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Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Chapter XXII: Operations in Kentucky, Tennessee, North Mississippi, North Alabama, and Southwest Virginia. March 4-June 10, 1862., Part II: Correspondence, Orders, and Returns. (ed. Lieut. Col. Robert N. Scott) 152 0 Browse Search
Col. John M. Harrell, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 10.2, Arkansas (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 94 0 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 19. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 90 0 Browse Search
Colonel Charles E. Hooker, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 12.2, Mississippi (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 86 0 Browse Search
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: Volume 2. 76 0 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 2. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 70 0 Browse Search
Edward Alfred Pollard, The lost cause; a new Southern history of the War of the Confederates ... Drawn from official sources and approved by the most distinguished Confederate leaders. 62 0 Browse Search
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: The Opening Battles. Volume 1. 60 0 Browse Search
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 2. 58 0 Browse Search
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 2: Two Years of Grim War. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller) 56 0 Browse Search
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Colonel William Preston Johnston, The Life of General Albert Sidney Johnston : His Service in the Armies of the United States, the Republic of Texas, and the Confederate States., Chapter 31: Pittsburg Landing. (search)
issouri. Price and McCulloch. dissensions. Van Dorn put in command. Curtis's army. battle of Else the enemy did not allow him to carry out. Van Dorn assumed command January 29, 1862, and was engountry and collect provisions. As soon as Van Dorn arrived at the Confederate camps, on Boston M Creek; and, instead of taking him in detail, Van Dorn was obliged to assail his entire army. Nehile Curtis was preparing for a front attack, Van Dorn, by a wide detour, led Price's army to the Fen time to make his dispositions accordingly. Van Dorn had avoided his intrenchments, however, and f to back, and readily reinforced each other. Van Dorn, with Price's corps, encountered Carr's diviser a wide circuit, on Price's corps. When Van Dorn learned this sad intelligence, he urged his aow on its opponent's line of communications. Van Dorn found his troops much disorganized and exhaus no real pursuit. The attack had failed. Van Dorn puts his losses at 600 killed and wounded, an[4 more...]
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: The Opening Battles. Volume 1., The first year of the War in Missouri. (search)
on of affairs in Missouri, and General Price's views. Van Dorn had already decided upon a plan of campaign, and in execu near which place was McCulloch. On learning all this Van Dorn hastened to Van Buren and thence to Price's headquarters, infantry and cavalry and forty-nine pieces of artillery) Van Dorn unwisely divided his army, and leaving McCulloch with hisand were still holding their ground when about 10 o'clock Van Dorn ordered a retreat, and the army leaving Missouri to her fd his losses at 203 killed, 980 wounded, and 201 missing. Van Dorn's were probably greater, and he lost heavily in good offif that river, that General Albert Sidney Johnston ordered Van Dorn to move his army to within supporting distance of Beauregard. This Van Dorn began to do on the 17th of March, on which day he wrote to General Johnston that he would soon relieve Bcross the mountains of North Arkansas toward Jacksonport, Van Dorn was suddenly ordered by General Johnston on the 23d of Ma
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: The Opening Battles. Volume 1., The Pea Ridge campaign. (search)
in Arkansas suddenly changed the situation. Van Dorn at once hastened from Jacksonport to Van Bureat McKissick's farm. It was the intention of Van Dorn to move early on the 6th and gobble up my two. I state these facts to show how egregiously Van Dorn was mistaken in supposing that if he had arrissed Sugar Creek, 10 miles from Bentonville. Van Dorn officially says, We followed him [Sigel], our Bentonville. Watie, Welch, and Greer joined Van Dorn in the night, but Watie retreated to Bentonvir extreme left, however, near Elkhorn Tavern, Van Dorn made a determined effort to hold the high spuents, of good fighting and good manoeuvring. Van Dorn was evidently surprised when he found that hidays before the battle. On the 12th of March Van Dorn wrote or telegraphed from Van Buren to Colonea Ridge, when, after the defeat of McCulloch, Van Dorn and Price had settled down on our line of comful if it had not been pushed too far out. If Van Dorn had formed his line with the left of Price's [12 more...]
The Annals of the Civil War Written by Leading Participants North and South (ed. Alexander Kelly McClure), Van Dorn, the hero of Mississippi. (search)
Van Dorn, the hero of Mississippi. Major General Dabney H. Maury. General Earl Van Dorn was, iate because of questions of rank. Therefore, Van Dorn promptly responded to Price's summons, and inurs before we set out. Except my sorrel mare, Van Dorn's black mare was the hardest trotter in the w; and after he had closed upon the main body, Van Dorn, leaving a small force to occupy the attentioed away unmolested. Arrived at Van Buren, Van Dorn addressed himself to the completion of the regard, was occupying the works of Corinth when Van Dorn, with the Army of the West, sixteen thousand illiant and complete success. After this, Van Dorn urged General Price, who had been left at Tupgthened, and its garrison greatly increased. Van Dorn attacked with his usual vigor and dash. His Never was a general more disappointed than Van Dorn; but no man in all our army was so little sha Van Buren. We were sitting on the portico --Van Dorn and I-when a little child came out to us; he [15 more...]
