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1860 AD (search for this): chapter 1
of the Army of the Potomac, ending in inaction after the Battle of Antietam, See chapter XVIII, volume II. and of the Army of the Ohio in Kentucky, when Bragg and his, forces were allowed to escape to a stronghold near Nashville, See page 511, volume II. elections were held in ten Free-labor States, and, in the absence of the votes of the soldiers (two-thirds of whom were friends of the administration), resulted in favor of the Opposition. In these ten States Mr. Lincoln's majority in 1860 was 208,066. In 1862, the Opposition not only overcame this, but secured a majority of 35,781. The expectation of conscription to carry on the contest, increased taxation, high prices of fabrics and food, and a depreciated currency were made powerful instruments in turning the public mind to thoughts of peace by means of compromise; especially when, after the Emancipation Proclamation was issued, the Peace Faction, assuming to speak for the entire Opposition, declared, with seeming plausi
1865 AD (search for this): chapter 1
elors, and with his chief of staff,, General Butterfield, who was present, Hooker determined to retreat on the following day, May 5. and made preparations accordingly. In his testimony before the Committee on the Conduct of the War (volume I., 1865, pages 134 and 135), General Hooker said that General Reynolds, being very weary, threw himself on a bed, saying that his opinion would be the same as General Meade's, and went to sleep; and that General Howard voted for an advance assigning as a tle of Chancellorsville. The authorities from which this narrative of the Battle of Chancellorsville was drawn, are the reports of Generals Hooker and Lee, and their subordinate commanders; of the Committee on the Conduct of the War, volume I., 1865; history of The Campaigns of the Army of the Potomac, by William Swinton; Chancellorsville, by Hotchkiss and Allan; and written and oral statements to the author by participants in the campaign. As usual, in cases of disaster, there was much cr
February (search for this): chapter 1
r the command of General Pendleton, as chief. He also gave a similar organization to his cavalry. When April came, Lee found himself at the head of an army unsurpassed in discipline, and full of enthusiasm; yet it was divided, for, so early as February, he had sent Longstreet with two divisions to operate against General J. J. Peck in the vicinity of Suffolk, on the south side of the James River, and other troops were raiding with Imboden in West Virginia. Yet he felt strong, with only about olk. It has been asserted that Longstreet joined Lee at the battle of Chancellorsville. Lee, in his report of that battle, page. 5, says: General Longstreet, with two divisions of his corps, was detailed for service south <*> James River in February, and did not rejoin the army until after the battle of Chancellorsville. But when we consider the grand object of the Confederates and the price at stake, and the fact that the holding of Longstreet south of the James, so that he could not re-
1862 AD (search for this): chapter 1
the Peace Party, taking advantage of the public disappointment caused by the ill-success of the armies under McClellan and Buell in the summer and early autumn of 1862, had charged all failures to suppress the rebellion to the inefficiency of the Government, whose hands they had continually striven to weaken. They had succeeded (two-thirds of whom were friends of the administration), resulted in favor of the Opposition. In these ten States Mr. Lincoln's majority in 1860 was 208,066. In 1862, the Opposition not only overcame this, but secured a majority of 35,781. The expectation of conscription to carry on the contest, increased taxation, high pric the Nansemond River, and upon a railroad branching to Weldon and Petersburg. This was an important military position, and became the center of stirring scenes in 1862 and 1863. In September, 1862, Major-General John J. Peck was placed in command of nine thousand men at Suffolk, and at the same time Generals Pettigrew and Fren
December (search for this): chapter 1
of Sedgwick's column entered Fredericksburg. He was soon afterward joined by General Gibbon, of Couch's corps, with about six thousand troops, who had been left at Falmouth, and had crossed on pontoons just below the rapids and ford at that place. General Early, with his own division, and Barksdale's brigade of Mc-Laws's division, were on the heights to oppose Sedgwick. Barksdale occupied a position on Marye's Hill and behind a stone wall at the foot of it, precisely as he had done in December, when Burnside's troops were there repulsed. See page 493, volume II. On the crest were three companies of the Washington artillery, and Early occupied the range to the right of them. They felt quite secure in their advantageous position, and their sense of safety was increased when a portion of Newton's division, sent by Sedgwick to attack Barksdale, was repulsed, and driven back into the town in shattered columns. A flanking movement by General Howe on the left, and General Gibbon on
