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Langhorne (search for this): chapter 13
n the Jerusalem plank road, and one Coehorn and two 12-pound mortars in the ravine, some two hundred yards to the left and rear of the breach, and two mortars to the left of Wright's battery, were all opened promptly on the assaulting columns. The practice of the four mortars on the plank road was admirable. Their shells dropped with precision upon the enemy's masses, huddled in disorder in front of and in the crater. Some three mortars on the right of the Baxter road, commanded by Lieutenant Langhorne, opened and continued, at intervals, with good effect until the close of the engagement. This sufficiently explains why the Federals, notwithstanding their thorough state of preparation—every contingency being cared for in advance—did not accomplish what was expected of them. Nor is their failure at all attributable to the absence of their corps and division commanders; for every colonel and every subordinate officer knew—if not every man of the assaulting column—what orders had
R. Ransom (search for this): chapter 13
f Johnson's division, consisting of the 26th, 17th, 18th, 22d, and 23d South Carolina Volunteers, in the order given, the left of the 26th resting on the right of Ransom's brigade, Colonel F. W. McMaster's statement. See Appendix. near the intersection of the lines with the Norfolk Railroad. Wise's brigade followed on the rigindiscriminately with mine, and we shot with great rapidity and execution. About the same time the battery on the left of the ravine, a short distance in rear of Ransom's brigade, did great execution and fired about six hundred shots in a short time. This battery I observed specially; the others, in rear and on the right also, dters. From this point the glacis took a direction which exposed the Federals attempting to use it to a flank fire from the exterior parapet, held by the right of Ransom's brigade; and here the enemy's advance was effectually checked, both in the trench and outside of it. The entire Federal offensive had now been reduced to an
Burnside (search for this): chapter 13
ted, when charged on the 27th of July. General Burnside's report, dated Before Petersburg, Va., Aof assault consisted of the four divisions of Burnside's corps—Ledlie's, Potter's, Wilcox's, and Ferated on its own right—that is, on the left of Burnside—and the 18th, concentrated in the immediate rear of Burnside, were actively to support the movement. Hancock's corps was likewise concentrated aision, which, having been pushed across from Burnside's lines by Ord to support their assault, was enches, when, at 9.45, General Meade gave General Burnside a peremptory order to withdraw his troopst by General Meade. Says General Badeau: Burnside's despatches to Meade, reporting the fight, we front, under a heavy fire, to a point where Burnside was watching the battle. He took in the sitund a written order to this effect was sent to Burnside. It follows from this that, before Meade'w that every chance of success was lost. General Burnside, however, considering that a retreat acro[2 more...
Sterling Turner (search for this): chapter 13
o be found in Conduct of the War (1865), vol. i., p. 20. The Federal column of assault consisted of the four divisions of Burnside's corps—Ledlie's, Potter's, Wilcox's, and Ferrero's, the latter composed of negro troops—directly supported by Turner's division of the 10th Corps and Ames's division of the 18th, under General Ord—in the aggregate at least 23,000 men. At the same time 10,000 men of Warren's corps, concentrated on its own right—that is, on the left of Burnside—and the 18th, concer into and out of the crater, back to General Burnside's rearmost lines, within the Federal intrenchments. They carried back, on their way, Bell's brigade, General Ord's report, dated August 3d, 1864, in Conduct of the War (1865), p. 102. of Turner's division, which, having been pushed across from Burnside's lines by Ord to support their assault, was then attempting to press forward from the right of the crater. Such was the concentration of fire upon their front and flanks that the Fe
Stephen Elliott (search for this): chapter 13
n's division. its position along the works. Elliott's brigade. General Elliott wounded. Colonelere three salients (Colquitt's, Gracie's, and Elliott's), the ground in front of which was favorablby the Federals proved to be that occupied by Elliott's brigade, with Pegram's battery; and the minely across Taylor's Creek, terminated beneath Elliott's salient, at a distance of one hundred and soad. Wise's brigade followed on the right of Elliott and connected with Colquitt's brigade. Gen, within 500 yards and immediately in rear of Elliott's salient, and, from that commanding point, t ten or fifteen minutes of the explosion, General Elliott had ordered his regiments on the left of hold a shallow ravine in rear of the hill of Elliott's salient, there to resist any direct advanceirably situated and protected, on the left of Elliott's salient, poured its whole volume of fire, wis loss 922—66 officers, 856 men—the share of Elliott's brigade therein amounting to 672 in killed,[7 more...]<
