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11th (search for this): chapter 2.20
eral Franklin was notified of the point selected for his crossing, and I then told him the story of the change of plan. he merely said, your command is the strongest, and you must take the advance. as I remember, it was on the afternoon of the 10th of December that General Franklin received an order to have the head of his command at a designated point on the river, about one and a half miles below Fredericksburg, and since known as Franklin's crossing, at daylight on the morning of the 11th, where he would at once begin crossing by bridges which would be found ready. on the morning of the 11th of December, at 5 o'clock, the First Corps, under Major-General John F. Reynolds, marched to take position at the bridges, and cover the crossing of the Sixth Corps over the Rappahannock. A brigade of the Corps had moved at 2 o'clock A. M., to protect the engineer troops while throwing the bridges, which were expected to be finished by daylight. The work was for a while suspended on a
December 10th (search for this): chapter 2.20
about my change of plan. I will make it known at the proper time. though General Franklin and myself were on the most intimate terms, and occupied the same tent, I gave him no hint of the change. Two or three days before the movement General Franklin was notified of the point selected for his crossing, and I then told him the story of the change of plan. he merely said, your command is the strongest, and you must take the advance. as I remember, it was on the afternoon of the 10th of December that General Franklin received an order to have the head of his command at a designated point on the river, about one and a half miles below Fredericksburg, and since known as Franklin's crossing, at daylight on the morning of the 11th, where he would at once begin crossing by bridges which would be found ready. on the morning of the 11th of December, at 5 o'clock, the First Corps, under Major-General John F. Reynolds, marched to take position at the bridges, and cover the crossing o
December 11th (search for this): chapter 2.20
plan. he merely said, your command is the strongest, and you must take the advance. as I remember, it was on the afternoon of the 10th of December that General Franklin received an order to have the head of his command at a designated point on the river, about one and a half miles below Fredericksburg, and since known as Franklin's crossing, at daylight on the morning of the 11th, where he would at once begin crossing by bridges which would be found ready. on the morning of the 11th of December, at 5 o'clock, the First Corps, under Major-General John F. Reynolds, marched to take position at the bridges, and cover the crossing of the Sixth Corps over the Rappahannock. A brigade of the Corps had moved at 2 o'clock A. M., to protect the engineer troops while throwing the bridges, which were expected to be finished by daylight. The work was for a while suspended on account of the fire of sharpshooters, covered by some fishing-huts and a thicket on the opposite shore. Two batter
December 14th (search for this): chapter 2.20
floated a scattered pack of cards. The soldier, hearing the shouts of laughter, turned over to see what was the matter, and when he saw the mishap which had befallen him made a feeble effort to join in the laugh. between 1 and 2 A. M. Of December 14th a council of war of the From a photograph. killed at Fredericksburg, December 13, 1862. see p. 141. Grand division commanders was ordered, and General Burnside announced his intention of leading the Ninth Corps (his old command) in an of the river, and what remained of the forty thousand men of that command recrossed during the night without loss and without molestation from the enemy. after the battle I had four interviews with Burnside. The first was on Sunday, the 14th of December. I found him alone in his tent walking up and down, apparently in great distress of mind, and turning to me he said, oh! those men! oh! those men! I asked what he meant, and he said, those men over there! pointing across the river where
November 9th, 1862 AD (search for this): chapter 2.20
Franklin's left Grand division. by William Farrar Smith, Brevet Major-General, U. S. A. When General Burnside assumed the command of the Army of the Potomac on the 9th of November, 1862, he gave up the immense strategic advantage which McClellan had gained, and led the army to Falmouth on the Rappahannock River, opposite the city of Fredericksburg. A few days after his arrival on the Rappahannock he called a council of war. It was a conference rather than a council, for he stated that he called the generals together to make known something of his plans, and not to put any question before them for decision. The grand division commanders, Sumner, Franklin, and Hooker, were present, and also, I think, the corps commanders. I was present as commander of the Sixth Army Corps. The entire army was massed within a few miles of Falmouth, and the first object was to cross the river in our front, and gain a fair field for a battle. From the same ground Hooker afterward marched north-
December 13th, 1862 AD (search for this): chapter 2.20
