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Edward Alfred Pollard, The lost cause; a new Southern history of the War of the Confederates ... Drawn from official sources and approved by the most distinguished Confederate leaders., Chapter 22: (search)
n by the enemy's skirmishers; the General, falling, received a severe contusion of the side, and was for two hours nearly pulseless from the shock. For five minutes he lay actually within the line of the Federal skirmishers, and under a heavy fire of artillery. Some of his men becoming aware of his danger, rushed forward, and plucked, from the terrible fire of artillery, the prostrate form of their beloved commander. He was placed in an ambulance, and carried to the field hospital at Wilderness Run. With Jackson's fall the impetus of the Confederate attack ceased. Gen. Stuart, who succeeded to the command, renewed the fight at nine o'clock, and continued it until the enemy's right had been doubled in on his centre in and around Chancellorsville. But the fiery energy of Jackson was wanting to carry forward tie troops, and to make what was already a severe repulse of the enemy a terrible and irremediable disaster. A messenger was despatched to Gen. Lee, with the intelligence
Edward Alfred Pollard, The lost cause; a new Southern history of the War of the Confederates ... Drawn from official sources and approved by the most distinguished Confederate leaders., Chapter 31: (search)
e ascertained that Grant had certainly cut loose from his base at Culpepper Court House, and was moving rapidly past his right, he put his own army in motion, sending Ewell's corps down the turnpike and A. P. Hill's down the plank road, and ordering Longstreet, who had arrived at Gordonsville, to move his corps down on the right of Ewell's line of march, so as to strike the head of the enemy's column. The advance of Ewell's corps-Edward Johnson's division-arrived within three miles of Wilderness Run in the evening, and encamped. Rodes lay in his rear; and Early was next at Locust Grove, all ready to strike at Grant's advance the next morning. At about six o'clock in the morning of the 6th May the enemy was discovered by the skirmishers thrown out, and Johnson immediately pressed forward to gain a hill where he proceeded to form his troops in line of battle. The enemy advanced in such order as was practicable in a tangled forest. The Fifth corps, accompanied by two pieces of ar
William Swinton, Campaigns of the Army of the Potomac, chapter 11 (search)
aging him. The long lull that had followed the successful attack of Longstreet upon Hancock gave the latter time to thoroughly re-establish his position, now strengthened by fresh troops sent to him by General Meade. His immediate front was cleared by a well-executed movement made by a brigade under Colonel Leasure, across its whole extent from left to right, The head of the column passed the Lacy House at daybreak. Nothing was encountered until reaching the field this side of Wilderness Run; here the flankers on the right became engaged with the enemy's skirmishers. As soon as the head of the column emerged into the field, a rebel battery at Tuning's opened on them. Some fifty shots were fired, but no one was hurt. The column halted: a strong skirmish line advanced across the run, up the slope covered with thick pines; and as soon as they showed themselves in the edge of Tuning's field, they received a musketry fire and fell back. Perhaps one division of the Ninth Corps
Maj. Jed. Hotchkiss, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 3, Virginia (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 24: (search)
ncursions of Stuart's cavalry. Warren's corps had led the advance across Germanna ford and advanced to the valley of Wilderness run, a point where the old turnpike, on which Ewell was marching, crosses the road to Spottsylvania Court House, that Warigorous skirmish, which held the Federals in check as Meade developed his lines of battle, along the fields bordering Wilderness run and fronting its wooded western watershed, which covered the deployment of Ewell and Hill. Lee, Stuart and Hill, riding to near the pickets in advance of Parker's store, had halted to look down the open valley of Wilderness run, at the long lines of Federals drawn up in battle array, when Meade's skirmishers suddenly advanced from the pine thickets to the eastwaFederal guns and many prisoners. Warren closed up his corps front, with his left retired, through the forest, toward Wilderness run, and extended his right with Sedgwick's corps, through the woods to the westward, with its right retired toward Flat
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 32. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.20 (search)
recognized General Jackson as he was being carried through the lines, and said: Oh, General; I am sorry to see you wounded! My force is so much shattered that I fear I will have to fall back. Although much exhausted by loss of blood, General Jackson raised his drooping head and exclaimed: You must hold your ground, sir! You must hold your ground! This was Jackson's last order on the battlefield. He was then placed in an ambulance and taken to the field hospital at Wilderness run. He lost a great quantity of blood and would have bled to death, but a tourniquet was forthwith applied. He was asked if amputation was necessary should it be done at once. He replied: Yes; certainly, Dr. McGuire; do for me whatever you think right. The operation was performed under the influence of chloroform. The wounded soldier bore it well. He slept well Sunday morning and was cheerful. He sent for Mrs. Jackson and asked minutely about the battle, saying: If I
