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William Swinton, Campaigns of the Army of the Potomac, chapter 2 (search)
cars, he proceeded upon that novel kind of reconnaissance. The excursion was made uninterruptedly until the train neared Vienna, thirteen miles from Alexandria, when, turning a curve, it was suddenly opened upon by two guns planted near the track, tg the early stages of the war. This masked battery theory was given by General Schenck in explanation of the affair at Vienna, touching which he says, in his dispatch of the time to General Scott: We were fired upon by raking masked batteries of, n his evidence touching the battle of Bull Run. The march, says he, was slow,—one reason being, that since the affairs at Vienna and Big Bethel, a fear of masked batteries caused hesitation in regard to advance upon points concerning which there was he North, and had an effect far beyond its intrinsic importance, just as had in another way the fiascos of Big Bethel and Vienna. It is the moral influence of small successes and small defeats, that in the first stages of a war makes their importanc
William Swinton, Campaigns of the Army of the Potomac, chapter 3 (search)
organize the army into four army corps, placing the five divisions on the Washington side on the right bank. Place three of these corps to the front—the right at Vienna or its vicinity, the left beyond Fairfax Station, the centre beyond Fairfax Courthouse, and connect the latter place with the Orange and Alexandria Railroad by ae general must be head and supreme. In my judgment, says the greatest of theoretical writers on the art of war, discussing the part taken by the Aulic Council of Vienna in directing the operations of the Austrian armies, the only duty which such a council can safely undertake is that of advising as to the adoption of a generaof generals and of ministers; but here the action of such a council should stop; for if it pretends to say to a commander-in-chief not only that he shall march on Vienna or Paris, but also in what way he is to manoeuvre to reach those points, the unfortunate commander-in-chief will certainly be beaten, and the whole responsibility
William Swinton, Campaigns of the Army of the Potomac, Index. (search)
ered by Union troops, 605. Rivers of Virginia, system of the, 19. Rivers, theories of defence of, 415. Round Top—see Gettysburg. Russell, W. H., on McDowell's army, 43. Schenck, General, flight of his reconnoitering party near Vienna, Virginia, 33; on Vienna masked batteries, 34. Scott, Lieutenant-General, views and plans of the war—how they were overruled, 41; dispatch to General Patterson on operations against Johnston, 45. Sedgwick, General, at Mine Run, 395; his death atVienna masked batteries, 34. Scott, Lieutenant-General, views and plans of the war—how they were overruled, 41; dispatch to General Patterson on operations against Johnston, 45. Sedgwick, General, at Mine Run, 395; his death at Spottsylvania, 447; see also Chancellorsville, Seminary Ridge—see Gettysburg, 336. Seven days retreat, the, 140; Lee discovers McClellan's movement for the James River, 154; commenced, 154; Lee commences pursuit, 155; battle of Savage Station, 156; the army debouches from White Oak Swamp, 156; the two columns of pursuit, 157; Newmarket Crossroads, battle of—its object, 157; McClellan's artillery at Malvern Hill, 157. Seven Pines battle—see Fair Oaks. Shady Grove, the battle of,