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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 11. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), General Beauregard's report of the battle of Drury's Bluff. (search)
ard, General. A high private's sketch of Sharpsburg. Paper no. 2. By Alexander Hunter. [Conc Late in the evening the column halted near Sharpsburg, a little village nestling at the bottom of r found our command in a line in the rear of Sharpsburg; we are very tired with marching, exhausted After this dejeuner, a squad of us went into Sharpsburg. The enemy's artillery had begun to play uption was directly in front of the village of Sharpsburg, on a high hill, behind a new post and rail th of its full ranks. Our army surrounded Sharpsburg in a semi-circle, and we could lie there anded dark for the Rebels—it seemed to us as if Sharpsburg was to be our Waterloo. A frightful strugndows of the houses of the little village of Sharpsburg, and made them shine like fire, brighter, mos notorious. They were no less efficient at Sharpsburg and Fredericksburg, and the utility of the oe upon the soil of that State, but, alas, at Sharpsburg, from early morn till dewy eve, we fought ti[1 more...]
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 11. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 2 (search)
A high private's sketch of Sharpsburg. Paper no. 2. By Alexander Hunter. [Conclusion.] Late in the evening the column halted near Sharpsburg, a little village nestling at the bottom of the hills, a simple countrtember found our command in a line in the rear of Sharpsburg; we are very tired with marching, exhausted with . After this dejeuner, a squad of us went into Sharpsburg. The enemy's artillery had begun to play upon th position was directly in front of the village of Sharpsburg, on a high hill, behind a new post and rail fencee-fifth of its full ranks. Our army surrounded Sharpsburg in a semi-circle, and we could lie there and hearw in two platoons of fifty men each, carried into Sharpsburg but two muskets (the writer and one other), comma looked dark for the Rebels—it seemed to us as if Sharpsburg was to be our Waterloo. A frightful struggle wss windows of the houses of the little village of Sharpsburg, and made them shine like fire, brighter, more vi
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 11. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Confederate Artillery service. (search)
often charged with the additional duties of chief of ordnance. Under the influence of this order and the experience of the battles, the brigade-batteries, though not abolished by order, were during the summer gradually absorbed into division-battalions, numbering from three to six batteries each, and commanded by the division Chief. These battalions first appeared on the field as such at Second Manassas, and the service rendered by them there is notorious. They were no less efficient at Sharpsburg and Fredericksburg, and the utility of the organization being now proven, it was no longer left to division-commanders to effect, (in some divisions it had even yet been but partially done, owing to a lack of field-officers of artillery,) but it was formally adopted by order, and general orders from the War Department directed a similar organization in all the armies of the Confederacy. This was the intent of ¶ 2, General Order No. 7, Adjutant-General's Office, Richmond, January 19, 186
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 11. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), The Washington Artillery. (search)
pe's army, notwithstanding his vain glorious proclamation from headquarters in the saddle. The greatest compliment the Washington Artillery ever received was from the great Stonewall, who, on this occasion, turned to General Longstreet and said: General, your artillery is much superior to mine. On to Maryland! was then the cry, and the heads of columns were directed to the Potomac, and the river was forded with the high hope of winning peace upon the soil of that State, but, alas, at Sharpsburg, from early morn till dewy eve, we fought till To the right, to the left and around, and around, Death whirled in its dance on the bloody ground, 'Till God's sunlight was quenched in fiery fight, And over the hosts fell brooding night. It was a drawn battle—and sadly the Potomac was recrossed at Shepherdstown. The fifth Company were not idle and were heard meanwhile at Mumfordsville and at Perryville, Ky. In December, at Fredericksburg, Va., the battalions held the post of ho
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 11. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Confederate Artillery at Second Manassas and Sharpsburg. (search)
Confederate Artillery at Second Manassas and Sharpsburg. By Colonel William Allan, Late Chief of Ordnance Second Corps, Army of Northern Virginia. Is it possible to obtain a correct roster of the Confederate artillery present at Second Manassas, and also of that present during the Sharpsburg campaign? The following is sent, with the hope that it may elicit additions. and corrections: At Second Manassas. On Jackson's wing. Attached to Jackson's Old Division, (Major L. M. Shumaker, Chief of Artillery).—Brockenbrough's Maryland Battery; Carpenter's Virginia Battery; Caskie's (Hampden Artillery); Poague's (Rockbridge Artillery); Raines's (Lee Artillery); Wooding's (Danville Artillery); Rice's; Cutshaw's—（8). Attached to A. P. Hill's Division, (Lieutenant-Colonel R. L. Walker, Chief of Artillery).—Braxton's (Fredericksburg Artillery); Crenshaw's; Davidson's (Letcher Artillery); Latham's (Branch Artillery); McIntosh's (Pee Dee Artillery); Pegram's (Purcell Artillery);
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 11. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Unveiling of Valentine's Recumbent figure of Lee at Lexington, Va., June 28th, 1883. (search)
are the way for victory. General Lee in command of the Army of Northern Virginia—Richmond, Manassas, Harper's Ferry, Sharpsburg, Fredericksburg. On the 3d of June, 1862, General Lee was assigned to command in person the Army of Northern Virginin thousand small arms, two hundred wagons and many stores. But there is no time to rest, for Mc-Clellan presses Lee at Sharpsburg, and there, September 17th, battle is delivered. Upon its eve Jackson has arrived fresh from Harper's Ferry. McClella the brave, move with as swift, intrepid tread as when of old—Stonewall led the way. Soldiers of Manassas, of Richmond, Sharpsburg, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, of the Wilderness, of Spotsylvania, of Cold Harbor, of Petersburg—scarreg aside from the column, and riding up to the home of the widow of the gallant Colonel John Thornton, who had fallen at Sharpsburg. I have not time to tarry, he says, but I could not pass by without stopping a moment to pay my respects to the widow <