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Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3., East Tennessee and the campaign of Perryville . (search)
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3., The battle of Fredericksburg . (search)
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Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3., The confederate left at Fredericksburg . (search)
The confederate left at Fredericksburg. by Lafayette McLAWS, Major-General, C. S. A.
On the 25th of November, 1862, my division marched into Fredericksburg, and shortly after, by direction of General Longstreet, I occupied the city with one o umner's grand division to force a crossing in front of Fredericksburg, all but one brigade of Franklin's grand division had al Cemetery.
Between the steeples on the outskirts of Fredericksburg is seen the end of Hanover street, by which, and by th n posted to the left of Colonel Fiser's command, above Fredericksburg, and while under Captain Lang did good service.
But u
I think the defense of the river-crossing in front of Fredericksburg was a notable and wonderful feat of arms, challenging not shown us any very large body of troops, either in Fredericksburg, on the opposite side, or below.
On the 13th, durin ver, with its head at the pontoon-bridges, crossing to Fredericksburg in our immediate front, and told him that in my judgme
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3., Ransom 's division at Fredericksburg . (search)
Ransom's division at Fredericksburg. by Robert Ransom, Rrigadier-General, C. S. A.
In The century magazine for August, 1886, General James Longstreet published what he saw of the battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 13th, 1862.
[See p. 70.]
The omissions in that article were so glaring, and did such injustice, that I w y as the troops were posted.
Lee's report continues farther on:
. . . About 11 A. M., having massed his [the enemy's] troops under cover of the houses of Fredericksburg, he moved forward in strong columns to seize Marye's and Willis's hills.
General Ransom advanced Cooke's brigade to the top of the hill, and placed his own, g the Official Records in Washington.
I may be pardoned for remembering with pride that among the Confederate troops engaged on the whole battle-field of Fredericksburg, Va., December 13th, 1862, none were more honorably distinguished than the sons of North Carolina, and those of them who, with brother soldiers from other States
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3., Kershaw 's brigade at Fredericksburg . (search)
Kershaw's brigade at Fredericksburg.
General J. B. Kershaw writes to the editors as follows, December 6th,.1887:
General Ransom's letter, in The Century for December, 1887, in regard to his services at Fredericksburg, contains an error in relation to the operations of my brigade.
In the morning of that day, my troops Fredericksburg, contains an error in relation to the operations of my brigade.
In the morning of that day, my troops were stationed at the foot of Lee's Hill.
After the assaults on General Cobb's position had commenced, I was directed to send two of my regiments to reenforce Cobb, and did so. Before they had reached him, tidings arrived of the fall of General Cobb, and I was immediately ordered to take the rest of my brigade to the position hel from any officer but my division commander, General McLaws.
I requested not to be relieved that night, and remained in that position until the evacuation of Fredericksburg by the Union forces.
These facts were officially reported at the time, and were then too well known to be the subject of mistake.
The Washington artillery
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3., A hot day on Marye's Heights . (search)
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3., Notes of a Confederate staff-officer. (search)
Notes of a Confederate staff-officer. by W. Roy Mason, Major, C. S. A.
Fredericksburg was the first great battle that I saw in its entire scope.
Here the situat ery sick, I went out with a party of gentlemen friends who were visitors in Fredericksburg to inquire for her. Being told of our visit, she requested her son-in-law t and say to him that I thought he was too familiar with the surroundings of Fredericksburg to butt his brains out deliberately against our stone-walls.
Do you know rmy friends on the other side that he was not responsible for the attack on Fredericksburg in the manner in which it was made, as he was himself under orders, and was d with pain the burial of many thousands of Federal dead that had fallen at Fredericksburg.
The night before, the thermometer must have fallen to zero, and the bodie overnment sanction to disinter all the Federal dead on the battle-fields of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, the Wilderness, and Spotsylvania Court House.
They were
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3., The removal of McClellan . (search)
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3., chapter 2.15 (search)
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Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3., The pontoniers at Fredericksburg . (search)
The pontoniers at Fredericksburg. by Wesley Brainerd, Major 50TH, and Colonel 15TH New York Engineers.
From certain remarks made by various writers [see pp. 107 and 126] on the battle of Fredericksburg, it might be inferred that there was some foundation for the general impression that had the pontoons arrived in time, the cr
The fact is that the engineers (15th and 50th New York), with two full trains and material for two pontoon-bridges, each 420 feet in length, arrived opposite Fredericksburg and bivouacked in rear of the Lacy house on the afternoon of November 27th, and could have thrown two bridges across the stream without opposition that night rrived at the Lacy house but six days behind Longstreet's advance, which had made a forced march from the vicinity of Culpeper to reach the heights in rear of Fredericksburg.
These being the facts, it can hardly be said, with justice, that the engineers were slow in their movements.
The idea of crossing immediately in front of