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Adam Badeau, Military history of Ulysses S. Grant from April 1861 to April 1865. Volume 2, Chapter 27: (search)
e, to show the position of the enemy's line. Crawford also lost time, by mistaking a branch of the t astray. In this emergency, Warren ordered Crawford to halt, while he went back in person to const this time reported that the connection with Crawford had been made, but Crawford was in reality thd the firing, but supposed it to proceed from Crawford's column; he nevertheless ordered a brigade i had not known of the gap between Hancock and Crawford. Their main attack was intended to be made asend a division to support the Second corps. Crawford, it was thought, would not be able to reach tn that the rebels were unable to re-form. If Crawford could have attacked them at this crisis, the , but he seriously complained of the delay of Crawford's division. No blame was imputed to CrawfordCrawford, but there seemed reason to regret the order of Warren suspending his advance. Had that order not been given, Crawford would have been exactly in position to complete the destruction of the rebel at[5 more...]
Adam Badeau, Military history of Ulysses S. Grant from April 1861 to April 1865. Volume 2, Chapter 32: (search)
attacked at daylight, directed he should move Crawford up at once to his support, if not already theng. Then Griffin, with portions of Ayres and Crawford's commands, not only regained the original po him to keep the two divisions of Griffin and Crawford where they were till he could learn that Ayreun, and keep the two divisions, Griffin's and Crawford's, where they were, till I could hear that Geantry, however, was still impracticable until Crawford's division arrived. Griffin and Ayres were, a general battle outside. In the meantime, Crawford had at last come up with Griffin, and at elevs marched briskly forward, Ayres on the left, Crawford on the right, and Griffin in reserve. They ms in reserve on the right, naturally followed Crawford for a while, so that Ayres was left to contenome rushed off by the Ford road, to encounter Crawford and Mackenzie, while those who fled by the Whbeen greatly exasperated by the deflection of Crawford at a critical moment of the battle, and by Wa[26 more...]
Adam Badeau, Military history of Ulysses S. Grant from April 1861 to April 1865. Volume 2, Chapter 33: (search)
el right, pushing a strong skirmish line around that flank until he overlapped it and reached to the railroad; and, while the enemy's attention was thus diverted, at 2.45 P. M. he assaulted the opposite flank, sweeping rapidly down inside the breastworks, capturing nearly a thousand prisoners and two pieces of artillery, and putting the remainder of the force to precipitate flight. Sheridan overtook the rebels in their rout on the main road along the Appomattox river, and the cavalry and Crawford's division attacked them at nightfall; but the friendly darkness interposed, and the remnants of the force that had resisted Miles so stoutly threw away their arms and hid themselves in the woods till morning. Miles had been ordered to pursue the enemy towards Petersburg, and advanced in that direction about two miles, when he met Humphreys with Hays's division coming up to his relief. He thereupon returned to Sutherland and went into bivouac. The troops which he had encountered belon
Adam Badeau, Military history of Ulysses S. Grant from April 1861 to April 1865. Volume 2, Index (search)
committee, report of, on failure oa mine explosion before Petersburg, II., 490. Corinth, movement towards, i., 101; counterfeit defences of rebels at, 104; Halleck's incapacity at, 106; movements preliminary to battle of, 116; battle of, 116, 117. Corse, General John M., at battle of Allatoona, III., 58. Court of inquiry into failure of mine explosion before Petersburg, II., 489. Cox, General Jacob D., at Columbia, Tenn., III., 208; operations against Wilmington, 381. Crawford, General S. W., at Wilderness, II., 103, 106; at Spottsylvania, 142; at North Anna, 228, 230, 231; Weldon road, 515; at Hatcher's run III., 119; at battle of White Oak road, 480; at Five Forks, 482, 487, 490, 494. Crittenden, General T. S., crosses the North Anna, II., 231; at battle of Cold Harbor, 295. Crocker General M. M., engages rebels at Jackson, i., 44; Grant's opinion of, 246; at Champion's hill, 264-267. Crook, General, George, in Valley of Virginia, II., 416; in army of the She