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Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Grand movement of the Army of the Potomac- crossing the Rapidan-entering the Wilderness- battle of the Wilderness (search)
my Corps. First Division, Brig.-Gen. T. G. Stevenson.First Brigade, Col. Sumner Carruth. Second Brigade, Col. Daniel Leasure. Second Division, Brig.-Gen. Robert B. Potter.First Brigade, Col. Zenas R. Bliss. Second Brigade, Col. Simon G. Griffin. Third Division, Brig.-Gen. Orlando B. Wilcox.First Brigade, Col. John F. Hartranft. Second Brigade, Col. Benj. C. Christ. Fourth Division, Brig.-Gen. Edward Ferrero.First Brigade, Col. Joshua K. Sigfried. Second Brigade, Col. Henry G. Thomas. Provisional Brigade, Col. Elisha G. Marshall. Brig.-Gen. Henry J. Hunt, commanding Artillery. Reserve, Col. H. S. Burton. First Brigade, Col. J. H. Kitching. Second Brigade, Maj. J. A. Tompkins. First Brig. Horse Art., Capt. J. M. Robertson. Second Brigade Horse Art., Capt. D. R. Ransom. Third Brigade, Maj. R. H. Fitzhugh. General Headquarters Provost Guard, Brig.-Gen. M. R. Patrick. Volunteer Engineers, Brig.-Gen. H. W. Benham. Confederate Army. organiza
General Horace Porter, Campaigning with Grant, Chapter 17 (search)
oops were accomplishing so little, and that matters were so badly handled, General Grant quickly mounted his horse, and calling to me, said, Come with me. I was soon in the saddle, and, followed by a single orderly, we moved forward through some intervening woods, to make our way as far as we could on horseback to the front of the attack. It was now a little after half-past 5. We soon came to a brigade lying upon its arms. The general said to an officer near by, who proved to be General Henry G. Thomas, a brigade commander, Who commands this brigade? I do, he replied, springing up from the ground suddenly, and manifesting no little surprise to find that the voice of the person addressing him was that of the general-in-chief. Well, remarked the general, why are you not moving in? The officer replied, My orders are to follow that brigade, pointing to the one in front of him. Then, after a pause, he added, Will you give me the order to go in now? No, said General Grant, not wishin
General Horace Porter, Campaigning with Grant, Chapter 18 (search)
Chapter 18 The Storming of Newmarket Heights a draft ordered battle of the Weldon Railroad battle of Reams's Station General Grant's family visit him the relations between Grant and Sherman a mission to Sherman the captor of Atlanta an evening with General Thomas It was found that Lee had sent a division of infantry and cavalry as far as Culpeper to cooperate with Early's forces, and on August 12, 1864, Grant began a movement at Petersburg intended to force the enemy to return his detached troops to that point. Hancock's corps was marched from Petersburg to City Point, and there placed on steamboats. The movement was to create the impression that these troops were to be sent to Washington. Butler relaid the pontoon-bridge, and his forces crossed to Deep Bottom. The same night, August 13, the boats which carried Hancock's corps were sent up the river, and the troops disembarked on the north side of the James. Hancock was put in command of the movement. Gen
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., The Confederate Army. (search)
. Cowan; 37th N. C., Col. William M. Barbour. Scales's. Brigade, Brig.-Gen. Alfred M. Scales: 13th N. C., Col. J. H. Hyman; 16th N. C., Col. W. A. Stowe; 22d N. C.,----; 34th N. C., Col. W. L. J. Lowrance; 38th N. C., Lieut.-Col. John Ashford. McGowan's Brigade, Brig.-Gen. Samuel McGowan: 1st S. C. (Prov. Army), Lieut.-Col. W. P. Shooter; 12th S. C., Col. John L. Miller; 13th S. C., Col. B. T. Brockman; 14th S. C., Col. Joseph N. Brown; 1st S. C. (Orr's) Rifles, Lieut.-Col. G. McD. Miller. Thomas's Brigade, Brig.-Gen. Edward L. Thomas: 14th Ga.,----; 35th Ga.,----; 45th Ga.,----; 49th Ga., Lieut.-Col. J. T. Jordan. artillery, Col. R. Lindsay Walker. Poague's Battalion, Lieut.-Col. William T, Poague Richards's (Miss.) Battery; Utterback's (Va.) Battery; Williams's (N. C.) Battery; Wyatt's (Va.) Battery. McIntosh's Battalion, Lieut.-Col. D. G. McIntosh: Clutter's (Va.) Battery; Donald's (Va.) Battery; Hurt's (Ala.) Battery; Price's (Va.) Battery. Pegram's Battalion, Lieut.-Col.
