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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 5. (ed. Frank Moore) 185 17 Browse Search
William F. Fox, Lt. Col. U. S. V., Regimental Losses in the American Civil War, 1861-1865: A Treatise on the extent and nature of the mortuary losses in the Union regiments, with full and exhaustive statistics compiled from the official records on file in the state military bureaus and at Washington 160 8 Browse Search
Horace Greeley, The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65: its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union. Volume II. 71 3 Browse Search
Edward Porter Alexander, Military memoirs of a Confederate: a critical narrative 44 0 Browse Search
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 3. 44 2 Browse Search
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 2. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.) 40 0 Browse Search
Maj. Jed. Hotchkiss, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 3, Virginia (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 38 0 Browse Search
Oliver Otis Howard, Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general , United States army : volume 1 30 2 Browse Search
William Swinton, Campaigns of the Army of the Potomac 29 5 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 10. (ed. Frank Moore) 12 0 Browse Search
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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 5. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 97 (search)
t by the Second and Fifth Maine batteries, in Ricketts's division of Gen. McDowell's corps, was mostickest of the fight, and the advance-guard of Ricketts, coming up at the same time, took position imroops of ours than were under Banks, those of Ricketts could not get into actual action before nighte been very different. The division of General Ricketts remained within sound of the battle threeerryville. Gen. McDowell was ordered to move Ricketts's division of his corps from Manassas Junctiooon as I arrived on the field, at the head of Ricketts's division, I directed General Banks to draw accordingly directed Gen. McDowell to recall Ricketts's division immediately from our right, and po conduct at Cedar Mountain. Generals King and Ricketts, of McDowell's corps, led their divisions thrville, Aug. 31, 1862. Carroll's brigade of Ricketts's division will proceed at once to Fairfax Stme right, in the rear of the first brigade of Ricketts's division. Immediately after the line of [40 more...]
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 5. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 98 (search)
d forward five miles south of Culpeper, with Ricketts's division of McDowell's corps three miles innlikely, I ordered Gen McDowell to advance Gen. Ricketts's division to support Gen Banks, and direcearly in the morning; his losses were heavy. Ricketts's division was immediately pushed forward, ant by the Second and Fifth Maine batteries, in Ricketts's division of Gen. McDowell's corps, was moste advance of his army of Virginia; also Brig.-Gen. Ricketts's division of Major-Gen. McDowell's corir headquarters to the front. As they passed Ricketts's division, and the head of Sigel's army corpickest of the fight, and the advance-guard of Ricketts, coming up at the same time, took position imn half a mile, where stood a provost-guard of Ricketts's corps, bayonet in hand, to check any, if thd. Gen. McDowell, with the division of General Ricketts, had arrived a few days before. General ll awaiting the orders of his superior. Generals Ricketts, Hartsuff, and Prince would gladly have [2 more...]
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 5. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 110 (search)
July I left Washington, and, after reviewing Ricketts's division, of McDowell's corps, at Waterloo de, of Gen. Banks's corps; and on the seventh Ricketts's division, of McDowell's corps, had also reais rear, and within easy supporting distance, Ricketts's division, of McDowell's corps, had been posoon as I arrived on the field, at the head of Ricketts's division, I directed General Banks to draw of his line, pushing forward at the same time Ricketts's division to occupy the ground thus vacated.fourth my forces were distributed as follows: Ricketts's division, of McDowell's corps, on the road had, however, without my knowledge, detached Ricketts's division in the direction of Thoroughfare G left in flank if possible. For a short time Ricketts's division of McDowell's corps was placed in accordingly directed Gen. McDowell to recall Ricketts's division immediately from our right, and pol take immediate steps to communicate with Gen. Ricketts, and instruct him to rejoin the other divi[16 more...]
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 5. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 126 (search)
il our cartridges were reduced to two or three rounds. Gen. Ricketts now came from the right, and voluntarily relieved my meen paces, and lay down on their arms. A few volleys from Ricketts ended the contest in about thirty minutes, and the enemy Reno's corps. Next came the Pennsylvania reserve corps, Ricketts's and King's divisions, under command of the gallant and s on the mountain slope at the left: The first brigade of Ricketts's division on the extreme right, which was about one mileike; the Pennsylvania reserve corps, the right resting on Ricketts's left; the Second regiment U. S. sharp shooters on the re turnpike at the right; the second and third brigades of Ricketts's division between the branch road and the turnpike; Kingat the extreme right, in the rear of the first brigade of Ricketts's division. Immediately after the line of battle was f The Pennsylvania reserve corps and the First brigade of Ricketts's division were now hotly engaging the enemy. The rebels
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 5. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 130 (search)
e begun a little sooner than it was expected. General Hooker formed his lines with precision and without hesitation. Ricketts's division went into the woods on the left in force. Meade with the Pennsylvania reserves formed in the centre. Doublest as they had slept, almost close enough to look into each other's eyes. The left of Meade's reserves and the right of Ricketts's line became engaged at nearly the same moment, one with artillery, the other with infantry. A battery was almost imme but I do not believe he counts his success too dearly purchased. The crisis of the fight at this point had arrived. Ricketts's division, vainly endeavoring to advance and exhausted by the effort, had fallen back. Part of Mansfield's corps was o their General was mortally wounded. The left nevertheless was too extended to be turned, and too strong to be broken. Ricketts sent word he could not advance, but could hold his ground. Doubleday had kept his guns at work on the right, and had fi
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 5. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 201 (search)
with all the equipage of Gen. Pope and others which they did not want. Gen. McDowell's guard lay but a short distance off, and kept up a continuous fire, aided by a few Bucktails who had escaped previous to the surrounding. But the rebel fire and charge was too severe, and the men fell back. The rebels took some half-dozen horses from McDowell's train and all his private stores, completely rumaging his mess-chests and wagon. Another party had crossed the railroad and gone down to Generals Ricketts's and King's supply trains and headquarter wagons. They gave a tremendous shout and charged down into the ravine, where King's wagoners were, upon the outside guarded by some Wisconsin troops, who drew up and fired into the rebel cavalry, killing two and taking two prisoners during a skirmish of nearly an hour. When the fire opened Major William Painter, division quartermaster, Capt. Frederick Gerker, brigade quartermaster, and Capt. D. B. Jones, commissary, ran out, mounted their ho