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Frederick, Md. (Maryland, United States) (search for this): chapter 8.63
mountain was swarming with rebels. I will endeavor to explain the singular features of the battle and what caused them. In the retirement of Lee's army from Frederick to Hagerstown and Boonsboro‘, my division constituted the rear-guard. It consisted of five brigades (Wise's brigade being left behind), and after the arrival att place to explain the extraordinary caution of the Federals, which seemed so mysterious to us on that 14th of September. An order of General Lee, made while at Frederick, directing Jackson to capture Harper's Ferry, and Longstreet and myself to go to Boonsboro‘, had fallen into the hands of the Federals, and had been carried to Gs Ferry — a truth that he must have learned from his own scouts and spies and the roar of artillery in his own ears: the cannonading could be distinctly heard at Frederick, and it told that some one was beleaguering Harper's Ferry. The misleading report was that Longstreet was at Boonsboro‘. Special Orders No. 191, which was
Rhode Island (Rhode Island, United States) (search for this): chapter 8.63
mmon's brigade and by Major Lyman J. Jackson of Crook's brigade. The former says: We fell back to the original position until the general advance at 5 P. M. Major Jackson, after speaking of fighting the enemy behind a stone-wall with the cooperation of two other regiments, adds: I We then fell back to the hillside in the open fields, where we were out of reach of their guns, and remained here with the rest of our brigade until an advance was made against the enemy by the Pennsylvania and Rhode Island troops on our right. After the arrival of his whole corps General Reno arranged his line of battle as follows: Cox's division on the left, resting on the batteries already in position; Willcox's on the right, supported by the division of Sturgis. Rodman's. division was divided; Fairchild's brigade was sent to the extreme left to support the batteries, and Harland's was placed on the extreme right. In the meantime Rodes and Ripley, of my division, reported to me for orders. Rodes w
Sharpsburg (Maryland, United States) (search for this): chapter 8.63
outhern troops named it after the village of Sharpsburg. Many instances might be given of this doubl Lee in the evening of the 13th to unite at Sharpsburg the troops which were then at Hagerstown andin except by Stuart and the concentration at Sharpsburg. I received a note about midnight of the s Life of Jackson, estimates Lee's forces at Sharpsburg (Antietam) at 33,000 men, including the threquarters, General Lee had 33,000 infantry at Sharpsburg, or 41,500 of all arms. Adding 2000 for thehousand men. McClellan gives his force at Sharpsburg at 87,164. Had he made the movement which Sigger until we took up the line of march for Sharpsburg, about 10 to 12 at night. While, therefore,cers under G. B. Anderson (who was killed at Sharpsburg, and left no report) say that the same thing from Hagerstown, his 6 brigades numbered at Sharpsburg 2430 men; i. e., an average of 405 men to eaCarolina regiment is said to have 106 men at Sharpsburg. It is possible the five regiments of this [4 more...]
Boonsboro (Maryland, United States) (search for this): chapter 8.63
The battle of South Mountain, or Boonsboro‘ Fighting for time at Turner's and Fox's gaps. by uth Mountain, and at the South the battle of Boonsboro‘. So many battle-fields of the Civil War bea Lee's army from Frederick to Hagerstown and Boonsboro‘, my division constituted the rear-guard. Ibeing left behind), and after the arrival at Boonsboro' was intrusted with guarding the wagon trainthe troops which were then at Hagerstown and Boonsboro‘. He said that he could effect more with one's Ferry, and Longstreet and myself to go to Boonsboro‘, had fallen into the hands of the Federals,misleading report was that Longstreet was at Boonsboro‘. Special Orders No. 191, which was the lost order, sent Longstreet to Boonsboro‘. It was afterward modified by General Lee so as to place ain Park writes: After passing through Boonsboro‘, en route to the scene of action, we met ththe Confederate forces at South Mountain, or Boonsboro‘, was: Longstreet, 8000; D. H. Hill, 7000,--
West Point (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 8.63
nd in inspiring the victors with such caution that a simple ruse turned them back in their triumphal career. Every battle-field of the Civil War beheld the deadly conflict of former friends with each other, South Mountain may be taken as a specimen of this unnatural and horrible state of things. The last time I ever saw Generals McClellan and Reno was in 1848, at the table of General G. W. Smith, in the city of Mexico. Generals Meade and Scammon had both been instructors while I was at West Point. Colonel Magilton, commanding a brigade in Meade's division, had been a lieutenant in my company in the Mexican war. General John Gibbon (whose brigade pressed up the pike on the 14th of September) and his brother Lardner had been best men at my wedding. They were from North Carolina; one brother took the Northern side, while the other took the Southern. There is another view of the picture, however. If we had to be beaten it was better to be beaten by former friends. Every true sold
Middletown (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 8.63
