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J. E. B. Stuart (search for this): chapter 24
and 8,300 cavalrymen, under the leadership of Jeb Stuart. The cavalry corps was in two divisions, of three all from Virginia. At the opening of the campaign, Stuart's cavalry held the line of the lower Rapidan and of lower Rappahannock, guarding Lee's right flank. Stuart informed Lee of the arrival of Grant's army, on the his artillery moving with his infantry, to support Stuart, who, in joyful combat, was already fighting back et House, protected his flank from the incursions of Stuart's cavalry. Warren's corps had led the advance acrowatched the right of the movement, guarding it from Stuart. Grant's army was now well closed up, facing to thy of War Dana, had established their headquarters. Stuart's cavalry were already skirmishing with those of Grh covered the deployment of Ewell and Hill. Lee, Stuart and Hill, riding to near the pickets in advance of esperate but unsuccessful assaults on Hill's line. Stuart, on the extreme right, drove back the charges of Sh
Ely (search for this): chapter 24
rvation by Longstreet, just returned from his Tennessee campaign; Field, commanding Hood's old division, and Kershaw, that of McLaws; Ewell, and his division commanders, Early, Edward Johnson and Rodes; A. P. Hill, with his division commanders, R. H. Anderson, Heth and Wilcox. It is said that after his information-seeking overlook of the Federal camps, Lee turned to these officers, and pointing toward Chancellorsville, said, that in his opinion, the Federal army would cross at Germanna or at Ely's; and that he then bade them prepare to take up the line of march whenever orders were given from the signal station. When Grant ordered his forward movement, on the 4th of May, there were 147,000 men under his command, in and near Culpeper, disposed in three grand army corps; the Second led by Hancock, the Fifth by Warren, and the Sixth by Sedgwick. Burnside held the Ninth, as a sort of rear guard, north of the Rappahannock. It took 20,000 men to care for Grant's vast army train, leavi
George Washington (search for this): chapter 24
h day of May. At the close of this day, Lee held, all along his lines, a position advanced from that held in the morning, and the great army of the Potomac found itself in the toils of a defensive struggle, in aid of which it was throwing up new lines of breastworks, along the positions to which it had been forced back on its right and along its center, and was grimly holding on to the triple line of defenses that guarded its left. On the morning of the 7th, at 10, Grant telegraphed to Washington, from the Wilderness tavern: We were engaged with the enemy nearly all day, both on the 5th and the 6th. Yesterday the enemy attacked our lines vigorously, first at one point and then another, from right to left. They were repulsed at all points before reaching our lines, except once during the afternoon on Hancock's front, and just after night on Sedgwick's front. In the former instance they were promptly and handsomely repulsed; the latter, Milroy's old brigade was attacked and ga
Benning (search for this): chapter 24
m a salute of gratification, rushed forward to meat the solid ranks of Hancock's oncoming host, and the most of them to meet death. Part of Poague's guns moved forward in the charge, and the men with them shouted back to their comrades, Good-bye, boys! The Texas brigade, now led by Gregg, struck the masked front of Hancock's corps, in the plank road, and was soon fairly enveloped in a circle of fire; but it flinched not, and soon staggered the Federal column, and then, when Anderson and Benning brought up their Georgians and Law his Alabamians, in support, Hancock's line was forced to yield, not to numbers, but to courage, and was driven back toward his line of defenses, but not until the half of Gregg's men, in ten minutes of fighting, had fallen beside their successful comrades. Lee now deployed Field to the left and Kershaw to the right, and the combat surged back and forth through the tangled and marshy forest. The crisis of the engagement was at hand. Hill's rested men wer
Clark (search for this): chapter 24
ee between the Rapidan and Richmond, if he will stand. Sufficiently informed of what was going on in Meade's army, and expecting an early advance, now that the spring was fully opened, Lee rode, on the 2d of May, 1864, to the signal station on Clark's mountain, near Ewell's camps, to overlook for himself—from that grand point of observation, which took within its sweep more than a score of Virginia counties, and from which was plainly visible every Federal camp in the nearby county of Culpephe crossing of those fords by his advance on the next day. Knowing this, Lee, on the morning of the 4th, issued his usual precautionary orders against the destruction of private property of all kinds, and, at 9 a. m., when the signal officer from Clark's mountain waved that Grant's columns were in motion toward the Confederate right, he gave orders for his army to advance, as prearranged, to meet the Federal movement. Two parallel roads led from his camps toward the Wilderness. Ewell moved, a
William Mahone (search for this): chapter 24
