hide Sorting

You can sort these results in two ways:

By entity
Chronological order for dates, alphabetical order for places and people.
By position (current method)
As the entities appear in the document.

You are currently sorting in ascending order. Sort in descending order.

hide Most Frequent Entities

The entities that appear most frequently in this document are shown below.

Entity Max. Freq Min. Freq
U. S. Grant 618 0 Browse Search
William T. Sherman 585 15 Browse Search
Charleston (South Carolina, United States) 560 2 Browse Search
Atlanta (Georgia, United States) 372 0 Browse Search
Joseph E. Johnston 333 11 Browse Search
George G. Meade 325 5 Browse Search
Winfield S. Hancock 321 3 Browse Search
Philip H. Sheridan 313 7 Browse Search
R. E. Lee 288 0 Browse Search
Jubal A. Early 278 6 Browse Search
View all entities in this document...

Browsing named entities in a specific section of Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4.. Search the whole document.

Found 714 total hits in 111 results.

1 2 3 4 5 6 ...
Cedar Creek (Florida, United States) (search for this): chapter 10.78
Winchester, Fisher's Hill, and Cedar Creek. condensed from General Early's Memoir of the last year of the War for Independence in the Confederate States of America (Lynchburg: published by Charles W. Button for the Virginia Memorial association, 1867); here printed by permission of the author.--editors. by Jubal A. Early, Lieuerely wounded at Winchester), now under Wickham, was sent up to Millford Pass to hold Luray valley. In the afternoon Sheridan's forces appeared on the banks of Cedar Creek, about four miles from Fisher's Hill, and the 21st, and the greater part of the 22d, were consumed by him in reconnoitering and gradually moving his forces to med 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 five hundred men have been rallied at either of these places, who would have stood by me, I am satisfied that al
Susquehanna, Pa. (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): chapter 10.78
, with the men who had broken down and given out, and with the men required to guard the trains, etc., reduced my available force to 8500 muskets. The field return of troops in the field of Sheridan's command for September 10th is as follows: Present for duty, 43,284 enlisted men, 2225 officers. In signing and forwarding this field return, General Sheridan wrote: The inclosed return does not include the cavalry under Averell, about 2500, or the troops of the Departments of Washington, Susquehanna, or Middle. Sheridan's return includes 204 officers and 4611 men, ascribed to the Military District, Harper's Ferry, who were not in the battle at Winchester. The Confederate losses in the battle were about 4000; the Union losses about 5000. The Confederate losses were more than half in prisoners and missing; but the Union losses showed nearly 4400 killed and wounded and only about 600 missing.--editors. At light on the morning of the 20th my troops moved to Fisher's Hill withou
Berryville (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 10.78
Grant was with Sheridan that day, and I expected an early move. At light on the morning of the 19th our cavalry pickets at the crossing of the Opequon on the Berryville road were driven in, and Ramseur's troops, which were in line across the Berryville road about one and one-half miles out from Winchester, on an elevated plateaBerryville road about one and one-half miles out from Winchester, on an elevated plateau between Abraham's Creek and Red Bud Run, were soon skirmishing with the enemy. Nelson's artillery was on Ramseur's line, and Lomax's cavalry occupied the right and Fitz Lee the left. I sent orders for Breckinridge and Rodes to move up as rapidly as possible. Gordon's division arrived first, at a little after 10 A. M., and was of woods. While this movement was being executed, we discovered very heavy columns of the enemy, which had been massed under cover between the Red Bud and the Berryville road, moving to attack Ramseur on his left flank, while another force pressed him in front. Rodes and Gordon were ordered forward and attacked with great vigor
Harrisonburg, Va. (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 10.78
ss the country to Mount Sidney on the valley pike. Grant says that, after the fight at Fisher's Hill, Sheridan pursued him [Early] with great energy through Harrisonburg, Staunton, and the gaps of the Blue Ridge. I did not leave the valley at all. Had Sheridan moved his infantry to Port Republic, I would have been compelled tol John B. Gordon, C. S. A. From a photograph. about made up my losses at Winchester and Fisher's Hill, and I determined to attack the enemy in his position at Harrisonburg, and for that purpose made a reconnoissance on the 5th, but on the morning of the 6th it was discovered that he had retired during the night down the valley. While Sheridan's forces were near Harrisonburg, and mine were watching them, three of our cavalry scouts, ill their uniforms and with arms, got around his lines near a little town called Dayton, and encountered Lieutenant [John R.] Meigs, a Federal engineer officer, with two soldiers. These parties came upon each other suddenly
Edinburg (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 10.78
