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April, 1863 AD (search for this): chapter 2
laves were employed in various labors, such as working on fortifications, as teamsters, et cetera, for the cause of the conspirators. The following is the form of the voucher held by the Government as the employer of slaves. for such purposes:-- We, the subscribers, acknowledge to have received of John B. Stannard, First Corps of Engineers, the sums set opposite our names, respectively, being in full for the services of our slaves at Drewry's Bluff, during the months of March and April, 1863, having signed duplicate receipts. from whom hired.name and occupation.time Bmployed.rate of Wages.amount for each Slave.amount received.signatures. J. G. Woodfire.William, laborer.22 days.$16 a month. $13 33Joseph G. Woodfire. William E. Martin.Richard, laborer.37 days.$16 a month.$19 75   William E. Martin.Henry, laborer.37 days.$16 a month.19 7589 46W. E. Martin. I certify the above pay-roll is correct and just, John B. Stannard. The above was copied from one of several
June 29th (search for this): chapter 2
ers. on leaving Baltimore, we saw the evidences of the hasty preparations to repel the invaders; see page 55. and on the way to Hanover junction we passed several of the block-houses constructed for the defense of the bridges on the railway. see page 55. we dined at the junction, where lay the charred remains of a train of cars, destroyed by the invaders, and toward evening arrived at Hanover. There we tarried an hour, and the writer visited the scene of the cavalry fight on the 29th of June, and made the sketch on page 58. we reached Gettysburg at eight o'clock in the evening, and gladly accepted the kind hospitality of the family of a leading citizen (David M. McConaughy), whose services before the battle, in imparting information, were acknowledged by General Meade. He, like all other patriotic citizens of Gettysburg, had opened his house to the strangers who thronged the town; and on the following morning July 11, 1863. he kindly accompanied us to the important points o
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the whole corps before morning. Hancock, on his way back, met his own corps under Gibbons, which Meade had sent forward, and posted it a mile and a half in the rear of Cemetery Hill. When he reached Headquarters, at nine Meade's Headquarters. in the evening, he found Meade determined to make a stand at Gettysburg. He had given orders for the whole army to concentrate there, and was about leaving for the front. Both officers rode rapidly forward, and at one o'clock on the morning of the 2d, July, 1863. Meade made his Headquarters at the house of Mrs. Lydia Leister, on the Taneytown road, a short distance in the rear of Cemetery Hill. Only the corps of Sykes and Sedgwick were then absent. the former, by a forced night march, arrived early in the morning, and the latter at two o'clock in the afternoon. Sykes was not far from Hanover, twenty-three miles distant, when ordered to advance, and Sedgwick was at Manchester, more than thirty miles distant. Lee, too, had been bri
June, 1863 AD (search for this): chapter 2
time during the war was the Confederate army more complete in numbers, equipment, and materials, than at the middle of June, 1863, when, according to the most careful estimates made from the Confederate official returns, there were at least 500,000 arrived before Winchester, where General Milroy was in command of about ten thousand men, on the evening of the 13th, June, 1863. having marched from Culpepper, a distance of seventy miles, in three days. At the same time Imboden, with his cavalry, musket or spade. the remainder of Lee's Army, under Longstreet and Hill, crossed the Potomac on the 24th and 25th, June, 1863. concentrated at Hagerstown, and pressed on in the path of Ewell toward the Susquehanna. Informed of this passage, Hoontly engaged on his front and flanks. Buford's division had moved north through Middleburg, and, at noon of the 29th, June, 1863. occupied Gettysburg. At about the same hour, Kilpatrick, with his command, while passing through Hanover, was suddenl
July, 1863 AD (search for this): chapter 2
e corps before morning. Hancock, on his way back, met his own corps under Gibbons, which Meade had sent forward, and posted it a mile and a half in the rear of Cemetery Hill. When he reached Headquarters, at nine Meade's Headquarters. in the evening, he found Meade determined to make a stand at Gettysburg. He had given orders for the whole army to concentrate there, and was about leaving for the front. Both officers rode rapidly forward, and at one o'clock on the morning of the 2d, July, 1863. Meade made his Headquarters at the house of Mrs. Lydia Leister, on the Taneytown road, a short distance in the rear of Cemetery Hill. Only the corps of Sykes and Sedgwick were then absent. the former, by a forced night march, arrived early in the morning, and the latter at two o'clock in the afternoon. Sykes was not far from Hanover, twenty-three miles distant, when ordered to advance, and Sedgwick was at Manchester, more than thirty miles distant. Lee, too, had been bringing for
June 26th (search for this): chapter 2
