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C. A. Evans (search for this): chapter 10.78
inst Ramseur's, Kershaw's, and Gordon's lines, and the attack on Ramseur's and Kershaw's fronts was handsomely repulsed in my view, and I hoped that the day was finally ours, but a portion of the enemy had penetrated an interval which was between Evans's brigade, on the extreme left, and the rest of the line, when that brigade gave way and Gordon's other brigades soon followed. General Gordon made every possible effort to rally his men and lead them back against the enemy, but without avail. hey began to move the disorder soon extended to them, but General Pegram succeeded in bringing back a portion of his command across Cedar Creek in an organized condition, holding the enemy in check; but this small force soon dissolved. A part of Evans's brigade had been rallied in the rear, and held a ford above the bridge for a short time, but it followed the example of the rest. I tried to rally the men immediately after crossing Cedar Creek and at Hupp's Hill, but without success. Could f
Clement A. Evans (search for this): chapter 10.78
odes and Gordon were ordered forward and attacked with great vigor, while Nelson's artillery on the right and Braxton's on the left opened a destructive fire. But Evans's brigade of Gordon's division, which was on the extreme left of our infantry, received a check from a column of the enemy, and was forced back through the woods frmed in line for the purpose of advancing to the support of the rest of the division, moved forward and swept through the woods, driving the enemy before it, while Evans's brigade was rallied and brought back to the charge. Our advance, which had been suspended for a moment, was resumed, and the enemy's attacking columns were throwas made, and General Gordon moved rapidly to Cooley's house, formed his troops and advanced against the enemy with his own division on the left, under Brigadier-General C. A. Evans, and Ramseur's on the right, with Pegram's in the rear supporting them. There had been a delay of an hour at the river before crossing it, either from
A. C. Godwin (search for this): chapter 10.78
d for a moment, was resumed, and the enemy's attacking columns were thrown into great confusion and driven from the field. Lomax and Lee had aided, while Ramseur had received the enemy's shock and recovered. This affair had occurred about 11 A. M., and a splendid victory had been gained. But on our side Major-General Rodes had been killed, in the very moment of triumph, while conducting the attack of his division with great gallantry and skill, and this was a heavy blow to me. Brigadier-General A. C. Godwin of Ramseur's division had been killed, and Brigadier-General Zebulon York of Gordon's division had lost an arm. When the order was sent for the troops to move from Stephenson's Depot, General Breckinridge had moved to the front, with Wharton's division and King's artillery, to meet a cavalry force which had driven our pickets from the Opequon on the Charlestown road, and that division had become heavily engaged with the enemy, and had sustained and repulsed several determined
James M. Goggin (search for this): chapter 10.78
's men, but the mass of them resisted all appeals and continued to go to the rear without waiting for any effort to retrieve the partial disorder. Ramseur, however, succeeded in retaining with him two or three hundred men of his division, and Major Goggin, of Kershaw's staff, who was in command of Conner's brigade, about the same number from that brigade; and these men, aided by several pieces of artillery, held the enemy's whole force on our left in check for one hour and a half, until Ramseur was shot down mortally wounded and the ammunition of those pieces of artillery was exhausted. While the latter were being replaced by other guns the force that had remained with Ramseur and Goggin gave way also. Pegram's and Wharton's divisions and Wofford's brigade had remained steadfast on the right, and resisted all efforts of the enemy's cavalry, but no portion of this force could be moved to the left without leaving the pike open to the cavalry, which would have destroyed all hope at onc
John B. Gordon (search for this): chapter 10.78
ke in rear of his works. The next morning General Gordon confirmed the report of Captain Hotchkiss,there would be as little noise as possible. Gordon moved at the appointed time, and after he had acking the enemy's left flank at the same time Gordon made his attack, as he would probably have mor advance of them across the creek, and met General Gordon on the opposite hill. Kershaw's division at the time Kershaw's attack was made, and General Gordon moved rapidly to Cooley's house, formed hid, for which no blame is to be attached to General Gordon, enabled the enemy partially to form his ler the alarm produced by Kershaw's attack, and Gordon's attack, which was after light, was therefore The advance was made for some distance, when Gordon's skirmishers came back reporting a line of battle in front behind breastworks, and General Gordon did not make the attack. It was now apparent tnd Gordon's other brigades soon followed. General Gordon made every possible effort to rally his me[35 more...]