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., The opposing forces at Petersburg and Richmond: December 31st, 1864. (search)
r's brigade, following): 13th Ala., Col. James Aiken; 1st Tenn. (Prov. Army), Col. N. J. George; 7th Tenn., Col. J. A. Fite; 14th Tenn., Col. Wm. McComb. Walker's Brigade: 2d Md. Batt'n, Lieut.-Col. J. R. Herbert; 22d Va. Batt'n, Lieut.-Col. E. P. Tayloe; 40th Va., Lieut.-Col. A. S. Cunningham; 47th Va., Capt. C. J. Green; 55th Va., Col. W. S. Christian. Johnson's Brigade: 17th and 23d Tenn.,----; 25th and 44th Tenn.,----; 63d Tenn.,----. Wilcox's division, Maj.-Gen. Cadmus M. Wilcox. Thomas's Brigade, Brig.-Gen. E. L. Thomas: 14th Ga., Col. R. P. Lester; 35th Ga., Col. B. H. Holt; 45th Ga., Col. T. J. Simmons; 49th Ga., Col. John T. Jordan. Lane's Brigade, Brig.-Gen. James H. Lane: 7th N. C., Col. E. G. Haywood; 18th N. C., Col. J. D. Barry; 28th N. C., Capt. T. V. Apperson; 33d N. C., Col. R. V. Cowan; 37th N. C., Lieut.-Col. W. G. Morris. McGowan's Brigade, Brig.-Gen. Samuel McGowan: 1st S. C. (Prov. Army), Col. C. W. McCreary; 12th S. C., Lieut.-Col. T. F. Clyburn; 13th S.
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 2. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 51 (search)
. P. Noyes. line.--Co. A, from Gorham, Josiah Heald, Captain; Wm. Merrill, Lieutenant; Henry R. Willett, Ensign. Co. B, Biddeford, E. L. Goodwin, Captain; Robt. Stevens, Lieutenant; Samuel F. Pilsbury, Ensign. Co. C, Saco, Isaac B. Noyes, Captain; Fred. D. Gurney. Lieutenant; David S. Barrows, Ensign. Co. D, Brunswick, Edward W. Thompson, Captain; George B. Kenningston, Lieutenant; Charles H. Small, Ensign. Co. E, Lewiston, E. W. Sawyer, Captain; L. L. Daggert, Lieutenant; Frank L. Lemont, Ensign. Co. F, Portland, George P. Sherwood, Captain; Nathan Walker, Lieutenant; G. E. Atwood, Ensign. Co. G, Portland, Henry G. Thomas, Captain; George W. Martin, Lieutenant; Thomas Sawyer, Ensign. Co. H, Portland, J. H. Gearmon, Captain; A. L. Dwyer, Lieutenant; L. Munson, Ensign. Co. I, Bethel, C. L. Edwards, Captain; J. B. Walker, Lieutenant; C. M. Wamwell, Ensign. Co. K, Mechanic Falls, Wm. A. Toble, Captain; H. T. Buckman, Lieutenant; B. Spillen, Ensign.--N. Y. Tribune, June 28.
