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Augusta (Georgia, United States) (search for this): chapter 5
Gulf at Macon. Along the intermediate line between the mountains and the sea, we find the names of Manassas, Gordonsville, Burkesville, Greensborough, Columbia, Augusta, and finally Atlanta, which is its terminus. At Atlanta, the central point between the three groups, we also find, in another direction, the principal artery of the South one hundred and fifteen thousand muskets, which, being added to the one hundred and twenty thousand already in the arsenals of Charleston, Fayetteville, Augusta, Mount Vernon, and Baton Rouge, secured a complete armament for the first Confederate armies of sufficiently good quality. The conduct of Secretary Floyd is retheir successive retreats, accompanied by the printing-presses of the secession journals, and were stationed first at Chattanooga, then at Atlanta, and finally at Augusta. The most important ironmills in the South were the Tredegar works, near Richmond; at this establishment cannon and projectiles of every calibre were manufacture
Fredericksburg, Va. (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 5
into Chesapeake Bay. The nature of the ground, the absence of turnpikes, the small quantity of arable lands, and the very direction of the waters—everything, in short, renders an offensive campaign especially difficult in that country. There are very few railways. Two lines run from the shores of the Potomac to Richmond. One, starting from Acquia Creek, halfway between Washington and the mouth of the river, runs direct to the capital of Virginia, after crossing the Rappahannock at Fredericksburg. The other leaves Alexandria, opposite Washington, and running southwesterly reaches Gordonsville, where it forks. One branch, following the same direction along the foot of the Blue Ridge, connects with the great Tennessee line at Lynchburg by way of Charlottesville; the other branch, bending to the east and running parallel with the tributaries of York River, strikes the first line again near one of these tributaries, and without merging into it, never leaves it until Richmond is re
Sheffield (United Kingdom) (search for this): chapter 5
ality, which, fortunately for the Confederate artillery, compensated for the carelessness in the manufacture of cannon and the inexperience of those who directed the operations. The Blakeley guns, on the contrary, which had come from England, were not only constructed of superior materials, but with the greatest care, and were held in high repute, even in England, for their excellent qualities. Before landing at Charleston they had passed through many hands. The metal was prepared at Sheffield, where the Swedish iron, after having been melted in the furnace and then run into troughs (creusets), was then cast into rings, which were forged by the immense trip-hammers of Firth. Then taken to London, in the Blakeley shops these rings were put together, carefully fitted, turned, bored, and finally rifled; they thus combined the strength of a homogeneous metal like soft steel with the perfection of construction of cannon composed of several pieces. Those of large calibre were loaded
Cub Run, Va. (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 5
he had been ordered to watch, he had hastened to summon all the troops under his command to Centreville, where he had himself remained. McDowell, who displayed great energy and self-possession in that terrible emergency, hastened to remedy the error. While the regulars and the cavalry were covering the flight of the army, and were the last to cross the little river which was to give its name to that fatal battle, Blenker's German brigade, which had not been in action, took a position on Cub Run, to the right and left of the road followed by the fugitives, whom it could not hope to arrest. Its excellent behavior succeeded, toward twilight, in checking the parties of Confederate cavalry who were pursuing the retreating Federals, and picking up prisoners and trophies of every kind, which were abandoned to them without any attempt at resistance. When night came at last to the assistance of the vanquished, this brigade fell back upon Centreville, where the whole of Miles's division,
Stanton (Michigan, United States) (search for this): chapter 5
e same direction along the foot of the Blue Ridge, connects with the great Tennessee line at Lynchburg by way of Charlottesville; the other branch, bending to the east and running parallel with the tributaries of York River, strikes the first line again near one of these tributaries, and without merging into it, never leaves it until Richmond is reached. Two branches of the Alexandria and Lynchburg line switch off to enter the Valley of Virginia; one at Charlottesville, which debouches at Stanton, near the sources of the Shenandoah, and breaks off a little beyond that point; the other, much more to the north, at about forty-five kilometres from Alexandria, which ascends the valley after crossing the Blue Ridge at Manassas Gap. Hence the name of Manassas Junction, which is applied to the little plateau where this junction occurs near the stream of Bull Run. This plateau of Manassas had been selected as the concentrating point of the Confederate troops that were to cover Virginia
