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Washington (United States) (search for this): chapter 13
ck Jackson, save with his skirmishers. Second, we have the order communicated at 9.45 in the morning of the ninth of August by Colonel Lewis Marshall, Pope's adjutant-general, and reduced to writing by Major L. H. Pelouze, Banks's adjutant-general. This verbal order, as given by Banks before the committee, agrees in substance with Major Pelouze's version communicated to me under date of April 7, 1875, in reply to my letter, asking for the exact words. His answer is as follows :-- Washington, D. C., April 7, 1875. General George H. Gordon, 7 Court Square, Boston. My Dear General,--In reply to yours of the 2d inst., I will state that I have examined my retained papers, and found a true copy of the verbal orders delivered by Colonel L. H. Marshall to General Banks on the morning of the day of the battle of Cedar Mountain, as follows :-- Culpeper, 9.45 A. M., Aug. 9, 1862. From Colonel Lewis Marshall. General Banks to remove to the front immediately, assume command of all
Slaughter Mountain (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 13
rd's artillery. I had been directed by General Pope to send information to him hourly of what was going on, and I had expressed my opinion about three o'clock in the afternoon to Banks that Jackson had arrived. The forces were very large. General Banks expressed a different opinion, saying that he thought he should attack the batteries before night. I stated to Banks then my reasons for believing that an attack would be dangerous; that I was convinced that the batteries on Cedar or Slaughter Mountain were supported by heavy forces of infantry massed in the woods. He expressed a different opinion; he told me he believed he could carry the field, that his men were in the best fighting condition, and he should undertake it. Q. Why did Banks advance to make a division movement upon the enemy without aid of McDowell's troops? A. After Banks was in position I went to the extreme right (position of Gordon's brigade), and was gone an hour or more. On returning, I found Banks had a
North Carolina (North Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 13
hat abyss of horrors without calling for these reinforcements, he committed a blunder that even a politician might shudder at,--a crime that he cannot transfer to Pope. On the eleventh of August we returned to the same spot, near Culpeper, from whence on the 9th we went out to fight the battle of Cedar Mountain. After a few days (on the 14th), my brigade, with reduced numbers, moved out of Culpeper, hurrying to confront the march of Lee's victorious army. .From the Peninsula and from North Carolina new divisions and corps were marching to our aid. The music of the band of the Second echoed as gayly through the streets, as we turned our backs on the town, as if no lives had been extinguished in our regiment, and no grief pressed heavily on our hearts. We marched onward to Alexandria, to the grave of the Army of Virginia. I have endeavored to portray from my own notes written on the field, from my own memory of what I saw and did, from contemporaneous papers and from official rep
Massachusetts (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 13
ages [all the mistakes enumerated in this paper, that means] his [Banks's] corps gallantly responded to his orders, and assailed the enemy with great fury and determination. The action lasted about an hour and a half, and during that time our forces suffered heavy loss, Officially given as 1,661 killed and wounded, and 732 missing,--total, 2,393. Enemy, 1,300 killed and wounded. and were gradually driven back to their former position, at which point Ricketts came up. And again, The Massachusetts regiments There was but one, the Second. behaved with especial gallantry; and although I regret that Banks thought it expedient to depart from my instructions, it gives me pleasure to bear testimony to his gallant and intrepid conduct. And again, Williams, Geary, Augur, Carroll, Gordon, Crawford, and Greene behaved with distinguished gallantry. It may be asked why, after the severe language we have quoted from Pope, upon Banks's disobedience of his orders, there should have been
Cedar Mountain (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 13
a large force of General Jackson's would be at Cedar Mountain, or near there, on the 9th. . . . General Pope r's to the politician's fame, or to retrieve at Cedar Mountain what, in his ignorance, Banks fancied he had loin admiration, and history will mark the day of Cedar Mountain as one of the proudest upon her illustrious recthe five brigades constituting Banks's corps at Cedar Mountain, and a part of another, composed the force thatroops against the bayonets of Jackson's army at Cedar Mountain, to wipe out an opprobrium which he imagined hiTenth Maine, in his history of that regiment at Cedar Mountain: The fact still remains, that it was a shockingially; for on the 8th Jackson's army was not at Cedar Mountain; on the 8th Banks had not gone to the front witthought you were late in getting into action at Cedar Mountain. Ah! did you? I am very glad, then, that tht one opinion of the disaster, of the crime, of Cedar Mountain. Censure and condemnation must fall upon the c
Bull Run, Va. (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 13
band of the Second echoed as gayly through the streets, as we turned our backs on the town, as if no lives had been extinguished in our regiment, and no grief pressed heavily on our hearts. We marched onward to Alexandria, to the grave of the Army of Virginia. I have endeavored to portray from my own notes written on the field, from my own memory of what I saw and did, from contemporaneous papers and from official reports the facts that make up the battle of Cedar Mountain. In carefully and candidly dealing with all these facts, I have so endeavored to enlighten the public upon the matters herein set forth, that truth, which is said to be mighty, shall at last prevail. In this hope, let us pass to the record, in another volume, The Campaign of the Army of Virginia, under John Pope, etc., 1862. of the movements of the Army of Virginia, through the battles of the Second Manassas or Bull Run, and Chantilly, to the gathering at Alexandria on the eve of the battle of Antietam.
Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): chapter 13
lliams's aid, who brought me an order to move to Crawford's support on the 9th of August, 1862. It cannot be done; it never has been done. And the accusation of not moving when ordered, finally substituted for not moving quickly as first reported, must be regarded as an unworthy effort to escape merited censure. In Crawford's behalf there should be urged in extenuation his inexperience in the duties of a general officer. Crawford, who a short time before the war was a physician from Pennsylvania, happened to be attached to the garrison that occupied Fort Sumter during the bombardment. Though a non-combatant, Dr. Crawford became somewhat notorious, at a period when an excited public placed a false value upon every exposure, however involuntary, in defence of the flag. This accident, however, gave success to Crawford's efforts for a brigadier-general's appointment. In conclusion, there can be among intelligent men, among fair-mindet men, but one opinion of the disaster, of th
Jackson (Mississippi, United States) (search for this): chapter 13
t he neither authorized nor expected it to attack, single-handed, the whole of Jackson's army. Says Pope in his official report of that action, My chief-of-staff, Gght up, which were expected that day, and all his other forces united to fight Jackson's forces. The italics are mine. In the light of the subsequent orders fing,--his interpretation given to the committee, that he was ordered to attack Jackson's army with his corps ? If that written order and Pope's verbal instructions tburn for fame, and did he seek, by throwing his troops against the bayonets of Jackson's army at Cedar Mountain, to wipe out an opprobrium which he imagined his frieat this order does not justify Banks directly or inferentially; for on the 8th Jackson's army was not at Cedar Mountain; on the 8th Banks had not gone to the front wning, while the single regiment of his own brigade that Banks had sent against Jackson's reserves, after manfully fighting in the open field, was about retiring into
Chantilly (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 13
and of the Second echoed as gayly through the streets, as we turned our backs on the town, as if no lives had been extinguished in our regiment, and no grief pressed heavily on our hearts. We marched onward to Alexandria, to the grave of the Army of Virginia. I have endeavored to portray from my own notes written on the field, from my own memory of what I saw and did, from contemporaneous papers and from official reports the facts that make up the battle of Cedar Mountain. In carefully and candidly dealing with all these facts, I have so endeavored to enlighten the public upon the matters herein set forth, that truth, which is said to be mighty, shall at last prevail. In this hope, let us pass to the record, in another volume, The Campaign of the Army of Virginia, under John Pope, etc., 1862. of the movements of the Army of Virginia, through the battles of the Second Manassas or Bull Run, and Chantilly, to the gathering at Alexandria on the eve of the battle of Antietam.
S. C. Carroll (search for this): chapter 13
iven as 1,661 killed and wounded, and 732 missing,--total, 2,393. Enemy, 1,300 killed and wounded. and were gradually driven back to their former position, at which point Ricketts came up. And again, The Massachusetts regiments There was but one, the Second. behaved with especial gallantry; and although I regret that Banks thought it expedient to depart from my instructions, it gives me pleasure to bear testimony to his gallant and intrepid conduct. And again, Williams, Geary, Augur, Carroll, Gordon, Crawford, and Greene behaved with distinguished gallantry. It may be asked why, after the severe language we have quoted from Pope, upon Banks's disobedience of his orders, there should have been so much mildness about it in Pope's first despatches to Halleck and in the former's official report upon this subject. Pope has answered the question in his letter to the committee, saying, I endeavored in my official report to avoid the censure justly chargeable upon Banks for his man
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