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Stonewall Jackson (search for this): chapter 5
ade of the enemy's infantry commanded by General Jackson, who was subsequently to acquire such grelt ford called McLean's Ford; the brigades of Jackson, Bartow, and Elzey, brought over by Johnston,y, to join the defenders of that point, while Jackson proceeded to take position upon Bull Run, bet conflict. Fortunately for the Confederates, Jackson, the man of prompt and energetic inspirationshat day dates the surname of Stonewall, which Jackson was to render immortal. The well-sustainedoffensive, and the Confederate line, to which Jackson had imparted the stamina of his excellent bri but the latter soon returned to the charge. Jackson had found in Sherman, then a simple chief of t of the positions where, three hours before, Jackson had so opportunely established himself. His of the colonels were disabled; Beauregard and Jackson had been both slightly wounded while putting th just pride, besides such names as those of Jackson and Mott, the reports of their principal surg[1 more...]
Breckenridge (search for this): chapter 5
ting spectators, who like the friends of Job were ready to take advantage of her misfortunes in order to teach her a lesson. Russia, on the contrary, being more shrewd, hastened to tender her those assurances of deep interest to which, in the hour of great trial, nations are as sensitive as individuals, and showed thereby a political foresight in striking reproof of the other European powers. The partisans of the insurgents, who under the name of Peace Democrats followed the lead of Mr. Breckenridge in the Senate, and of Mr. Vallandigham in the other house, formed only a small minority in Congress. Their efforts, therefore, to thwart the measures of the government in support of the war were to prove fruitless. The Senators from the rebel States, who, instead of repairing to Washington, had entered the service of the insurrection, were deprived of their seats; the extraordinary measures adopted by Mr. Lincoln were sanctioned; the increase of the regular army and navy and the neces
Floyd (search for this): chapter 5
ns, equipments, and arms to the same extent as its adversary. But at the outset of the war they possessed a very great advantage. As we have stated elsewhere, Mr. Floyd, Secretary of War under President Buchanan, had taken care to send to the South one hundred and fifteen thousand muskets, which, being added to the one hundred atteville, Augusta, Mount Vernon, and Baton Rouge, secured a complete armament for the first Confederate armies of sufficiently good quality. The conduct of Secretary Floyd is referred to at the close of General J. E. Johnston's Narrative, with a view to exonerate him from these charges. See pp. 426 and 427 of that work.—Ed. The of the two parties to secure the best materials the Confederates had generally the advantage. The materiel of the artillery was obtained in the same manner. Mr. Floyd had not forgotten the armament of the Federal forts situated in the South, while leaving garrisons in them too weak for their defence. Different cities furnishe
L. Thomas (search for this): chapter 5
les, who had rendered a great service to his country by taking upon himself the responsibility of occupying Baltimore, but who was afterwards to injure his cause by resorting to unnecessary severities in New Orleans, found himself, by a singular coincidence, chief in command at Big Bethel and at the first attack on Fort Fisher, and was thus both the first and the last general beaten by the Confederates. But, on the other hand, the names of Grant, Sherman, Meade, Kearney, Hooker, Slocum, and Thomas, which were among the first promotions, show that Mr. Lincoln knew from the outset how to select men worthy of his entire confidence. The personal aides-de-camp of the generals in command, from the rank of lieutenant to that of colonel, did not appertain to any contingent; they received their rank directly from the President, without any reference to the sanction of the Senate; but these grades, whether conferred on persons belonging to the regular army or to the volunteer staff, accordin
Morse (search for this): chapter 5
a methodical system in the management of railways which doubled their usefulness. Among all the applications of modern science in the interest of war, the most valuable was the military telegraph, which was opportunely introduced to supply the insufficiency of general staffs, and was the most active aide-de-camp to the American generals. As soon as a marching army had gone into bivouac the telegraphic wires established a connection between all the general headquarters; the tent where Morse's battery was hastily set up became the rendezvous of all who under any pretext whatever could obtain access to procure the latest news. It is stated that some newspaper correspondents found means to possess themselves of important secrets by learning to distinguish the words through the clickings, more or less repeated, of the instrument while it was printing its lines and points upon a strip of paper. A corps of employes was organized for this service, selected with care and sworn to sec