the tangled and marshy forest. The crisis of the engagement was at hand. Hill's rested men were again sent to the front. At 10 of the morning, Longstreet sent Mahone, with his four brigades, to turn Hancock's left, which they did, under shelter of the cuts and fills of the partially graded Orange railroad, and then, moving foross the plank road, Longstreet, in person, led it against Hancock's retreating men, but failing to note, in the heat of pursuit, that his flanking brigades, under Mahone, had halted in line and were facing the roadway down which he was rushing. Mahone's men, mistaking Longstreet and his following for a Federal officer and his staMahone's men, mistaking Longstreet and his following for a Federal officer and his staff and escort, turned on them a full volleyed flank fire, which killed Jenkins and severely wounded Longstreet, thus checking an onset which promised to turn the Federal retreat into a disastrous rout.1 As Longstreet was carried to the rear, Lee rode rapidly to the front to reform his now disordered attack, and at 4 he again pr
W. H. F. Lee (search for this): chapter 24
willing to take the direct road assigned him by Lee, and waited for permission to take one of his oss run. Lee's second column, under Hill, which Lee accompanied, had its headquarters at Verdiersviregg, on the Brock road, in front of and far to Lee's right, toward Todd's tavern, while Ewell's skch covered the deployment of Ewell and Hill. Lee, Stuart and Hill, riding to near the pickets in and a general battle appeared to have begun on Lee's right Near the same time, about 11 of the morrds' shop, miles away from Hill's right. Under Lee's orders of urgency, Longstreet marched again ato drive Hill's two divisions from safeguarding Lee's right. To relieve the pressure of the unequavision on the left and Kershaw's on the right. Lee caught sight of these long-expected reinforceme rein of Traveler, and turned him to the rear. Lee reluctantly obeyed this order of his men, who, for renewing the attack on Grant's flanks. As Lee moved to assault the Federal left on the plank [39 more...]
Richard S. Ewell (search for this): chapter 24
o the signal station on Clark's mountain, near Ewell's camps, to overlook for himself—from that grarsville, some four miles to the southwest from Ewell's, while Longstreet, that night, reached Brockuring the night of the 4th, Lee sent orders to Ewell to march upon the enemy at daylight of the 5thar to Lee's right, toward Todd's tavern, while Ewell's skirmishers were in lively engagement with tern watershed, which covered the deployment of Ewell and Hill. Lee, Stuart and Hill, riding to naterial active veterans could lay hands on. Ewell now held the Fifth and Sixth Federal corps in scarcely three miles away, at 11 a.m., just as Ewell and Heth were in hot engagement with Getty, whancing his entire battle line against Grant's. Ewell opened this battle, at 5 in the morning, by atick assaulted the right and Hancock the left. Ewell's men strengthened their line, during the nigh Court House; while Sedgwick, withdrawing from Ewell's front after dark, was to march eastward to C[20 more...]
Kershaw (search for this): chapter 24
ngstreet, just returned from his Tennessee campaign; Field, commanding Hood's old division, and Kershaw, that of McLaws; Ewell, and his division commanders, Early, Edward Johnson and Rodes; A. P. Hild, in the same direction. At 11, Longstreet was ordering his advance, under Field, followed by Kershaw, from Gordonsville, across the country, to the same objective point; but he did not get his marnd well closed up, came down the plank road at a double-quick, Field's division on the left and Kershaw's on the right. Lee caught sight of these long-expected reinforcements and rode to meet them. fighting, had fallen beside their successful comrades. Lee now deployed Field to the left and Kershaw to the right, and the combat surged back and forth through the tangled and marshy forest. The ing with that of battle, clouded the day and concealed the combatants from each other. Forming Kershaw's division in line of battle, across the plank road, Longstreet, in person, led it against Hanc
Warren (search for this): chapter 24
es the road to Spottsylvania Court House, that Warren was following to the southeast. The Sixth corishers were in lively engagement with those of Warren, advanced to protect his flank on the GermannaJones' brigade in skirmish front, pressed back Warren's skirmishers, and came in full view of his cois skirmish line, which Griffin's division, of Warren's corps, took for a retreat, and so pressed upHeth had met and driven back Crawford, leading Warren to the southward. Heth pushed his advantage io, with the wide interval already made between Warren and Hancock, have struck the latter in flank, this battle, at 5 in the morning, by attacking Warren and Sedgwick. The engagement quickly extendedh troops to make attack on Lee's center, while Warren and Sedgwick assaulted the right and Hancock trs for a night march by the Fifth corps, under Warren, along the Brock road, in the rear of Hancock'for the first day's march will stand thus: General Warren's corps at Spottsylvania Court House; Hanc[5 more...]
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