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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 9. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 56 0 Browse Search
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 3. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.) 54 2 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 15. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 52 2 Browse Search
Isaac O. Best, History of the 121st New York State Infantry 47 1 Browse Search
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3. 39 3 Browse Search
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The Annals of the Civil War Written by Leading Participants North and South (ed. Alexander Kelly McClure) 33 1 Browse Search
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Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., General Grant on the siege of Petersburg. (search)
ulted in extending the Union intrenchments to Hatcher's Run, after some severe fighting with the troops of A. P. Hill and Gordon.--editors. After the long march by General Sheridan's cavalry, from the Shenandoah Valley, over winter roads it was n the right of the line held by the Army of the Potomac, near the Appomattox River, and the ridge in their rear. . . . General Gordon was selected for the service, and his corps was brought to the intrenchments nearest Petersburg, with its left on thehe point of attack was Fort Stedman, where the opposing lines were only 150 yards apart, the pickets 50 yards apart. General Gordon was sanguine that this redoubt could be taken by a night assault, and that through the breach thus made a sufficient rown to disorganize and destroy Grant's left wing before he could recover and concentrate his forces from the right. General Gordon says that General Lee placed at his disposal, in addition to his own corps, a portion of A. P. Hill's and a portion o
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., Gordon's attack at Fort Stedman. (search)
Gordon's attack at Fort Stedman. by George L. Kilmer, Company I, 14TH New York heavy artillery. On the 25th of March, 1865, General O. B. Willcox's division, of the Ninth Corps, was formed on the Petersburg lines in the following order from righn the rear works by Captain George Brennan, of Company From Sketches made in 1886. On the morning of March 25th, General Gordon's column (advancing from Colquitt's salient) moved over the level ground shown on the left, in the lower picture. Fohe work and out of reach of the guns. With this the aggressive spirit of that famous movement melted away forever. To Gordon, the dashing leader of the sortie, it was now no longer a question of forging ahead, but of getting back out of the net iitors. and Fort McGilvery the northern. With either slope uncovered the retreat would be comparatively easy and safe for Gordon, and the Haskell battery was the one at once able to effect the severest injury to his retreating ranks, and apparently t
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., chapter 11.88 (search)
d was generally open. Before dawn on the morning of March 25th, 1865, Major-General Gordon, of the Confederate Army, with his corps and two brigades, numbering prorials. Major-General John G. Parke, from a photograph. The alarm of General Gordon's attack reached the headquarters, of the division at 4:30 A. M., just befoose whom General Parke calls skirmishers were probably the three detachments of Gordon's troops sent to capture the rear forts. General Gordon has since told me thatGeneral Gordon has since told me that he never heard from these detachments; not one of them returned to report. They must have been the ones who cut the telegraph lines to City Point, and I must have r indicate. Since the publication of the article in The century I have seen General Gordon and his adjutant-general, Colonel H. Kyd. Douglas, who assure me that for tte 120 dead and 15 wounded in the engagement of the 25th March, 1865. For Maj.-Gen. Gordon, Hy. Kyd Douglas, A. A. Gen. If the same proportion held between their
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., The opposing forces at Petersburg and Richmond: December 31st, 1864. (search)
Battery, Capt. H. R. Garden; Va. Battery, Capt. J. N. Lamkin. Stark's Battalion, Lieut.-Col. A. W. Stark: La. Battery, Capt. Charles A. Green; Va. Battery, Capt. A. D. Armistead; Va. Battery, Capt. David A. French. Second Army Corps, Maj.-Gen. John B. Gordon. Rodes's division. Battle's Brigade: 3d Ala.,----; 5th Ala.,----; 6th Ala.,----; 12th Ala.,----; 61st Ala.,----. Grimes's Brigade: 32d N. C.,----; 43d N. C.,----; 45th N. C.,----; 53d N. C.,----; 2d N. C. Batt'n,----. Cox's Brigade: N. C.,----; 20th N. C.,----; 23d N. C.,----; 1st N. C. Batt'n,----. Lewis's Brigade: 6th N. C.,----; 21st N. C.,----; 54th N. C.,----; 57th N. C.,----. Pegram's Brigade: 13th Va.,----; 31st Va.,----; 49th Va.,----; 52d Va.,----; 58th Va.,----. Gordon's division, Brig.-Gen. C. A. Evans. Evans's Brigade: 13th Ga.,----; 26th Ga.,----; 31st Ga.,----; 38th Ga.,----; 60th Ga.,----; 61st Ga.,----; 12th Ga. Batt'n,----. Terry's Brigade, Brig.-Gen. William Terry: 2d Va.,----; 4th Va.,----; 5th Va.,
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., Sherman's advance from Atlanta. (search)
