Stuart's Cavalry in the Gettysburg CampaignMoffat, Yard, 1908 - 222 pages |
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A. P. Hill advance Aldie arrived artillery attack battle Blue Ridge Brandy Station Buford Bull Run Mountain burg camp Captain captured Carlisle Cashtown cavalry Chambersburg Chancellorsville Colonel column command Confederate Court-house crossed the Potomac Culpeper direction dispatch Early east enemy enemy's Ewell Ewell's corps Federal fight flank force Fredericksburg front Gettysburg Gregg guard Hagerstown Halleck Harper's Ferry Harrisburg headquarters Heth Heth's division Hill and Heth Hill's corps Hooker Hooker's army horses infantry instructions J. E. B. STUART Jackson Jones July June Lee's army letter Longstreet Maryland McLaws Meade Meade's miles morning Mosby move movement night orders passed picket pike Pleasanton Point of Rocks position raid Rapidan Rappahannock rear received reconnaissance regiment report says retreat Reynolds road Robertson Rodes scouts Sedgwick sent Shenandoah Valley Shepherdstown signal officer South Mountain staff officers Stahel Stuart Stuart's cavalry Susquehanna train troops Virginia wagons Washington Williamsport
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Page iv - So sinks the day-star in the ocean bed, And yet anon repairs his drooping head, And tricks his beams, and with new spangled ore Flames in the forehead of the morning sky...
Page 212 - HAMLET. Do you see yonder cloud that's almost in shape of a camel ? POLONIUS. By the mass, and 'tis like a camel, indeed. HAMLET. Methinks it is like a weasel. POLONIUS. It is backed like a weasel. HAMLET. Or like a whale ? POLONIUS. Very like a whale.
Page 87 - Do you know where he is and what he is doing ? I fear he will steal a march on us and get across the Potomac before we are aware. If you find that he is moving northward, and that two brigades can guard the Blue Ridge and take care of your rear, you can move with the other three into Maryland and take position on General Ewell's right, place yourself in communication with him, guard his flank and keep him informed of the enemy's movements, and collect all the supplies you can for the use of the army.
Page 203 - It had not been intended to fight a general battle at such a distance from our base unless attacked by the enemy; but finding ourselves unexpectedly confronted by the Federal army, it became a matter of difficulty to withdraw through the mountains with our large trains.
Page 52 - If the head of Lee's army is at Martinsburg and the tail of it on the plank road between Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, the animal must be very slim somewhere. Could you not break him ?" The Confederates under Ewell entered Pennsylvania June 22.
Page 188 - Imboden. In passing through the mountains in advance of the column, the great length of the trains exposed them to attack by the enemy's cavalry, which captured a number of wagons and ambulances, but they succeeded in reaching Williamsport without serious loss. They were attacked at that place on the 6th by the enemy's cavalry, which was gallantly repulsed by General Imboden. The attacking force was subsequently encountered and driven off by General Stuart, and pursued for several miles in the direction...
Page v - IT is with heartfelt satisfaction the Commanding General announces to the Army that the operations of the last three days have determined that our enemy must either ingloriously fly, or come out from behind his defenses and give us battle on our own ground, where certain destruction awaits him.
Page 188 - The enemy had not yet made his appearance; but, as he was in condition to obtain large reinforcements, and our situation, for the reasons above mentioned, was becoming daily more embarrassing, it was deemed advisable to recross the river. Part of the pontoon bridge was recovered, and new boats built, so that by the 13th a good bridge was thrown over the river at Falling Waters.
Page xxix - Rodes' men pushed forward with great vigor and enthusiasm, followed closely by the second and third lines. Position after position was carried, the guns captured, and every effort of the enemy to rally defeated by the impetuous rush of our troops. In the ardor of pursuit through the thick and tangled woods, the first and second lines at last became mingled, and moved on together as one. The enemy made a stand at a line of breastworks across the road, at the house of...
Page xxx - ... skirmishers advancing and, in the obscurity of the night, were mistaken for the enemy and fired upon. Captain Boswell, chief engineer of the corps, and several others, were killed and a number wounded. General Jackson himself received a severe injury and was borne from the field. The command devolved on Major-general Hill, whose division, under General Heth, was advanced to the line of intrenchments which had been reached by Rodes and Colston.