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Charles Sumner (search for this): entry logan-john-alexander
Between 1867 and the beginning of 1886, his most notable speeches, in the House and Senate were on Reconstruction; The impeachment of President Johnson; Principles of the Democratic party; Vindication of President Grant against the attack of Charles Sumner; The Ku-Klux in Louisiana; The equalization of bounties, etc.; The power of the government to enforce the United States laws; and the one declaring his belief that Gen. Fitz-John Porter had been justly condemned. The case of Fitz-John Porty is magnificent and tactics in the inverse proportion. I would like some of my ambulances. I would like, also, to be ordered to return to Fredericksburg and push towards Hanover, or, with a large force, to strike at Orange Court-house. I wish Sumner was at Washington and up near the Monocacy with good batteries. I do not doubt the enemy have large amounts of supplies provided for them, and I believe they have a contempt for this Army of Virginia. I wish myself away from it, with all our ol
Rufus King (search for this): entry logan-john-alexander
r was in the following language: headquarters army of Virginia, Centreville, Aug. 29, 1862. To Maj.-Gen. Fitz-John Porter: Push forward with your corps and King's division, which you will take with you, upon Gainesville. I am following the enemy down the Warrenton turnpike. Be expeditious or you will lose much. John he open road behind him upon which to retreat. General Grant says that Porter was left with 10,000 men. If General Grant will examine the report he will find that King's division was no part of Porter's command; withdrawing it did not reduce his own force, or the force that he had reported as under his command that morning. His empt to communicate with Pope during the day, but that all three of the notes that he sent during the day in reference to position, etc., were sent to McDowell and King. At the time that Pope issued his order to Porter it was expected that Porter would move forward, and McDowell's command would also attack at the same time. McDo
F. W. H. Myers (search for this): entry logan-john-alexander
being full of wagons, is not supported by the testimony. The evidence of those who passed over the road is positive to the effect that the road was in good condition; that there was a railroad open from Warrenton Junction to Bristoe Station, on which infantry troops could have marched; that there was a road on either side of the railroad, plain, open, and passable. The evidence further shows that when General Pope sent this order to General Porter, he (Pope) at the same time rode up to General Myers (the chief quartermaster having charge of the trains), and notified him that Porter would march on that road that night, and that he must clear it of wagons and all impediments so that there would be no obstruction to the march. The evidence further shows that at the time the order was delivered to General Porter the wagons were going into park off the road; that they did go into park, and that from the time (one o'clock) in the morning that he was ordered to march there was no obstru
Nathaniel P. Banks (search for this): entry logan-john-alexander
s. If Morell has not joined you, send word to him to push forward immediately; also send word to Banks to hurry forward with all speed to take your place at Warrenton Junction. It is necessary, on a send an officer with this despatch who will conduct you to this place. Be sure to send word to Banks, who is on the road from Fayetteville, probably in the direction of Bealeton. Say to Banks, alBanks, also, that he had best run back the railroad trains to this side of Cedar Run. If he is not with you, write him to that effect. By command of Major-General Pope. George D. Ruggles, Colonel and Chief of Staff. Maj.-Gen. F.-J. Porter, Warrenton Junction. P. S.—If Banks is not at Warrenton Junction, leave a regiment of infantry and two pieces of artillery as a guard till he comes up, with instructions to follow you immediately. If Banks is not at the Junction, instruct Colonel Cleary to run the trains back to this side of Cedar Run, and post a regiment and section of artillery with i
J. B. McPherson (search for this): entry logan-john-alexander
to Bruinsburg, a distance of 8 miles, in the night-time— crossing the river in a boat at daylight— marched to the field of battle, and was on the field, a distance of 12 miles, by twelve o'clock that day. General Grant will remember that General McPherson's corps, after marching the greater part of the day to the sound of General Sherman's guns at the battle of Jackson, moved that night at one o'clock under orders from General Grant, marching 22 miles over a muddy road, and by twelve o'clockrfare? Is he to be excused for everything he failed to do, while others did the things he failed in? I wish to call General Grant's attention to one little thing which occurred during the war, under his command. He remembers the march that McPherson's troops made in the night from Jackson to Baker's Creek. Does he not remember that while Pemberton, with nearly his whole army, was attacking Hovey's division, my division was moved in on the right of Hovey, and Crocker supporting Hovey, thes
Maria Stuart (search for this): entry logan-john-alexander
