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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 4. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 118 (search)
r cover, with the enemy driven back by the impetuous advance. And now he rallies. Fierce musketry firing sweeps the woods. They advance--thirty rods perhaps — when the Twenty ninth Indiana gets into a marsh, and falls partially to the rear. Heavier comes the leaden hail. Twenty-ninth and Thirtieth both fall back fifteen or twenty rods; they rally and advance; again they are hurled back; again they start forward; and this time they come in on the vulnerable points. The enemy flees. Col. Waggoner's Fifteenth Indiana comes up to the support; the enemy disappear; fresh troops take their places, and for them the fight is ended. I might describe similar deeds of Willich's and Harrison's regiments, but from one learn all. McClernand and Hurlbut. Farther to the right, McClernand and Hurlbut were gallantly coming on with their jaded men, the soldiers would fight--that was the great lesson of the battle. If surprised, and driven off in consequence of surprise, that can hardly
Alfred Roman, The military operations of General Beauregard in the war between the states, 1861 to 1865, Chapter 35: (search)
stance has been referred to before, as the occasion of a mistake by Ransom. Johnson, meanwhile, had been heavily engaged. The line of the enemy bent around his right flank, subjecting his brigade, for a time, to fire in flank and front. With admirable firmness he repulsed frequent assaults of the enemy, moving in masses against his right and rear. Leader, officers, and men alike displayed their fitness for the trial to which they were subjected. I cannot forbear to mention that Lieutenant Waggoner, of the 17th Tennessee Regiment, went, alone, through a storm of fire and pulled down a white flag which a small, isolated body of our men had raised, receiving a wound in the act. The brigade, holding its ground nobly, lost more than a fourth of its entire number. Two regiments of the reserve were sent up to its support, but were less effective than they should have been, through a mistake of the officer posting them. Hoke also sent two regiments from Clingman, to protect Johnson
J. William Jones, Christ in the camp, or religion in Lee's army, Appendix no. 2: the work of grace in other armies of the Confederacy. (search)
e army. While I was addressing the brotherhood in the afternoon, there was an assault at Hoover's Gap. The officers of Second, Thirteenth, and Fifteenth Arkansas Regiments were ordered to their commands. I hurried to Fairfield, and found our brigade was engaged. Soon we were busy with the wounded, and sixty were brought to the house of Mr. Fields, among them Captain Carter and Lieutenants Murphy and Hutchison of our regiment. Major Claybrook, Twentieth Tennessee, mortally wounded. Private Waggoner, of Carter's company, Thirty-seventh Georgia, died during the night, saying: I am ready. I aided the surgeons in taking of the arm off young Castleman, Twentieth Tennessee. He is a son of a Methodist preacher. I preached to him before the war. Chaplain Ellis and I ministered to the wounded till after midnight. Visited the wounded, and gave them such temporal and spiritual aid as I thought most needed. Those who are able to go are being sent to Wartrace. June 25. We saw the Feder
James D. Porter, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 7.1, Tennessee (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter XI (search)
a number of prisoners and, in conjunction with Johnson, five pieces of artillery. Johnson, meanwhile, had been heavily engaged. The line of the enemy bent round his right flank, subjecting his brigade for a time to fire in flank and front, but with admirable firmness he repulsed frequent assaults of the enemy moving in masses against his right and rear. Leader, officers and men alike dis. played their fitness for the trial to which they were subjected. I cannot forbear to mention Lieutenant Waggoner, of the Twenty-third Tennessee, who went along through a storm of fire and pulled down a white flag which a small, isolated body of our men (stragglers from another command) had raised, receiving a wound in the act. The brigade, holding its ground nobly, lost more than one-fourth of its entire number. At length, Johnson, having brushed the enemy from his right flank in the woods, cleared his front and rested his troops in the shelter of the outer works. Col. H. R. Keeble, Seventeent
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 11. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), General Beauregard's report of the battle of Drury's Bluff. (search)
as the occasion of a mistake by Ransom. Johnson, meanwhile, had been heavily engaged. The line of the enemy bent around his right flank, subjecting his brigade, for a time, to fire in flank and front. With admirable firmness he repulsed frequent assaults of the enemy, moving in masses against his right and rear. Leader, officers and men alike displayed their fitness for the trial to which they were subjected. Among many instances of heroism, I cannot forbear to mention that of Lieutenant Waggoner, of the Seventeenth Tennessee regiment, who went alone through a storm of fire, and pulled down a white flag which a small, isolated body of our men had raised, receiving a wound in the act. The brigade holding its ground nobly, lost more than a fourth of its entire number. Two regiments of the reserve were sent up to its support, but were less effective than they should have been, through a mistake of the officer posting them. Hoke also sent two regiments from Clingman to protect J
