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Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., From Gettysburg to the coming of Grant. (search)
oners. The skill and promptitude of Major-General Warren, and the gallantry and bearing of the ooin the main body of the army, connecting with Warren's right at Locust Grove. This movement was co movement to the left under the command of General Warren, who had proposed and advocated it, shouldThird Corps. It was generally understood that Warren's movement as a flank operation was to have best of the army moved upon his actual front. Warren's command marched in the night-time. During t reach his flank and rear and double him up on Warren, who was expected to come in on his extreme riry. These orders were also sent to Warren. Warren's movement had been made upon a more circumscrsist it. Upon reaching the position he sought, Warren, with the good instincts of a soldier, recognieatly disappointed and angry at the failure of Warren's movement. He had sent for Sedgwick to take command at headquarters while he rode to join Warren, who could only be reached by a long and somewh[3 more...]
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., From the Wilderness to Cold Harbor. (search)
ition and ready for battle. The Sixth Corps (General Wright) crossed at Jericho Mill and joined Warren. The two wings of Grant's army were safely across the river, but there was no connection betweeson bridge and Ford. Anderson's Station is Verdon, and the ch. Cady house is J. Anderson's. Warren's corps was sent down on the south side to help Burnside across, Crittenden's division of Bured the river on the 24th at Quarles's Mill, between Ox Ford and Jericho Mill, and connected with Warren's left. Potter's division of this corps was with Hancock, leaving only one division, O. B. Willforce in his front, attacked Burnside's corps while it was in motion, striking also the flank of Warren's corps, and capturing several hundred prisoners. This was accomplished with small loss, and hadate camp. Second day of the battle of the Wilderness, May 6, 1864--view toward Parker's Store, from the Lacy House, the headquarters of Grant, Meade, and Warren. From a sketch made at the time.
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., General Grant on the Wilderness campaign. (search)
the 7th the march was commenced toward Spotsylvania Court House, the Fifth Corps moving on the most direct road. But the enemy, having become apprised of our movement and having the shorter line, was enabled to reach there first. On the 8th General Warren met a force of the enemy, which had been sent out to oppose and delay his advance to gain time to fortify the line taken up at Spotsylvania. This force was steadily driven back on the main force, within the recently constructed works, after Corps reached the North Anna on the afternoon of the 23d, closely followed by the Sixth Corps. The Second and Ninth corps got up about the same time, the Second holding the railroad bridge, and the Ninth lying between that and Jericho Ford. General Warren effected a crossing the same afternoon, and got a position without he was violently attacked, but repulsed the enemy with great slaughter. On the 25th General Sheridan rejoined the Army of the Potomac from the raid on which he started from S
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., Through the Wilderness. (search)
4 guns. Hancock's corps contained 26,676 men; Warren's, 24,125 men; Sedgwick's, 22,584 men ; Theth-east, side of the Wilderness battle-field. Warren, with Wilson's cavalry in front (and followed t be regarded as entirely distinct battles. Warren received orders from Meade at 7:15 in the morn Chewning's farm, connecting his right with Warren and joining the right of Hancock, now held by oughly Distributing ammunition under fire to Warren's Fifth Corps, May 6. from a sketch made at t at the time. p. 167.] This was attempted, but Warren found that he was required with his corps to h Stuart at Todd's tavern, or near that point. Warren gave the required assistance, driving out of his corps was now detached for this service. Warren was delayed by the blocking of the Brock road pportunity to reach Spotsylvania in advance of Warren. When Warren reached Todd's tavern at 3 A. M.d cavalry. Hancock moved east to the right of Warren, and intrenched overlooking the Po. On the mor[25 more...]
