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Orange Court House (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 11
the men, the conceivable and inconceivable positions they took in loading, their swearing and gibing at the enemy, intermingled with the din of musketry, while the bright sunset streamed in their eyes over the dark and smoky woods which covered the superior numbers of the foe and greatly gave them the advantage,--and for an account of the charge of Federal cavalry Some one sent a very small force of cavalry into the hell we had just left: we won't criticise it. They charged down the Orange Court House road, and without stopping to say or do much, they turned around and came back, leaving a number of dead horses on the field. The enemy said it was a plucky act. Major Gould: History of the First, Tenth, and Twenty-ninth Maine. with which Banks sought to retrieve his fortunes, and of which the grandiloquent Dabney speaks as a magnificent column of cavalry, reference is made to the full details in Major Gould's History. The events that transpired here serve to fix for us the fact,
Jackson County (West Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 11
support, the chances are that we would have whipped Jackson. But notwithstanding the defiance with which our fellows braved death in that heroic charge, the destiny of overpowering numbers was against us. Campbell's Commanded by Garnett. brigade had been thrown, helpless and confused, into a disordered mass, over which, with cries of exultation, our troops poured, while field and woods were filled with clamor and horrid rout,--poured like an all-destroying torrent, until the left of Jackson's line was turned and its rear gained. Then, while the left of Taliaferro's brigade gave way, Geary's blows upon its right and upon the left of Early began to tell. Almost the language used by Dabney and Cooke in their histories. As Campbell had been overthrown, so next was Taliaferro; and then came the left of Early's brigade, which, first wavering, then fell back, until on both sides of the road a vast irruption had been made, which involved the whole of the enemy's line even as far t
Cedar Mountain (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 11
every direction over the enemy. From the plateau near the cornfield we answered the enemy from his lofty station on Cedar Mountain, from Early's right, and from Winder's brigade in the Culpeper road, just beyond the wheat-field. On our right my gune in their front, and threw it in such confusion that if there had been no reserve to the enemy, and no brigades on Cedar Mountain to rush in and take Prince in flank and rear, and if I had been ordered to move forward simultaneously with my brigad anything else. And from this point shells and shot could be seen coming faster and faster from Ewell's batteries on Cedar Mountain; from Early's right, near the clump of cedars; from Winder in the road, and from every point in the more than a mile ird Wisconsin, part of the broken fragments of Crawford's brigade, a second time to be baptized in the fiery flood of Cedar Mountain. So we went until we had penetrated the woods, and stood in line of battle on the very edge of the wheat-field. We
Maine (Maine, United States) (search for this): chapter 11
hem, was borne to the ears of the Tenth Maine as they lay there idle in the northern edge of the woods, their hearts beating with an excitement and an apprehension which one must feel to depict. One of the officers Major Gould. See History of Maine in the War. of this regiment went forward through the woods and saw part of Geary's brigade of Ohio troops in the road advancing by flank. Before this officer were the wheat-field, the shocks, and the opposite belt, as described. The firing wting around in the woods on the right of this regiment; also the front of the enemy's line, at least three times longer than that of the Tenth Maine, Major Gould: History of the First, Tenth, and Twenty-ninth Maine. was visible ; History of Maine in the War. and there was a flank fire from the Culpeper road on their left, where the Ohio troops under Geary had been driven back, and this fire crossed at right angles that from the woods opposite,--the one into which my brigade had just come
Meadow Mills (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 11
). While our troops were forming in the manner indicated in the last chapter, General Jackson was silently advancing. His leading division of three brigades was commanded by General Ewell, our old antagonist at Winchester. General Early commanded the foremost brigade of this division, and was therefore the first of all the enemy's infantry to encounter our cavalry under Bayard. In the morning, at eleven o'clock, the enemy's artillery opened on our cavalry, before Roberts had crossed Cedar Creek with infantry; but Knapp's battery replied, and the enemy withdrew. After the main body of our infantry had crossed the creek and taken up the line designated, Bayard formed his line on a ridge in the plain that held the cornfield, and about two-thirds of a mile in advance of the infantry. In this position hetreceived for a time the enemy's fire from his field-guns, and then fell back, but in a few minutes advanced again to the ridge. As Early came up with his skirmishers he scoured
