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Robert Lewis Dabney, Life and Commands of Lieutenand- General Thomas J. Jackson, Chapter 19: Chancellorsville. (search)
T. J. J. The place here mentioned as Chancellor's, two miles west of Chancellorsville, was the farm of Melzi Chancellor, which was embraced within the western wing of Hooker's defences, and occupied by the corps of Sigel, now commanded by General Howard. General Jackson found both the plank-road, and the old turnpike guarded on the west by the vigilant pickets of Stuart. Advancing to these outposts, he gained a glimpse of the position of the enemy, which convinced him that he had obtained tere either captured or again put to flight. The battle was but a continued onward march, with no other pause than that required for the rectification of the line, disordered by the density of the woods. The eleven thousand German mercenaries of Howard fled almost without resistance, carrying away with them the troops sent to their support; they did not pause in Hooker's entrenched camp, but dashing through his whole army in frantic terror, without muskets, without hats, they rushed toward the
Jubal Anderson Early, Ruth Hairston Early, Lieutenant General Jubal A. Early , C. S. A., Chapter 16: battle of Sharpsburg or Antietam. (search)
s in reference to this affair on our left, his right: Entering the woods on the west of the turnpike, and driving the enemy before them, the first line was met by a heavy fire of musketry and shell from the enemy's breastworks and the batteries on the hill, commanding the exit from the woods. Meantime a heavy column of the enemy had succeeded in crowding back the troops of General Green's division, and appeared in rear of the left of Sedgwick's divi- sion. By command of General Sumner, General Howard was forced the third time to the rear, preparatory to a change of front, to meet the column advancing on the left, but this line, now suffering from a destructive fire both in front and on its left, which it was unable to return, gave way towards the right and rear in considerable confusion, and was soon followed by the first and second lines. There was nothing in the shape of breastworks in the woods or in its rear at that time, and the fight on our part was a stand up one altogether
Jubal Anderson Early, Ruth Hairston Early, Lieutenant General Jubal A. Early , C. S. A., Chapter 24: battle of Gettysburg. (search)
y, which had arrived at that place and pushed out on the Cashtown road, and that Rodes' division had turned off from Middletown towards Gettysburg by the way of Mummasburg, and ordering me to move on the direct road from Heidlersburg to the same place. I therefore moved on until I came in sight of Gettysburg. Hooker had been supplanted in the command of the Federal Army by Major General Meade, and the advance of that army, consisting of the 1st corps under Reynolds, the 11th corps under Howard, and Buford's division of cavalry, had reached Gettysburg; the cavalry on the 30th of June, and the infantry early on the morning of the 1st of July. The cavalry had moved, on the morning of the 1st, out on the Cashtown road and was there encountered by Hill's troops, two of his divisions only having as yet crossed the mountain. The enemy's infantry then moved out to support his cavalry, and a heavy engagement ensued between it and Hill's two divisions. While this was progressing Rodes' d
Jubal Anderson Early, Ruth Hairston Early, Lieutenant General Jubal A. Early , C. S. A., Index. (search)
6, 221-22, 226-234, 239, 242, 244, 247-48, 250, 253, 259, 267-68, 273-74, 276, 302, 311, 341, 345, 359, 360, 478 Holman, Captain, 47 Holmes, General, 15, 31, 33, 36, 51, 76, 86, 133 Hood, General J. B., 105, 123, 132, 140, 141, 143-46, 149-151, 155, 158, 163, 170, 176, 185-86, 191-92, 236, 342, 403 Hooker, General (U. S. A.), 117, 151, 158, 181, 189, 196-97, 200-01, 211, 213, 218, 231-34, 236-37, 253, 266, 277, 285 Hop Yard, 166 Hotchkiss, Major J., 340, 438-39, 440, 442 Howard, General (U. S. A.), 148, 266 Howe, General A. P. (U. S. A.), 198, 231-32 Howison House, 207 Huger, General, 76, 83, 84, 86, 87, 105 Hughes' Cross-Roads, 361 Hundley's Corner, 361, 362, 363 Hunter, Andrew, 401, 478 Hunter, Colonel, 32 Hunter, General (U. S. A.), 32, 37, 40, 364, 370-72, 375-76, 378-382, 391, 393, 396, 399, 401-02, 415, 417, 455, 465, 475-76 Hunterstown, 258, 264, 266 Hupp's Battalion, 244 Imboden, General, 191, 326-29, 333- 34, 339, 369, 370, 37
Fitzhugh Lee, General Lee, Chapter 10: Sharpsburg and Fredericksburg. (search)
rand commander, was at his headquarters also, on the other side of the Rappahannock. Couch, in command of the corps, and Howard, his remaining division commander, climbed the steeple of the courthouse in the town, and the battle began. It was not long before Couch exclaimed to Howard: Oh, great God! See how our men, our brave fellows, are falling! And so they were. They could not make reply or protest, and nothing was left but to do and die. I remember, said Couch, that the whole plain wasncock and French sent promptly for assistance. Two brigades of Wilcox's corps were sent to the slaughter pen, and one of Howard's, and then a division of Stoneman's, of Hooker's center grand division, as well as Gifford's division of Butterfield's con of seven corps, commanded by, First, Reynolds; Second, Couch; Third, Sickles; Fifth, Meade; Sixth, Sedgwick; Eleventh, Howard; and Twelfth, Slocum. Then he began to study strategy, for Mr. Lincoln had said, Go forward and give us victories. Lee'
Fitzhugh Lee, General Lee, Chapter 11: Chancellorsville. (search)
lances passing his front. His division was on Howard's left, whose corps formed the right of the Unh two of his divisions and Barlow's brigade of Howard's corps and gained the road Jackson was moving on, capturing a few hundred of his men. Howard did not fear an attack on his right, for his brigade. At 9.30 A. M. Hooker notified Slocum and Howard that the right of their line did not appear to to suppose the enemy is moving to our right. Howard does not admit that he ever received the notifat 10.50 A. M. Hooker received a dispatch from Howard that a column of infantry had been observed mo sitting on his horse in sight of and close to Howard's troops, he was engaged in an appeal to the Gtruck him, and he called for re-enforcements. Howard told him he must hold his post with the men hene half of the eleven thousand five hundred of Howard's corps were Germans, and occupied the exposedictory which is due to your skill and energy. Howard thought his death was providential, for in bol[4 more...]
