Report on the Organization and Campaigns of the Army of the Potomac: To which is Added an Account of the Campaign in Western Virginia, with Plans of Battle-fieldsSheldon, 1864 - 480 strani |
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Stran 10
... secure . Collections of Southern troops at Memphis and Union City threatened Columbus , Ky . , and Cairo , and made it necessary to keep a vigilant watch in that direction . It should also be remembered that in the early part of May the ...
... secure . Collections of Southern troops at Memphis and Union City threatened Columbus , Ky . , and Cairo , and made it necessary to keep a vigilant watch in that direction . It should also be remembered that in the early part of May the ...
Stran 40
... secure that State . I presume that the force required for the movement down the Mississippi , will be determined by its commander and the President . If Kentucky assumes the right position , not more than 20,000 troops will be needed ...
... secure that State . I presume that the force required for the movement down the Mississippi , will be determined by its commander and the President . If Kentucky assumes the right position , not more than 20,000 troops will be needed ...
Stran 45
... secure the retreat of the main army , in the event of disaster , but to render it out of the enemy's power to attempt a diversion in Maryland . So much time has passed , and the winter is approaching so rapidly , that but two courses ...
... secure the retreat of the main army , in the event of disaster , but to render it out of the enemy's power to attempt a diversion in Maryland . So much time has passed , and the winter is approaching so rapidly , that but two courses ...
Stran 82
... secure as possible against any attack during the day . Before night - fall , all the precautions were taken to secure an orderly and quiet passage of the troops and guns . The movement was commenced soon after dark , under the general ...
... secure as possible against any attack during the day . Before night - fall , all the precautions were taken to secure an orderly and quiet passage of the troops and guns . The movement was commenced soon after dark , under the general ...
Stran 94
... secure ; and it is recommended , that on the upward passage , a few heavy guns , and some troops , be left at the Pilot Station , ( at the forks of the river ) , to cover a retreat in the event of a disaster . These troops and guns ...
... secure ; and it is recommended , that on the upward passage , a few heavy guns , and some troops , be left at the Pilot Station , ( at the forks of the river ) , to cover a retreat in the event of a disaster . These troops and guns ...
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5th Corps Acquia advance Alexandria Antietam army arrived artillery attack bank batteries battle Berkeley Boonsboro Bottom's Bridge bridge Brig.-Gen brigade Burnside CALIFORNIA LIBRARY camp campaign Capt cavalry Chickahominy Colonel column Comd'g command Creek cross defense direction dispatch enemy enemy's fire flank force Fort Magruder Fort Monroe Franklin front G. B. MCCLELLAN General-in-Chief guard guns H. W. HALLECK Hagerstown Harper's Ferry HEAD-QUARTERS Heintzelman Hill Hooker infantry instructions intrenched James River Keyes MAJ.-GEN Major-General Manassas Maryland ment miles Monroe morning move movement necessary night occupied officers Ohio operations Peninsula Penn Porter position possible Potomac President Quarter-Master railroad rear rebel received reconnoissances regiments reinforcements Richmond road Rohrersville Savage's Station Secretary Secretary of War sent Sharpsburg soon Sumner supplies telegram telegraphed tion transportation troops vicinity wagons Warrenton Washington Western Virginia White Oak Swamp Williamsburg wounded York Yorktown
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Stran 144 - And allow me to ask, do you really think I should permit the line from Richmond, via Manassas Junction, to this city, to be entirely open, except what resistance could be presented by less than 20,000 unorganized troops? This is a question which the country will not allow me to evade.
Stran 171 - The country will not fail to note — is now noting — that the present hesitation to move upon an intrenched enemy is but the story of Manassas repeated.
Stran 170 - MY DEAR SIR. — Your dispatches complaining that you are not properly sustained, while they do not offend me, do pain me very much. " Blenker's division was withdrawn from you before you left here ; and you know the pressure under which I did it, and, as I thought, acquiesced in it — certainly not without reluctance.
Stran 228 - I shall be in perfect readiness to- move forward and take Richmond the moment McCall reaches here and the ground will admit the passage of artillery.
Stran 171 - Manassas, was only shifting, and not surmounting, a difficulty ; that we would find the same enemy, and the same or equal intrenchments, at either place. The country will not fail to note, is now noting, that the present hesitation to move upon an intrenched enemy is but the story of Manassas repeated. "I beg to assure you that I have never written you or spoken to you in greater kindness of feeling than now, nor with a fuller purpose to sustain you, so far as, in my most anxious judgment, I consistently...
Stran 407 - Washington and the enemy, but does not order it. He is very desirous that your army move as soon as possible. You will immediately report what line you adopt and when you intend to cross the river ; also to what point the reinforcements are to be sent.
Stran 300 - You say that the withdrawal from the present position will cause the certain demoralization of the army, " which is now in excellent discipline and condition." I can not understand why a simple change of position to a new and by no means distant base, will demoralize an army in excellent discipline, unless the officers themselves assist in that demoralization, which I am satisfied they will not. Your change of front from your extreme right at Hanover Court House to your present position was over...
Stran 354 - Longstreet, Jackson, and McLaws, and with the main body of the cavalry will cover the route of the army and bring up all stragglers that may haVe been left behind. The commands of Generals Jackson, McLaws, and Walker, after accomplishing the objects for which they have been detached, will join the main body of the army at Boonsboro
Stran 280 - Excellency, for your private consideration, my general views concerning the existing state of the rebellion, although they do not strictly relate to the situation of this army, or strictly come within the scope of my official duties.
Stran 170 - Banks's corps, once designed for* Manassas Junction, was diverted and tied up on the line of Winchester and Strasburg, and could not leave it without again exposing the Upper Potomac and the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. This - presented (or would present when McDowell and Sumner should be gone) a great temptation to the enemy to turn back from the Rappahannock and sack Washington. My explicit order that Washington should, by the judgment of all the commanders of the army corps, be left entirely secure,...