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Fitzhugh Lee (search for this): chapter 6.34
ly been led into error in your estimates of General Lee's strength, and of the number of troops bro, and 2 in Whiting's division — in all, 27. General Lee had 39 brigades of infantry under his commaents, which before were in other brigades. General Lee had forty brigades of infantry at Sharpsburl appear, then, that the troops received by General Lee from the South after Seven Pines, and beforSouth. So that the whole force received by General Lee from all sources was about 23,000--about 30d we have 80,000, covering the whole o fGeneral Lee's strength. This estimate is probably too larg testing the result that has been reached. General Lee's losses in the battles were as follows: Inlish conclusively, to any candid mind, that General Lee's army, at the beginning of the battles, wae of McClellan's army as by the increase of General Lee's. One strong reason why the attack coulederate capital from the siege of 1862. If General Lee had more men than McClellan had, it would b[11 more...]
Alfriend (search for this): chapter 6.34
his statements, or that all contemporaneous history is in error? I will venture to present only two of the perplexities in which the future historian of the war between the States will find himself involved when he comes to compare the material contributed by General Johnston with the other material contributed by official records and documents, which General Johnston seems not to have seen, or not to have consulted: General Johnston says — on p. 145 of his Narrative --The authors of Alfriend's life of Jefferson Davis, and some other biographies, represent, to my disparagement, that the army with which General Lee fought in the Seven Days was only that which I had commanded. It is very far from the truth. General Lee did not attack the enemy until the 26th of June, because he was employed from the 1st until then in forming a great army, by bringing to that which I had commanded, fifteen thousand men from North Carolina, under Major-General Holmes; twenty-two thousand men from
A. P. Hill (search for this): chapter 6.34
the 26th May, and afterwards formed part of A. P. Hill's division. General Ransom's brigade consis reason that as it afterwards formed part of A. P. Hill's division, it would be counted twice if to ounted as part of the divisions of Huger and A. P. Hill, thus doubling the strength of those brigadeas follows: 6 in Longstreet's division, 6 in A. P. Hill's division, 4 in D. H. Hill's division, 6 ind — to wit: 6 in Longstreet's division, 6 in A. P. Hill's division, 5 in D. H. Hill's division, inclate, and Huger's strength will be 8,930. Of A. P. Hill's division, Pender says (page 255): The briging of the 26th of June, by direction of Major-General Hill, I marched my brigade, 1,228 strong, int Field and Gregg 2,000 each, and we have for A. P. Hill's strength 12,628--say 13,000. Lawton's brigruder, 13,000; Holmes, 6,573; Huger, 8,930; A. P. Hill, 13,000; Whiting, 4,000; Lawton, 3,500; Jackn Longstreet's division, 4,429--page 128; in A. P. Hill's division, 3,870--page 179; in Jackson's co[1 more...]
Jubal A. Early (search for this): chapter 6.34
claim, then, that it is your orator, not I, who detracts from the just fame of the great Virginian. Your obedient servant, J. E. Johnston. Reply of General J. A. Early to General Johnston. Richmond, February 8, 1875. Editors of the Dispatch: Having received from General Johnston a copy of his reply to Colonel Marshe of General Lee's strength, and intending in what I have written only to vindicate the truth of history, I am, very respectfully, Your obedient servant, J. A. Early. Richmond, Va., February 4, 1875. General--Colonel Marshall's address was delivered before the Virginia Division of the Association of the Army of Northernrrectness of my estimates, which are so much at variance with your own. In doing so I have intended to be entirely respectful and courteous to you, and I trust you will so understand me. With the assurance of my highest esteem, I am, very respectfully and truly, your obedient servant, J. A. Early. General Joseph E. Johnston.
Personal Reminiscences (search for this): chapter 6.34
iments of esteem you express, and I am sure that, if among us, he would frown most indignantly upon any effort to enhance his own reputation at the expense of yourself or any one else. I beg, General, that you will not regard me as one who has officiously volunteered in a dispute in which he has no interest. Having, in an address delivered at Lexington on the 19th of January, 1872, undertaken to establish what was the strength of our army around Richmond in June, 1862, and Mr. Jones having done me the honor of promulgating that address to the world (in his Personal Reminiscences of General Lee), I have felt that it was incumbent on me to vindicate the correctness of my estimates, which are so much at variance with your own. In doing so I have intended to be entirely respectful and courteous to you, and I trust you will so understand me. With the assurance of my highest esteem, I am, very respectfully and truly, your obedient servant, J. A. Early. General Joseph E. Johnston.
