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John D. Billings, The history of the Tenth Massachusetts battery of light artillery in the war of the rebellion, Chapter 5: (search)
lsory, while he collected material, and repaired or renewed his bridge. Ere this was accomplished, Meade's army was before him, strengthened by French's division and by part of Couch's militia, which had reported at Gettysburg and joined the army at Boonesboroa. The 12th having been spent in getting our troops into position, Gen. Meade called a council of his corps commanders to consider the expediency of attacking next morning. The council sat long and debated earnestly. Gens. Howard, Pleasanton, and Wadsworth (in place of Reynolds, killed), urged and voted to attack; but Gens. Sedgwick, Slocum, Sykes, French, and Hays (in place of Hancock, wounded at Gettysburg), opposed it. Gen. Meade having heard all, stated that his judgment favored an attack—that he came there to fight, and could see no good reason for not fighting. Still, he could not take the responsibility of ordering an assault against the advice of a majority of his corps commanders—four of them ranking officers of the
John D. Billings, The history of the Tenth Massachusetts battery of light artillery in the war of the rebellion, Chapter 6: (search)
e, and at 5 o'clock we were on the move, leaving, according to instructions, our tents standing and four or five sick men in them. A part of these came on in the baggage wagons the next day. The others, after various refusals, succeeded in getting passage in some division ambulances, well filled without them. Two hours after they left, Rebel guerrillas were roaming through the camp. The cavalry that we had seen crossing were part of a large force destined on a reconnoissance under Gen. Pleasanton. September 13. Supported by Gen. Warren with the Second Corps, they met and pressed back Stuart's cavalry across the Rapidan. Some time after this, about the middle of September, I received information which induced me to believe, or which satisfied me, that Longstreet's corps, or a portion of it, from Gen. Lee's army, had been detached to the southwest. Immediately upon receiving this information, and without waiting for instructions, I sent my cavalry across the Rappahannock, dro
John D. Billings, The history of the Tenth Massachusetts battery of light artillery in the war of the rebellion, Index (search)
, 299, 300, 376, 396, 413, 414. Phillips, Ben. H., 81, 148, 306. 349, 407. Pickett, Gen. J., 189. Pierce, Chas. E., 31, 198, 281, 288, 350. Pierce, Capt., A. Q. M., 149, 150, 183, 184, 199, 200, 201. Pierce, Geo. H., 202. Pierce, Leverett, 85, 398, 400, 404, 406. Pierce, M. M., 202, 203, 206, 207, 303. 304, 306, 338, 399, 402. 403. Pierce, Waldo, 82, 87, 151, 198, 201, 441. Pierce, Gen. B. R., 246, 373. Platt, Maj. E. K., 197. Pike, Hiram, 365. Pleasant Valley, 97, 108. Pleasanton, Gen., 107, 127. Point of Rocks, 295, 299, 300. Poplar Neck Ridge, 219. Poolsville, 49, 51, 55, 57, 69, 72, 77, 78, 79, 88, 93, 142. Pope, Gen., 101, 118. Prince, Gen., 47, 48, 82, 83, 209, 210. 401. President Johnson, 431. President Johnson, Lincoln, 17, 125, 190, 195, 346, 429. Putnam. Geo. H., 31, 80, 115, 147, 198, 199, 201, 207, 208, 362, 408, 426, 441. Putnam. Geo. H., Geo. K., 47, 48, 202, 325, 339, 349, 398. Q. Quimby, Elisha T., 351, 399, 400. Quinn, George,
D. H. Hill, Jr., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 4, North Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 10: (search)
McR. McLauchlin, W. G. Morris, W. L. Davidson, T. W. Mayhew; Adjt. Ives Smedes. On June 9, 1863, at Fleetwood, near Brandy Station, the greatest cavalry engagement of the war occurred. The Union forces, numbering about 10,000 men, under General Pleasanton, attacked General Stuart, commanding the Confederate cavalry, which numbered nearly the same as the Union horsemen. Stuart was caught between the columns of Buford and Gregg, and drove back each in turn in a magnificent battle, in which bo had no serious engagement until they reached Gettysburg. The weeks following Chancellorsville were busy weeks with the cavalry. At Middleburg, General Robertson, commanding the Fourth and Fifth North Carolina cavalry, attacked a brigade of Pleasanton's cavalry, and more than held his own in a plucky fight. In this engagement, Maj. James H. McNeill was wounded. Again near Middleburg, on the 19th of June, a sharp skirmish took place, in which the First, Fourth and Fifth cavalry were partici
Brigadier-General Ellison Capers, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 5, South Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 15: (search)
General Hooker. The latter, vaguely aware of a campaign at hand, sent his cavalry, under General Pleasanton, up the Rappahannock to gain information. Pleasanton crossed his cavalry, supported by inPleasanton crossed his cavalry, supported by infantry and artillery, at Kelly's and Beverly fords, and advanced upon Brandy Station, one column approaching that railroad station from the northeast (Beverly ford), the other from the southeast (Kel and if it had reached the field of battle in the rear of Stuart, might have turned the day in Pleasanton's favor. But, being advised of this menacing movement, General Stuart sent. Colonel Butler'sk to watch the enemy. On the 17th, Fitzhugh Lee's brigade made a splendid fight at Aldie, but Pleasanton occupied that place with a large force, and Stuart called Hampton and his other scattered commisfaction to the Confederate commander; indeed, if he had not come, the three divisions of General Pleasanton would have taken complete possession of General Lee's communications, and the battle of Ge
Col. John C. Moore, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 9.2, Missouri (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 19: (search)
