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Fairfield, Pa. (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): chapter 4.59
sion of misery. During this one night I realized more of the horrors of war than I had in all the two preceding years. And yet in the darkness was our safety, for no enemy would dare attack where he could not distinguish friend from foe. We knew that when day broke upon us we should be harassed by bands of cavalry hanging on our flanks. Therefore our aim was to go as far as possible under cover of the night. Instead of going through Chambersburg, I decided to leave the main road near Fairfield after crossing the mountains, and take a near cut across the country to Greencastle, where daybreak on the morning of the 5th of July found the head of our column. We were now twelve or fifteen miles from the Potomac at Williamsport, our point of crossing into Virginia. Here our apprehended troubles began. After the advance — the 18th Virginia Cavalry--had passed perhaps a mile beyond the town, the citizens to the number of thirty or forty attacked the train with axes, cutting the spo
Winchester, Va. (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 4.59
munition, but you will probably meet a supply I have ordered from Winchester to Williamsport. Nearly all the transportation and the care of animals; then ford the river, and do not halt again till you reach Winchester, where I will again communicate with you. After a good deal ofs life. General Scales appeared to be worse hurt, but stopped at Winchester, recovered, and fought through the war. After dark I set out fg fed and having their wounds dressed, thought they could walk to Winchester. Quite a large number were able to do this, so that the flats we ran out of ammunition, but as an ordnance train had arrived from Winchester, two wagon-loads of ammunition were ferried across the river and this duty he expressed an apprehension that before I could reach Winchester the Federal cavalry would cross at Harper's Ferry, intercept and , 1863. Before I had gone two miles on my anxious march toward Winchester a courier overtook me with a note from General Lee directing me t
Harper's Ferry (West Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 4.59
It may be interesting to repeat one or two facts to show the peril in which the army was till the river could be bridged. Over four thousand prisoners taken at Gettysburg were ferried across the river by the morning of the 9th, and I was ordered with a single regiment, the 62d Virginia, to guard them to Staunton and send them on to Richmond. When the general assigned me to this duty he expressed an apprehension that before I could reach Winchester the Federal cavalry would cross at Harper's Ferry, intercept and capture my guard and release the prisoners. Before we had left the river I had an interview with him at his headquarters near Hagerstown, in which he expressed great impatience at the tardiness in building rude pontoons at the river, and calling in Colonel James L. Corley, his chief quartermaster, told him to put Major John A. Harman in charge of the work; remarking that without Harman's extraordinary energy to conduct the work, the pontoons would not be done for several
Williamsport (Maryland, United States) (search for this): chapter 4.59
ou will probably meet a supply I have ordered from Winchester to Williamsport. Nearly all the transportation and the care of all the wounded cross the mountain by the Chambersburg road, and then proceed to Williamsport by any route you deem best, and without a halt till you reach thcolumn. We were now twelve or fifteen miles from the Potomac at Williamsport, our point of crossing into Virginia. Here our apprehended trme a little after sunrise, that the Federals in large force held Williamsport. I did not fully credit this, and decided to push on. Fortunatead during the day, nearly the whole of the immense train reached Williamsport on the afternoon of the 5th. A part of it, with Hart's battery,d coffee procured in the same way at Mercersburg. The town of Williamsport is located in the lower angle formed by the Potomac with Conococ he understood I was familiar with the fords of the Potomac from Williamsport to Cumberland, and with the roads to them. I replied that I was
South Carolina (South Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 4.59
s of Generals Buford and Kilpatrick, and Huey's brigade of Gregg's division, consisting, as I afterward learned, of 23 regiments of cavalry, and 18 guns, a total force of about 7000 men. I immediately posted my guns on the hills that concealed the town, and dismounted my own command to support them — and ordered as many of the wagoners to be formed as could be armed with the guns of the wounded that we had brought from Gettysburg. In this I was greatly aided by Colonel J. L. Black of South Carolina, Captain J. F. Hart commanding a battery from the same State, Colonel William R. Aylett of Virginia, and other wounded officers. By noon about 700 wagoners were organized into companies of 100 each and officered by wounded line-officers and commissaries and quartermasters,--about 250 of these were given to Colonel Aylett on the right next the river,--about as many under Colonel Black on the left, and the residue were used as skirmishers. My own command proper was held well in hand in t
Gettysburg (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): chapter 4.59
The Confederate retreat from Gettysburg. by John D. Imboden, Brigadier-General, C. S. A. Careral A. P. Hill, about half a mile nearer to Gettysburg. When we reached the place indicated, a sinthe thousands of wounded we had brought from Gettysburg. I required all the families in the place tt running all the time. The retreat from Gettysburg. Our situation was frightful. We had pseveral thousand, that could be brought from Gettysburg. Our supply of provisions consisted of a feI had collected in Pennsylvania on my way to Gettysburg, and some sugar and coffee procured in the sederals. The next day our army arrived from Gettysburg, and the country is familiar with the way itdged. Over four thousand prisoners taken at Gettysburg were ferried across the river by the morningetween the two men growing out of affairs at Gettysburg. It has been said that if Stonewall Jackson had been in command at Gettysburg, Longstreet would have been shot. This is a monstrous imputation[3 more...]