he positions of the troops are given in the order. No enemy in our original front. A letter of General Lee, seized when Stuart's assistant adjutant-general was taken, directs Stuart to leave a squadron only to watch in front of Hanover Junction, etStuart to leave a squadron only to watch in front of Hanover Junction, etc. Everything has moved up north. I find a vast difference between these troops and ours. But I suppose they were new, as they to-day burned their clothes, etc., when there was not the least cause. I hear that they are much disorganized, and needetainly not, if Longstreet reported the truth. But the truth is, instead of Porter's engaging Longstreet's attention, General Stuart's report shows clearly that a few cavalrymen engaged Porter's attention. In Porter's report of that day's operatiothat the dust on the road in his front was so heavy that it was evident to his mind a large force was moving against him. Stuart (a Confederate general) says in his report (and it seems that General Grant takes the statements of Confederates for thei
Hasdrubal (search for this): entry logan-john-alexander
less remembers, from his readings, that the Athenian general, Demosthenes, led the Athenians against the Syracusans in the night-time, and was successful after having been defeated in the daytime. He will find, too, that Alexander the Great, prior to the battle of Arbela, made his long march at night, starting at dark and arriving on the high ground overlooking the camp of Darius at daylight. He will also find in the battle of Metaurus, where Nero, Lirius, and Porcius succeeded in taking Hasdrubal, the Carthagenian, marches made by these Romans were successfully made after night. Also his reading will tell him that, at the battle of Saratoga, Colonel Brooks after night turned Burgoyne's right, and Burgoyne had to escape by withdrawing his whole force. He will also find that the assault on and the capture of Stony Point, on July 15, 1779, was made at twelve o'clock at night by Anthony Wayne. He will find also that George Washington crossed the Delaware in small boats on the nigh
Douglas Pope (search for this): entry logan-john-alexander
fication of Porter in the disobedience of what is known as the 4.30 P. M. order of the 29th, delivered to Porter by Capt. Douglas Pope; but, in order to get a better understanding of this part of the case, it will be necessary to take up the orders iowing the railroad cut. Longstreet was marching down through Thoroughfare Gap to Gainesville, to the support of Jackson. Pope was moving his force to the front and left of Jackson; his right near Sudley Springs; his left running up the Warrenton, Gnesville, and Centreville pike, extending his left beyond the right flank of Jackson, on and up the pike beyond Groveton. Pope issued an order at three o'clock A. M. for Porter to move at daylight to Centreville. This order being a verbal order, Poe hour after sunrise, writing another letter to General Burnside criticising the movements of the general commanding. General Pope, in the mean time, finding that Longstreet was moving to the support of Jackson, and that Porter was still not moving,
Reynold Webb Wilcox (search for this): entry logan-john-alexander
report of that battle to General Lee states that: About four o'clock in the afternoon the enemy began to press forward against General Jackson's position. Wilcox's brigades were moved back to their former position, and Hood's two brigades, supported by Evans, were quickly thrust forward to the attack. At the same time WilWilcox's three brigades made a like advance, as also Hunton's brigade of Kemper's command. Now we will see how many troops there were. Wilcox had three brigades and Hood two brigades, Evans one, and Hunton one. Seven brigades of Longstreet's command (besides his artillery), that were formed in battery and playing furiously upon PWilcox had three brigades and Hood two brigades, Evans one, and Hunton one. Seven brigades of Longstreet's command (besides his artillery), that were formed in battery and playing furiously upon Pope's left in the direction of Groveton, and at four o'clock were attacking Pope's left at that very time, and they were not withdrawn, but continued the onslaught. At five o'clock (one hour later), General Porter received the 4.30 order to attack the enemy's right and rear at once. At this very moment when he was ordered to att
Alvin P. Hovey (search for this): entry logan-john-alexander
arch that McPherson's troops made in the night from Jackson to Baker's Creek. Does he not remember that while Pemberton, with nearly his whole army, was attacking Hovey's division, my division was moved in on the right of Hovey, and Crocker supporting Hovey, these three divisions receiving nearly the whole force of Pemberton's 30,Hovey, and Crocker supporting Hovey, these three divisions receiving nearly the whole force of Pemberton's 30,000 men? Does he not remember of one small brigade sent by me (with his assent) down through a strip of wood, a distance of a mile or a mile and a half away from the balance of the force, getting in on the left flank of Pemberton's army? Does he not remember that that one little brigade of not more than 2,000 men attacked the lefHovey, these three divisions receiving nearly the whole force of Pemberton's 30,000 men? Does he not remember of one small brigade sent by me (with his assent) down through a strip of wood, a distance of a mile or a mile and a half away from the balance of the force, getting in on the left flank of Pemberton's army? Does he not remember that that one little brigade of not more than 2,000 men attacked the left flank of Pemberton's army, and that the latter became so panic-stricken that the whole army fled, and we captured all the artillery and drove them that night across Black River? If a brigade of 2,000 men could do all this by striking the flank of the enemy, what does General Grant think Porter with his corps could have done by s
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