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General James Longstreet, From Manassas to Appomattox, Chapter 6: the battle of Williamsburg. (search)
on the right of, and the Fortieth across, the road, to relieve some of Hooker's regiments. Then Peck's brigade of Couch's division came, and was put in on the right, the One Hundred and Second Pennsumns drove back his advance line, when, in turn, he reinforced, recovered the ground, and met General Peck, who led the last reinforcing brigade. This advance was so firm that General Peck found it nGeneral Peck found it necessary to put in his last regiment, the Ninety-eighth Pennsylvania, but neither our force nor our condition of march could warrant further aggressive work of our right. General Couch, left in commahode Island, General Palmer with two, and General Keim with three other regiments, supporting General Peck. General Peck's ammunition being exhausted, his brigade was relieved by six of the new regimeGeneral Peck's ammunition being exhausted, his brigade was relieved by six of the new regiments, and reported that Every preparation was made to resist a night attack. Rebellion Record, vol. XI. part i. p. 521. On the Confederate side, General Anderson reported his position safe to hold u
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 7. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 15 (search)
ngs I have just recorded. Colonel Dudley's brigade, of Augur's division, was held in reserve. The forces under General Weitzel comprised his own brigade, formed of the Eighth Vermont, Lieutenant-Colonel Dillingham; Twelfth Connecticut, Lieut.-Colonel Peck; Seventy-fifth New-York, Lieutenant-Colonel Babcock; One Hundred and Fourteenth New-York, Lieutenant-Colonel Perlee, and two regiments of Grover's division — the Twenty-fourth Connecticut and Fifty-second Massachusetts. The history of tefore mentioned, we commenced preparations for the attack while yet it was scarcely daylight. The plan of the assault was briefly as follows: The Seventy-fifth New-York, under command of Captain Cray, and the Twelfth Connecticut, led by Lieutenant-Colonel Peck, were detailed as skirmishers, forming a separate command under Lieutenant-Colonel Babcock, of the Seventy-fifth New-York. The Ninety-first New-York, Colonel Van Zandt, commanding — each soldier carrying a five-pound hand grenade, with
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 7. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 66 (search)
nce stamp him as the able leader he is known to be. Had General Peck permitted his army to be surprised, beaten or captured than a match for his own skill and daring. Justice to General Peck requires that even at this late day the true history offrom Portsmouth to Weldon, etc., N. C. By means of them General Peck's supplies were forwarded from Norfolk, a distance of tcipated, Hill's movement resulted in an order directing General Peck to forward three thousand troops to General Foster. It Lieutenant Lamson devised a plan which was approved by General Peck, the conception of which was only less brilliant than ir batteries, and to foil sorties should any be made. General Peck, continually vigilant to observe any change in the locah our weak columns were in turn compelled to retire. General Peck had divided his entire circle of defence (including thengstreet to raise the siege. Continually on the alert, General Peck did not intend that his enemy should steal off secretly
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Poetry and Incidents., Volume 7. (ed. Frank Moore), Intercepted rebel mail. (search)
Intercepted rebel mail. June 16. A day or two since Major Wheelan, of the First New-York Mounted Rifles, captured a large rebel mail near the North-Carolina State line, which was destined for Richmond. The greater number of the letters were written in Portsmouth and Norfolk. Many of them referred to the Union forces of the vicinity, and copious clippings from the columns of the Northern papers were included. The mail was delivered to General Peck. One of the letters which has been handed to your correspondent covers fifteen pages of closely written letter paper, and is extremely variegated in sentiment. From grave political questions it diverges into the most common household affairs. A few extracts will not be amiss, and here they are: my dear boys: The Yankees presume that we rebels have no rights. Even the market-carts and oyster-boats have to hoist the Yankee flag. The Yankees force their way into the houses of respectable citizens, under all sorts of false pretext
G. S. Hillard, Life and Campaigns of George B. McClellan, Major-General , U. S. Army, Chapter 7: (search)
duties incident to his position. It was not until about one o'clock that he heard from his aides that every thing was not going on favorably in front,--upon which he hurried up as rapidly as possible, arriving there between four and five in the afternoon. General Keyes, in his examination before the Congressional Committee on the Conduct of the War, says, The battle of Williamsburg was gained by our side, but at a very great loss in Hooker's division and considerable loss in Hancock's and Peck's brigades. The victory, for the reasons I have stated, was nothing like as decisive as it should have been, nor gained so early in the day. In fact, the victory was not what, in military language, is generally called a perfect victory, because we were not able to sleep in the enemy's camp except in part. Upon the battle of Williamsburg, General Barnard says, We fought, we lost several thousand men, and we gained nothing. If we had not fought, the next day a battle would, in all probabil
William F. Fox, Lt. Col. U. S. V., Regimental Losses in the American Civil War, 1861-1865: A Treatise on the extent and nature of the mortuary losses in the Union regiments, with full and exhaustive statistics compiled from the official records on file in the state military bureaus and at Washington, Chapter 8: Corps organizations. (search)