Baltimore, Md. (Maryland, United States) (search for this): chapter 5
teers, and had authorized expenses for their equipment which the budget had not contemplated; he had, in short, yielded to the necessity of suspending the ordinary guarantees of personal liberty in order to maintain his authority in cities like Baltimore and St. Louis, where it had been assailed by armed force. Owing to these measures, the insurrection had been limited and deprived of some of the most important strategic positions. The armies destined to participate in this struggle were bel courage, the disastrous results of enterprises he had imprudently undertaken; Butler, a shrewd lawyer, a bold politician, without scruples, who had rendered a great service to his country by taking upon himself the responsibility of occupying Baltimore, but who was afterwards to injure his cause by resorting to unnecessary severities in New Orleans, found himself, by a singular coincidence, chief in command at Big Bethel and at the first attack on Fort Fisher, and was thus both the first and
Louisiana (Louisiana, United States) (search for this): chapter 5
ended its career by an explosion, after demonstrating how skilful mechanics and resolute soldiers can utilize old pieces which would otherwise have been condemned as unfit for service. The rest of the military materiel of the Confederates, ammunition, equipments, etc., was, like their cannon, partly produced at the South and partly imported from Europe. The chief thing required was powder. Charcoal was not wanting; the caves of the Alleghanies abounded in saltpetre; the refineries of Louisiana furnished sulphur, which they used in refining sugar, and of which they had large stores. With these materials the government was able to manufacture an article of powder somewhat coarse, but of a sufficiently good quality. Its principal powder-mill was at Dahlonega, in Georgia; its manufactories of percussion-caps in Richmond; its cartridge-factory first in Memphis and then at Grenada. Thanks to the activity of these establishments, the Confederate armies were never in want of ammuniti
Lynchburg (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 5
rtion is situated upon the opposite slope of these mountains; isolated among their elevated valleys, it runs for a distance of nearly two hundred leagues between Lynchburg, where it connects with the Virginia lines, and Chattanooga, where it strikes again the railways of the Ohio basin; its length and direction prevent its being anterly reaches Gordonsville, where it forks. One branch, following the same direction along the foot of the Blue Ridge, connects with the great Tennessee line at Lynchburg by way of Charlottesville; the other branch, bending to the east and running parallel with the tributaries of York River, strikes the first line again near one of these tributaries, and without merging into it, never leaves it until Richmond is reached. Two branches of the Alexandria and Lynchburg line switch off to enter the Valley of Virginia; one at Charlottesville, which debouches at Stanton, near the sources of the Shenandoah, and breaks off a little beyond that point; the other, mu
Edgefield (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): chapter 5
ses, is alone in possession of railways. One line, single at first, which runs southward from Cincinnati and Louisville, forks successively at Bowling Green and Nashville, and further on at Hardinsville, and spreading out like an immense fan south of Cumberland, extends its numerous arms from the foot of the high cliffs which termaced under its exclusive direction. Workshops for the remodelling of old guns and the manufacture of minie rifles were soon established in Memphis, New Orleans, Nashville, Gallatin, and finally at Richmond and in many other south-eastern cities. The Southern States obtained, moreover, supplies of arms and ammunition from Europeit for their own profit. New Orleans had its own foundry of brass guns. Messrs. Street & Hungerford of Memphis manufactured Parrott guns of every calibre. At Nashville the iron-mills of Brannan & Co., constructed on the plan of those of Fort Pitt in the North, manufactured field-pieces of cast iron. The large and costly machin
Tennessee (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): chapter 5
ther, had anticipated the declaration of war by many years. So, no doubt, we shall see the still burning embers of that great conflagration lurking in their ashes for a long time to come. But, at the critical moment, the irregular warfare of which those too spacious regions were the theatre exercised no influence upon the great plan of military operations. Finally, the third part, bounded on the west by the Mississippi, and on the north by the Ohio, comprising West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, and portions of the neighboring States, was the territory the possession of which the Federals, taking the offensive, disputed with their adversaries. This almost virgin soil was to be trodden by the largest armies that were ever assembled on either side, and witnessed such torrents of human blood as it is the sad privilege of an advanced civilization to shed. In those vast regions, some of the most decisive blows of the war have brought into unexpected notice the name of some humble
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