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John D. Billings, The history of the Tenth Massachusetts battery of light artillery in the war of the rebellion, Chapter 13: (search)
bitants on this topic, and we trudged on, assured that ultimately we should solve the problem for ourselves. We passed over the intervening space at an unusually rapid rate, and after dusk, parked in a luxuriant field of clover on the farm of a Dr. Wilcox, and watered our horses in the James River at what is known as Wilcox's Landing. Wilcox was said to have two sons in the Rebel army, both privates, although one of them had a good military education. We were especially amused at the noncWilcox was said to have two sons in the Rebel army, both privates, although one of them had a good military education. We were especially amused at the nonchalance of one of the Doctor's old slaves, who had run away with McClellan's army when it was in this vicinity, but who had now returned to his wife and children, and was selling off pigs and chickens to the soldiers, alleging—with how much truth we cannot say — that they were his own. The Doctor had a guard put over his spacious and well-filled corn barn, but the fortune of War had decreed it to the Union, and in the afternoon a detachment of wagons from the forage train carted it all away. Pr
John D. Billings, The history of the Tenth Massachusetts battery of light artillery in the war of the rebellion, Chapter 15: (search)
ok's and McRae's North Carolina Brigades, under Gen. Heth, and Lane's North Carolina Brigade, of Wilcox's Division, with Pegram's Artillery, composed the assaulting column.—Lee's Official Report. and off the Plank Road. A few minutes past 4 o'clock Hancock received a despatch from Meade that Wilcox's Division of the Ninth Corps had been ordered to the Plank Road, where the Reams Station road b required to do it, but expressing some fears about his left, and stating that he had ordered up Wilcox's Division. At 4.45 he again telegraphed that the enemy had drawn a line from his left, coverand that the road was still clear between him and Warren. He says: As soon as I knew that Wilcox's Division had been ordered down the Plank Road, I despatched a staff officer (Capt. Entee) to cto arrest all stragglers and form them into regiments. This order was given by mistake to Gen. Wilcox, who, not observing the address upon it, took it as meant for himself, and acted accordingly.
John D. Billings, The history of the Tenth Massachusetts battery of light artillery in the war of the rebellion, Index (search)
, 121, 125. Kemper, Gen., 245. Kershaw, Gen. J. B., 92. Killoran, H-ugh, 302, 304, 305, 349. Kilpatrick, Gen., 113. Knowland, J. H., 81, 83, 87, 208, 209, 302, 351. L. Landing, Harrison's, 275. Landing, Pratt's, 242. Landing, Wilcox's, 275. Lane, Gen., 320. Lee, Gen. Robert E., 70, 94, 98, 99, 104, 100, 110, 127, 130, 141, 144, 153, 162, 175, 180, 189, 212, 216, 223, 227, 234, 237, 242, 271, 279, 284, 297, 415, 418, 419, 420, 424, 425. Lee, Gen., Fitz-Hugh, 225, 251. 209, 305. White, Augustus C., 84, 85, 203, 204, 231, 242. White, John D., 351. White, Maj., 51. White, House, 250, 257. Wilson, E. J., 200, 202, 242, 348, 349, 352, 400, 440, 441. Wilson, Jonas W., 87, 206, 207, 408. Wilson, Col., 51. Wilcox, Gen., 329, 330. Williamsport, 104, 106. Wilderness, 174, 217, 218, 223, 224, 240. Winslow, Henry B., 2nd, 28, 29, 48, 49, 81, 149, 151. Woodard, J. J., 47, 48. Woodfin, Philip T., 31, 48, 137, 138, 148, 149, 151, 206. Woodis, Chas. E.,