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John D. Billings, The history of the Tenth Massachusetts battery of light artillery in the war of the rebellion, Chapter 10: (search)
e contemplated move, had seized the Fredericksburg road, and was possessing himself of an ammunition and subsistence train that was on the way to the army, when Gen. Tyler and his division of artillerymen, On the 17th Tyler's division of Heavy Artillery, Brig. Gen. R. O. Tyler commanding, and the Corcoran Legion (Infantry), joineTyler's division of Heavy Artillery, Brig. Gen. R. O. Tyler commanding, and the Corcoran Legion (Infantry), joined the Second Corps, making in all a reinforcement of eight thousand (8,000) men.—Hancock's Official Report. who were holding this flank, assailed him and drove him into the woods. Their own loss was heavy, for raw troops never fight to the best advantage to themselves, but, nevertheless, they displayed great pluck and audacity. TBrig. Gen. R. O. Tyler commanding, and the Corcoran Legion (Infantry), joined the Second Corps, making in all a reinforcement of eight thousand (8,000) men.—Hancock's Official Report. who were holding this flank, assailed him and drove him into the woods. Their own loss was heavy, for raw troops never fight to the best advantage to themselves, but, nevertheless, they displayed great pluck and audacity. Troops coming up from the Second, Fifth, and Sixth corps charged through the woods, at 3 o'clock the following morning, striking the rear of Ewell's column and capturing about four hundred prisoners, besides picking up many dead and wounded. It was a bold move for the Rebels, but evidently not a profitable one. During this week
John D. Billings, The history of the Tenth Massachusetts battery of light artillery in the war of the rebellion, Chapter 11: (search)
s. Accordingly a new movement to the left flank was begun, in which the Second Corps, preceded by Torbert's cavalry, led off. The movement began on the evening of May 20, under cover of darkness. The Battery broke park about 12 P. M. and joined Tyler's heavy artillerists. Our march was along the road to Fredericksburg in an easterly direction until we reached Massaponax Church, where a turn was made to the southward. The fact that our course took us easterly made the croakers happy. We a dropped among the thirty-sixth Wisconsin regiment that lay in rear of us, killing one man and wounnding three others. The County Bridge had been imperfectly destroyed under the fire of skirmishers by Birney's Division. Afterwards, some of Gen. Tyler's heavy artillerymen were sent back and completed its destruction before the corps left. Our line of march now took us in a course nearly eastward, for the turning of the enemy's flank anew necessitated quite an extended detour for several r
John D. Billings, The history of the Tenth Massachusetts battery of light artillery in the war of the rebellion, Chapter 12: (search)
ere irresistible. Barlow gained a temporary advantage, taking several hundred prisoners, a color, and three guns, but not being promptly supported, was forced back; not, however, to his original position, but to one about fifty yards from the enemy, where his troops soon covered themselves. Gibbon's men, too, under obstacles, advanced to the enemy's works, and a few entered them, but that was all. They were cut down mercilessly. Five colonels of this division were killed, and one general (Tyler) wounded. In less than an hour the Second Corps lost more than three thousand men. Gibbon's troops, like Barlow's gained a position far in advance of the one they started from, and close to the enemy. Hancock's corps, the only portion of the Yankee army that had come in contact with the Confederate works, had been hurled back in a storm of fire.—Third Year of the War. Edward A. Pollard. The story of the Second Corps is the story of the Sixth and Eighteenth that assaulted at the same time.
John D. Billings, The history of the Tenth Massachusetts battery of light artillery in the war of the rebellion, Index (search)
, 304, 305, 399, 400, 401, 404, 405, 406, 430. Thompson, Alvin M., 203, 204, 210, 304, 326, 339, 402, 407. Thompson, Chas. D., 203, 205, 206, 326, 398, 402, 404. Thresher, E. D., 204, 205, 208, 209, 304, 306, 349, 406, 407, 440. Torbert, Gen. A. T. A., 243. Townsend, Geo. M., 31, 81, 155, 156, 204, 205, 242, 255, 359, 362, 382, 395, 397, 409, 425, 439. Trefry, Win. A., 149,151, 162, 201, 303, 304, 305, 306, 338. Tremlett, Maj. H. M., 79. Tripp, Lieut. Col., 177. Turkey Run, 133. Tyler, Gen., 241, 243, 250. U. Upperville, 110. V. Vicksburg, 99, 125. W. Wadsworth, Gen., 107. Wapping Heights, 110. Walker, Wm., 68. Warburton, Hiram B., 116, 152, 163, 183, 349, 350, 402. Ward, Franklin, 47, 48, 49, 151. Ward, Gen., J. Hobart, 110, 156. Warren, Gen. G. K., 127, 142, 143, 154, 172, 175, 178, 182, 193, 194, 217, 218, 228, 249, 254, 301, 307, 328, 329, 381. Warrenton, 110, 112, 113, 117, 118, 132, 143, 155, 183. Webb, Gen. A. S., 381, 395. Wendall, R. B.,