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Brigadier-General Ellison Capers, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 5, South Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 11: (search)
ippi. General Grant's army was thrown between Jackson and Vicksburg, holding the railroad at Clintops was encamped. Sherman's corps was between Jackson and Raymond, McClernand's in supporting distattle at that point. Clinton was 8 miles from Jackson, and Edwards was distant 25 miles, so that Gr of the 13th of May. McPherson advanced upon Jackson early on the 14th, on the Clinton road, and Sa good position on a ridge about 3 miles from Jackson, assisted Colquitt in arranging his defense, old the enemy until ordered to retire through Jackson. The Georgians (five companies) and the Miss carried the position and forced a retreat on Jackson, is described as follows by the commander of ne of the troops from your department reached Jackson in time for the affair at Raymond, and only t encamped the night of the 14th, 5 miles from Jackson on the Canton road. As many of the stores asy and artillery, and 2,800 cavalry under Gen. W. H. Jackson. This force was almost without transpor
Brigadier-General Ellison Capers, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 5, South Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 12: (search)
of May, about 4 miles from General Hooker's headquarters. Jackson, with his three divisions, was in supporting distance, andOn the night of the 1st he held a long conference with General Jackson, as a result of which General Jackson was ordered to lGeneral Jackson was ordered to lead his three divisions early in the morning to the extreme right and rear of General Hooker's line, and assault with vigor.nderson's divisions, and Early was to keep back Sedgwick. Jackson marched with 26,000 men, and left Lee in front of Hooker wof the enemy's line of works. By 4 p. m. on the 2d, General Jackson was on the Germanna Ford road, and in rear of the righhe heights of Chancellorsville. Now, late in the day, General Jackson ordered A. P. Hill's division to relieve the divisionscture, while Hill's division was taking position, that General Jackson, he and his staff being mistaken in the darkness for Fe Rappahannock. Colonel Henagan's regiment was with General Jackson from the 2d. The loss of Kershaw's brigade was not gr
Brigadier-General Ellison Capers, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 5, South Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Biographical (search)
promoted colonel, and later inspector-general; was associated with Generals Scott and Macomb in the preparation of a system of infantry tactics; resigned in 1815, afterward served in Congress 1825-33, and was a warm friend and supporter of President Jackson. General Drayton was graduated at the United States military academy in 1828, in the class of Jefferson Davis, and was in the service as second lieutenant of Sixth infantry until his resignation in 1836. Subsequently he was occupied as a calry in harassing Sherman's movement to Chattanooga, and during the Georgia campaign of 1864 his brigade of Alabamians and Mississippians, with Armstrong's and Ross' brigades, formed the cavalry of the army of Mississippi, under command of Gen. W. H. Jackson, operating on the left wing of Johnston's army. He defeated Wilder's lightning brigade, and displayed gallantry on every field. When Sherman began his march to Savannah, he harassed the Federal flank until within a few miles of Savannah,