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Yanks (search for this): chapter 5.69
all regard them as having been rejected, and shall act accordingly. Should these terms be accepted, white flags should be displayed along your lines to prevent such of my troops as may not have been notified from firing upon your men. Pemberton promptly accepted these terms. During the siege there had been a good deal of friendly sparring between the soldiers of the two armies, on picket and where the lines were close together. All rebels were known as Johnnies ; all Union troops as Yanks. Often. Johnny would call, Well, Yank, when are you coining into town? The reply was sometimes: We propose to celebrate the 4th of July there. Sometimes it would be: We always treat our prisoners with kindness and do not want to hurt them ; or, We are holding you as prisoners of war while you are feeding yourselves. The garrison, from the commanding general down, undoubtedly expected an assault on the 4th. They knew from the temper of their men it would be successful when made, and that
Yank (search for this): chapter 3.31
hailing distance of each other, and dress and faces could be easily distinguished. By the comity that prevailed, there was no firing from either side. One could ride or walk down to the banks of the river with perfect security. Sometimes Johnny Reb, as he was called, would rig up a little raft, and, loading it with tobacco, start it with sails and rudder set for the other shore. When the precious freight was unloaded, the craft, generously burdened with coffee and salt, would be headed by Yank in an opposite direction, where it would be received with loud expressions of thanks. In this and other ways the asperities of the war were mollified. As time rolled on and the weather improved, arrangements were made for an advance. The men were well clothed, rested, and eager to move again to test the fortunes of war. Of the several plans of attack, Hooker determined to march around the enemy's left flank to Chancellorsville, leaving a portion of the army at Fredericksburg to conceal
Yank (search for this): chapter 5.69
, and shall act accordingly. Should these terms be accepted, white flags should be displayed along your lines to prevent such of my troops as may not have been notified from firing upon your men. Pemberton promptly accepted these terms. During the siege there had been a good deal of friendly sparring between the soldiers of the two armies, on picket and where the lines were close together. All rebels were known as Johnnies ; all Union troops as Yanks. Often. Johnny would call, Well, Yank, when are you coining into town? The reply was sometimes: We propose to celebrate the 4th of July there. Sometimes it would be: We always treat our prisoners with kindness and do not want to hurt them ; or, We are holding you as prisoners of war while you are feeding yourselves. The garrison, from the commanding general down, undoubtedly expected an assault on the 4th. They knew from the temper of their men it would be successful when made, and that would be a greater humiliation than to
W. B. Yancey (search for this): chapter 2.22
