Report on the Organization and Campaigns of the Army of the Potomac: To which is Added an Account of the Campaign in Western Virginia, with Plans of Battle-fieldsSheldon, 1864 - 480 頁 |
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... Sharpsburg , of course I cannot advise . I think , how- ever , you will find that the whole force of the enemy in your front has crossed the river . I fear now more than ever that they will recross at Harper's Ferry or below , and turn ...
... Sharpsburg , of course I cannot advise . I think , how- ever , you will find that the whole force of the enemy in your front has crossed the river . I fear now more than ever that they will recross at Harper's Ferry or below , and turn ...
第 353 頁
... Sharpsburg , cross the Potomac at the most convenient point , and by Friday night take possession of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad , capture such of the enemy as may be at Martinsburg , and intercept such as may attempt to escape from ...
... Sharpsburg , cross the Potomac at the most convenient point , and by Friday night take possession of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad , capture such of the enemy as may be at Martinsburg , and intercept such as may attempt to escape from ...
第 360 頁
... Sharpsburg and Williamsport , in order either to cut off the retreat of Hill and Longstreet towards the Potomac , or to prevent the repassage of Jackson . My general idea is to cut the enemy in two , and beat him in detail . I believe I ...
... Sharpsburg and Williamsport , in order either to cut off the retreat of Hill and Longstreet towards the Potomac , or to prevent the repassage of Jackson . My general idea is to cut the enemy in two , and beat him in detail . I believe I ...
第 362 頁
... Sharpsburg , you will endeavor to fall upon him and cut off his retreat . By command of Major - General McClellan . GEO . D. RUGGLES , GEN . FRANKLIN . Col. and A. D. C. On the 15th the following were received from General Franklin : AT ...
... Sharpsburg , you will endeavor to fall upon him and cut off his retreat . By command of Major - General McClellan . GEO . D. RUGGLES , GEN . FRANKLIN . Col. and A. D. C. On the 15th the following were received from General Franklin : AT ...
第 362 頁
... Sharpsburg , you will endeavor to fall upon him and cut off his retreat . By command of Major - General McClellan . GEO . D. RUGGles , GEN . FRANKLIN . Col. and A. D. C. On the 15th the following were received from General Franklin : AT ...
... Sharpsburg , you will endeavor to fall upon him and cut off his retreat . By command of Major - General McClellan . GEO . D. RUGGles , GEN . FRANKLIN . Col. and A. D. C. On the 15th the following were received from General Franklin : AT ...
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5th Corps Acquia advance Alexandria Antietam army arrived artillery attack bank batteries battle Boonsboro Bottom's Bridge bridge Brig.-Gen brigade Burnside camp campaign Capt cavalry Chickahominy Colonel column Comd'g command Creek cross defense direction enemy enemy's fire flank Fort Magruder Fort Monroe Franklin front G. B. MCCLELLAN garrison General-in-Chief guard guns H. W. HALLECK Hagerstown Harper's Ferry HEAD-QUARTERS Heintzelman Hill Hooker infantry instructions intrenched James River Keyes MAJ.-GEN Major-General Manassas Maryland ment miles Monroe morning move movement N. Y. Vols necessary night occupied officers Ohio operations Peninsula Penn Pennsylvania Porter position possible Potomac President Quarter-Master railroad rear rebels received reconnoissances regiments reinforcements retreat Richmond road Rohrersville Savage's Station Secretary Secretary of War sent Sharpsburg soon Sumner supplies telegram telegraphed tion transportation troops vicinity wagons Warrenton Washington Western Virginia White Oak Swamp Williamsburg wounded York Yorktown
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第 171 頁 - You will do me the justice to remember, I always insisted that going down the bay in search of a field, instead of fighting at or near Manassas, was only shifting and not surmounting a difficulty ; that we would find the same enemy, and the same or equal intrenchments, at either place.
第 144 頁 - And allow me to ask, do you really think I should permit the line from Richmond, via Manassas Junction, to this city, to be entirely open, except what resistance could be presented by less than 20,000 unorganized troops? This is a question which the country will not allow me to evade.
第 194 頁 - York rivers, than by a land march. In order, therefore, to increase the strength of the attack upon Richmond, at the earliest moment, General McDowell has been ordered to march upon that city by the shortest route. He is ordered, keeping himself always in position to save the capital from all possible attack, so to operate, as to put his left wing in communication with your right, and you are instructed to cooperate, so as to establish this communication as soon as possible. By extending your right...
第 228 頁 - I am glad to learn that you are pressing forward re-enforcements so vigorously. I shall be in perfect readiness to move forward and take Richmond the moment McCall reaches here and the ground will admit the passage of artillery.
第 354 頁 - General Stuart will detach a squadron of cavalry to accompany the commands of Generals Longstreet, Jackson and McLaws, and, with the main body of the cavalry, will cover the route of the army, and bring up all stragglers that may have been left behind. " The commands of Generals Jackson, McLaws and Walker, after accomplishing the objects for which they have been detached, will join the main body of the army at Boonsboro
第 300 頁 - You say that the withdrawal from the present position will cause the certain demoralization of the army, " which is now in excellent discipline and condition." I can not understand why a simple change of position to a new and by no means distant base, will demoralize an army in excellent discipline, unless the officers themselves assist in that demoralization, which I am satisfied they will not. Your change of front from your extreme right at Hanover...
第 354 頁 - General Long-street's command will pursue the same road as far as Boonsboro', where it will halt with the reserve, supply and baggage trains of the army. % General McLawa, with his own division and that of General RH Anderson, will follow General Longstreet. On reaching Middletown, he will take the route to Harper's Ferry, and by Friday morning possess himself of the Maryland Heights, and endeavor to capture the enemy at Harper's Ferry and vicinity.
第 232 頁 - If I cannot fully control all his troops, I want none of them, but would prefer to fight the battle with what I have, and let others be responsible for the results.
第 201 頁 - The next dispatch clearly sets forth the situation of affairs at the time : WASHINGTON, May 25, 1862. Your dispatch received. Gen. Banks was at Strasburg with about six thousand men, Shields having been taken from him to swell a column for McDowell to aid you at Richmond, and the rest of his force scattered at various places. On the 23d, a Rebel force of seven...
第 297 頁 - All points of secondary importance elsewhere should be abandoned,, and every available man brought here. A decided victory here, and the military strength of the rebellion is crushed. It matters not what partial reverses we may meet with elsewhere: here is the true defence of Washington ; it is here, on the banks of the James, that the fate of the Union should be decided.