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Richard B. Irwin (search for this): chapter 7.49
d by the troops in our vicinity. The next morning, the 28th of June, General Smith's division was moved to the rear and left of the clearing of Golding's farm; General Slocum's division remaining to the rear and right of Smith, where it had taken position the night before. During this retrograde movement the enemy kept up a lively cannonade from the left, front, and right, but did remarkably little harm. A sharp infantry attack, however, was made upon the 49th Pennsylvania regiment, Colonel Irwin, and the 33d New York regiment, Colonel Taylor, who were the last to evacuate the position. The time of the attack was about the middle of the afternoon, and the attacking force was the 7th and 8th Georgia regiments. It was handsomely repulsed, and Colonels Lamar and Towers of the Georgia regiments with 50 officers and men were taken prisoners, and more than 100 were killed and wounded. [This action of the 28th, as also that of the 27th,--see p. 367,--is known as Golding's and Garnett
George A. McCall (search for this): chapter 7.49
his action for the 29th, should nothing unforeseen occur. The relative position of the Sixth Corps was not changed. Smith's division was still to have its right on the Chickahominy, extending down the river, where it was to touch the left of McCall's division (that crossed the Chickahominy during the night of the 27th), which, however, played no part in holding the line on June 29th, as it crossed White Oak Swamp early in the day. The battle of Savage's Station. From a sketch made at thly, and was due to the fertile brain of General Smith, who ordered the exploration. The military results of the defense of White Oak Bridge and the battle of Glendale were: (1) The enemy was repulsed at all points, except in the single case of McCall's division at Glendale, which was overpowered by numbers, after it had captured three of the enemy's colors; (2) The trains and heavy artillery arrived in safety at the James River (except those wagons which were destroyed by the bombardment at W
Willis A. Gorman (search for this): chapter 7.49
He would not believe that Heintzelman had withdrawn until I sent my last mounted man, urging and demanding reenforcements. The 71st Pennsylvania (also called the 1st California), of my brigade, arriving, I placed it behind the center of my line where a gap had been made by extending the 1st Minnesota to the left. General Franklin sent General Brooks's brigade to the left of my line to check the turning movement of the enemy, and Sumner, when he realized that Heintzelman had withdrawn, sent Gorman's and Dana's brigades to my support in front. General Sumner formed the 88th New York, of Meagher's brigade, and the 5th New Hampshire, of Caldwell's brigade, for a charge. A mass of men came up in my rear in full yell. I halted the crowd and asked for their commander. I am Captain McCartan of the 88th New York, sir, exclaimed an officer. I got them into line (about 250 men), facing up the Williamsburg road, which was raked by the grape and canister of the enemy's batteries. I gave t
Henry W. Slocum (search for this): chapter 7.49
Fair Oaks station], and my other division, General Slocum's, was next on the left. Going toward theions of the next day. I was then absent at General Slocum's headquarters, conferring with him in regight on the 27th I received orders to send General Slocum's division across the Chickahominy to repo At 2 o'clock I was ordered again to send General Slocum's division to report to General Porter. Tnd left of the clearing of Golding's farm; General Slocum's division remaining to the rear and righthown in the picture on the next page. General Slocum's division was to be at Savage's Station, most of the latter from Gaines's Mill. General Slocum's and General Smith's divisions both movedy of the fighting at Savage's Station. As General Slocum's division had suffered so severely in the miles from the White Oak Bridge. I found General Slocum's division posted somewhat in rear of the there, placing our right at Glendale, held by Slocum's division, in great jeopardy, and turning our
John H. Lamar (search for this): chapter 7.49
ght before. During this retrograde movement the enemy kept up a lively cannonade from the left, front, and right, but did remarkably little harm. A sharp infantry attack, however, was made upon the 49th Pennsylvania regiment, Colonel Irwin, and the 33d New York regiment, Colonel Taylor, who were the last to evacuate the position. The time of the attack was about the middle of the afternoon, and the attacking force was the 7th and 8th Georgia regiments. It was handsomely repulsed, and Colonels Lamar and Towers of the Georgia regiments with 50 officers and men were taken prisoners, and more than 100 were killed and wounded. [This action of the 28th, as also that of the 27th,--see p. 367,--is known as Golding's and Garnett's Farms.] Also on the 28th a detachment of Cobb's Georgia Legion (cavalry) had a skirmish at Dispatch Station with the pickets of the 8th Illinois Cavalry.--Editors. That evening the corps commanders were assembled at General McClellan's headquarters Dr. Trent
George B. McClellan (search for this): chapter 7.49
fight at Beaver Dam Creek occurred, and General McClellan called at my headquarters on his way to expecting to make, and therefore missed General McClellan, so that I received no word from him unt the field at the time. The scene is near McClellan's headquarters at Dr. Trent's farm, before dg the corps commanders were assembled at General McClellan's headquarters Dr. Trent's farm-house,g it he exclaimed, with some excitement, General McClellan did not know the circumstances when he wrry told General Sumner that he had seen General McClellan only a short time before, that he knew tom the road. At the same time I reported to McClellan at his headquarters. The rear of Sumner's with great earnestness, General, advise General McClellan to concentrate his army at this point, a of that day, nor General Lee's ignorance of McClellan's intentions. Had a general engagement take an army would have perished miserably. General McClellan believed that the destruction of the Arm[12 more...]
