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Edward Porter Alexander, Military memoirs of a Confederate: a critical narrative 999 7 Browse Search
Brigadier-General Ellison Capers, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 5, South Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 382 26 Browse Search
William Swinton, Campaigns of the Army of the Potomac 379 15 Browse Search
Edward Alfred Pollard, The lost cause; a new Southern history of the War of the Confederates ... Drawn from official sources and approved by the most distinguished Confederate leaders. 288 22 Browse Search
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 2. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.) 283 1 Browse Search
Horace Greeley, The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65: its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union. Volume II. 243 11 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 37. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 233 43 Browse Search
An English Combatant, Lieutenant of Artillery of the Field Staff., Battlefields of the South from Bull Run to Fredericksburgh; with sketches of Confederate commanders, and gossip of the camps. 210 2 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 11. (ed. Frank Moore) 200 12 Browse Search
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Robert Lewis Dabney, Life and Commands of Lieutenand- General Thomas J. Jackson, Chapter 7: Manassas. (search)
cements as could be spared from the centre and right successively, and as their line of battle was borne back from west to east, to repair its strength, and to increase its front by placing fresh troops at its south end, until it had sufficient extent and stability to breast the avalanche of Federal troops. The reader is now prepared for an intelligent view of the important part borne by General Jackson in the battle. At four o'clock on the morning of the 21st, he was requested by General Longstreet, whose brigade formed the right of the centre, to reinforce him with two regiments. With this he complied, until the appearance of an immediate attack was rumored. He was soon after ordered by General Beauregard to support Brigadier-General Bonham at Mitchell's Ford, then to support Brigadier-General Cocke above, and then to take an intermediate position where he could extend aid to either of the two. About ten o'clock A. M., General Cocke requested him to move to the Stone Bridge,
Robert Lewis Dabney, Life and Commands of Lieutenand- General Thomas J. Jackson, Chapter 14: the Richmond campaign. (search)
e Mechanicsville bridge should be uncovered, Longstreet and D. H. Hill were to cross, the latter to ailroad; Jackson on the left and in advance, Longstreet nearest the river and in the rear. Huger and Brigadier-General R. H. Anderson, near General Longstreet's extreme right. Just as they arrived, army. Farther toward the Confederate right, Longstreet was bringing up his division simultaneously,ross the Chickahominy were broken down. General Longstreet now marched to the south side by the Newuger still remained to support the attack of Longstreet and Hill upon the right; and General Jacksonnt of domestic happiness. Meantime, Generals Longstreet and A. P. Hill, after confronting the eannon of the enemy, and they had deserted to Longstreet a field ghastly with multitudes of their slato Magruder, supported by Huger and Holmes. Longstreet and A. P. Hill, with their wearied divisionsway of Turkey Creek and the river road, with Longstreet in front. But after that General had put hi[12 more...]
Robert Lewis Dabney, Life and Commands of Lieutenand- General Thomas J. Jackson, Chapter 16: second Manassa's. (search)
nic, until he connected with the infantry of Longstreet upon the extreme right. It was hoped that bd party was withdrawn. The artillery of General Longstreet had meantime engaged that of the enemy apport of General Hood, who formed the van of Longstreet's corps, attacked the intruders, and drove t before the dawn of the 24th. The troops of Longstreet had now arrived, and relieved those of Jackshe village of Jeffersonton, relinquishing to Longstreet the task of amusing Pope by the appearance oor the Commander-in-Chief, with the corps of Longstreet, leaving the neighborhood of Jeffersonton ong vast masses of infantry to force it. While Longstreet deployed his line across the Warrenton turnpard to support Pope. Against this new enemy Longstreet showed a front, while Stuart, raising a mighemy made a show of attack along the lines of Longstreet. But scarcely had this begun, when they advle. At mid-day, on the 29th, the arrival of Longstreet rendered his fortunes difficult enough; but,[21 more...]
