hide Sorting

You can sort these results in two ways:

By entity
Chronological order for dates, alphabetical order for places and people.
By position (current method)
As the entities appear in the document.

You are currently sorting in ascending order. Sort in descending order.

hide Most Frequent Entities

The entities that appear most frequently in this document are shown below.

Entity Max. Freq Min. Freq
Fitzhugh Lee 414 2 Browse Search
Richard S. Ewell 411 1 Browse Search
J. B. Gordon 372 2 Browse Search
Harry T. Hays 361 1 Browse Search
Robert E. Rodes 282 2 Browse Search
D. H. Hill 233 13 Browse Search
Winchester, Va. (Virginia, United States) 220 0 Browse Search
Jackson (Mississippi, United States) 220 0 Browse Search
James Longstreet 218 4 Browse Search
A. P. Hill 183 11 Browse Search
View all entities in this document...

Browsing named entities in a specific section of Jubal Anderson Early, Ruth Hairston Early, Lieutenant General Jubal A. Early , C. S. A.. Search the whole document.

Found 587 total hits in 98 results.

... 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Fitzhugh Lee (search for this): chapter 31
alry and a battery of artillery, applied to General Lee for reinforcements, and two brigades of Hil's, were sent to Staunton over the railroad, Fitz. Lee's brigade of cavalry being ordered to move to the Valley also. General Lee then ordered me to proceed to the Valley and take command of all thcame to me with a telegraphic dispatch from General Lee, who was then in Richmond, stating that Ave received another telegraphic dispatch from General Lee, informing me that Averill had entered Salerill if he came that way. I expected to find Fitz. Lee in the valley by this time, either at Staunten. On arriving at Staunton, I found General Fitz. Lee himself, who had come in advance of his true, I at once sent a copy by a courier to General Lee for his information, stating to him at the and moving on. It was now too late to reach Fitz. Lee by courier and I hoped that he might have ha time came to fall back. In the meantime Fitz. Lee had reached Hardy, attacked a guarded train [11 more...]
Kelly (search for this): chapter 31
om Martinsburg to intercept, but he succeeded in passing in safety between the columns sent against him. McNeil's company and part of Gilmor's battalion had been sent west to the Allegheny Mountains to collect cattle and were now returning by the way of Petersburg with a good lot of them. The morning after Rosser's return I made preparations to retire with the prisoners, plunder, cattle, and sheep in our possession, and as we were moving out of Moorefield, the enemy's force consisting of Kelly's command from Cumberland and Averill's brigade of cavalry came in view on the opposite banks of the river, and opened with artillery. Thomas' brigade, which had moved across to the valley of the South Fork, and commenced retiring, was brought back a short distance and formed in line across the valley with the artillery in position, while Rosser's cavalry retiring through Moorefield took position below Thomas, sending out some skirmishers to encounter those of the enemy. The object of t
H. H. Walker (search for this): chapter 31
rcements, and two brigades of Hill's corps, Thomas' and H. H. Walker's, were sent to Staunton over the railroad, Fitz. Lee'son, it having arrived the evening before, ahead of me, and Walker's had moved out to Buffalo Gap, ten miles beyond Staunton made his escape by Jackson, I received a dispatch from General Walker at Staunton informing me that the force that had been arly night. On arriving at Staunton myself, I rode out to Walker's position eighteen miles beyond, leaving orders for Thomas to march up during the night. On reaching Walker I found that the enemy was in Harrisonburg, and I ordered an advance earhirty-six miles since after nightfall the evening before. Walker's moved on to New Market and halted there, having then mar sent beyond Strasburg to demonstrate towards Winchester. Walker's brigade had been left at Mount Jackson. While we were ay Springs pass, to the same valley. Imboden was left with Walker's brigade of infantry at Mount Jackson, and his own brigad
Cow Pasture (search for this): chapter 31
entral Railroad, with about five hundred men of his brigade dismounted, and that covered a route by Clifton Forge from Fincastle up the river to Covington. Railroad communication with him was cut by the previous destruction of the bridge over Cow Pasture, but there was telegraphic communication with him, and he was ordered to keep a lookout and make disposition to stop Averill if he came that way. I expected to find Fitz. Lee in the valley by this time, either at Staunton or farther down, and y courier and I hoped that he might have had some accurate information. I now determined to try to reach Jackson's position with one of the brigades of infantry, and Thomas' was sent next morning on the railroad, to endeavor to get across Cow Pasture in boats and so reach Jackson. The running stock of the railroad was in such bad condition, and the grades beyond Millboro were so heavy, having a temporary track with inclined planes at an unfinished part of the road beyond that point, that
McLaws (search for this): chapter 31
