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Mississippi (United States) (search for this): part 1.2, chapter 1.3
reat victories, the men of the West could triumphantly exhibit the trophies won at Donelson, at Pea Ridge, at Shiloh, and at Island No.10. The North thereupon came to believe that the Western leaders were more able than those of the East. This belief was shared by the President and his Secretary of War and it led to the determination to call on the West for help. The first to be called was General John Pope, who had won national fame by capturing New Madrid and Island No.10 on the Mississippi River. In answer to a telegram from Secretary Stanton, Pope came to Washington in June, 1862. The secretary disclosed the plans on which he and President Lincoln had agreed, that a new army, to be known as the Army of Virginia, was to be created out of three corps, then under the respective commands of Generals McDowell, N. P. Banks, and John C. Fremont. These corps had been held from the Peninsula campaign for the purpose of protecting Washington. Pope demurred and begged to be sent b
Washington (United States) (search for this): part 1.2, chapter 1.3
s in this picture. McDowell once more had the chagrin of seeing a beaten army falling back on Washington. The Army's handy men. A rough-hewn causeway The Federal army, under Pope, in its ad No.10 on the Mississippi River. In answer to a telegram from Secretary Stanton, Pope came to Washington in June, 1862. The secretary disclosed the plans on which he and President Lincoln had agreed Fremont. These corps had been held from the Peninsula campaign for the purpose of protecting Washington. Pope demurred and begged to be sent back to the West, on the ground that each of the threeloits of Jackson in the Shenandoah required the retention of all the troops in the vicinity of Washington. A new army, in fact, was created to make the campaign which Lincoln had originally wanted Mclefield of Cedar Mountain, August 9, 1862. Here the Confederate army in its second advance on Washington first felt out the strength massed against it. After Lee's brilliant tactics had turned McClel
Jacob D. Cox (search for this): part 1.2, chapter 1.3
r Lee's brilliant tactics had turned McClellan's Peninsula Campaign into a fiasco, the Confederate Government resolved to again take the offensive. Plans were formed for a general invasion of the North, the objective points ranging from Cincinnati eastward to the Federal capital and Philadelphia. Immediately after Washington got wind of this, Lincoln (on August 4th) issued a call for three hundred thousand men; and all haste was made to rush the forces of McClellan from the Peninsula and of Cox from West Virginia to the aid of the recently consolidated army under Pope. On August 9, 1862, the vanguards of Stonewall Jackson's army and of Pope's intercepting forces met at Cedar Mountain. Banks, with the Second Corps of the Federal army, about eight thousand strong, attacked Jackson's forces of some sixteen thousand. The charge was so furious that Jackson's left flank was broken and rolled up, the rear of the center fired upon, and the whole line thereby thrown into confusion. Banks
Thomas Williams (search for this): part 1.2, chapter 1.3
ncertain whether the Confederates would attempt to crush Pope before McClellan could reenforce him, or whether McClellan would be attacked as soon as he was out of his strong entrenchments at Harrison's Landing. Cedar Montain. The Hero of the Federal Attack. General Samuel W. Crawford, here seen with his staff, at Cedar Mountain led a charge on the left flank of the Confederate forces that came near being disastrous for Jackson. At about six o'clock the brigade was in line. General Williams reported: At this time this brigade occupied the interior line of a strip of woods. A field, varying from 250 to 500 yards in width, lay between it and the next strip of woods. In moving across this field the three right regiments and the six companies of the Third Wisconsin were received by a terrific fire of musketry. The Third Wisconsin especially fell under a partial flank fire under which Lieut.-Colonel Crane fell and the regiment was obliged to give way. Of the three remaining
Jordan (search for this): part 1.2, chapter 1.3
tfield, where he was reenforced by the Tenth Maine. For nearly half an hour it held its own, losing out of its 461 officers and men 173 in killed and wounded. A few days after the battle some survivors had a picture taken on the exact spot where they had so courageously fought. The remains of the cavalry horses can be seen in the trampled field of wheat. From left to right these men are: Lieutenant Littlefield, Lieutenant Whitney, Lieut.-Colonel Fillebrown, Captain Knowlton, and First-Sergeant Jordan, of Company C. The house well named Slaughter's house, overlooking the scene of carnage of Cedar Mountain, stood on the northern slope in the rear of the position taken by the Confederate troops under General Ewell. The brigades of Trimble and Hayes were drawn up near this house, at some distance from the brigade of Early. After the battle the whole of Jackson's army was drawn up on the slopes near it. The fugitives: followers of Pope's retreat Virginia Negroes followi
N. P. Banks (search for this): part 1.2, chapter 1.3
his eight thousand trained soldiers under General Banks sped toward Gordonsville, to strike the fiht him into national importance. The corps of Banks, Fremont, and McDowell were consolidated to foof Virginia on the 26th of June. McDowell and Banks made no protest; but Fremont refused to serve nia. His progress was slow. The remainder of Banks's corps reached Culpeper on the 8th. On the mthe whole line thereby thrown into confusion. Banks, however, received no reenforcements, while Jaack on the infantry supporting the batteries. Banks underestimated the strength of the Confederateeper and but one or two north of the mountain, Banks's cavalry were waiting to oppose Jackson's advere was his chance at Cedar Mountain. He sent Banks with nearly eight thousand men against this brlding a strong position on a mountain side. Banks with his infantry left Culpeper Court House onriving just before dark. He instantly ordered Banks to withdraw his right wing so as to make room [6 more...]
