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Cambridge (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 3.31
til we reached Salem Church, an unpretentious red-brick structure situated on a ridge covered with dense woods and undergrowth. To-day it bears many scars of the contest waged around it. At this point the enemy were in position with four fresh brigades withdrawn from Hooker's front, and prepared to contest any farther advance. Lee had met with such complete success in his attack upon Hooker that he felt he could well spare these troops and not suffer. Brooks on the left of the road and Newton on the right quickly formed their commands and made several gallant assaults. The fight was very severe in the thick woods, and for a time was waged with varying success. The crest of the woods and a little school-house near the church were gained, and once it was thought they could be held, but the enemy, in superior numbers, pressed on, and the ground and the church were left in their possession. The contest did not last long, but nearly 1500 were killed and wounded. Bartlett's brigade
Telegraph (New Mexico, United States) (search for this): chapter 3.31
clock. Sedgwick and Newton with the deepest interest watched the attack from. the garden of a brick residence situated on the outskirts of the town and to the left The capture of a gun of the Washington artillery, on Marye's Heights. of the Telegraph road, which commanded a full view of the assault. The movements of the enemy showed that they were actively preparing to receive the attack, but the men behind the stone wall were concealed from view. As the left column emerged from the town The suspense was intense. Was it to be a victory or a defeat? Was the place a second time to be a slaughter-pen? Was the Sixth Corps to be driven into the river? Staff-officers, waving their swords and hurrahing to the men, dashed down the Telegraph road. A blinding rain of shot pierced the air. It was more than human nature could face. The head of the column as it reached the lowest part of the decline near a fork in the road seemed to melt away. Many fell; others bending low to the ea
Bowling Green, Wood County, Ohio (Ohio, United States) (search for this): chapter 3.31
of the 2d of May Hooker sent word to Sedgwick to take up his line on the Chancellorsville road and attack and destroy any forces he might meet. He also added that he (Sedgwick) would probably fall upon the rear of Lee's forces, and between them they would use Lee up. If Hooker thought an insignificant force was in Sedgwick's front, the engagement soon to take place showed how mistaken he was. Sedgwick received the order about 11 o'clock at night. He at once advanced his command to the Bowling Green road and then marched by the right flank toward Fredericksburg. Newton's division was in the advance. The night was dark and the road made darker by the foliage of the trees on either side. The progress was necessarily slow. Frequent short halts were made while the skirmishers were feeling their way. Once, when the, halt was prolonged and nothing broke the deep silence of the night except an occasional shot followed by the never-to-be-forgotten ping of the minie-ball, General Newton,
United States (United States) (search for this): chapter 3.31
added that he could do nothing to relieve him. These instructions to Sedgwick were sent through General G. K. Warren, Hooker's chief of engineers, who had been sent to Sedgwick to render what assistance he might, and who had returned to Hooker on Sunday evening. Warren says: As soon as General Sedgwick's advance had caused the retreat of the troops at Banks's Ford [about 1 P. M., May 3d], General Benham had thrown a bridge across and communicated with him. By this route and the United States Mine Ford, I returned to headquarters, near Chancellorsville, which I reached at 11 P. M. I found, as the result of the battle at that point, that our line had fallen back from the Chancellorsville house about a mile. After reporting to the general, and getting his ideas, I telegraphed the following to General Sedgwick at mid-night: I find everything snug here. We contracted the line a little, and repulsed the last assault with ease. General Hooker wishes them to attack him to-mo
Jackson (Mississippi, United States) (search for this): chapter 3.31
llorsville more than the guns. The feeling became widely prevalent that the Sixth Corps would be compelled to take care of itself. At first it was cautiously whispered that Hooker had failed, and soon the worst was surmised, and it was concluded that no help could be expected from him. His dash, promptness, and confidence as a division and corps commander were gone. Lee that night withdrew his troops, flushed with their brilliant success, from the front of Hooker, with the exception of Jackson's corps, and marched against Sedgwick. Still Hooker remained inactive; with a force greatly in excess of the enemy in his front, he made no effort to relieve Sedgwick from his perilous position. Works were thrown up by the enemy along the Salem Church ridge, and they extended their right until on Monday morning Marye's Heights and Fredericksburg, won at so great a sacrifice, were again theirs. Sedgwick's position, as finally established, was in the shape of a horseshoe, both flanks res
