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Adam Badeau, Military history of Ulysses S. Grant from April 1861 to April 1865. Volume 1 543 7 Browse Search
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: The Opening Battles. Volume 1. 278 4 Browse Search
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 2. 204 2 Browse Search
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3. 164 2 Browse Search
Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant 120 2 Browse Search
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. 110 0 Browse Search
Colonel William Preston Johnston, The Life of General Albert Sidney Johnston : His Service in the Armies of the United States, the Republic of Texas, and the Confederate States. 93 1 Browse Search
William Tecumseh Sherman, Memoirs of General William T. Sherman . 88 2 Browse Search
William F. Fox, Lt. Col. U. S. V., Regimental Losses in the American Civil War, 1861-1865: A Treatise on the extent and nature of the mortuary losses in the Union regiments, with full and exhaustive statistics compiled from the official records on file in the state military bureaus and at Washington 73 1 Browse Search
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Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: The Opening Battles. Volume 1., General Polk and the battle of Belmont. (search)
bsequently, the Confederates were reinforced by 1,000 men with whom they took up the pursuit, thus bringing the total upon the field to 5000 of all arms. A recent revision of the official tables of losses shows that the estimates as given in the official records are under the mark. The official records and the officially revised estimates furnish the following data: The Union forces engaged at Belmont, Mo., under Brig.-Gen. U. S. Grant, were composed of the First Brigade, Brig.-Gen. John A. McClernand: 27th Illinois, Col. N. B. Buford; 30th Illinois, Col. Philip B. Fouke; 31st Illinois, Col. John A. Logan; Dollins' Co. Illinois Cavalry, Capt. J. J. Dollins; Delano's Co. Illinois Cavalry, Lieut. J. K. Catlin; Battery B, 1st Illinois Lt. Artillery, Capt. Ezra Taylor. Second Brigade, Col. Henry Dougherty: 22d Illinois, Lieut.-Col. H. E. Hart, and 7th Iowa, Col. J. G. Lauman,--the whole command numbering 3114 men. The gun-boats Tyler, Capt. Henry Walke, and Lexington, Capt. R.
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: The Opening Battles. Volume 1., The gun-boats at Belmont and Fort Henry. (search)
the gun-boats would have involved the loss of our army and our depot at Cairo, the most important one in the West. Soon after we returned to the landing-place our troops began to appear, and the officers of the gun-boats were warned by General McClernand of the approach of the enemy. The Confederates came en masse through a cornfield, and opened with musketry and light artillery upon the transports, which were filled or being filled with our retreating soldiers. A well-directed fire from eferences to my report. It was impossible for me to inform the flag-officer of the general's intentions, which were kept perfectly secret. During the winter of 1861-62, an expedition was planned by Flag-Officer Foote and Generals Grant and McClernand against Fort Henry, situated on the eastern bank of the Tennessee River, a short distance south of the line between Kentucky and Tennessee. In January the ironclads were brought down to Cairo, and great efforts were made to prepare them for im
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: The Opening Battles. Volume 1., The capture of Fort Donelson. (search)
der. The house is said to have been used by McClernand as headquarters. It was near the Wynn's ferlock in the morning, the first division, General McClernand commanding, and the Second, under Generae breastworks. the movement by Smith and McClernand was begun about the same time. A thick wood of fire was yet in store for them. when McClernand arrived at his appointed place and extended , Drake, and Davidson, each with a brigade. McClernand, now well over on the right, keeps the road keep good watch. Oglesby's brigade held McClernand's extreme right. Here and there the musicia one of my brigades to the assistance of General McClernand; in addition to which my orders were to Foote. Upon the turning of Oglesby's flank, McClernand repeated his request, with such a representaon the line of Pillow's defenses in front of McClernand, showing water in the old trenches. From a n the scene of the combat between Pillow and McClernand. If only on account of the results which fo[20 more...]
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: The Opening Battles. Volume 1., The opposing forces at Fort Donelson, Tenn. (search)
hedge on the right, across to the hill where were situated the interior works of Fort Donelson (see map, page 402). from a photograph taken in 1884. The composition and losses of each army as here stated give the gist of all the data obtainable in the Official Records. K stands for killed; w for wounded; m w for mortally wounded; m for captured or missing; c for captured.-editors. Composition and losses of the Union army. Brig.-Gen. Ulysses S. Grant. First division, Brig.-Gen. John A. McClernand. First Brigade, Col. Richard J. Oglesby: 8th Ill., Lieut.-Col. Frank L. Rhoads; 18th Ill., Col. Michael K. Lawler (w), Capt. Daniel H. Brush (w), Capt. Samuel B. Marks; 29th Ill., Col. James S. Rearden; 30th Ill., Lieut.-Col. Elias S. Dennis; 31st Ill., Col. John A. Logan (w); Battery A, Ill. Lt. Arty., Capt. Jasper M. Dresser; Battery E, 2d 11. Lt. Artillery, Lieut. G. C. Gumbart; A and B, 2d Ill. Cavalry, Capts. John R. Hotaling and Thomas J. Larrison; C, 2d, and I, 4th U. S. C
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: The Opening Battles. Volume 1., The battle of Shiloh. (search)
ecome such at that stage of the war. Next to McClernand came Prentiss, with a raw division, and on tattle-field worthy of the best of veterans. McClernand was next to Sherman, and the hardest fighting was in front of these two divisions. McClernand told me on that day, the 6th, that he profited muthe Federal camps. possibly a little north. McClernand came next in the general line, looking more lace on the right, Sherman on his left; then McClernand, and then Hurlbut. Nelson, of Buell's army,Corinth, on the left of Sherman and right of McClernand. About 3 o'clock, being near that point andsion, and by some of the parties sent out by McClernand. The heaviest loss sustained by the enemy wthe 6th Sherman lost 7 pieces of artillery, McClernand 6, Prentiss 8, and Hurlbut 2 batteries. On the 7th Sherman captured 7 guns, McClernand 3, and the Army of the Ohio 20. At Shiloh the effecthe enemy's dead in front of the divisions of McClernand and Sherman alone than here reported, and fo[1 more...]