h their faces to the ground, a round shot struck the knapsack of a soldier, and, cutting it open, sent a cloud of underclothes into the air, and high above them floated a scattered pack of cards. The soldier, hearing the shouts of laughter, turned over to see what was the matter, and when he saw the mishap which had befallen him made a feeble effort to join in the laugh. between 1 and 2 A. M. Of December 14th a council of war of the From a photograph. killed at Fredericksburg, December 13, 1862. see p. 141. Grand division commanders was ordered, and General Burnside announced his intention of leading the Ninth Corps (his old command) in an assault against the works which the Second Corps, led by such men as Couch and Hancock, had failed to carry. For some reason the project was abandoned. [see p. 127.] during the next two days the left Grand division remained in position, with no disturbance except that produced by an angry skirmish line with an occasional artillery engag
1884 AD (search for this): chapter 2.20
's crossing. From a War-time photograph. The hills occupied by Stonewall Jackson's command are seen in the distance. Franklin's battle-field as seen from Hamilton's crossing — Fredericksburg steeples in the distance. From a sketch made in 1884. he pointed out some fine positions for artillery, and said: my reserve artillery has as yet had no chance to show its value, and I am going to make the crossing here and below, under cover of the guns of the reserve artillery. to this I replier, was an impassable stream, separating us, until bridged, from the right wing of the army. In the right front was an open field, traversed by Deep Run from left to right, bounded by the hills and narrowing as it From a photograph taken about 1884. approached a gorge a mile or more away. In front of the left and right at a distance of perhaps half a mile was the ridge of hills occupied by the enemy. the First Corps, under Major-General John F. Reynolds, followed the Sixth, and, forming
George D. Bayard (search for this): chapter 2.20
ce. During one of the feeble, skirmishing attacks made on the lines of the Sixth Corps later in the day, Brigadier-General George D. Bayard, killed at Fredericksburg. From a photograph. Meade, who was still at headquarters, was expressing gre line of battle went hurtling through the headquarters of General Franklin into the open grove of large trees. General George D. Bayard, much endeared to us by his social qualities and his rare merits as a cavalry leader, was mortally wounded by a round shot through the thigh. Bayard and his friend, Captain H. G. Gibson, commanding a battery of flying artillery, were within ten feet of Franklin, and were just rising from the ground to go to luncheon when the shot came. It severed Gibson's sword-belt without injury to him, and struck Bayard. Many generals could have better been spared from the service. a few days before the battle there had come to the Sixth Corps the first importation of bounty men. They had been placed in the front
Bernard (search for this): chapter 2.20
had little regard for proprietary rights, and did not stand much in awe of a Virginia magnate or constable. when I first arrived at the Bernard house I found Mr. Bernard holding a lively interview with Reynolds. It seemed that Mr. Bernard protested against the use of his house and grounds by the troops because they would spoil Mr. Bernard protested against the use of his house and grounds by the troops because they would spoil them, and insisted upon staying at the house to protect it. Reynolds on such occasions was a man of few words, and I presently saw Mr. Bernard hurrying toward the pontoon-bridges between two soldiers, and he was not seen again in that vicinity.--W. B. Franklin. during this day, as in all days of battle, many sad and many humoroMr. Bernard hurrying toward the pontoon-bridges between two soldiers, and he was not seen again in that vicinity.--W. B. Franklin. during this day, as in all days of battle, many sad and many humorous incidents occurred. Some of the shots that were fired too high for the line of battle went hurtling through the headquarters of General Franklin into the open grove of large trees. General George D. Bayard, much endeared to us by his social qualities and his rare merits as a cavalry leader, was mortally wounded by a round shot
David B. Birney (search for this): chapter 2.20
h terminated to the right of the Richmond road. about 5 P. M. General Burnside came to the left wing, and after he had taken a hurried gallop along the lines General Franklin asked him to go to his tent, and there gave him the above-described plan as the only one that in our judgment offered a fair hope of success. When General Burnside left us we were all of the opinion that he agreed with us, and the last request, urgently pressed upon him, was that he should at once give the order for Birney's and Sickles's divisions of the Third Corps (Hooker's center Grand division) to cross the bridge and be ready to begin to relieve the Sixth Corps in the lines at dusk. Under the supposition that the orders asked for would soon be received, General Franklin gave General Reynolds and myself orders to do all the preliminary work possible; which being done, we returned to General Franklin's headquarters to await the arrival of the messenger from General Burnside. As the precious time passed b
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