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William Swinton, Campaigns of the Army of the Potomac 2 0 Browse Search
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William Swinton, Campaigns of the Army of the Potomac, chapter 9 (search)
rtion of the line. After four hours close contest, it was carried by a charge of Geary's division, the original line on Culp's Hill was re-established and the right flank made secure. Being thus thwarted in his plan of attack on the right—a plan which, besides, would have been difficult of execution, owing to the wide separation of the Confederate wings—General Lee altered his determination and resolved to assault the centre of the Union position. In this he seems to have aimed to imitate Wagram. That some weighty design was in preparation by the enemy was throughout the morning evident; for after the struggle had ceased on the right there was for some hours a deep silence. During all this time the Confederates were placing in position heavy masses of artillery. Lee, less sanguine than the day before, knew well that his only hope lay in his ability, first of all, to sweep resistance from the slopes before the assaulting columns moved forward. By noon a hundred and forty-five g
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 19. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.15 (search)
as they were protected to a large extent, yet they were badly demoralized, and hence when McRae advanced Hancock's men fired wildly and above the mark. When Ney's corps, assailed in front and flank by the Russian Imperial Guard, at Friedland, was driven back and almost annihilated, Senarmount advanced his artillery to within half pistol shot of the Russian lines, swept the whole field-of-battle with his fire, and connected his name inseparably with the glory of that memorable field. At Wagram, when McDonald with sixteen thousand men pierced the Austrian center and his column, reduced to fifteen hundred, had halted, the ladies of Vienna, who had climbed the roofs of the houses and watched with breathless emotion and throbbing hearts, the contest for the possession of their beautiful city, thought the day was won, and thousands of them upon their bended knees, blessed God for their deliverance. But the hour had not yet come, the dial clock of fate had not yet struck. Drouet, wi
The Daily Dispatch: June 9, 1862., [Electronic resource], Gen. John H. Forney. (search)
the energy he has displayed and the foresight and wisdom he has exhibited, Gen. Forney has won not only the grateful admiration, but that which is far better, the unwavering confidence of the army and the citizens under his command and protection. In this moral power there is strength, No shells can dismantle the ramparts it mounts and mans. It was the mingled confidence and admiration of the French army for Marchal Macdonald that enabled him to effect the passage of the Splugen and hold around his colors fifteen thousand men at Wagram, until, under the fire of the Russian artillery, they were reduced to fifteen hundred. The citizens of Mobile are indeed to be congratulated on two important facts at this time. First, that we have a craven pottroone here whining for a surrender; and, secondly that we are in the hands of officers competent to lead into the fight the gallant spirits eager to go there. All honor to the indomitable Forney and his gellant army !-- Mobile Tribune.