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Ricket (search for this): chapter 1.21
n, and the two small divisions, of two brigades each, under Hood and Walker, with which to resist their fierce and oft-repeated assaults. The disproportion in the center and on our right was as great as, or even more decided than, on our left. In the Report of Committee on the Conduct of the War, Part I, p. 368, General Sumner testifies as follows: General Hooker's corps was dispersed; there is no question about that. I sent one of my staff-officers to find where they were, and General Ricket's, the only officer he could find, said that he could not raise three hundred men of the corps. There were troops lying down on the left, which I took to belong to Mansfield's command. In the mean time General Mansfield had been killed, and a portion of his corps had also been thrown into confusion. The testimony of General McClellan in the same report, Part I, p. 441, is to the same effect: The next morning (the 18th) I found that our loss had been so great, and there was so m
T. J. Jackson (search for this): chapter 1.21
west of the mountains. For this purpose General Jackson marched very rapidly, crossed the Potomaco Harpers Ferry on the night of the 11th, and Jackson entered the former on the 12th. Meanwhile Gesent directly to Hill from headquarters. General Jackson sent him a copy, as he regarded Hill in hd there secured sufficient time to enable General Jackson to complete the reduction of Harpers Ferrorous fire was opened by the batteries of General Jackson, in conjunction with those on Maryland aned Sharpsburg on the morning of the 15th. General Jackson arrived early on the 16th, and General J.ween D. H. Hill and the Hagerstown road. General Jackson was now directed to take position on Hoods fire a large force of infantry attacked General Jackson's division. They were met by his troops he, however, suggested that I should see General Jackson, and endeavor to obtain assistance from hngstreet and D. H. Hill, the two divisions of Jackson, and two brigades under Walker. Couriers wer
J. G. Walker (search for this): chapter 1.21
5th. General Jackson arrived early on the 16th, and General J. G. Walker came up in the afternoon. The movements of Generaly General Stuart with the cavalry and horse artillery. General Walker with his two brigades was stationed on Longstreet's riss until the troops of McLaws arrived, and those of General J. G. Walker could be brought from the right. Hood's brigade, tir supply being entirely exhausted. They were relieved by Walker's command, who immediately attacked vigorously, driving hione in heavy force on the center. This was met by part of Walker's division and the brigades of G. B. Anderson and Rodes, o brigades rallied by Hill and other officers, and parts of Walker's and R. H. Anderson's commands. Colonel Cooke, with the Hill, the two divisions of Jackson, and two brigades under Walker. Couriers were sent to the rear to hurry up the divisions two small divisions, of two brigades each, under Hood and Walker, with which to resist their fierce and oft-repeated assaul
Robert Toombs (search for this): chapter 1.21
the attack on the center and left was in progress, repeated efforts were made to force the passage of the bridge over the Antietam, opposite the right wing of Longstreet, commanded by Brigadier General D. R. Jones. The bridge was defended by General Toombs with two regiments of his brigade and the batteries of General Jones. This small command repulsed five different assaults, made by a greatly superior force. In the afternoon the enemy, in large numbers, having passed the stream, advanced agited their fire with those of Jones, and one of D. H. Hill's also opened with good effect from the left of the Boonsboro road. The progress of the enemy was immediately arrested, and his line began to waver. At this moment General Jones ordered Toombs to charge the flank, while Archer, supported by Branch and Gregg, moved on the front of the enemy's line. After a brief resistance, he broke and retreated in confusion toward the Antietam, pursued by the troops of Hill and Jones, until he reache
S. D. Lee (search for this): chapter 1.21
our forces reach Sharpsburg letter of the President to General Lee address of General Lee to the people position of our fGeneral Lee to the people position of our forces at Sharpsburg battle of Sharpsburg our strength forces withdrawn casualties. The enemy having retired to the protion of the fortifications around Washington and Alexandria, Lee's army marched, on September 3d, toward Leesburg. The armie engage him as far as possible from his base. But a copy of Lee's order directing the movement of the army from Frederick, hns to oppose his advance. In Taylor's Four Years with General Lee some facts relative to this lost order are stated. An ohe evacuation of Frederick City by our forces, a copy of General Lee's order was found in a deserted camp by a soldier, and we: Colonel Venable, one of my associates on the staff of General Lee, says in regard to this matter: This is very easily expl had failed, but it was manifest that without reenforcements Lee could not hazard a renewal of the engagement; McClellan, by
