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January 8th, 1847 AD (search for this): chapter 8
Americans were still obliged to repel the attacks of their adversaries for two days. Fortunately for them, the naval division of Commodore Stockton was waiting for them at San Diego, and a detachment of marines and soldiers, sent by the latter, brought them a relief of which they stood greatly in need. After resting for a fortnight at San Diego, Kearney's small band, reinforced by more than four hundred and fifty men, resumed its march under the supreme command of Stockton. On the 8th of January, 1847, the Americans dispersed the enemy's forces that had rallied against them at Rio San Gabriel, and beat them again the next day before Los Angelos. After a violent quarrel with Stockton, who disputed the command with him, Kearney continued his march, overtook a Mormon battalion on the 21st, which had arrived from the North, and finally occupied Upper California, in conjunction with Lieutenant-colonel Fremont. Page 142. The Virginia ordinance of secession was freely voted for b
May 31st (search for this): chapter 8
at influence over the Indian tribes. Page 526. Beauregard, on leaving Manassas for the borders of the Mississippi, had taken no troops with him. A work published in the South, whose worthlessness we have since discovered, led us into error upon this point. Page 620. General Shields was not an officer of the old regular army. Volume II. Pages 69, 70. On the strength of information obtained a few days after the battle of Fair Oaks, we stated that in the afternoon of the 31st of May General McClellan, while ordering Sumner to cross the Chickahominy, had tried to make the largest portion of his right wing effect the passage of this river in front of the latter's encampments—that is to say, in the vicinity of New Bridge, where two bridges were already nearly completed; that Generals Franklin and Porter having represented to him that these bridges would not be available for artillery before night, he decided to defer this passage till next day; that finally, on the mor
August 29th (search for this): chapter 8
to detect some errors in this account, which we hasten to rectify. The first relates to certain movements of Longstreet's corps during the afternoon of the 29th of August. We said that that general, taking advantage of the inactivity of Porter's corps, which was opposed to him, had sent Hood's division to Jackson's relief, whoement which, as will be seen, was interrupted by darkness. While waiting for a second edition to correct the few pages we have devoted to the events of the 29th of August, we give a summary of what took place on that day at the left wing of the Federals or the right wing of the Confederates; that is to say, of the facts bearing: Longstreet, arriving from Gainesville with General Lee, and following the Warrenton turnpike, reached an elevated position to the right of Jackson on the 29th of August, between ten and eleven o'clock in the morning. He brought with him, in the order we enumerate them, the following provisional divisions: Hood (two brigades)
31st (search for this): chapter 8
ng concurred in assuring us that the former had not ordered the latter to cross the river either on the evening of the 31st or on the morning of the 1st, we have no alternative but to accept such evidence as irrefutable: the conclusions we had arrived at naturally fall to the ground at the same time. These, then, to sum up, are the modifications which it is proper to make to our narrative: When, at the first news of the combat that was taking place along the left wing in the afternoon of the 31st, McClellan ordered Sumner to hold himself ready to cross the Chickahominy, the bridges in process of construction at New Bridge and above that place were not completed. Thinking that it would be impossible to make use of them on that day, he simply gave orders to the officers of the engineer corps in the evening to hasten their completion during the night. Smith's division, which was only within half a mile's distance, could cross over them at the first intimation of their availability. It
12 AD (search for this): chapter 8
just fought such a hard battle, a witness to the material losses and the demoralization of a portion of his forces, did not deem it advisable to order so hazardous a movement as the passage of the Chickahominy by his right wing. Franklin and Porter, who were in command, took no part in this decision. They could not act without orders, and the general-in-chief was alone responsible for the immobility of his right wing. We believe that the passage was not impossible: from eight o'clock till twelve the bridges were available. This was more time than was required to effect the passage of two divisions; a third (Slocum's) could even have crossed the river higher up, near Mechanicsville. A simple movement of Sumner toward his right would have sufficed to menace the rear of the Confederate troops if they had attempted to oppose this passage. The army of which G. W. Smith had just taken the command after the battle of the 31st was not in a condition during the new struggle that was takin
January 26th, 1863 AD (search for this): chapter 8
nly a few months before that brave soldier's death, the public was made acquainted with the confidential letter that the President addressed to him in transmitting his order of assignment as commander of the Army of the Potomac. The paternal tone of this letter, mingled with a vein of humor, and the practical good sense which it breathes throughout, portray so admirably the character of Mr. Lincoln that we deem it proper to insert its full text: executive mansion, Washington, D. C., January 26, 1863. Major-General Hooker: General: I have placed you at the head of the Army of the Potomac. Of course I have done this upon what appears to me to be sufficient reasons, and yet I think it best for you to know that there are some things in regard to which I am not quite satisfied with you. I believe you to be a brave and skilful soldier, which, of course, I like. I also believe you do not mix politics with your profession, in which you are right. You have confidence in yourself, whic
July 20th (search for this): chapter 8
paration. Page 187. The Federal arsenals of the North, although depleted, were not absolutely empty. Page 248. Johnston did not stop the trains, with his army on board, in the open country; he landed his troops at Manassas Junction, and thence led them to battle. Page 249. Elzey takes the place of Kirby Smith in the command of the latter's brigade. Page 254. The official documents we have before us, and particularly one despatch from Patterson to General Scott, dated July 20, informing the latter of the departure of Johnston's troops for Manassas Junction, do not justify us in persisting to blame General Patterson as we have done: by mistake we exaggerated his forces; besides, he had with him only troops whose terms of service were about to expire, and who would return to their homes. But even if he had had a more numerous and better organized army at his disposal, he could not long have prevented Johnston from escaping him, as the latter had in his rear a lin
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