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City Point (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 5.26
n field of battle. Major-General Samuel P. Heintzelman. From a photograph. General Johnston then supposed that something effective had been done by the Government for the local defense of Richmond, during the month that had elapsed since his army moved from there to the peninsula. On the 14th of May he learned, through his chief engineer, that little or nothing — either in the way of fortifications or of troops — had been provided; and that the enemy, on the James River, were above City Point, and threatening Drewry's Bluff, as well as the obstruction in the Appomattox, four and a half miles below Petersburg. This report closed with the remark: The danger is on the south side of James River. On the same day General Johnston received intelligence of the destruction of the Confederate iron-clad Virginia--called by the Federals the Merrimac. The next day news was received of the attack on Drewry's Bluff [see p. 271], and of the confusion and fright in Richmond. In this state
United States (United States) (search for this): chapter 5.26
on. When the head of the column on theNine-mile road, in the hurried movement to aid Longstreet, reached the vicinity of Fair Oaks Station, General Johnston censured General Whiting for hesitating to cross the railroad before disposing of a Federal force, north of that station, in position to threaten the left flank and rear of Whiting's command in case he moved farther. I was not present, but the following extracts from a letter to me, written in 1868 by Colonel B. W. Frobel, of the Confederate States Engineer Corps, gives an account of what occurred on that occasion. Colonel Frobel was then a major on General Whiting's staff. He says: Generals Johnston and Whiting were following immediately after Whiting's brigade. As Whiting's brigade reached the road near the railroad crossing, I was sent to halt it. On returning after doing this, I joined Generals Whiting and Johnston, who were riding toward the crossing. General Whiting was expostulating with General Johnston about taki
Palo Alto (Mississippi, United States) (search for this): chapter 5.26
n in the open ground between the woods and the river, from which he could reach their place of landing and their transports with his artillery fire. In this action the Union losses were 48 killed, 110 wounded, 28 missing; total, 186. The Confederate losses were 8 killed and 40 wounded; total, 48.--Editors. From this time the Confederates were more worried by the deep mud through which they were patiently trudging than they were by any movements of the Federals. In a letter to me from Palo Alto, on the Charles City road, dated Headquarters, Second Corps, May 8th, General Longstreet says: If your road can beat this for mud, I don't want to see it. If you see the General [Johnston] , say to him that we are as happy as larks over here, till we get 126 wagons [the total number] up to the hub at one time. I don't fear McClellan or any one in Yankeedom. When my command had passed the Baltimore Cross-roads, four and a half miles west of New Kent Court House, and had reached
Gilliss Creek (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 5.26
. In the meantime Huger's division had arrived and was encamped east of the city, north of the Williamsburg road, on Gilliss Creek. About noon on the 30th General D. H. Hill reported to General Johnston that reconnoissances satisfied him that thhe attack by theNine-mile road, and he caused that division to take precedence of Huger's division at the crossing of Gilliss Creek, which at daylight was a raging torrent. General Huger, in a report, says: Longstreet's division got the road at the and a half miles out on theNine-mile road: Major-General W. H. C. Whiting. From a photograph. A little brook [Gilliss Creek] near Richmond was greatly swollen, and a long time was wasted crossing it on an improvised bridge made of planks, a road, a mile or more in advance of Magruder's line at Old Tavern. The camps of Huger's division were on the banks of Gilliss Creek, close to the suburbs of Richmond; this division remained on the Williamsburg road, more than a mile in advance of Hi
Beaver Dam Creek, Md. (Maryland, United States) (search for this): chapter 5.26
kahominy, their left near the railroad, their right, thrown back in a naturally strong position, on the left bank of Beaver Dam Creek, with an intrenched outpost at Mechanicsville. All the bridges and fords along the Chickahominy in their front weres division from the vicinity of Ashland, and make preparations, as soon as possible, to attack at Mechanicsville and Beaver Dam Creek. Longstreet's division was ordered to take position north and east of Richmond, and D. H. Hill's division was orderon's army under my command, would make a prompt and combined attack on the right of the Federals, strongly posted at Beaver Dam Creek. I was satisfied that the three divisions could carry the works at that place by open assault, but it would be a bl, attacking the three Federal corps on the north side of that stream, and moving against the very strong position at Beaver Dam Creek; while there were but two Federal corps on our side, gradually coming within striking distance where the natural fea
Charles City (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 5.26
. In a letter to me from Palo Alto, on the Charles City road, dated Headquarters, Second Corps, Maydivision, on Longstreet's left, guarded the Charles City road, and was about three miles from Richmorvation, three and a half miles out, on the Charles City road, and had to cross an almost impractica, by by-paths across to the junction of the Charles City and Williamsburg roads, and remained at thid to send three of my small brigades on the Charles City road to support the one of Major-General Huf five Confederate brigades up and down the Charles City road between 3 and 5 P. M., it is necessarylliamsburg road, and General Huger's by the Charles City road. The enemy, it was understood, had aligade was three and a half miles out on the Charles City road. Two brigades of the division undernd that Huger's division, recalled from the Charles City road, though now at the front, had not beenorning of June 1st from its position on the Charles City road, and reported to General Hill, at the [15 more...]
