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Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, The Passing of the Armies: The Last Campaign of the Armies., Chapter 5: the week of flying fights. (search)
through Paineville (well-named), Ligontown, and Sailor's Creek,--in doing this, observe, moved from the extremFifth Corps to Deatonsville, and thence towards Sailor's Creek, while the Sixth Corps under Wright moves from ridan's direct command only in the one fight at Sailor's Creek, and Sheridan did not get sight of it again,notd Corps took the road for Deatonsville towards Sailor's Creek and the Appomattox, and soon found themselves ickage. At Perkinson's Mills, near the mouth of Sailor's Creek, Gordon made a definite stand, with a well-placeen brought to a stand by our cavalry higher up Sailor's Creek, three miles on Humphreys's left. It was our Sg, and bivouacked after dark in the vicinity of Sailor's Creek on the Appomattox. We had encountered only cavt came down to us from the ensanguined banks of Sailor's Creek. As soon as it was dark on the night of the In the meantime the Fifth Corps had moved from Sailor's Creek at daylight, and at 9.50 had arrived at High Br
Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, The Passing of the Armies: The Last Campaign of the Armies., Chapter 6: Appomattox. (search)
e grand halt. But other things too had done it ; the blood was still fresh upon the Quaker Road, the White Oak Ridge, Five Forks, Farmville, High Bridge, and Sailor's Creek; and we take somewhat gravely this compliment of our new commander, of the Army of the James. At last, after pardoning something to the spirit of liberty, wenant of Ransom's North Carolinians which we swept through Five Forks ten days ago,--and all the little that was left of this division in the sharp passages at Sailor's Creek five days thereafter. Now makes its last front A. P. Hill's old Corps, Heth now at the head, since Hill had gone too far forward ever to return: the men w Then in the Wilderness, at Spottsylvania and thereafter, Kershaw's Division again, in deeds of awful glory, held their name and fame, until fate met them at Sailor's Creek, where Kershaw himself, and Ewell, and so many more, gave up their arms and hopes,--all, indeed, but manhood's honor. With what strange emotion I look int
Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, The Passing of the Armies: The Last Campaign of the Armies., Chapter 9: the last review. (search)
of themselves as there. At last in 1865, sweeping over the breastworks at Five Forks down upon the smoking cannon and serried bayonets; thence swirling around Sailor's Creek and High Bridge, and finally at Appomattox by incredible marches circumventing Lee's flying column, and holding at bay Stonewall Jackson's old corps, with Hilysburg. We think, too, of the fiery mazes of the Wilderness, the deathblasts of Spottsylvania, and murderous Cold Harbor; but also of the brilliant fights at Sailor's Creek and Farmville, and all the splendid action to the victorious end. Here is the seasoned remnant of the Corcoran Legion, the new brigade which, rushing into thenandoah with Sheridan in his rallying ride, and in the last campaign storming the works of Petersburg-losing eleven hundred men in fifteen minutes; masters at Sailor's Creek, four days after, taking six thousand prisoners, with Ewell and five of his best generals,--of them the redoubtable Kershaw; in the van in the pursuit of Lee,