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James D. Porter, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 7.1, Tennessee (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 5: (search)
rms, and 300 prisoners; after which he proceeded to the left of the Confederate army, thus making a compass of the enemy's rear. At the dawn of day, December 31st, Major-General Mc-Cown (Tennessee) opened the battle of Murfreesboro with his division, composed of Ector's, McNair's and Rains' brigades. A volley was delivered after advancing for several hundred yards under fire, and with fixed bayonets the position and batteries of the enemy were taken, and the officer in command, Brigadier-General Willich, was captured. McCown, continuing his advance, supported by Cleburne's division, reached a point near the Wilkinson road, where, finding the enemy strongly posted, the division was pushed forward and after a fierce struggle again routed the forces opposing. It was at this point that Brig.-Gen. James E. Rains (Tennessee) fell, shot through the heart. General McCown reported that the fall of this gallant officer and accomplished gentleman threw his brigade into confusion. The div
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 30. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), The last tragedy of the war. [from the New Orleans, La., Picayune, January 18, 1903.] (search)
d the Ohio border. As an evidence that General Willich did not think the sentence would be carri one whom he knew, Tom Martin returned to General Willich and asked permission to remain around his Learning that it had not, he sent for General Willich and asked for all the facts, and General General Willich related them as above described. The following day, a short time before his removal, Gen 5th of May, then only a few days off. General Willich, be it said to his praise, was dumfoundeduld not be reached, so it was decided by General Willich and his friends to appeal to the Presidenles, faced him at eight paces distant. General Willich, early that morning, telegraphed to Mr. Slt thanks for the preservation of the boy—General Willich and Father Garesche—but they were not demom Martin knew that he owed everything to General Willich, and voluntarily promised that he would sge, and sent officers post-haste to bring General Willich and Judges Stallo and Dickson before him.[2 more...]<
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 2. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book V:—Tennessee. (search)
Federal line; Kirk's brigade was ranged in front of the strip of woodland extending to the Franklin road, while that of Willich was placed en potence parallel to this road, with one regiment entirely drawn back and facing the west; the third brigad the enemy advancing silently and resolutely toward them. The soldiers were in their tents, the officers scattered; General Willich was with his chief, McCook, and the artillery horses had been taken out to water. All hastened to get under arms; e horses, fell into the hands of the Confederates; regiments fought in small groups without any connection between them. Willich, who had hastened up on hearing the fire of musketry, was made prisoner, and his brigade routed; Kirk's brigade, which wunded; three brigade commanders, Sill, Schaeffer and Roberts, had been killed; a fourth, Kirk, was wounded, and a fifth, Willich, taken prisoner. The anxiety of those in command was equal to that felt by the soldiers, but they had already passed th
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 2. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), chapter 9 (search)
Major-general Thomas. Division, Negley (8). Stanley's brigade, Miller's brigade (7). Division, Rousseau. Regular brigade, Shepherd; Beatty's brigade (17), Scribner's brigade (9). Division, Fry. Hoskiss' brigade, Boyle's brigade, Walker's brigade, Starkweather's brigade. Division, Dumont. Reynolds's brigade; brigade,....... Right wing, Major-general M. McCook. Division, Jefferson C. Davis. Post's brigade, Carlin's brigade, Woodruff's brigade (32). Division, Johnson. Willich's brigade, Kirk's brigade, Baldwin's brigade. Division, Sheridan. Sill's brigade, Roberts' brigade, Schaeffer's brigade. Cavalry Division, Stanley. Zahn's brigade, Kennet's brigade, Minty's brigade. Engineer brigade, Morton. Artillery, Colonel Barnett. Confederate army. Commander-in-chief, General Braxton Bragg. Hardee's corps, Lieutenant-general Hardee. Division, Cleburne. Johnson's brigade, Polk's brigade, Liddell's brigade. Division, Breckenridge. Adams' bri
The Daily Dispatch: October 28, 1861., [Electronic resource], From Kentucky. (search)
n that locality, and were congratulating themselves upon a narrow escape when they were confronted by the pickets from Col. Willich's Indiana regiment, a distance of three miles from New Haven. They were ordered to dismount, and the display of half distinguished sources, and were marched at the point of the aforesaid bayonets a distance of three miles, on foot, to Col. Willich's headquarters, at New Haven. And the German Colonel was as incredulous of their protestation of loyalty as their cap obtained in an irregular way. The prisoners were finally identified by some loyal citizens of New Haven, who obtained Col. Willich's consent to their release. They spent the night with Col. W., who gave them the freedom of his tent, and the luckless Colonel and his companions drowned their sorrows in a basket of Col. Willich's Rhenish wine. I have just had an interview with a member of an extensive mercantile firm in New York, who has interests South and who has traveled extensively in th