Robert Lewis Dabney, Life and Commands of Lieutenand- General Thomas J. Jackson, Chapter 17: the campaign in Maryland. (search)
the 30th of August, early enough to support Longstreet's centre, in its decisive advance against Potempt to escape from Harper's Ferry. General Longstreet's command will pursue the same road as ft of General R. H. Anderson, will follow General Longstreet; on reaching Middletown he will take the with less than five thousand men, when General Longstreet coming to his support in the afternoon, ber, by placing the divisions of D. H. Hill, Longstreet and Hood upon the range of hills in front ofle after Jackson, was posted on the right of Longstreet. After spending the day in a heavy but useln Jackson, than it burst upon D. H. Hill and Longstreet, with almost equal violence; but it was met l broken brigades. At another, he would see Longstreet, sitting alone upon his horse, near a batterssed the bridge in great force, and attacked Longstreet's right, under General D. R. Jones, forcing sary to extricate the remaining divisions of Longstreet, D. H. Hill, and Jones. These crossed the A[4 more...]
Robert Lewis Dabney, Life and Commands of Lieutenand- General Thomas J. Jackson, Chapter 18: Fredericksburg. (search)
nently assigned to Jackson, and the other to Longstreet. Henceforth these two great soldiers becameand Ransom appeared. The whole remainder of Longstreet's corps followed from Culpepper soon after, s leaving the Valley of Virginia, to support Longstreet. He therefore complied at once, and beginniion upon the railroad, a few miles south of Longstreet's position; where the troops arrived the 1stights before Fredericksburg, by the corps of Longstreet. At Port Royal was the division of D. H. Hi and not near so strong as that which he and Longstreet stormed at the Chickahominy, with inferior fre attacks. On the left, the battle-line of Longstreet was strengthened, at several places, by ligh the field with his glass. It was then that Longstreet, to whose sturdy breast the approach of batt upon General Jackson's left, instructed by Longstreet to lend a generous aid to their neighbors, h brought him to Fredericksburg. The last of Longstreet's corps did not arrive until the 21st. With[5 more...]
Robert Lewis Dabney, Life and Commands of Lieutenand- General Thomas J. Jackson, Chapter 19: Chancellorsville. (search)
al. The Federal Commander had persuaded himself that General Lee was laid aside by sickness, that all his force, except Jackson's corps, was either absent with Longstreet, or disaffected and scattered, and that with his vast numbers he would easily surround and crush the remainder, leaving no organized foe between him and Richmo it to be the finest army upon the planet. To meet this tremendous force, General Lee had the corps of General Jackson, and two divisions of the corps of General Longstreet, those of Anderson and McLaws. The other three, with Longstreet, under Hood, Pickett, Ransom, were absent in Southeastern Virginia, making a demonstration Longstreet, under Hood, Pickett, Ransom, were absent in Southeastern Virginia, making a demonstration against Suffolk, whither they had been directed by,the scarcity of forage and food in Spottsylvania. The corps of General Jackson now consisted of four divisions,--those of A. P. Hill; D. H. Hill, commanded by Brigadier General Rhodes; Trimble, commanded by Brigadier General Colston; and Early.--General D. H. Hill had been detach
Robert Lewis Dabney, Life and Commands of Lieutenand- General Thomas J. Jackson, Chapter 20: death and burial. (search)
his Cabinet, followed by all the general officers in Richmond; after whom came a mighty throng of civic dignitaries, and citizens. The procession moved through the main streets of the city, and then returned to the Capitol. Every place of business was closed, and every avenue thronged with solemn and tearful spectators, while a silence more impressive than that of the Sabbath, brooded over the whole town. When the hearse reached the steps of the Capitol, the pall bearers, headed by Gen. Longstreet, the great comrade of the departed, bore the corpse into the hall of the lower house of the Congress, where it was placed upon a species of altar, draped with snowy white, before the Speaker's chair. The coffin was still enfolded with the white, blue, and red, of the Confederate flag. There the head was uncovered, and the people were permitted, during the remainder of the day, to enter and view the features of the dead for the last time. The face was found to be in perfect repose;