John Pope (search for this): chapter 1.21
to Maryland large force of the enemy resistance at Boonesboro surrender of Harpers Ferry our forces reach Sharpsburg letter of the President to General Lee address of General Lee to the people position of our forces at Sharpsburg battle of Sharpsburg our strength forces withdrawn casualties. The enemy having retired to the protection of the fortifications around Washington and Alexandria, Lee's army marched, on September 3d, toward Leesburg. The armies of Generals McClellan and Pope had now been brought back to the point from which they set out on the campaign of the spring and summer. The objects of those campaigns had been frustrated, and the hostile designs against the coast of North Carolina and in western Virginia thwarted by the withdrawal of the main body of the forces from those regions. Northeastern Virginia was freed from the presence of the invader. His forces had withdrawn to the entrenchments of Washington. Soon after the arrival of our army at Leesbur
J. B. Hood (search for this): chapter 1.21
ced our left. In anticipation of this movement Hood's two brigades had been transferred from the rial Jackson was now directed to take position on Hood's left, and formed his line with his right restry and bore down heavily with his infantry upon Hood, but the attack was gallantly repulsed. At 10 P. M. Hood's troops were relieved by the brigades of Lawton and Trimble of Ewell's division, commandd with great violence, the small commands under Hood and Early holding their ground against many tiorce and under a tremendous fire of artillery. Hood was reenforced; then the enemy's lines were bro J. G. Walker could be brought from the right. Hood's brigade, though it had suffered extraordinaryrcibly shown in the following account of Major General Hood: Advance and Retreat, by J. B. Hood, p.mprehensive, embracing the other forces besides Hood's brigade: On the afternoon of the 16th, Gewo small divisions, of two brigades each, under Hood and Walker, with which to resist their fierce a
D. H. Hill (search for this): chapter 1.21
ngstreet continued his march to Hagerstown, and Hill halted near Boonsboro to support the cavalry anrner of the sheet containing the order. General D. H. Hill was in command of a division which had nGeneral Jackson sent him a copy, as he regarded Hill in his command. It is Jackson's copy, in his oConduct of the War, Part I, p. 440. General D. H. Hill guarded the Boonsboro Gap, and Longstreeo and Frederick turnpike. The small command of Hill, with Garland's brigade, repelled the repeated property. The commands of Longstreet and D. H. Hill reached Sharpsburg on the morning of the 15tmmanding. The commands of Longstreet and D. H. Hill, on their arrival at Sharpsburg, were placedthe brigades of G. B. Anderson and Rodes, of D. H. Hill's command, assisted by a few pieces of artil men belonging to different brigades rallied by Hill and other officers, and parts of Walker's and Rd their fire with those of Jones, and one of D. H. Hill's also opened with good effect from the left[15 more...]
I. B. Walton (search for this): chapter 1.21
f the artillery checked the progress of the enemy, and in about an hour and a half he retired. Another attack was made soon afterward a little farther to the right, but was repulsed by Miller's guns of the Washington Artillery, which continued to hold the ground until the close of the engagement, supported by a part of R. H. Anderson's troops. The corps designated the Washington Artillery was composed of Louisiana batteries, organized at New Orleans in the beginning of the war under Colonel I. B. Walton. It was distinguished by its services in the first great battle of Manassas, and in nearly every important conflict, as well of the army of Virginia as that of Tennessee, to the close of the war. In the official reports and in the traditions of both armies the names of the batteries of the Washington Artillery have frequent and honorable mention. While the attack on the center and left was in progress, repeated efforts were made to force the passage of the bridge over the Antietam
J. A. Early (search for this): chapter 1.21
h a large proportion of the men, were killed or wounded. Our troops slowly yielded to overwhelming numbers, and fell back, obstinately disputing every point. General Early, in command of Ewell's division, was ordered with his brigade to take the place of Jackson's division, most of which was withdrawn, its ammunition being nearly exhausted and its numbers much reduced. The battle now raged with great violence, the small commands under Hood and Early holding their ground against many times their own infantry force and under a tremendous fire of artillery. Hood was reenforced; then the enemy's lines were broken and driven back, but fresh numbers advanced by Walker's command, who immediately attacked vigorously, driving his combatant back with much slaughter. Upon the arrival of the reenforcements under McLaws, General Early attacked resolutely the large force opposed to him. Mc-Laws advanced at the same time, and the forces before them were driven back in confusion, closely follow
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