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Elizabeth Marye (search for this): chapter 9
e established his headquarters, about the last of July, and began to make arrangements for the proposed forward movements on the Federal forces at Huttonsville and on Cheat mountain. Loring found at Huttonsville Col. George Maney's First Tennessee, Col. Robert Hatton's Seventh Tennessee, Col. John H. Savage's Sixteenth Tennessee, Col. John A. Campbell's Forty-eighth Virginia, Maj. John D. Munford's First Virginia battalion of regulars, Maj. W. H. F. Lee's squadron of Virginia cavalry, and Marye's and Stanley's Virginia batteries of artillery. Colonels Gilham and Lee were at Valley mountain, 28 miles west of Huntersville, with their two regiments, and Col. J. S. Burks' Forty-second Virginia and a Georgia regiment were en route from Millboro to Huntersville. The effective force on the Huntersville line was about 8,500 men, most excellent material for an efficient army, as they were all well armed and well equipped by the respective States that had sent them to the field. Most of t
James L. Corley (search for this): chapter 9
w days at Monterey inspecting the troops and gathering information, General Loring, on the 1st of August, rode to the front, accompanied by his staff, Col. Carter Stevenson, assistant adjutant-general; Maj. A. L. Long, chief of artillery; Capt. James L. Corley, chief quartermaster; Capt. R. G. Cole, chief commissary; Lieut. H. M. Matthews, aide-de-camp, and Col. W. M. Starke, volunteer aide-de-camp. Most of these officers subsequently became distinguished; Colonel Stevenson as major-general in command of Hood's corps; Major Long as chief of artillery and brigadier-general in the Second corps of the army of Northern Virginia; Captains Corley and Cole as the chief quartermaster and the chief commissary on the staff of General Lee, and Lieutenant Matthews as governor of West Virginia. Most of these had been officers in the United States army. After crossing Alleghany mountain, General Loring reconnoitered the enemy's position on Cheat mountain and concluded that a direct attack on
George Maney (search for this): chapter 9
R. Jackson to advance his whole force of some 6,000 men to the Greenbrier river, and hold himself in readiness to co-operate when the advance should be made from Huntersville toward Beverly. General Loring then rode down the valley of the Greenbrier to Huntersville, where he established his headquarters, about the last of July, and began to make arrangements for the proposed forward movements on the Federal forces at Huttonsville and on Cheat mountain. Loring found at Huttonsville Col. George Maney's First Tennessee, Col. Robert Hatton's Seventh Tennessee, Col. John H. Savage's Sixteenth Tennessee, Col. John A. Campbell's Forty-eighth Virginia, Maj. John D. Munford's First Virginia battalion of regulars, Maj. W. H. F. Lee's squadron of Virginia cavalry, and Marye's and Stanley's Virginia batteries of artillery. Colonels Gilham and Lee were at Valley mountain, 28 miles west of Huntersville, with their two regiments, and Col. J. S. Burks' Forty-second Virginia and a Georgia regime
H. R. Jackson (search for this): chapter 9
,000; and that Reynolds had 2,000 in front of Jackson and 5,000 in front of Loring. So the opposin00 feet above the sea level. To effect this, Jackson was ordered to march an assaulting column of and carry it by assault at dawn of the 12th. Jackson in person, with the remainder of his command,o follow along the main road. On the 9th General Jackson issued orders from Greenbrier river that ts rear, and was ready for the assault; while Jackson was in position near Cheat river, in the immey. It appears, from this letter, that General Jackson wrote it on the morning of the 13th, aftefer to be without upon any expedition. General Jackson requests me to say that he is in possessihe reached early in the morning of the 16th. Jackson remained in front of the Cheat mountain redoun the 22d, from his camp on the mountain, General Jackson ordered Col. Edward Johnson, of the Twelfous to that time, on the 18th of October, General Jackson had ordered the construction of huts on t[1 more...]
