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Jeffersonton (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 1
ade several months after the battle, when other great and stirring events had intervened, and when all the officers commanding regiments on the occasion had been killed, or were absent, wounded, while he was recompiling it; and as his own regiment had been held in reserve until late in the day, he himself was uninformed as to some occurrences of the early morning, which I think worthy of note. The story of this battle can never be told without commencing with Jackson's great march from Jeffersonton, on Monday morning, the 25th of August, to Manassas, where we arrived on Tuesday evening—a march of fifty seven miles in two days. General Crawford, with his famous Light Division in Wellington's army in the Peninsula, was accorded the honors of the victory at Talavera, because, though he reached the field too late to take part in the action, he had made the extraordinary march of sixty-two miles in twenty-six hours, leaving only seventeen stragglers behind. But this was done, not wit
Jackson (Mississippi, United States) (search for this): chapter 1
a large force advanced to assail the left of Jackson's position, occupied by the division of Generwho he (Pope) had directed to attack and turn Jackson's right, had remained idle and inactive all ttle can never be told without commencing with Jackson's great march from Jeffersonton, on Monday motracted by the flames and informed by them of Jackson's movement from the junction, would endeavor on of the evening before, the extreme left of Jackson's line. On our approach to the spot we were n, under General Lawton, formed the centre of Jackson's line, and Taliaferro's, under General Starkhe assault as delivered in front of Ewell and Jackson's divisions, whereas General Jackson reportsed. Colonel Taylor estimated the strength of Jackson's corps at Manassas at seventeen thousand threry careful computation, puts the strength of Jackson's infantry at twenty-two thousand five hundregreater was the disparity in the regiments of Jackson's and Ewell's division which had been in the [3 more...]
Davenport (Iowa, United States) (search for this): chapter 1
Many testified to this for General Porter, and in a history of the Fifth New York Volunteers, of Sykes's division of Porter's corps, the author mentions, not apparently with any regard to the Fitz John Porter case, that they heard heavy firing in the afternoon a few miles to their right, and it was the general impression among the rank and file that an engagement was going on, but the firing was nothing unusual, as they had been accustomed to hear it in various directions for several days.—Davenport's Fifth New York Infantry, page 264. A battle, technically speaking, is defined to be an engagement between two armies, as distinguished from the skirmishes or minor actions fought between their smaller sections. In this sense, it is true that there was no general battle on the 29th; but that there was a battle of great severity between considerable parts of the two armies, we, the survivors of Gregg's Brigade, are here to testify to-day. It has seemed to me, therefore, my comrades
Youngs Branch (West Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 1
een sent, and who you, of the Twelfth, were also to meet as you so gallantly came hastening to our assistance. Major-General Franz Sigel reports: On Thursday night, August 28th, when the first corps was encamped on the heights south of Young's Branch, near Bull Run, I received orders from General Pope to attack the enemy vigorously the next morning. I accordingly made the necessary preparations at night, and formed in order of battle at daybreak, having ascertained that the enemy was in considerable force beyond Young's Branch, in sight of the hills we occupied. His left wing rested on Catharpin Creek, towards Centreville; with his centre he occupied a long stretch of woods parallel with the Sudley Springs (New Market) road, and his right was posted on the hill on both sides of the Centreville-Gainesville road. I therefore directed General Schurz to deploy his division on the right of the Gainesville road, and by a change of direction to the left to come into position paralle
New Jersey (New Jersey, United States) (search for this): chapter 1
d had some food, for, on that march of two days, all the rations we had had were three ears of green corn each, plucked from the field on the road side. Another and more pressing message came, but General Gregg still delaying, that our mess detail should return with our rations, General Jackson himself rode up, and very peremptorily ordered us forward. We had gone but a little distance when the firing ceased. General Archer, with his brigade of our division, having repulsed a brigade of New Jersey troops, which escaping by the train which had brought them from Alexandria, and no other force appearing, we lay during that morning, Wednesday, in the old trenches which General Johnston had built around Manassas. On our march to this position, we passed through the camp in which our Federal friends had the day before been quietly resting, and saw on all sides abundant supplies. We managed, however, to keep our ranks pretty steadily, until coming up to a large sutler's store, and the
