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G. T. Beauregard (search for this): chapter 4.27
f. taken by permission from the North American review for March, 1887, and condensed. by G. T. Beauregard, General, C. S. A. On the 23d of April, 1864, at Weldon, N. C., I assumed command of thethe James and Appomattox, and all that portion of North Carolina east of the mountains. General Beauregard was succeeded in command of the Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida (April ad the expedition not started, I would say it should not go. Telegram from Mr. Davis to General Beauregard, May 4th, 1864.--G. T. B. Other troops were also being ordered from other directions, to be pushed on to Richmond without an instant's delay. Telegram from General Bragg to General Beauregard, May 5th, 1864.--G. T. B. I succeeded, however, in having that order rescinded, and Generauld give me an effective of some 25,000 Including the forces at Petersburg, we estimate General Beauregard's strength at 30,000.--editors. men, with whom, on the very next day, or as soon thereafte
William F. Smith (search for this): chapter 4.27
nearer to his base. Fortunately for us, his rout of the 16th had been such as to preclude, on his part, all thought of any determined resistance. He was clearly demoralized, if not destroyed, and his main object seemed to be to reach a secure position and shield himself from all further pursuit. He was successful in that, if in no other feature of his plan. General Grant, who fully understood Butler's actual position with respect to mine, took immediate advantage of the fact, and caused Smith's entire corps, numbering some sixteen thousand men, to be transferred from the Army of the James to the Army of the Potomac. Butler winced under the order, but obeyed. This reduced his force at Bermuda, Hundred to about thirteen thousand. To oppose it I could command not more than twelve thousand men. The difference was insignificant; but it must be remembered that the Federal commander possessed many an advantage which I had not, and that, not-withstanding his defeat and the drain made
Ambrose E. Burnside (search for this): chapter 4.27
ective of other considerations, it occasioned an untimely division of some of the most available troops in my new command, rendering their immediate concentration at any threatened point very difficult, if not impossible. The destination of General Burnside's corps was not, as yet, well defined. The opinion was entertained by many that it would march upon Richmond via Petersburg. Others thought its aim was Weldon. On either hypothesis we should have been prepared to meet the assault in time, and, clearly, we were not. As a matter of fact, when the Ninth Corps, under General Burnside, came from east Tennessee, it simply went to increase the strength of the Army of the Potomac. But the forces under General Butler, with the addition of the corps commanded by General Gillmore and by General Smith, amounted to about thirty thousand men, General William F. Smith estimates the force at forty thousand. [See p. 207.] On the basis of the Official records it would appear to have been
W. H. C. Whiting (search for this): chapter 4.27
s had also objected to the cooperation of General Whiting, which formed a salient feature of my pla our armies, and, at his request, changed General Whiting's order of march from Petersburg. But, w5th, at 10:45 A. M., I sent a telegram to General Whiting directing him. to march to Port Walthall army, if possible. The active cooperation of Whiting was, I thought, indispensable to attain such uitt's brigade, except the two regiments with Whiting, went to reinforce Ransom, with orders to resfirst, to inquire into the whereabouts of General Whiting, the sound of whose guns was said to haveire to resume the offensive. No news came of Whiting. The only portion of his force which communi one of the bearers of my instructions to General Whiting the day before, who had come, with the utely on any advance being made that day by General Whiting. From him I also learned that Dearing, iral troops; that nothing would have prevented Whiting from capturing the entire force of General Bu[9 more...]
