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Philip Henry Sheridan, Personal Memoirs of P. H. Sheridan, General, United States Army ., Chapter XI (search)
dier-General Robert B. Mitchell's division of Gilbert's corps was in the advance on the Springfield to relieve their distress. Consequently General Gilbert, during the night, directed me to push be While this skirmishing was going on, General Gilbert--the corps commander-whose headquarters wand began to mass troops behind them, and General Gilbert, fearing that my intrenched position on ter relieved, however, by a united pressure of Gilbert's corps against the flank of McCook's assailamy division during the engagement pleased General Gilbert very much, and he informed me that he woue generally the safety of our trains, but General Gilbert was not elastic, and on the march he had is concession. When the battle ceased General Gilbert asked me to join him at Buell's headquart in the fight; and, moreover, a large part of Gilbert's corps was unengaged during the pressure on nville road, near Cave Springs, joining there Gilbert's left division, which had preceded me and ma
Philip Henry Sheridan, Personal Memoirs of P. H. Sheridan, General, United States Army ., Chapter XII (search)
. Davis; BrigadierGeneral R. W. Johnson, and Brigadier-General P. H. Sheridan. Although the corps nomenclature established by General Buell was dropped, the grand divisions into which he had organized the army at Louisville were maintained, and, in fact, the conditions established then remained practically unaltered, with the exception of the interchange of some brigades, the transfer of a few general officers from one wing or division to another, and the substitution of General Thomas for Gilbert as a corps commander. The army was thus compact and cohesive, undisturbed by discord and unembarrassed by jealousies of any moment; and it may be said that under a commander who, we believed, had the energy and skill necessary to direct us to success, a national confidence in our invincibility made us all keen for a test of strength with the Confederates. We had not long to wait. Early on the morning of December 26, 1862, in a heavy rain, the army marched, the movement being directed
Philip Henry Sheridan, Personal Memoirs of P. H. Sheridan, General, United States Army ., Chapter I (search)
ngton. First Connecticut, Major George O. Marcy. Third New Jersey, Major William P. Robeson, Jr. Second New York, Captain Walter C. Hull. Fifth New York, Major Abram H. Krom. Second Ohio (1), Lieutenant-Colonel George A. Purington. Second Ohio (2), Major A. Bayard Nettleton. Eighteenth Pennsylvania (1), Lieutenant-Colonel William P. Brinton. Eighteenth Pennsylvania (2), Major John W. Phillips. Second brigade: Brigadier-General George H. Chapman. Third Indiana (two companies), Lieutenant Benjamin F. Gilbert. First New Hampshire (battalion), Colonel John L. Thompson. Eighth New York, Lieutenant-Colonel William H. Benjamin. Twenty-second New York, Major Caleb Moore. First Vermont, Colonel William Wells. horse-artillery: Captain La Rhett L. Livingston. New York Light Artillery, Sixth Battery,[At Sandy Hook, Md., and not engaged in the battle.] Captain Joseph W. Martin. First United States, Batteries K and L, Lieutenant Franck E. Taylor. Second United States, Batteries B and L, Capta
Philip Henry Sheridan, Personal Memoirs of P. H. Sheridan, General, United States Army ., Chapter III (search)
lian V. Weir. Third division. Brigadier-General George A. Custer. first brigade. Colonel Alexander C. M. Pennington, Jr. First Connecticut, Captain Edwin W. French. Third New Jersey, Lieutenant-Colonel Charles C. Suydam. Second New York, Captain Andrew S. Glover. Fifth New York, Major Theodore A. Boice. Second Ohio, Lieutenant-Colonel George A. Purington. Eighteenth Pennsylvania, Major John W. Phillips. Second brigade: Colonel William Wells. Third Indiana (two companies), Lieutenant Benjamin F. Gilbert. First New Hampshire (battalion), Colonel John L. Thompson. Eighth New York, Lieutenant-Colonel William H. Benjamin. Twenty-second New York, Major Charles C. Brown. First Vermont, Lieutenant-Colonel John W. Bennett. horse-artillery: Second United States, Batteries B and L, Captain Charles H. Peirce. Third United States, Batteries C, F, and K, Captain Dunbar R. Ransom. Toward 6 o'clock the morning of the 19th, the officer on picket duty at Winchester came to my room, I bei
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., The opposing forces at Cedar Creek, Va., Oct. 19, 1864. (search)
s: k, 1; w, 1; m, 1 = 3. Artillery: L, 5th U. S., Lieut. Gulian V. Weir. Third division, Brig.-Gen. George A. Custer. First Brigade, Col. Alexander C. M. Pennington, Jr.: 1st Conn., Capt. Edwin W. French; 3d N. J., Lieut.-Col. Charles C. Suydam; 2d N. Y., Capt. Andrew S. Glover; 5th N. Y., Maj. Theodore A. Boice; 2d Ohio, Lieut.-Col. George A. Purington; 18th Pa., Maj. John W. Phillips. Brigade loss: k, 2; w, 17; m, 8 = 27. Second Brigade, Col. William Wells: 3d Ind. (2 co's), Lieut. Benjamin F. Gilbert; 1st N. H. (batt'n), Col. John L. Thompson; 8th N: Y., Lieut.-Col. William H. Benjamin; 22d N. Y., Maj. Charles C. Brown; 1st Vt., Lieut.-Col. John W. Bennett. Brigade loss: w, 7. horse artillery: B and L, 2d U. S., Capt. Charles H. Peirce; C, F, and K, 3d U. S., Capt. Dunbar R. Ransom. Artillery loss: k, 2; w, 1==3. Sheridan's field forces present for duty in the Valley, September 10th, 1864, were about 43,000 officers and men. He had, also, in garrison at Harper's Ferry,