Ripley (search for this): chapter 6.34
and Georgia, General Johnston says: General Ripley gave in this number. He brought the firstbrigade was five thousand strong, and that General Ripley so informed him. There may have been thupon the rolls of the brigade, but we have General Ripley's official report of the number of troops f the official report already referred to, General Ripley says: The aggregate force which enteents, but if the reports of Holmes, Lawton and Ripley be correct, they brought less than 11,866 men ad of 26,000 as stated by General Johnston. Ripley and Lawton, according to their reports, had 5,subsequent returns, that the troops of Holmes, Ripley and Lawton, amounted to but 11,866 men. This i 11,866 men estimated by Colonel Marshall, General Ripley's 2,300, and 3,000 of General Holmes', reaortion of them distributed in other brigades. Ripley says: In conclusion, I beg to remark that the subsequent returns, that the troops of Holmes, Ripley, and Lawton, amounted to but 11,866 men. This [1 more...]
Swinton (search for this): chapter 6.34
371 to 377. Armistead gives only a partial statement of his loss — taking it at 450 and we will have the loss in Huger's division 2,129. The loss in Holmes' division was 51, in Stuart's cavalry 71, and in the reserve artillery 44. The whole loss sums up as follows: Longstreet's division, 4,429; A. P. Hill's division, 3,870; Huger's division, 2,129; Jackson's command, 6,727; Magruder's command, 2,236; Holmes' division, 51; Stuart's cavalry, 71; reserve artillery, 44. Total, 19,557. Mr. Swinton, the author of the History of the army of the Potomac, examined the Confederate returns in the Archive Office at Washington, and in June, 1876, published an abstract from them showing the strength of our armies at various times. His statement shows that there were present for duty in the Department of Northern Virginia at the end of July, 1862, 69,559 men and officers. This included not only all the commands which had been at the battles around Richmond, except Daniel's brigade of a lit
McCaul (search for this): chapter 6.34
d that on the 26th of June he had 4,665 officers and 101,160 men — in all 105,825 for duty. Dix's command never joined him. It was the same command which Wool had at Fortress Monroe when we were at Yorktown. The only change made in its status was the assignment of Dix to the command, on the 1st of June, 1862, in the place of Wool, with orders to report to McClellan; but no part of Dix's command joined McClellan. The only accession McClellan had after Seven Pines and before the battles was McCaul's division, 9,514 strong; and it did not make up for the losses in battle and by sickness. General Lee certainly received accessions, including Jackson's command, to the extent of about 23,000 men; and when the Seven Days battles began, the disparity between the forces had been diminished, as well by the decrease of McClellan's army as by the increase of General Lee's. One strong reason why the attack could not be made sooner, was because Jackson could not be withdrawn from the Valley so
Charles Wright (search for this): chapter 6.34
th the 130 previously lost, makes 3,130. Mahone puts his strength (page 371) at 1,800. Armistead only states his strength partially, but shows that after getting the Fifty-seventh Virginia from Walker's brigade, his own brigade was very small. Wright puts his strength at 2,000 (page 385). Give Armistead 2,000, which is a very liberal estimate, and Huger's strength will be 8,930. Of A. P. Hill's division, Pender says (page 255): The brigade left camp on the evening of the 25th with between twhis loss at 832--page 172; but Magruder fails to give the loss in his own division; taking the average for it, and it may be put at 750, which will give a total loss of 2,236. In Huger's division, Ransom gives his loss at 630--pages 365 and 370; Wright's was 634, pages 386 and 397, and Mahone's loss was 415, pages 371 to 377. Armistead gives only a partial statement of his loss — taking it at 450 and we will have the loss in Huger's division 2,129. The loss in Holmes' division was 51, in Stua
J. E. B. Stuart (search for this): chapter 6.34
. Hill, 10,000; Magruder, 13,000; Holmes, 6,573; Huger, 8,930; A. P. Hill, 13,000; Whiting, 4,000; Lawton, 3,500; Jackson and Ewell, 8,000. Aggregate, 76,054. Stuart had six regiments of cavalry, two small commands called Legions, and there were five companies of the First North Carolina cavalry. One of the regiments is shown istead gives only a partial statement of his loss — taking it at 450 and we will have the loss in Huger's division 2,129. The loss in Holmes' division was 51, in Stuart's cavalry 71, and in the reserve artillery 44. The whole loss sums up as follows: Longstreet's division, 4,429; A. P. Hill's division, 3,870; Huger's division, 2,129; Jackson's command, 6,727; Magruder's command, 2,236; Holmes' division, 51; Stuart's cavalry, 71; reserve artillery, 44. Total, 19,557. Mr. Swinton, the author of the History of the army of the Potomac, examined the Confederate returns in the Archive Office at Washington, and in June, 1876, published an abstract from them
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