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Benjamnin F. Butler, Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler, Chapter 11: military operations. (search)
zoo River should be gotten ready to come down and lead the attack. This iron-clad, as I learned from a man I sent to examine her, could not possibly be done before the middle of October. To show the accuracy and reliability of my secret service system, I give the report of General Williams on the 2d of August:-- headquarters Second brigade, Baton Rouge, La., August 2, 1862. John Mahan [Mann?] with a pass from General Butler, dated July 22, for Vicksburg, and who left New Orleans July 25, and arrived at Pontchatoula and Camp Moore Monday, July 28, having proceeded up the Jackson railroad as far as Jackson, arrived here by the way of Summit, Liberty, and Bayou Sara this morning at 10 o'clock. He says he saw Breckinridge's force of six full regiments and fourteen guns at Camp Moore and Pontchatoula Monday, July 28, and that their purpose is to attack this place; says they may be expected on the rear of Baton Rouge at this time, or at any time in the next day or two. If Mah
Benjamnin F. Butler, Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler, Chapter 16: capture of fortifications around Richmond, Newmarket Heights, Dutch Gap Canal, elections in New York and gold conspiracy. (search)
w England fashion, was at twelve o'clock. He did so, and between twelve and one left for a ride of about seven miles to the bridge at Deep Bottom. The attack was made quite late in the day, and was not successful. It was renewed the next day, and was in part successful, a minor fortification and four guns being captured. Then, deeming the position of the enemy to be too strong to be taken, Hancock withdrew his troops back to the lines at Petersburg, and Birney came home. About the 25th of July General Grant had made a formal demonstration with Hancock's Second Corps and Birney's Corps from Bermuda Hundred across the James River by the pontoon bridge at Deep Bottom, which, for reasons that need not be discussed, was not successful, and he renewed the attempt on the 13th of August, as has been hereinbefore described. The enemy having repulsed the two corps of our army, I supposed would become careless, not thinking the attack would be renewed. Gen. Birney, Commanding Tent
Benjamnin F. Butler, Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler, Chapter 18: why I was relieved from command. (search)
that. I then said: You heard of General Gillmore being relieved from command here you then had no further business with him. Why did you not come back then? General, said he, I am a bereaved man; I have been watching by the bedside of my dying child. No lies to me, Parson Hudson, said I; your child died on the third day of June; you left on the 28th of May; you have not watched much since. Why did you not come back before the 20th of September? Did you not get my order of the 25th of July? Yes, sir. Why did you not return, in obedience to that order? I saw my colonel, and he advised me that I need not come back. I sent for Colonel Serrell, and asked him about it, and he said he had told the chaplain no such thing. I said to the chaplain:-- On or about the 27th of May I wrote to General Gillmore, and asked him if he assumed a certain publication, or knew anything about it; he wrote me that he did not. Now, Chaplain Hudson, did you not write the letter which