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Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Chapter 18: (search)
f his artillery and marshal his infantry for a general advance, the enemy must surrender. General Bragg decided to make the advance, and authorized me and other officers to direct the commanders of the batteries to cease firing. In the midst of the preparations, orders reached General Bragg from General Beauregard directing the troops to be withdrawn and placed in camp for the night —the intention to resume the contest in the morning. This was fatal, as it enabled General Buell and General Wallace to arrive on the scene of action; that is, they came up in the course of the night. Had General Beauregard known the condition of the enemy as your father knew it when he received the fatal shot, the order for withdrawal would certainly not have been given, and, without such order, I know the enemy would have been crushed. The Life of General Albert Sidney Johnston, pp. 635, 636. To General Gilmer's opinion as a scientific engineer, a soldier of long experience, and a man of resol
Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Chapter 19: (search)
uell says: Of the army of not less than fifty thousand effective men, which Grant had on the west bank of the Tennessee River, not more than five thousand were in ranks and available on the battlefield at nightfall on the 6th, exclusive of Lew Wallace's division, say eight thousand five hundred men that only came up during the night. The rest were either killed, wounded, captured, or scattered in inextricable and hopeless confusion for miles along the banks of the river. In addition to the arrival of Wallace's division, the entire divisions of Nelson and Crittenden got across the river during the night, and by daylight that of McCook began to arrive; all but the first named belonged to Buell's army. The work of reorganization of fragments of Grant's force also occupied the night. In the morning the arrival of reenforcements to the enemy continued. On the morning of the 7th the enemy advanced about six o'clock, and opened a heavy fire of musketry and artillery, such as g
Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Chapter 47: (search)
6th, and the move was made through the gaps of South Mountain to the north of Maryland Heights, which were occupied by a hostile force. A brigade of cavalry was sent north of Frederick to strike the railroads from Baltimore to Harrisburg and Philadelphia, burn the bridges over the Gunpowder, and to cut the railroad between Washington and Baltimore, and threaten the latter place. The other troops moved forward toward Monocacy Junction, where a considerable body of Federal troops under General Wallace was found posted on the eastern bank of the Monocacy, with an earthwork and two blockhouses commanding both bridges. The position was attacked in front and on the flank, and it was carried and the garrison put to flight. Between six and seven hundred unwounded prisoners fell into our hands, and the enemy's loss in killed and wounded was far greater than ours, which was about seven hundred. An advance was made on the 10th nearly to Rockville, on the Georgetown Pike. On the next day
Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Chapter 49: (search)
s. Fifty-seven wounded soldiers were unconditionally released at Richmond and sent home. In response, twenty of our soldiers, mostly North Carolinians, were released from Bedloe's Island, New York, and sent to Fortress Monroe, to be discharged on condition of taking the oath, so called, of loyalty to the United States government. Thirty-seven confined in the military prison at Washington were released on taking the oath. On September 3d an exchange was made between General Pillow and Colonel Wallace, of the United States Army. Whereupon General Polk proposed an exchange to General Grant, who replied on October 14th: I can, of my own accordance, make none. I recognize no Southern Confederacy myself, but will communicate with higher authorities for their views. An exchange was made on October 23d between General McClernand and General Polk. Subsequently, on November 8th, General Grant offered to surrender to General Polk certain wounded men and invalids unconditionally. T
Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Index (search)
Virginia (frigate), 67, 68, 73, 82, 84-85, 191. Trial trip, 165-66. Battle with Federal ships, 166-67. Fight with the Monitor, 168-69. Destruction, 171. W Wabash (steamer), 63. Wachusett (ship), 219-20, 221. Wafford, Colonel, 285. Waddell, Capt. J. J., 221, 593. Wade, Col., William, 334. Wainwright, Commander, 198. Walker, Colonel, 297. Gen. David S., 632. Gen. J. G., 43, 270, 281, 282, 285, 286, 349, 576. Gen. W. H. T., 359-60, 361, 438, 455, 456. Death, 475. Wallace, Gen., Lew, 52, 57, 446, 496. Waller, General, 277. Walshe, Matthew, 200. Walthall, General E. C., 18, 491. Walton, Col. I. B., 282. War Between the States. Growth, 14. Ward, Col. George T., 72, 131. Description given by Gen. Early, 79-82. Warley, Lieutenant, 186. Warren, General, 439. Washington, Gen., George, 128, 226. Watson, Dr. James L., 613. Waul, —, 347. Webb, Lt. W. A., 165, 172. Webb (ram). Capture of the Indianola, 202-03. Weber, Gen., Max, 82. Webster, Colonel,