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U. S. Grant (search for this): chapter 1.7
ire the men to move out and relieve the horrible jam in the pit. One of these martyrs was a mere boy, Lieutenant Pennell, an aid to General Thomas. So many bullets struck him that his body whirled around like a top before it fell. Lieutenant-General U. S. Grant, commanding the United States Army, in his report to General Halleck, under date of August 1, 1864, at City Point, Va., says: The loss in the disaster of Saturday last foots up about 3,500, of whom 450 men were killed and 2,000 w ours, whilst our loss in wounded and captured is four times that of the enemy. Official Records, Serial Number 80, page 17. The enemy which took possession of the crest was evidently Mahone's Brigade, and the charge repulsed mentioned by General Grant must have been that of Wright's Brigade. Next morning was a bright and beautiful Sabbath, and nothing worth noting occurred. Many of the Federal dead remained on the field, putrefying under the scorching rays of the sun. I remember a n
Louis Rogers (search for this): chapter 1.7
twelve killed and twenty-six wounded; the 16th lost twenty-one killed and eighteen wounded, and the 41st regiment lost thirteen killed and thirty-one wounded. Colonel Weisiger, commanding our brigade, was wounded and the command devolved upon Colonel Rogers. The total loss of the brigade was 258. There were many special acts of gallantry exhibited on this field, which I shall not stop to detail, for General Lee said: All who charged from that vale crowned themselves heroes, and they need no enesting at the Crater. I was sent by General Saunders to look over the ground, and went forward to the rim of the Crater. I there met and talked with Lieutenant-Colonel W. H. Stewart and other acquaintances in the Virginia Brigade, including Colonel Rogers, if my memory is correct, both of whom I knew well, having served with them upon General Court-Martial the preceding winter. I found that while the Virginians had done their part of the job thoroughly, and were holding their positions heroic
J. C. C. Saunders (search for this): chapter 1.7
event Bartlett's escape, as our position commanded his rear, while Saunders' Alabama Brigade formed in the valley and charged. A desperate lark, of Waco, Texas, who was then on the staff of the gallant General Saunders, in a graphic description of the charge, says: When we renia Brigade, their right resting at the Crater. I was sent by General Saunders to look over the ground, and went forward to the rim of the Crd after the capture. I returned and reported the situation to General Saunders. At this time our brigade was resting on their arms just east a little branch or marsh under the hill. I was instructed by General Saunders to pass along the line, count the men, and inform them, as wele carried at a right-shoulder shift. I was also instructed by General Saunders to inform the men that General Lee had notified him that there was on that day east of the James river. These directions of General Saunders were communicated at once to every officer and man, and by act
R. E. Lee (search for this): chapter 1.7
e followed by the command fall in and hurried roll calls. A large part of General Lee's army were on the north side of the James river, no reserves were at hand, of gallantry exhibited on this field, which I shall not stop to detail, for General Lee said: All who charged from that vale crowned themselves heroes, and they needer shift. I was also instructed by General Saunders to inform the men that General Lee had notified him that there were no other troops at hand to recapture the wold be formed again and renew the assault, and that if it was necessary, he (General Lee) would lead them. As a matter of fact, a large portion of the army was on tailure—of the great plan that was expected to scatter or destroy the army of General Lee. A large number of the wounded are officers who participated in the assaultel the ground, as they found it. General Pendleton, Chief of Artillery of General Lee's army, was standing near, and paid a high compliment to Mahone's foresight.
