivouacked still farther in the rear, between the Stansbury house and the Guest dwelling, and along the road which leads to Cemetery Hill from the, last-mentioned place, the same road it had followed in the afternoon of the day previous. The despatches he received from Headquarters gave Sedgwick striking a blow, these heights being separated from Howe's position by a deep valley. Smith brought his forces up so as to form the extremity of this line on Cemetery Hill; Barksdale again took possession of the works of Marye's Hill, over which he had conquered, so to say, the right of ownership in two battles; but he did not ve
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 3. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book III:—Pennsylvania. (search)
ell known before the battle by the name of Cemetery Hill, on account of the cemetery which crowns tear of Gettysburg and led to the summit of Cemetery Hill, where they will present a formidable fronstance. It is true that on the heights of Cemetery Hill there was a nucleus of troops still fresh rises. They perceived, along the ridge of Cemetery Hill, by the side of the fugitives who were stif could no longer attempt anything against Cemetery Hill. Matters would not have proceeded thus unon of the combatants, arrived in person at Cemetery Hill. Hancock, in compliance with Meade's ordeth intrenchments, as Steinwehr had done at Cemetery Hill, or simply to place a few troops with instlf already master of the northern ridge of Cemetery Hill, fights with desperate energy; but in the e immediately asks the generals who occupy Cemetery Hill for reinforcements; but his dispositions a line of defence—Culp's Hill on the right, Cemetery Hill in the centre, or the Round Tops on the le[61 more...]
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 4. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book I:—eastern Tennessee. (search)
ern States in the early days of July, 1863, could thus cast a long retrospective look at the experiences which they had just encountered, like the shipwrecked voyager who, landing upon the shore, turns to glance at the angry billows which break impotent at his feet. The events which closely followed the twofold victory at Gettysburg and Vicksburg enabled the North to take in the whole extent of the misfortunes that would have befallen them if Lee had planted his flag upon the slopes of Cemetery Hill and Johnston had succeeded in breaking Grant's lines. In the preceding volume we did not wish to interrupt the long recital of the campaign which led the armies of the Potomac and of Northern Virginia from the Rappahannock to the heart of Pennsylvania, and finally brought them back to their startingpoint. Near the banks of the Mississippi River, on the contrary, military operations having been interrupted by the annihilation of one of the two contending parties, we discontinued the
The Daily Dispatch: November 5, 1861., [Electronic resource], Violent Assault. (search)
the enemy is overwhelming Major F. a large force of the enemy had crossed the mountain and would cut them off, he retreated across the river to the bluffs commanding the river and roads. Seventy men were placed in the rifle pits upon the bluff commanding the bridge and ford — the balance (80) were held as a reserve. The howitzer was placed upon the same bluff, to the right of the rifle pits, Major Funston commanding the howitzer and rifle pits. The rifle cannon was placed upon Cemetery Hill and reserve forces in its rear, commanded by Col. McDonald. This position was maintained until 4½ P. M., when the enemy succeeded in turning our flank by the Moorefield Road, and advanced upon the rifle pits in three columns, our men retreating in good order to the reserve, when an immediate retreat of our entire fore was ordered. Overtaking our baggage train this end of town, our forces were thrown into confusion. The enemy advancing in overwhelming numbers and close proximity, all a
The Daily Dispatch: August 1, 1863., [Electronic resource], The Pennsylvania campaign. (search)
which rested upon a mountain, McLaws and Hood, of Longstreet's corps, were ordered to turn, and many believe, if other parts of the line had been assaulted at the same time, that Meade, strong as his position was, would have been beaten. No effort was made to turn his right wing, which rested upon open and less difficult ground. On the 3d, Pickett's division of Longstreet's corps, (which had come up the evening before,) supported by a portion of Hill's corps, was ordered to assault Cemetery Hill, near the centre, believed to be the key to the position of the enemy. The was executed in gallant style, and some of the batteries on the hill were carried; but his success was temporary, though purchased at a fearful cost. The want of proper support, the movement of the enemy upon his exposed and bleeding flanks, and the terrible cross and obliques fires concentrated upon him from batteries not otherwise occupied, made it necessary for him to retrace his steps across the open ground
The Daily Dispatch: February 22, 1864., [Electronic resource], The Pennsylvania campaign. (search)
ve artillery had gotten up just after Gens-Ewell and Rodes had entered the town, and were sent to the extreme left to occupy a high wooded hill commanding the "Cemetery Hill" and then unoccupied. By the time, however, that General J. reached the foot of the hill, the enemy had occupied it, (with one corps, as Meade's official repo as a reserve to provide against any flank or rear movement — his right resting on the main street and his left just outside of the edge of the town, fronting "Cemetery Hill." Rodes's right rested about four hundred yards outside of the suburbs of the town, his left extending into it along the Fairfield road, near to Early's right;ilroad and pike, had formed his line across the back-bone of a ridge running towards the wooded bill already mentioned, a good deal lower, however, than it or "Cemetery Hill." A gap of half a mile or more was between his right and Early's left. Rodes bore the brunt of battle on this day. His men acted nobly and suffered severe
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