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James B. Walton (search for this): chapter 14
e coincidence, had been previously devised by Colonel Miles, and recommended, for the Confederate flag, to the Congress then in session at Montgomery, in March, 1861. It had also been proposed by Mr. Edward C. Hancock, at the request of Colonel James B. Walton, at New Orleans, in the month of April. It had been offered by Colonel Miles to General Beauregard, in substitution for one nearly similar in emblem and pattern, but different in the distribution of colors, suggested to him by General Beauregard when the latter was seeking to procure a change in the Confederate flag. And it was now proposed anew to the General by Colonel Walton, who had Mr. Hancock's design. To render it more portable, it was made square instead of oblong, by order of General Johnston. In the beginning of December, General D. H. Hill was sent to relieve General Evans in the important command at Leesburg, with instructions to fall back to the main army at Centreville in the event of an advance on the latte
Edward C. Hancock (search for this): chapter 14
ars. This beautiful design, by a strange coincidence, had been previously devised by Colonel Miles, and recommended, for the Confederate flag, to the Congress then in session at Montgomery, in March, 1861. It had also been proposed by Mr. Edward C. Hancock, at the request of Colonel James B. Walton, at New Orleans, in the month of April. It had been offered by Colonel Miles to General Beauregard, in substitution for one nearly similar in emblem and pattern, but different in the distribution of colors, suggested to him by General Beauregard when the latter was seeking to procure a change in the Confederate flag. And it was now proposed anew to the General by Colonel Walton, who had Mr. Hancock's design. To render it more portable, it was made square instead of oblong, by order of General Johnston. In the beginning of December, General D. H. Hill was sent to relieve General Evans in the important command at Leesburg, with instructions to fall back to the main army at Centrevi
Thomas O. Moore (search for this): chapter 14
e Hon. James L. Kemper concerning it. General Beauregard's answer. letter of Colonel Pryor on the same subject. commentaries on the executive endorsement. Governor Moore forwards resolutions of Louisiana legislature, congratulating General Beauregard. circular to division commanders about leaves of absence. Congress passes aidences of regard, in which General Beauregard found consolation for official annoyances, came, just about that time (January 20th), the following letter from Governor Moore of Louisiana, transmitting the thanks of the Legislature of his State, for the victories of Sumter, Bull Run, and Manassas. Executive office, Baton Rouwell-deserved tribute of thanks which our Legislature has offered you. With the highest consideration, I am, very respectfully, Your obedient servant, Thomas O. Moore, Governor. Attentive, as ever, to the personal needs of his men, General Beauregard, on the 18th of December, addressed a circular to his division com
Patterson (search for this): chapter 14
power to make the movement, in view of the relative strength and position of Patterson's forces as compared with his own. Hence the uncertainty, hence the want Davis, based on the estimated numbers, whether of General Johnston or of General Patterson, is utterly without point, in presence of the fact that the former had nothousand men, and not at twenty-five thousand, as Mr. Davis has it. As to General Patterson, his army, at the time we speak of—that is to say, between the 14th and 2 time. General Johnston's Narrative of Military Operations, p. 31. And General Patterson, who must be supposed to have known something about it, in a letter from ton's concentration with General Beauregard, in order to defeat Mc-Dowell and Patterson. These two results, even if not followed by the proposed movement into Maryl Beauregard to carry out his proposed plan of operations against McDowell and Patterson, we should have captured from the enemy all the requisite supplies that the P
J. P. Benjamin (search for this): chapter 14
it was called in the army, was calculated to do the greatest harm, and pressed heavily, not only upon company and regimental commanders, but, likewise, upon the generals in chief. General Johnston, alluding to this unfortunate intervention of Mr. Benjamin, says in his Narrative of Military Operations, page 90: Either from defects in the law itself, or faults in the manner in which it was administered, it had the effect of weakening the army, by its immediate operation, without adding to its strength subsequently. Its numbers were greatly reduced before the end of the month by furloughs under the recent law, given directly by the Acting Secretary of War. It was further weakened, and its discipline very much impaired, by Mr. Benjamin's daily interference in its administration and interior management. That officer was in the habit of granting leaves of absence, furloughs, and discharges, accepting resignations, and detailing soldiers to labor for contractors, or on nominal service, ta
President Jefferson Davis (search for this): chapter 14