Early (search for this): chapter 5
that point and the stone bridge, and Evans near this bridge, while Early remained in reserve in rear of Jones and Longstreet; some few troopme into line with his other three regiments, but, at the same time, Early came to the assistance of Longstreet, thus giving the Confederates eme right at Union Mills; the second, comprising those of Jones and Early, a little above, at the difficult ford called McLean's Ford; the brlock the Confederate general had ordered the brigades of Holmes and Early and half of Bonham's to reinforce Evans's, while the other troops pis disposal; Ewell and Bonham had not yet had time to arrive, while Early, whom he had summoned to the field of battle at eleven o'clock in t and disconcerted, were thrown into confusion. At the same time, Early, who had only received Beauregard's orders at noon, approached the ieved against the Federal right. In pursuance of his instructions, Early made a detour to the left, and, deploying beyond the line of Kirby
Richardson (search for this): chapter 5
lle on the morning of the 18th, he proceeded with Richardson's brigade, a part of Sherman's, and a battery of and leaving Sherman in reserve, he proceeded with Richardson's four regiments in the direction of Blackburn's a league, firing in the air or upon each other. Richardson soon came into line with his other three regimentetached from Tyler's division and ordered to join Richardson, who was already posted opposite Blackburn's Fordry, did not dare to venture to pass the river. Richardson's division and a portion of Miles's occupied the who had not yet commenced his movement, Davis and Richardson, who had resisted many attempts on the part of thMiles's division, and the brigades of Schenck and Richardson, which had not been in the fights on the right baart of the supply-trains that had gathered there; Richardson was the last to leave. During the whole of the 2with abolition papers; and the picture drawn by Mr. Richardson, a correspondent of the Tribune, of his sufferi
Cocke (search for this): chapter 5
a little higher up, Longstreet at Blackburn's Ford, Bonham at Mitchell's Ford, Cocke between that point and the stone bridge, and Evans near this bridge, while Earl Elzey, brought over by Johnston, were to join those of Longstreet, Bonham, and Cocke, to form the third, fourth, and fifth divisions; Evans's brigade remained aloneeck the Federals and throw their columns into disorder. He therefore sent only Cocke's brigade to the assistance of Evans, recommending the latter to confine himsel of that point, while Jackson proceeded to take position upon Bull Run, between Cocke and Bonham. But, warned by the distant rattling of musketry and subsequently bard posted them to the east beyond the Sudeley and Manassas road. A portion of Cocke's and Bonham's brigades and the whole of Holmes's thus arrived successively, ansintegration (debandade) from becoming general. The Confederate regiments of Cocke and Bonham, which had remained until then upon the line of Bull Run, came up to
Kirby Smith (search for this): chapter 5
of the Sudeley road, on which the Federals confidently rested their extreme right. Without waiting for their comrades, 1700 men of Elzey's brigade, headed by Kirby Smith, one of the best officers in the Confederate army, fell suddenly upon this flank at the moment when Beauregard was watching their movements from a distance with so much uneasiness. Smith was wounded, but his fall did not check his soldiers, who were supported by a battery of artillery, and the Federals, surprised and disconcerted, were thrown into confusion. At the same time, Early, who had only received Beauregard's orders at noon, approached the field of battle; Johnston took advantsuccess he had already achieved against the Federal right. In pursuance of his instructions, Early made a detour to the left, and, deploying beyond the line of Kirby Smith, took the enemy, already seriously shaken, in the rear. Under the fire of his three regiments the whole right wing of the Federals fell back in the greatest di
Mott (search for this): chapter 5
l branch of the service; for, if officers were scarce, physicians before the war were numerous, America being the country which, in proportion to her population, possesses the greatest number of them. The spirit of personal independence and the absence of all control on the part of the state, so far from being detrimental to the cause of medical science in the New World, has given it an extraordinary impulse; and the Americans quote with just pride, besides such names as those of Jackson and Mott, the reports of their principal surgeons relative to the innumerable experiments which the war enabled them to make. The progress of medical science resulting from these reports may perhaps afford some compensation to humanity for all the blood shed during that cruel war. It may be said that there was no branch of the service in the whole army, unless it be that of the chaplains, which understood and performed its duties so well as the regimental surgeons—all physicians by profession. The
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