March (search for this): chapter 1
commanders, The Confederates were in four divisions, commanded respectively by Generals Hood, French, Pickett, and Anderson. capturing the cavalry outposts of the Nationals on the way. Peck was ready for him, and Longstreet found in that officer an antagonist as vigilant and active as himself. He had watched the Confederates with sleepless scrutiny, and had penetrated their designs. He kept his superior informed of the increasing number of foes in his front, and had been re-enforced in March by a division under General Getty, making his whole force about fourteen thousand. Now he was about to comply, reluctantly, with a summons from Foster for three thousand troops to oppose Hill, when a Confederate mail, captured by General Viele, who was in command at Norfolk, informed him of Longstreet's plans,.and the important fact that Hill's was only a co-operating movement. Viele had ascertained that Longstreet was in possession of complete drawings of all of Peck's works, and had de
April (search for this): chapter 1
Run and the Rapid Anna was the theater of many daring exploits by the cavalry of both armies. Finally, at the middle of April, Hooker's ranks were well filled by the return of absentees, and at the close of that month, when he felt prepared for a Confederates to the water's edge. Averill lost about seventy-five men, and his antagonist about one hundred. Early in April, notwithstanding the roads were yet heavy, Hooker determined to march at once upon his foe, for the terms of enlistment ocky islands. Near the white building seen on the left was Hooker's Headquarters tent (see page 24), at near the close of April. The river is always fordable here at low water. had called Stonewall Jackson's large force up from Moss Neck and its vthe Blackwater, so posted that he could concentrate them all near Suffolk in the course of twenty-four hours. Early in April, Longstreet prepared to make a sudden descent upon Peck. He determined to march with an overwhelming force, cross the Na
Abraham Lincoln (search for this): chapter 1
ailure of the campaign of the Army of the Potomac, ending in inaction after the Battle of Antietam, See chapter XVIII, volume II. and of the Army of the Ohio in Kentucky, when Bragg and his, forces were allowed to escape to a stronghold near Nashville, See page 511, volume II. elections were held in ten Free-labor States, and, in the absence of the votes of the soldiers (two-thirds of whom were friends of the administration), resulted in favor of the Opposition. In these ten States Mr. Lincoln's majority in 1860 was 208,066. In 1862, the Opposition not only overcame this, but secured a majority of 35,781. The expectation of conscription to carry on the contest, increased taxation, high prices of fabrics and food, and a depreciated currency were made powerful instruments in turning the public mind to thoughts of peace by means of compromise; especially when, after the Emancipation Proclamation was issued, the Peace Faction, assuming to speak for the entire Opposition, declar
William Allan (search for this): chapter 1
e thousand men. The Battle-fields of Virginia, volume I.: Chancellorsville, by Captain Jed. Hotchkiss and Lieutenant-Colonel William Allan (officers of Lee's army), page 14. This work contains carefully constructed maps, illustrative of the histor whole front reaching from Banks's Ford to Port Royal, more than twenty-five miles. Chancellorsville, by Hotchkiss and Allan, page 15. Even with his superior force Hooker's army was composed of seven corps, and comprised twenty-three divisionscoming to the startled Unionists the heralds of the approaching tempest of war. See Chancellorsville, by Hotchkiss and Allan, page 48. These mute messengers were followed by the sounds of bugles; then by a few shots from approaching skirmishers; ume I., 1865; history of The Campaigns of the Army of the Potomac, by William Swinton; Chancellorsville, by Hotchkiss and Allan; and written and oral statements to the author by participants in the campaign. As usual, in cases of disaster, there
Jedediah Hotchkiss (search for this): chapter 1
nty-five thousand to thirty-three thousand men. The Battle-fields of Virginia, volume I.: Chancellorsville, by Captain Jed. Hotchkiss and Lieutenant-Colonel William Allan (officers of Lee's army), page 14. This work contains carefully constructed ks along his whole front reaching from Banks's Ford to Port Royal, more than twenty-five miles. Chancellorsville, by Hotchkiss and Allan, page 15. Even with his superior force Hooker's army was composed of seven corps, and comprised twenty-thr him, and becoming to the startled Unionists the heralds of the approaching tempest of war. See Chancellorsville, by Hotchkiss and Allan, page 48. These mute messengers were followed by the sounds of bugles; then by a few shots from approaching sumonia. That event occurred on Sunday, the 10th of May, 1863. A few moments before he died. says an eye witness (Captain J. Hotchkiss), he cried out in his delirium, Order A. P. Hill to prepare for action-pass the infantry to the front rapidly — te
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