Thomas C. DeLeon, Four years in Rebel capitals: an inside view of life in the southern confederacy, from birth to death., Chapter 5: a southern river boat race. (search)
Chapter 5: a southern river boat race. An Alabama steamer General Van Dorn what river travel is a calliope and its master Banter for a race excitement of all on board a close shave neck and neck how a race is won a unique toast. Hurry, my boy! Pack up your traps and get ready for the boat, cried Styles Staple, bursting into my room in his usual sudden fashion the day we got the news from Virginia. All's fixed. The colonel, you and I are to have a trip of a week, stop at Momething; then something else and, finally, something more, till he got very thick-tongued and enthusiastic. Grand aire of ze Liberte! he cried at last, mounting again to his perch by the smoke-stack. Song compose by me for one grand man-ze Van Dorn. I make zees-me, myself-and dedicate to heem! And he banged at the keys till he tortured the steam into the Liberty duet, from Puritani. How you fine zat, eh? Zat makes ze hymn for ze Souse. Me, I am republican! Voila! I wear ze moust
Thomas C. DeLeon, Four years in Rebel capitals: an inside view of life in the southern confederacy, from birth to death., Chapter 6: boat life afloat and aground. (search)
ccurs; and at that, the banks resound with the yells of laughter Sambo sends after his brother-in-water. We've pretty thoroughly done the boat, said Styles, about midday. Let's go up to the professor's den and see if his head aches from ‘ze Van Dorn. So up we mounted, passing on the way the faro bank, that advertises its neighborhood by most musical jingling of chips and half dollars. Hello, Spring Chicken, cried Styles, to a youth in a blue sack with shoulder straps, who sat at thehe people will all go one way now, or make two strong and bitter parties. For my part, I believe Maryland will be with us before this boat gets off. Late at night we swung loose and rushed past Selma, with the calliope screaming Dixie and ze Van Dorn; for the professor was himself again and waxed irate and red-patriotic over the news. We could get no more papers, however; so suspense and speculation continued until we reached Mobile. There we heard of the quelling of the riot; of the co
Jubal Anderson Early, Ruth Hairston Early, Lieutenant General Jubal A. Early , C. S. A., Chapter 5: operations along Bull Run. (search)
ry, for which Thornton's had been exchanged, was relieved from duty with me and attached to General Van Dorn's headquarters. On the 7th of October, the 20tli Georgia Regiment, Colonel W. D. Smith, wanion Mills on the right, through Centreville, to Stone Bridge on the left. At the new position Van Dorn's division was on the right, with Ewell's brigade at Union Mills and mine on its left above thazed into four divisions of three brigades each and two corps. Bonham's brigade was attached to Van Dorn's division, and the command of the other divisions was given to Major Generals G. W. Smith, Longstreet, and E. Kirby Smith, respectively. Van Dorn's and Longstreet's divisions constituted the first corps under General Beauregard, and the other two divisions constituted the second corps under td so as to merely cover McLean's Ford on that flank. About the middle of January, 1862, Major General Van Dorn was relieved from duty with the Army of the Potomac and ordered to the Trans-Mississippi
Philip Henry Sheridan, Personal Memoirs of P. H. Sheridan, General, United States Army ., Chapter XIV (search)
ranger at Franklin, arriving in the midst of much excitement prevailing on account of the loss of Coburn's brigade, which had been captured the day before a little distance south of that point, while marching to form a junction with a column that had been directed on Columbia from Murfreesboroa. Shortly after Coburn's capture General Granger had come upon the scene, and the next day he advanced my division and Minty's troops directly on Spring Hill, with a view to making some reprisal; but Van Dorn had no intention of accommodating us, and retired from Spring Hill, offering but little resistance. He continued to fall back, till finally he got behind Duck River, where operations against him ceased; for, in consequence of the incessant rains of the season, the streams had become almost impassable. Later, I returned by way of Franklin to my old camp at Murfreesboroa, passing over on this march the ground on which the Confederate General Hood met with such disaster the following year in
Varina Davis, Jefferson Davis: Ex-President of the Confederate States of America, A Memoir by his Wife, Volume 2, Chapter 29: seven days battles around Richmond. (search)
r a season to recruit his health. General J. E. Johnston is steadily and rapidly improving. I wish he were able to take the field. Despite the critics who know military affairs by instinct, he is a good soldier, never brags of what he did do, and could at this time render most valuable service. From the President to Mrs. Davis. Richmond, Va., June 25, 1862. Skirmishing yesterday and today, but not of a character to reveal the purpose of the enemy, and designed to conceal our own. Van Dorn is at Vicksburg, and preparing to make a desperate defence. Bragg may effect something, since Halleck has divided his force, and I hope will try, but there is reason to fear that his army has been woefully demoralized. Butler, properly surnamed the beast, has added to his claim for infamous notoriety by his recent orders, and report charges him with wholesale peculations, and daily selling licenses for private gain. For instance, two respectable gentlemen assured me that he sold perm
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: Volume 2., Iuka and Corinth. (search)
n Mississippi were left under command of Generals Van Dorn and Price. About the middle of July Geneported that General John C. Breckinridge, of Van Dorn's command, had gone to Kentucky with three Keneral Albert Rust. The combined forces under Van Dorn and Price were reported to be encamped on the knowledge of the following facts, taken from Van Dorn's report, dated Holly Springs, October 20th, s and reconnoitering. On October 2d, while Van Dorn was at Pocahontas, General Hurlbut telegrapheor what might happen, wholly ignorant of what Van Dorn was doing at Chewalla, ten miles away through, sent to compel the enemy to show his hand. Van Dorn says: The attack was commenced on the right bmorning. The air was still and fiercely hot. Van Dorn says that the Confederate preparations for thscumbia during the night. The left of General Van Dorn's attack was to have begun earlier, but t, 2150; captured or missing, 2183 = 4838. General Van Dorn says ( Official Records, Vol. XVII., Pt.[9 more...]
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