A Memoir of the Last Year of the War for Independence, in the Confederate States of America: Containing an Account of the Operations of His Commands in the Years 1864 and 1865, Issue 1 |
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6th Corps advance afternoon arrived artillery attack battle Berryville Blue Ridge Breckenridge bridge Brigadier-General burned camp campaign captured Cedar Creek Colonel column command Confederate divisions of cavalry driven drove duty enemy enemy's cavalry engaged Ewell's corps Federal fighting Fisher's Hill Fitz Lee forced back Front Royal Gordon Gordon's division Gordonsville Grant's army Hanover Junction Harper's Ferry Harrisonburg Heth's horses Hunter Imboden infantry Johnson's Kershaw's division killed and wounded Lee's army left flank Lomax Luray Valley Lynchburg Martinsburg Martinsburg road Maryland Heights McCausland miles Monocacy morning Mount Jackson movement muskets night North Mountain occupied officers Opequon operations Pegram's pickets pieces of artillery Port Republic Potomac prisoners pursuit railroad Ramseur's division rear repulsed retired Richmond right flank Rockfish Gap Rodes Rosser sent Shady Grove Shenandoah Sheridan skirmishing soldiers South Spotsylvania Court House Staunton Stephenson's depot Strasburg troops Valley Pike waggons Washington Waynesboro Wharton's division Winchester
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Page 117 - Finally, the use of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, and the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, which...
Page 94 - Creek to Winchester, capturing several thousand prisoners and five pieces of artillery. The enemy rallied, and made a stand in a strong position at Fisher's Hill, where he was attacked, and again defeated with heavy loss on the 20th [22d].
Page 34 - Second, to hammer continuously against the armed force of the enemy and his resources, until, by mere attrition, if in no other way, there should be nothing left to him but an equal submission with the loyal section of our common country to the Constitution and laws of the land.
Page 61 - A severe skirmish ensued, in which we lost about two hundred and eighty in killed and wounded. The enemy's loss was probably greater. He commenced retreating during the night. Learning the exact condition of affairs at Washington, I requested, by telegraph, at 11:45 p.
Page 34 - I therefore determined, first, to use the greatest number of troops practicable against the armed force of the enemy ; preventing him from using the same force at different seasons against first one and then another of our armies, and the possibility of repose for refitting and producing necessary supplies for carrying on resistance.
Page 57 - The timber had been felled within cannon range all around and left on the ground, making a formidable obstacle, and every possible approach was raked by artillery. On the right was Rock Creek, running through a deep ravine, which had been rendered impassable by the felling of the timber on each side...
Page 14 - The 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th,' 17th and 18th were consumed in manoeuvring and awaiting the arrival of reinforcements from Washington.
Page 112 - ... fell into the hands of the enemy mortally wounded, and in him, not only my command, but the country sustained a heavy loss. He was a most gallant and energetic officer whom no disaster appalled, but his courage and energy seemed to gain new strength in the midst of confusion and disorder. He fell at his post fighting like a lion at bay, and his native State has reason to be proud of his memory.
Page 48 - Houses had been burned, and helpless women and children left without shelter. The country had been stripped of provisions, and many families left without a morsel to eat. Furniture and bedding had been cut to pieces, and old men and women and children robbed of all the clothing they had, except that on their backs. Ladies' trunks had been rifled, and their dresses torn to pieces in mere wantonness.
Page 112 - This was the case of a glorious victory given up by my own troops after they had won it, and it is to be accounted for, on the ground of the partial demoralization caused by the plunder of the enemy's camps, and from the fact that the men undertook to judge for themselves when it was proper to retire.