hide Sorting

You can sort these results in two ways:

By entity
Chronological order for dates, alphabetical order for places and people.
By position (current method)
As the entities appear in the document.

You are currently sorting in ascending order. Sort in descending order.

hide Most Frequent Entities

The entities that appear most frequently in this document are shown below.

Entity Max. Freq Min. Freq
James Longstreet 388 2 Browse Search
R. E. Lee 252 0 Browse Search
Stonewall Jackson 248 0 Browse Search
A. P. Hill 176 6 Browse Search
Gettysburg (Pennsylvania, United States) 158 0 Browse Search
S. D. Lee 154 0 Browse Search
U. S. Grant 138 0 Browse Search
Generals Longstreet 114 0 Browse Search
Plank (Pennsylvania, United States) 106 0 Browse Search
John B. Hood 88 4 Browse Search
View all entities in this document...

Browsing named entities in a specific section of Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 6. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones). Search the whole document.

Found 748 total hits in 99 results.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ...
Robertson Taylor (search for this): chapter 3.16
ion that orders were given during the night for an early attack on the enemy's left is strengthened by the statements of officers who are entitled to credit. Colonel Taylor, the Adjutant-General with General Lee, says: His (General Lee's) mind was evidently occupied with the idea of renewing the assault upon the enemy's right witever believed the attack made by Longstreet on the 3d was strong enough in numbers. I did not know that he had failed to attack as ordered. The statement of Colonel Taylor is borne out and sustained by Lieutenant-General A. P. Hill, as will appear from the following extract from his official report of the operations of his corpsrders when arranging the fight; and called his attention to it long afterward, when there was discussion about it. He said, I know it! I know it! Well may Colonel Taylor exclaim: Was it designed to throw these few brigades, originally at most but two divisions, upon the fortified stronghold of the enemy, while full half a mile
Marcus J. Wright (search for this): chapter 3.16
ttle of the 2d July by my brigade, Perry's and Wright's of Anderson's division, I will here insert wyself personally and the brigades of Perry and Wright, I addressed him a note, requesting informatiorps; your (Wilcox's) brigade, Perry's brigade, Wright's brigade, in part or in whole of Anderson's dherefore, go astray, nor did I cause Perry and Wright to wander off, as twice charged in the most diing become separated from McLaws, Wilcox's and Wright's brigades advanced with great gallantry, breaof his artillery. Wilcox reached the foot and Wright gained the crest of the ridge itself, driving not mention Perry's, which was to the right of Wright's and on the left and a little in rear of mine when we advanced. If General Lee meant that Wright and Wilcox and the left of McLaws fell back in der mentioned, he is incorrect. I did not see Wright's brigade during the battle. The Florida brig day's battle represents Wilcox's, Perry's and Wright's brigades all in line at the extreme point of[1 more...]
H. A. Herbert (search for this): chapter 3.16
descent beyond the Emmettsburg road, in the battle fought late in the afternoon of July 2d, 1863. We further concur with you in stating that our right flank was uncovered at the time the brigade was withdrawn. Respectfully, W. H. Forney, H. A. Herbert. General C. M. Wilcox. Colonel Forney, subsequently a Brigadier-General, commanded the Tenth Alabama regiment, was wounded near the extreme point reached by the brigade and left on the field. Colonel Herbert, a Lieutenant-Colonel at the Colonel Herbert, a Lieutenant-Colonel at the time, commanded the Eighth Alabama regiment. In his supplementary Weekly Times, February 23, 1878. article General Longstreet uses the following language: General Wilcox, the volunteer witness on Gettysburg, attempts to controvert my criticism on his wild leadership during the battle of the 2d. I charged that as the commander of the directing brigade of support of my left, he went astray early in the fight, lost my flank and of course threw the brigades that were looking to him for direc
C. Posey (search for this): chapter 3.16
is official reports are marvelously accurate. I do not of my own knowledge know of inaccuracies in any one of them except that of Gettysburg, and in that they are in unimportant details. In that report he refers to four of Anderson's brigades — Posey's being one--advancing and taking part in the battle late in the afternoon of July 2d. There were but three of those brigades that were engaged, and Posey's was not one of them. General Lee refers to Wilcox's and Wright's brigades and does not Posey's was not one of them. General Lee refers to Wilcox's and Wright's brigades and does not mention Perry's, which was to the right of Wright's and on the left and a little in rear of mine when we advanced. If General Lee meant that Wright and Wilcox and the left of McLaws fell back in the order mentioned, he is incorrect. I did not see Wright's brigade during the battle. The Florida brigade was on my left, and that I did see. My brigade did not fall back in the sense of General Lee's report — was not compelled to retire, being attacked on both flanks and in front. When I sent for
E. P. Alexander (search for this): chapter 3.16
