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Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: The Opening Battles. Volume 1. 155 11 Browse Search
Colonel William Preston Johnston, The Life of General Albert Sidney Johnston : His Service in the Armies of the United States, the Republic of Texas, and the Confederate States. 42 2 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 4. (ed. Frank Moore) 40 6 Browse Search
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 2. 32 4 Browse Search
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Adam Badeau, Military history of Ulysses S. Grant from April 1861 to April 1865. Volume 1 23 1 Browse Search
Alfred Roman, The military operations of General Beauregard in the war between the states, 1861 to 1865 17 1 Browse Search
Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant 15 7 Browse Search
Horace Greeley, The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65: its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union. Volume II. 12 4 Browse Search
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valry-companies. The Second Brigade, Colonel W. H. L. Wallace, included the Eleventh, Twentieth, Folesby at 3,130, and of McArthur at 1,395. Colonel Wallace reported 3,400 effectives of all arms. Ant. Oglesby's brigade on the right, and W. H. L. Wallace's, next to it, moved to the right, along was another. The facts are these : As Wallace was moving to the right, McClernand detached r to receive him-most probably the men of W. H. L. Wallace's brigade, who became engaged about sevennto position about ten o'clock, and found W. H. L. Wallace retiring in comparatively good order. Buartly in column. In his front was massed W. H. L. Wallace's brigade, with two heavy batteries. Betelivering well-directed volleys. Here W. H. L. Wallace's brigade still clung to their second posnot fled. While Hanson was thus assailing Wallace's front, Buckner continued the movement againdisordered, but undismayed. Indeed, not only Wallace's command, but squads from all the others, ra[1 more...]
ith wonderful exaggerations of the Confederate strength-100,000, 200,000 men-he determined to mass Buell and Grant against the army at that point; and Buell was ordered, March 15th, to unite his forces with Grant's, a movement previously suggested by him. Meanwhile, the expedition up the Tennessee was begun by C. F. Smith, on the 10th of March, with a new division under Sherman in advance. On the 13th of March, Smith assembled four divisions-Sherman's, Hurlbut's, Lew Wallace's, and W. H. L. Wallace's, at Savannah, on the right bank of the Tennessee, at its Great Bend. Smith at once sent Sherman with his division, escorted by two gunboats, to land below Eastport and make a break in the Memphis & Charleston Railroad between Tuscumbia and Corinth. Sherman, finding a Confederate battery at Eastport, disembarked below at the mouth of the Yellow River, and started for Burnsville; but, becoming discouraged at the continued rains, the swollen streams, the bad roads, and the resistance h
he cites for this is as follows: Prentiss had doubled his pickets the day before (the 5th), and had a reconnaissance of a regiment out at three o'clock on the morning of the 6th; he received the earliest assault outside of his camps. W. H. L. Wallace also breakfasted early, and had his horses saddled, to be ready in case of an attack. These are not the indications of a camp that is surprised. Badeau indulges somewhat oracularly in a piece of special pleading, very wonderful in view y Sherman's left. Some two miles in rear of the front line, and about three-quarters of a mile in advance of Pittsburg, were encamped to the left, Hurlbut's (the Fourth), and to the right, Smith's (the Second) division, the latter under General W. H. L. Wallace. The Federal front was an arc or very obtuse angle extending from where the Purdy road crossed Owl Creek to the ford near the mouth of Lick Creek, which was guarded by Stuart's brigade. General Lew Wallace's division was five or six mi
the first alarm, Sherman sent back to McClernand, Hurlbut, and W. H. L. Wallace, for help. McClernand hurried three Illinois regiments --the ied on the line which McClernand had formed. In the mean time, Wallace had sent McArthur's brigade to support Colonel Stuart on the extremands found safety by the interposition on their left flank of W. H. L. Wallace's fresh division, ready to meet the thronging battalions of thh. II.-mid-day. When the battle first began, Hurlbut and W. H. L. Wallace had been apprised, and had sent forward reinforcements, as mend the left, resting on the river. Supporting Stuart, came up from Wallace the Ninth and Twelfth Illinois, of McArthur's brigade, but they wealso in this part of the field-but probably farther to the right. Wallace had brought up Tuttle's brigade, of four veteran regiments, on hisSweeney's brigade next, of three regiments. Then, to the right of Wallace, were McClernand's and Sherman's confused but unsubdued commands,
The interval between McCook and Wallace was occupied by such commands of Grant's army as the officers had been able to get into shape. Badeau Life of Grant, page 86) says: All the camps originally occupied by the national troops were in the hands of the enemy, but the rebel advance had been checked at every point. The division organization was, however, greatly broken up. Sherman had lost thousands by desertion and straggling; Prentiss had been captured, with 2,200 men; while W. H. L. Wallace's command was nearly destroyed, by casualties and the loss of its chief. The line, as constituted on Sunday night, was simply a mass of brave men, determined to hold their own against the enemy, wherever they found a commander. General Sherman says that as early as 5 P. M., on the 6th, General Grant thought the battle could be retrieved next day, and ordered him to resume offensive operations. The inference from his letters and Memoirs is that these offensive movements were determ
