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Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3., The battle of Fredericksburg. (search)
rom a photograph taken in 1884. In the background is seen the continuation of Hanover street, which on the left ascends the hill to the Marye Mansion. The little square field lies in the fork made by the former road and the Telegraph road (see map, p. 74). Nearly all that remained in 1884 of the famous stone-wall is seen in the right of the picture. The horses are in the road, which is a continuation of the street south of Hanover street, and on which is the brick house mentioned in General Couch's article. The house in which General Cobb died would be the next object in the right of the picture if the foreground were extended. And beyond that house, following the Telegraph road south, there was, at the time of the battle, a long stretch of stone-wall (see map, p. 74), little if any of which was to be seen in 1884, the stone having been used for the gate-house of the National Cemetery. In his official report General Kershaw, who succeeded General Cobb, thus describes the sit
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3., chapter 2.15 (search)
er's right Grand division. it is due to General Couch to state that, with limited time in which his personal recollections.--editors. by Darius N. Couch, Major-General, U. S. V. On the evenin He thought there was, and quickly added, Yes, Couch, I expect to be relieved from the Army of the nd made a broad gesture as he exclaimed: Couch, don't say a word about it. His manner ind Falmouth, Va., December 12th, 1862. Major-General Couch, Commanding Second Corps d'armee. Ge the Potomac, Dec. 13th, 1862.--2:40 P. M. General Couch: Hooker has been ordered to put in everythh Hancock, and after a few minutes said, Well, Couch, things are in such a state I must go over andtroops was done by the Second Corps. He said, Couch, I know that; I am perfectly satisfied that yos seen the square brick house mentioned by General Couch. Part of the troops crossed the canal by editating, suddenly turned to me and said: General Couch, what do you suppose will become of all th[2 more...]
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3., chapter 2.20 (search)
laughter, turned over to see what was the matter, and when he saw the mishap which had befallen him made a feeble effort to join in the laugh. between 1 and 2 A. M. Of December 14th a council of war of the From a photograph. killed at Fredericksburg, December 13, 1862. see p. 141. Grand division commanders was ordered, and General Burnside announced his intention of leading the Ninth Corps (his old command) in an assault against the works which the Second Corps, led by such men as Couch and Hancock, had failed to carry. For some reason the project was abandoned. [see p. 127.] during the next two days the left Grand division remained in position, with no disturbance except that produced by an angry skirmish line with an occasional artillery engagement. on Monday afternoon (the 15th) I received an order from General Franklin, then detained at headquarters, to withdraw the left Grand division after dark to the left bank of the river, and what remained of the forty thousan
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3., The opposing forces at Fredericksburg, Va. (search)
, 1st Batt. N. Y., Capt. Charles Kusserow; K, 1st U. S., Capt. William M. Graham; A, 2d U. S., Capt. John C. Tidball; G, 4th U. S., Lieut. Marcus P. Miller; K, 5th U. S., Lieut. David H. Kinzie; C, 32d Mass. (train guard), Capt. Josiah C. Fuller. Unattached Artillery, Maj. Thomas S. Trumbull: B, 1st Conn. Heavy, Capt. Albert F. Brooker; M, 1st Conn. Heavy, Capt. Franklin A. Pratt. Artillery reserve loss: w, 8. right Grand division, Major-Gen. Edwin V. Sumner. Second Army Corps, Maj.-Gen. Darius N. Couch. Staff loss: w, 1. First division, Brig.-Gen. Winfield S. Hancock. Staff loss: w, 3. First Brigade, Brig.-Gen. John C. Caldwell (w), Col. George W. von Schack: 5th N. H., Col. Edward E. Cross (w), Maj. E. E. Sturtevant (k), Capt. James E. Larkin, Capt. Horace T. H. Pierce; 7th N. Y., Col. George W. von Schack, Capt. G. A. von Bransen; 61st N. Y., Col. Nelson A. Miles Commanded 61st and 64th N. Y., consolidated. (w); 64th N. Y., Lieut.-Col. Enos C. Brooks; Commanded 61st
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3., chapter 3.25 (search)
llorsville campaign. Reprinted with permission from the Philadelphia times.--editors. by Darius N. Couch, Major-General, U. S. V. In the latter part of January, 1863, the Army of the Potomac unthem in detail. As organized by Hooker the First Corps was commanded by Reynolds; the Second by Couch; the Third by Sickles; the Fifth by Meade; the Sixth by Sedgwick; the Eleventh by Howard; the Twy operations in front to Hooker, which were seemingly satisfactory, as he said: It is all right, Couch, I have got Lee just where I want him; he must fight me on my own ground. The retrograde movemecorps commanders reported to General Hooker that their positions could be held; at least so said Couch, Slocum, and Howard. Until after-dark on May 1st the enemy confined his demonstrations to finng down I think in a soldier's tent by himself. Raising himself a little as I entered, he said: Couch, I turn the command of the army over to you. You will withdraw it and place it in the position d
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3., The Eleventh Corps at Chancellorsville. (search)
