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Colonel Theodore Lyman, With Grant and Meade from the Wilderness to Appomattox (ed. George R. Agassiz), IV. Cold Harbor (search)
. . . . Then to Headquarters and found General Grant just going to bed. He sat on the edge of his cot, in shirt and drawers, and listened to my report. I told him the General would put in a column of 5000 men of the 9th Corps, by moonlight. He smiled, like one who had done a clever thing, and said, I think it is pretty well to get across a great river, and come up here and attack Lee in his rear before he is ready for us! He prepared a despatch to General Meade, which I took back. June 17, 1864 At daylight Potter, of the 9th Corps, assaulted the enemy's works at a point near what was then our left. He took the works very handsomely, with four guns and 350 prisoners, and had his horse shot under him. Potter (a son of the Bishop of Pennsylvania) is a grave, pleasant-looking man, known for his coolness and courage. He is always very neatly dressed in the full uniform of a brigadier-general. His Headquarters are now at the house where he took two of the cannon. You ought to
Benjamnin F. Butler, Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler, Appendix. (search)
n and dead would have been spared from suffering and death. Very sincerely yours, John I. Davenport, Late Lieut. (Brevet-Captain) and A. D. C., Ass't. Provost-Marshal Army of the James. [no. 68. see page 691.] Clay's House, 3.30 P. M., June 17, 1864. Maj.-Gen. W. H. F. Lee: Push after the enemy and endeavor to ascertain what has become of Grant's army. Inform General Hill. R. E. Lee. [no. 69. see page 691.] Clay's House, 3.40 P. M., June 17, 1864. Gen. G. T. Beauregard, PetersburJune 17, 1864. Gen. G. T. Beauregard, Petersburg, Virginia: Have no information about Grant's crossing James River, but upon your report have ordered troops up to Chaffin's Bluff. R. E. Lee. [no. 70. see page 691.] June 11, 1864. General Beauregard, Commanding: General:--I am so much disturbed about our condition, but especially about our relations to Petersburg, that you must excuse me for a suggestion. It seems to me that there is but one way to save the country and bring the authorities to their senses, and that is to say: I c
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 10. (ed. Frank Moore), Doc. 62.-Hoisting the Black flag — official correspondence and reports. (search)
ge of the Surgeon left with them. I made such an arrangement with Major-General Hurlbut when he was in command of Memphis, and am willing to renew it, provided it is desired, as it would be better than to subject them to the long and fatiguing delay necessary to a regular exchange at City Point, Virginia. I am, very respectfully, Your obedient servant, N. B. Forrest, Major-General General Washburn to General Lee. headquarters District of West Tennessee, Memphis, Tenn., June 17, 1864. Major-General S. D. Lee, commanding Confederate Forces near Tupelo, Miss.: General: When I heard that the forces of Brigadier-General Sturgis had been driven back, and a portion of them probably captured, I felt considerable solicitude for the fate of the two colored regiments that formed a part of the command, until I was informed that the Confederate forces were commanded by you. When I learned that, I became satisfied that no atrocities would be committed upon those troops, but th
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 1: The Opening Battles. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller), Preface 1: Photographing the Civil War (search)
enant James A. Gardner (of Battery B, First Pennsylvania Light Artillery), who immediately named half a dozen of the figures, adding details of the most intimate interest. He stated: I am, even at this late day, able to pick out and recognize a very large number of the members of our battery, as shown in this photograph. Our battery (familiarly known as Cooper's Battery) belonged to the Fifth Corps, then commanded by Gen. G. K. Warren. Our corps arrived in front of Petersburg on June 17, 1864, was put into position on the evening of that day, and engaged the Confederate batteries on their line near the Avery house. The enemy at that time The photographer with the army Ruins of State Armory, Columbia, 1865 Here are two excellent views in which we see the conditions under which the army photographer worked in the field. The first picture is of Barnard, the Government photographer under Captain O. M. Poe, Chief Engineer of the Military Division of the Mississippi.
