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Sailor's Creek (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.16
e southward and opened fire soon after sunrise, April 6th, only the Engineer Troops and a gang of negro workmen, which had accompanied the army from Petersburg, were within range of the guns. The route General Lee intended to pursue was via Jetersville, the road to which did not cross Flat creek and therefore no attention had been paid to the condition of this bridge in advance of the movement. After this nothing worth recording occurred under my observation until the command reached Sailors creek that evening just before the battle at that point, when orders were received to push forward and endeavor to expedite the movement of the wagon trains which was being retarded by a small stream over which there was only a single narrow bridge with many lines of wagons converging towards it, and contending for the right of way. Additional crossings of the stream were soon provided and the congestion was being relieved when the disordered remnant of our rear guard, which had been routed
Mahone (search for this): chapter 1.16
ard had halted, and ordered the senior officer to move them on, saying that General Mahone's troops were coming to protect the rear of the army, and, as he expressed , of course, the Federals, for whom that was his favorite expression. On General Mahone's arrival, General Lee instructed him as commander of the rear guard of hisre setting fire to them. The Engineer troops were ordered to move ahead of General Mahone's command, prepare the bridges for burning, and set fire to them when ordered to do so by General Mahone, or one of his staff officers. On the morning of April 7th all the troops, artillery and wagon trains being apparently across the rivl Blackford, of the First Regiment of Engineer troops, was sent in search of Gen. Mahone to solicit the orders for which we were waiting. He found him on the road ase firing for a flag of truce was out. The artillery on our right and one of Mahone's brigades which had joined our left, being withdrawn, the Engineer troops with
Fitz Lee (search for this): chapter 1.16
ting himself and companion as soldiers of General Fitz Lee's cavalry returning from furlough and wissuch importance that it was sent at once to General Lee, who, at four o'clock on the morning of theans to foil the enemy's plans. Considering General Lee's extremely difficult environment at the tius husband. Unfortunately, the original of General Lee's note was lost in the fire which consumed sistance to their advance, soon after which General Lee himself appeared on the hill beyond us, wheexpression. On General Mahone's arrival, General Lee instructed him as commander of the rear guaarmies during the truce. It chanced that General Lee noticed the movement which was not far disttopping further sacrifice of life. While General Lee was waiting to hear from General Grant, a c by order of Colonel Walter H. Taylor of of General Lee's staff, a cordon of sentinels was placed aas headquarters, and maintained until after General Lee returned from his interview with General Gr[4 more...]
Robert W. Hunter (search for this): chapter 1.16
over that stream had given way, so that neither artillery nor wagons could cross it. General Lee was himself on the ground, and evidently considered the situation critical enough to require his personal attention. He explained his anxiety by saying that General Stuart had captured a dispatch from General Grant to General Ord, who was at Jetersville, ordering an attack early the next morning, and did not leave until he was assured that material for a new bridge was close at hand. [Major Robert W. Hunter, Secretary of Military Records for Virginia, in a communication in the Times-Dispatch of January 8, 1905, gives a more definite account of this dispatch: The dispatch referred to was taken by General Gordon's orders from a Jessie Scout, who, with the dispatch concealed in the lining of his coat, had boldly ridden to the head of Gordon's column, representing himself and companion as soldiers of General Fitz Lee's cavalry returning from furlough and wishing to be informed as to t
John B. Gordon (search for this): chapter 1.16
The dispatch referred to was taken by General Gordon's orders from a Jessie Scout, who, with th of his coat, had boldly ridden to the head of Gordon's column, representing himself and companion aure are given with appropriate accuracy by General Gordon in his Reminiscences, pages 424-428. Thng to avoid the useless sacrifice of life, General Gordon with General Lee's concurrence, awaited dening of the 7th, wrote in pencil a note to General Gordon of three pages, giving clear and most minuuis to be found in military annals. After General Gordon had studied the note with the aid of our m of the 10th of April, until it was sent to Mrs. Gordon as a memento of a remarkable incident in ths note was lost in the fire which consumed General Gordon's home in 1899, but I took the precaution al cavalry was threatening the wagon trains in Gordon's rear, and acting on general instructions to . Immediately thereafter orders came from General Gordon to cease firing for a flag of truce was ou[1 more...]
