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1861 AD (search for this): chapter 1.32
The campaign and battle of Lynchburg. An address delivered before the Garland-Rodes Camp of Confederate veterans at Lynchburg, Va., July 18, 1901. By Captain Charles M. Blackford, of the Lynchburg Bar. With Appendix of Rosters of the Lynchburg companies in the service of the Southern Confederacy, 1861-65. The strategic importance of the city of Lynchburg was very little understood by those directing the military movements of the Federal armies during the Civil war, or, if understood, there was much lack of nerve in the endeavor to seize it. It was the depot for the Army of Northern Virginia for all commissary and quartermaster stores gathered from the productive territory lying between it and Knoxville, Tennessee, and from all the country tributary to, and drained by, the Virginia & Tennessee Railroad. Here, also, were stored many of the scant medical supplies of the Confederacy, and here many hospitals gave accommodation to the sick and wounded from the martial lines
June 19th, 1864 AD (search for this): chapter 1.32
the Rebellion by the United States Government, but the cotemporaneous literature on the part of Confederate officers is very scant; they fought better and longer than they wrote. As a specimen of the Confederate reports, that of General Early may fitly be taken. It contrasts strikingly with the ten-page document of General Hunter upon the same subject, found in the seventieth volume of the War of the Rebellion, page 94. General Early's report is as follows: General: New London, June 19, 1864, 9:30 A. M. Last evening the enemy assaulted my line in front of Lynchburg and was repulsed by the part of my command which was up. On the arrival of the rest of the command I made arrangements to attack this morning at light, but it was discovered that the men were retreating, and I am now pursuing. The enemy is retreating in confusion, and, if the cavalry does its duty, we will destroy him. J. A. Early, Lieutenant-General. General R. E. Lee. This report is brief and to the p
1864 AD (search for this): chapter 1.32
nemy. Under these circumstances, it can well be understood that the Confederate authorities were ever on the alert to guard so important a post. They relied, however, on the facility with which its garrison could be reinforced, when threatened, and not on an army of occupation, for it could not afford to keep so many troops idle. Though equally important to the success of the Northern armies, in their operations in Virginia, no serious effort was directed against it until the spring of 1864. On the 6th of June, 1864, General Grant wrote from the lines around Richmond to General David Hunter, then commanding the Department of West Virginia, informing him that General Sheridan would leave the next day for Charlottesville for the purpose of destroying the Central (now the Chesapeake & Ohio) Railway. Having given this information, he directed General Hunter to operate with the same general end in view, adding that the complete destruction of this road and of the canal on the Jam
1865 AD (search for this): chapter 1.32
The campaign and battle of Lynchburg. An address delivered before the Garland-Rodes Camp of Confederate veterans at Lynchburg, Va., July 18, 1901. By Captain Charles M. Blackford, of the Lynchburg Bar. With Appendix of Rosters of the Lynchburg companies in the service of the Southern Confederacy, 1861-65. The strategic importance of the city of Lynchburg was very little understood by those directing the military movements of the Federal armies during the Civil war, or, if understood, there was much lack of nerve in the endeavor to seize it. It was the depot for the Army of Northern Virginia for all commissary and quartermaster stores gathered from the productive territory lying between it and Knoxville, Tennessee, and from all the country tributary to, and drained by, the Virginia & Tennessee Railroad. Here, also, were stored many of the scant medical supplies of the Confederacy, and here many hospitals gave accommodation to the sick and wounded from the martial lines
June 24th, 1864 AD (search for this): chapter 1.32
as badly mounted and badly equipped; everything about it was worn and weary but their dauntless spirit; that, under the example of their indomitable leaders, never flagged for an instant. The truth is, heroism was so common a quality amongst the old Confeds during that war that heroes were almost at a discount and heroic acts passed unnoticed, however great. The services of this command were recognized at the time by a vote of thanks adopted by the City Council of Lynchburg on the 24th of June, 1864, for their gallantry in opposing for ten days the march of a greatly superior force, thereby retarding the advance of the enemy on our city until a proper force could be organized for its defence. The citizens of the town at the same time presented General John McCausland with a sword and a pair of silver spurs in token of their gratitude. It is not fair to close this special notice of the service rendered the city by McCausland's command without referring especially to the gallant
June 21st, 1864 AD (search for this): chapter 1.32
onstant fire on the enemy all day, though himself under a heavy fire. The writer of this sketch was, he regrets to say, in another part of the Army of Northern Virginia at this time, and therefore can give nothing from his own experience. He was, however, in constant correspondence with his wife, who wrote him very full accounts of all that happened. Unfortunately all her letters on this subject, but one, have been lost; one extract from that may be worth inserting. It is dated Tuesday, June 21, 1864: I received three letters from you, for all of which you must accept my thanks. It was amusing to me in reading those of the 17th and 19th to see how little idea you had of the stirring times through which we were passing at Lvnchburg. On Monday, the 13th, we begun to fear that Hunter would make Lynchburg his point of attack, but it was not a definite fear until we heard of his being in Lexington, and that he was turning this way. On Thursday, the 16th, we heard of his bein
June 21st (search for this): chapter 1.32
cept when it came in the form of such reports as that sent by Captain T. K. McCann to General Meigs, the Quartermaster-General, in which he says that General Hunter fought four hours on the 17th; on the 18th the General ascertained that Rebel force at Lynchburg was fifty thousand men, and from a prisoner taken it was reported that Lee was evacuating Richmond and falling back on Lynchburg, and consequently General Hunter was obliged to fall back. （Id., 679.) General Grant, however, on the 21st of June, wrote General Meade to know where Hunter was, and said: Tell him to save his army in the way he thinks best. （Id., 657.) On the 17th of July Halleck wrote to Hunter, giving him some directions in regard to his future movements, saying that General Grant directs, if compelled to fall back, you will retreat in front of the enemy towards the Potomac, so as to cover Washington and not be squeezed out to one side, so as to make it necessary to fall back into West Virginia to save your arm
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