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John D. Billings, The history of the Tenth Massachusetts battery of light artillery in the war of the rebellion 154 154 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2 35 35 Browse Search
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General James Longstreet, From Manassas to Appomattox, Chapter 15: the Maryland campaign. (search)
e the enemy and embarrass his movements. I was to march over the mountain by Turner's Gap to Hagerstown. As their minds were settled firmly upon the enterprise, I offered no opposition further than to ask that the order be so modified as to allow me to send R. H. Anderson's division with McLaws and to halt my own column near the point designated for bivouac of General D. H. Hill's command. These suggestions were accepted, and the order Headquarters Army of Northern Virginia, September 9, 1862. Special orders, no. 191. The army will resume its march to-morrow, taking the Hagerstown road. General Jackson's command will form the advance, and, after passing Middletown, with such portion as he may select, take the route towards Sharpsburg, cross the Potomac at the most convenient point, and, by Friday night, take possession of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, capture such of the enemy as may be at Martinsburg, and intercept such as may attempt to escape from Harper's Ferry.
General James Longstreet, From Manassas to Appomattox, Chapter 19: battle of Sharpsburg, or Antietam (continued). (search)
D. H. Hill's furnishes a detailed account of casualties. The former gives aggregate figures 2438, the latter 3241,making a grand aggregate of 13,187. Surgeon Lafayette Guild, medical director of the Army of Northern Virginia, in his official tabulated report, accounts for 10,291 only. None of these reports include the losses of the cavalry command, nor is there a report of them found among the Records. The Army of Northern Virginia concentrated at and near Fredericktown on the 9th of September, 1862, numbered a trifle over 61,000, all arms. General Lee's estimate of his troops engaged at Sharpsburg was 37,000. This may not include his cavalry arm, conceding which, his force on the field should have been about 41,000. Estimating the cavalry loss at 500, our losses of battle should be 13,687, which leaves 20,000 to be accounted for as lost by severe continuous labor and marches. This, added to the losses in action, makes a grand total of 33,687 lost in the Maryland campaign.
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: Volume 2., The invasion of Maryland. (search)
and they charged that its loss was due to him, and that the failure of the campaign was the result of the lost order. As General Hill has proved that he never received the order at his headquarters it must have been lost by some one else. See General Hill's statement on p. 570, and General Colgrove's on p. 603. The following is the text of the lost order as quoted by General McClellan in his official report: Special orders, no. 191. headquarters, Army of Northern Virginia, September 9th, 1862. The army will resume its march to-morrow, taking the Hagerstown road. General Jackson's command will form the advance, and after passing Middletown, with such portions as he may select, take the route toward Sharpsburg, cross the Potomac at the most convenient point, and by Friday night take possession of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, capture such of the enemy as may be at Martinsburg, and intercept such as may attempt to escape from Harper's Ferry. General Longstreet's co
Admiral David D. Porter, The Naval History of the Civil War., Chapter 21: capture of New Orleans.--first attack on Vicksburg by Farragut's fleet and mortar flotilla.--junction of flag-officers Farragut and Davis above Vicksburg.--ram Arkansas. (search)
nclose herewith reports of Assistant Surgeon Matthewson, of the casualties of yesterday; also report of ammunition expended, Very respectfully, your obedient servant, Ed. T. Nichols, Lieutenant-Commander. Flag-officer D. G. Farragut, Commanding Western Division Gulf Blockading Squadron. Commodore W. D. Porter's report of reconnoissance, with account of engagement of the Anglo-American, on the 28th of August, at Port Hudson, La. United States Gun-Boat Essex, off New Orleans, Sept. 9, 1862. Sir — I have the honor to report that, on the 23d ultimo, having remained off the city of Baton Rouge two days after its evacuation by our troops, I proceeded up the river to reconnoitre reported batteries in progress at Port Hudson, Louisiana, and also coal my vessel at Bayou Sara, the only place I could obtain any, save New Orleans. Arriving there, I found the town entirely deserted, and the coal burning. Sending a boat's crew on shore, they were fired at by guerillas from the ho
owly, because uncertain, as were his superiors, that the Rebel movement across the Potomac was not a feint. But his advance, after a brisk skirmish, on the 12th entered Frederick, which the Rebels had evacuated, moving westward, during the two preceding days, and through which his main body passed next day. Here he was so lucky as to obtain a copy of Lee's general order, only four days old, developing his prospective movements, as follows: headquarters army of Northern Virginia, September 9, 1862. The army will resume its march tomorrow, taking the Hagerstown road. Gen. Jackson's command will form the advance; and, after passing Middletown, with such portion as he may select, take the route toward Sharpsburg, cross the Potomac at the most convenient point, and, by Friday night, take possession of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, capture such of the enemy as may be at Martinsburg, and intercept such as may attempt to escape from Harper's Ferry. Gen. Longstreet's command w