Franklin, Va. (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 3.31
ses and give us battle on our own ground, where certain destruction awaits him. Hooker forgot the injunction of Ahab to Benhadad: Tell him, he said, Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off. While the right wing was concentrating at Chancellorsville, the corps of Sedgwick and Reynolds, after considerable opposition, crossed the Rappahannock on pontoon-bridges below Fredericksburg, and by the evening of the 30th were deployed on the wide plain where Franklin's Left Grand Division had fought in the previous battle. Sickles's corps was in supporting distance. The position of Lee's army remained unchanged until the 29th, when Lee was informed that large bodies of Federals were moving toward Chancellorsville. It was the first information he had received of Hooker's movement on his left, and it is said he was incensed at the delay of the communication. [See p. 233.] At midnight Anderson's division of Lee's army hurriedly moved from Fredericksbur
Plank (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): chapter 3.31
exhibited to view the broad plateau alive with fleeing soldiers, riderless horses, and artillery and wagon trains on a gallop. The writer hurried back to Sedgwick, who was giving directions for Brooks and Howe to come up, and suggested that it was a rare opportunity for the use of cavalry. With evident regret Sedgwick replied that he did not have a cavalryman. The carrying of the heights had completely divided the enemy's Salem Church. From a recent photograph. The view is from the Plank road. On the left is what remains of the Confederate trenches. The bricks on the four sides of the church are spotted with bullet-marks, and especially on the line of the upper windows toward the road, showing that many Union soldiers aimed high. This church was a refuge for many Fredericksburg families during Burnside's battle.--editors. forces, throwing either flank with much confusion on opposite roads, and it seemed as though a regiment of cavalry might not only have captured many pr
Marye's Heights (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 3.31
d to ; ride ahead and tell Colonel Shaler to brush away the enemy's The Stone wall under Marye's Heights. From a photograph taken immediately after Sedgwick carried the position by assault. picgreat caution through the streets and in the outskirts of the town. As the morning dawned, Marye's Heights, the scene of the fierce attacks under Burnside in the previous December, were presented to. Sedgwick says, Nothing remained but to carry the works by direct assault. The attack on Marye's Heights was made under direction of Newton. Two columns, each marching by fours, were formed on thutskirts of the town and to the left The capture of a gun of the Washington artillery, on Marye's Heights. of the Telegraph road, which commanded a full view of the assault. The movements of the e enemy along the Salem Church ridge, and they extended their right until on Monday morning Marye's Heights and Fredericksburg, won at so great a sacrifice, were again theirs. Sedgwick's position,
Rappahannock (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 3.31
wick at Fredericksburg and Salem Heights. by Huntington W. Jackson, Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel, U. S. V. From our encampment on the Stafford Heights, the bright camp-fires of the enemy and the scenes of the terrible encounters under Burnside were daily presented to our sight from December, 1862, until the following April. During this period, with the exception of a futile movement on the right known as the Mud march, the army remained quiet. The pickets stationed on either bank of the Rappahannock were within hailing distance of each other, and dress and faces could be easily distinguished. By the comity that prevailed, there was no firing from either side. One could ride or walk down to the banks of the river with perfect security. Sometimes Johnny Reb, as he was called, would rig up a little raft, and, loading it with tobacco, start it with sails and rudder set for the other shore. When the precious freight was unloaded, the craft, generously burdened with coffee and salt, wo
Chancellorsville (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 3.31
ined to march around the enemy's left flank to Chancellorsville, leaving a portion of the army at Fredericksbuhe 30th Hooker established his headquarters at Chancellorsville. The same evening, in general orders, he said. While the right wing was concentrating at Chancellorsville, the corps of Sedgwick and Reynolds, after conat large bodies of Federals were moving toward Chancellorsville. It was the first information he had receivedds's corps having subsequently been ordered to Chancellorsville by Hooker, Sedgwick was left alone below Fredent word to Sedgwick to take up his line on the Chancellorsville road and attack and destroy any forces he migh as far as the immediate rear of Lee's army at Chancellorsville. Newton's division, exhausted by the night ck Sunday morning axes and spades were used at Chancellorsville more than the guns. The feeling became widelyes Mine Ford, I returned to headquarters, near Chancellorsville, which I reached at 11 P. M. I found, as the r
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