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Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 2., Chapter 6: the Army of the Potomac.--the Trent affair.--capture of Roanoke Island. (search)
Reno, and John G. Parke. the first brigade (Foster's) was composed of the Twenty-third, Twenty-Fo troops, under the command of Colonel Shaw. Foster led the way with his brigade, which was accompy. Reno brought up his brigade to the help of Foster's. These were the Twenty-first Massachusetts, ough the tangled swamps and took a position on Foster's right, with the intention of turning the Cond soldiers were strewn about the works. General Foster, who had skillfully directed these successsetts and Ninth New York, started in pursuit. Foster soon followed and overtook Reno, who was maneusaid, the Confederates had a two-gun battery. Foster pressed forward with an adequate force, and wa to complete the conquest of the Island, General Foster sent a force to capture Fort Bartow, whicho General McClellan, Feb'y 10th, 1862; of Generals Foster, Reno, and Parke; of Commodore Goldsborou he generously said, I owe every thing to Generals Foster, Reno, and Parke, and sadly gave the name[5 more...]
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 2., Chapter 9: events at Nashville, Columbus, New Madrid, Island number10, and Pea Ridge. (search)
, until the first week in April, when Foote's flotilla was yet above Island Number10, and Beauregard telegraphed April 15, 1862. to Richmond that the National guns had thrown three thousand shells and burned fifty tons of gun-powder without damaging his batteries, and killing only one of his men. The public began to be impatient, but victory was near. While Foote was carrying on this siege, Colonel Buford with the Twenty-seventh Illinois, Colonel Hogg with the Fifteenth Missouri, and Colonel Foster with a battalion of the Twenty-second Missouri, accompanied by a battery of six rifled cannon, under Captain Spatsmon, of the Second Illinois artillery, and 200 of the Second Illinois cavalry, went to Hickman on the gun-boat Louisville. They landed quietly, and soon afterward pushed on toward Union City, an important point at the junction of railways south of Columbus, occupied by a Confederate force composed of the Twenty-first Tennessee infantry and a battalion of cavalry, in all abou
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 2., Chapter 12: operations on the coasts of the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico. (search)
rmy moved forward in three columns, under Generals Foster, Reno, and Parke. A heavy fog lay for a nk, while Parke took position on their front. Foster was supported on his left by the boat-howitzern's battery, from the transport Highlander. Foster's brigade bore the brunt of the battle for aboticipated in the achievement and the triumph. Foster, meanwhile, hearing the shouts on the left whetes abandoned every thing and fled, pursued by Foster to the verge of the Trent. The fugitives werelored loyalists who remained as people. General Foster's brigade was taken over the Trent and to lowing day, he issued an order, appointing General Foster military governor of the city,, and directcted accordingly. On the 24th of April, General Foster issued an order that all passes given to nt eager; pupils were nightly seen, some of General Foster's New England soldiers acting as teachers.nside promptly obeyed the summons, leaving General Foster in command of the department. During the [3 more...]
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 2., Chapter 20: events West of the Mississippi and in Middle Tennessee. (search)
off Coffey's retreat. At the same time Colonel Fitz-Henry Warren, with the First Iowa cavalry, was sent from Clinton with 1,500 men to effect a junction with Major Foster, whom Totten had sent out from Lexington in search of Hughes. The insurgent bands formed a junction and in a combat at Lone Jack, in Jackson County, with MajorMajor Foster, who had sallied out of Lexington with eight hundred cavalry, they were successful. Foster was defeated was wounded, and lost two of his guns. Coffey then pressed on with about four thousand five hundred men, when he was alarmed by intelligence James G. Blunt. that General James G. Blunt, then commanding in Kansas, wasFoster was defeated was wounded, and lost two of his guns. Coffey then pressed on with about four thousand five hundred men, when he was alarmed by intelligence James G. Blunt. that General James G. Blunt, then commanding in Kansas, was threatening his line of retreat with a strong force while the commands of Loan and Wright were concentrating upon him. He suddenly turned his face southward, and, eluding Blunt while covered with darkness, he fled back into Arkansas with very little loss, hotly pursued to the borders of that State. Missouri was now somewhat r
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 2., Chapter 22: the siege of Vicksburg. (search)
rate brigades about six thousand strong, under Generals Gregg and Walker (commanded by the former), well posted near Farnden's Creek, with infantry on a range of hills, in timber and in ravines, and two batteries commanding the roads over which the Nationals were approaching. Logan was in the advance, and not ,only received the first heavy blow at about ten o'clock, but bore the brunt of the battle that ensued. Brisk skirmishing had begun sometime before with the advance cavalry, under Captain Foster It speedily developed into a severe though short struggle. The Confederates were mostly concealed in the woods, but their fire was soon drawn by Logan's Second brigade, Composed of the Twentieth, Sixty-eighth and Seventy-eighth Ohio, and Thirteenth Illinois. which advanced toward their covering. Soon afterward De Golyer's (Eighth Michigan) battery was ordered forward to assist in dislodging the foe, when for the first time the latter opened their batteries. Finding it impossible