the Potomac under Meade had been consolidated into three corps instead of five, to-wit: the 2nd, and 6th, and 9th corps under Burnside, which had been very greatly increased, was added to the force in our front. The Army of the Potomac, and the 9th corps, with the artillery and cavalry, the latter having been largely increased, constituted Grant's immediate command, though he had a general control of all the forces. By the last of May it was very evident that the enemy was making very formidable preparations for a campaign against us, and to meet them we had but what remained of the army with which we had fought the year before, recruited since the close of active operations, only by such men as had recovered from wounds and sickness, and a few young men who had just arrived at the age of military service. Longstreet had returned from his expedition into Tennessee with two of his divisions, McLaws' and Field's (formerly Hood's), Pickett's being absent and south of James River.
McDowell (search for this): chapter 31
Fitz. Lee's brigade of cavalry being ordered to move to the Valley also. General Lee then ordered me to proceed to the Valley and take command of all the troops there. I started at once, leaving Orange Court-House by rail and, reaching Staunton, by reason of some delay on the railroad, after the middle of the night. I found Thomas' brigade in Staunton, it having arrived the evening before, ahead of me, and Walker's had moved out to Buffalo Gap, ten miles beyond Staunton on the road to McDowell, at or near which place the enemy under Averill was reported to be. Very early next morning General Imboden came into town, and I rode with him to his camp across the mountain from Buffalo Gap near the Calf Pasture River. He reported that the enemy's force was about five thousand strong and still confronted him behind Bull Pasture River, on the other side of the intervening mountains, where it was watched by a detachment of his cavalry, and such was the report we found at his camp. A
Imboden (search for this): chapter 31
ll with his cavalry had left the front of General Imboden at least two days before I started from Orce with him, under Colonel Thoburn, to amuse Imboden's pickets, and that Thoburn had also started valley of the South Branch before I arrived. Imboden was ordered to bring his brigade back to Buffhad good guides. After consultation with General Imboden, who was very familiar with the country, ington and Colliertown, at which latter place Imboden was ordered to unite with him. His brigade pspatch reached General Lee he had united with Imboden at Colliertown, and after consultation with t started McClanahan's battery of artillery of Imboden's command with him and some wagons, but it washer's Hill with Thomas' brigade, preceded by Imboden's cavalry under Colonel Smith, and remained tthe Orkney Springs pass, to the same valley. Imboden was left with Walker's brigade of infantry at when the commander of the picket reached General Imboden, with his horse panting and foaming, it h[2 more...]
Potts (search for this): chapter 31
e way of Fincastle in pursuit, and ascertaining what route Averill had taken, he then went to Covington and from there followed to Callahan's, but the greater part of the raiding party had made its escape, so he desisted from what was then a useless effort. The facts were that on going back on the route he had come, from the Sweet Springs, Averill found his retreat cut off that way by Echol's brigade of General Sam Jones' force from Southwestern Virginia, which was posted on what is called Potts' or Middle Mountain, and he then turned across toward Covington over Rich Patch Mountain, being compelled to come into the valley of Jackson's River at the point he did to reach the bridge on the road from Clifton Forge to Covington, as there was no bridge on the direct road to that place. He thus succeeded in making his escape by the stupidity or treachery of a telegraph operator, but the amount of damage he had been able to do did not compensate for the loss of men and horses which he sus
Hampton (search for this): chapter 31
ent was for the purpose of a cavalry raid against Richmond. A force being moved towards Charlottesville on our left, while the main raiding party, under Kilpatrick, went towards Richmond for the purpose of capturing and burning the city, releasing the Federal prisoners, and bringing off or killing the Confederate authorities. This raid proved a ridiculous failure, its approach to Richmond being prevented by some home guards and local troops composed of employees in the departments, while Hampton dispersed a part of it with a few of his cavalry hastily gotten up. The force moving on Charlottesville retired from before a few pieces of artillery which had no support. After this affair was settled I took the benefit of my short leave — the only indulgence of the kind asked for or received by me during the, whole war. I returned to my division about the middle of March, and assumed command, finding it in its old position, nothing serious having occurred during the winter. Wh
Callahan (search for this): chapter 31
h General Imboden, who was very familiar with the country, I determined to send his brigade to Covington next day, where it would be in a position to intercept Averill's retreat on the road by that place or move to the right and intercept him at Callahan's if he returned the same way he went. During the night it rained in perfect torrents-such a rain as I have rarely seen — and by the next morning all the streams were very high. The direct route to Covington was down the valley of the Littl pursuit of any kind. When Fitz. Lee reached Buchanan and found Averill was not coming that way, he moved by the way of Fincastle in pursuit, and ascertaining what route Averill had taken, he then went to Covington and from there followed to Callahan's, but the greater part of the raiding party had made its escape, so he desisted from what was then a useless effort. The facts were that on going back on the route he had come, from the Sweet Springs, Averill found his retreat cut off that wa
... 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10