Fredericksburg, Va. (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 1
of the movements of the First Regiment, written very soon after the battle, which is valuable, because, as you remember, the reports made by the regimental officers were all lost by General Gregg, and he himself had made none when killed at Fredericksburg. Since the delivery of this address, I find my report published in the Rebellion Records, volume XII, part 2, page 684, I was misinformed therefore as to the loss of the reports of this battle. The report of General McGowan, admirable ina should write immortal on the banner of its Fifth regiment, was the tribute of its heroic adversary at Williamsburg—General Hancock. The lamented Cobb, and his brigade, have indelibly associated the name of Georgia with Marye's heights at Fredericksburg; and each State can name some battlefield on which its troops especially distinguished themselves, and I think in doing so South Carolina can find none in which her sons more gloriously maintained her fame than in the great battle of which I
North Carolina (North Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 1
point with peculiar pride to the famous charge of Pickett's division of Virginians at Gettysburg—a charge now almost as famous as that at Balaklava. The State of North Carolina should write immortal on the banner of its Fifth regiment, was the tribute of its heroic adversary at Williamsburg—General Hancock. The lamented Cobb, an. Of these, forty two were from Virginia, twenty-eight from Georgia, seventeen and two battalions, say eighteen regiments, from South Carolina, thirteen from North Carolina, eleven from Alabama, nine from Louisiana, five and a half from Mississippi, and three each from Tennessee, Texas and Florida. Southern Historical Papers, voin list of casualties, Reports Army of Northern Virginia. For these see History Gregg's Brigade, by J. F. J. Caldwell, page 37. in the thirteen regiments from North Carolina, 757; in the nine regiments from Louisiana,. 477; in the three regiments from Texas, 366; in the three regiments from Tennessee, 131. The exact numbers of th
Gainesville (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 1
f about three hundred of the regiment, one hundred men, who might be said to be bare-footed; but they returned without the shoes, the enemy, threatening us from Gainesville, it was determined to set fire to the supplies we had not availed ourselves of the morning hours to distribute. I have dwelt upon this because the failure oflowers from undeserved censure. Left to cover the burning of the stores, our brigade moved out as the evening was closing in and picketed in the direction of Gainesville and Bristol. The bright light of the conflagration behind us rendered the woods in our front but darker and more impenetrable to our eyes as we strained them w right was posted on the hill on both sides of the Centreville-Gainesville road. I therefore directed General Schurz to deploy his division on the right of the Gainesville road, and by a change of direction to the left to come into position parallel with the Sudley Springs road. General Milroy, with his brigade and one battery, w
Centreville (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 1
2 o'clock in the morning we withdrew from the woods, and passing the burning spoils, we took up our line of march for Centreville, whither the rest of our division had proceeded us the evening before. In the first light of the morning we crossed Ben stationed the year before on that day which first had made Manassas Plains famous in the annals of war. Arrived at Centreville, we breakfasted on such of the supplies as we had brought away with us from the junction, and rested there awhile fromy to us, were marching quietly along the Warrenton turnpike, which we had just left and by which we had just come from Centreville, when, without note of warning, a quick and rapid fire of artillery sent bursting shells within their ranks. So farable force beyond Young's Branch, in sight of the hills we occupied. His left wing rested on Catharpin Creek, towards Centreville; with his centre he occupied a long stretch of woods parallel with the Sudley Springs (New Market) road, and his right
South Carolina (South Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 1
nd in which battle, all together, the State of South Carolina suffered so terribly. Colonel Willeteen. The brave Colonels, Marshall, of South Carolina, and Forbes, of Tennessee, were killed. Lieutenant-Colonel Leadbetter, of South Carolina, also met a soldier's death. Colonels Barnes, Edwaruished themselves, and I think in doing so South Carolina can find none in which her sons more gloriour brigade alone to maintain the honor of South Carolina on the plains of Manassas. In Longstreet' our own part, we can claim no monopoly of South Carolina's glory at Manassas. General Lee's armyo battalions, say eighteen regiments, from South Carolina, thirteen from North Carolina, eleven fromison by which the disproportionate loss of South Carolina troops in this battle can be more accurated the Fifteenth regiment 21, equals 1,749. South Carolina thus lost more than one-fourth, or two outn one in every seven. But the losses of South Carolina were not to be counted by numbers only. H[5 more...]
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