George Clark (search for this): chapter 1.7
A desperate struggle. The Alabamians made a grand charge under a terrible fire, reaching the crest of the crater without faltering. Here a short and desperate struggle ensued. They tumbled clubs, clods of earth, muskets and cannon balls into the excavation on the heads of the enemy with telling effect. This novel warfare lasted only a short time before the white flag went up, and about 500 prisoners marched to the rear and three flags were surrendered to the Alabama Brigade. Hon. George Clark, of Waco, Texas, who was then on the staff of the gallant General Saunders, in a graphic description of the charge, says: When we reached the scene we were met by General Mahone, accompanied by General Bushrod Johnson, and General Mahone gave directions as to how he wished the brigade formed. It was then about 11 A. M. The rifle-pits to the left of the Crater (enemy's right) were then held by the Virginia Brigade, their right resting at the Crater. I was sent by General Saunders
Bushrod Johnson (search for this): chapter 1.7
skets and cannon balls into the excavation on the heads of the enemy with telling effect. This novel warfare lasted only a short time before the white flag went up, and about 500 prisoners marched to the rear and three flags were surrendered to the Alabama Brigade. Hon. George Clark, of Waco, Texas, who was then on the staff of the gallant General Saunders, in a graphic description of the charge, says: When we reached the scene we were met by General Mahone, accompanied by General Bushrod Johnson, and General Mahone gave directions as to how he wished the brigade formed. It was then about 11 A. M. The rifle-pits to the left of the Crater (enemy's right) were then held by the Virginia Brigade, their right resting at the Crater. I was sent by General Saunders to look over the ground, and went forward to the rim of the Crater. I there met and talked with Lieutenant-Colonel W. H. Stewart and other acquaintances in the Virginia Brigade, including Colonel Rogers, if my memory i
Slaughter (search for this): chapter 1.7
nearly opposite the portion of our works then held by the Federal troops, we met several soldiers who were in the works at the time of the explosion. Our men began to ridicule them for going to the rear, when one of them remarked: Ah, boys, you have hot work ahead; they are negroes and show no quarter. This was the first intimation that we had to fight negro troops, and it seemed to infuse the little band with impetuous daring as they pressed forward to the fray. A brutal and inhuman Slaughter. I never felt more like fighting in my life. Our comrades had been slaughtered in a most inhuman and brutal manner, and slaves were trampling over their mangled and bleeding corpses. Revenge must have fired every heart and strung every arm with nerves of steel for the Herculean task of blood. We filed up a ditch, which had been dug for a safe ingress and egress to and from the earthworks, until we reached the vale between the elevation on which the breastworks were located and the on
George L. Killmer (search for this): chapter 1.7
an uncontrollable terror, and human agency could not stop them. Such was the testimony of the Federal wounded of the terror and carnage of the battle! This correspondence estimated their loss at 5,000. The awful explosion. Captain George L. Killmer, of Marshall's Brigade, says: The awful explosion, when it came, confused our men more than it did the Confederates, except the few Confederates who were blown up. We were in a state of expectancy, awaiting orders, when suddenly the growed, the party dashed forward to the pit, and there found a great hole encircled by a wall made of the falling earth and debris. We struck the left flank of the breach and planted our flag there. Then after describing intervening events, Captain Killmer says: Pandemonium in the pit. In the pit pandemonium reigned. Men shot on the crest tumbled in upon the wounded, lying in torture at the bottom. The day was hot. Sulphurous gases escaped from the debris and there was no water at
Morgan Smith Cleveland (search for this): chapter 1.7
excelled by the Guard at Waterloo, under Ney. On reaching the works the real fight began. Our men poured over into the Crater, and the ring of steel and bayonet in handto-hand fight began. Men were brained by butts of guns, and run through with bayonets. This melee kept up for at least fifteen minutes, the enemy fighting with desperation because they were impressed with the idea that no quarter would be given. The credit of capturing the Crater and all its contents belongs to Morgan Smith Cleveland, then Adjutant of the 8th Alabama Regiment, who now fills a patriot's grave at Selma, Alabama. A Horrible carnage. Standing in the Crater, in the midst of the horrid carnage, with almost bursting heart, he said to a Federal colonel who was near him: Why in the h—don't you fellows surrender? and he put the accent on the cuss-word. The Yankee replied quickly: Why in the h—don't you let us. A wink being as good as a nod, either to a blind horse or a brave soldier, the effect wa
Burnside (search for this): chapter 1.7
in its front. The Georgians captured one. How many men rallied to each of these flags I can only estimate from the figures above given. The 9th corps had been recently recruited, and its regiments must have been well up towards a thousand. General Burnside said he put every single man into action; so, from these facts and the captured flags, the reader may form a correct idea of the number we had overcome. In that supreme moment, when exulting over a great victory, as our eyes fell upon the ious night. The reports of the losses on the Federal side vary, but as above quoted, it is put down from all the five corps which aided in the assault at 4,400 total; but their loss was estimated at the time to be between 5,000 and 6,000. General Burnside says in his report that his 9th corps lost twenty-three commanders of regiments, four killed, fifteen wounded, and four missing; two brigade commanders, General W. F. Bartlett and Colonel E. G. Marshall, prisoners; fifty-two officers and 376
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