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: The Opening Battles. Volume 1., General Polk and the battle of Belmont. (search)
t Paducah, to hold their commands in readiness for a demonstration upon Columbus, Kentucky, a strong position then occupied by about ten thousand Confederate troops under General Leonidas Polk. The object of the proposed demonstration was to cover an effort to be made to drive General Jeff. Thompson from south-east Missouri; and at the same time to check the sending of reinforcements to Price. In accordance with this general plan, on the 4th and 6th Grant moved Colonels R. J. Oglesby, W. H. L. Wallace, and J. B. Plummer in the direction of the town of Sikeston, Mo. Next he ordered the garrison at Fort Holt opposite Cairo to advance in the direction of Columbus, and early on the morning of the 7th, with a force of about 3500 men of all arms, convoyed by the gunboats Lexington and Tyler, he steamed down the Mississippi River toward the same objective point. Smith meanwhile from the direction of Paducah threw forward his column of 2000 men. The mobilization of these various command
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: The Opening Battles. Volume 1., The capture of Fort Donelson. (search)
tes enabled them, after an interval, to strike W. H. L. Wallace's brigade, on Oglesby's left. Soon Wallace waWallace was engaged along his whole front, now prolonged by the addition to his command of Morrison's regiments. The firhis artillery. The enfilading fell chiefly on W. H. L. Wallace. McClernand, watchful and full of resources, to hold its position to the last extremity, and Colonel Wallace was equal to the emergency. it was now 10 ohen gave the order to retire the division. W. H. L. Wallace from his position looked off to his right and rce entreaty to his boys. near the 31st stood W. H. L. Wallace's regiment, the 11th Illinois, under Lieutenanrged his duty well. With the disappearance of W. H. L. Wallace's brigade, it only remained for the victor to mischievous order. It happened also that Colonel W. H. L. Wallace had dropped into the same road with such o confusion and returned to the intrenchments. W. H. L. Wallace and Oglesby re-formed their commands behind Th
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: The Opening Battles. Volume 1., The opposing forces at Fort Donelson, Tenn. (search)
Rearden; 30th Ill., Lieut.-Col. Elias S. Dennis; 31st Ill., Col. John A. Logan (w); Battery A, Ill. Lt. Arty., Capt. Jasper M. Dresser; Battery E, 2d 11. Lt. Artillery, Lieut. G. C. Gumbart; A and B, 2d Ill. Cavalry, Capts. John R. Hotaling and Thomas J. Larrison; C, 2d, and I, 4th U. S. Cavalry, Lieut. James Powell; Ind'p't companies Ill. Cavalry, Capts. E. Carmichael, James J. Dollins, M. J. O'Harnett, and Lieut. Ezra King. Brigade loss: k, 184; w, 603; n, 66-853. Second Brigade, Col. W. H. L. Wallace: 11th Ill., Lieut.-Col. T. E. G. Ransom (w), Major Garrett Nevins (temporarily); 20th Ill., Col. C. Carroll Marsh; 45th Ill., Col. John E. Smith; 48th Ill., Col. Isham N. Haynie (temporarily commanding Third Brigade), Lieut.-Col. Thomas H. Smith (k); Battery B, 1st Ill. Lt. Artillery, Capt. Ezra Taylor; Battery D, 1st 111. Lt. Artillery, Capt. Edward McAllister; 4th Ill. Cavalry, Col. T. Lyle Dickey. Brigade loss: k, 99; w, 350; in, 98 = 547. Third Brigade, Col. Wm. R. Morrison (w),
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: The Opening Battles. Volume 1., The battle of Shiloh. (search)
he road. I had not gone far, however, when I met General W. H. L. Wallace and General (then Colonel) McPherson coming from rticle on The Battle of Shiloh I have received from Mrs. W. H. L. Wallace, widow of the gallant general who was killed in thested. In this letter General Lew Wallace advises General W. H. L. Wallace that he will send A to-morrow (and his letter alshis headquarters, and suggesting the propriety of General W. H. L. Wallace's sending a company back with them for the purpos. The command of his division devolved upon Brigadier-General W. H. L. Wallace, a most estimable and able officer,--a veterwar, and had been with his command at Henry and Donelson. Wallace was mortally wounded in the first day's engagement, and wi from the terrible battle of the day. The division of W. H. L. Wallace, as much from the disorder arising from changes of diemy to our right, until suddenly a battery Brigadier-General W. H. L. Wallace. From a photograph. with musketry opened up
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: The Opening Battles. Volume 1., Shiloh reviewed. (search)
near that point Prentiss was captured and W. H. L. Wallace mortally wounded. At the fork of the k he came upon the line which Hurlbut and W. H. L. Wallace were forming half a mile in rear. Upoe battle of the first day. by Hurlbut and W. H. L. Wallace, but without having any connection with ider Colonel Veatch to support Sherman's left; Wallace sent one under General McArthur to the opposiween and under the shelter of Hurlbut and W. H. L. Wallace, Prentiss rallied a considerable force, pessure upon his left flank, left Prentiss and Wallace with his remaining regiments isolated and unss they were about being completely enveloped, Wallace endeavored to extricate his command, and was McClernand is a In the Hornets' Nest--W. H. L. Wallace's line. From the Cyclorama of Shiloh at Csition occupied by Hurlbut, Prentiss, and W. H. L. Wallace at 4 o'clock the previous day, where thein effective force on the line of Hurlbut and Wallace, and firmly held his ground until completely [6 more...]