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William Swinton, Campaigns of the Army of the Potomac, chapter 12 (search)
eral Warren, with two divisions of the Fifth Corps, and General Parke, with two divisions of the Ninth, moved from the left ta small work on the Squirrel Level road. In the afternoon, Parke, moving on Warren's left, towards the Boydton road, was fies corps was withdrawn from the lines and sent to re-enforce Parke; but it did not reach the ground in time to be of service. the east bank of Hatcher's Run. The Ninth Corps, under General Parke, was on the right, and Warren's corps on the left. If Parke should carry the position, he was to follow up the enemy closely, turning towards the right. Warren was to support thewestward a considerable distance south of the line on which Parke and Warren were acting. Having forced the crossing of Hatcroad—an order prompted by the want of success attending General Parke's direct attack. It has been seen that, on the failum by five or six miles and by Hatcher's Run from Warren and Parke, and raised fears as to his safety. Circumstances now to b
William Swinton, Campaigns of the Army of the Potomac, chapter 13 (search)
to Brigadier-General Benham, to be added to the defences of City Point. Major-General Parke will be left in command of all the army left for holding the lines abouten from the Appomattox to Dinwiddie Courthouse, and was in the following order: Parke, Wright, Ord, Humphreys, Warren, Sheridan. In the morning Sheridan was to cut an to every five yards of front. Confronting this line were the Union corps of Parke, Wright, Ord, and Humphreys. But the point of dispute was nowhere along these the success at Five Forks, ordered an attack to be made by the corps of Wright, Parke, and Ord, the following morning. Being apprehensive, however, that Lee might the assault was opened, from the Appomattox to Hatcher's Run, by the troops of Parke, Wright, and Ord. Parke on the right, with the Ninth Corps, carried the outer lrated, the Confederates were found holding an inner cordon of works, from which Parke could not force them. Wright, with the Sixth Corps, next on the left of the
William Swinton, Campaigns of the Army of the Potomac, Index. (search)
f, 582; Sheridan manoeuvring to the left, 583; Dinwiddie Courthouse occupied by Sheridan, 584; the Union line from tile Appomattox to Dinwiddie Courthouse, 584; Lee's strength and length of in trenched line, 585; Longstreet retained at north side of James River, 585; White Oak road and Hatcher's Run, the two armies at, 586; Humphreys' report of operations of March 30, 1865,587; Union left (Warren's), disposition of the, 588; Lee's centre and left still intact, 600; Lee's centre assaulted by Parke, Wright, and Ord, 601; Confederates pressed back to chain of works close around, 602; the defence of Fort Gregg, 602; evacuated by Lee, 604; Lee's retreat from, and pursuit of—see Retreat. Petersburg mine fiasco, the, 518; Burnside's choice of assaulting column by lot, 521; Burnside's corps, the morale of before the assault, 521; effect of the explosion, 523; General Ledlie's assault after the explosion, 522; the disaster at the crater, 524; reports of Committee on the Conduct of the War