North Carolina (North Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 4.59
of the head of the column west of the mountain at dawn of the 5th--the hour at which Young's cavalry and Hart's battery began the ascent of the mountain near Cashtown — that the entire column was seventeen miles long when drawn out on the road and put in motion. As an advance-guard I had placed the 18th Virginia Cavalry, Colonel George W. Imboden, in front with a section of McClanahan's battery. Next to them, by request, was placed an ambulance carrying, stretched side by side, two of North Carolina's most distinguished soldiers, Generals Pender and Scales, both badly wounded, but resolved to bear the tortures of the journey rather than become prisoners. I shared a little bread and meat with them at noon, and they waited patiently for hours for the head of the column to move. The trip cost poor Pender his life. General Scales appeared to be worse hurt, but stopped at Winchester, recovered, and fought through the war. After dark I set out from Cashtown to gain the head of the c
Staunton, Va. (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 4.59
len an easy prey to the Federals. The next day our army arrived from Gettysburg, and the country is familiar with the way it escaped across the Potomac on the night of the 13th of July. It may be interesting to repeat one or two facts to show the peril in which the army was till the river could be bridged. Over four thousand prisoners taken at Gettysburg were ferried across the river by the morning of the 9th, and I was ordered with a single regiment, the 62d Virginia, to guard them to Staunton and send them on to Richmond. When the general assigned me to this duty he expressed an apprehension that before I could reach Winchester the Federal cavalry would cross at Harper's Ferry, intercept and capture my guard and release the prisoners. Before we had left the river I had an interview with him at his headquarters near Hagerstown, in which he expressed great impatience at the tardiness in building rude pontoons at the river, and calling in Colonel James L. Corley, his chief quarte
Frederick, Md. (Maryland, United States) (search for this): chapter 4.59
illiamsport is located in the lower angle formed by the Potomac with Conococheague Creek. These streams inclose the town on two sides, and back of it about one mile there is a low range of hills that is crossed by four roads converging at the town. The first is the Greencastle road leading down the creek valley; next the Hagerstown road; then the Boonsboro' road; and lastly the River road. [See map, p. 246.] Early on the morning of the 6th I received intelligence of the approach from Frederick of a large body of cavalry with three full batteries of six rifled guns. These were the divisions of Generals Buford and Kilpatrick, and Huey's brigade of Gregg's division, consisting, as I afterward learned, of 23 regiments of cavalry, and 18 guns, a total force of about 7000 men. I immediately posted my guns on the hills that concealed the town, and dismounted my own command to support them — and ordered as many of the wagoners to be formed as could be armed with the guns of the woun
Falling Waters (West Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 4.59
eat impatience at the tardiness in building rude pontoons at the river, and calling in Colonel James L. Corley, his chief quartermaster, told him to put Major John A. Harman in charge of the work; remarking that without Harman's extraordinary energy to conduct the work, the pontoons would not be done for several days. Harman took charge that day, and by tearing down warehouses on the canal got joists to build boats with, and in twenty-four hours had enough of them ready to float down to Falling Waters and construct a bridge. As we were talking General Longstreet came into the tent, wet and muddy, and was cordially greeted by General Lee in this wise: Well, my old warhorse, what news do you bring us from the front? That cordial greeting between chief and lieutenant is a sufficient answer, in my mind, to the statements of alleged ill feeling between the two men growing out of affairs at Gettysburg. It has been said that if Stonewall Jackson had been in command at Gettysburg, Longstre
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