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Appomattox (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 12
the James River, the first objective being City Point, at the mouth of the Appomattox River. Grant issued April 2, 1864. orders accordingly, and directed General Buation near, and the war vessels moved up to a position above the mouth of the Appomattox. At the same time a heavy force landed upon an irregular triangle of land at the mouth of the Appomattox, lying between it and the James River, called Bermuda Hundred, and proceeded to cast up a line of intrenchments across the western side oay, not far from the junction, Port Walthall is on the left bank of the Appomattox River, between Petersburg and City Point, and at. the head of navigation for theed, against Petersburg, Petersburg is situated on the south bank of the Appomattox River, about ten miles from its mouth at City Point. That river is navigable tois line was nearly forty miles in length, extending from the left bank of the Appomattox, around the western side of Petersburg, and so on to and across the James, to
Taylor's Bridge (North Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 12
ed, and that night the works at Spottsylvania Court-House were abandoned by both parties, and the entire army of each was moving as rapidly as possible toward the North Anna. Torbert had captured Guiney's Station, on the Richmond and Fredericksburg railway, on the night of the 20th and 21st, without very serious opposition, and opened the way for the army, which reached the North Anna on the morning of the 23d, at three fords, known respectively as Island, Jericho, and Chesterfield, or Taylor's Bridge — the latter near where the Richmond and Fredericksburg railway crosses that river. Lee, marching by the shorter route, had outstripped his antagonist in the race, and was found strongly posted and intrenched on the opposite side of the North Anna, in close communication with the Virginia Central railway, over which Breckinridge, who had beaten Sigel in the Shenandoah Valley, See page 314. was hastening with re-enforcements. There Lee had evidently determined to make a stand. Gr
Brooklyn (New York, United States) (search for this): chapter 12
atened an immediate and peremptory draft for that number if they were not forthcoming within thirty days. The Secretary of State immediately pronounced the paper a forgery, and the publication offices of the offending newspapers were taken possession of by the military. Their proprietors at once declared themselves the innocent victims of an adroit forgery, and offered rewards for the apprehension of the perpetrator. He was discovered to be one of the editors of an Opposition newspaper in Brooklyn, and declared that his purpose was simply to make a profitable speculation in stocks, and that no political designs had been considered. Operations of greater magnitude and importance nearer Richmond, now Rifle-pits. this picture gives the appearance of a rifle-pit in summer, when the men in them have little canvas shelters from the sun. Rifle-pits are of two kinds, namely, a hole for the shelter of one man, or a short trench for the use of several men. They are shallow, with a par
Natchitoches (Louisiana, United States) (search for this): chapter 12
bout this time a forgery, in the form of a proclamation by the President, calculated to inspirit the Confederates, alarm and distract the loyal people, depress the public securities, and embarrass the Government at a most critical moment, appeared in two Opposition newspapers in the city of New York. The pretended proclamation was dated the 17th of May, at the moment when Grant's march toward Richmond was temporarily checked at Spottsylvania Court-House, and the news of the failure of the Red River expedition was creating much disappointment. It declared that the campaign of the Army of the Potomac was virtually closed, and, in view of the gloomy aspect of affairs, it recommended the setting apart of an early day throughout the United States as one for fasting, humiliation, and prayer. It also called for 400,000 more troops, and threatened an immediate and peremptory draft for that number if they were not forthcoming within thirty days. The Secretary of State immediately pronounced
Shady Grove (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 12
er Hancock or Warren. The right and rear were covered by Wilson's cavalry. This movement quickly developed Lee's position, which was in front of the Chickahominy, and covering the railway from well up toward Hanover Court-House, southward to Shady Grove and the Mechanicsville pike, with pickets toward Bethesda Church. Wright reached Hanover Court-House without much opposition, but the march of both Hancock and Warren was arrested May 30. by strong forces in advance of Lee's line. The fored troops; and the latter encountered Rodes's division of Ewell's corps, with cavalry, reconnoitering near Bethesda Church. These struck the flank of Colonel Hardin's brigade, of the Pennsylvania Reserves, and compelled it to fall back to the Shady Grove road, when General Crawford brought up the remainder of the Reserves, and Kitching's brigade, and effectively repulsed an impetuous assault by Rodes, who attempted to turn Warren's left. This repulse enabled the Nationals to establish the lef
