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Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., General Grant on the Wilderness campaign. (search)
. Smith, to join the Army of the Potomac. On the 24th of May the Ninth Army Corps, commanded by Major-General A. E. Burnside, was assigned to the Army of the Potomac, and from this time forward constituted a portion of Major-General Meade's command. Finding the enemy's position on the North Anna stronger than either of his previous ones, I withdrew on the night of the 26th to the north bank of the North Anna, and moved via Hanover Town to turn the enemy's position by his right. Generals Torbert's and Merritt's divisions of cavalry, under Sheridan, and the Sixth Corps led the advance; crossed the Pamunkey River at Hanover Town, after considerable fighting, and on the 28th the two divisions of cavalry had a severe but successful engagement with the enemy at Hawes's Shop. On the 29th and 30th we advanced, with heavy skirmishing, to the Hanover Court House and Cold Harbor road, and developed the enemy's position north of the Chickahominy. Late on the evening of the last day the
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., The opposing forces at the beginning of Grant's campaign against Richmond. (search)
Buckley; H, 1st R. I., Capt. Crawford Allen, Jr.; E, 2d U. S., Lieut. James S. Dudley; G, 3d U. S., Lieut. Edmund Pendleton; L and M, 3d U. S., Lieut. Erskine Gittings. Provisional Brigade, Col. Elisha G. Marshall: 24th N. Y. Cav. (dismounted), Col. William C. Raulston; 14th N. Y. Heavy Art'y, Lieut.-Col. Clarence H. Corning; 2d Pa. Prov. Heavy Art'y, Col. Thomas Wilhelm. cavalry Corps, Maj.-Gen. Philip H. Sheridan. Escort: 6th U. S., Capt. Ira W. Claflin. first division, Brig.-Gen. A. T. A. Torbert. First Brigade, Brig.-Gen. George A. Custer: 1st Mich., Lieut.-Col. Peter Stagg; 5th Mich., Col. Russell A. Alger; 6th Mich., Maj. James H. Kidd; 7th Mich., Maj. Henry W. Granger. Second Brigade, Col. Thomas C. Devin: 4th N. Y. (guarding trains), Lieut.-Col. William R. Parnell; 6th N. Y., Lieut.-Col. William H. Crocker; 9th N. Y., Col. William Sackett; 17th Pa., Lieut.-Col. James Q. Anderson. Reserve Brigade, Brig.-Gen. Wesley Merritt: 19th N. Y. (1st Dragoons), Col. Alfred Gibbs
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., The opposing forces at Cold Harbor. June 1st, 1864. (search)
kins; 23d U. S. C. T., Lieut.-Col. Cleaveland J. Campbell; 31st U. S. C. T., Maj. Theo. H. Rockwood. Artillery. D, Pa., Capt. George W. Durell; 3d Vt., Capt. Romeo H. Start. Reserve artillery, Capt. John Edwards, Jr.: 27th N. Y., Capt. John B. Eaton; D, 1st R. I., Capt. William W. Buckley; H, 1st R. I., Capt. Crawford Allen, Jr.; E, 2d U. S., Lieut. Samuel B. McIntire. cavalry Corps, Maj.-Gen. Philip H. Sheridan. Escort: 6th U. S., Capt. Ira W. Claflin. first division, Brig.-Gen. Alfred T. A. Torbert. First Brigade, Brig.-Gen. George A. Custer: 1st Mich., Lieut.-Col. Peter Stagg; 5th Mich., Col. Russell A. Alger; 6th Mich., Maj. James H. Kidd; 7th Mich., Maj. Alexander Walker. Second Brigade, Col. Thomas C. Devin: 4th N. Y., Lieut.-Col. William R. Parnell; 6th N. Y., Lieut.-Col. William H. Crocker; 9th N. Y., Lieut.-Col. George S. Nichols; 17th Pa., Lieut.-Col. James Q. Anderson. Reserve Brigade, Brig.-Gen. Wesley Merritt: 19th N. Y. (1st Dragoons), Col. Alfred Gibbs; 6th P
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., Sheridan's Richmond raid. (search)
X. and say that I have been placed in command of the cavalry of this army, and by----I want it all. The 15,000 paper strength of the corps was sifted to 12,424 effectives. There were three divisions, subdivided into seven brigades. General A. T. A. Torbert was assigned to command the First Division, with General G. A. Custer, Colonel T. C. Devin, and General Wesley Merritt as brigade commanders; General D. McM. Gregg to the Second Division, with General H. E. Davies and Colonel J. Irvin Gr the James, and for the nonce became horse-marines. On the 21st Sheridan, continuing his march to rejoin Grant, crossed the Pamunkey near White House, on the ruins Henry E. Davies, Jr. D. Mom. Gregg. Philip H. Sheridan. Wesley Merritt. A. T. A. Torbert. James H. Wilson. Sheridan and some of his Generals. Fac-Simile of a photograph taken in 1864. of the railroad bridge, after six hours work at repairing it, two regiments at a time working as pioneers. The only incident of the crossing wa