Rufus D. Pettit (search for this): chapter 7.49
ck's division was in front, Sedgwick's other two brigades being just behind. The three brigades of Richardson's division, Meagher having joined him, were farther to the rear, but more to the right. Three batteries of field-artillery, Hazzard's, Pettit's, and Osborn's, were posted toward the left, near the front of the ravine. The day was hot and sultry and wore away slowly as we waited either to be attacked or at nightfall to start for White Oak Bridge. Large quantities of all kinds of qua saved by my brigade, which kept the enemy from piercing the center of the Army of the Potomac; but, like the instance above, history has given the credit to General Misunderstanding, who, in history, fights most battles. Parts of Hazzard's, Pettit's, and Osborn's batterries were engaged on the Union side. The Confederate infantry north of the railroad (Cobb's, Toombs's, and Anderson's brigades) did not take an active part in the battle. Anderson's brigade is not shown, its position bei
E. M. Law (search for this): chapter 7.49
ade is not shown, its position being outside the northern bounds of the map. The Confederate artillery engaged comprised Kemper's battery, two guns of Hart's battery, and Lieutenant Barry's 32-pounder rifled gun mounted on a rail-car, and protected from cannon-shot by a sloping roof, in front, covered with plates of iron, through which a port-hole had been pierced. Editors. was over, our troops held the contested ground. Their behavior throughout the fight had been admirable. General E. M. Law says in the Southern bivouac for May, 1887: The battle of Savage's Station, although a drawn fight as far as the possession of the field was concerned, was practically a victory for the Federals. Though their loss was three times as great as that of the Confederates, they accomplished the main purpose of the battle, which was to gain time for the passage of trains, artillery, and troops across White Oak Swamp. The Confederate force engaged in this fight was commanded by General J.
Ambrose P. Hill (search for this): chapter 7.49
on in his report intimates that his whole command, consisting of three divisions and D. H. Hill's division of five brigades, were all at White Oak Bridge on the 30th of June. He says: It was soon seen that the enemy occupied such a position beyond a thick intervening wood on the right of the road as enabled him to command the crossing. Captain Wooding's battery was consequently recalled. General Lee says: Jackson having been unable to force the passage of White Oak Swamp, Longstreet and A. P. Hill were without the expected support at the battle of Glendale. It must be evident to any military reader that Jackson ought to have known of the existence of Brackett's Ford, only one mile above White Oak Bridge, and ought to have discovered the weakness of our defense at that point. He had troops enough to have attacked the ford and the bridge with forces at both points exceeding ours at the bridge, and the two attacks, to say the least, would have embarrassed us exceedingly. Had he made
Hugh H. Savage (search for this): chapter 7.49
nd crossed the swamp, so that we saw him no more that day, supposing, nevertheless, until we were attacked by the enemy, that his troops were in position on a part of our front. General Heintzelman in his report says: The whole open space near Savage's was crowded with troops — more than I supposed could be brought into action judiciously. He then states that an aide of the commanding general was with him to point out the road for his crossing. I ordered the whole of my corps to take this rwas made at Harrison's Bar in hot July. I was prostrated with my wound, malaria, and twenty-eight days of constant strain, and was unable to write or to collect my thoughts. The battle at Glendale on the 30th of June, the next day after that of Savage's Station, was saved by my brigade, which kept the enemy from piercing the center of the Army of the Potomac; but, like the instance above, history has given the credit to General Misunderstanding, who, in history, fights most battles. Parts
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