Bevill (search for this): chapter 1.16
lia Courthouse. Thus it happened that although General Lee's plans contemplated three available crossings of the Appomattox river for troops, artillery and wagon trains, and a fourth that could be used for troops if necessary, only two bridges were available, and one of them the railroad bridge, of difficult approach for artillery and wagons. Amelia Courthouse was the rendezvous for the army after crossing the Appomattox, to which commissary supplies had been ordered, and the route via Bevill's bridge was the shortest from Petersburg to that point, but this crossing of the Appomattox river being unavailable on the 3rd and 4th, the troops ordered that way were forced to cross the river at Goode's bridge, which required more time and delayed concentration at Amelia Courthouse; for additional time was required for the march by a longer route, the time of crossing the river was prolonged by the larger force to be passed over the pontoon bridge at Goode's, and the railroad bridge at M
John Goode (search for this): chapter 1.16
did not ship the pontoon train intended for Genito, and used the boats for another purpose, so that the pontoon bridge at Goode's was the only available crossing for wagons on April 3rd, when it was availed of by wagon trains which came east of the the Appomattox river being unavailable on the 3rd and 4th, the troops ordered that way were forced to cross the river at Goode's bridge, which required more time and delayed concentration at Amelia Courthouse; for additional time was required for t a longer route, the time of crossing the river was prolonged by the larger force to be passed over the pontoon bridge at Goode's, and the railroad bridge at Matoax. Besides this, the water was falling during the time of crossing at Goode's, and thGoode's, and the approaches to the pontoon bridge had to be readjusted from time to time, causing occasional interruptions to the use of that bridge. The delay of at least one day disconcerted General Lee's plans, and gave Grant time to occupy the commanding ri
S. P. Lee (search for this): chapter 1.16
irginia. During the winter of 1864-5, by order of General Lee the Engineer Troops rebuilt Bevill's Bridge over the Appe United States Government. On Sunday, April 2, 1865, General Lee notified the Engineer Bureau to send at once to Matoax b of Amelia Courthouse. Thus it happened that although General Lee's plans contemplated three available crossings of the Apat bridge. The delay of at least one day disconcerted General Lee's plans, and gave Grant time to occupy the commanding riailway is located at Jetersville, and with it the control of Lee's line of communication with Johnston's army. The crossinere, and not in the direction originally contemplated by General Lee, but towards Amelia Springs, the road to which crossed F after leaving Amelia Courthouse we received orders from General Lee to move rapidly ahead, and on arrival at the crossing ofay, so that neither artillery nor wagons could cross it. General Lee was himself on the ground, and evidently considered the
W. R. Grant (search for this): chapter 1.16
elay of at least one day disconcerted General Lee's plans, and gave Grant time to occupy the commanding ridge on which the railway is locateiety by saying that General Stuart had captured a dispatch from General Grant to General Ord, who was at Jetersville, ordering an attack earlt far distant from where he was waiting before his meeting with General Grant, and being told that it was the Engineer troops sent for me, aned the situation, saying that he felt it to be his duty to meet General Grant for the purpose of negotiating terms of surrender, and stoppingacrifice of life. While General Lee was waiting to hear from General Grant, a crowd was accumulating, including some Federals who had cometained until after General Lee returned from his interview with General Grant. This was the last military duty the Engineer troops were ordeand he kindly stopped to inform me of the terms of surrender and of Grant's promise to send rations, telling me to keep my command together a
J. E. B. Stuart (search for this): chapter 1.16
ream had given way, so that neither artillery nor wagons could cross it. General Lee was himself on the ground, and evidently considered the situation critical enough to require his personal attention. He explained his anxiety by saying that General Stuart had captured a dispatch from General Grant to General Ord, who was at Jetersville, ordering an attack early the next morning, and did not leave until he was assured that material for a new bridge was close at hand. [Major Robert W. Hunter,ginal of General Lee's note was lost in the fire which consumed General Gordon's home in 1899, but I took the precaution before giving it away to have a copy made for the Official Records of the War, in which it now appears. The mention of General Stuart's name in connection with the incident was, of course, a lapse of the pen.] The bridge was built and the artillery and wagons passed over it before morning, so that when a Federal battery was unlimbered on a hill to the southward and open
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