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., Sheridan's Trevilian raid. (search)
Sheridan's route in the Trevilian raid.--editors. While Torbert and Gregg had been engaged near Cold Harbor, Wilson had be obedience to instructions Sheridan, with the divisions of Torbert and Gregg, numbering, exclusive of non-combatants, about e first-named station from the east, while the remainder of Torbert's division approached that point from the north-east. Thee Second Brigade (Irvin Gregg's) was put in on the left of Torbert, and by vigorously attacking Fitz Lee enabled Custer to retire in good order and rejoin the First Division. Torbert tried to communicate with Custer several times, without success House to a point one mile west of Trevilian. At 3 P. M. Torbert advanced toward Gordonsville to find the most direct route foiled at White House, were in an ugly mood. On this day Torbert was in front; Gregg was on the flank, where he was marchined by an overwhelming force. At midnight the divisions of Torbert and Gregg reached Prince George Court House, to learn that
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., The cavalry fight at Trevilian Station. (search)
rsuit by my command was out of the question. We had been engaged in this bloody encounter from its beginning without food or rest for either men or horses, in the broiling sun of a hot June day, and recuperation was absolutely necessary. As it was, I was not relieved and did not withdraw from my lines until 2 o'clock on the morning of the 13th, and in the meantime had to care for the wounded and bury the dead. Sheridan's forces consisted of two divisions, the First commanded by General A. T. A. Torbert, and the Second by General D. McM. Gregg. The First Division was composed of the Reserve Brigade, 1st, 2d, and 5th U. S. Cavalry (Regulars), 6th Pennsylvania Cavalry, 1st New York Dragoons, commanded by Brigadier-General Wesley Merritt, the First Brigade consisting of the 1st, 5th, 6th, and 7th Michigan Cavalry, commanded by Brigadier-General G. A. Custer; the Second Brigade, 4th, 6th, and 9th New York Cavalry and 17th Pennsylvania Cavalry, commanded by Colonel T. C. Devin. The Se
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., Sheridan in the Shenandoah Valley. (search)
tween Kearneysville and Leetown he was met by Torbert with the cavalry. A sharp fight followed, int upon discovering the strength of the enemy, Torbert withdrew in good order, though Custer's brigaNorth Mountain and massed in it. Before this, Torbert, with his two divisions of cavalry, except onetted the absence of his cavalry, which, with Torbert, was striving, by a circuitous and obstructedties at Richmond. On the 25th of September Torbert with the cavalry rejoined General Sheridan, adestroying immense quantities of army stores, Torbert moved to Waynesboro‘, destroying the railway Sheridan gave orders to his chief-of-cavalry, Torbert, to attack and beat the enemy's cavalry the fOn the 15th General Sheridan, taking with him Torbert with part of the cavalry, started for Washingoops and Valley cavalry succeeded in delaying Torbert until infantry was hurried by rail from Richmmiserable camps. This was especially so with Torbert's column in crossing the mountains. It is di[9 more...]
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., The opposing forces at Cedar Creek, Va., Oct. 19, 1864. (search)
Brigade loss: k, 3; w, 52; m, 31 = 86. artillery Brigade, Capt. Henry A. Du Pont: L, 1st Ohio, Capt. Frank C. Gibbs; D, 1st Pa., Lieut. William Munk; B, 5th U. S., Lieut. Henry F. Brewerton, Lieut. Charles Holman. Brigade loss: k, 8; w, 16; m, 27==51. Provisional division, Only a small detachment from the First Brigade, and the 6th N. Y. H. Art'y, from the Second Brigade, engaged in the battle. Col. J. Howard Kitching (m w). Loss: k, 12; w, 72; m, 18 == 102. cavalry, Brig.-Gen. Alfred T. A. Torbert. Escort: 1st R. I., Maj. William H. Turner, Jr. first division, Brig.-Gen. Wesley Merritt. First Brigade, Col. James H. Kidd: 1st Mich., Capt. Andrew W. Duggan; 5th Mich., Maj. Smith H. Hastings; 6th Mich., Maj. Charles W. Deane; 7th Mich., Maj. Daniel H. Darling; 6th N. Y. Battery, Capt. Joseph W. Martin. Brigade loss: k, 10; w, 45; m, 33 = 88. Second Brigade, Col. Thomas C. Devin: 4th N. Y., Detailed for duty at General Sheridan's headquarters. Maj. Edward Schwartz;