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Philip Henry Sheridan, Personal Memoirs of P. H. Sheridan, General, United States Army ., Chapter I (search)
t-Colonel George A. Purington. Second Ohio (2), Major A. Bayard Nettleton. Eighteenth Pennsylvania (1), Lieutenant-Colonel William P. Brinton. Eighteenth Pennsylvania (2), Major John W. Phillips. Second brigade: Brigadier-General George H. Chapman. Third Indiana (two companies), Lieutenant Benjamin F. Gilbert. First New Hampshire (battalion), Colonel John L. Thompson. Eighth New York, Lieutenant-Colonel William H. Benjamin. Twenty-second New York, Major Caleb Moore. First Vermont, Colonel William Wells. horse-artillery: Captain La Rhett L. Livingston. New York Light Artillery, Sixth Battery,[At Sandy Hook, Md., and not engaged in the battle.] Captain Joseph W. Martin. First United States, Batteries K and L, Lieutenant Franck E. Taylor. Second United States, Batteries B and L, Captain Charles H. Peirce. Second United States, Battery D, Lieutenant Edward B. Williston. Second United States, Battery M,[At Pleasant Valley, Md., and not engaged In the battle.] Lieutenant Carle A. Wood
Philip Henry Sheridan, Personal Memoirs of P. H. Sheridan, General, United States Army ., Chapter III (search)
artillery: Fifth United States, Battery L, Lieutenant Gulian V. Weir. Third division. Brigadier-General George A. Custer. first brigade. Colonel Alexander C. M. Pennington, Jr. First Connecticut, Captain Edwin W. French. Third New Jersey, Lieutenant-Colonel Charles C. Suydam. Second New York, Captain Andrew S. Glover. Fifth New York, Major Theodore A. Boice. Second Ohio, Lieutenant-Colonel George A. Purington. Eighteenth Pennsylvania, Major John W. Phillips. Second brigade: Colonel William Wells. Third Indiana (two companies), Lieutenant Benjamin F. Gilbert. First New Hampshire (battalion), Colonel John L. Thompson. Eighth New York, Lieutenant-Colonel William H. Benjamin. Twenty-second New York, Major Charles C. Brown. First Vermont, Lieutenant-Colonel John W. Bennett. horse-artillery: Second United States, Batteries B and L, Captain Charles H. Peirce. Third United States, Batteries C, F, and K, Captain Dunbar R. Ransom. Toward 6 o'clock the morning of the 19th, the
Philip Henry Sheridan, Personal Memoirs of P. H. Sheridan, General, United States Army ., Chapter V (search)
joining Sherman; so early on the 29th I moved my cavalry out toward Ream's Station on the Weldon road, Devin commanding the First Division, with Colonels Gibbs, Stagg, and Fitzhugh in charge of the brigades; the Third Division under Custer, Colonels Wells, Capehart, and Pennington being the brigade commanders. These two divisions united were commanded by Merritt, as they had been since leaving Winchester. Crook headed the Second Division, his brigades being under General Davies and Colonels xander C. M. Pennington. First Connecticut, Colonel Brayton Ives. Third New Jersey, Lieutenant-Colonel William P. Robeson. Second New York, Colonel Alanson M. Randol. Second Ohio, Lieutenant-Colonel A. Bayard Nettleton. Second brigade: Colonel William Wells. Eighth New York, Major James Bliss. Fifteenth New York, Colonel John J. Coppinger. First Vermont, Lieutenant-Colonel Josiah Hall. Third brigade: Colonel Henry Capehart. First New York, Captain John J. O'Brien. First West Virgini
Philip Henry Sheridan, Personal Memoirs of P. H. Sheridan, General, United States Army ., Chapter X (search)
d to bail. As to whether the civil authorities can mete out ample justice to the guilty parties on both sides, I must say it is my opinion, unequivocally, that they cannot. Judge Abell, whose course I have closely watched for nearly a year, I now consider one of the most dangerous men that we have here to the peace and quiet of the city. The leading men of the convention-King, Cutler, Hahn, and others — have been political agitators, and are bad men. I regret to say that the course of Governor Wells has been vacillating, and that during the late trouble he has shown very little of the man. P. H. Sheridan, Major-General Commanding. Subsequently a military commission investigated the subject of the riot, taking a great deal of testimony. The commission substantially confirmed the conclusions given in my despatches, and still later there was an investigation by a select committee of the House of Representatives, of which the Honorables Samuel Shellabarger, of Ohio, H. L. Elli
Philip Henry Sheridan, Personal Memoirs of P. H. Sheridan, General, United States Army ., Chapter XI (search)
affairs in Louisiana and Texas removal of Governor Wells revision of the jury lists relieved fromurse the legislative board acquiesced, but Governor Wells immediately requested the President to revthe Secretary of War I removed from office Governor Wells himself, being determined to bear no longe ends beneficial to himself. In this instance Wells protested to me against his removal, and also home this evening. Want of re- spect for Governor Wells personally, alone represses the expression. It is believed here that you will reinstate Wells. He is a bad man, and has no influence. Iion is that on account of the bad character of Wells and Monroe, you ought not to reinstate any whoorthy. I appointed Mr. Thomas J. Durant as Wells's successor, but he declining, I then appointer I had sent a staff-officer to forcibly eject Wells in case of necessity, took possession of the Governor's office. Wells having vacated, Governor Flanders began immediately the exercise of his du[4 more...]