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William Swinton, Campaigns of the Army of the Potomac, chapter 8 (search)
disappeared from sight to play the same game—just the same evolution as is practised by the brave army on the stage of a theatre, and with the same intent of deceiving the spectators as to their numbers. The like stage effect was practised by the artillery and wagon-trains, until the Confederates had seen defile before them a force which they might well conclude to be the whole Northern army. —MacDougall: Modern Warfare and Modern Artillery, pp. 334, 335. The following note from Major-General McMahon explains the real purpose of the operation misinterpreted by me: New York, January, 1866. my Dear Sir—The movement of troops under General Sedgwick, to which our conversation referred, was not for the purpose of deceiving the enemy into the belief that we were re-enforcing the left wing, although such probably was its effect. The movements consisted of the withdrawal of Reynolds' corps from the lower crossing, which was effected without attracting the attention of the enemy;<
William Swinton, Campaigns of the Army of the Potomac, chapter 11 (search)
Brigade, Brigadier-General A. L. Eustis. Third Division, Brigadier-General H. Prince. First Brigade, Brigadier-General W. H. Morris. Second Brigade, Brigadier-General D. A. Russell. Inspector-General and Chief of Staff, Lieutenant-Colonel M T. McMahon Chief of Artillery, Colonel C. H. Tompkins. The command of the army remained under General Meade, who had proved himself to be an excellent tactician. The three corps-commanders were men of a high order of ability, though of very diverseme upon one of the swamps of the Chickahominy, which widened as the line neared the enemy's intrenchments. This separated his command; but the troops, at a fearful sacrifice, advanced close up to the works. Some for a moment entered them. Colonel McMahon, with a part of his regiment, separated by the swamp from the rest of his brigade, reached the parapet, planted on it his colors, but fell covered with many wounds, and expired in the enemy's hands, losing his colors with honor. The gallant
William Swinton, Campaigns of the Army of the Potomac, Index. (search)
mmand, 61; suggested advance towards Richmond, 80; corps detached from McClellan to join in defence of Washington, 93; (Department of the Rappahannock) position during McClellan's advance, 122; at Fredericksburg with 30,000 men, 122; ordered by the administration to attack Richmond in co-operation with McClellan, 123; advance south of Fredericksburg, 124; advance cleared by Porter's corps of the Potomac army, 124; ordered to the Shenandoah Valley, 126; Manassas campaign—see Manassas. McMahon, General, on Sedgwick's movement before Chancellorsville, 275. Magruder, Colonel J. B., position near Hampton, 27; on Confederate position on Chickahominy right bank, 147. Malvern Hill reached by McClellan's artillery, 157; map of the battlefield, 160; battle of, 160; position of the armies, 161; Hill's advance alone by misconception, 162; the Confederates completely repulsed, 163; left flank protected by James River gunboats, 164. Manassas Junction, the first Confederate camp at, 27; c