Fitzhugh Lee, General Lee, Chapter 12: Gettysburg. (search)
deral force was in full retreat through the town of Gettysburg, toward the heights to the south of it, where a brigade of Howard's had been posted as a reserve and rallying point in case of disaster when his corps marched to the battlefield. A well-ndred to pursue. A letter of Hancock's, the officer dispatched by Meade, on hearing of Reynolds's death, to supersede Howard, his senior in command at Gettysburg, says: When I arrived upon the field, about 3 P. M. or between that and 3.30 P. M., line might have resulted, for Hancock would have been kept busy in his own front, and could not have sent troops to help Howard to hold Culp's Hill. Rodes reports: He had commenced to make the necessary preparations, but he had to draw his troop than Burnside. General Lee had a difficult task: the lines of his enemy had grown stronger during the night; Slocum, Howard, Newton (in Reynolds's place), Hancock, Sickles, Sykes, and Sedgwick's troops were all before him, and on his right and l
Fitzhugh Lee, General Lee, Index. (search)
Hoke's brigade, 339. Holmes, General, 101, 133, 135, 160. Hood, General John B., 54, 203; at Gettysburg, 279, 280. Hooker, General, Joseph, notice of, 47, 48; mentioned, 188, 195, 205; succeeds Burnside, 234; mentioned, 240, 242, 243, 244; wounded at Chancellorsville, 254; Order No. 49, 257; mentioned, 262, 263, 264; relieved, 268; sent to the Southwest, 314. Hope, Beresford, A. B., 417. Hope, Lady, Mildred, 417. Hougoumont, Chateau of, 420, 421. Houston, General, Sam, 53. Howard, General Oliver O., mentioned, 229, 272, 284. Huger, General, Benjamin, 101. Humphreys, General, mentioned, 218, 230, 389. Hunt, General Henry J., 290. Hunter, General, David, mentioned, 341, 351, 405. Hunter, R. M. T., mentioned, 12. Imboden, General, at Gettysburg, 300. Invasion of Virginia, 99. Jackson, Andrew, mentioned, 17; toast to, 222. Jackson, General Thomas J., notice of, 47; mentioned, 133, 135, 137, 140, 141, 144, 153, 155, 157, 165, 177, 181, 186, 187, 1
General Horace Porter, Campaigning with Grant, Chapter 32 (search)
empt to frown down such a lack of dignity before, or rather behind, the Chief Magistrate of the nation. For nearly seven hours the pageant was watched with unabated interest; and when it had faded from view the spectators were eager for the night to pass, so that on the morrow the scene might be renewed in the marching of the mighty Army of the West. The next day the same persons, with a few exceptions, assembled upon the reviewing-stand. At nine o'clock Sherman's veterans started. Howard had been relieved of the command of the Army of the Tennessee to take charge of the Freedmen's Bureau, and instead of leading his old troops he rode with Sherman at the head of the column, his armless right sleeve giving evidence of his heroism in action. Sherman, unknown by sight to most of the people in the East, was eagerly watched for, and his appearance awoke great enthusiasm. His tall, spare figure, war-worn face, and martial bearing made him all that the people had pictured him.
Varina Davis, Jefferson Davis: Ex-President of the Confederate States of America, A Memoir by his Wife, Volume 1, Chapter 44: Charleston Convention, 1860. (search)
They talked in groups of twos and threes in subdued tones, and listened to the proceedings of the convention as to their doom. In the galleries there were extraordinary scenes and by-plays. A Western lady was criticising most severely the South and all things Southern, when an old man, who was supposed to be a preacher, looked at her and said, in a persuasive tone, Oh, lady, please don't do and talk so ugly, we are not as bad as you think. The balloting continued until June 18th, when Mr. Howard introduced a resolution that the original delegates to Charleston should receive tickets of admission, but it was defeated by Mr. Douglas's friends. The new delegates elected to fill the vacant seats were admitted, though they represented a very small minority of their States; the motion was made to refer the seceding delegates' application for admission to the Committee on Credentials, from which, now that the Southern element had been eliminated, there could be no hope of a favorable a
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