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Rock Creek, Menard County, Illinois (Illinois, United States) (search for this): chapter 2
llel with Oak Ridge. North of the town, also on a gentle slope, is the Pennsylvania College. Southeast from Cemetery Hill, between the Baltimore turnpike, and Rock Creek, is Culp's Hill; and beyond the Creek, in that direction, is Wolf Hill, a rugged, wooded eminence. Two miles southwest of Cemetery Hill is a rocky peak, callend men. Sedgwick, with over fifteen thousand men, was yet many miles away. Lee's army then present occupied Seminary Ridge and the high ground to the left of Rock Creek, making an irregular curve along a line about.five miles in length. His right, facing Sickles and Hancock, was composed of the divisions of Hood and McLaws, ofprivileged to spend the entire day in an inspection of the theater of the drama chiefly within the National lines. We rode out on the Bounaughtown road, across Rock Creek, to the heights on which Ewell's guns were planted; and along a by-road we went down by the base of Wolf Hill, recrossed the Creek where the southern slopes of
Headquarters (Washington, United States) (search for this): chapter 2
re determined him to aim his chief blow at Hancock's position on Cemetery Hill, and, giving the signal at one o'clock, one hundred and fifteen of his cannon opened a rapid cross fire upon the devoted point. Just behind it was Meade's Headquarters, where shot and shell made many a pit and furrow in the grounds around it, and endangered the life of every living thing connected with it. Samuel Wilkeson, then a correspondent of a New York journal, made the following record of the scene at Headquarters, of which he was an eye-witness: every size and form of shell known to British and to American gunnery, shrieked, whirled, moaned, and whistled, and wrathfully fluttered over our ground. As many as six in a second, constantly two in a second, bursting and screaming over and around Headquarters, made a very hell of fire that amazed the oldest officers. They burst in the yard (see picture on page 63)--burst next to the fence, on both sides' garnished, as usual, with hitched horses of aids
Cemetery Hill (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): chapter 2
wooded eminence. Two miles southwest of Cemetery Hill is a rocky peak, called Round Top, and nea the army on the series of ridges of which Cemetery Hill formed the apex of a redan, and Oliver Otown road, a short distance in the rear of Cemetery Hill. Only the corps of Sykes and Sedgwick wer two sides of a triangle, with its apex at Cemetery Hill, near the town, its shorter line bending be irregular Ridge from Zeigler's Grove, on Cemetery Hill, to Round Top, the latter forming the extrom their left, so as to confront Howard on Cemetery Hill; and Ewell's, forming the left wing, occupastened to his assistance from the rear of Cemetery Hill. These, with Humphreys's shattered regimers, were ordered to storm the batteries on Cemetery Hill, and attempt to break the National center.all night in arranging the great guns from Cemetery Hill to little Round Top, where it was evident s Virginians, led the van in a charge upon Cemetery Hill, supported on his right by Wilcox's brigad[15 more...]
Brooklyn (New York, United States) (search for this): chapter 2
ft of the road, in rear of the Seminary, and fall upon Hill's right, under General Archer, then pressing across Willoughby's Run. Meanwhile a Mississippi brigade, under General Davis, assailed and flanked the three regiments of Cutler's brigade, on the Chambersburg road, causing them to retire behind a wood on Seminary Ridge. This left-hall's battery uncovered, and the gunners were compelled to retire, leaving one cannon behind. The skirmishers of Cutler's other two regiments (Fourteenth Brooklyn and Ninety-Fifth New York) were, at the same time, near the woods just spoken of, disputing the passage of Willoughby's Run. The iron brigade opportunely swept down in that direction, the Second Wisconsin, Colonel Fairchild, leading, and under the personal direction of Reynolds, struck Archer's John F. Reynolds. flank, captured that officer and eight hundred of his men, and re-formed on the west side of the little stream. At the moment when the charge was made, Reynolds was anxiously o
Shenandoah (United States) (search for this): chapter 2
x hundred men, among whom was General W. H. F. Lee, wounded. Pleasanton's cavalry reconnaissance developed the fact of Lee's grand movement, but so perfectly were his real intentions concealed, that while Hooker was expecting him to follow his route of the previous year, See chapter XVII., volume II. and was watching and guarding the fords of the Rappahannock, he projected his left wing, under Ewell, through the Blue Ridge at Chester's Gap, and by way of Front Royal it crossed the Shenandoah River, and burst into the valley at Strasburg like an avalanche. That energetic leader moved with the divisions of Early and Edward Johnston rapidly down the Valley pike, and arrived before Winchester, where General Milroy was in command of about ten thousand men, on the evening of the 13th, June, 1863. having marched from Culpepper, a distance of seventy miles, in three days. At the same time Imboden, with his cavalry, was operating in the vicinity of Romney, to prevent Milroy from being r
Gettysburg (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): chapter 2
burg, 76, 77, 78, 79. soldier's Cemetery at Gettysburg Mr. Lincoln's dedicatory address, 80. Aluth Mountain range, and through Emmettsburg, Gettysburg, and York, to the banks of the Susquehanna a then followed in the track of Ewell, toward Gettysburg. The latter had been directed to recall histomac River and Chesapeake Bay, southeast of Gettysburg, with the hills at Westminster in the rear. , and won high commendation. at this time Gettysburg was the focal point toward which the hostilehe hour when Reynolds was ordered to move on Gettysburg, the advance divisions of Hill were lying wihannock, Chancellorsville, Beverly Ford, and Gettysburg. Meredith's iron brigade was immediately to mbers of each in full force, when we were at Gettysburg, with supplies of every kind needful for theition everywhere, filled the whole region of Gettysburg with unpleasant odors. after sketching Meeral view of the battle-field between it and Gettysburg. As we descended to the road, we saw the gr[46 more...]