the fight at the crossing of the Little Blue. It was confronting an army in its front under Curtis and Blunt, and another equally as large, under Rosecrans and Pleasanton, was forced-marching to strike it in rear. When General Price reached Lexington he had accomplished all he could hope to accomplish. He might have turned sout by a regiment of cavalry and sabered in the act of firing their guns. Marmaduke, after getting out of Independence, took the rear and skirmished all day with Pleasanton, not yielding two miles of ground during the day. But just at night the enemy advanced in force and the fight was kept until after midnight, when Marmaduke crosClark's right, with the battery between them. Fagan formed his division as rapidly as possible, but only Cabell's brigade and some regiments got in line. General Pleasanton, the Federal commander, seemed to divine from these movements that there was something wrong in Marmaduke's rear and ordered a charge. The two regiments in
Adam Badeau, Grant in peace: from Appomattox to Mount McGregor, a personal memoir, Chapter 50: (search)
t from Lytton, the first received. Next I believe was from the King of Siam. U. S. G. Letter no. Seventy-nine. This note accompanied the article of General Pleasanton, to which it refers: In cleaning up my desk to go to the city I find Pleasanton's criticisms on your book. You will find that after all it was ThomPleasanton's criticisms on your book. You will find that after all it was Thomas and Rosecrans—principally Pleasanton—who captured Richmond. U. S. G. Letter no. Eighty. General Grant had met Colonel Chesney, the eminent British soldier and military critic, in India, and the letter and lecture which he forwarded contained some highly favorable comments on my history as well as on Grant's career. LPleasanton—who captured Richmond. U. S. G. Letter no. Eighty. General Grant had met Colonel Chesney, the eminent British soldier and military critic, in India, and the letter and lecture which he forwarded contained some highly favorable comments on my history as well as on Grant's career. Lieutenant Green of the Engineer Corps, was engaged at this time in the preparation of a short history of the Vicksburg campaign, and during the summer he had read a part of it to General Grant in my presence, to invite remark. It is to this work that General Grant refers in the following letter: N. Y., Sept. 21st 1882. <
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 12. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Reunion of the Virginia division army of Northern Virginia Association (search)
Twelfth corps, and Couch's division to the north side of the Potomac and north of Washington on the Seventh-Street road, and to Tenalltown. The cavalry, under Pleasanton, was pushed along the river to watch the fords in the neighborhood of Poolesville. On the afternoon of September 4th, D. H. Hill sent Anderson's brigade to firoured grape and canister into the Confederate line. McClellan's long range guns, east of Antietam, showered shell and shrapnell into their flank and rear, and Pleasanton crossed four batteries at the Keedysville Bridge and fired in their rear. They were surrounded by a circle of fire from front, right and rear. Hooker's lines re too much afraid of losing your guns. At this time R. H. Anderson, from the right, with 3,500 men, reported. He formed a second line, but was soon wounded. Pleasanton added two batteries and five battalions of regulars to the force across the Keedysville Bridge, and poured a destructive fire into the Confederate flank and rea
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 23. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), The Donaldsonville artillery at the battle of Fredericksburg. (search)
esson from Stuart's successes, and had raised a considerable cavalry force. Well mounted and equipped, the Federal troops made up in numbers what they wanted in the qualities of good cavalry soldiers; and henceforth the work of Stuart was more confined to the ordinary duties of cavalry in European wars—to the protection of the flanks of the main army. In the years 1863 and 1864 he had plenty to do. By degrees the Federals had got together a considerable force, and Burford, Kilpatrick and Pleasanton were commanders not to be despised. Still, on all occasions, Stuart with inferior forces held his own, and often inflicted considerable damage on the invaders. During the winter of 1863 and the early months of the present year, he had been engaged in organizing his force for the campaign of 1864, and it is understood that it had attained a remarkable degree of efficiency. In the few cavalry encounters that have taken place between Lee's and Grant's armies, the Confederate cavalry, alway
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 24. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.39 (search)
It was a desperate charge and the enemy was deceived and routed. Payne remarked to his men: We must relieve our general at all hazards. I rely upon your courage to save him. In the winter of 1862-‘63, the Black Horse occupied their native heath, and scouted the counties of Fauquier and Stafford thoroughly, reporting all the movements of the enemy to Generals Lee and Jackson, who complimented them for their effective service. They participated in the various engagements of Stuart with Pleasanton's cavalry, and in the fight at Waynesboro against Sheridan's famous cohorts, the Black Horse was the leading squadron of the Fourth Virginia. It was in this battle that one of Sheridan's captains displayed great valor, wounding four of the Black Horse with his sabre; and leading a charge, his men following but a short distance, the gallant Yankee captain dashed on without looking behind and was unaccompanied, into the very head of the Black column. Not wishing to cut down so dashing a fe
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