. The crossing of the Ocmulgee, with its steep and muddy banks, was hard enough for the trains. I protected them by a second demonstration from the left bank against Macon. Smith crossed the river and gave us battle at Griswoldville. It was an affair of one division,--that of Charles R. Woods,--using mainly Walcutt's brigade. Hook used by General Sherman's Army for twisting and destroying Railroad iron. Smith was badly defeated, and during the melee our trains were hurried off to Gordon and parked there in safety, The Union loss at Griswoldville was 13 killed, 69 wounded, and 2 missing = 84. General C. C. Walcutt was among the wounded. The total Confederate loss was over 600.--editors. Here, at Gordon, Sherman, from Milledgeville, came across to me. Slocum had enjoyed a fine march, having had but little resistance. The stories of the mock Legislature at the State capital, of the luxurious supplies enjoyed all along, and of the constant fun and pranks of Sherman's bumme
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., Five Forks and the pursuit of Lee. (search)
s official report General Ewell gives the following account of the battle of Sailor's Creek and the capture of his corps: On crossing a little stream known as Sailor's Creek, I met General Fitzhugh Lee, who informed me that a large force of cavalry held the road just in front of General [R. H.] Anderson, and was so strongly posted that he had halted a short distance ahead. The trains were turned into the road nearer the river, while I hurried to General Anderson's aid. General [John B.] Gordon's corps turned off after the trains. General Anderson informed me that at least two divisions of cavalry were in his front, and suggested two modes of escape — either to unite our forces and break through, or to move to the right through the woods and try to strike a road which ran toward Farmville. I recommended the latter alternative, but as lie knew tile ground and I did not, and had no one who did, I left the dispositions to him. Before any were made the enemy appeared in rear of my co
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., Lee's report of the surrender at Appomattox. (search)
wed by the commands of Generals R. H. Anderson, Ewell, and Gordon, with orders to close upon it as fast as the progress of tand Custis Lee, and his brigadiers, were taken prisoners. Gordon, who all the morning, aided by General W. F. Lee's cavalrylied. The army, reduced to two corps under Longstreet and Gordon, moved steadily on the road to Appomattox Court House; the. M. on the 9th. Fitz Lee, with the cavalry, supported by Gordon, was ordered to drive the enemy from his front, wheel to tll daylight if necessary. About 5 A. M., on the 9th, with Gordon on his left, he moved forward and opened the way. A heavy force of the enemy was discovered opposite Gordon's right, which, moving in the direction of Appomattox Court House, drove back the left of the cavalry and threatened to cut off Gordon from Longstreet, his cavalry at the same time threatening to envelop his left flank. Gordon withdrew across the Appomattox River, and the cavalry advanced on the Lynchburg road and becam
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., The surrender at Appomattox Court House. (search)
until it was time to take his final departure. During the conference Ingalls, Sheridan, and Williams had asked permission to visit the enemy's lines and renew their acquaintance with some old friends, classmates, and former comrades in arms who were serving in Lee's Army. They now returned, bringing with them Cadmus M. Wilcox, who had been General Grant's groomsman when he was married; Longstreet, who had also been at his wedding; Heth, who had been a subaltern with him in Mexico, besides Gordon, Pickett, and a number of others. They all stepped up to pay their respects to General Grant, who received them very cordially and talked with them until it was time to leave. The hour of noon had now arrived, and General Grant, after shaking hands with all present who were not to accompany him, mounted his horse, and started with his staff for Washington without having entered the enemy's lines. Lee set out for Richmond, and it was felt by all that peace had at last dawned upon the land.
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., The opposing forces in the Appomattox campaign. (search)
C. Battery (Fickling's), Lieut. E. L. Purse; Va. Battery (Parker's), Lieut. E. S. Wooldridge; Va. Battery, Capt. J. Donnell Smith; Va. Battery (Taylor's), Lieut. John H. Weddel; Va. Battery, Lieut. James Woolfolk. Second Army Corps, Lieut.-Gen. John B. Gordon. Grimes's (late Rodes's) division, Maj.-Gen. Bryan Grimes. Battle's Brigade, Col. Edwin L. Hobson: 3d Ala., Capt. C. Robinson, Jr.; 5th Ala., Col. Edwin L. Hobson, Capt. Thomas L. Riley; 6th Ala., Maj. Isaac F. Culver; 12th Ala., Cat. John Beard. Walker's (late Pegram's) Brigade, Maj. Henry Kyd Douglas: 13th Va., Capt. George Cullen, Jr.; 31st Va., Maj. William P. Cooper; 49th Va., Capt. William D. Moffett; 52d Va., Capt. S. W. Paxton; 58th Va., Lieut. Robert L. Waldron. Gordon's division, Brig.-Gen. Clement A. Evans. Evans's Brigade, Col. J. H. Lowe: 13th Ga., Lieut.-Col. Richard Maltbie; 26th Ga., Capt. James Knox; 31st Ga., Capt. E. C. Perry; 38th Ga., Lieut.-Col. P. E. Davant; 60th and 61st Ga., Col. Waters B. Jo
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