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Horace Greeley, The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65: its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union. Volume II. 243 11 Browse Search
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An English Combatant, Lieutenant of Artillery of the Field Staff., Battlefields of the South from Bull Run to Fredericksburgh; with sketches of Confederate commanders, and gossip of the camps. 210 2 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 11. (ed. Frank Moore) 200 12 Browse Search
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Waitt, Ernest Linden, History of the Nineteenth regiment, Massachusetts volunteer infantry , 1861-1865, Chapter 17: to South Mountain and Antietam. (search)
Chapter 17: to South Mountain and Antietam. The troops were not in good health or spirits, but a few days in Maryland would do much for them. Rumors were soon afloat that Lee was in Pennsylvania and Maryland. Lee had received the thanks of the Confederate Congress for his brilliant achievements and with his trusted Lieutenant Generals, Jackson and Longstreet, crossed the Potomac near the scene of the battle of Ball's Bluff, threatening both Washington and Baltimore. He marched into Frederick City, Md. and issued his proclamation to the citizens of Maryland on Sept. 7. Meanwhile the command of the Union Army, including both the Army of the Potomac and the Army of Virginia, from which Pope had just been relieved, passed quietly again into the hands of McClellan. He at once took the field again to re-organize the forces, and started in pursuit of Lee. The restoration of McClellan contributed a healthy enthusiasm and on Sept. 7 the Army moved in three columns, the right wing
Waitt, Ernest Linden, History of the Nineteenth regiment, Massachusetts volunteer infantry , 1861-1865, chapter 23 (search)
of bullets, they got him through the fence, put him on a stetcher and sent him across the river to the Lacy House, where he died a week later. That accomplished soldier, Gen. Couch, says the men were asked to conquer an impossibility. Gen. Longstreet says: The charges had been desperate and bloody, but utterly hopeless. I thought, as I saw the Federals come again and again to their death, that they deserved success, if courage and daring could entitle soldiers to victory. General LonGeneral Longstreet described the defence of Marye's Heights as follows: An idea of how well Marye's Heights was protected may be obtained from the following incident: Gen. E. P. Alexander, my engineer and superintendent of artillery, had been placing the guns, and, in going over the field with him before the battle, I noticed an idle cannon. I suggested that he place it so as to aid in covering the field in front of Marye's Hill. He answered, General, we cover that ground now so well that we will comb
Waitt, Ernest Linden, History of the Nineteenth regiment, Massachusetts volunteer infantry , 1861-1865, chapter 28 (search)
t morning passed very quietly for the other Union forces. Notwithstanding Ewell's success, Lee made no effort until the balance of his army could get up, under Longstreet, and this occupied the entire forenoon. Far in the north could be seen the dust made by Stuart, returning from his wild escapade around the Union army. Down twas fairly in motion, another became visible, deploying from the woods in its rear. Another and another deployed and advanced and the great movement unmasked. Longstreet, seeing his advantage and that he enfiladed Sickles' position, planned to attack him by eschelon of brigades from the right, having Round Top for its objective ey's position and cross Plum Run, beyond which there is a slight ridge, running diagonally to the road and facing almost exactly the point of compass from which Longstreet made his advance. The two regiments move forward, but the terrible flank fire forces them to quickly halt. The men are ordered to lie down. The smoke is so d
Waitt, Ernest Linden, History of the Nineteenth regiment, Massachusetts volunteer infantry , 1861-1865, Chapter 31: after the battle. (search)
ral Harrow's staff for the purpose of taking charge of the operations of the division, giving orders in General Harrow's name. Nothing of importance occurred, however. Later in the day, when General Gibbon resumed his own command, I returned to my regiment. Some time past the middle of the afternoon when General Sickles, commanding the Third Corps marched from his position on the Ridge, out through the peach orchard endeavoring to occupy the high ground along the Emmetsburg Pike, where Longstreet struck his left flank, I received a hurried order to take the Nineteenth Massachusetts, accompanied by the Forty Second New York (Colonel Mallon) to support Humphrey's Division, which held the right of the Third Corps' line. It is right for me to say here that there was a disputed, and as yet unsettled, right of seniority between myself and Colonel Mallon, but which never interfered with our cordial personal relations; and it is due to the memory of so good an officer, who died gallantl
Waitt, Ernest Linden, History of the Nineteenth regiment, Massachusetts volunteer infantry , 1861-1865, Index. (search)
.................................... 236, 286 Lithead, George,.......................................... 145 Little, Moses C.,..................................................... 186 Little Round Top,...............................................225, 226 Littlefield, Moses R.,............................................... 285 Lobskause,........................................................... 18 Logan, Jeremiah,..................................................... 144 Longstreet, General,................................................... 183 Lopez, Frank,........................................................ 292 Lord, James H.,..................................................... 89, 285 Loveland, Nathaniel,.................................................. 104 Lucius, Jeremiah,..................................................... 292 Lucy, George,........................................................ 105 Ludlow, James,....................................