Letter of the Secretary of War: Transmitting Report on the Organization of the Army of the Potomac, and of Its Campaigns in Virginia and Maryland, Under the Command of Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan, from July 26, 1861, to November 7, 1862U.S. Government Printing Office, 1864 - 242 pages |
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... arrived regiments on the Maryland side until their armament and equipment were issued and they had obtained some little ele- mentary instruction , before assigning them permanently to brigades . When the organization of the brigades was ...
... arrived regiments on the Maryland side until their armament and equipment were issued and they had obtained some little ele- mentary instruction , before assigning them permanently to brigades . When the organization of the brigades was ...
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... arrived in sufficient numbers , and the process of organization so far carried on that the construction of divisions had been ef- fected . The following statement exhibits the composition of the army , October 15 , 1861 . Organization ...
... arrived in sufficient numbers , and the process of organization so far carried on that the construction of divisions had been ef- fected . The following statement exhibits the composition of the army , October 15 , 1861 . Organization ...
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... arrived at Fort Monroe . The necessary bridge equipage for the operations of a large army had been collected , consisting of bateaux with the anchors and flooring 24 REPORT OF GENERAL GEORGE B. M'CLELLAN . accompanied me through the ...
... arrived at Fort Monroe . The necessary bridge equipage for the operations of a large army had been collected , consisting of bateaux with the anchors and flooring 24 REPORT OF GENERAL GEORGE B. M'CLELLAN . accompanied me through the ...
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... arrived at the conclusion that two ( 2 ) light batteries fully equipped , and one ( 1 ) without horses , will be all that are necessary . " This will make your force about 14,400 infantry , 275 cavalry , 580 artillery ; total , 15,255 ...
... arrived at the conclusion that two ( 2 ) light batteries fully equipped , and one ( 1 ) without horses , will be all that are necessary . " This will make your force about 14,400 infantry , 275 cavalry , 580 artillery ; total , 15,255 ...
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... arrived at the place I found the batteau bridge nearly completed ; the holding - ground proved better than had been anticipated ; the weather was favorable , there being no wind . I at once crossed over the two brigades which had arrived ...
... arrived at the place I found the batteau bridge nearly completed ; the holding - ground proved better than had been anticipated ; the weather was favorable , there being no wind . I at once crossed over the two brigades which had arrived ...
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10-pounder Parrott advance Alexandria Antietam Aquia Aquia creek arrived artillery attack August bank battery battle Bottom's bridge bridge brigade Burnside camp campaign Captain cavalry Chickahominy column Couch's division creek crossed defence depots direction enemy enemy's field fire flank Fort Magruder Fort Monroe Franklin Frémont front G. B. MCCLELLAN garrison general-in-chief guard guns H. W. HALLECK Harper's Ferry HEADQUARTERS ARMY Heintzelman Hooker horses infantry intrenchments James river Keyes Major General H. W. Major General MCCLELLAN Manassas Maryland miles Monroe morning move movement necessary night occupied October officers operations Peninsula Pope Porter position possible Potomac President Quartermaster railroad Rappahannock re-enforcements rear rebels reconnoissance regiments Richmond road Rohrersville Savage's station Secretary Secretary of War sent Sharpsburg soon Sumner supplies telegram telegraphed thousand tion transportation troops United States Army United States cavalry vicinity Virginia wagons Warrenton Washington Williamsburg York volunteers Yorktown
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Page 43 - My dear Sir : — You and I have distinct and different plans for a movement of the Army of the Potomac — yours to be down the Chesapeake, up the Rappahannock to Urbana, and across land to the terminus of the railroad on the York River; mine to move directly to a point on the railroad southwest of Manassas. If you will give me satisfactory answers to the following questions, I shall gladly yield my plan to yours.
Page 189 - 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...
Page 219 - The President directs that you cross the Potomac and give battle to the enemy, or drive him south.
Page 83 - My explicit order that Washington should, by the judgment of all the commanders of army corps, be left entirely secure, had been neglected. It was precisely this that drove me to detain McDowell.
Page 115 - 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.
Page 157 - It is by no means certain that the reduction of these fortifications would not require considerable time — perhaps as much as those at Yorktown. " This delay might not only be fatal to the health of your army, but in the mean time...
Page 143 - I but give it as my opinion that with the aid of the gunboats and the reinforcements mentioned above, you can hold your present position — provided, and so long as, you can keep the James River open below you. If you are not tolerably confident you can keep the James River open, you had better remove as soon as possible. I do not remember that you have expressed any apprehension as to the danger of having your communication cut on the river below you, yet I do not suppose it can have escaped your...
Page 99 - ... men ; and if you succeed in saving the bridges, you will secure a line of railroad for supplies in addition to the one you now have. Can you not do this almost as well as not, while you are building the Chickahominy bridges?
Page 50 - In thirty-seven days from the time I received the order in Washington, (and most of it was accomplished in thirty days,) these vessels transported from Perryville, Alexandria, and Washington to Fort Monroe (the place of departure having been changed, which caused delay,) 121,500 men, 14,592 animals, 1,150 wagons, 44 batteries, 74 ambulances, besides pontoon bridges, telegraph materials, and the enormous quantity of equipage, &c., required for an army of such magnitude.
Page 63 - This morning I felt constrained to order Blenker's division to Fremont, and I write this to assure you that I did so with great pain, understanding that you would wish it otherwise. If you could know the full pressure of the case, I am confident that you would justify it, even beyond a mere acknowledgment that the commander-in-chief may order what he pleases.