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Joseph E. Johnston (search for this): chapter 5.26
who was near, in command of the army. General Johnston also states that three Federal corps on te; and I never questioned the accuracy of General Johnston's statement in regard to the general posidwelling upon what might have happened if General Johnston had not been disabled, or discussing whatne, facing nearly west, as represented by General Johnston) Houses on the battle-field, used as Unly be given. I am far from agreeing with General Johnston in the rose-colored view he takes of the after he was disabled and left the field, General Johnston says: In the evening [June 1st] our troopral days within easy striking distance of General Johnston's army. The intention of the latter to tte in the afternoon, Longstreet called on General Johnston for help, and complained of the latter's D. H. Hill's division attacked in front,--as Johnston certainly intended,--there would have been no, twelve miles below Richmond, and soon after Johnston's army retired, opening the way for McClellan[3 more...]
Benjamin Huger (search for this): chapter 5.26
and it is claimed by many that the slowness of Huger's division caused the failure of complete Conf cross. On the 20th of September, 1862, General Huger wrote to General Johnston: I beg to rend of that portion of the army. After protest Huger acquiesced. It was then possibly 10 A. M. ant of the 12th Virginia, of Mahone's brigade, Huger's division, says: Longstreet [three brigadl D. H. Hill by the Williamsburg road, and General Huger's by the Charles City road. The enemy, it31st] I attribute to the slow movements of General Huger's command. This threw perhaps the hardestr the railroad, facing north; Longstreet's and Huger's divisions on Hill's left, parallel to the rane. But General Mahone, in a letter to Captain Benj. Huger, October 13th, 1862, says that his brigcupied when the order to attack was given; but Huger's division remained well out on the Williamsbuf Magruder's line at Old Tavern. The camps of Huger's division were on the banks of Gilliss Creek,[41 more...]
Cadmus M. Wilcox (search for this): chapter 5.26
eet's control on the Charles City road. General Wilcox, in his official report, says that the thrurs; and there was no enemy on that road. General Wilcox adds: This order was soon modified, an Williamsburg road. The plain words of General Wilcox, written at the time and addressed to his ear of the fighting. The leading brigade of Wilcox's command arrived at Casey's captured redoubt d. Three companies of the leading regiment of Wilcox's troops were sent to dislodge a party of the withdrawn to Seven Pines, and the brigades of Wilcox and Pryor moved forward from the redoubt and bbetween the two Confederate brigades under General Wilcox and seven regiments of Hooker's division ade was ordered to attack; that the brigades of Wilcox and Pryor were ordered to retire, and that theear the redoubt. In this affair the losses in Wilcox's brigade were 44; those in Pryor's brigade arnishes before the plain statements made by General Wilcox; but, in fairness, it should be stated tha[5 more...]
Lafayette McLaws (search for this): chapter 5.26
idge turns off [at Old Tavern]. Should there be cause of haste, General McLaws, on your approach, will be ordered to leave his ground for you,t been made; the division on that road could not be advanced beyond McLaws's picket-line without bringing on the battle which General Johnston P. M., May 31st, addressed to me by their immediate commander, General McLaws. He says: General Cobb, five regiments, [posted] from the 30 he had failed to find General Longstreet. In the meantime General McLaws, who was at New Bridge, reported large forces opposite that poiHuger's division to theNine-mile road. That brigade was to support McLaws at New Bridge, or Whiting at Fair Oaks, as might be required. Gene Williamsburg road. I adopted the latter course, and requested General McLaws to go to General Longstreet, inform him that about five thousanthe ground he had lost. About 1 P. M. I received a note from General McLaws, stating: Longstreet says he can hold his position with five th
Richard H. Anderson (search for this): chapter 5.26
rm-houses as seen from Casey's redoubt. From a photograph. Hill then sent to Longstreet for another brigade. In a few minutes the magnificent brigade of R. H. Anderson came to Hill's support. The latter says: A portion of this force, under Colonel Jenkins, consisting of the Palmetto Sharp-shooters and the 6th South Caro the two South Carolina regiments to join the 27th Georgia and scour along the railroad and Nine-mile road, and thus get in rear of the enemy, he directed General R. H. Anderson, with the other portion of his brigade, to attack the Federals in a wood north, and within cannon-range of the redoubt. This wood was then occupied by ision On the Confederate side the losses, May 31st, in D. H. Hill's division were 2915, being more than one-third of his effective strength. The losses in R. H. Anderson's brigade (of Longstreet's division) are not reported; but it is known that the 6th South Carolina Regiment lost 269 out of 521 in action. The losses in this
