Campaigns in Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania, 1862-1863Military Historical Society of Massachusetts, 1903 - 509 pages |
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12th Corps 2nd Corps 6th Corps A. P. Hill advance Antietam Army of Northern artillery assault attack bank Banks's Ford batteries Boonesborough bridge brigade Burnside Burnside's BUTTERFIELD campaign cavalry Cemetery Hill centre Chancellorsville Colonel column command Confederate army crossing Culp's Hill Culpeper D. H. Hill defensive direction dispatch division east enemy enemy's engaged Ewell Ewell's Falmouth Federal army field fight fire force Fredericksburg front Gettysburg Gibbon ground guns Hagerstown Harper's Ferry Hazel Grove HEADQUARTERS Hill's Hooker infantry Jackson JOHN SEDGWICK Lee's army Longstreet loss Major-General McClellan McLaws Meade Meade's ment miles morning move movement night Northern Virginia occupied officers operations Pennsylvania pike Plank Road Pleasonton position Potomac Rapidan Rappahannock reached rear regiments retreat Richmond right flank river says Sedgwick sent Sharpsburg Shenandoah Sickles South Mountain Stuart success tion troops Union army Valley vicinity Warrenton Washington woods wounded
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Page 467 - Halleck, asking to be relieved of your command because of a supposed censure of mine. I am very, very grateful to you for the magnificent success you gave the cause of the country at Gettysburg; and I am sorry now to be the author of the slightest pain to you.
Page 45 - Railroad, capture such of the enemy as may be at Martinsburg; and intercept such as may attempt to escape from Harper's Ferry. General Longstreet'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.
Page 468 - I do not believe you appreciate the magnitude of the misfortune involved in Lee's escape. He was within your easy grasp, and to have closed upon him would, in connection with our other late successes, have ended the war. As it is, the war will be prolonged indefinitely.
Page 45 - The army will resume its march to-morrow, taking the Hagerstown road. General Jackson's command will form the advance, and, after passing Middletown, with such portion as he may select, take the route...
Page 427 - Under these circumstances we should neglect no honorable means of dividing and weakening our enemies, that they may feel some of the difficulties experienced by ourselves. It seems to me that the most effectual mode of accomplishing this object now within our reach is to give all the encouragement we can, consistently with truth, to the rising peace party of the North.
Page 314 - In withdrawing from the south bank of the Rappahannock before delivering a general battle to our adversaries, the army has given renewed evidence of its confidence in itself and its fidelity to the principles it represents.
Page 31 - The war was thus transferred from the interior to the frontier, and the supplies of rich and productive districts made accessible to our army. "To prolong a state of affairs in every way desirable, and not to permit the season for active operations to pass without endeavouring to inflict further injury upon the enemy, the best course appeared to be the transfer of the army to Maryland.
Page 46 - ... 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
Page 314 - We have made long marches, crossed rivers, surprised the enemy in his intrenchments, and whenever we have fought we have inflicted heavier blows than we have received.
Page 45 - 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. General Walker, with his division, after accomplishing the object in which he is now engaged, will cross the Potomac at Cheek's Ford, ascend its right bank to Lovettsville, take possession of...