ones existed before the battle), we notice that the two famous rivers, the Rapidan and the Rappahannock, join at a point due north of Chancellorsville; thence the Rappahannock runs easterly for two miles, till suddenly at the United States Ford it turns and flows south for a mile and a half, and then, turning again, completes a horse-shoe bend. Here, on the south shore, was General Hooker's battle-line on the morning of the 2d of May, 1863. Here his five army corps, those of Meade, Slocum, Couch, Sickles, and Howard, were deployed. The face was toward the south, and the ranks mainly occupied a ridge nearly parallel with the Rapidan. The left touched the high ground just west of the horse-shoe bend, while the bristling front, fringed with skirmishers, ran along the Mineral Spring road, bent forward to take in the cross-roads of Chancellorsville, and then, stretching on westerly through lower levels, retired to Dowdall's Tavern. Just beyond Dowdall's was a slight backward hook in t
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3., The opposing forces in the Chancellorsville campaign. (search)
a., Col. James R. Porter; 142d Pa., Col. Robert P. Cummins; 151st Pa., Col. Harrison Allen. Brigade loss: k, 1; w, 12; m, 36 == 49. Second Brigade, Col. Roy Stone: 143d Pa., Col. Edmund L. Dana; 149th Pa., Lieut.-Col. Walton Dwight; 150th Pa., Col. Langhorne Wister. Brigade loss: w, 3. Artillery, Maj. Ezra W. Matthews: B, 1st Pa., Capt. James H. Cooper; F, 1st Pa., Lieut. R. Bruce Ricketts; G, 1st Pa., Capt. Frank P. Amsden. Artillery loss: w, 9; m, 2 == 11. Second Army Corps, Maj.-Gen. Darius N. Couch. Staff loss: w, 1. Escort, D and K, 6th N. Y. Cav., Capt. Riley Johnson. Loss: w, 2. First division, Maj.-Gen. Winfield S. Hancock. First Brigade, Brig.-Gen. John C. Caldwell: 5th N. H., Col. Edward E. Cross, In temporary command of a force consisting of the 5th N. H., 88th N. Y., and 81st Pa. Lieut.-Col. Charles E. Hapgood; 61st N. Y., Col. Nelson A. Miles (w), Lieut.-Col. K. Oscar Broady; 81st Pa., Col. H. Boyd McKeen (w); 148th Pa., Col. James A. Beaver (w), Maj. George
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3., Hooker's appointment and removal. (search)
had many qualifications, but his age and growing feebleness were beyond remedy; Couch was a possible second, and still more likely third choice; and, briefly, the seo a rupture with it, and a temporizing policy was adopted all around, which General Couch, commander of the Second Corps, all unconsciously, nearly spoiled by contem Chancellorsville campaign was a change in the command of the Second Corps. General Couch had felt outraged in every nerve and fiber of his being by the conduct of General Hooker from the 1st to the 5th of May. . . . Not that General Couch was alone in this feeling, which was shared by nearly all the commanders of the army; hhough senior to him. To the suggestion of his own succession to the command General Couch returned a firm and sincere negative. . . . In this spirit [having lost confidence in Hooker], with pain inexpressible, General Couch asked to be relieved from further service with the Army of the Potomac.--editors. General Lee's inv
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3., The first day at Gettysburg. (search)
mond by a coup-de-main was feasible. It was not now a question of swapping queens. Washington was safe, being well fortified and sufficiently garrisoned, or with available troops within reach, without drawing on Hooker; and to take Richmond and scatter the Confederate Government was the surest way to ruin Lee's army--his true objective. On the first appearance of danger of invasion, Pennsylvania's vigilant governor, Curtin, warned the people of the State and called out the militia. General Couch was sent to Harrisburg to organize and command them, but disbelief in the danger — due to previous false alarms — caused delays until the fugitives from Milroy's command, followed by Jenkins's cavalry, roused the country. Defensive works were then thrown up at Harrisburg and else-where, and local forces were raised and moved toward the enemy. Early in June Hooker represented in strong terms the necessity of having one commander for all the troops whose operations would have an influe
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3., Citizens of Gettysburg in the Union army. (search)
of Gettysburg, and of citizens of the town; one other company came from Hanover, but a few miles distant. On June 23d we left Harrisburg for Gettysburg, to be used, I believe, as riflemen among the hills near Cashtown. A railroad accident prevented this plan from being carried into effect, and kept us from reaching Gettysburg until the 26th, by which time General Early had reached Cashtown. In accordance with orders received from Major Granville O. Haller, Acting aide-de-camp to General Couch, commanding the Department of the Susquehanna.--editors. in command of the post, we were marched out on the Chambersburg pike at 10 A. M., June 26th, for a distance of about three and a half miles, accompanied by Major Robert Bell, who commanded a troop of horse, also raised, I understand, in Gettysburg. Having halted, our colonel, accompanied by Major Bell, rode to the brow of an elevation distant several hundred yards, and there saw General Early's troops a few miles distant. Early s
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