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Huntersville (West Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 11
Chapter XI Tennesseeans in Virginia Records of Archer's and Johnson's brigades. when Brig.-Gen. W. W. Loring took command of the Northwestern army, then distributed at various points in West Virginia, in July, 1861, he was joined at Huntersville by Brig.-Gen. Daniel S. Donelson's Tennessee brigade, composed of the Eighth and Sixteenth regiments under Cols. Alfred Fulton and John H. Savage, and by Brig.-Gen. Samuel R. Anderson's Tennessee brigade, composed of the First, Col. George Maney; the Seventh, Col. Robert Hatton, and the Fourteenth, Col. W. A. Forbes. Early in August, Gen. R. E. Lee assumed command of the forces in West Virginia, and Brig.--Gen. W. S. Rosecrans became his opponent in command of the Federal forces. In preparing the well-laid scheme to destroy the Federal forces at Cheat Mountain pass, General Lee moved Donelson's and Anderson's brigades to the right and left of the Federal position by circuitous mountain paths, which enabled them to penetrate th
Winchester, Va. (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 11
shoot you to pieces in a minute. They did surrender and he made them prisoners. The company consisted of three commissioned, four non-commissioned officers and sixty privates. （Head's History Sixteenth Tennessee.) After the withdrawal of the troops from Sewell mountain, Donelson's brigade was sent to South Carolina and Anderson's remained with Loring until after Stonewall Jackson's winter campaign. On the 1st of January, 1862, Anderson's brigade moved from its encampment near Winchester, Va., in the direction of Bath, as part of the expedition commanded by Gen. Stonewall Jackson. Approaching Bath on the morning of the 4th, General Jackson directed Loring, commanding his advance, to move a regiment to the left along the mountain which commanded the town. Colonel Maney was directed to execute the order, and General Jackson reported that it was undertaken with a patriotic enthusiasm which entitles the First Tennessee regiment and its commander to special praise. Subsequentl
Cemetery Hill (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): chapter 11
antime having strengthened his lines with earthworks. On the afternoon of the 3d of July, after the necessary preparation had been completed, the assault on Cemetery hill was made by Pickett's and Heth's divisions in the front line, Heth's division commanded by Brigadier-General Pettigrew (General Heth having been wounded in theade, 84 strong, lost every officer and man killed or wounded. Captain Moore added, that in justice to the hundreds of Heth's division who fell in the works on Cemetery hill, in the lane and open fields, in the advance or retreat, I cannot be indifferent when the story of that grand charge is told, unless honors are divided with Heerates by 684. In prisoners, the excess in favor of General Lee was 32. General Lee's prisoners were captured on the battlefield. Except the captures made on Cemetery hill and a few on the afternoon of the 1st, the prisoners lost by the army of Northern Virginia were barefooted and foot-sore stragglers, captured after the battle.
Aquia Creek (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 11
equently, the Seventh under Colonel Hatton, and a section of Shumaker's battery under Lieutenant Lanier, were ordered to co-operate with Maney. The troops had not advanced far before the enemy fled, leaving his baggage and stores. General Jackson was entirely successful in the expedition, though the weather was intensely cold, and snow and sleet made the roads almost impassable to wagons and teams, and very trying to the men. On the 13th of February, Anderson's brigade was ordered to Aquia creek, except the First regiment, which was ordered to Tennessee. In the organization of the army of Northern Virginia, on the peninsula, April 30, 1862, the Tennessee brigade, composed of the First, Col. Peter Turney; the Seventh, Col. Robert Hatton, and the Fourteenth, Col. W. A. Forbes, 2,030 strong, was commanded by Brig.-Gen. Samuel R. Anderson, and constituted a part of Whiting's division of the reserve corps under the command of Maj.-Gen. G. W. Smith. On the 8th of May this brigade
Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): chapter 11
ations on its achievements of the last seven days. After General Lee's decisive victory at Chancellorsville he determined to draw the Federal army from its position on the Rappahannock, and at the same time expel the Federal general, Milroy, from the valley of Virginia. In execution of this purpose, Hill's division was left in front of Hooker and the other two corps commenced the movement resulting in the victory at Winchester on the 13th of June, which was followed by the march into Pennsylvania. Hooker, seeming to become bewildered by these movements, and uncertain as to the whereabouts of Lee's army, abandoned his position on the Rappahannock. As late as the 17th of June he telegraphed the generalin-chief at Washington: In your opinion is there any foundation for the report that the Confederates are at Chambersburg, Pa.? On the 27th he was relieved and Maj.-Gen. George C. Meade was assigned to the command of the army of the Potomac. The army was already in motion. When G
