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General Horace Porter, Campaigning with Grant, Chapter 19 (search)
neral-in-chief had paid a visit to Sheridan. He had started from City Point on the 15th of September, had passed through Washington without s it was arranged to place his children at school, and returned to City Point on the 19th. He spoke with much pleasure and satisfaction of hisupon this subject, a citizen from Washington, who was stopping at City Point, inquired of him, When do you expect to starve out Lee and capturght on September 29. General Grant left a portion of his staff at City Point to communicate with him and Meade, and rode out, taking the rest north side of the river until after 4 P. M., and then returned to City Point so as to be within easy communication with Meade, and to determinmovement should be made on that front at present, and returned to City Point, starting back at 8 A. M. The activity this day was on Meade'ade, Hancock, Warren, and Parke, and returned in the afternoon to City Point. After some further consultation with General Grant about the mi
General Horace Porter, Campaigning with Grant, Chapter 20 (search)
military railroad called Warren Station, reaching there about half-past 5 P. M. After giving some further instructions to General Meade, he started back to City Point. On the way to general headquarters he discussed the events which had just taken place, and said: To-day's movement has resulted, up to the time I left, only ime of the next course which will have to be pursued. It will be necessary for the Army of the Potomac to cut loose from its base, leaving only a small force at City Point and in front of Petersburg to hold those positions. The whole army can then swing completely round to the left and make Lee's present position untenable. Ther him to predict at this time precisely what afterward took place as to Sherman's army not meeting Hood's. At the same hour at which Grant wrote this despatch at City Point, Sherman had sent a telegram to him, saying that he would prefer to start on his march to the sea, and that he believed Hood would be forced to follow him. A li
General Horace Porter, Campaigning with Grant, Chapter 22 (search)
rding Thomas's delay that Grant became more anxious than ever to have prompt action taken in Tennessee. On the morning of December 7 Stanton sent a despatch to City Point, saying: . .. Thomas seems unwilling to attack, because it is hazardous — as if all war was anything but hazardous. . . . The government was throwing the entird for the attack, and Grant felt himself compelled to take some further steps. General John A. Logan happened to be at this time on a visit to headquarters at City Point. Logan had served under General Grant in the West, and held a high place in his estimation as a vigorous fighter. The general talked over the situation with LHe went from Washington to Burlington, spent a day with his family, where a general rejoicing took place over the good news from Tennessee, and then returned to City Point. It was not until the 17th that the full details of Thomas's victory were received. His army from the very outset of the battle had charged the enemy so vi
General Horace Porter, Campaigning with Grant, Chapter 23 (search)
ator Nesmith visits Grant Sherman Reaches the sea coast Butler's expedition against Fort Fisher Grant's children at City Point Upon the return of General Ingalls from another trip to Washington, he brought with him on a visit to City Point SenCity Point Senator Nesmith of Oregon, who had been an intimate acquaintance of Generals Grant and Ingalls when these two officers were stationed at Fort Vancouver, Oregon, in 1853. Nesmith was a great wag, and used to sit by the headquarters camp-fire in the evenad been disobeyed, and the troops withdrawn, and all further efforts abandoned. Mrs. Grant, Fred, and Jesse came to City Point to spend the Christmas holidays with the general. Rawlins always called Fred the Veteran, for the reason that he had bdisobeying orders six days old, and written without any knowledge of the circumstances. Soon after Fred's arrival at City Point he took it into his head that he must go duck-shooting. The general was no sportsman himself, and never shot or fished
General Horace Porter, Campaigning with Grant, Chapter 24 (search)
o Butler, Please send Major-general Terry to City Point to see me this morning. Grant considered the too far out of reach of communication with City Point, and as Butler was the senior army commanderer the boat had proceeded some distance from City Point, the general sat down with Terry in the afteoccasionally pay a visit to General Grant at City Point, and he usually brought with him a junior oft to prevent the enemy's fleet from reaching City Point. The officer whom I was to take with me got was an enormous accumulation of supplies at City Point, and their destruction at this time would haock was sent to meet them and escort them to City Point. Some time after dark the train which brougn instructed from Washington to keep them at City Point until further orders, he conducted them in pnce ended without result. After stopping at City Point and having another conversation with Generalsing. The next time he saw General Grant at City Point, after the Peace conference, he said to him,
