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Sharpsburg (Maryland, United States) (search for this): chapter 6
nce that the enemy were between himself and Field. A regiment of Federals, moving across his front and exposing a flank, was scattered by a volley. Pender continued to move forward, driving off a battery of rifled pieces. It was the charge of Field and Pender that finally broke the obstinate line of McCall, to whose hard fighting that day Longstreet pays this tribute: He was more tenacious of his battle than any one who came within my experience during the war, if I except D. H. Hill at Sharpsburg. The failure of all his officers to join Longstreet in this battle, in which it had been hoped to deliver a crushing blow to McClellan, was a great disappointment to General Lee. A united attack at Frayser's Farm would have saved the costly effusion of blood at Malvern Hill. The last battle of the Great Retreat, Malvern Hill, was, like later Gettysburg, one of those terrific shocks of conflict in which, without apparent strategy, without apparent remembrance of man's vulnerability,
Ripleys (West Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 6
o the crude hospitals in the rear, wore a North Carolina uniform. Every fifth bullet that helped to raise the Union casualties to 15,849 was from a North Carolina musket. The first of these desperate encounters was at Mechanicsville and Beaver Dam. In spite of a constantly erroneous statement of numbers, this engagement was between four brigades (not counting brigades present, but not materially engaged) of Fitz John Porter, and five brigades of A. P. Hill, assisted just before dusk by Ripley's brigade of D. H. Hill's division. Gregg's and Branch's brigades, of A. P. Hill's, took no part in the assault on the fortified lines, being otherwise engaged. The plan of the battle was for Jackson to strike the right flank of the Federal intrenchments, while A. P. Hill attacked in front. Jackson was, however, unavoidably delayed, and A. P. Hill, not waiting for his co-operation, attacked impetuously in front. Later in the war the troops on both sides learned to have great respect for
Balaklava (Ukraine) (search for this): chapter 6
tysburg, one of those terrific shocks of conflict in which, without apparent strategy, without apparent remembrance of man's vulnerability, dauntless soldiers were continuously hurled into the muzzles of as splendidly served artillery as ever unlimbered on field of battle. Presumably, such battles are at times military necessities, yet in view of their destructiveness, it is not surprising that a Confederate general recalling the French officer's sarcastic comment on the English charge at Balaklava, It is magnificent, but it is not war, should have declared, Malvern Hill was magnificent; but it was not war, it was murder. The simple record of the destruction wrought in one hour sickens and depresses the mind. The necessity for further retreat after Frayser's Farm caused General McClellan to send General Porter to select and hold a position behind which the army and all its trains could be withdrawn in safety. One glance at the natural amphitheater formed by Malvern Hill, with i
Gatesville (North Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 6
officers: Cols. M. S. Stokes, Gaston Meares, R. P. Campbell, C. C. Lee; Lieut.-Cols. Petway and F. J. Faison; Majs. T. N. Crumpler, T. L. Skinner, B. R. Huske. These were among the State's most gifted and gallant sons. The losses among the company officers were also heavy. During the progress of this great campaign, there was little fighting in North Carolina, for most of her troops were in Virginia, and the Federals around New Bern did not show much further activity. Some skirmishing occurred around Gatesville, Trenton, Young's crossroads, Pollocksville and Clinton. On the 5th of June, there was a collision of an hour's duration between the Twenty-fourth Massachusetts regiment, a few cavalrymen, and two pieces of artillery on the Federal side, and Col. G. B. Singeltary's Forty-fourth North Carolina regiment at Tranter's creek, near Washington. During this engagement Colonel Singeltary was killed. In these various actions the Confederate losses were: killed, 8; wounded, 17.