Columbia (South Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 5.26
Keyes's corps, early in the morning of May 31st, before it could have been reinforced by either Heintzelman or Sumner. On the 15th of May, the Union gun-boats opened fire on the forts at Drewry's Bluff, twelve miles below Richmond, and soon after Johnston's army retired, opening the way for McClellan's advance to within seven miles of Richmond, whose citizens believed at this time that the Confederate authorities would be compelled to evacuate the city. The archives were shipped to Columbia, S. C., the public treasure was kept on cars ready for transportation to a place of safety. Confidence was restored before the battle of Seven Pines. On May 25th and 26th, Lieutenant F. C. Davis, of the 3d Pennsylvania Cavalry, with eleven men rode from Bottom's Bridge, by way of White Oak Bridge and Charles City Court House, to the James River and communicated with the gun-boat fleet. After the battle of Seven Pines, General Lee determined to defend Richmond on the line then held by his ar
White Oak Swamp (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 5.26
in front. In the first line there was a small, unfinished pent-angular redoubt; and the abatis of the second line extended in a curve to the rear, across theNine-mile road. The left of the position was protected by the almost impracticable White Oak Swamp. But the ground on the right offered no strong features for defense, and was not fortified. About one thousand yards in front of the first line of rifle-pits, and nearly at right angles to the Williamsburg road, a skirmish-line extended frHill's division was to advance to the attack. General Rodes says that the order to move reached him between 10 and 11 A. M., and adds: The progress of the brigade was considerably delayed by the washing away of a bridge near the head of White Oak Swamp. . . . At this point the character of the crossing was such that it was absolutely necessary to proceed with great caution, to prevent the loss of both ammunition and life, When the signal for attack was given, only two regiments of Rode
Williamsburg (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 5.26
at Longstreet's division was to move to the Williamsburg road and support D. H. Hill's division on tichmond; G. Wa. Smith's division was on the Williamsburg road, and north of it, two or three miles fs. From the edge of the wood, south of the Williamsburg road, Rains's brigade commenced firing on tresisted in their brilliant movement to the Williamsburg road, in rear of the Federal second line ofeived, and this time to countermarch to the Williamsburg road and follow on in rear of the troops th expecting to hear that the fighting on the Williamsburg road had commenced. In my official report reinforcements direct to Longstreet on the Williamsburg road. I adopted the latter course, and reql the command of the three divisions on the Williamsburg road; much less did I know, or even suspectof battle across and at right angles to the Williamsburg road about half a mile east of Seven Pines, of Richmond; this division remained on the Williamsburg road, more than a mile in advance of Hill's[53 more...]
Norfolk (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 5.26
the Chiekahominy, and place it on our extreme left. General Longstreet, who was present, then proposed that an attack be made early next morning, the 29th, in the direction of Seven Pines. General Johnston said that it was not quite certain that McDowell had moved north the disposition made of our troops whilst it was supposed McDowell was coming was too strong on the left to admit of immediate and advantageous attack being made in the direction of Seven Pines; that Huger's division from Norfolk was expected to join us very soon; and that the enemy, east of us, had not yet approached near enough, in force worth crushing, to justify the engagement of the mass of our army in the swamps around Seven Pines, whilst the Federals were threatening the city on the north side. No orders were given to attack on the 29th, but it was distinctly understood that, in case McDowell did not promptly come on, General Johnston would revert to his former intention, and endeavor to strike a sudden and,
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