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 2. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), chapter 9 (search)
Cheatham. Vaughn's brigade, Maney's brigade, A. P. Stewart's brigade, Donelson's brigade. Division, Withers. Loomis' brigade, Manigault's brigade, Patton Anderson's brigade, Chalmers' brigade. Cavalry, Wharton's brigade, Pegram's brigade, Buford's brigade. Army of east Tennessee, Lieutenant-general Kirby Smith. Division, McCown. Rains' brigade, Eaton's brigade, McNair's brigade. Division, Stevenson. Brigade, ......; brigade,..... Independent cavalry. Forest's brigade, Waggoner's brigade, Morgan's brigade. Iv. Battle of Fredericksburg. Federal army. Commander-in-chief, Major-General Burnside. Right Grand division, Major-general Sumner. 22,736 men, 60 guns. 2d corps, Couch. Division, French. Kimball's brigade, Andrews' brigade; brigade, ...... Division, Hancock. Meagher's brigade, Zook's brigade, Caldwell's brigade. Division, Howard. Sully's brigade; brigade, ......; brigade, ..... 9th corps, Wilcox. Division, Getty. Hawkins' b
The Daily Dispatch: April 5, 1861., [Electronic resource], Evening session. (search)
The popular Revolution --More Counties Raising the Southern Union Flag and Instructing Delegates. There was a glorious meeting in Louisa county, on Monday last. S. M. Hackett was called to the chair, and D. M. Hunter appointed Secretary. Amid the rattle of musketry and the shouts of the people, the flag of the Confederate States was raised upon a staff one hundred feet in height. Speeches brimful of the true Southern fire were made by Hon. D. C. Dejarnette, Rev. Mr. Waggoner, the resident minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and Mr. J. L. Gordon. Resolutions were unanimously adopted declaring that Virginia, at the time of ratifying the Federal Constitution, was, and still is, a sovereign State; that the day of compromise is past, and the only question now for the people of Virginia to decide is whether they will unite with the "Confederate States" who are their friends, or adhere to the Northern, who are their enemies; and heartily approving the course of Mr. Dej
The Daily Dispatch: April 20, 1861., [Electronic resource], Missouri's response to Lincoln's Proclamation. (search)
's hesitation or delay. Capt. Murray, and several members of his company, were just about to take the cars for Richmond to offer the services of the company to the Governor, when the summons came. A meeting was immediately called, scouts were sent to the country to inform the members of the company of it, and, although the notice was so short, and the men scattered over an area of 12 or 15 miles, they responded nobly to the call, and mustered in full force at the appointed hour. Rev. Mr. Waggoner, of the Methodist Church, made them an eloquent speech, assuring them of the warm sympathies and fervent prayers of those left behind, and commending them to the "God of battles." A large number of our people attended them to the cars, and they went off amid waving of handkerchiefs by the ladies, and the deafening cheers of the multitude. Old Louisa has for some months past been a stronghold of secessionism, but there is but one sentiment here now, and that is "do or die" for Southern
The Daily Dispatch: July 26, 1861., [Electronic resource], $10 Reward. (search)
fifty yards from the enemy, when a Minnie ball struck him. He fell and lay over an hour, when, fortunately, Gen. Beauregard and Staff, and Capt. McCausland, passed. The generous McCausland dismounted and placed Dickinson on his horse. Of the bravery of Lieut. D., it is not necessary to say a word, when a man so well noted for chivalry as Robert Wheat has said that he appreciated the gallantry of his Adjutant. Lieut. D. is doing well and is enjoying the kind care and hospitality of Mr. Waggoner and family, on Clay street, in this city. Maj. Wheat's battalion fought on the extreme left, where the battle raged hottest. Although only 400 strong, they, with a Georgia regiment, charged a column of Federalists, mostly regulars, of 3,000. When the battle was over, less than half responded to the call, and some of them are wounded. When and where all were brave almost to a fault, it would seem invidious to discriminate. But from the position of the battalion, and the known
The Daily Dispatch: April 23, 1862., [Electronic resource], the battle in the Southwest. (search)
r cover, with the enemy driven back by the impetuous advance. And now he rallies. Fierce musketry firing sweeps the woods. They advance thirty rods, perhaps, when the Twenty-ninth Indians gets into a marsh and falls partially to the rear. Heavier comes the leaden hail. Twenty-ninth and Thirtieth both fall back fifteen or twenty rods; they rally and advance; again they are hurried back; again they start forward, and this time they come in on the vulnerable points. The enemy flees. Colonel Waggoner's Fifteenth Indiana comes up to the support, the enemy disappear, fresh troops take their places, and for them the fight is added. I might describe similar deeds of Will and Harrison's regiments, but, "from learn all." M'Clernand and Hulburt. Farther to the right McClernand and Hulburt were gallantly coming on with their jaded men. The soldiers would fight — that was the great lesson of the battle. If surprised and driven off in consequence of surprise, that can hardly be wh
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