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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 1. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Strength of General Lee's army in the Seven days battles around Richmond. (search)
the battles around Richmond during the Seven days. General Holmes there says: That upon crossing the James river he was joined on the 30th June by General Wise with two regiments of seven hundred and fifty-two bayonets and two batteries of artillery, and adds: The effective force under my orders thus amounted to six thousand infantry and six batteries of artillery, being less by nine thousand infantry then General Johnston's narrative assigns to General Holmes. General Johnston says that Ripley's brigade was five thousand strong, and that General Ripley so informed him. There may have been that number of men borne upon the rolls of the brigade, but we have General Ripley's official report of the number of troops under his command that actually took part in the battles around Richmond. At page 234, volume 1 of the official report already referred to, General Ripley says: The aggregate force which entered into the series of engagements on the 26th of June was twenty-three