W. W. Grant (search for this): chapter 10.78
l as to keep as large a force as possible from Grant's army to defend the Federal capital. Had Sheroad and canal, and return all the troops from Grant's army to him. Being compelled to occupy the pe enemy had a telegraph office, I learned that Grant was with Sheridan that day, and I expected an country to Mount Sidney on the valley pike. Grant says that, after the fight at Fisher's Hill, Sne were reported to me as the number lost, but Grant claims eleven. Having heard that Sheridan was preparing to send part of his troops to Grant, I moved down the valley again on the 12th. On thy being very nearly in sight of each other. Grant says in his account of the battle of Cedar Crehave thought it was his duty to improve on all Grant's statements, says: The routed forces of the e The recklessness of these statements, of both Grant and Stanton, will appear from the above narratdan should be prevented from sending troops to Grant, and General Lee, in a letter received a day o[1 more...]
Jedediah Hotchkiss (search for this): chapter 10.78
im from it, and I determined to attack. General Gordon and Captain Jed. Hotchkiss, my topographical engineer, were sent to the signal stationee whether it was practicable to surprise him on that flank. Captain Hotchkiss returned to my headquarters after dark and reported the resulght flank on the back road to Winchester. The sketch made by Captain Hotchkiss, which proved to be correct, designated the roads in the enemrks. The next morning General Gordon confirmed the report of Captain Hotchkiss, expressing confidence that the attack could be successfully gh and precipitous and were well guarded. General Gordon and Captain Hotchkiss were then to sent to examine and ascertain the practicability for artillery, and a temporary bridge was constructed, under Captain Hotchkiss's superintendence, at the first crossing of the river on our tors had informed him that it had been thrown up since Gordon and Hotchkiss made their examination; and he suggested the propriety of attacki
David Hunter (search for this): chapter 10.78
Early, Lieutenant-General, C. S. A. The object of my presence in the lower valley during the two months after our return from Washington The chief events of these two months, as described by General Early in his Memoir, to which readers are referred for much that is here necessarily omitted or summarized, were his defeat of Crook and Averell with heavy loss at Kernstown, July 24th; his cavalry expedition under McCausland into Pennsylvania and burning of Chambersburg in retaliation for Hunter's burning of houses in the valley; Averell's surprise and defeat of McCausland's and Bradley Johnson's cavalry at Moorefield, August 7th; Sheridan's arrival in command with large reenforcements, August 7th, which necessitated Early's withdrawal to Fisher's Hill, when Sheridan advanced; Sheridan's withdrawal in turn to Halltown, near Harper's Ferry when General Early received at Strasburg reenforcements of Kershaw's division of infantry and Fitz Lee's of cavalry; finally, General Early's stay
Bradley Johnson (search for this): chapter 10.78
two months after our return from Washington The chief events of these two months, as described by General Early in his Memoir, to which readers are referred for much that is here necessarily omitted or summarized, were his defeat of Crook and Averell with heavy loss at Kernstown, July 24th; his cavalry expedition under McCausland into Pennsylvania and burning of Chambersburg in retaliation for Hunter's burning of houses in the valley; Averell's surprise and defeat of McCausland's and Bradley Johnson's cavalry at Moorefield, August 7th; Sheridan's arrival in command with large reenforcements, August 7th, which necessitated Early's withdrawal to Fisher's Hill, when Sheridan advanced; Sheridan's withdrawal in turn to Halltown, near Harper's Ferry when General Early received at Strasburg reenforcements of Kershaw's division of infantry and Fitz Lee's of cavalry; finally, General Early's stay of a month, from August 17th to September 17th, in the lower valley, at and near Winchester, ke
Joseph B. Kershaw (search for this): chapter 10.78
of Early's infantry August 31st, exclusive of Kershaw (who was not engaged at Winchester), as shownndred mounted men for duty when it joined me. Kershaw's division numbered 2700 muskets for duty, an little before daybreak; to move myself, with Kershaw's and Wharton's divisions, and all the artillge on the pike over the creek. I accompanied Kershaw's division, and we got in sight of the enemy'ow the attack was to be made and followed up. Kershaw was directed cross his division over the creeto form his lines after the alarm produced by Kershaw's attack, and Gordon's attack, which was afteemy's cavalry in check. Wofford's brigade of Kershaw's division, which had become separated from tinformed me that he delivered my order to General Kershaw, but the latter informed him that his div because he saw that neither his division nor Kershaw's was in a condition to execute it. As soon ardon's lines, and the attack on Ramseur's and Kershaw's fronts was handsomely repulsed in my view, [15 more...]
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