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R. E. Rodes (search for this): chapter 1
's tavern), discovered a portion of Jackson's column, under Rodes, crossing Lewis's Creek, and moving rapidly southward. Whehe turnpike, and extending about a mile on each side of it. Rodes occupied the front; Colston the next line, two hundred yards in the rear of Rodes, and back of this was A. P. Hill. Two pieces of Stuart's horse-artillery moved with the first line. Jave guns and many prisoners, was soon in the hands of General R. E. Rodes, who was closed followed by Generals R. E. Colston a checked. But the halt was very short. Colston had joined Rodes, and the combined forces, with a terrific yell, charged upouterments of war. These disordered the pursuing troops, and Rodes, when the darkness came on, finding himself entangled amongpital, and the command of the corps devolved temporarily on Rodes, who, under the circumstances, thought it advisable not to st under Hill, the second under Colson, and the third under Rodes, with cannon massed on heights so as to command much of the
J. C. Robinson (search for this): chapter 1
lorsville, by Hotchkiss and Allan, page 15. Even with his superior force Hooker's army was composed of seven corps, and comprised twenty-three divisions. The First Corps was commanded by General J. F. Reynolds; the Second, by General D. N. Couch; the Third, by General D. E. Sickles; the Fifth, by General G. G. Meade; the Sixth, by General J. Sedgwick; the Eleventh, by General O. O. Howard, and the Twelfth, by General H. W. Slocum. The division commanders were Generals J. S. Wadsworth J. C. Robinson, A. Doubleday, W. S. Hancock, J. Gibbon, W. H. French, D. D. Birney, H. G. Berry, A. W. Whipple, W. T. H. Brooks, A. P. Howe, J. Newton, C. Griffin, G. Sykes, A. A. Humphreys, C. Devens, A. Von Steinwehr, C. Schurz, S. Williams, J. W. Geary, A. Pleasanton, J. Buford, and W. W. Averill. The last three were commanders of cavalry under General G. Stoneman, who was the chief of the mounted men. Lee's army was composed of two corps, the First commanded by General Longstreet, and the Secon
Rigby (search for this): chapter 1
s posted at a toll-gate in the rear. A sanguinary conflict quickly ensued. Bartlett dashed forward, captured the school-house garrison, and, with furious onset, drove the Confederates, and seized the crest of the hill. The triumph and possession was brief. Wilcox soon drove him back, released the school-house prisoners, and seized their custodians, and, with General Semmes, pushed the Nationals back to Sedgwick's reserves, near the toll-gate, where the well-served batteries of Williston, Rigby, and Parsons, under Colonel Tompkins, checked the pursuers. The conflict had been short, sharp, and sanguinary, and increased Sedgwick's loss in the morning at Fredericksburg to about five thousand men. Wearied and disheartened, the National troops, like their foes, slept on their arms that night, with little expectation of being able to advance in the morning. Hooker, at the same time, seemed paralyzed in his new position. His army was being beaten in detail, and the result of the battle
John F. Reynolds (search for this): chapter 1
bout half the number, of troops in hand commanded by his antagonist, for he had extended and strengthened his fortifications in rear of Fredericksburg, and constructed a system of elaborate works along his whole front reaching from Banks's Ford to Port Royal, more than twenty-five miles. Chancellorsville, by Hotchkiss and Allan, page 15. Even with his superior force Hooker's army was composed of seven corps, and comprised twenty-three divisions. The First Corps was commanded by General J. F. Reynolds; the Second, by General D. N. Couch; the Third, by General D. E. Sickles; the Fifth, by General G. G. Meade; the Sixth, by General J. Sedgwick; the Eleventh, by General O. O. Howard, and the Twelfth, by General H. W. Slocum. The division commanders were Generals J. S. Wadsworth J. C. Robinson, A. Doubleday, W. S. Hancock, J. Gibbon, W. H. French, D. D. Birney, H. G. Berry, A. W. Whipple, W. T. H. Brooks, A. P. Howe, J. Newton, C. Griffin, G. Sykes, A. A. Humphreys, C. Devens, A. Von
J. F. Reynolds (search for this): chapter 1
Sedgwick, composed of his own corps (Sixth), and those of Reynolds (First), and Sickles (Third), had as successfully masked son's column on Saturday morning, May 2, 1863. he called Reynolds's corps, more than twenty thousand strong, from Sedgwick.he right, behind breastworks on the Elly's Ford road, was Reynolds's corps. On the National left, Meade's corps, with theirents. Meade was occupied by a force menacing his front. Reynolds was not called into action, and Howard's corps was unavais house. On this line were the fresh troops of Meade and Reynolds, which had not been called into the severe struggle durinrred with five of his corps commanders Generals Meade, Reynolds, Howard, Couch, and Sickles. Slocum was not present, for brunt of the battle on Sunday) agreed with him, and one (Reynolds) did not express any opinion. Finding himself in accord ., 1865, pages 134 and 135), General Hooker said that General Reynolds, being very weary, threw himself on a bed, saying tha