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 34. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), The battlefields of Virginia. (search)
an excellent guide. He then said, Go with Mr. Hotchkiss (his topographical engineer) to the furnace, ascertain whether these roads meet, at what distance, and whether they are practicable for artillery; send Mr. Hotchkiss back with the information, and do you procure me a guide? The desired information was speedily obtained; and it was discovered that the two roads crossed each other at the distance of a few miles; so that, by a circuit of fifteen miles, a point would be reached near Wilderness Run, several miles above the farthest outposts of Hooker. The intersecting road, by which the Orange Plank Road was to be regained, was known as the Brock Road. This account, which was no doubt given to Dr. Dabney by the Rev. B. T. Lacy, shows that General Jackson contemplated taking the route by the Furnace Road to where it crossed the Brock Road, and thence by the Brock Road across the Plank Road to the old turnpike near the Wilderness tavern, and Hotchkiss' map shows that this was t
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 36. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.22 (search)
scharged, but as I stood in the door of my house, my old company came rushing right across my garden. This was too much for me, and, picking up a gun, I went off with them down the road, yelling with the rest of them. I heard all the officers as they talked during the day, and not one of them knew that they were going to be attacked. A night in the Wilderness. A few miles beyond Talley's house the party entered the Wilderness. Never did name seem more misfitted. The valley of Wilderness Run is beautiful. The fields stretch away to the forests on every side and are as green as a well-watered, fertile soil can make them,. Instead of wilderness the country seems a paradise. It was only when, a few miles farther on, after the Lacy house had been left in the distance and Palmer's field, which was once covered with dead bodies, had been passed, that the procession of carriages, turning into the woods, encountered a real wilderness. In the midst of an indescribable tangle of
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 3. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book I:—the war on the Rapidan. (search)
uth, by the slopes which reach down to the Mattapony; at the east, by a well-cultivated district, where the woods are intersected by large and numerous clearings dotted with farms and dwellings. The southern portion of the forest is traversed from west to east by a large highway, being the road from Orange Court-house to Fredericksburg. The old route, or the Old Turnpike, and the new read, called the Plank Road, by following a parallel direction penetrate into the forest after crossing Wilderness Run, the former at the Old Wilderness Tavern, the latter two miles and two-thirds farther south, at Parker's Store; then they draw near again through the forest, and meet upon a barren plateau, where the church of the Wilderness and the inn called Dowdall's Tavern stand; then, plunging into a ravine, the only road ascends the heights of Fairview and crosses a new clearing, where stands a beautiful edifice called Chancellorsville, after the name of its proprietor. At this point the road bec
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 3. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book IV:—Third winter. (search)
o wagons. If the fords are more practicable below than above Mine Run, the country, on the contrary, is much less so. Although cut with numerous glades along Wilderness Run, the large forest in which was fought the battle of Chancellors-ville, with its impenetrable thickets, its deep ravines, and its hills, extends as far as Minel to the Rapidan, traverse all that country. Our readers are acquainted with them. The first, called the turnpike, is the nearest to the Rapidan; it crosses Wilderness Run near Carter's Tavern, which sheltered the wounded Jackson, and at which terminates the Culpeper road by way of Germanna Ford. Then it extends as far as Orang Germanna road, which strikes the turnpike at Wilderness Tavern and continues on to the plank road. A forest-path which separates from it at the left bank of Wilderness Run leads to the mine called Culpeper, situated near the river, and whence one can easily reach the ford of the same name. Two roads lead from Robertson's Tavern
The Daily Dispatch: May 14, 1863., [Electronic resource], General Jackson's death — Particulars of the Event. (search)
litter and started for the rear; the firing attracted the attention of the enemy, and was resumed by both sides. One of the litter bearers was shot down, and the General fell from the shoulders of the men, receiving a severe contusion, adding to the injury of the arm and injuring the side severely. The enemy's fire of artillery on the point was terrible. General Jackson was left for five minutes until the fire slackened, then placed in an ambulance and carried to the field hospital at Wilderness run. He lost a large amount of blood, and at one time told Dr. McGuire he thought he was dying, and would have bled to death but a tourniquet was immediately applied. For two hours he was near pulseless from the shock.--As he was being carried from the field frequent inquiries were made by the soldiers, "Who have you there?" He told the Doctor, "Do not tell the troops I am wounded." After reaction a consultation was held between Drs. Black, Coleman, Walls, and McGuire, and amput
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