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Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4. 321 3 Browse Search
George Meade, The Life and Letters of George Gordon Meade, Major-General United States Army (ed. George Gordon Meade) 262 0 Browse Search
John D. Billings, The history of the Tenth Massachusetts battery of light artillery in the war of the rebellion 225 3 Browse Search
Horace Greeley, The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65: its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union. Volume II. 206 0 Browse Search
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3. 202 4 Browse Search
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 3. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.) 120 2 Browse Search
Adam Badeau, Grant in peace: from Appomattox to Mount McGregor, a personal memoir 101 1 Browse Search
General James Longstreet, From Manassas to Appomattox 54 4 Browse Search
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 2. 51 1 Browse Search
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: Volume 2. 50 4 Browse Search
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Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 2., Chapter 15: the Army of the Potomac on the Virginia Peninsula. (search)
t, 380. Kearney's troops on the field, 381. Hancock's flank movement, 382. close of the battle oed on the soddened battle-field. Meanwhile Hancock had been successfully engaged in his flank mole and a half eastward of the Yorktown road. Hancock d crossed the creek, took possession of the rs soon drove the Confederates from them. But Hancock's force was too small to make their occupatioon of the two redoubts on his extreme left by Hancock was the first intimation that Johnston had ofa and North Carolina troops, was assigned. Hancock had earnestly called for re-enforcements, buttation, with a loss of over five hundred men. Hancock held his position until Smith sent re-enforcehe extreme left of the Confederates, taken by Hancock, and c the point to which Stoneman fell back o wait for re-enforcements. already won, for Hancock held the key of the position. McClellan repoat two o'clock, and at five, when Kearney and Hancock were about giving the blow that won the victo[2 more...]
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 2., Chapter 16: the Army of the Potomac before Richmond. (search)
lly, at the middle of the afternoon, when Porter was most needing reenforcements, he caused Burns's. pickets to be attacked by a strong force. Burns sent word to Hancock to prepare for action. The messenger had just arrived when the latter was assailed with shot and shell from an unsuspected Confederate battery, followed by a furious attack of infantry. Burns on one side and Smith on the other supported Hancock with their Napoleon and Parrott guns, and very soon the latter repulsed his assailants. In this engagement, sometimes called The Second Battle of Fair Oaks, two Georgia regiments were dreadfully shattered, and the colonel of one of them was captur in the afternoon he fell upon his enemy with great violence. He was gallantly met and repulsed by the brigade of General Burns, supported by those of Brooke and Hancock. The Sixty-ninth New York also came up in support, while the batteries of Pettit, Osborn, and Bramhall took an effective part in the action. The conflict raged
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 2., Chapter 18: Lee's invasion of Maryland, and his retreat toward Richmond. (search)
e he died after suffering seven weeks. General W. S. Hancock succeeded him in command, when a chargown and Boonsborough. Then McClellan Winfield S. Hancock. sent two brigades to support the wearoah Valley, followed by Generals Sedgwick and Hancock a short distance. By the 4th, Nov. the Natiand Sixty-sixth New York, of Zooks's brigade, Hancock's division, and concealed by a fog. They had h's division, to be followed and supported by Hancock. French's was composed of the brigades of Kimball, Anderson, and Palmer. Hancock's was composed of the brigades of Zook, Meagher, and Caldwetors shouted and yelled in wildest exultation Hancock, who was close behind, now closed up, and witward's division came to the aid of French and Hancock, and those of Sturgis and Getty, of the Ninthnet only. They followed the track of French, Hancock, and Howard. When almost up to the fatal stothe fatal barrier which had withstood French, Hancock, Howard, and Humphrey. He was dissuaded by t[1 more...]