r of the five brigades, was not less than three miles from Turner's Gap on the National road crossing South Mountain. During the forenoon of the 13th General Stuart, who was in an advance position at the gap in the Catoctin Mountain, east of Middletown, with our cavalry, sent a dispatch to me saying that he was followed by two brigades of Federal infantry, and asking me to send him a brigade to check the pursuit at South Mountain. I sent him the brigades of Colquitt and Garland, and the battpike at 3:30 P. M. General Meade, on the north side, says that he moved toward the right at 2 P. M., This is the hour at which General Meade says he received the order to move to the front, from the point where his division was halted beyond Middletown, at Catoctin creek. Meade turned off to the right, followed the old Hagerstown road to Mount Tabor Church, and then formed line at the foot of the mountain for the climb. Cooper's battery opened fire at 3:30. Hatch followed Meade, and Rickett
Ripley (Mississippi, United States) (search for this): chapter 8.63
al Sturgis claims that he swept everything before him. So do his comrades who fought on his left. On the other hand, General Hood, who came up a short time before this advance, with the brigades of Wofford and Law, claims that he checked and drove back the Federals. G. T. Anderson reports that only his skirmishers were engaged. The surviving officers under G. B. Anderson (who was killed at Sharpsburg, and left no report) say that the same thing was true of their brigade in the afternoon. Ripley's brigade was not engaged at all. About dusk the 2d and 13th North Carolina Regiments attacked Fairchild's brigade and the batteries protected by it on the extreme Federal left, and were repulsed disastrously. Generals Burnside and Willcox say that the fight was continued until 10 o'clock at night. Hood was mistaken, then, in thinking that he had driven back the Federal advance. The opposing lines were close together at nightfall, and the firing between the skirmishers was kept up till a
Louisiana (Louisiana, United States) (search for this): chapter 8.63
over, the South had three hundred thousand of her sons in the Federal army in subordinate capacities. According to a printed statement dated at the Adjutant-General's Office, Washington, November 9th, 1880, the slave-holding States furnished troops to the Union army as follows: Delaware, 12,284; Maryland, 46,638; West Virginia, 32,068; District of Columbia, 16,534; Missouri, 109,111; Kentucky, 75,760; Tennessee, 31,092; Arkansas, 8289; North Carolina, 3156; Alabama, 2576; Florida, 1290; Louisiana, 5224; Mississippi, 545; Texas, 1965,--total, 346,532. This sum includes colored troops, but their number is not stated. The territory in actual rebellion also furnished 99,337 colored soldiers, recruited at various stations and not accredited to States. The so-called Northern, or free, States furnished to the Union army 2,419,159 men.--Editors. Her armies surrendered when a Southern-born President and a Southern-born Vice-President were at the head of the United States Government. Tha
Georgia (Georgia, United States) (search for this): chapter 8.63
ost Dispatch made him believe otherwise. About 9 P. M. the stone-wall was reached, and several gallant efforts were made in vain to carry it. When each repulse was followed by the rebel yells, the young men on my staff would cry out: Hurrah for Georgia! Georgia is having a free fight. The Western men had met in the 23d and 28th Georgia regiments men as brave as themselves and far more advantageously posted. Colonel Bragg, of the 6th Wisconsin, says in his report: We sat down in the dark to wGeorgia is having a free fight. The Western men had met in the 23d and 28th Georgia regiments men as brave as themselves and far more advantageously posted. Colonel Bragg, of the 6th Wisconsin, says in his report: We sat down in the dark to wait another attack, but the enemy was no more seen. At midnight Gorman's brigade of Sumner's corps relieved Gibbon's. General Gibbon reports officially 318 men killed and wounded — a loss sustained almost entirely, I think, at the stone-wall. The colonel of the 7th Wisconsin reports a loss of 147 men in killed and wounded out of 375 muskets carried into action. This shows that he had brave men and that he encountered brave men. From his report we infer that Gibbon had fifteen hundred men.
Texas (Texas, United States) (search for this): chapter 8.63
thousand of her sons in the Federal army in subordinate capacities. According to a printed statement dated at the Adjutant-General's Office, Washington, November 9th, 1880, the slave-holding States furnished troops to the Union army as follows: Delaware, 12,284; Maryland, 46,638; West Virginia, 32,068; District of Columbia, 16,534; Missouri, 109,111; Kentucky, 75,760; Tennessee, 31,092; Arkansas, 8289; North Carolina, 3156; Alabama, 2576; Florida, 1290; Louisiana, 5224; Mississippi, 545; Texas, 1965,--total, 346,532. This sum includes colored troops, but their number is not stated. The territory in actual rebellion also furnished 99,337 colored soldiers, recruited at various stations and not accredited to States. The so-called Northern, or free, States furnished to the Union army 2,419,159 men.--Editors. Her armies surrendered when a Southern-born President and a Southern-born Vice-President were at the head of the United States Government. That the wounds of defeat and humili
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