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George H. Gordon, From Brook Farm to Cedar Mountain, Chapter 7: the Army of Virginia under General Pope—Battle of Cedar Mountain. (search)
road. We soon came to where Ricketts' division, of three brigades of McDowell's corps, was watching the road which turns off from the Orange Court House and Culpeper road to Madison Court House. These troops were stripped of harness, and taking their ease under shelter tents. We passed them and pushed onward, until in the Second regiment one recruit fell dead from exhaustion, and many veterans of a year were disabled; onward for about five miles, until before us, high in air, rose Slaughter Mountain, We called it Cedar Mountain. bearing southwest from Crawford's brigade, which was drawn up in line of battle. When I arrived at Cedar Creek, though all was quiet, I felt in the air an impending battle. The cavalry were still in our front, but not far; Crawford's skirmishers were deployed through the woods; and there too was General Roberts, a staff-officer sent by Pope to designate the ground Banks was to hold, and to give him instructions. It was about twelve o'clock at noon
George H. Gordon, From Brook Farm to Cedar Mountain, Chapter 10: General Banks's orders and responsibility. (search)
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