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Spottsylvania (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 15
raham states that the loss in Cooke's brigade was about 1,080. The total Federal loss in this battle was 15,387. On the 7th, General Grant began to move his army toward Spottsylvania Court House. That night the race of the two armies for Spottsylvania began. Warren was pushed out of the way, and Lee's army occupied the coveted point. During the movements on the 7th, Ramseur's brigade was ordered to form on Daniel's right to prevent a movement that Burnside was making to cut off the Secos. General Lane states the loss in his brigade at 470. General Daniel's death was a great blow to his State and to the army. His masterly handling of his men at Gettysburg, his hard fighting in the Wilderness, and his skillful management at Spottsylvania, showed his great worth as a soldier. His care for his men, and his affectionate interest in their comfort and happiness, showed that he was more than a mere soldier. His largeness of heart and generous nature had been proved in countless w
North Carolina (North Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 15
arolina brigade, just then ordered up from North Carolina. Anderson's division of Hill's corps alsohe North Carolina troops. There were four North Carolina brigades and one regiment, the Fifty-fiftegiments, twenty, as seen above, were from North Carolina. Heth's division was drawn up across thf official reports, no accurate summary of North Carolina losses is possible. Lane reports his lossthat these colors be presented to the State of North Carolina as another evidence of the valor and singular coincidence it fell to the lot of North Carolina troops to attack them on three sides. TheRansom, Hoke and Whiting, were citizens of North Carolina. The following North Carolina troops wereNorth Carolina troops were part of that organization: Hoke's old brigade under Col. W. G. Lewis, made up of these regiments—Sie, thus stopping his brilliant campaign in North Carolina. General Whiting's force was moved up, andsome of the towns held by the enemy in eastern North Carolina. Brig.-Gen. R. F. Hoke was selected to[6 more...]
Hanover Court House (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 15
early at right angles, not far from the famous Wilderness tavern. As General Grant's columns stretched out along the Germanna road, General Lee moved the corps of Ewell and A. P. Hill on the two parallel roads, to strike the Federal flank. General Longstreet's corps at the time of contact of these armies, May 5th, was distant a day's march. General Ewell's corps, moving on the turnpike, was diminished by the absence of Gen. R. D. Johnston's North Carolina brigade, then stationed at Hanover Court House, and by Hoke's North Carolina brigade, just then ordered up from North Carolina. Anderson's division of Hill's corps also was not present at the opening of the battle. So, says Colonel Venable of Lee's staff, on May 5th, General Lee had less than 28,000 infantry in hand. Richmond Address. The willingness of the great Confederate commander to do battle against such odds is an enduring tribute to the fighting qualities of his followers. In General Ewell's corps were these Nor
Drewry's Bluff (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 15
brigade again rendered conspicuously brave service. While this active campaign was being waged above Richmond, another army, in which North Carolina was largely represented, fought, under General Beauregard's able direction, the battle of Drewry's Bluff on the south side of the Confederate capital. Of the four division commanders under Beauregard, three of them, Gens. Robert Ransom, Hoke and Whiting, were citizens of North Carolina. The following North Carolina troops were part of that org Hoke's troops stands at West Point as the most rapid movement of troops on record. Appointed a major-general for his distinguished services as above, Hoke with his division, of which Clingman's brigade was part, helped to win the victory of Drewry's Bluff. Transferred to the north bank of the James, they saved the day at Cold Harbor. Hurried again to the southern side of the James, they reached the works defending Petersburg just in time to save the cty on the memorable attack, June 17, 1864
Plymouth, N. C. (North Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 15
the Confederate authorities decided to anticipate the pending campaign by the capture of some of the towns held by the enemy in eastern North Carolina. Brig.-Gen. R. F. Hoke was selected to command the expedition. He took with him his own, Ransom's, Terry's Virginia brigade, the Forty-third North Carolina regiment, of which your distinguished citizen, Thomas S. Kenan, was colonel, and several batteries of artillery, assisted by the ram Albemarle operating in the Roanoke river. Capturing Plymouth (April 20, 1864), after one of the most brilliant of assaults, with some 2,500 prisoners and large supplies of provisions and munitions of war, General Hoke marched to Washington, forced the evacuation of the place, and promptly invested New Bern, which was to be assaulted the next day with every prospect of success, when telegrams from President Davis, Secretary of War Seddon, Generals Lee and Beauregard ordered him to withdraw from New Bern with all haste, and interpose his troops between