West Point (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 11
Robert Hatton, and the Fourteenth, Col. W. A. Forbes, 2,030 strong, was commanded by Brig.-Gen. Samuel R. Anderson, and constituted a part of Whiting's division of the reserve corps under the command of Maj.-Gen. G. W. Smith. On the 8th of May this brigade participated in the affair at Eltham, which, General Smith stated, forms one of the most interesting incidents of the march of my command in retiring from Yorktown out of the peninsula. Having learned that the enemy had anchored off West Point and was landing troops, General Smith attacked on May 7th with Hood's and Hampton's brigades. Two attempts were made to flank the Confederates, but the appearance of Gen. S. R. Anderson with the Tennessee brigade (said the division general) on our left, made that flank secure. The enemy was driven a mile and a half through a dense forest, in which it was impossible to see over 30 or 40 yards, until he took refuge under the cover of his gunboats, leaving many dead and wounded on the field
Hagerstown (Maryland, United States) (search for this): chapter 11
attacking column, General Lee remained in position in front of the enemy, awaiting an attack until the night of the 4th, when he retired and fell back beyond Hagerstown, Md., without molestation. Gettysburg was a victory for the enemy, but it was won at great cost,—his return of casualties showing a loss of 23,049 killed, woundon the afternoon of the 1st, the prisoners lost by the army of Northern Virginia were barefooted and foot-sore stragglers, captured after the battle. Leaving Hagerstown, Heth's and Pender's divisions constituting the rear guard of the army, Lee took position between that point and Williamsport, then retired on the evening of thk was upon Archer's Tennessee brigade and Brockenbrough's Virginia brigade, and not a man was captured. Stragglers representing all commands were taken between Hagerstown and Falling Waters; but every advance made by Kilpatrick was repulsed. General Heth reported that the enemy made two cavalry charges, and on each occasion I wi
Spottsylvania (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 11
ength to 112,000. General Grant said: We assaulted at 4:30 a. m. to-day (June 3d) without gaining any decisive advantage. General Lee reported that the Federal attack was met with great steadiness and repulsed in every instance. Later in the day it was twice renewed against Heth's division on the left and repulsed with loss. In these two attacks, the Tennessee brigade under McComb added luster to its already splendid reputation. Grant reported a loss at the Wilderness of 17,666, at Spottsylvania 18,399, at North Anna and other combats 3,986, at Cold Harbor 12,738, a total of 52,789 killed, wounded and captured in a campaign of a month. The army under General Lee lost during the campaign 20,000 killed, wounded and captured. In a dispatch to Halleck, dated the day of his signal defeat at Cold Harbor, General Grant confessed to the failure of his plan of campaign, and soon began the siege of Petersburg and the attack on Richmond. The battle of Drewry's Bluff was fought by the
Sewell Mountain (West Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 11
fiant manner, standing erect in his stirrups, looking in his rear and then quickly facing the pickets, exclaimed in a stentorian voice: You rascals, if you don't ground arms and surrender immediately, my men shall surround you and shoot you to pieces in a minute. They did surrender and he made them prisoners. The company consisted of three commissioned, four non-commissioned officers and sixty privates. （Head's History Sixteenth Tennessee.) After the withdrawal of the troops from Sewell mountain, Donelson's brigade was sent to South Carolina and Anderson's remained with Loring until after Stonewall Jackson's winter campaign. On the 1st of January, 1862, Anderson's brigade moved from its encampment near Winchester, Va., in the direction of Bath, as part of the expedition commanded by Gen. Stonewall Jackson. Approaching Bath on the morning of the 4th, General Jackson directed Loring, commanding his advance, to move a regiment to the left along the mountain which commanded the
Knoxville (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): chapter 11
Not many days after Drewry's Bluff, Gen. Bushrod Johnson was made a major-general, and the command of Johnson's famous brigade devolved upon the gallant John S. Fulton, Forty-fourth Tennessee, who had led it with distinction at Chickamauga and Knoxville. Justice in General Johnson's case was tardy and cruel. He commanded brigades as brigadier-general at Fort Donelson, Shiloh, Perryville, Murfreesboro, a division at Chickamauga and Knoxville, and won promotion on every field. At Chickamauga Knoxville, and won promotion on every field. At Chickamauga he pierced the enemy's lines and won the battle, but he was a modest man who never learned the trick of cowering low with blandishment. At dawn on the 16th of June, Bushrod Johnson with his command abandoned the Bermuda Hundred line, under orders from General Beauregard, and arrived at Petersburg about 10 o'clock a. m. General Beauregard had now about 10,000 men of all arms to meet the Second and Eighteenth army corps, commanded, respectively, by Hancock and Smith. Burnside's corps (the Nin
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