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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 5. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), A review of the First two days operations at Gettysburg and a reply to General Longstreet by General Fitz. Lee. (search)
elieving he crossed the Potomac bound fast by a promise to a subordinate to make the movement strategically offensive tactically defensive, as charged by General Longstreet, but such reported promise contains a positive reflection upon General Lee's military sagacity. As well might the Czar of Russia, acting as commander-in-chief of his army, have so committed himself to the Grand Duke Nicholas, or under like circumstances, the Sublime Porte have tied himself up to Osman Pasha, the hero of Plevna. The truth is, General Lee and his army were full of fight, their objective point was the Federal army of the Potomac, and those people the Confederate chief had resolved to strike whenever and wherever the best opportunity occurred, strategically offensive and tactically defensive, to the contrary notwithstanding. An army of invasion is naturally an offensive one in strategy and tactics, and history rarely points to an instance where it has been concentrated on a given point to patiently
John Bell Hood., Advance and Retreat: Personal Experiences in the United States and Confederate Armies, Chapter 8: (search)
generals who constantly resort to the use of fortifications — is afforded in the recent war between France and Prussia, and also in that between Turkey and Russia. One hundred and fifty thousand of Louis Napoleon's Army, under Bazaine, shut themselves up in the stronghold of Metz; allowed a much larger number of Germans to surround them; to construct works almost as formidable as their own, and quietly await their surrender for want of provisions. The Turks committed a similar blunder at Plevna, in allowing a fine army to be entrapped and the remainder of their forces to become demoralized by the natural effect of this gross error, in lieu of holding their troops well in hand, taking some general line upon which to retard and cripple the enemy as much as possible, and, finally, beat him, if not in a general pitched battle, in detail; the only chance of success for the weaker power grappling with its strong enemy. Had General Lee pursued the plan of the French or of the Turks, he w
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 10: The Armies and the Leaders. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller), Chapter 5: losses in the battles of the Civil War, and what they mean (search)
Leipsic, 1813Allies, 290,00042,00092,0002014 French, 150,00050,000 Ligny, 1815French, 73,00012,00024,0001516 Prussians, 86,00012,000 Waterloo, 1815Allies, 100,00020,00042,0002420 French, 70,00022,000 Solferino, 1859Allies, 135,00016,50031,5001011 Austrians, 160,00015,000 Koniggratz, 1866Prussians, 211,0008,89426,89464 Austrians, 206,00018,000 Vionville, 1870Germans, 70,00015,80032,8001922 French, 98,00017,000 Gravelotte, 1870Germans, 200,00020,00030,000910 French, 120,00010,000 Plevna, September 11, 1877Turks, 35,00016,00019,000168 Russians, 80,0003,000 Federal generals killed in battle—group no. 7 Griffin A. Stedman, Jr. Petersburg died August 5, 1864. Geo. D. wells, Cedar Creek October 13, 1864. Sylvester G. Hill, Nashville December 15, 1864. Arthur H. Dutton, Bermuda hundred died June 5, 1864. Charles R. Lowell, Cedar Creek October 20, 1864. Theodore read, high Bridge April 6, 1865. Tabular statement of losses in both the Union and Co
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Greene, Francis Vinton 1850- (search)
lery. He served at Fort Foote, Md.; Fort Monroe, Va.; and at various posts in North Carolina till June 10, 1872, when he was transferred to the engineer corps, and served as assistant astronomer on the northern boundary of the United States till 1876. He was promoted to first lieutenant, Jan. 13, 1874. He was military attache to the United States legation at St. Petersburg in 1877-79, and during the Russo-Turkish War was with the Russian army, being present at the battles of Shipka Pass, Plevna, the passage of the Balkans, Taskosen, Sofia, and Philopopolis. For bravery in several of these battles he received the Orders of St. Anne and St. Vladimir, and a campaign medal from the Emperor of Russia. In 1879-85 he was assistant to the engineer commissioner of the District of Columbia. In 1883 he was promoted to captain. In 1885 he became Professor of Practical Military Engineering at West Point; and Dec. 31, 1886, resigned from the army. When the war with Spain broke out in 1898 h