General Horace Porter, Campaigning with Grant, Chapter 25 (search)
ional government, it should be arranged to have Mrs. Longstreet, who had been an old friend of Mrs. Grant, visit her at City Point, and after that to try and induce Mrs. Grant to visit Richmond. It was taken for granted that the natural chivalry of On the 10th of March the Hon. Elihu B. Washburne, who had paid one or two visits before to headquarters, arrived at City Point, and brought with him the medal which had been struck, in accordance with an act of Congress, in recognition of Generalsted that he and the corps commanders would like to witness the ceremony, and in response to an invitation they came to City Point for the purpose, accompanied by a large number of their staff-officers. Mr. Washburne arose at the appointed hour, andof our troops. The soldiers supplied them with trousers and blouses such as they could spare, and took them by boat to City Point. They had ridden one hundred and forty-five miles without sleep and with but little food. The second pair of scouts s
General Horace Porter, Campaigning with Grant, Chapter 26 (search)
On March 20 General Grant had telegraphed the President: Can you not visit City Point for a day or two? I would like very much to see you, and I think the rest wo Meade came to headquarters to meet Mrs. Meade, who had arrived by steamer at City Point, and General Grant suggested to him that he had better remain over till the nte knowledge of the various positions. Upon the return to headquarters at City Point, he sat for a while by the camp-fire; and as the smoke curled about his head from headquarters who were to accompany the President. The boat started from City Point at eleven o'clock. At breakfast General Grant said to me: I shall accompan the water and let it fizz. It was nearly dark when the party returned to City Point. After dinner the band was brought down to the steamboat, and a dance was imt sat in the after part of the boat conversing. Sheridan stayed overnight at City Point, and started early in the morning for the cavalry headquarters on the Petersb
General Horace Porter, Campaigning with Grant, Chapter 27 (search)
Chapter 27 Meeting of Grant and Sherman at City Point amusing Colloquy between Mrs. Grant and Sherman meeting of Sherman and Sheridan the famous conference aboard the River Queen Grant starts on his last campaign storm bound Grant and Sheridan confer Grant on Warren's front carrying instructions to Sheridan Sherman, in his correspondence, had intimated a desire to have a personal conference with his chief before the general movement of all the armies took place; and it ws. Referring to Mr. Lincoln, he said: The President is one of the few visitors I have had who have not attempted to extract from me a knowledge of my movements, although he is the only one who has a right to know them. He intends to remain at City Point for the present, and he will be the most anxious man in the country to hear from us, his heart is so wrapped up in our success; but I think we can send him some good news in a day or two. I never knew the general to be more sanguine of victory
General Horace Porter, Campaigning with Grant, Chapter 28 (search)
along the lines. The general awaited for a while the result of the assault at headquarters, where he could be easily communicated with, and from which he could give general directions. At a quarter past five a message came from Wright that he had carried the enemy's line in his front and was pushing in. Next came news from Parke that he had captured the outer works, with 12 pieces of artillery and 800 prisoners. At 6:40 the general wrote a telegram with his own hand to Mr. Lincoln at City Point, as follows: Both Wright and Parke got through the enemy's line. The battle now rages furiously. Sheridan, with his cavalry, the Fifth Corps, and Miles's division of the Second Corps, which was sent to him since one this morning, is now sweeping down from the west. All now looks highly favorable. Ord is engaged, but I have not yet heard the result in his front. A cheering despatch was also sent to Sheridan, winding up with the words: I think nothing is now wanting but the approach of
General Horace Porter, Campaigning with Grant, Chapter 29 (search)
t half-way between Nottoway and Burkeville. The road was skirted by a dense woods on the north side — the side toward the enemy. A commotion suddenly arose among the headquarters escort, and on looking round, I saw some of our men dashing up to a horseman in full Confederate uniform, who had emerged like an apparition from the woods, and in the act of seizing him as a prisoner. I recognized him at once as the scout who had brought the important despatch sent by Sheridan from Columbia to City Point. I said to him, How do you do, Campbell? and told our men he was all right, and was one of our people. He said he had had a hard ride from Sheridan's camp, and had brought a despatch for General Grant. By this time the general had also recognized him, and had ridden up to him and halted in the road to see what he had brought. Campbell took from his mouth a small pellet of tin-foil, opened it, and pulled out a sheet of tissue-paper, on which was written the famous despatch, so widely p
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