The Daily Dispatch: December 30, 1861., [Electronic resource], A duel. (search)
is the Yankee report from the Woodsonville fight. For huge lying it puts far in the background all previous efforts of the Yankees in that line. The official report of Gen. Hardee, which has already been published in the Dispatch, shows our loss to have been only four killed and nine wounded: Louisville,Dec. 18.--The recent Munfordsville, Ky., engagement, considering the disproportion of numbers, proves the most brilliant Federal victory yet achieved. Four companies of 350 men of Col. Willich's regiment, led by Lieut. Col. Von Webber, drove back over 3,000 rebel cavalry, infantry, and artillery. They were first attacked by a regiment of Texas Rangers, whom they repulsed, when they were drawn into ambush and fired at on all sides by the rebel infantry.--The Federals returned the fire vigorously and stood their ground until the rebels fell back, leaving all their dead and most of their wounded on the field. No reinforcements reached Webber's command, as reported yesterday, unt
The Daily Dispatch: April 23, 1862., [Electronic resource], the battle in the Southwest. (search)
ding; Thirteenth Ohio, Lieut. Col. Hawkins; Twenty-six Kentucky, Lieut. Col. Maxwell; Eleventh Kentucky, Col. P. P. Hawkins, with Mendenhall's regular and Barlett's Ohio batteries. Brigadier General M'Cook's division. First Brigade--Brig. Gen. Lovell H. Rousseau; First Ohio, Col. Ed A. Parrott; Sixth Indiana, Col. Crittenden; Third Kentucky, (Louisville Legion;) battalions fifteenth, sixteenth and Nineteenth regulars. Second Brigade.--Brig.Gen. Johnston; Thirty-secondnoians, Col. Willich; Thirty-ninth Indiana, Col. Harrison; Forty-ninth Ohio, Col. Gabson. Third Brigade.--Colonel KtK, Thirty-fourth Illinois, commanding; Thirty-fourth Illinois, Lieutenant-Colonel Badswer,h; Twenty-ninth Indiana; Lieutenant-Colonel Br.. Thirtieth Indiana, Colonel Bass; Seventy seventh Pennsylvania, Col. Stambaugh. Major-Gen. Lew. Wallace's division right of army. First Brigade--Col. Morgan L. Smith commanding; Eighth Missouri, Lieut Col. Jas. Pecknam commanding; Eleventh Indian
The Daily Dispatch: may 3, 1862., [Electronic resource], article 13 (search)
ut for want of money they are compelled to remain in confinement, dwindling away, and not unfrequently dying. I am told that six to eight months pay is due to a Kentucky volunteer in the field. Quartermaster Swords, the other day, checked from this city, on the Treasury Department, for $500,000 in certificates of in and in twenty-four hours the whole amount was exhausted. Twenty five steamers arrived at, and nineteen departed from this port, on the 19th, 20th and 21st. Colonel Willich, who was wounded at the Shiloh battle says "That was chast as hard fighting as I want" The following incident of the battle is related by an eye and ear witness: Two Kentucky regiments met face to face, and fought each other with terrible resolution, and it happened that one of our boys wounded and captured his brother, and after handing him back, began firing at a near tree, when the captured brother called out to him and said, "Don't shoot there any more — that's father!" The press of
The Daily Dispatch: May 24, 1862., [Electronic resource], Progress of the War. (search)
gh the streets of the city without danger of assassination. One by one did the first volunteers go to the Arsenal, to fill the regiment that were recruited there by Slegal, Blair, Boernstein, Osterhans, and others, under our lamented Lyon. Nobly have they done their duty everywhere. Hardly an engagement but the Germans have had their representatives there. Do you remember Carthage — how Gen. Stegel, with 1,500 Germans, whipped 8,000 rebels Have you forgotten Max Weber at Hatteras Inlet, Willich at Rowlett's Station, or the Ninth Ohio at Mill Spring, or Blenker's Division at Bull Run, and the crowning victory at Pea Ridge which was so largely due to our own Siegel? I think it is not right to ignore so entirely the services of an adopted population of about seven and a half millions of our twenty-three millions. We must fight here A correspondent of the Lynchburg Virginian, writing from camp, near Richmond, expresses himself as follows: I hope we have made our last r
The Daily Dispatch: January 8, 1863., [Electronic resource], Late Northern news. (search)
ing our left. Aids were dispatched for information, and found the forests full of flying negroes and straggling soldiers, who reported whole regiments falling back. Meantime one of McCook's side had announced to Gen. Rosecrans, that Gen. Johnston had permitted the three batteries of his division to be captured by a hidden attack of the enemy, and that it had somewhat demoralized our troops it was obvious. The brave Gen. Sill, one of our best officers, was killed, Gen. Kirk wounded, and Gen. Willich killed or missing, besides other valuable officers wounded. Gen. McCook sent word to hold the front and he would help him, that it would all work right. The General, confident of success, continued to visit other parts of the field, and, with the aid of Gens. Thomas. McCook, Crittenden, Rousseau. Negley, and Wood, the tide of battle was turned. Early in the day we were seriously embarrassed by the enterprise of rebel cavalry, who made some serious dashes upon some of McCook's
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