George Jackson (search for this): chapter 9
son, with the Twelfth Georgia and Anderson's Virginia Lee battery, were on Alleghany mountain, with pickets at Greenbrier river; Col. Albert Rust's Third Arkansas and Col. John B. Baldwin's Fifty-second Virginia were in supporting distance between Alleghany mountain and Monterey; Col. S. V. Fulkerson's Thirty-seventh Virginia, Col. William B. Taliaferro's Twenty-third Virginia, and Col. W. C. Scott's Forty-fourth Virginia were at Monterey, as also were Shumaker's Virginia battery and Maj. George Jackson's Fourteenth Virginia cavalry. Col. J. N. Ramsey's First Georgia and the remnant of the Twenty-fifth Virginia, under Maj. A. G. Reger, were placed at McDowell for reorganization; Col. Charles C. Lee's Thirty-seventh North Carolina and Col. William Gilham's Thirty-first Virginia, with some 2,000 men, were on the road between Huntersville and Valley mountain, with their advance at the latter place, holding the road into the head of Tygart's valley. After consultation with Gen. H. R. Ja
William L. Jackson (search for this): chapter 9
shallow South Fork and a saulted the Confederate left, under Colonel Rust, who held it with his Third Arkansas, Col. William L. Jackson's Thirty-first Virginia, the Ninth Virginia battalion under Capt. J. A. Robertson, and Anderson's two field gunmovement as it defiled along the edge of the woods on the steep hill bordering the west bank of the river, in his front, Jackson directed Johnson to advance the Twelfth Georgia regiment to the immediate bank of the South Fork, to reinforce its line e Shumaker opened two of his guns on the woods, through which the Federal column was advancing, with such effect, as General Jackson reports, that in a short time the unmistakable evidence of their rout became apparent. Distinctly could their offic short range, while most of theirs were of long range. The secretary of war, under date of October 12th, wrote to General Jackson: I congratulate both yourself and the officers and men under your command for your brilliant conduct on this occasio
Henry R. Jackson (search for this): chapter 9
was, on the 14th of July, assumed by Brig.-Gen. H. R. Jackson, of Georgia, who established his headygart's valley. After consultation with Gen. H. R. Jackson, it was decided that other troops which had been ordered to occupy. He directed Gen. H. R. Jackson to advance his whole force of some 6,000ey, where he spent a day conferring with Gen. H. R. Jackson and inspecting the troops there encamped as follows: The First brigade, under Brig.-Gen. H. R. Jackson, to consist of the Twelfth Georgia, Tdivision, under the immediate command of Gen. H. R. Jackson, the command of his own brigade devolvinn obedience to undated instructions from Gen. H. R. Jackson, which read: Dear Colonel: Return inad about 1,800 men for duty. The left of General Jackson's command, on the Huntersville and Beverlny mountain. On the 21st of November, Gen. H. R. Jackson evacuated Camp Bartow and retired to theon Johnson, who was now left in command, Gen. H. R. Jackson having been relieved; and for this purpo[1 more...]
Robert Hatton (search for this): chapter 9
of some 6,000 men to the Greenbrier river, and hold himself in readiness to co-operate when the advance should be made from Huntersville toward Beverly. General Loring then rode down the valley of the Greenbrier to Huntersville, where he established his headquarters, about the last of July, and began to make arrangements for the proposed forward movements on the Federal forces at Huttonsville and on Cheat mountain. Loring found at Huttonsville Col. George Maney's First Tennessee, Col. Robert Hatton's Seventh Tennessee, Col. John H. Savage's Sixteenth Tennessee, Col. John A. Campbell's Forty-eighth Virginia, Maj. John D. Munford's First Virginia battalion of regulars, Maj. W. H. F. Lee's squadron of Virginia cavalry, and Marye's and Stanley's Virginia batteries of artillery. Colonels Gilham and Lee were at Valley mountain, 28 miles west of Huntersville, with their two regiments, and Col. J. S. Burks' Forty-second Virginia and a Georgia regiment were en route from Millboro to Hunt
R. E. Lee (search for this): chapter 9
fortable camps. On the 8th of September, General Lee communicated, confidentially, his plan of cing of the advance, guarding that flank, having Lee's cavalry on its flank and rear and ready to ma and the date for its inception been fixed, General Lee from Headquarters of the Forces, Valley mou this army must be forward. On the 9th, General Lee wrote confidentially to Gen. John B. Floyd,moving down by the Huttonsville turnpike, which Lee and Loring accompanied, routed the Federal outp enemy had not discovered their movements. Generals Lee and Loring, with the brigades of Gilham andd. Reynolds, who had been taken by surprise by Lee's advance, says in his official report: So. mad the rest of the Federal army and given to General Lee's able plan of campaign a great victory—onessuing his special order of September 14th, General Lee returned to Valley mountain, and the two wi This forced reconnaissance made known to General Lee that only Reynolds' brigade was in Loring's[7 more...]
P. S. Flournoy (search for this): chapter 9
On the 21st of November, Gen. H. R. Jackson evacuated Camp Bartow and retired to the summit of Alleghany mountain, leaving only cavalry at Camp Bartow to scout the enemy's front. On the 22d, from his camp on the mountain, General Jackson ordered Col. Edward Johnson, of the Twelfth Georgia, to take command of the garrison on the summit of the mountain, to consist of the Twelfth Georgia, the Thirty-first, Fifty-second and Twenty-fifth Virginia regiments and the Ninth Virginia battalion, Flournoy's company of Virginia cavalry, and Anderson's and Miller's Virginia batteries, and at once entering upon the duties of his command, take the necessary steps to insure the safety and comfort of his troops. The Forty-fourth Virginia and a section of Rice's battery, located on the road to Monterey, were made part of his command. Previous to that time, on the 18th of October, General Jackson had ordered the construction of huts on the top of Alleghany mountain within lines of fortification, l
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