A. P. Hill (search for this): part 1.2, chapter 1.3
impaired in the malarial district of the Peninsula. The fresh mountain air blowing down from the Blue Ridge soon brought back their wonted vigor. On July 27th A. P. Hill was ordered to join him, and the Confederate leader now had about twenty-five thousand men. The movement on Gordonsville was exactly in accordance with Jacksway, were unprepared for this movement and were thrown into confusion. But at the moment when the Federal charge was about to end in success, three brigades of A. P. Hill in reserve were called up. They forced the Federals to retrace their steps to the point where the fighting began. Here the Federal retreat, in turn, was haltedttle continued with the utmost fury. The ground was strewn with dead and dying Survivors of the fighting tenth When Crawford's troops were driven back by A. P. Hill, he halted on the edge of a wheatfield, where he was reenforced by the Tenth Maine. For nearly half an hour it held its own, losing out of its 461 officers and
John Pope (search for this): part 1.2, chapter 1.3
of a nation at war. Yet it was here that General John Pope set up his headquarters while his eight spondents prepared to despatch big stories. John Pope was the leader whose swift success in capturEastern armies in their attempt upon Richmond. Pope himself proclaimed, I have come to you from thesent back whence it came, to add in driblets to Pope's effective.--Colonel Theodore A. Dodge, U. S.Ae Jackson struck Cedar Mountain, Viewed from Pope's Headquarters. On the side of this mountain Jwhether the Confederates would attempt to crush Pope before McClellan could reenforce him, or whetheth Culpeper Court House as the rallying point. Pope soon found that the capturing of New Madrid andhe vanguards of Stonewall Jackson's army and of Pope's intercepting forces met at Cedar Mountain. Bfallen back two miles farther up the mountain. Pope advanced to the former Confederate ground and rof Pope's retreat Virginia Negroes following Pope's soldiers in their retreat from Cedar Mountain[31 more...]
Bird (search for this): part 1.2, chapter 1.3
hese features stand out as clearly as they did in August of 1862, as the engineer corps was working on the north fork of the Rappahannock, near Sulphur Springs. The pictures are of the same bridge from different points of view. Crossing the Rappahannock The Army of Virginia, under Pope, is now to bear the brunt of Lee's assault, while the Army of the Potomac is dismembered and sent back whence it came, to add in driblets to Pope's effective.--Colonel Theodore A. Dodge, U. S.A., in A Bird's-eye view of the Civil War. General George B. Mcclellan, with all his popularity at the beginning, had failed in his Peninsula campaign to fulfil the expectations of the great impatient public of the North. At the same time, while the Army of the Potomac had as yet won no great victories, the men of the West could triumphantly exhibit the trophies won at Donelson, at Pea Ridge, at Shiloh, and at Island No.10. The North thereupon came to believe that the Western leaders were more able t
Jubal Early (search for this): part 1.2, chapter 1.3
pled field of wheat. From left to right these men are: Lieutenant Littlefield, Lieutenant Whitney, Lieut.-Colonel Fillebrown, Captain Knowlton, and First-Sergeant Jordan, of Company C. The house well named Slaughter's house, overlooking the scene of carnage of Cedar Mountain, stood on the northern slope in the rear of the position taken by the Confederate troops under General Ewell. The brigades of Trimble and Hayes were drawn up near this house, at some distance from the brigade of Early. After the battle the whole of Jackson's army was drawn up on the slopes near it. The fugitives: followers of Pope's retreat Virginia Negroes following Pope's soldiers in their retreat from Cedar Mountain. From the beginning of the war Negroes had been a subject of debate. Even before Bull Run, on May 26, 1861, General B. F. Butler had declared that all fugitive slaves would be considered as contraband of war. Congress, however, decided in August that all slaves confiscated should
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