Joseph Hooker (search for this): chapter 5.26
ighths miles east of Seven Pines. One brigade and two regiments of Hooker's division were close in rear of Keyes, and two brigades of Kearny'wo Confederate brigades under General Wilcox and seven regiments of Hooker's division and the left regiment of Birney's three. The two regimeehension of the real state of affairs on the Confederate side. General Hooker says: Our advance on the rebels . . . was slow, . . . the f they held that morning, with the exception of Sickles's brigade of Hooker's division, which occupied the ground where Colonel Jenkins's commas had retired from Casey's captured works. At 5 P. M. that day General Hooker reported the result of an armed reconnoissance from which he ha On the 18th of June, Brigadier-General Cuvier Grover's brigade, of Hooker's division, made a reconnoissance between the Williamsburg road andund the Confederates in force behind earth-works. The divisions of Hooker and Kearny advanced on the 25th to a point called Oak Grove, about
W. H. F. Lee (search for this): chapter 5.26
mpelled 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 army. This fact, in connection with the success of General Jackson in freeing the Shenandoah Valley of Union forces, restored the confidence of the people at Richmond. A large draft of soldiers from the ranks furnished a laboring force to build intrenchments, and slaves in the counties around Richmond were impressed for the work. On the 18th of June, Brigadier-General Cuvier Grover's brigade, of Hooker's division, made a reco
Irvin McDowell (search for this): chapter 5.26
nston, stating he had just been informed that McDowell was advancing from Fredericksburg in force. bout 40,000 men; About 35,000 effectives. McDowell asked for subsistence for 38,000 men, includi00,000, and we could not afford to wait until McDowell reached him. General Johnston determined to attack the Federal right before McDowell could come up. I was ordered to move my division to the er, by the necessity for prompt action before McDowell could join McClellan. I did not know, in anycClellan, and, if possible, defeat him before McDowell could arrive. On receiving my report Genernston 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 anut it was distinctly understood that, in case McDowell did not promptly come on, General Johnston woey were assigned when it was first heard that McDowell was Major-General Erasmus D. Keyes. From a[2 more...]
Charles Devens (search for this): chapter 5.26
line at Seven Pines, held by Couch's division. Peck's brigade was on the left, Devens in the center, and the regiments of Abercrombie's brigade, that had not been deabatis in front of Couches line, and General Keyes sent forward one regiment of Devens's brigade to assist in checking the advance of the Confederates. Casey's men were driven through the abatis, and the regiment of Devens's brigade was hurled back in disorder, and could not be rallied until they had retreated beyond the earth-woe advance of Berry's brigade reached Seven Pines. At that time one regiment of Devens's brigade had just been routed in the second abatis. General Kearny says: On a of the movements that day of my division under Whiting Line of battle of General Devens's Brigade, between the Williamsburg and Nine-mile roads--General Devens wouGeneral Devens wounded. From a sketch made at the time. which prevented Sumner's forces from reaching Keyes at Seven Pines, and incidentally deprived Keyes and Heintzelman of the serv
Benjamin F. Davis (search for this): chapter 5.26
rear, and coming up as fast as circumstances would permit. effectual resistance. He claims that the battle was unfinished in consequence of the disabling of their commander [Johnston], and states that after he was disabled, the only thing President Davis ought to have done, or had time to do, was postponed almost twenty hours--the putting General Lee, who was near, in command of the army. General Johnston also states that three Federal corps on the Richmond side were completely separated a sharp skirmish reported by General Pickett as he was retiring, under the orders of General Lee, to resume our former position. Without dwelling upon what might have happened if General Johnston had not been disabled, or discussing what President Davis ought to have done, or had time to do, it is proposed to show that General Johnston is greatly in error in reference to the positions of the contending forces on the morning of June 1st, and to present evidence that will refresh General Long
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