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 9: Poetry and Eloquence. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller), Chapter 3: in Memoriam (search)
On the heights of Chattanooga—a landmark in Grant's rise to fame The view from Lookout Mountain, showing the very ground over which the Federal soldiers scrambled in their charge, illustrates Porter's reference to the battle of November 23-25, 1863. Grant's own account thus describes the concluding charge: Discovering that the enemy in his desperation to defeat or resist the progress of Sherman was weakening his center on Missionary Ridge, determined me to order the advance at once. Thomas was accordingly directed to move forward his troops, constituting our center, Baird's division (Fourteenth Corps), Wood's and Sheridan's divisions (Fourth Corps), and Johnston's division (Fourteenth Corps), with a double line of skirmishers thrown out, followed in easy supporting distance by the whole force, and carry the rifle-pits at the foot of Missionary Ridge, and, when carried, to re-form his lines on the rifle-pits with a view to carrying the top of the ridge. These troops moved forw
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 9: Poetry and Eloquence. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller), Chapter 11: Lincoln (search)
confusion and precipitated the panic of retreat. At the time of this picture, four years later, both soldier and citizen are standing calmly in the sunshine of the peaceful June day. ‘Not in anger, not in pride’ do they look into our faces. At the left Judge Olin, with the cane, is standing behind a boy in a white shirt and quaint trousers who almost wistfully is gazing into the distance, as if the call of these mighty events had awakened in him a yearning for fame. To his left are Generals Thomas, Wilcox, Heintzelman, Dyer, and other veterans of many a hard-fought field who can feel the ‘march of conscious power’ of which Lowell speaks. And the women with the flaring crinoline skirts and old-fashioned sleeves certainly may join in the ‘far-heard gratitude’ this celebration was to express. After fifty years their emotions are brought home to the reader with the vividness of personal experience by the art of the photographer. Making earth feel more firm and air breathe bra
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 9: Poetry and Eloquence. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller), Appendix: songs of the war days (search)
s were forever turned. The enlisted soldiers Sung by the Ninth regiment U. S. Colored troops at Benedict, Maryland, winter of 1863-4. General Armstrong calls this the negro battle hymn. At Petersburg, July 29, 1864, a trooper of General Henry G. Thomas's brigade sat before the Camp fire singing this negro battle hymn, they look like men of war. General Thomas describes the scene — the dark men with their white eyes and teeth, crouching over a smouldering Camp fire, in dusky shadow, litGeneral Thomas describes the scene — the dark men with their white eyes and teeth, crouching over a smouldering Camp fire, in dusky shadow, lit only by the feeble rays of the lanterns of the first sergeants dimly showing through the tents. After the terrible battle of the crater they sang these words no more. Hark! listen to the trumpeters, They call for volunteers, On Zion's bright and flowery mount— Behold the officers! Chorus— They look like men, They look like men, They look like men of war. My father, how long? This primitive chant is thought by Mr. G. H. Allan, who wrote down the stanzas, to have originated from the
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 18. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Southern Historical Society Papers. (search)
s, a detachment from the Twelfth, lost, out of fifteen, 5 killed and 8 wounded. The enemy admit a loss of over 4,000. Colonel Thomas, commanding one of the negro brigades, told Captain Jones (of our regiment), yesterday during the truce, that he carrand we have a force of 4,250 men. But this average is manifestly too small, when we consider the statement of Colonel Henry G. Thomas, who commanded the Second brigade of the Fourth division (Ferrero's) of the Ninth corps, made in his article in r Confederate side of our works, could well have met a determined assault made from this direction. These pits, says Colonel Thomas in his Century article, referring to the trenches at this place, were different from any in our lines—a labyrinth of ight be more, or it might be less. It could not have been much less, however; that is as near as I can judge. Colonel H. G. Thomas, commanding the Second brigade of Ferrero's (colored) division, on the stand: Ques.—Did you get beyond the l
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