Fort Henry (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): chapter 12
his part of the plan, when, at the beginning of May, he received orders to advance. His effective force was about forty thousand men, and was composed chiefly of the Eighteenth Army Corps, commanded by General W. F. Smith, and the Tenth Army Corps, which had lately been ordered from South Carolina, led by General Gillmore, who arrived at Fortress Monroe on the 3d of May. Butler's first care was to mislead the Confederates concerning his intentions. For that purpose he first sent May 1. Henry's brigade of New York troops to West Point, at the head of York River, to begin the construction of wharves, Confederate defenses between Hampton and Williamsburg. while cavalry made a demonstration in the direction of Richmond. He also sent the bulk of his army in that direction as far as the old lines of McClellan For an account of the operations of McClellan between Fortress Monroe and Williamsburg, see Chapters. XIV. and XV., volume II. The route from Hampton; the fortifications
Zuni (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 12
stream for the purpose of seizing City Point. The transports were preceded by three army gun-boats, under the command of General Charles R. Graham, formerly of the navy. The remainder of the naval force consisted of four monitors, the iron-clad Atlanta, and ten gun-boats, commanded by Rear-Admiral S. P. Lee, whose flag-ship was the Malvern, formerly a blockade-runner. At the same time General A. V. Kautz, with three thousand cavalry, moved out from Suffolk, forced a passage over the Blackwater River, and, pushing rapidly westward, struck the Weldon railway at Stony Creek, some distance south of Petersburg, and burned the bridge there; while Colonel Robert M. West, with about eighteen hundred cavalry (mostly colored men), advanced from Williamsburg up the north bank of the James River, keeping parallel with the great flotilla of war vessels and transports on its bosom. This expedition, and the advance of the Army of the Potomac from the north, were grand movements preliminary to an
National (West Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 12
shaded lane leading from the turnpike. The house and its surroundings were in a dilapidated state when the writer visited it at the close of May, 1866. See the next page. Orders were given for a general attack the next morning May 13. but the National line was then so thin that the movement was thought too hazardous, and it was postponed until the morning of the 16th. The Confederates, meanwhile, had prepared for a similar movement at the same time. Beauregard was in command of them in per.ef that much of Lee's Army yet remained near Richmond, and hoping to capture Petersburg before that Army should all be upon his front, Grant ordered a General assault along the entire chain of works before him, on the morning of the 18th. the National line was then formed as follows: the division of General Martindale, of the Eighteenth Corps, which had been left before Petersburg when Smith withdrew to the Peninsula, occupied the right, and the line was extended to the left by the Sixth, Sec
Suffolk, Va. (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 12
miral Lee, were rapidly ascending that stream for the purpose of seizing City Point. The transports were preceded by three army gun-boats, under the command of General Charles R. Graham, formerly of the navy. The remainder of the naval force consisted of four monitors, the iron-clad Atlanta, and ten gun-boats, commanded by Rear-Admiral S. P. Lee, whose flag-ship was the Malvern, formerly a blockade-runner. At the same time General A. V. Kautz, with three thousand cavalry, moved out from Suffolk, forced a passage over the Blackwater River, and, pushing rapidly westward, struck the Weldon railway at Stony Creek, some distance south of Petersburg, and burned the bridge there; while Colonel Robert M. West, with about eighteen hundred cavalry (mostly colored men), advanced from Williamsburg up the north bank of the James River, keeping parallel with the great flotilla of war vessels and transports on its bosom. This expedition, and the advance of the Army of the Potomac from the north
Richmond (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 12
t against Richmond on the south side of the James River, the first objective being City Point, at tRoads, conveyed Butler's army around to the James River, and by dawn the next morning, artillery an from Williamsburg up the north bank of the James River, keeping parallel with the great flotilla old gain a position on the south side of the James River, and intrench it, should be governed much bof navigation for the large steamers on the James River. A branch of the Richmond and Petersburg r transfer his army to the south side of the James River, and by this grand flank movement, to cut o transfer his army to the south side of the James River-startled the authorities at Washington withusand feet in length, was thrown across the James River, at Douthard's, This bridge was laid in who sent three iron-clad steamers down the James River from Drewry's Bluff, to Dutch Gap, hoping twn the brigade of General Foster across the James River at Deep Bottom, where he formed an intrench[5 more...]
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