Roanoke (United States) (search for this): chapter 15
In the spring of 1864 the Confederate authorities decided to anticipate the pending campaign by the capture of some of the towns held by the enemy in eastern North Carolina. Brig.-Gen. R. F. Hoke was selected to command the expedition. He took with him his own, Ransom's, Terry's Virginia brigade, the Forty-third North Carolina regiment, of which your distinguished citizen, Thomas S. Kenan, was colonel, and several batteries of artillery, assisted by the ram Albemarle operating in the Roanoke river. Capturing Plymouth (April 20, 1864), after one of the most brilliant of assaults, with some 2,500 prisoners and large supplies of provisions and munitions of war, General Hoke marched to Washington, forced the evacuation of the place, and promptly invested New Bern, which was to be assaulted the next day with every prospect of success, when telegrams from President Davis, Secretary of War Seddon, Generals Lee and Beauregard ordered him to withdraw from New Bern with all haste, and in
Clingman (North Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 15
front. The cavalry under Colonel Donovant was dismounted and actively employed as skirmishers on the left of Ransom's line, and the artillery was engaged all the morning. General Beauregard says of this action that General Ransom's troops behaved with acknowledged gallantry. On the right, General Hoke, of whom General Beauregard says, he handled his command with that resolution and judgment for which he was conspicuous, formed his line with Hagood and Johnson on his left, and Clingman (North Carolina) and Corse on his right. At dawn he threw out skirmishers, and opened his artillery. The infantry attack began with an advance of Hagood's and Johnson's brigades. They went in with determination and success. Hagood's brigade captured five pieces of artillery and a number of prisoners, and the two brigades occupied the enemy's works. But the enemy attacked Hoke's front with fierceness. Especially on Johnson's right was the fighting continuous, Generals Terry and Turner struggli
Georgia (Georgia, United States) (search for this): chapter 15
n a front attack on Lee's lines. The first assault was on Longstreet's corps, and was disastrously repulsed. The Federals then, after as careful a reconnaissance as the proximity of the lines permitted, decided that the part of Lee's line held by Doles' brigade was vulnerable to front assault. Accordingly a storming force was organized. Colonel Upton, with three brigades of Sedgwick's corps, twelve regiments in all, led the storming columns against the works held by Doles and his three Georgia regiments. Upton was followed by Mott's division of Hancock's corps. This division numbered seventeen regiments. The attack of the first line, made after a violent artillery fire, was somewhat of a surprise to the Confederates. Doles' three regiments, after a splendid resistance, were overrun, and the assailants poured through the gap thus made. But it was a death-trap into which they had bravely plunged. Daniel's North Carolina brigade, withdrawing from its line, attacked Upton on on
Po River (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 15
n time to check a large flanking party of the enemy, and by strengthening and extending my skirmish line, I turned the enemy's line, and by a dashing charge with my skirmishers, under the gallant Maj. E. A. Osborne of the Fourth North Carolina regiment, drove not only the enemy's skirmishers, but his line of battle back, capturing some prisoners, and the knapsacks and shelter tents of an entire regiment. New lines were soon formed around the court house; Longstreet's corps resting on the Po river, Ewell's in the center, and A. P. Hill's on the right. The 9th of May was a day of comparative rest from fighting. The Confederates spent the day in intrenching, and made a most formidable line around the town. On the 10th, Hancock's corps crossed the Po to ascertain whether Lee was moving. This corps was afterward ordered to return. As it was being withdrawn, Heth's division, under directions from General Early, attacked it. His attack especially fell upon the brigades of Brooke and
Richmond (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 15
ms from President Davis, Secretary of War Seddon, Generals Lee and Beauregard ordered him to withdraw from New Bern with all haste, and interpose his troops between Butler and Richmond. Moving without a moment's delay, General Hoke reached Petersburg in advance of Butler; but so close was the race, that as Hoke's troops filed into the works protecting Petersburg, the advance of Butler's army appeared in view, making for the same point. This march of General Hoke's troops stands at West Point as the most rapid movement of troops on record. Appointed a major-general for his distinguished services as above, Hoke with his division, of which Clingman's brigade was part, helped to win the victory of Drewry's Bluff. Transferred to the north bank of the James, they saved the day at Cold Harbor. Hurried again to the southern side of the James, they reached the works defending Petersburg just in time to save the cty on the memorable attack, June 17, 1864. Memorial Address on Clingman.
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