George E. Pickett (search for this): chapter 4.27
bly from South Carolina, to assist in the defense of the Confederate capital: first, Hagood's brigade; next, Wise's; and soon afterward, Colquitt's. So great was the anxiety of the Administration at this juncture that Hagood's brigade, which General Pickett, then in command of Petersburg, desired to halt on its passage through that city, was ordered to be pushed on to Richmond without an instant's delay. Telegram from General Bragg to General Beauregard, May 5th, 1864.--G. T. B. I succeeded,sonally, I concluded not to follow on with the forces under Hoke, but to await the arrival of Whiting, then on his way from Wilmington. He had been ordered to Petersburg to take charge of the troops in that city and its vicinity, and to relieve Pickett, who had reported himself ill, and was unable, for the time being, to perform any duty in the field. Drewry's Bluff was in imminent peril; so were the avenues leading from it to Richmond. Whiting reached Petersburg on the 13th. After explaini
William B. Barton (search for this): chapter 4.27
ferent parts of the field. General Ransom began his advance at a quarter to 5 o'clock A. M. [of the 16th of May], but was much retarded by a dense fog of several hours' duration. He had with him Gracie's brigade, Kemper's under Colonel Terry, Barton's under Colonel Fry, and Hoke's old brigade commanded by Colonel Lewis. At 6 o'clock A. M. he had carried the enemy's breastworks in his front, taking, it was claimed,--but this was afterward seriously contested,--several stand of colors and siver and of Proctor's Creek crossing. But the reserve brigade was already engaged with the enemy, and Ransom's own forces were advanced toward the firing of the center. He could not, therefore, carry out the order given to him, and he sent back Barton's instead of Colquitt's brigade; reporting, meanwhile, the necessity of straightening the lines he had stormed, and expressing the belief that the safety of his command would be compromised by a farther advance. Here ended the services of Genera
W. H. Stevens (search for this): chapter 4.27
's Bluff. Without a moment's delay, I held a consultation with Colonel D. B. Harris and Colonel W. H. Stevens. The former was my chief engineer, a tried and most efficient officer, who served on myrious, and even General Butler, I thought, could have done better under the circumstances. Colonel Stevens had also given me, that morning, a succinct account of the last engagements between Generalact which greatly assisted me in forming a more correct opinion of the situation before us. Colonel Stevens had likewise furnished me with a topographical map of that portion of Virginia covered by tfect, and sent Colonel Map of operations at Drewry's Bluff, Bermuda hundred and deep Bottom. Stevens to Richmond for the purpose of submitting it to Mr. Davis, and of asking his consent to carry it out. Mr. Davis could not be seen; but Colonel Stevens saw General Bragg [then Chief-of-staff, C. S. A.], who thought the plan a good one, and came at once to Drewry's Bluff to confer with me. I
Benjamin C. Butler (search for this): chapter 4.27
General Hagood was thus enabled to baffle General Butler's forces, May 6th and 7th, in their assaulbeen attacked and partially carried by some of Butler's forces. It was 3 o'clock in the morning whered might have been more serious, and even General Butler, I thought, could have done better under tement on our part, first, to attack and defeat Butler, and next, to turn our entire forces against Gd, I should cross the James after disposing of Butler, and by a concerted movement strike General Gr's Bluff, I saw how important it was to attack Butler the very next morning; and, in pursuance of myrning.--G. T. B. My object was to separate Butler from his base and capture his whole army, if pWhiting from capturing the entire force of General Butler, had he followed my instructions. I ord, on the right of our line. We had defeated Butler and forced him to take refuge within his forti done more. We could and should have captured Butler's entire army. Incomplete, however, as was [11 more...]
D. B. Harris (search for this): chapter 4.27
there, I left for the front, taking with me some twelve hundred men of Colquitt's brigade and Baker's regiment of cavalry. The road was beset with difficulties; and it was by mere chance that I succeeded in passing safely between the enemy's extreme left and the river. Our exterior lines had already been attacked and partially carried by some of Butler's forces. It was 3 o'clock in the morning when I arrived at Drewry's Bluff. Without a moment's delay, I held a consultation with Colonel D. B. Harris and Colonel W. H. Stevens. The former was my chief engineer, a tried and most efficient officer, who served on my staff from the first Manassas up to the time of his death, which took place on the 10th of October, 1864; the latter was also an able engineer on duty in and around Richmond. They acquainted me with the exact state of affairs in our immediate front, and described the encounter of the previous evening between part of Butler's forces and ours. The outlook was not encourag
Robert F. Hoke (search for this): chapter 4.27
owing the other, instructing me to withdraw General Hoke and his forces from the outworks of New Berom reaching Petersburg before the 10th of May. Hoke also arrived on that day, and was placed by me oncluded not to follow on with the forces under Hoke, but to await the arrival of Whiting, then on h was to be some five hundred yards distant from Hoke's second line. The artillery attached to that rmed, as he alleged, that the enemy was driving Hoke's left, sent forward the right regiment of Lewir works. General Ransom was wrong in believing Hoke's left in danger. His error lay in the fact tht, in order, as stated in my report, to relieve Hoke, on whose front the enemy had been allowed to mously engaged; and there, early in the morning, Hoke had pushed on his skirmishers and freely used hof Clingman's brigade were likewise sent by General Hoke to reinforce Johnson's left. They also faire pressed forward. Seeing this, I now ordered Hoke to relieve his right center with his right; and[7 more...]
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