ongstreet's corps in its march to get into position as directed, we will see most unusual and extraordinary delay. Colonel Alexander, who commanded two battalions of artillery, informs us that he was ordered between 8 and 9 A. M. September, 1877neral Longstreet, as has been stated, received this order, according to his first article in the Times, at 11 A. M. Colonel Alexander, after examining the country, conducted his own and then went about hunting up other battalions of artillery attach this field between daylight and sunup in support of artillery then being placed in position under the direction of Colonel Alexander. It was this officer who brought me the order to move forward from the ravine in rear, where the brigade had bivouess sacrifice that he believed was about to be offered, that when the time came, not in his opinion, but in that of Colonel Alexander, for Pickett to advance, and he was asked by him if he should attack, that he bowed his assent, not daring to speak
Robert E. Rodes (search for this): chapter 3.16
ivisions of Longstreet's followed — there being several hours' interval between the marching of the latter and Anderson. Rodes' and Early's divisions of Ewell's corps marched, the first from Heidlesburg, the latter from Berlin, three miles east, on had not been anticipated, because the proximity of the enemy was not known. The battle had been joined some time when Rodes came upon the field at 2:30, and at once attacked the enemy, and was soon reinforced by Early. The Union forces were driday, he determined to press it so soon as the remainder of his army arrived. And in a conference with General Ewell, General Rodes. and myself, when he reached us after the enemy had been routed, he expressed his determination to assault the enemyhe night of the 1st, I believed he had made up his mind to attack. The conference between Generals Lee, Ewell, Early and Rodes was no doubt subsequent to that with Longstreet, and the former broke up, according to General Early, with the understand
C. M. Wilcox (search for this): chapter 3.16
General C. M. Wilcox on the battle of Gettysburg. [We publish the following without note or coongstreet's papers, there seems justice in General Wilcox's claim of the privilege of a reply.] Iof McLaws' division, Longstreet's corps; your (Wilcox's) brigade, Perry's brigade, Wright's brigade,al Longstreet uses the following language: General Wilcox, the volunteer witness on Gettysburg, attepelling him to abandon much of his artillery. Wilcox reached the foot and Wright gained the crest o's was not one of them. General Lee refers to Wilcox's and Wright's brigades and does not mention Pdvanced. If General Lee meant that Wright and Wilcox and the left of McLaws fell back in the order vance reached, and Barksdale's on the right of Wilcox's with four regiments, and one of his regimentr the fighting had ceased. One brigade of it (Wilcox's) and a battery were placed on picket one andk should have given to the public, to say nothing of the manner of its preparation. C. M. Wilcox. [4 more...]
Seddon (search for this): chapter 3.16
ed the invasion of the North, and from his recent contributions to the Weekly Times that he urged an active and aggressive campaign in the Southwest, in Tennessee and Kentucky. On his return from the Suffolk expedition he called on the Secretary of War, in Richmond, and found him engaged in devising a scheme for the relief of Vicksburg, around which General Grant was beginning to concentrate his forces. He dissented from the Secretary and urged the adoption of his own plan of operations, Mr. Seddon yielded only so far as to admit that his idea was good, but adhered to his own plan. On rejoining General Lee he unfolded to him his theory of the campaign for the ensuing season of active operations. He pointed out clearly its practicability, and the many advantages it would give the Confederacy. The logic and persuasive powers of General Longstreet prevailed so far as to force General Lee to admit that the idea was new, and that he was greatly impressed with it. These two interviews,
Charles W. Field (search for this): chapter 3.16
ry should have justified his attack of the enemy. No one ever heard it claimed that General Lee because his cavalry was absent attacked the enemy at Gettysburg. And in his supplementary article: All night long of the 1st (April) we marched with Field's division from Richmond to Petersburg, reaching that point at early dawn on the 2d. I at once went to General Lee's headquarters and found him in bed in his tent. While I was sitting upon the side of his couch, discussing my line of march and olonel Venable brought with him General Harris' brigade of Mahone's division. The enemy were delayed an hour or more, and when the troops were finally withdrawn to the Petersburg line of defences, General Longstreet's troops began to arrive, and Field's division, or the most of it, came up and was placed in the interval between the right of our lines and the Appomattox. There could have been no occasion for Generals Lee and Longstreet discussing any move involving Five Forks, as the battle at
Edward Johnson (search for this): chapter 3.16
ad ceased. One brigade of it (Wilcox's) and a battery were placed on picket one and a quarter miles south of the Chambersburg road, near a mill on Marsh creek. Johnson's division of Ewell's corps reached the field a little before dark; Hood and Kershaw's divisions of Longstreet's corps during the night, and bivouacked east of Mall the time on him. I did not order General McLaws forward, because, as the head of the column, he had direct orders from General Lee to follow the conduct of Colonel Johnson. Therefore, I sent orders to Hood, who was in the rear and not encumbered by these instructions, to push his division forward by the most direct route, and tngstreet seeks to throw the responsibility of this delay in getting his troops into position on General Lee, because he had ordered McLaws' division to follow Colonel Johnson; in other words, that General Lee had taken command of one of his divisions through a staff officer: and yet, if he really believed this, he violated instruct
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ...