The Battle-fields of Virginia: Chancellorsville; Embracing the Oerations of the Army of Northern Virginia, from the First Battle of Fredericksburg to the Death of Leiutenant-General JacksonD. Van Nostrand, 1867 - 152 стор. |
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A. P. Hill's division abatis advance ambulance Anderson artillery attack Banks Battalion Battery battle of Chancellorsville bridges Brigade.-Brigadier-General camp campaign Captain captured Chancellorsville cloth Colonel Colston column Confederate army Confederate lines DANIEL BUTTERFIELD depôts despatched direction Elley's enemy Engineer Fairview Falmouth Federal army Federal cavalry Federal line Federal troops fire flank force forward Fredericksburg front Georgia Gordonsville Gunnery guns Hazel Grove Hooker infantry instructions Jackson Jackson's Corps Kelly's Ford line of battle Major-General Major-General commanding Marye's Hill McLaws Military morning moved movement Naval night North Carolina Nostrand's Publications officers operations ordered Ordnance pickets pieces of artillery Plank Road position Potomac pushed Railroad Rapidan Rappahannock rear regiments Richmond river Rodes Second Corps Sedgwick sent Sickles Sixth Corps skirmishers Slocum Stoneman Stonewall brigade Stuart thrown tion Twelfth Corps U. S. Navy Union army United States Ford Virginia W. H. F. Lee Wilcox wounded
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Сторінка 122 - I have just received your note, informing me that you were wounded. I cannot express my regret at the occurrence. Could I have directed events, I should have chosen, for the good of the country, to have been disabled in your stead. I congratulate you upon the victory which is due to your skill and energy.
Сторінка 123 - Good, good," with unwonted energy when the gallant behavior of the "Stonewall brigade" was alluded to. He said "the men of that brigade will be some day proud to say to their children, ' I was one of the Stonewall brigade.
Сторінка 130 - A few moments before he died, he cried out in his delirium, ' Order AP Hill to prepare for action — pass the infantry to the front rapidly — tell Major Hawks — ' then stopped, leaving the sentence unfinished. Presently a smile of ineffable sweetness spread itself over his pale face, and he said quietly, and with an expression, as if of relief, ' Let us cross over the river, and rest under the shade of the trees.
Сторінка 56 - I will have to retire my troops to re-form them, they are so much broken by this fire." But Jackson, rallying his strength, with firm voice said: "You must hold your ground, General Pender; you must hold your ground, sir!
Сторінка 38 - Here the enemy had assumed a position of great natural strength, surrounded on all sides by a dense forest filled with a tangled undergrowth, in the midst of which breastworks of logs had been constructed, with trees felled in front so as to form an almost impenetrable abatis. His artillery swept the few narrow roads by which his position could be approached from the front, and commanded the adjacent woods.
Сторінка 118 - I knelt down by him, and said, " I hope you are not badly hurt, General." He replied very calmly, but feebly, '' I am badly injured, Doctor ; I fear I am dying." After a pause, he continued, " I am glad you have come." I think the wound in my shoulder is still bleeding.
Сторінка 110 - 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. In fighting at a disadvantage, we would have been recreant to our trust, to ourselves, our cause, and our country. Profoundly loyal, and conscious of its strength, the Army of the Potomac will give or decline battle, whenever its interest or honor may demand.