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William Swinton, Campaigns of the Army of the Potomac, chapter 4 (search)
nd stormed their intrenchments by a determined and iresistible rush. Such was the manner in which the enemy's first line was carried. （Johnston: Official Report.) But this does not give an accurate representation of the case. Hill, who was in command of the attacking columns, says: General Rains had now gained the rear of the Yankee redoubt, and opened fire on the infantry posted in the woods. I now noticed commotion in the camps and redoubts, and indications of evacuating the position. Rodes took skilful advantage of this commotion, and moved up his brigade in beautiful order, and took possession of the redoubts and rifle-pits. Official Reports of Battles. Richmond, 1864. When, therefore, a severe flank fire was opened by the force that had made this detour, the division crumbled away, the guns in the redoubt and a portion of those of the battery in front were captured, Among those who fell in the redoubt were, Colonel G. D. Bailey, Major Van Valkenberg, and Adjutant Ramsay
William Swinton, Campaigns of the Army of the Potomac, chapter 8 (search)
oured swift destruction into the Confederate ranks. Thus the torrent was stemmed. But, more than all, an unseen hand had struck down the head and front of all this hostile menace. Jackson had received a mortal hurt. On seeing the success that attended the first blow, Jackson, quick to perceive the immense consequences that might be drawn from this victory, proceeded to make dispositions to press on at once, extending his left so as to cut off Hooker from United States Ford. To relieve Rodes' division which had made the attack, he sent forward A. P. Hill's division; and being intensely anxious to learn the true position of his antagonist, he personally went forward through the dark woods, and with a portion of his staff rode out beyond his own lines to reconnoitre the ground, instructing the troops not to fire, unless cavalry approached from the direction of the enemy. Life of General Jackson, by an Ex-Cadet (Richmond, 1864), p. 182. The same circumstance is detailed in Cook
William Swinton, Campaigns of the Army of the Potomac, chapter 9 (search)
nandoah River near Front Royal, Ewell detached Rodes' division to Berryville, to cut off communicat the confused melee. As, at the same time, General Rodes took Berryville with seven hundred prisonem Chambersburg, Ewell moved northward, sending Rodes' division to Carlisle, while Early's division,e advance division of Ewell's corps, under General Rodes, came in from the direction of Carlisle, a These troops opposed a vigorous resistance to Rodes' attack, and early in the action, by a skilfulas the key-point of the entire field, and gave Rodes an advantageous point of attack on the centre general advance was made by the Confederates, Rodes speedily broke through the Union centre, carryf Hill's corps, and the divisions of Early and Rodes of Ewell's corps. As it has been seen that t attack and saved the day. Ewell had directed Rodes' division to attack in concert with Early, covring his right. When the time came to attack, Rodes not having his troops in position, was unprepa
William Swinton, Campaigns of the Army of the Potomac, chapter 11 (search)
s fell back much broken. It was, however, immediately replaced by Stewart's brigade, and almost simultaneously with the first signs of weakness in Johnson's line, Rodes' division arrived, took position on its right, and, by a firm counter-attack, drove the Union troops back. It is very clear from the confession of the disorder re left to cover that road. This brigade of the Reserves, under Colonel Hardin, had hardly reached the vicinity of Bethesda Church, on the Mechanicsville pike, when Rodes' division of Ewell's corps, moving by that road, assailed it furiously on the flank. After maintaining the unequal contest for a few minutes, the brigade fell bacr of the Reserves. With these, and the brigade of Colonel Kitching, Crawford took up a good position, and gave an effectual repulse to a very impetuous assault by Rodes. The left was then extended so as to cover the Mechanicsville pike at dark. These reconnoissances showed Lee to be in a very strong position covering the appro
William Swinton, Campaigns of the Army of the Potomac, chapter 12 (search)
avalry, by an impetuous charge, carried the fortified heights: the Confederates, pressed heavily in front by the infantry, and on the right by Wilson's cavalry, broke in confusion, retiring from the field and through Winchester, with the Union forces in pursuit. Night, however, prevented Sheridan from following up the victory, among the trophies of which were two thousand five hundred prisoners, five pieces of artillery, and nine battle-flags. Among the Confederate officers killed were Generals Rodes and Godwin. The Union loss was also severe, and included that intrepid soldier, General D. A. Russell (commanding a division of the Sixth Corps), who was killed. After his defeat at Winchester, Early did not pause in his southward retreat till he reached Fisher's Hill, near Strasburg, thirty miles south of Winchester. This is a very defensible position, commanding the debouede of the narrow Strasburg valley between the north fork of the Shenandoah River and the North Mountain. On
William Swinton, Campaigns of the Army of the Potomac, Index. (search)
53; Porter's corps crosses to McClellan at night, 153; estimate of casualties, 153. Garnett, General, Confederate commander in West Virginia, 35. Gettysburg campaign, the, 308; theory of the Confederate invasion, 308; Berryville captured by Rodes, 317; Blue Ridge, passes occupied by Longstreet, 318; concentration of the army upon, 324; Lee's army countermarches towards, 326; approach of the two armies towards, 326; topography of the field, 329; the first day—Buford engaged with Hill's van, 328; error of covering too much ground, 333; Howard, General, faulty dispositions at Get. tysburg, 333; the Union centre pierced by Rodes—the troops fall back through Gettysburg, 334; Gettysburg Ridge, the position at, 335; Hancock arrests flight of First and Eleventh corps, 335; Hancock's line of battle on Cemetery Hill and Ridge, 336; Meade and Lee order up their entire forces, 337; both armies concentrated on Gettysburg, 338; the first day's results considered, 341; the second day, 342; po