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L. P. Brockett, The camp, the battlefield, and the hospital: or, lights and shadows of the great rebellion 16 0 Browse Search
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L. P. Brockett, The camp, the battlefield, and the hospital: or, lights and shadows of the great rebellion, Moore and Blue, the Kansas scouts. (search)
ants, they were saluted in this manner:-- Want a pass to Chattanooga, do you? Lots of people in that fix. What d'ye want to go there for? We want to join Jack Jones's cavalry company, replied Moore, at a venture, who had heard of such a company. If that's all you want, you needn't go to Chattanooga for it. Jones and hisJones and his company are here now. This was a new and not pleasing phase of affairs; and, to add to their difficulty, Captain Brenton called Jones in at once, and told him here were two men who wished to join his company, and he'd better have them sworn in right away. Fairly caught in their own trap, there was no escape, and, trusting the Jones in at once, and told him here were two men who wished to join his company, and he'd better have them sworn in right away. Fairly caught in their own trap, there was no escape, and, trusting the future to good luck, they yielded to their fate, and were sworn in. Three days afterward, they with three others were detailed to duty on the second picket line, and determined to take advantage of this opportunity and make their escape. Some distance from their station was a house where whiskey could be obtained it exorbitant pri
L. P. Brockett, The camp, the battlefield, and the hospital: or, lights and shadows of the great rebellion, Part 2: daring enterprises of officers and men. (search)
ut interruption or discovery. Yorke, with the third squadron, was in advance, and as we moved, he managed so well that he bagged every picket on the road. Thus we had got almost upon the rebel camp before we were discovered. We rode right into Jones' Brigade, the First Jersey and First Pennsylvania charging together; and before they had recovered from the alarm we had a hundred and fifty prisoners. The rebels were then forming thick upon the hill-side by the station, and they had a battery pable to the refugees, for by it they discovered the whereabouts of the Federal forces. When about fifteen miles from Williamsburg the party came upon the main road and found the tracks of a large body of cavalry. A piece of paper found by Captain Jones satisfied him that they were Union cavalry; but his companions were suspicious, and avoided the road and moved forward. At the Burnt ordinary (about ten miles from Williamsburg) they awaited the return of the cavalry that had moved up the ro
L. P. Brockett, The camp, the battlefield, and the hospital: or, lights and shadows of the great rebellion, The cavalry fight at Brandy station. (search)
ing order. That night we lay close to Kelly's Ford, in column of battalions, the men holding their horses as they slept, and no fires being lighted. At four o'clock on the morning of the 9th, we were again in motion, and got across the ford without interruption or discovery. Yorke, with the third squadron, was in advance, and as we moved, he managed so well that he bagged every picket on the road. Thus we had got almost upon the rebel camp before we were discovered. We rode right into Jones' Brigade, the First Jersey and First Pennsylvania charging together; and before they had recovered from the alarm we had a hundred and fifty prisoners. The rebels were then forming thick upon the hill-side by the station, and they had a battery playing upon us like fun. Martin's New York Battery on our side galloped into position, and began to answer them. Then Wyndham formed his whole brigade for a charge, except a squadron of the First Maryland, left to support the battery. Our boys went
L. P. Brockett, The camp, the battlefield, and the hospital: or, lights and shadows of the great rebellion, How the prisoners escaped prom the Richmond jail-incredible underground work-friendship of Virginia negroes. (search)
cesh sympathies of the woman were at once aroused, and she gave th-m of her substance, and started them on their way, with directions how to avoid the Yankee soldiers, who occasionally scouted in that vicinity. This information was exceedingly valuable to the refugees, for by it they discovered the whereabouts of the Federal forces. When about fifteen miles from Williamsburg the party came upon the main road and found the tracks of a large body of cavalry. A piece of paper found by Captain Jones satisfied him that they were Union cavalry; but his companions were suspicious, and avoided the road and moved forward. At the Burnt ordinary (about ten miles from Williamsburg) they awaited the return of the cavalry that had moved up the road, and from behind a fence corner, where they were secreted, the fugitives saw the flag of the Union, supported by a squadron of cavalry, which proved to be a detachment of Colonel Spear's 11th Pennsylvania Regiment, sent out for the purpose of pick
L. P. Brockett, The camp, the battlefield, and the hospital: or, lights and shadows of the great rebellion, General Pope and the assistant secretary of war. (search)
o see you, then, on a matter of business. Call on my adjutant, sir. He will arrange any business you may have. But I wish to have a personal conversation with you. See my adjutant, in an authoritative voice. But- Did I not tell you to see my adjutant? Trouble me no more, sir ; and Pope was about walking away. My name is Scott, general, quietly remarked the small, plain man. Confound you! What do I care, thundered Pope, in a rising passion, if your name is Scott, or Jones, or Jenkins, or Snooks, for the matter of that? See my adjutant, I tell you, fellow! Leave my presence! I am, continued the quiet man, in his quiet way, the Assistant Secretary of War, and- What a revolution those simple words made in the general's appearance and manner! His angry, haughty, domineering air was dispelled in a moment, and a flush of confusion passed over his altered face I beg your pardon, Mr. Scott, I had no idea whom I was addressing. Pray be seated; I shall
The Daily Dispatch: July 13, 1863., [Electronic resource], Winchester, July 8th, 1863. (search)
uction of our pontoon bridge below Williamsport was owing to carelessness. It was guarded by an inadequate body of men, and they without arms. Lee, however, seems to have little use for it at present. The following is a partial list of officers killed: Col. V, D Groner, 61st Va. (reported;) Adj't Campbell, 8th Miss; Col. H R Miller, Miss; Col. Smith, 55th N C; Col. Edmonds, 58th Va. Capt W T Magruder; Gen. Jos David, Adj't Gen. Col Dr. S G C (reported;) Lt Col. Mounger, 9th Ga; Col Jack Jones, 20th Ga. (reported;) Col Carrington, 18th Va, (reported;) Col Carter, 13th Miss; Col Ellis, Va, (reported;) Col J B Williams, Va, Col Allen, 28th Va; Maj Wilson, 28th Va. The following is a partial list of the wounded. Col Thomas, 8th Ga; Col Jack Brown, 59th Ga; Maj Gee, Ga; Col Kennedy, S C; Lt. Col Whittle. 38th Va; Col Griffin, 18th Miss; Col W S Luce, 18th Miss, missing; Col W T Holder, 17th Miss; Lt.-Col Fleiser, 17th Miss, Lt. Col McElroy, 13th Miss; Maj Bradley, 13th Mis