Wisconsin (Wisconsin, United States) (search for this): chapter 11
To Crawford's unlawful order Ruger replied that he was momentarily expecting orders from General Gordon, his brigade-commander, and suggested that before taking his regiment from the brigade it would be better to have superior authority ; Wisconsin in the War, p. 253. but at the same time he advanced his command towards Crawford's right. Crawford's appeal to Banks was answered through an order to Williams, communicated to me; and thus these companies of the Third Wisconsin Regiment were , of the Twenty-seventh Indiana, puts it at two hundred. was through the woods. When I gained the timber I looked for Crawford's regiments, but so broken had they been by their repulse that I could find, of all, only what remained of the six Wisconsin companies. Of the Twenty-eighth New York, the Fifth Connecticut, or the Forty-sixth Pennsylvania, not a vestige met my eyes. The slaughter had indeed been fearful. Though the Forty-sixth New York, the Fifth Connecticut, and part of the Forty
Cedar Creek (Florida, United States) (search for this): chapter 11
diana. It was now a little before six o'clock. The rattle and roar of musketry had given place to a dreadful and ominous silence. A thick smoke curling through the tree-tops, as it rose in clouds from corn and wheat fields, marked the place to which we were ordered,--the place where the narrow valley was strewn with dead. Double-quick! I gave the order, and my brigade responded. Down the slope from Brown's house (the little cottage) at a run, through the marshy land at its base, over Cedar Creek to the steep hill and up its sides into the woods, I pressed my troops with speed unabated, despite remonstrances from some of the officers that the men could not hold out at that pace. At the edge of the woods I rallied and gathered up the companies of the Third Wisconsin, part of the broken fragments of Crawford's brigade, a second time to be baptized in the fiery flood of Cedar Mountain. So we went until we had penetrated the woods, and stood in line of battle on the very edge of th
Jackson (Mississippi, United States) (search for this): chapter 11
des of his reserves drove our troops back with terrible slaughter; while Hill Official Reports of Generals Jackson and Hill. Moore's Rebellion Record. says, The pursuit was checked, and the enemy driven back. But to Dabney must we turn for Jackson's achievements in heroic measure. As contrasting the laconic despatch of Jackson himself, from the actual field of his prowess, with the gorgeous word-painting of his Boswellian Dabney, the quotation is pertinent:-- It was at this fearful enty-ninth Maine. No wonder that Colonel Beal, who had received no other order than to advance through the woods, was strongly impressed with the conviction that Banks could not expect his single regiment to advance unsupported upon the whole of Jackson's army. But he was mistaken; for no sooner had Colonel Beal, with a view of regaining the woods to continue the fight under such cover as the enemy had, and such as it was proper for him to seek, faced his regiment about and moved a few steps,
John Brown (search for this): chapter 11
companies. Of the Twenty-eighth New York, the Fifth Connecticut, or the Forty-sixth Pennsylvania, not a vestige met my eyes. The slaughter had indeed been fearful. Though the Forty-sixth New York, the Fifth Connecticut, and part of the Forty-sixth Pennsylvania had reached a battery upon which they had charged, they had been compelled to fall back, leaving many of their number on the field. In the Twenty-eighth New York, Colonel Donelly was borne mortally wounded from the field; Lieutenant-Colonel Brown's arm was shattered; Major Cook was wounded, and a prisoner. In the Forty-sixth Pennsylvania, Colonel Knipe was twice wounded, and was carried from the field; Lieutenant-Colonel Selfridge's horse was shot under him; Major Mathews fell, dangerously wounded: of its twenty company-officers who went into action, 17 were killed, wounded, or missing, and 226 of its rank and file. In the Fifth Connecticut, Colonel Chapman, Lieutenant-Colonel Stone, and Major Blake were missing, supposed
Boswellian Dabney (search for this): chapter 11
's blows upon its right and upon the left of Early began to tell. Almost the language used by Dabney and Cooke in their histories. As Campbell had been overthrown, so next was Taliaferro; and then only intervened when the foe was for the first time seen. Then, says the Southern historian, Dabney. the orders of the officers were unheeded amid the vast uproar and shouts of the assailants. Cand musket clubbed, until borne back, like angry foam on mighty waves, towards the high road. Dabney's Life of Jackson. Though the right of Early's brigade still stood unmoved, we were gaining the l. Moore's Rebellion Record. says, The pursuit was checked, and the enemy driven back. But to Dabney must we turn for Jackson's achievements in heroic measure. As contrasting the laconic despatch kson himself, from the actual field of his prowess, with the gorgeous word-painting of his Boswellian Dabney, the quotation is pertinent:-- It was at this fearful moment that the genius of the s
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