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 3: The Decisive Battles. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller), chapter 11 (search)
the gun. Lieutenant James A. Gardner was the man who saw all this, and in the picture on the preceding page he appears seated on the trail of the gun to the left in the act of sighting the gun. The other officers shown in this picture were no longer living when, in 1911, he described the actors in the drama that the glass plate had preserved forty-six years. Just as the camera caught them: the man who remembered. General Warren's Corps had arrived in front of Petersburg on the 17th of June, 1864, and Battery B of the First Pennsylvania Light Artillery was put into position near the Avery house. Before them the Confederates were entrenched, with Beauregard in command. On the 17th, under cover of darkness, the Confederates fell back to their third line, just visible beyond the woods to the left in the first picture. Early the next morning Battery B was advanced to the line of entrenchments shown above, and a sharp interchange of artillery fire took place in the afternoon. So
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 3: The Decisive Battles. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller), The investment of Petersburg (search)
the gun. Lieutenant James A. Gardner was the man who saw all this, and in the picture on the preceding page he appears seated on the trail of the gun to the left in the act of sighting the gun. The other officers shown in this picture were no longer living when, in 1911, he described the actors in the drama that the glass plate had preserved forty-six years. Just as the camera caught them: the man who remembered. General Warren's Corps had arrived in front of Petersburg on the 17th of June, 1864, and Battery B of the First Pennsylvania Light Artillery was put into position near the Avery house. Before them the Confederates were entrenched, with Beauregard in command. On the 17th, under cover of darkness, the Confederates fell back to their third line, just visible beyond the woods to the left in the first picture. Early the next morning Battery B was advanced to the line of entrenchments shown above, and a sharp interchange of artillery fire took place in the afternoon. So
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 3: The Decisive Battles. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller), Engagements of the Civil war: with losses on both sides: May, 1864--June, 1865 (search)
r; Second, Fifth, Sixth, and Ninth Corps, Army of the Potomac, Maj.-Gen. Geo. G. Meade; Confed., Gen. Beauregard's command, reenforced by two divisions of Lee's army on June 18th. Losses: Union, 1688 killed, 8513 wounded, 1185 missing; Confed. (estimate), 5000 killed, wounded, and missing. June 16, 1864: Otter Creek, near liberty, Va. Union, Hunter's command in advance of the Army of West Virginia; Confed., McCausland's Cav. Losses: Union, 3 killed, 15 wounded. June 17-18, 1864: Lynchburg, Va. Union, Sullivan's and Crook's divisions and Averell's and Duffie's Cav., Army of West Virginia; Confed., Gen. Jubal Early's command. Losses: Union, 100 killed, 500 wounded, 100 missing; Confed., 200 killed and wounded. June 19, 1864: destruction of the Confed. cruiser Alabama, off Cherbourg, France, by U. S. cruiser Kearsarge. Losses: Union, 3 wounded; Confed., 9 killed, 21 wounded, 10 drowned, and 70 captured. June 21, 1864: Salem,
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 5: Forts and Artillery. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller), The Ordnance of the Confederacy (search)
ong. The diameter of the bore was 2.75 inches, its length 104 inches, its weight 1,092 pounds, and it fired a 12-pound projectile with a usual load of 1.75 pounds of powder. Richmond 1865: Brigadier-General Gabriel J. Rains Gabriel J. Rains of North Carolina was a colonel in the infantry corps March 16, 1861, and was appointed brigadier-general September 23d of that year. He was in charge of the bureau of conscription till December, 1862, and was made chief of the torpedo service June 17, 1864. The third establishment projected to be permanent was a large central armory, equipped with a complete plant of machinery for the fabrication of small arms, and to which the Harper's Ferry machinery, which had been temporarily installed at Richmond and Fayetteville, was to be removed. This was put in charge of Lieutenant-Colonel J. H. Burton, who had gained experience at the factory in Enfield, England. It was determined to locate this armory at Macon, also. The buildings were b
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 10: The Armies and the Leaders. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller), Chapter 9: roster of general officers both Union and Confederate (search)
n, J. C., Mar. 13, 1865. McKeever, C., Mar. 13, 1865. McKibbin, D. B., Mar. 13, 1865. McLaughlin, N. B., Mar. 13, 1865. Mason, John S., Mar. 13, 1865. Maynadier, W., Mar. 13, 1865. Merchant, C. S., Mar. 13, 1865. Meyer, Albert J., Mar. 13, 1865. Michler, Nat., April 2, 1865. Miller, M. S., Mar. 13, 1865. Mills, Madison, Mar. 13, 1865. Moore, Tred., Mar. 13, 1865. Morgan, Chas. H., Mar. 13, 1865. Morgan, M. R., April 3, 1865. Morrison, P., Mar. 13, 1865. Morton, J. St. C., June , 17, 1864. Myers, Fred., Mar. 13, 1865. Myers, William, Mar. 13, 1865. Oakes, James, Mar. 30, 1865. Palfrey, John C., Mar. 26, 1865. Parker, Ely S., Mar. 2, 1867. Paul, G. R., Feb. 23, 1865. Pelouze, L. H., Mar. 13, 1865. Penrose, Wm. H., April 9, 1865. Perry, Alex. J., Mar. 13, 1865. Pitcher, Thos. G., Mar. 13, 1865. Poe, Orlando M., Mar. 13, 1865. Porter, Horace, Mar. 13, 1865.. Potter, Jos. A., Mar. 13, 1865. Potter, Jos. H., Mar. 13, 1865. Prime, Fred'k E., Mar. 13, 1865. Prin
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 2. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 6.34 (search)
rd had been forced to uncover, and which had been immediately seized by Butler's troops. It is surely sufficient answer to those who represent Lee as even then despondently forecasting the final issue, to find him writing next day in great good humor to Anderson: I believe that the men of your corps will carry anything they are put against. We tried very hard to stop Pickett's men from capturing the breastworks of the enemy, but couldn't do it. Lee's letter to Anderson, Clay House, June 17th, 1864. Third day's assaults. Fortunately for the weary Confederates, the enemy attempted no offensive movement until nearly noon of the next day, at which hour the Ninth corps, advancing with spirit, carried a redoubt in its front, together with four pieces of artillery and several hundred prisoners, while Hancock's corps pressed back the Confederates over Hare's Hill — the spot afterwards known as Fort Steadman, and made famous by Gordon's sudden and daring stroke. Later in the day t
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