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., Hand-to-hand fighting at Spotsylvania. (search)
oncern. About dusk the Sixth Corps moved to a position on the right and rear of the army. The stormy night was favorable to Hancock's movement, and about 10 o'clock he put his troops in motion, marching to a point on the left of the Sixth Corps' former position in the neighborhood of the Brown house, massing his troops in that vicinity. [See map, p. 167.] General Grant's orders to Hancock were to assault at daylight on the 12th in cooperation with Burnside on his left, while Wright and Warren were held in readiness to assault on his right. The Confederate army was composed of three corps--Longstreet (now R. H. Anderson) on their left, Ewell in the center, and A. P. Hill (now under Early) on the right. The point to be assaulted was a salient of field-works on the Confederate center, afterward called the Bloody angle. It was held by General Edward Johnson's division. Here the Confederate line broke off at an angle of ninety degrees, the right parallel, about the length of a sma
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., chapter 4.19 (search)
tion. by Martin T. Mcmahon, Brevet Major-General, U. S. V.; chief-of-staff, Sixth Corps. On May 8th, 1864, the Sixth Corps made a rapid march to the support of Warren, near Spot-sylvania Court House. We arrived there about 5 P. M., and passed the rest of the day in getting into position on Warren's left. After nightfall GenerWarren's left. After nightfall General Sedgwick rode back into an open field near General Warren's headquarters and, with his staff, lay down on the grass and slept until daylight. Shortly after daylight he moved out upon his line of battle. We had no tents or breakfast during that night or morning. The general made some necessary changes in the line and gave a fGeneral Warren's headquarters and, with his staff, lay down on the grass and slept until daylight. Shortly after daylight he moved out upon his line of battle. We had no tents or breakfast during that night or morning. The general made some necessary changes in the line and gave a few unimportant orders, and sat down with me upon a hard-tack box, with his back resting against a tree. The men, one hundred feet in front, were just finishing a line of rifle-pits, which ran to the right of a section of artillery that occupied an angle in our line. The 1st New Jersey brigade was in advance of this line. Afte
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., Actions on the Weldon Railroad. (search)
as pleased sufficiently as it was, and ordered Warren to maintain his hold on the road at all hazardsions from the Ninth Corps' works to reenforce Warren; these to be followed finally by Gregg's caval up. About this time I received orders from Warren to send a brigade to the left of Crawford and y White, when White was attacked by Colquitt. Warren ordered me to assume command of both divisionsht wing, as he had been previously directed by Warren, to prevent another such disaster as had openetch made at the time. news, and congratulated Warren and his brave officers and men on their succes of the trenches on its nerves. On the 20th Warren drew back his line about a mile to more open givision of the Ninth Corps, held in reserve on Warren's center, was ordered to the same point. Hancock had been advised by telegraph from Warren's headquarters, where Meade had come to be in closer crdered to take, as indeed it was. Meade was at Warren's headquarters. I was at headquarters Army of[16 more...]
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., General Grant on the siege of Petersburg. (search)
The enemy having withdrawn heavily from Petersburg to resist this movement, the Fifth Corps, General Warren commanding, was moved out on the 18th, and took possession of the Weldon Railroad. [See p. ur fortified line. Orders were given accordingly. Immediately upon receiving a report that General Warren had connected with General Hancock I returned to my headquarters. Soon after I left the enemy moved out across Hatcher's Run, in the gap between Generals Hancock and Warren, which was not closed as reported, and made a desperate attack on General Hancock's right and rear. General Hancock isford. . . . Among the movements on the left were the expedition, December 7th to 10th, under Warren, by which the Weldon Railroad was destroyed as far as Hicksford, and the combined movement, February 5th to 7th, under Warren and Humphreys (who on the 28th of November succeeded to the command of the Second Corps, Hancock having been detailed to organize the Veteran Corps),--which resulted in e
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., General Warren at five Forks, and the court of inquiry. (search)
t granting me the investigation sought. General Warren resigned his volunteer commission May 27, A court of inquiry was finally granted to General Warren on the 9th of December, 1879, by Presidentefects, and to say that as much as I liked General Warren, now was not a time when we could let our upon that authorization that Sheridan removed Warren, I was very sorry that it had been done, and rsulting in a repulse. The court exonerated Warren, but held that he should have been with his adont. Second. General Sheridan says: Had Warren moved according to the expectations of the lieof March 31st, as Grant had expected; but that Warren should have moved Griffin and Crawford at onceered. Third. General Sheridan says: General Warren did not exert himself to get up his corps onfidence on the part of the troops, which General Warren did not exert himself to inspire. The court found that Warren was exerting himself to remedy the divergence of Crawford and Griffin, after[4 more...]