Beauregard's views on the subject. Besides Mr. Davis and Colonel Chestnut, Generals Lee and Coopemitted to me. Here the denial is absolute. Mr. Davis, at that time, was evidently ignorant of the Beauregard is certainly not responsible for Mr. Davis's ignorance of the fact. We positively aseved, in spite of—not owing to—the action of Mr. Davis or of the War Department. The reasons why reports of both the commanding generals, as Mr. Davis has it, but also in General Beauregard's rep therefore, superfluous to deal further with Mr. Davis's futile attempt to prove that a written comand men, and not at twenty-five thousand, as Mr. Davis has it. As to General Patterson, his army, ad, or turned and cut off from Washington. Mr. Davis's endorsement goes on as follows: 2. It to the Garnett disaster is characteristic of Mr. Davis as a polemist, and we chiefly touch upon it military method throughout the war. Says Mr. Davis, in his endorsement: 4. It could not be [27 more...]<
Samuel Cooper (search for this): chapter 14
nd to General Johnston to say he has been informed, via Staunton, that you were attacked, and that he will join you, if practicable, with his effective force, sending his sick and baggage to Culpepper Court-House, by rail or through Warrenton. S. Cooper, Adjutant-General. General Johnston's telegram to General Beauregard, of the same date, corroborates our conclusion. It read as follows: Winchester, Va., July 17th, 1861. General Beauregard, Manassas: Is the enemy upon ybe unnecessary. We merely submit the following letter, showing the exact time at which General Beauregard's report was sent to the War Department. Headquarters 1ST corps army of the Potomac, Fairfax Court-House, October 14th, 1861. General S. Cooper, Adj. and Insp. Gen., Richmond, Va.: Sir,—I have the honor to transmit by my aid, Lieutenant S. W. Ferguson, the report of the battle of Manassas, with the accompanying papers and drawings, as well as the flags and colors captured from
J. E. Johnston (search for this): chapter 14
conferred by the terms of the order—says General Johnston, in his report of the battle of Manassas—ichmond order to him as a contingent one, General Johnston, no less than General Beauregard, incurrenamely, that a junction of the forces of Generals Johnston and Holmes should be made with the army mand of General Johnston. The letters of General Johnston show his effective force to have been onlased on the estimated numbers, whether of General Johnston or of General Patterson, is utterly witho numbered upwards of thirty-two thousand. General Johnston refers to that rumor in his report of theomfortably provided for in Winchester. General Johnston's Narrative of Military Operations, p. 35 weighed in deciding the main question of General Johnston's concentration with General Beauregard, ut, likewise, upon the generals in chief. General Johnston, alluding to this unfortunate interventioim as in command of the whole army; while General Johnston, though placed at the head of the Departm[17 more...]<
Ord (search for this): chapter 14
d press; and a watchful state of preparation was maintained along the Confederate positions, from Evansport, by the way of Centreville, to Leesburg, on the upper Potomac. But no encounter of interest occurred except one at Drainsville, on the 23d of December, between two foraging parties of infantry, cavalry, and artillery. The Confederates, with about twenty-five hundred men, under Brigadier-General Stuart, attacked the Federals, numbering four thousand in a strong position, under Brigadier-General Ord. After a sharp conflict our forces were repulsed, though not pursued. The enemy's loss was seven killed and sixty-one wounded; ours, fortythree killed and one hundred and eighty-seven wounded and missing. Our army now went into winter quarters. The cold was intense, and it was hard, at times, for officers and men to protect themselves against it. All remained quiet along the lines. Such, however, was not the case in Richmond. Towards the 10th of January the halls of the Confe
R. S. Garnett (search for this): chapter 14
2. It proposed to continue operations, by effecting a junction of a part of the victorious forces with the army of General Garnett, in Western Virginia; General Garnett's forces amounted only to three or four thousand men, then known to be in rapiGeneral Garnett's forces amounted only to three or four thousand men, then known to be in rapid retreat before vastly superior forces under McClellan, and the news that he was himself killed and his army scattered arrived within forty-eight hours of Colonel Chestnut's arrival in Richmond. This reference to the Garnett disaster is charactert that, at the time he decided adversely on the general plan laid before him, he was not aware of what had happened to Garnett, an event which could only have made the concentration at Manassas—the essential feature of General Beauregard's plan—the more necessary in the exigency, as any military man may see. The co-operation with Garnett against McClellan was but a possible incident of the scheme of campaign, and could not properly have weighed in deciding the main question of General Jo
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