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Maj. Jed. Hotchkiss, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 3, Virginia (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 241 7 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 3: The Decisive Battles. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller) 217 3 Browse Search
William F. Fox, Lt. Col. U. S. V., Regimental Losses in the American Civil War, 1861-1865: A Treatise on the extent and nature of the mortuary losses in the Union regiments, with full and exhaustive statistics compiled from the official records on file in the state military bureaus and at Washington 208 10 Browse Search
Edward Porter Alexander, Military memoirs of a Confederate: a critical narrative 169 1 Browse Search
Benjamnin F. Butler, Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler 158 36 Browse Search
Adam Badeau, Military history of Ulysses S. Grant from April 1861 to April 1865. Volume 3 81 1 Browse Search
Adam Badeau, Military history of Ulysses S. Grant from April 1861 to April 1865. Volume 2 81 1 Browse Search
Waitt, Ernest Linden, History of the Nineteenth regiment, Massachusetts volunteer infantry , 1861-1865 72 20 Browse Search
Oliver Otis Howard, Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general , United States army : volume 1 71 3 Browse Search
The Annals of the Civil War Written by Leading Participants North and South (ed. Alexander Kelly McClure) 68 16 Browse Search
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Waitt, Ernest Linden, History of the Nineteenth regiment, Massachusetts volunteer infantry , 1861-1865, Chapter 21: events at Falmouth. (search)
e river. At about four o'clock in the morning the clear blasts of the bugle aroused everyone to activity. The rude breakfasts were hastily eaten, the sick and disabled were hurriedly tolled off for the guard of the camp; the bustle of aides and orderlies increased, and at half past 4 the opening roar of artillery in front announced that the dread business had begun. The heavy columns of the Ninth Corps swept rapidly to the front. French moved his division to the heights of Stafford, Hancock followed close and just at dawn the gallant division of Howard moved up. Word that the Engineers had succeeded in laying the bridges below the city and that Franklin and Hooker were crossing was received, but the bridge over which the Third Brigade was to cross could not be laid in time. About two hours before daylight the brigade marched down to the river bank, and found but a small section of the bridge laid. There was about an inch of snow on the ground and the fog was so dense that
Waitt, Ernest Linden, History of the Nineteenth regiment, Massachusetts volunteer infantry , 1861-1865, Chapter 22: crossing the river at Fredericksburg. (search)
t wheeled to the right, but before the full line had reached the street, the enemy from their snug retreats poured such a deadly fire upon them that they were forced to retire with great loss. Over the completed bridge rushed the divisions of Hancock, French and Howard, the old Second Corps, followed by the columns of the glorious Ninth. As the men of the Nineteenth Massachusetts lay upon the bank of the river they recognized and received the plaudits of the heroes of other days. Palfrey, with the Twentieth Massachusetts, Farnham, with the First Minnesota; Owens, with his regulars; Meagher, with the Irish Brigade, the Fifteenth Massachusetts and Rickett's battery recalled the Dunker Church and the terrible cornfield at Antietam; Hancock's old brigade recalled the glorious day of Williamsburg and Fort Magruder; Van Valkenburg and the Fourteenth Indiana told of Hatteras and Fort Clarke; the Twenty-fourth and Twenty-seventh Massachusetts of Roanoke Island. Then came Hawkins with
Waitt, Ernest Linden, History of the Nineteenth regiment, Massachusetts volunteer infantry , 1861-1865, chapter 23 (search)
r to advance did not come. Sumner fumed, the fiery Hooker fretted and swore. Hancock stood leaning upon his sword, a silent statue of manly beauty, brave and true own. They gather head. The enemy flee up the hill and the day is half won. Hancock rushes forward with his division, but Early flings himself down the hill with s lost again, and the shattered brigades of the Ninth fall back in the rear of Hancock's advancing line. A little while the anxious forces held in reserve await tthat Reynolds has not been supported and has lost what he so bravely won. Then Hancock is moving again. Steadily and swiftly his gallant forces near the rebel worksr thunder on the left and centre. French advances. The shattered commands of Hancock and of Parks give him passage and the splendid Third Division rushes over the ment,—a mere handful of men,—advanced across the plain. The dead of Parke, of Hancock and of French lay all around them, the grass was slippery with their blood, t
Waitt, Ernest Linden, History of the Nineteenth regiment, Massachusetts volunteer infantry , 1861-1865, Chapter 26: a period of rest in camp at Falmouth. (search)
very front. They were entertained by the Commander-in-chief and then by the various corps commanders. They visited Gen. Hancock, and early one morning Lieut. Col. Devereux received a note from Gen. Hancock asking him if he would parade his regimeGen. Hancock asking him if he would parade his regiment at 2 o'clock in the afternoon and put it through the manual peculiar to it. He replied that his boys would be ready at the appointed time. He said nothing to the officers or men of the fact that they were to give an exhibition drill at 2 o'clock, preferring to take them by surprise. The headquarters of Gen. Hancock were some distance away, on a rising ground from which he could overlook all the camps in his command. At the appointed hour, the general and his staff were seen to mount their was in perfect line, ready to salute them. After the intricate and interesting drill of the regiment was concluded, Gen. Hancock said to the Lieutenant Colonel: I sent you that request because I had told those Britishers that I had a regiment in m
Waitt, Ernest Linden, History of the Nineteenth regiment, Massachusetts volunteer infantry , 1861-1865, Chapter 27: the Gettysburg Campaign. (search)
1863, Hooker put his army on the march toward Gettysburg. Hancock's Second Corps was the rear guard all the way to Edward's of General Officer of the Day, and as Col. Charles Morgan, Hancock's chief of staff, was an old schoolmate, the two were much thus depriving all the men of their sleep. On one day Gen. Hancock asked his chief of staff the number of the regiment whi Nineteenth Massachusetts, was the reply. Thank God, said Hancock, we'll have a good rest tonight. There's no fool business's cavalry came through the Gap on the 24th and outflanked Hancock, and on the 25th he started back toward Haymarket, but whe we are made of? growled one. Another cried Where is old Hancock agoina to, anyway? Does he think we can march all day witnd Corps, as the result of this forced march was nicknamed Hancock's Night-Walkers. In silence and with aching bones, they sleg. The corps was encamped around the town and soon Gen. Hancock issued orders that the Nineteenth regiment should take
Waitt, Ernest Linden, History of the Nineteenth regiment, Massachusetts volunteer infantry , 1861-1865, chapter 28 (search)
had been left there by Gen. Howard, and at this crisis Gen. Hancock's Second Corps came up and bivouacked. In the morning hen were the Third Corps under Sickles, Second Corps under Hancock, Eleventh, First and Twelfth Corps forming Right and Rightfine position, but not as strong as the one selected by Gen. Hancock. On the morning of the second of July, the Sixth andt invasion of the North. Lee's failure to drive Meade and Hancock meant, perhaps, the destruction of his army. The summermore fiercely than before. Instead of being in advance of Hancock's left, Humphrey should have been connected with it. Humanholds its own. Gen. Meade comes up just at this time, with Hancock and Gibbon, and stands near the Nineteenth Massachusetts, t something must be done to assist Humphrey. Turning to Hancock, Gen. Meade says: Something must be done. Send a couple of regiments out in support of Humphrey. Hancock turned to Gibbon, and, without a word between them, the latter says to Col.