he placed the forces in both at his disposal, but only nominally, for, as the text shows, when Hooker was about to use a portion of these troops in the grand movement against the invaders, Halleck interposed his authority and prevented such use. Wishing still further to increase his Army, and regarding the post at Harper's Ferry (then garrisoned, on Maryland Heights, by eleven thousand men, under General French) as of little account in the then state of affairs, asked the General-in-chief June 26. (Halleck), is there any reason why Maryland Heights should not be abandoned after the public stores and property are removed? Halleck did not approve of the abandonment of the post, and said so, when Hooker, who had the following day personally inspected French's position, again urged the abandonment of it, saying, the garrison was of no earthly account then, and that the stores were only a bait for the rebels, should they return. Hooker's telegraphic dispatch to Halleck, June 27, 1863
July 1st, 1863 AD (search for this): chapter 2
the Chambersburg turnpike, west of Gettysburg, and Ewell was marching down from Carlisle, on the North. at the hour when Reynolds was ordered to move on Gettysburg, the advance divisions of Hill were lying within a few miles of that town, after a reconnoitering party had ventured to the crest of Seminary or Oak Ridge, only half a mile northwest of the village. That night, Buford, with six thousand cavalry, lay between Hill and Gettysburg, and, at about nine o'clock the next morning, July 1, 1863. he met the van of the Confederates, under General H. Heth, Hill's Corps consisted of the divisions of Heth, Pender, and Anderson, the First two containing 10,000 men each, and the last, 15,000. Longstreet's Corps followed, with McLaws's division, 12,000, in advance; Hood's, 12,000; and Pickett's, 7,000; the latter having the wagon-trains of the Confederates in charge. Two divisions of Ewell's Corps (Rodes's, 10,000 strong, and Early's, 9,000) had encamped the previous night at Heidl
June 27th (search for this): chapter 2
17th of June. These were the first to be mustered into the service for the emergency. --See Jacob's Rebel Invasion, &c., page 10. Still farther northward Ewell advanced in two columns, Rodes's division pushing on through Carlisle to Kingston, June 27. within thirteen miles of Harrisburg, while Early's division marched up the eastern side of the South Mountain range, and through Emmettsburg, Gettysburg, and York, to the banks of the Susquehanna at Wrightsville, opposite Columbia, levying conth, that their united forces might push up the Cumberland Valley and threaten Lee's rear. but Halleck would not consent to the abandonment of Harper's Ferry, and the disappointed and irritated Commander of the Army of ,the Potomac telegraphed June 27. to the General-in-chief, saying, My original instructions were to cover Harper's Ferry and Washington, I have now imposed upon me, in addition, an enemy in My front of more than My numbers. I beg to be understood, respectfully, but firmly, tha
June 22nd (search for this): chapter 2
and he determined to advance. By skillful movements he kept the Army of the Potomac in doubt, in the vicinity of Washington, while Ewell's corps pressed to the river, crossed it at Williamsport and Shepardstown into Maryland, on the 21st and 22d of June, moved directly on Hagerstown, yet held by Jenkins, and then up the Cumberland Valley to Chambersburg, June 22. where General Knipe was in command. That officer fell back, and all Western Pennsylvania, up to its capital on the Susquehanna, aJune 22. where General Knipe was in command. That officer fell back, and all Western Pennsylvania, up to its capital on the Susquehanna, appeared to be at the mercy of the invaders, for few troops had yet joined Couch or Brooks. There was great tardiness everywhere, especially in Western Pennsylvania. Homes in that region were most endangered, and men did not like to leave their families unprotected. Some were unwilling to take up arms, because they were opposed to the war, and did all they could to prevent their friends joining the defenders. These members of the Peace Faction were fearful of being retained in the field be
June 21st (search for this): chapter 2
et the joke. encamped at and held Hagerstown, in Maryland, and there waited for the advance of Lee's army. Jenkins's raid was a reconnaissance for information. It satisfied Lee that very little opposition might be expected to an immediate invasion in force, and he determined to advance. By skillful movements he kept the Army of the Potomac in doubt, in the vicinity of Washington, while Ewell's corps pressed to the river, crossed it at Williamsport and Shepardstown into Maryland, on the 21st and 22d of June, moved directly on Hagerstown, yet held by Jenkins, and then up the Cumberland Valley to Chambersburg, June 22. where General Knipe was in command. That officer fell back, and all Western Pennsylvania, up to its capital on the Susquehanna, appeared to be at the mercy of the invaders, for few troops had yet joined Couch or Brooks. There was great tardiness everywhere, especially in Western Pennsylvania. Homes in that region were most endangered, and men did not like to le
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