t. J. Q. A. Nadenbousch; 4th Va., Lieut.-Col. R. D. Gardner (w), Maj. William Terry; 5th Va., Lieut.-Col. H. J. Williams; 27th Va., Lieut.-Col. James K. Edmondson; 33d Va., Col. Edwin G. Lee. Brigade loss: k, 3; w, 44; m, 1 == 48. Second Brigade, Brig.-Gen. John R. Jones; 21st Va.,----; 42d Va.,----; 48th Va.,----; 1st Va. Battalion,----. Brigade loss: k, 3; w, 34 == 37. Third Brigade, Col. E. T. H. Warren: 47th Ala., Capt. James M. Campbell; 48th Ala., Capt. C. B. St. John; 10th Va., Capt. W. B. Yancey; 23d Va., Capt. A. J. Richardson; 37th Va., Col. T. V. Williams. Brigade loss: w, 9. Fourth Brigade, Col. Edmund Pendleton: 1st La., Lieut.-Col. M. Nolan; 2d La., Maj. M. A. Grogan; 10th La., Maj. John M. Legett; 14th La., Capt. H. M. Verlander; 15th La., Lieut.-Col. McG. Goodwyn. Brigade loss: k, 2; w, 35 == 37. Artillery, Capt. J. B. Brockenbrough: Va. Battery (Carpenter's), Lieut. George McKendree; Va. Battery (Danville Art'y), Capt. George W. Wooding (w); Va. Battery (Hampden Art
B. C. Yancey (search for this): chapter 7.84
; 47th Tenn., Capt. W. M. Watkins; 154th Tenn., Lieut.-Col. M. Magevney, Jr.; 9th Tex., Col. W. H. Young; Tenn. Sharp-shooters (Allin's), Lieut. J. R. J. Creighton (w), Lieut. T. F. Pattison; Tenn. Battery Capt. W. L. Scott. Brigade loss: k, 105; w, 564; m, 38 = 707. Second division, Maj.-Gen. Jones M. Withers. First Brigade, Col. J. Q. Loomis (w), Col. J. G. Coltart: 19th Ala.,----; 22d Ala.,----; 25th Ala.,----; 26th Ala.,----; 39th Ala.,----; 17th Ala. Battalion Sharp-shooters, Capt. B. C. Yancey; 1st La. (Regulars), Lieut.-Col. F. H. Farrar, Jr. (m w); Fla. Battery, Capt. Felix H. Robertson. Brigade loss: k, 53; w, 533; m, 5 = 591. Second Brigade, Brig.-Gen. James R. Chalmers (w), Col. T. W. White: 7th Miss.,----; 9th Miss., Col. T. W. White; 10th Miss.,----; 41st Miss.,----; 9th Miss. Battalion Sharp-shooters, Capt. O. F. West; Blythe's Miss.,----; Ala. Battery (Garrity's),----. Brigade loss: k, 67; w, 445; m, 36 = 548. Third Brigade, Brig.-Gen. J. Patton Anderson: 45th Ala.
John Yager (search for this): chapter 9.101
rigade, Brig.-Gen. James D. Morgan: 10th Ill., Col. John Tillson; 16th Ill., Lieut.-Col. James B. Cahill; 60th Ill., Col. William B. Anderson; 21st Ky., Co]l. Samuel W. Price; 10th Mich., Lieut.-Col. Christopher J. Dickerson. Brigade loss: w, 9. Second Brigade, Brig.-Gen. John Beatty: 34th Ill., Lieut.-Col. Oscar Van Tassell; 78th Ill., Lieut.-Col. Carter Van Vleck; 98th Ohio, Maj. James M. Shane; 108th Ohio, Lieut.-Col. Carlo Piepho; 113th Ohio, Maj. L. Starling Sullivant; 121st Ohio, Maj. John Yager. Brigade loss: k, 3; w, 17; m, 1==21. Third Brigade, Col. Daniel McCook: 85th Ill., Col. Caleb J. Dilworth; 86th Ill., Lieut.-Col. David W. Magee; 110th Ill., Lieut.-Col. E. Hibbard Topping; 125th Ill., Col. Oscar F. Harmon; 52d Ohio, Maj. James T. Holmes. Brigade loss: k, 2; w, 4; m, 5==11. Artillery, Capt. William A. Hotchkiss: I, 2d Ill., Lieut. Henry B. Plant; 2d Minn., Lieut. Richard L. Dawley; 5th Wis., Capt. George Q. Gardner. Third division, Brig.-Gen. Absalom Baird. First
John E. Wynkoop (search for this): chapter 1.3
strength of each army as here stated give the gist of all the data obtainable in the Official Records. K stands for killed; w for wounded; m w for mortally wounded; m for captured or missing; c for captured. The Union forces. Army of the Ohio.--Maj.-Gen. Don Carlos Buell; Maj.-Gen. George H. Thomas, second in command. Escort: Anderson (Pa.) Troop, Lieut. Thomas S. Maple; 4th U. S. Cav. (6 co's), Lieut.-Col. James Oakes. Escort loss: m, 1. Unattached: 7th Pa. Cav. (4 co's), Maj. John E. Wynkoop. Loss: w, 4; m,3=7. First Army Corps, Maj.-Gen. Alexander McD. McCook. Third division, Brig.-Gen. Lovell H. Rousseau. Staff loss: m, 1. Ninth Brigade, Col. Leonard A. Harris: 38th Ind., Col. Benjamin F. Scribner; 2d Ohio, Lieut.-Col. John Kell; 33d Ohio, Lieut.-Col. Oscar F. Moore (w and c), Maj. Frederick J. Lock; 94th Ohio, Col. Joseph W. Frizell; 10th Wis., Col. Alfred R. Chapin; 5th Ind. Battery, Capt. Peter Simonson. Brigade loss: k, 121; w, 419; m, 51 = 591. Seventeen
John E. Wynkoop (search for this): chapter 7.84
eut.-Col. John E. Cummins. Brigade loss: k, 79; w, 361; m, 143 = 583. Artillery, Capt. George R. Swallow: 7th Ind., Capt. George R. Swallow; B, Pa., Lieut. Alanson J. Stevens; 3d Wis., Lieut. Cortland Livingston. Artillery loss: k, 6; w, 19 = 25. cavalry, Brig.-Gen. David S. Stanley. cavalry division, Col. John Kennett. First Brigade, Col. Robert H. G. Minty: M, 2d Ind., Capt. J. A. S. Mitchell; 3d Ky., Col. Eli H. Murray; 4th Mich., Lieut.-Col. William H. Dickinson; 7th Pa., Maj. John E. Wynkoop. Brigade loss: k, 5; w, 24; m, 77 = 106. Second Brigade, Col. Lewis Zahm: 1st Ohio, Col. Minor Milliken (k), Maj. James Laughlin; 3d Ohio, Lieut.-Col. Douglas A. Murray; 4th Ohio, Maj. John L. Pugh. Brigade loss: k, 18; w, 44; m, 59 = 121. Artillery: D, 1st Ohio (section), Lieut. Nathaniel M. Newell. Loss: k, 1. Reserve cavalry: Under the immediate command of General Stanley, chief of cavalry. 15th Pa., Maj. Adolph G. Rosengarten (k), Maj. Frank B. Ward (m w), Capt. Alfred Ve
George Wynkoop (search for this): chapter 3.33
= 160. Second Brigade, Col. William H. Browne (w), Col. Henry L. Eustis: 7th Mass., Col. Thomas D. Johns (w), Lieut.-Col. Franklin P. Harlow; 10th Mass., Lieut.-Col. Joseph B. Parsons; 37th Mass., Col. Oliver Edwards; 36th N. Y., Lieut.-Col. James J. Walsh; 2d R. I., Col. Horatio Rogers, Jr. Brigade loss: k, 42; w, 278; m, 22 = 342. Third Brigade, Brig.-Gen. Frank Wheaton: 62d N. Y., Lieut.-Col. Theodore B. Hamilton; 93d Pa., Capt. John S. Long; 98th Pa., Col. John F. Ballier (w), Lieut.-Col. George Wynkoop; 102d Pa., Col. Joseph M. Kinkead; 139th Pa., Col. Frederick H. Collier. Brigade loss: k, 48; w, 237; m, 200 = 485. Artillery, Capt. Jeremiah McCarthy: C and D, 1st Pa., Capt. Jeremiah McCarthy; G, 2d U. S., Lieut. John H. Butler. Artillery loss: k, 1; w, 4; m, 4 = 9. Light division, Col. Hiram Burnham: 6th Me., Lieut.-Col. Benjamin F. Harris; 31st N. Y., Col. Frank Jones; 43d N. Y., Col. Benjamin F. Baker; 61st Pa., Col. George C. Spear (k), Maj. George W. Dawson; 5th Wis., C
Percy Wyndham (search for this): chapter 2.23
that place to Fairfax Court House, under command of Colonel Percy Wyndham. Stoughton was a West Point officer, and had served with distinction under McClellan on the Peninsula. Wyndham was an Englishman serving as Colonel of the 1st New Jersey Cavaart down on his outposts like a hawk on its prey; but when Wyndham came up in solid column the partisans had gone. In his ve headquarters and carry off the general commanding and Colonel Wyndham. It looked extremely hazardous to attempt it; but as a sergeant, came to me from a New York cavalry regiment of Wyndham's brigade. The Emancipation Proclamation which had been pff safe with our booty and prisoners. After daybreak, Colonel Wyndham followed at full speed for twenty miles on our track. gather prisoners and horses. I was more anxious to catch Wyndham than any one else; so I sent Ames, with a detachment, aftess at the door. I was greatly disappointed in not getting Wyndham. The capture of his staff-officers and fine horses was no
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