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Elias Nason, McClellan's Own Story: the war for the union, the soldiers who fought it, the civilians who directed it, and his relations to them., Chapter 15: (search)
ers. The public property belonging to the Volunteer Recruiting Service will be sold to the best advantage possible, and the proceeds credited to the fund for collecting, drilling, and organizing volunteers. By order of the Secretary of War. L. Thomas, Adj.-Gen. U. S. A. Common sense and the experience of all wars prove that when an army takes the field every possible effort should be made at home to collect recruits and establish depots, whence the inevitable daily losses may be made gor a hot artillery-fire, and the skirmishers of the 3d corps engaged, being myself with Porter's division, that I received the telegram informing me of the withdrawal of the 1st corps (McDowell's) from my command: adjutant-general's office, April 4, 1862. Gen. McClellan: By directions of the President Gen. McDowell's army corps has been detached from the force under your immediate command, and the general is ordered to report to the Secretary of War; letter by mail. L. Thomas, Adj.-Gen.
Elias Nason, McClellan's Own Story: the war for the union, the soldiers who fought it, the civilians who directed it, and his relations to them., Chapter 16: (search)
was written during the evening of April 5: headquarters, Army of Potomac, camp near Yorktown, April 5, 1862. Brig.-Gen. L. Thomas, Adj.-Gen. U. S. A.: general: I have now a distinct knowledge of the general position of the enemy in my front. enemy. John Tucker, Assistant Secretary of War. The following telegram was sent as indicated, on April 10, to Brig.-Gen. Thomas, adjutant-general: I examined the works on enemy's left very carefully to-day. They are very strong, the approere in present condition of roads until I get more wagons. I need more force to make the attack on Gloucester. To Brig.-Gen. L. Thomas on April 9: Weather still execrable; country covered with water; roads terrible. It is with the utmost difficPresident, Franklin's division has been ordered to march back to Alexandria and immediately embark for Fortress Monroe. L. Thomas, Adj.-Gen. I replied to the secretary: I am delighted with Franklin's orders, and beg to thank you. I insert the
Elias Nason, McClellan's Own Story: the war for the union, the soldiers who fought it, the civilians who directed it, and his relations to them., Chapter 36: (search)
ary at once to send this corps to the assistance of the right wing. On nearing the field, hearing that one of our batteries 4th U. S. Artillery commanded by Lieut. Thomas, who occupied the same position as Lieut. Woodruffs battery in the morning — was hotly engaged without supports, Gen. Smith sent two regiments to its relief fr. the ground Gen. Smith ordered the other regiments of Hancock's brigade, with Frank's and Cowen's batteries, 1st N. Y. Artillery, to the threatened position. Lieut. Thomas and Capt. Cothran, commanding batteries, bravely held their positions against the advancing enemy, handling their batteries with skill. Finding the enemy still advancing, the 3d brigade of Smith's division, commanded by Col. Irvin, 49th Penn volunteers, was ordered up, and passed through Lieut. Thomas's battery, charged upon the enemy, and drove back the advance until abreast of the Dunker church. As the right of the brigade came opposite the woods it received a destructive fire, whi
Elias Nason, McClellan's Own Story: the war for the union, the soldiers who fought it, the civilians who directed it, and his relations to them., Index. (search)
Taft. Capt., 589. Taylor, Gen. G. W., 432, 512. Taylor's Hill, Va , 95. Telegraph, with army, 54 ; miles constructed, 135. Tennallytown. D. C., 66, 79, 90, 516, 519, 520. Tennessee, State, position of, plans for, defeated, 49. Thomas, Gen. L., 219. Thomas, Lieut., 599. Thoroughfare Gap, Va., 515, 521. Tidball, Capt., at Gaines's Mill, 415, 417 ; Antietam, 587, 601, 602. Tompkins, Capt., 595. Torbert, Gen. A. T., 563, 600. Townsend, Col. E. D., 520. 536, 546. TransportatiThomas, Lieut., 599. Thoroughfare Gap, Va., 515, 521. Tidball, Capt., at Gaines's Mill, 415, 417 ; Antietam, 587, 601, 602. Tompkins, Capt., 595. Torbert, Gen. A. T., 563, 600. Townsend, Col. E. D., 520. 536, 546. Transportation, to Peninsula. 235, 237, 238, 254, 256, 265 ; in Peninsula, 301, 335, 336, to Acquia, 494-503. Trent's, Va., 404-409. Tripler, Dr., 83, 126, 127. Trowbridge, Lieut, C. F. 133. Tucker, Assist. Sec. J., 129, 163, 237, 275. Tunstall's, Va., 358, 360, 390, 394. Turner, Gen., 575. Turner's Pass — see South Mountain. Twiggs, Gen D. E., 39. Tyler, Gen. E. B., 513, 517. Tyler, Col. D., 434, 439, 512, 513, 520. Urbana, Va., 227, 229, 235, 236, 268. Upton's Hill, Va., 73, 92, 95,
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 3. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Letters on the treatment and exchange of prisoners. (search)
me.] Hdrs. Department South Carolina, Georgia and Florida, Charleston, S. C., July 1, 1864. General — I send with this a letter addressed by five General officers of the United States army, now prisoners of war in this city, to Brigadier-General L. Thomas, Adjutant-General United States army, recommending and asking an exchange of prisoners of war. I fully concur in opinion with the officers who have signed the letter, that there should be an exchange of prisoners; and though I am noan, Brigadier-General Volunteers, (Signed) Alexander Shaler, Brigadier-General U. S. Volunteers, Prisoners of War. To Major-General J. G. Foster, Commanding Department of the South, Hilton Head, S. C. Charleston, S. C., July 1, 1864. Brigadier-General L. Thomas, Adjutant-General United States Army, Washington, D. C.: General — We desire respectfully to represent through you to our authorities, our firm belief that a prompt exchange of the prisoners of war in the hands of the Southern Confe
Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Chapter 12: (search)
iod and well-nigh lost sight of, although it does the highest honor to his patriotism and integrity. It was written on the same day on which the announcement was made to Governor Pickens of the purpose of the United States government to send supplies to the fort, and is worthy of reproduction here: See The Record of Port Sumter, p. 37. letter of Major Anderson, United States army, protesting against Fox's plan for relieving Fort Sumter. Fort Sumter, S. C., April 8, 1861. To Colonel L. Thomas, Adjutant-General United States Army. Colonel: I have the honor to report that the resumption of work yesterday (Sunday) at various points on Morris Island, and the vigorous prosecution of it this morning, apparently strengthening all the batteries which are under the fire of our guns, shows that they either have just received some news from Washington which has put them on the qui vive, or that they have received orders from Montgomery to commence operations here. I am preparing,
Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Index (search)
ter in defense of Jefferson Davis, 177-78. Henry, 10, 13-14. Clayton, Alexander M. Extract of letter to Memphis appeal, 203-04. Cobb, Howell, 204, 206. Thomas W., 9. Cocke, Gen. Philip St. George, 309, 325, 329. Collamer, —, 58. Collins, John, Gov. of Rhode Island, 97. Columbus (Ky.) Occupation by Confuction from Davis, 389-90, 395-99. Correspondence concerning Gen. Jack-son's plans for winter campaign, 392, 94. Jones, General, 324, 326, 327. Jordan, Gen. Thomas J., 303. Conference with Davis, 307-09. Judiciary (Federal). Decision in Dred Scott case, 70-71. K Kane, George P., 290. Kansas, 12, 23, 24, 31 Texas, 12, 28, 214. Annexation, 64. Thayer, James S. Extracts from speech concerning with-drawal of states, 220. Thirteen, committee of, 171. Thomas, Col. L., 243. Thompson, —, 29. Tillinghast, Capt., 329. Toombs, Robert, 37, 58, 59, 175, 204, 206. Selected secretary of state (Confederacy), 207. Towns
William Boynton, Sherman's Historical Raid, Chapter 2: (search)
made efficient the Army of the Ohio, which, from that time forward, under Buell, Rosecrans, and Thomas, held high rank among the armies of the Union. A portion of it under General Buell's directions and the immediate command of General Thomas, had broken the Confederate right at Mill Springs, killed the commander of its army, captured its fortified camp, with all its artillery, several thousand ed by the nation as a most important one. It was the Western Bull Run for the Confederacy. General Thomas, in his report upon the battle, thus speaks of the captures: On reaching the intrenchm as Buckner is ready, he will surely advance on Elizabethtown where he lives. I hear nothing of Thomas' moves or those at Paducah. Our lines are broken and I have sent down to examine. W. T. Sherm Buell: headquarters Department of the Cumberland, Louisville, November 6, 1861. General L. Thomas, Adjutant-General. Sir: General McClellan telegraphs me to report to him daily the situ
William Boynton, Sherman's Historical Raid, Chapter 3: (search)
ect amazement. There were absolutely none on Grant's left, where Breckinridge's division was meeting him, so that we were able to come up within hearing of their drums entirely unperceived. The Southern generals always kept cavalry pickets out for miles, even when no enemy was supposed to be within a day's march of them The infantry pickets of Grant's forces were not above three-fourths of a mile from his advance camps, and they were too few to make any resistance. The officers of General Thomas' army, who had charge of the pickets a few days after the battle, rode over the line from which the rebels moved to the attack. Every where were signs of the deliberation with which the enemy formed his forces. The routes by which each corps and division of the first line was to march to its position in the woods, were blazed upon the trees, and the entire force of the enemy went into line for the attack wholly undisturbed, and with as much order and precision, as if forming upon mark
William Boynton, Sherman's Historical Raid, Chapter 4: (search)
Chapter 4: Iuka and Second Corinth General Rosecrans misrepresented. Hostile criticism of Generals Buell, Rosecrans, and Thomas, the successive commanders of the Army of the Ohio, forms one of the salient features of the Memoirs. General Rosecrans particularly distinguished himself in the battles of Iuka and Corinth, in the autumn following the first occupation of the latter place. From General Sherman's account, however, the reader would suppose that General Rosecrans had behaved badly in both these actions. Of the battle at Iuka, he says: In the early part of September the enemy in our front manifested great activity, feeling with cavalry at all points, and on the 13th General Van Dorn threatened Corinth, while General Price seized the town of Iuka, which was promptly abandoned by a small garrison under Colonel Murphy. Price's force was about eight thousand men, and the general impression was that he was en route for Eastport, with the purpose to cross the Te
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