Waitt, Ernest Linden, History of the Nineteenth regiment, Massachusetts volunteer infantry , 1861-1865, Chapter 30: Pickett's charge. (search)
t then Col. Devereux cries out to him:—See! Their colors! They have broken through! Shall I get in there? From General Hancock's Official Report: The fight here became very close and deadly. The enemy's battleflags were soon seen waving on there at once. Shouting in a characteristic manner—Now, men, forward! Now's your chance. Get up and go at them!—Gen. Hancock shoots like an arrow past the men, and a moment afterward receives a wound which sweeps him from the saddle and nearlyng to the rear. Major Rice used the staff as a cane and on arriving at the Field Hospital gave it into the hands of General Hancock, who was lying in an ambulance at the hospital. Although organizations were more or less broken up and confusion Woodruff advanced his battery far out upon the plain in front of Howard's corps and opened fire upon their left rear. Hancock had fallen, Hayes and Gibbon both were wounded. Brave Webb called out to Charge! Suddenly in the midst of the awful <
Waitt, Ernest Linden, History of the Nineteenth regiment, Massachusetts volunteer infantry , 1861-1865, Chapter 31: after the battle. (search)
of what was soon to be the ever memorable battle of Gettysburg in its second and third day's continuance. Early in the morning of July 2nd, General Gibbon, commanding the Second Division of the Second Corps, assumed command of the corps, General Hancock being temporarily in chief command. General Harrow, commanding First Brigade, came into command of the division by seniority. At the joint request of Generals Gibbon and Harrow, I left my regiment and joined General Harrow's staff for the ut in two. There were no troops to support the single front line except myself. Unable to do anything actively because of our troops in front, and receiving no order, but watching an opportunity to be of service, I was about to move when General Hancock came riding up, as he always did when the commander's presence was needed, and as he rushed past the left of our line I halted him, and pointed out how completely our line was broken at that point, and asked permission to put my troops in th
Waitt, Ernest Linden, History of the Nineteenth regiment, Massachusetts volunteer infantry , 1861-1865, chapter 36 (search)
tenant General Grant, with other general officers, reviewed the Second Army Corps. After the general review, the Nineteenth Massachusetts, under Lieut. Col. Rice, and the Twentieth Massachusetts under Major H. L. Abbott, were selected by Major General Hancock to drill at Headquarters, Second Division, in the presence of the commander-in-chief. The many generals present, including Lieut. Gen. Grant, and Generals Meade, Hancock, Humphreys, Warren, Sedgwick, Gibbon and Sheridan, expressed much sHancock, Humphreys, Warren, Sedgwick, Gibbon and Sheridan, expressed much satisfaction with the admirable discipline and perfect construction of both regiments. After the Nineteenth Massachusetts had been drilled in the manual, the Twentieth Massachusetts gave an exhibition drill in fancy batallion movements in heavy marching order. General Meade said that in all the years of his service in the regular army he had never seen the proficiency of the Nineteenth Massachusetts regiment in the manual of arms equalled. After the drill General Grant dined with General Gi
Waitt, Ernest Linden, History of the Nineteenth regiment, Massachusetts volunteer infantry , 1861-1865, Chapter 37: the Wilderness Campaign. (search)
setts being the guiding regiment or battalion of direction of the Division, preparatory to the desperate charge of the Confederate position at The Angle which General Hancock had decided to attempt. This Angle was afterward called the Bloody Angle. When everything was in readiness the men were cautioned to be careful in firing was, for the purpose of the impending collision, scarcely as formidable as would have been a single well-ordered line. During the battle in the afternoon, General Hancock visited the line, stopped a while and watched the powderbe-grimmed men shoot at the rebels and eat hardtack, and then rode coolly away among the swift flying rt in The Battles and Leaders of the Civil War, regarding the battle of the Wilderness and the charge of Webb's Brigade, says: The Federals (Webb's Brigade of Hancock's Corps) were advancing through the pines with apparently resistless force, when Gregg's eight hundred Texans, regardless of numbers, flanks or supports, dashed d
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