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Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., Through the Wilderness. (search)
f Wright's brigades under Penrose assaulted what proved to be Rodes's division of Ewell's corps in position and intrenched. On the morning of the 9th Burnside's corps moved across from the Plank road to the Fredericksburg road at the crossing of the Ny River. This brought him east of the court house one and a half miles. He pushed over the river one division under O. B. Willcox. Stevenson's division came up at noon. Potter's division remained a mile in rear on the Fredericksburg road. Willcox fought a brigade of R. H. Anderson and some dismounted cavalry. Hancock moved east to the right of Warren, and intrenched overlooking the Po. On the morning of the 9th Sheridan started on a raid around Lee's army. See note, p. 117, and article to follow.--editors. In front of Hancock the Po River ran from west to east, then it turned due south opposite Warren's right. The Confederate left rested for a time on this south bend, and the bridge over it at the crossing of the Shady Grov
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., The battle of the Petersburg crater. (search)
hundred yards to the right, and approached by a slope comparatively free from obstacles; as soon as the First Division should leave the works, the next division (Willcox's) was to advance to the left of Cemetery Hill, so as to protect the left flank of the First Division; and the next division (Potter's) was to move in the same wald be done, and this was, in substance, about all the orders that were received by them during the day up to the time of the order for the withdrawal. When General Willcox came with the Third Division to support the First, he found the latter and three regiments of his own, together with the regiments of Potter's Second Divisionand 12 men missing,--total, 1150. These casualties were caused by picket and shell firing, and extended pretty evenly over the three divisions. The whole of General Willcox's division was on the line for thirty days or more without relief. General Potter's and General Ledlie's divisions had slight reliefs, enabling those officer
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., Gordon's attack at Fort Stedman. (search)
I, 5th United States Artillery, and three Coehorn mortars served by Company K, 1st Connecticut Heavy Artillery, with the 2d Michigan Infantry in the rifle-pits immediately to the left. Both of these regiments belonged to the Second Brigade, of Willcox's division, commanded by Colonel Ralph Ely. Between Battery Ix and Fort McGilvery ran the City Point and Petersburg road. On the morning of March 25th, before daybreak, the soldiers of the 2d and 20th Michigan learned that Fort Stedman was in ry. And while the attempt to capture Battery Ix was probably not so furious or sanguinary as that upon Fort Haskell, it was sufficient to test to the highest degree the courage and endurance of the men. In his official report of the battle, General Willcox, the division commander, says: The 2d Michigan fought the enemy on this flank . . . in the most spirited manner, until they were drawn in by order of their brigade commander (Colonel Ralph Ely) to Battery No. Ix. And when ordered into Batte
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., chapter 11.88 (search)
Colonel N. B. McLaughlen. The First Division, commanded by General Willcox, was intrusted with the defense of the whole line from the App under Colonel Joseph A. Mathews.--editors. On the way over to General Willcox's headquarters, at the Friend House on the extreme right, I meg on the Dunn House battery. These movements were by order of General Willcox, these regiments having instructions to obey orders direct fro any position to strike the enemy. While I was talking with General Willcox I called his attention to the puffs of smoke issuing from the graph lines to City Point, and I must have ridden on my way to General Willcox's headquarters, between them and the enemy in the forts. Whating up the extended division in reserve to meet it. Requesting General Willcox to designate one of his staff-officers to conduct the 209th inth, by Captain L. C. Brackett, the staff-officer designated by General Willcox, as requested, for that purpose — who also brought word of the