E. Kirby Smith (search for this): chapter 13
arge the Federals out of the mine; but he had no sooner reached the open ground, followed by Colonel Smith, of the 26th South Carolina, and half a dozen men, in execution of this movement, than he fetements. See Appendix. Colonel F. W. McMaster, on whom now devolved the command, despatched Colonel Smith, with the 26th and three companies of the 17th, by the trench and covered way on the left, tside of the crater they were swept by such a fire from the batteries and infantry, including Colonel Smith's force, in the ravine in rear, and the 59th Virginia, under Captain Wood, formed in a ditchho lay down in the shallow ravine, to the rear of Elliott's salient, held by the force under Colonel Smith, there to await the remainder of the division. Colonel McMaster's statement. See Appendip. The 25th and 49th North Carolina, and the 26th and part of the 17th South Carolina, all under Smith, which were formed on Mahone's left, likewise joined in the counter-movement, and three-fourths
Charles Haskell (search for this): chapter 13
ffect, directly into their right flank; while one gun of Davidson's battery, in Wise's line, threw its canister and grape at short range into their left flank, both batteries, as occasion required, sweeping the ground in front of the crater. Major Haskell's battery of four 8 and 10 inch mortars, under Captain Lamkin, in rear on the Jerusalem plank road, and one Coehorn and two 12-pounder mortars of Lamkin's, in the ravine, about 200 yards to the left and rear of the crater, and two 8-inch mortposition of this excellent battery was perhaps unknown to the enemy, and the superior manner in which it was served, the rapidity of its fire, and the terrible effect on the enemy's forces, no doubt greatly astonished and demoralized them. Major Haskell's mortar-battery, in charge of Captain Lamkin, consisting of four Coehorns, on the Jerusalem plank road, and one Coehorn and two 12-pound mortars in the ravine, some two hundred yards to the left and rear of the breach, and two mortars to the
William Lee Davidson (search for this): chapter 13
rals found themselves obstructed from direct advance or retreat. These batteries also played into the crater itself, where the shells were dropped with such precision upon the huddled mass of Federals that numbers of them preferred to run the gauntlet back to their lines. Wright's battery of four guns, admirably situated and protected, on the left of Elliott's salient, poured its whole volume of fire, with astonishing rapidity and effect, directly into their right flank; while one gun of Davidson's battery, in Wise's line, threw its canister and grape at short range into their left flank, both batteries, as occasion required, sweeping the ground in front of the crater. Major Haskell's battery of four 8 and 10 inch mortars, under Captain Lamkin, in rear on the Jerusalem plank road, and one Coehorn and two 12-pounder mortars of Lamkin's, in the ravine, about 200 yards to the left and rear of the crater, and two 8-inch mortars, were served with unremitting and fatal execution; while a
S. W. Wilson (search for this): chapter 13
er corps (the 6th) came up during the night, taking position on the left and rear of the 2d; and Wilson's and Kautz's cavalry were then sent to cut the Weldon and Southside railroads. General Lee dorganized to cut and destroy the various railroads by which supplies were brought to our army. Wilson and Kautz, acting separately, succeeded in tearing up and otherwise damaging many miles of very Roanoke bridge, were checked in their further advance by a force of Confederates. The return of Wilson's column became, at that time, a difficult problem. At the crossing of Stony Creek, on the 28th, a severe engagement took place, forcing Wilson to make a considerable detour to the left. His effort was to reach Reams's Station, which he believed to be still in possession of the Federals; but h Swinton's Army of the Potomac, p. 513. The statement is confirmed by General Meade's report. Wilson barely succeeded in bringing his shattered forces within the Federal lines. These raids, though
Rives (search for this): chapter 13
om some defect in the fuse, its fire died out, and a lieutenant and sergeant of the 48th Pennsylvania boldly volunteered to descend into the mine and ascertain the cause. They relit the extinguished fuse, and at 4.44 the explosion took place. Colonel Pleasants's testimony, in Conduct of the War, p. 114. He says, exploded at sixteen minutes to five. In consequence of the withdrawal of troops to meet a threatened movement north of the James the Confederate lines from the Appomattox to Rives's salient (that is, to a point about half-way between the Baxter and Jerusalem roads) were held only by Bushrod R. Johnson's division, less two brigades (Gracie's and Johnson's), which had been detached for the same service. General Beauregard at the time considered this as a most dangerous denudement and extension; and General Johnson, alluding to the same subject, in his detailed statement of the facts relative to this important incident of the siege of Petersburg, uses the following lang
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