battle, Couch's Division was transferred, entire, to the Sixth Corps, becoming the Third Division of that corps, with General John Newton commanding the division. General Couch was promoted to the command of the Second Corps. In the meantime, Peck's (2d) Division of the Fourth Corps was ordered to remain on the Peninsula, from whence it went, after a few months stay. to Suffolk, Va. The Fourth Corps was officially dliscontinued in August, 1862, and its divisions were never reunited. Foucember 24, 1862, the President ordered that the troops in the Department of North Carolina should be organized into a corps and designated as the Eighteenth. These troops were stationed at Newbern, Plymouth, Beaufort, and vicinity. They included Peck's Division, formerly of the Fourth (Peninsular) Corps; also, some regiments which had fought under Burnside at Roanoke Island and New Berne. There were, also, twelve regiments of nine-months men--six of them from Massachusetts, and six from Penns
William F. Fox, Lt. Col. U. S. V., Regimental Losses in the American Civil War, 1861-1865: A Treatise on the extent and nature of the mortuary losses in the Union regiments, with full and exhaustive statistics compiled from the official records on file in the state military bureaus and at Washington, chapter 10 (search)
hodist clergyman who had served as a Chaplain in the three months service. It was organized at Lebanon, Pa., in October, 1861. In March, 1862, it was assigned to Peck's Brigade, Couch's Division, Fourth Corps, and went to the Peninsula. The regiment was in the hottest of the fight at Fair Oaks, where it displayed remarkable steal McClellan's Army to the Peninsula, where it took part in the operations before Yorktown, and did some good fighting at Williamsburg. It fought at Fair Oaks, in Peck's Brigade, Couch's Division, Fourth Corps, losing there 12 killed, 47 wounded, and 10 missing. At Malvern Hill it made a successful charge, in which Major Poland w, March 23, 1862, but was not actively engaged. It was ordered to the Peninsula in June, arriving there just after the battle of Malvern Hill, and was assigned to Peck's Division, Fourth Corps. Upon the withdrawal from the Peninsula the Thirty-ninth was ordered to Suffolk, where it remained for a few months. The year 1863 was p
William F. Fox, Lt. Col. U. S. V., Regimental Losses in the American Civil War, 1861-1865: A Treatise on the extent and nature of the mortuary losses in the Union regiments, with full and exhaustive statistics compiled from the official records on file in the state military bureaus and at Washington, Chapter 11: list of battles, with the regiments sustaining the greatest losses in each. (search)
es Meade's First 18 87 61 166 13th Penn. Reserves Meade's First 19 113 29 161 53d Pennsylvania Hancock's Second 21 133 1 155 7th Rhode Island Sturgis's Ninth 11 132 15 158 28th Massachusetts Hancock's Second 14 124 20 158 Kinston, Whitehall and Goldsboro, N. C.             Dec. 14 17, 1862.             10th Connecticut Foster's ---------- 11 89 -- 100 45th Massachusetts Foster's ---------- 18 59 -- 77 9th New Jersey Foster's ---------- 5 86 4 95 103d Pennsylvania Peck's ---------- 16 53 -- 69 23d Massachusetts Foster's ---------- 12 55 -- 67 Chickasaw Bayou, Miss.             Dec. 27-29, 1862.             16th Ohio Morgan's ---------- 16 101 194 311 54th Indiana Morgan's ---------- 17 112 135 264 13th Illinois Steele's ---------- 27 107 39 173 31st Missouri Steele's ---------- 17 72 62 151 29th Missouri Steele's ---------- 19 70 61 150 58th Ohio Steele's ---------- 36 78 11 125 4th Iowa Steele's ---------- 7 1
General Joseph E. Johnston, Narrative of Military Operations During the Civil War, Chapter 5 (search)
ey had probably passed the winter, had been hauled to Williamsburg that morning, by Major Barbour's orders. As we had no more spare horses and harness than those appropriated to five of the captured guns, these pieces were necessarily left in the road where we found them. Longstreet reported nine thousand men of his division engaged with Hooker's and Kearney's divisions on the right. General Sumner, the ranking Federal officer on the field, stated that two-thirds of Smith's division and Peck's brigade were also engaged; and General Couch complimented his division, in orders, for its conduct in the battle. As the Federal army, except Franklin's division, had marched but nine miles to the field the day before, by two roads, one cannot understand why four, or even six divisions, if necessary, were not brought into action. The smallness of the force engaged on this occasion greatly strengthened my suspicion that the army itself was moving up York River in transports. We fought
William Tecumseh Sherman, Memoirs of General William T. Sherman ., volume 1, Chapter 8: from the battle of Bull Run to Paducah--Kentucky and Missouri. 1861-1862. (search)
he Thirteenth New York, Colonel Quimby; the Sixty-ninth New York, Colonel Corcoran; the Seventy-ninth New York, Colonel Cameron; and the Second Wisconsin, Lieutenant-Colonel Peck. These were all good, strong, volunteer regiments, pretty well commanded; and I had reason to believe that I had one of the best brigades in the whole arpersonal difficulty. The actual colonel was Dr. Coon, a good-hearted gentleman, who knew no more of the military art than a child; whereas his lieutenant-colonel, Peck, had been to West Point, and knew the drill. Preferring that the latter should remain in command of the regiment, I put Colonel Coon on my personal staff, which r of the Thirteenth New York Volunteers, Colonel Quimby; Sixty-ninth New York, Colonel Corcoran; Seventy-ninth New York, Colonel Cameron; Second Wisconsin, Lieutenant-Colonel Peck; and Company E, Third Artillery, under command of Captain R. B. Ayres, Fifth Artillery. We left our camp near Centreville, pursuant to orders, at half-pa
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