The Fifth Army Corps (Army of the Potomac): A Record of Operations During the Civil War in the United States of America, 1861-1865G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1895 - 900 pages |
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... rear . At a late hour , Stoneman's cavalry command and regular infantry under General Sykes moved out so as to protect the left and rear of the advanced column . The day opened with a heavy rainstorm , and for about fourteen miles the ...
... rear . At a late hour , Stoneman's cavalry command and regular infantry under General Sykes moved out so as to protect the left and rear of the advanced column . The day opened with a heavy rainstorm , and for about fourteen miles the ...
Page 70
... rear , imparting information as to what was taking place at the front , and communi- cated with the War Department , promising to " hold their positions to the last extremity , " proffering sug- gestions , repeating the rumors with ...
... rear , imparting information as to what was taking place at the front , and communi- cated with the War Department , promising to " hold their positions to the last extremity , " proffering sug- gestions , repeating the rumors with ...
Page 76
... rear . Cooke's cavalry , near Cold Harbor , guarded the right and rear and scouted toward Han- over Court - House , while Sykes ' and Morell's divisions camped on the Gaines farm , conveniently located for rapid movement to any ...
... rear . Cooke's cavalry , near Cold Harbor , guarded the right and rear and scouted toward Han- over Court - House , while Sykes ' and Morell's divisions camped on the Gaines farm , conveniently located for rapid movement to any ...
Page 80
... rear , in case of emergency . The 3d Brigade of Morell's division , returning from Cold Harbor , was placed in line of battle in rear of General Sykes ' division . Passing Mechanicsville , the attacking forces were divided . Field's ...
... rear , in case of emergency . The 3d Brigade of Morell's division , returning from Cold Harbor , was placed in line of battle in rear of General Sykes ' division . Passing Mechanicsville , the attacking forces were divided . Field's ...
Page 86
... rear the day before , and leaving details to de- stroy what little material could not be moved . Gen- eral Sykes ' division took up its position on the high open ground between the roads leading from Old and New Cold Harbor to Parker's ...
... rear the day before , and leaving details to de- stroy what little material could not be moved . Gen- eral Sykes ' division took up its position on the high open ground between the roads leading from Old and New Cold Harbor to Parker's ...
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13th New York 18th Massachusetts 2d Maine 3d Brigade 4th Michigan 83d Pennsylvania advance ARMY OF VIRGINIA arrived artillery attack bank Battalion battery bridge brigade Brigadier-General Bull Run Burnside Butterfield camp Capt Captain cavalry Centreville charge Chickahominy Colonel column command Confederate Creek crossed D. H. Hill directed division enemy enemy's field Fifth Army Corps Fifth Corps fire Fitz-John Porter flank force Ford forward Fredericksburg front GEORGE SYKES Griffin guns headquarters Heintzelman Hill Hooker Jackson John Pope June killed Lieutenant Lieutenant-Colonel line of battle Little Round Top Longstreet Major-General Malvern Manassas mand McClellan McDowell Meade ment miles Morell Morell's morning moved movement night occupied officers Pennsylvania Reserves pickets pike Pope Potomac President railroad rear received regiment reserve retired Reynolds river sent Sharpshooters Sickles skirmishers Sykes Third Corps tion troops U. S. Artillery U. S. Infantry Union Union army Warren Warrenton Washington woods
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Page 410 - I have heard, in such a way as to believe it, of your recently saying, that both the army and the government needed a dictator. Of course it was not for this, but in spite of it, that I have; given you the command. Only those generals who gain successes can set up dictators. What I now ask of you is military success, and I will risk the dictatorship.
Page 850 - The arms, artillery, and public property to be parked and stacked, and turned over to the officers appointed by me to receive them. This will not embrace the side-arms of the officers nor their private horses or baggage. This done, each officer and man will be allowed to return to his home, not to be disturbed by United States authority so long as they observe their paroles and the laws in force where they may reside.
Page 342 - The United States of America, To all to whom these Presents shall come, Greeting: Whereas Isaac Gullett of Butler County, Ohio has deposited in the General Land Office of the United States...
Page 286 - ... Harris had been as much afraid of me as I had been of him. This was a view of the question I had never taken before ; but it was one I never forgot afterwards. From that event to the close of the war, I never experienced trepidation upon confronting an enemy, though I always felt more or less anxiety. I never forgot that he had as much reason to fear my forces as I had his. The lesson was valuable.
Page 840 - AM) received, in consequence of my having passed from the Richmond and Lynchburg road to the Farmville and Lynchburg road. I am at this writing about four miles west of Walker's Church and will push forward to the front for the purpose of meeting you. Notice sent to me on this road where you wish the interview to take place will meet me.
Page 31 - Affairs, and that there shall be a principal officer therein, to be called the Secretary for the Department of Foreign Affairs, who shall perform and execute such duties as shall from time to time be enjoined on or intrusted to him by the President of the United States...
Page 286 - Harris' camp, and possibly find his men ready formed to meet us, my heart kept getting higher and higher until it felt to me as though it was in my throat. I would have given anything then to have been back in Illinois, but I had not the moral courage to halt and consider what to do ; I kept right on.
Page 311 - War Department, Adjutant-General's Office, Washington, November 5, 1862. By direction of the President of the United States, it is ordered that Major-General McClellan be relieved from the command of the Army of the Potomac, and that Major-General Burnside take the command of that army. By order of the Secretary of War. ED TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant-General.
Page 675 - Lynchburg; and, when the cavalry got well off, to move the army to the south side of the James River, by the enemy's right flank, where I felt I could cut off all his sources of supply except by the canal...
Page 26 - First Corps to consist of four divisions, and to be commanded by MajorGeneral I.