History of the Campaign of the Army of Virginia, Under John Pope ...: From Cedar Mountain to Alexandria, 1862 |
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History of the Campaign of the Army of Virginia, Under John Pope ...: From ... George Henry Gordon No preview available - 2015 |
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A. P. Hill advance afternoon Alexandria army arrived artillery attack August Banks battery battle believed bridge brigade Bristoe Bull Run campaign Captain cavalry Centreville charge close Colonel column command Confederate corps cover cross daylight direction dispatch division Early enemy enemy's engaged Federal field fight fire five flank followed force Ford formed forward four front Gainesville ground Groveton guns half Halleck heavy hill horses hour hundred infantry Jackson Junction Kearny Lee's Longstreet loss Manassas McClellan McDowell McDowell's miles Milroy morning moved movement night o'clock Official Official Report passed plans Pope Pope's Porter position pushed railroad Rappahannock reached rear received regiments remained Reno Report rest retired retreat Reynolds river road seen sent side Sigel soon Station Stuart Sulphur Springs tion trains troops turned United Virginia Warrenton Washington Waterloo whole woods wounded
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Page 418 - I cannot express to you the pain and mortification I have experienced to-day in listening to the distant sound of the firing of my men. As I can be of no further use here, I respectfully ask that, if there is a probability of the conflict being renewed to-morrow, I may be permitted to go to the scene of battle with my staff, merely to be with my own men, if nothing more ; they will fight none the worse for my being with them. If it is not deemed best to entrust me with the command even of my own...
Page 433 - Centreville in plain view of the battle, and made no attempt to join. What renders the whole matter worse, these are both officers of the Regular Army, who do not hold back from ignorance or fear. Their constant talk, indulged in publicly and in promiscuous company, is that "the Army of the Potomac will not fight;" "that they are demoralized by withdrawal from the Peninsula, etc.
Page 474 - Sigel and Reno are moving on the Warrenton Turnpike, and must now be not far from Gainesville. I desire that as soon as communication is established between this force and your own, the whole command shall halt.
Page 251 - If, upon marches, guards, or in quarters, different corps of the army shall happen to join, or do duty together, the officer highest in rank of the line of the army, marine corps, or militia, by commission, there on duty or in quarters, shall command the whole, and give orders for what is needful to the service, unless otherwise specially directed by the President of the United States, according to the nature of the case.
Page 435 - The destinies of our country, the honor of our arms, are at stake, and all depends now upon the cheerful co-operation of all in the field. This week is the crisis of our fate. Say the same thing to my friends in the army of the Potomac, and that the last request I have to make of them is, that, for their...
Page 474 - The indications are that the whole force of the enemy is moving in this direction at a pace that will bring them here by to-morrow night or the next day.
Page 303 - General Porter had in his front no considerable body of the enemy. I believed then, as I am very sure now, that it was easily practicable for him to have turned the right flank of Jackson, and to have fallen upon his rear ; that if he had done so, we 406 40T should have gained a decisive victory over the army under Jackson before he could have been joined by any of the forces of Longstreet...
Page 432 - Manassas without a fight, and in plain hearing at less than three miles' distance of a furious battle which raged all day. It was only in consequence of peremptory orders that he joined me next day. One of his brigades, the brigadier-general of which professed to be looking for his division, absolutely remained all day at Centreville in plain view of the battle, and made no attempt to join.
Page 303 - Porter an order to march towards the enemy in a particular direction, to send him, in addition, specific orders to attack, it being his clear duty, and in accordance with every military precept, to have brought his forces into action wherever he encountered the enemy, when a furious battle with that enemy was raging during the whole day in his immediate presence. I believe, in fact I am positive, that at...
Page 314 - ... you in on the enemy's right flank. I desire you to push forward into action at once on the enemy's flank, and, if possible, on his rear, keeping your right in communication with General Reynolds. The enemy is massed in the woods in front of us, but can be shelled out as soon as you engage their flank. Keep heavy reserves, and use your batteries, keeping well closed to your right all the time.