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Rich Mountain (West Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 5
and the Cheat River—and bears successively the names of Rich Mountain at the south and Laurel Hill at the north: the general ses where roads starting from these two villages cross Rich Mountain and Laurel Hill to descend into the plain. These pasther was to cut off his retreat by taking possession of Rich Mountain, where he had committed the error of not concentrating ere the road running from Beverly through the defile of Rich Mountain crosses that branch of the Monongahela which lower downMcClellan, whose troops were ranged along the slopes of Rich Mountain, found himself before the works occupied by Pegram. Nonly accessible to foot-soldiers, wound up the sides of Rich Mountain, south of the defile where the road from Beverly to Buc arms. While his lieutenant was being dislodged from Rich Mountain, Garnett allowed himself to be amused by Morris at Laurd in a narrow pass between the two impassable ridges of Rich Mountain and Cheat Mountain; he found its southern extremity, th
China (China) (search for this): chapter 5
ies and churches contributed their bells; private houses were stripped of every article of copper they possessed, from a boilingpot to a brass candlestick. Cannon from England were also imported to a considerable extent. A few Armstrong guns which had run the blockade were used in arming the batteries along the coast; and Mr. Whitworth manufactured a large number of his beautiful hexagonal guns of cast steel for the Confederates, pretending that he was executing an order for the emperor of China, so as not to excite the suspicions of the Federal cruisers. The greatest part of the artillery which the Confederates received from Europe, however, issued from the workshops of Captain Blakeley, of whom we shall speak presently. Some time after, at the conclusion of the war, there were still to be seen in those establishments immense piles of projectiles, of which, during the prosperous period of blockade-running, every vessel sailing for Southern ports carried a number as ballast. Th
Appomattox (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 5
, which extend from south-west to north-east, crossing the whole of Virginia and Maryland, are divided by two deep gaps, through which the waters from the mountains force a passage, forming two rivers, both of which empty into the large bay of the Chesapeake; northward, the Potomac waters the gorges of Harper's Ferry, in which we shall see more than one combat take place, and thence runs down to Washington; the James River, winding round the high mountains called Beaver Peaks, crosses Appomattox county, where Lee will capitulate, and after passing Richmond, falls into the Chesapeake, near Fortress Monroe. The Valley of Virginia, already frequently mentioned, an open and wellcultivated country, between two parallel chains of the Alleghanies, extends from the vicinity of the James to the banks of the Potomac. The eastern barrier of this valley, known by the name of the Blue Ridge, is intersected by deep defiles called gaps, situated at about equal distances from each other, and all t
Pyrenees (search for this): chapter 5
great natural divisions are to be met between the foot of the Rocky Mountains and the Atlantic borders. There is but one solitary range of mountains to be seen—that of the Alleghanies, of great length, but deficient in altitude, extending from north-east to south-west, and consequently not presenting diversities of climate; intersected by numerous rivers of considerable size, divided throughout its whole extent by large and fertile valleys, but without the snowy crown of the Alps and the Pyrenees, and devoid, therefore, of all that can render a chain of mountains a real barrier and a political boundary. The American rivers, slow and deep, easily navigable, instead of being an obstacle, are so many open highways for war as well as for commerce. The general aspect of America, therefore, is grand and imposing, but singularly monotonous and uniform, and very different from that of Europe, where Nature and man have vied with each other in producing striking varieties of form. It is ea
Miles (search for this): chapter 5
oned were scarcely formed, notwithstanding the efforts of Generals Tyler and Runyon and Colonels Hunter, Heintzelman, and Miles, who had been placed in command of them; the administrative departments were being slowly organized, the chiefs having haeesburg road, and encamp at Vienna, in order to fall back, by a cross-movement, on Fairfax Court-house the following day; Miles's division was to follow the turnpike as far as Annandale, then to turn to the left into an old road called Braddock Road could not cross with his artillery, did not dare to venture to pass the river. Richardson's division and a portion of Miles's occupied the Confederate troops posted in the vicinity of Blackburn's Ford, while the Federal artillery, ably handled b When night came at last to the assistance of the vanquished, this brigade fell back upon Centreville, where the whole of Miles's division, and the brigades of Schenck and Richardson, which had not been in the fights on the right bank of Bull Run, h