Hudson River (Maryland, United States) (search for this): chapter 2
appeared probable that the Confederate footmen might have an undisturbed promenade between the Susquehanna and the Schuylkill, and that the horses of their cavalry might speedily be watered in the Delaware, and possibly neigh on the banks of the Hudson. Rumor and fear, magnifying and disturbing truth, made pale faces everywhere. Now the invaders were marching toward Pittsburg, and would scale the Alleghanies; then on Harrisburg, and would destroy the State buildings and archives; now on Philae, which you will please put in a dry place. even the city of New York was considered unsafe in the last week in June, and for that reason precious things were sent from Philadelphia as far as the writer's home, more than seventy miles up the Hudson River. while troops from farther north were hurrying through the city to meet the impending danger. But Philadelphia soon aroused from its stupor. Its mayor issued a stirring appeal to the citizens to close their manufactories, workshops, and stor
Williamsport (Maryland, United States) (search for this): chapter 2
in number, under General Jenkins, detached from Ewell's corps, had dashed across the river at Williamsport, in pursuit of Milroy's wagon-train, swept up the Cumberland Valley to Chambersburg, in Pennsdoubt, in the vicinity of Washington, while Ewell's corps pressed to the river, crossed it at Williamsport and Shepardstown into Maryland, on the 21st and 22d of June, moved directly on Hagerstown, ye868. he overtook Lee, the latter was strongly intrenched on a Ridge covering the Potomac from Williamsport to falling waters, waiting for the flood in the river, caused by the recent rains, to subsideplishment of this destruction, Lee's Army might have passed over on the day of its arrival at Williamsport; but he was compelled to make preparations anew, and also to present a bold front to his pursrps of Longstreet and Hill quietly over it in the gloom, while Ewell's forded the river above Williamsport. The vigilant Kilpatrick had observed the movement toward the bridge, and struck Hill's rear
Bedford county (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): chapter 2
not Johnston's division, which had gained the rear of the post, stood in their way, four miles from Winchester. By these the flying troops were stopped, scattered, and many were made prisoners. Lee reported that in this affair his troops captured more than 4,000 prisoners, 29 guns, 277 wagons, and 400 horses. These doubtless included 700 prisoners and 5 guns captured at Martinsburg by General Rodes. Most of those who escaped, crossed the Potomac at Hancock, and took refuge in Bedford County, Pennsylvania; and others fled to Harper's Ferry, where Milroy's wagon-train crossed the Potomac, and was conducted in safety to Harrisburg, by way of Hagerstown and Chambersburg. Milroy lost nearly all of his artillery and ammunition. Alarmed by the approach of the Confederates in such force, the garrison at Harper's Ferry, under General French, withdrew to Maryland Heights. The Shenandoah Valley was now clear of all obstacles to the march of the invading army. Hooker, in the mean time,
Seneca, Md. (Maryland, United States) (search for this): chapter 2
sumed the chief command, June 28, 1863. Lee, who was about to cross the Susquehanna at Harrisburg, and march on Philadelphia, was alarmed by intelligence of the presence of the Army of the Potomac, in augmented force, threatening his flank and rear, and the demonstrations on his front of the gathering yeomanry of Pennsylvania and troops from other States. He instantly abandoned his scheme of further invasion, and ordered a retrograde movement. Stuart on the same day crossed the Potomac at Seneca, with a large force of his cavalry, captured men and destroyed property near the River, he burned 17 canal boats and a train of 178 Army wagons, all laden with public stores. and, pushing on to Westminster, at the right of the Army of the Potomac, swept across its front to Carlisle, encountering Kilpatrick on the way, and then followed in the track of Ewell, toward Gettysburg. The latter had been directed to recall his columns, and take position near Gettysburg, the capital of Adams Coun
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