13, 1864 2 Verbilla, Tenn., Aug. 9, 1862 1 Chickamauga, Ga., Sept. 18, 1863 6 Lead's X Roads, Nov. 1, 1864 2 Gallatin, Tenn., Aug. 21, 1862 2 Mission Ridge, Tenn., Sept. 21, 1863 2 Bardstown Ky., Dec. 29, 1864 2 Fayetteville, Tenn., Sept., 9. 1862. 1 Cumberland Mountains, Oct. 4, ‘63 1 Selma, Ala., April 2, 1865 7 Brentwood, Tenn., Sept. 19, 1862 1 Dallas, Ga., May 27, 1864 5 Columbus, Ga., April 16, 1865 2 Bear Wallow, Ky., Sept. 20, 1862 1 Big Shanty, Ga., June 9, 1864 2 Ncar Mkilled == 11.1 per cent. Total of killed and wounded, 654; died in Confederate prisons (previously included), 33. battles. K. & M. W. battles. K. & M. W. Farmington, Miss., May 9, 1862 4 Kenesaw Mountain, Ga. 10 Columbia, Tenn., Sept. 9, 1862 1 Peach Tree Creek, Ga. 2 Stone's River, Tenn. 35 Siege of Atlanta 6 Chickamauga, Ga. 47 Jonesboro, Ga. 1 Missionary Ridge, Tenn. 12 Lovejoy's Station, Ga. 1 Rocky Face Ridge, Ga. 1 Spring Hill, Tenn. 23 Resaca, Ga. 8 Franklin,
As to the time when the attack on the enemy's batteries in front was made, Brigadier-General Armistead, whose advance troops led in the attack from the centre, states in his report, that, in the charge, the brigades of Mahone and Wright came up immediately on his right, Cobb's brigade closely following his advance. I have the honor to be, sir, Very respectfully, your obedient servant, J. Bankhead Magruder Major-General. Appendix to Report of General Magruder. Richmond, September 9, 1862. General S. Cooper, Adjutant and Inspector-General: sir: I have the honor to request that you will forward, at once, to the Secretary of War the enclosed paper, marked A, (remarks of General Lee on the report of Major-General J. B. Magruder of the operations of his command near Richmond,) and the paper B, (statement of General Magruder in explanation of General Lee's remarks on General Magruder's report of the operations of his command near Richmond,) in order that they may be submi
eral. Report of Major-General McLaws of operations about Harper's Ferry. Headquarters division, October 18, 1862. Colonel B. H. Chilton, Adjutant-General: sir: On the tenth ultimo, in compliance with special order, No. 191, of September ninth, 1862, from your headquarters, I proceeded with my own and General Anderson's division, via Buckettsville, to Pleasant Valley, to take possession of Maryland Heights, and endeavor to capture the enemy at Harper's Ferry and vicinity. I reached chran, after the fall of Colonel Strange. Total loss, sixty-three. Names have been heretofore furnished. B. Brown, Captain, commanding Regiment. Report of Major Frobel of Second battle of Manassas. camp near Frederick, Maryland, September 9, 1862. Captain W. H. Sellers, Assistant Adjutant-General: Captain: I have the honor to submit the following report of the participation of the batteries under my command in the battles of Friday and Saturday, August twenty-ninth and thirtieth:
Doc. 61.-Vicksburg and Baton Rouge. Report of Major-General Van Dorn. headquarters District of the Mississippi, Jackson, Miss., September 9, 1862. General: I have the honor to submit, for the information of the War Department, the following report of the defence of Vicksburg, and of operations in this district, up to the present time: Pursuant to orders I assumed command of this district, and of the defences of Vicksburg, on the twenty-seventh day of June, 1862. Prior to my arrival, Major-General Lovell having resolved to defend the city, had ordered a detail of his force, under the command of Brigadier-General M. L. Smith, to garrison the place and construct works for its defence. I found the city besieged by a powerful fleet of war vessels and an army. The inhabitants, inspired by a noble patriotism, had determined to devote the city to destruction, rather than see it fall into the hands of an enemy who had abandoned many of the rules of civilized warfare. This
thereby rendering it necessary to force the passes through the Catoctin and South Mountain ridges, and gain possession of Boonsborough and Rohrersville, before any relief could be extended to Col. Miles at Harper's Ferry. On the 13th an order fell into my hands issued by Gen. Lee, which fully disclosed his plans, and I immediately gave orders for a rapid and vigorous forward movement. The following is a copy of the order referred to: headquarters, Army of Northern Virginia, Sept. 9, 1862. Special Orders, No. 191. The army will resume its march to-morrow, taking the Hagerstown road. Gen. Jackson's command will form the advance, and after passing Middletown, with such portion as he may select, will take the route towards Sharpsburg, cross the Potomac at the most convenient point, and by Friday night take possession of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, capture such of the enemy as may be at Martinsburg, and intercept such as may attempt to escape from Harper's Ferry.