at point with his cavalry. The infantry moved back toward New Market at three o'clock next morning, and Rosser was left at Fisher's Hill to cover the retreat of the troops, and hold that position until they were beyond pursuit. He remained at Fisher's Hill until after ten o'clock on the 20th, and the enemy did not advance to that place while he was there. He then fell back without molestation to his former position, and established his line on Stony Creek, across from Columbia Furnace to Edinburg, seven miles below Mount Jackson. My other troops were halted at New Market, about seven miles from Mount Jackson, and there was an entirely open country between the two places, they being very nearly in sight of each other. Grant says in his account of the battle of Cedar Creek: The enemy was defeated with great slaughter, and the loss of the most of his artillery and trains, and the trophies he had captured in the morning. The wreck of his army escaped during the night, and fled in t
Stony Creek (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 10.78
d order on the back road, was ordered to that point with his cavalry. The infantry moved back toward New Market at three o'clock next morning, and Rosser was left at Fisher's Hill to cover the retreat of the troops, and hold that position until they were beyond pursuit. He remained at Fisher's Hill until after ten o'clock on the 20th, and the enemy did not advance to that place while he was there. He then fell back without molestation to his former position, and established his line on Stony Creek, across from Columbia Furnace to Edinburg, seven miles below Mount Jackson. My other troops were halted at New Market, about seven miles from Mount Jackson, and there was an entirely open country between the two places, they being very nearly in sight of each other. Grant says in his account of the battle of Cedar Creek: The enemy was defeated with great slaughter, and the loss of the most of his artillery and trains, and the trophies he had captured in the morning. The wreck of his
Washington (United States) (search for this): chapter 10.78
utton for the Virginia Memorial association, 1867); here printed by permission of the author.--editors. by Jubal A. 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, Julyfollows: Present for duty, 43,284 enlisted men, 2225 officers. In signing and forwarding this field return, General Sheridan wrote: The inclosed return does not include the cavalry under Averell, about 2500, or the troops of the Departments of Washington, Susquehanna, or Middle. Sheridan's return includes 204 officers and 4611 men, ascribed to the Military District, Harper's Ferry, who were not in the battle at Winchester. The Confederate losses in the battle were about 4000; the Union loss
Little North Mountain (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 10.78
g he attained a strong position immediately in my front and fortified it, and I began to think he was satisfied with the advantage he had gained and would not probably press it further; but on the afternoon of the 22d I discovered that another attack was contemplated, and orders were given for my troops to retire, after dark, as I knew my force was not strong enough to resist a determined assault. Just before sunset, however, Crook's corps, which had moved to our left on the side of Little North Mountain, and, under cover of the woods, had forced back Lomax's dismounted cavalry, advanced against Ramseur's left. Ramseur made an attempt to meet this movement by throwing his brigades successively into line to the left, and Wharton's division was sent for from the right, but it did not arrive. Pegram's brigades were also thrown into line in the same manner as Ramseur's, but the movement produced some disorder in both divisions, and as soon as it was observed by the enemy he advanced al
Bunker Hill (West Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 10.78
e was at work on the railroad at Martinsburg, I moved on the afternoon of the 17th of September, with Rodes's and Gordon's divisions and Braxton's artillery, to Bunker Hill, and on the morning of the 18th, with Gordon's division and a part of the artillery, to Martinsburg, preceded by a part of Lomax's cavalry. Averell's division of cavalry was driven from the town across the Opequon in the direction of Charlestown, and we then returned to Bunker Hill. Gordon was left at Bunker Hill, with orders to move to Stephenson's Depot by sunrise next morning, and Rodes's division moved to the latter place that night, to which I also returned. At Martinsburg, where Bunker Hill, with orders to move to Stephenson's Depot by sunrise next morning, and Rodes's division moved to the latter place that night, to which I also returned. At Martinsburg, where the enemy had a telegraph office, I learned that Grant was with Sheridan that day, and I expected an early move. At light on the morning of the 19th our cavalry pickets at the crossing of the Opequon on the Berryville road were driven in, and Ramseur's troops, which were in line across the Berryville road about one and one-half
Newtown (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 10.78
retire through Winchester; and Ramseur's division, which maintained its organization, was moved on the east of the town to the south side of it, and put in position, forming the basis for a new line, while the other troops moved back through the town. Wickham's brigade, with some pieces of horse artillery on Fort Hill, covered this movement and checked the pursuit of the enemy's cavalry. When the new line was formed the enemy's advance was checked until night-fall, and we then retired to Newtown without serious molestation. Lomax had held the enemy's cavalry on the Front Royal road in check, and a feeble attempt at pursuit was repulsed by Ramseur near Kernstown. A skillful and energetic commander of the enemy's forces would have crushed Ramseur before any assistance could have reached him, and thus insured the destruction of my whole force; and, later in the day, when the battle had turned against us, with the immense superiority in cavalry which Sheridan had, and the advantage
1 2 3 4 5 6 ...