Blenker (search for this): chapter 5
Run had increased. Instead of occupying the crossings of that river, which he had been ordered to watch, he had hastened to summon all the troops under his command to Centreville, where he had himself remained. McDowell, who displayed great energy and self-possession in that terrible emergency, hastened to remedy the error. While the regulars and the cavalry were covering the flight of the army, and were the last to cross the little river which was to give its name to that fatal battle, Blenker's German brigade, which had not been in action, took a position on Cub Run, to the right and left of the road followed by the fugitives, whom it could not hope to arrest. Its excellent behavior succeeded, toward twilight, in checking the parties of Confederate cavalry who were pursuing the retreating Federals, and picking up prisoners and trophies of every kind, which were abandoned to them without any attempt at resistance. When night came at last to the assistance of the vanquished, thi
Heintzelman (search for this): chapter 5
erals Tyler and Runyon and Colonels Hunter, Heintzelman, and Miles, who had been placed in command ing designated as his first halting-place. Heintzelman, with the strongest division, was directed ville, and lead the bulk of his forces with Heintzelman along the course of Bull Run, below Union M were in the neighborhood of Fairfax, while Heintzelman, with the fourth, occupied Sangster's Statig, resting, and still waiting for supplies, Heintzelman was reconnoitring the course of Bull Run ant of the main column formed by Hunter's and Heintzelman's forces, and intended for the principal atdivision reached the ford it was to cross. Heintzelman had been ordered to cross the river a littlnst the Henry house. The three brigades of Heintzelman's division formed on the extreme right, andadrons of regulars led by Captain Colburn. Heintzelman, arriving in his turn, posted his batteries effort could be made. Howard's brigade of Heintzelman's division, which had scarcely been in acti[3 more...]
Longstreet (search for this): chapter 5
en brigades were in position: Ewell at Union Mills, Jones a little higher up, Longstreet at Blackburn's Ford, Bonham at Mitchell's Ford, Cocke between that point and Evans near this bridge, while Early remained in reserve in rear of Jones and Longstreet; some few troops with artillery were posted on the left bank of Bull Run in aeeded with Richardson's four regiments in the direction of Blackburn's Ford. Longstreet held the skirts of a wood extending along the right bank of Bull Run; his shaother three regiments, but, at the same time, Early came to the assistance of Longstreet, thus giving the Confederates a great numerical superiority, and the combat wf Jackson, Bartow, and Elzey, brought over by Johnston, were to join those of Longstreet, Bonham, and Cocke, to form the third, fourth, and fifth divisions; Evans's be line of Bull Run-Ewell's and the remainder of Bonham's brigade-leaving only Longstreet's and Jones's to defend the river against Miles and half of Tyler's division,
E. B. Hunt (search for this): chapter 5
ccupied the Confederate troops posted in the vicinity of Blackburn's Ford, while the Federal artillery, ably handled by Major Hunt, kept up a vigorous cannonade. It was half-past 10 in the morning. The staff of the Confederate army, however, was soe precaution in an army composed entirely of young soldiers. In the army of the Potomac it was organized by the brave Colonel Hunt, under the supervision of General Barry, and comprised three divisions, one of heavy artillery, another of light batteisionary and ridiculous, and there were a few to whom their inventions brought disaster, as, for example, Mr. James and Major Hunt, the former of whom was killed by the explosion of his gun and the latter asphyxiated by his submarine battery. MajoMajor E. B. Hunt, of the Engineers.—Ed. None of these inventions were subjected to the polygon proof. There was no time for that kind of experiments which alone enabled the expert fully to ascertain the real value of an arm before it is exposed to a
Meade (search for this): chapter 5
er, a bold politician, without scruples, 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 arm
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