The Virginia Campaign of '64 and '65: The Army of the Potomac and the Army of the James |
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... ground of the farms , artillery would be of little use . But that was not the only disadvantage ; for an enemy remaining on the defensive awaiting attack where this undergrowth existed , would be unseen , while the troops advancing to ...
... ground of the farms , artillery would be of little use . But that was not the only disadvantage ; for an enemy remaining on the defensive awaiting attack where this undergrowth existed , would be unseen , while the troops advancing to ...
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... ground around Wilder- ness tavern and the Lacy farm , and on this knoll General Grant and General Meade remained during the battle , with only an occasional brief absence to the nearest troops . When the head of Crawford's column ...
... ground around Wilder- ness tavern and the Lacy farm , and on this knoll General Grant and General Meade remained during the battle , with only an occasional brief absence to the nearest troops . When the head of Crawford's column ...
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... ground , in front of the enemy's right , with his left flank toward them , of which they took instant advantage to attack , and his front line being so entangled in the wood as not to ad- mit of ready handling , its left fell back ...
... ground , in front of the enemy's right , with his left flank toward them , of which they took instant advantage to attack , and his front line being so entangled in the wood as not to ad- mit of ready handling , its left fell back ...
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... ground of a farm , which partly enfiladed Neill's line , and the ground on his right and left . Shortly after this attack , while the firing was still heavy , Seymour's brigade of Ricketts's division arrived and was posted on the right ...
... ground of a farm , which partly enfiladed Neill's line , and the ground on his right and left . Shortly after this attack , while the firing was still heavy , Seymour's brigade of Ricketts's division arrived and was posted on the right ...
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... ground , having in its front and on its right and left the swampy heads of affluents of the Ny on the right and of Wilderness Run on the left . General Davis's ( Colonel Stone commanding ) , General Cook's , and General Walker's ...
... ground , having in its front and on its right and left the swampy heads of affluents of the Ny on the right and of Wilderness Run on the left . General Davis's ( Colonel Stone commanding ) , General Cook's , and General Walker's ...
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advance Appomattox Army of Northern arrived artillery assault attack Ayres Battery Beauregard Bermuda Hundred Birney Birney's Boydton Boydton road Brig.-Gen brigade Brigadier-General Brock road Burnside Butler Capt captured Carolina Catharpin cavalry Church Cold Harbor Colonel column command Confederate Crawford Creek crossing despatch directed enemy enemy's intrenchments enlisted eral Ewell Ewell's Fifth Corps fire Fitz Lee Five Forks force ford Fredericksburg front Gibbon Gregg Griffin guns half-past Hancock Hatcher's Run Heth's Hill's corps infantry James killed and wounded Lee's left flank loss Lynchburg Mahone's Major-General Meade miles morning Mott's move movement night Ninth Corps Northern Virginia o'clock officers open ground ordered Petersburg picket Pickett's plank road position Potomac present for duty rear regiments Richmond right flank river says Second Brigade Second Corps sent Shady Grove Sheridan Sixth Corps skirmishers Smith south side South Side Railroad Spottsylvania Court House troops vicinity Warren White Oak road woods
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Page 439 - April 8, 1865. GENERAL R. £. LEE, COMMANDING CSA Your note of last evening in reply to mine of same date, asking the condition on which I will accept the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia is just received. In reply I would say that, peace being my great desire, there is but one condition I would insist upon, namely; that the men and officers surrendered shall be disqualified for taking up arms against the Government of the United States until properly exchanged.
Page 439 - April 7, 1865. GENERAL : The result of the last week must convince you of the hopelessness of further resistance on the part of the army of Northern Virginia in this struggle. I feel that it is so, and regard it as my duty to shift from myself the responsibility of any further effusion of blood by asking of you the surrender of that portion of the Confederate States army known as the army of Northern Virginia.
Page 439 - ... the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia, but to ask the terms of your proposition. To be frank, I do not think the emergency has arisen to call for the surrender of this army; but as the restoration of peace should be the sole object of all, I desired to know whether your proposals would lead to that end.
Page 439 - April 7, 1865 GENERAL : — I have received your note of this date. Though not entertaining the opinion you express on the hopelessness of further resistance on the part of the Army of Northern Virginia...
Page 440 - Head-Quarters, Army of Northern Virginia, April 9, 1865. " GENERAL : I received your letter of this date containing the terms of the surrender of the army of Northern Virginia, as proposed by you. As they are substantially the same as those expressed in your letter of the 8th instant, they are accepted. I will proceed to designate the proper officers to carry the stipulations into effect. " RE LEE, General.
Page 440 - I propose to receive the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia on the following terms, to wit: Rolls of all the officers and men to be made in duplicate. One copy to be given to an officer designated by me, the other to be retained by such officer or officers as you may designate. The officers to give their individual paroles not to take up arms against the...
Page 440 - The terms upon which peace can be had are well understood. By the South laying down their arms they will hasten that most desirable event, save thousands of human lives, and. hundreds of millions of property not yet destroyed.
Page 439 - General: I received at a late hour your note of to-day. In mine of yesterday I did not intend to propose the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia, but to ask the terms of your proposition. To be frank, I do not think the emergency has arisen to call for the surrender of this army...
Page 19 - This I regarded as a great success, and it removed from my mind the most serious apprehensions I had entertained, that of crossing the river in the face of an active, large, well-appointed, and ably-commanded army, and how so large a train was to be carried through a hostile country and protected.
Page 440 - Church, and will push forward to the front for the purpose of meeting you. Notice sent to me on this road where you wish the interview to take place, will meet me.