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Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 3. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book III:—Pennsylvania. (search)
ng that Ewell was pressing the enemy closer, sent him an order by Colonel Taylor to attack the hill, if he could do so with any chance of success, as soon as he saw his troops in the town; but he had himself very serious doubts on the subject, Colonel Long, whom he had charged to make as thorough an examination of the enemy's positions as possible, having reported that they were very strong. So that, while ordering Ewell to make the attack, he recommended him at the same time, according to the hey scatter it along the whole extent of the enemy's line. This error was noticed with astonishment by the Union artillerists; so that when, a few years later, peace had brought them into close contact with their adversaries, General Hunt met General Long, Lee's secretary, who had formerly been his pupil at West Point, and asked him to explain the cause of it. It was owing to the interference of the generals (commanding the army corps and divisions), replied Long. In noticing this error he add
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 3. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), chapter 6 (search)
ade, Brig.-gen. Benham—15th, 50th N. Y., Battalion of U. S. engineers. Confederate army of Northern Virginia. （May 1st, 1863.) Commander-in-Chief, General Robert E. Lee. General staff. Chief of Staff, Brigadier-general Chilton. Chief Quartermaster, Lieut.-colonel Corley. Commissary—in—Chief, Lieut.-colonel Cole. Chief of Ordnance, Lieut.-colonel Baldwin. Assistant Adjutant—General, Lieut.-colonel Murray. Chief of Engineers, Lieut.-colonel Smith. Military Secretary, Colonel Long. First army corps. In the absence of Lieutenant-general Longstreet with Hood's, Pickett's, and Ransom's divisions, the remainder of the corps is under the immediate control of the general-in-chief. 1st division, Maj.-gen. Anderson. 1st brigade, Brig.-general Mahone—6th, 12th, 16th, 41st, 66th Va., Grandy's Battery. 2d brigade, Brig.-gen. Perry—2d, 5th, 8th Fla. 3d brigade, Brig.-gen. Wilcox—8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 14th Ala., Lewis' Battery. 4th brigade, Brig.-gen