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: The Opening Battles. Volume 1., Shiloh reviewed. (search)
four hundred yards in rear, to connect with McClernand's right. Orders were also given to McDowellof Colonel Tuttle's brigade and a portion of McClernand's First Brigade which united itself to Tuttld and myself acting in perfect concert. General McClernand and I, on consultation, selected a new leral Sherman that he is identified, but with McClernand, on whose staff he served part of the day. Harsh, into whose brigade what was present of McClernand's division seems to have merged. He says: llman's Hollow, followed next on the left by McClernand, the force opposed to him fell gradually bac in that part of the field in the reports of McClernand, Wallace, and Sherman. General McClernand sGeneral McClernand says: Here one of the severest conflicts ensued that occurred during the two days. We drove the enemyt where the Corinth road crosses the line of McClernand's camp, and here I saw for the first time thccurred in front of Sherman, who was between McClernand and Wallace, for he says: I ordered my Secon[72 more...]
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: The Opening Battles. Volume 1., The opposing forces at Shiloh. (search)
The opposing forces at Shiloh. The composition, losses, and strength of each army as here stated give the gist of all the data obtainable in the Official Records. K stands for killed; w for wounded; m w for mortally wounded; m for captured or missing; c for captured. The Union army. Army of the Tennessee. Brigadier-General Ulysses S. Grant. First division, Major-Gen. John A. McClernand. Staff loss: w, 2. First Brigade, Col. A. M. Hare (w), Col. M. M. Crocker: 8th Ill., Capt. James M. Ashmore (w), Capt. William H. Harvey (k), Capt. R. H. Sturgess; 18th Ill., Major Samuel Eaton (w), Capt. Daniel H. Brush (w), Capt. William J. Dillon (k), Capt. J. J. Anderson; 11th Iowa, Lieut.-Col. William Hall; 13th Iowa, Col. Marcellus M. Crocker; Battery D, 2d Ill. Artillery, Capt. James P. Timony. Brigade loss: k, 104; w, 467 ; m, 9 = 580. Second Brigade, Col. C. Carroll Marsh: 11th Ill., Lieut.-Col. T. E. G. Ransom (w), Major Garrett Nevins (w), Capt. Lloyd D. Waddell, Major Gar
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: The Opening Battles. Volume 1., chapter 12.46 (search)
. Gladden's, Wood9s, and Hindman's brigades. while Sherman was repelling Cleburne's attack, McClernand sent up three Illinois regiments to reenforce his left. But General Polk led forward Bushrod e in position on their right. Supported by part of Cleburne's line, they attacked Sherman and McClernand fiercely. Polk said: the resistance at this point was as stubborn as at any other point on thHildebrand's, were demolished and heard of no more. Buckland retreated and took position with McClernand. In these attacks Anderson's and Pond's Confederate brigades joined with great vigor and severpses of his soldiers. At last, pressed back toward both Owl Creek and the River, Sherman and McClernand found safety by the interposition on their left flank of W. H. L. Wallace's fresh division. H. Bragg and Polk met about half-past 10 o'clock, and by agreement Polk led his troops against McClernand, while Bragg directed the operations against the Federal center. A gigantic contest now began
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: The Opening Battles. Volume 1., chapter 12.47 (search)
. About half a mile behind Sherman and Prentiss came McClernand's division of 7028 effectives; nearer the river were theerman was giving way with the loss of five or six guns. McClernand could not stay the retrograde, and the Federal right wastch's brigade of his division to the help of Sherman and McClernand, had gone, in person with his two other brigades, to theHamburg road, southward of the position last taken up by McClernand. Meanwhile (9:30 A. M.) I had advanced my headquarters ad been stoutly engaged on ground in rear of the line of McClernand's encampment since 9 A. M., when W. H. L. Wallace had caarning about 1 P. M. that the Federal right (Sherman and McClernand) seemed about to give way, I ordered General Hardee to efrom the position. The falling back of Sherman's and McClernand's troops under stress from several brigades of Hardee's y had gathered the remnants of Wallace's, Hurlbut's, and McClernand's divisions, from which gunners had been taken to man th