Ripley (Mississippi, United States) (search for this): chapter 6
t here was very heavy; among others, its brave colonel (Conner) received a severe wound in the leg. Pender's Report. Ripley's arrival brought two more North Carolina regiments into the battle—the First, Colonel Stokes, and the Third, Colonel Meares. These, with the Forty-fourth and Forty-eighth Georgia, formed Ripley's brigade. Two of Ripley's regiments, the First North Carolina and the Forty-fourth Georgia, united with Pender on the right, and the Third North Carolina and Forty-eighth GeRipley's regiments, the First North Carolina and the Forty-fourth Georgia, united with Pender on the right, and the Third North Carolina and Forty-eighth Georgia moved to a position in front of the enemy. All moved forward. The two regiments directly in front suffered little, comparatively, but Pender and the two regiments on the right went indeed into a storm of lead. The Georgians lost 335 men in an Hill by Colonel Tew, were the Second, Colonel Tew; the Fourteenth, Colonel Johnston; the Thirtieth, Colonel Parker. In Ripley's were the First and Third North Carolina, the First under Lieut.-Col. W. P. Bynum, of the Second, and the Third under Co
Jackson (Mississippi, United States) (search for this): chapter 6
e charge and the terrible repulse, ordered Gen. D. H. Hill to send one of his brigades to Pender's assistance, and Riplev's was sent. Memorial Address. It should be stated that General Hill, seeing the waste of blood in the front attack, when Jackson's advance would soon make the position untenable, sent this brigade only upon a second order from General Lee, confirmed by Mr. Davis. Meantime, the Twenty-second North Carolina had come suddenly upon a regiment of the enemy just across the r had placed Sykes' regulars, the flower of his corps, and they were commanded by a persistent fighter. D. H. Hill, on the extreme Confederate left, and General Jackson, between him and A. P. Hill, moved their divisions against these lines. In Jackson's division, the only Carolinians were the Twenty-first, Colonel Kirkland, and Wharton's sharpshooters. Of their part in the battle General Trimble says: The charge of the Sixteenth Mississippi and Twenty-first North Carolina (with sharpshooters
Malvern Hill (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 6
of Mechanicsville, Cold Harbor, Frayser's Farm, Malvern Hill North Carolina troops conspicuous in all engageong Bridge and Charles City roads, just north of Malvern hill. There Longstreet, supported only by the divisiwould have saved the costly effusion of blood at Malvern Hill. The last battle of the Great Retreat, MalverMalvern Hill, was, like later Gettysburg, one of those terrific shocks of conflict in which, without apparent strateicent, but it is not war, should have declared, Malvern Hill was magnificent; but it was not war, it was murdOne glance at the natural amphitheater formed by Malvern Hill, with its plateau terminating in streams, ravineo this order, all the Confederates had assaulted Malvern hill in concert, the issue might have been less disas. J. Young. In Anderson's brigade, commanded at Malvern Hill by Colonel Tew, were the Second, Colonel Tew; thotracted and exhausting campaign. On the day of Malvern Hill, General McClellan telegraphed to the adjutant-g
Pollock (North Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 6
officers: Cols. M. S. Stokes, Gaston Meares, R. P. Campbell, C. C. Lee; Lieut.-Cols. Petway and F. J. Faison; Majs. T. N. Crumpler, T. L. Skinner, B. R. Huske. These were among the State's most gifted and gallant sons. The losses among the company officers were also heavy. During the progress of this great campaign, there was little fighting in North Carolina, for most of her troops were in Virginia, and the Federals around New Bern did not show much further activity. Some skirmishing occurred around Gatesville, Trenton, Young's crossroads, Pollocksville and Clinton. On the 5th of June, there was a collision of an hour's duration between the Twenty-fourth Massachusetts regiment, a few cavalrymen, and two pieces of artillery on the Federal side, and Col. G. B. Singeltary's Forty-fourth North Carolina regiment at Tranter's creek, near Washington. During this engagement Colonel Singeltary was killed. In these various actions the Confederate losses were: killed, 8; wounded, 17.
Gaines Mill (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 6
eral Porter, having, as he says, 30,000 men, Battles and Leaders, II, p. 337. (Note—General Webb strangely says that Porter had less than 18,000 infantry at Gaines' Mill.—Peninsula Campaign, page 130.) fortified in a naturally strong position on the east bank of Powhite creek, six miles from Beaver Dam. Crowning every availablawaited the attack of the divisions of Jackson, A. P. Hill, Longstreet, Whiting and D. H. Hill. The battle that followed the meeting of these forces, known as Gaines' Mill, or Cold Harbor, was one of the hottest of the war. As at Mechanicsville, A. P. Hill was the first to send his troops into action, almost in the center of tal troops, bears this tribute to the reckless bravery of the whole attacking force: As if moved by a reckless disregard of life, equal to that displayed at Gaines' Mill, with a determination to capture our army or destroy it by driving it into the river, regiment after regiment rushed at our batteries; but the artillery of bo
Beaver Dam Creek, Md. (Maryland, United States) (search for this): chapter 6
on. Lieutenant Cathey, of the Sixteenth regiment, describes the situation of the soldiers the night of the battle. He says: Our surroundings were deserts of solitary horror. The owls, night-hawks and foxes had fled in dismay; not even a snake or a frog could be heard to plunge into the lagoons which, crimsoned with the blood of men, lay motionless in our front. Nothing could be heard in the blackness of that night but the ghastly moans of the wounded and dying. On retiring from Beaver Dam creek General Porter, having, as he says, 30,000 men, Battles and Leaders, II, p. 337. (Note—General Webb strangely says that Porter had less than 18,000 infantry at Gaines' Mill.—Peninsula Campaign, page 130.) fortified in a naturally strong position on the east bank of Powhite creek, six miles from Beaver Dam. Crowning every available prominence with batteries to sweep the roads, and also posting batteries or sections of batteries between his brigades, he, with Sykes' division of regula
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