Joseph W. Revere (search for this): chapter 1
ampaign. As usual, in cases of disaster, there was much crimination and recrimination after the battle of Chancellorsville, and men were blamed without sufficient cause. Among those who suffered the penalties of displeasure, was Brigadier-General Joseph W. Revere, who had been in the service of his country, without reproach, as a sailor and soldier, for thirty years. He commanded a brigade of the second division of Sickles's corps, in the battle on Sunday, the 3d of May. In the hurly-burly ourt martial, found guilty of the charge of conduct to the prejudice of discipline and good order, and dismissed from the service. It is the opinion of experts, who have well weighed the circumstances and the testimony before the court, that General Revere acted the part of a true patriot and brave soldier in doing that for which he was condemned; that he was unjustly accused and illegally punished. While Hooker and Lee were contending, a greater portion of the cavalry of the Army of the Po
A. Pleasanton (search for this): chapter 1
had not arrived, bivouacked that night. General Pleasanton accompanied the infantry with one brigaddquarters, when he encountered a regiment of Pleasanton's cavalry. He sent back to Todd's tavern fos's the center, and Howard's the right, with Pleasanton's cavalry near. The Confederate line extendes. Sickles asked for re-enforcements, when Pleasanton was sent with his cavalry, and Howard and Sly was behind him and exposed to capture, and Pleasanton, with two regiments of cavalry, were with thwo brigades from destruction or capture, for Pleasanton, by quick, skillful, and vigorous action, asall back in time to join in the conflict. Pleasanton had just reached the artillery, when Jacksonhad checked the Confederates long enough for Pleasanton to bring his own horse-artillery, and more toops sent by Hooker, just mentioned, came to Pleasanton's assistance; and soon afterward Sickles, wi. Sickles, as we have observed, had reached Pleasanton at Hazel Grove, and at once attempted to rec[2 more...]
George Pickett (search for this): chapter 1
s plan was working well, when spies informed him that General Foster, the successor of Burnside, See page 315, volume II. had ordered Peck to send three thousand soldiers to oppose Hill. Being in readiness, Longstreet at once crossed the Blackwater on pontoon bridges, and made a forced march on Suffolk April 1863. with about twenty-eight thousand men in three columns, under skillful commanders, The Confederates were in four divisions, commanded respectively by Generals Hood, French, Pickett, and Anderson. capturing the cavalry outposts of the Nationals on the way. Peck was ready for him, and Longstreet found in that officer an antagonist as vigilant and active as himself. He had watched the Confederates with sleepless scrutiny, and had penetrated their designs. He kept his superior informed of the increasing number of foes in his front, and had been re-enforced in March by a division under General Getty, making his whole force about fourteen thousand. Now he was about to co
Pettigrew (search for this): chapter 1
had lost. To prevent this, and to establish a base for operations against the Weldon and Petersburg railway, a strong body of National soldiers was stationed at Suffolk, at the head of the Nansemond River, and upon a railroad branching to Weldon and Petersburg. This was an important military position, and became the center of stirring scenes in 1862 and 1863. In September, 1862, Major-General John J. Peck was placed in command of nine thousand men at Suffolk, and at the same time Generals Pettigrew and French, with about fifteen thousand Confederates, were on the line of the Blackwater, menacing that post. Peck comprehended the great importance of his position, and immediately commenced the construction of a system of defenses for its protection. The first work constructed by him was begun on the 25th of September, and was named Fort Dix, in honor of the commander of the department. The position and names of the forts, and other fortifications and localities named in the tex
George H. Pendleton (search for this): chapter 1
growth of his army in numbers. In the space of three months Stonewall Jackson's corps alone increased from twenty-five thousand to thirty-three thousand men. The Battle-fields of Virginia, volume I.: Chancellorsville, by Captain Jed. Hotchkiss and Lieutenant-Colonel William Allan (officers of Lee's army), page 14. This work contains carefully constructed maps, illustrative of the historical narrative. Lee consolidated his artillery into one corps, and placed it under the command of General Pendleton, as chief. He also gave a similar organization to his cavalry. When April came, Lee found himself at the head of an army unsurpassed in discipline, and full of enthusiasm; yet it was divided, for, so early as February, he had sent Longstreet with two divisions to operate against General J. J. Peck in the vicinity of Suffolk, on the south side of the James River, and other troops were raiding with Imboden in West Virginia. Yet he felt strong, with only about half the number, of troop
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