Category: History - American
FLOYD ESTABLISHES BATTERIES ON COTTON HILL.--DRIVEN OFF BY THE FORCES OF GENERAL COX.--BENHAM'S FAILURE TO INTERCEPT HIS RETREAT.--HIS PURSUIT.--SKIRMISH AT MCCOY'S MILLS.--HIS FINAL ESCAPE. 70
FLOYD ESTABLISHES BATTERIES ON COTTON HILL.--DRIVEN OFF BY THE FORCES OF GENERAL COX.--BENHAM'S FAILURE TO INTERCEPT HIS RETREAT.--HIS PURSUIT.--SKIRMISH AT MCCOY'S MILLS.--HIS...
8. CHAPTER IX.9. CHAPTER X.10. CHAPTER XI.11. CHAPTER XII.12. CHAPTER XIII.13. CHAPTER XIV.14. CHAPTER XV.15. CHAPTER XVI.16. CHAPTER XVII.17. CHAPTER XVIII.18. CHAPTER XIX.19. CHAPTER XX.20. CHAPTER XXI.21. CHAPTER XXII.BRIGADIER-GENERAL E. B. TYLER. 185 BREVET BRIGADIER-GENERAL J. S. CASEMENT. 189 BRIGADIER-GENERAL JOHN W. SPRAGUE. 192 LIEUTENANT-COLONEL SAMUEL MCCLELLAND. 193 MAJOR FREDERICK...
22. CHAPTER I.On a gloomy day in April, 1861, the telegraph flashed the news over the country that Fort Sumter, a fortress belonging to the United States, had been fired upon by a body of reb...
23. CHAPTER II.On Monday, April 15, the President issued a call for 75,000 volunteers for three months' service. The States responded immediately to this call in double the number required. Ne...
24. CHAPTER III.On the 11th day of July General Rosecrans, by order of General McClellan, marched his brigade eight miles through a mountain-path to the rear of the rebel force, occupying the c...
25. CHAPTER IV.The occupation of Cross Lanes was considered by the authorities of the gravest importance. It was contiguous to three fords on the Gauley River, which, when possessed by the Fed...
26. CHAPTER V.The occasion for the affair at Cross Lanes was brought about by a series of blunders. The first blunder was committed by the officer who ordered all the forces, with the excepti...
27. CHAPTER VI.After the engagement at Cross Lanes, five companies of the regiment remained at Gauley Bridge, while the balance were at Charleston. The latter part was commanded by Colonel Gut...
28. CHAPTER VII.Near the last of October General Floyd very suddenly appeared on Cotton Hill, an abrupt eminence lying between the Kanawha and New rivers, at the junction of the Gauley with the...
29. CHAPTER VIII.While at Charleston, we were deeply impressed with the profound interest the slaves were taking in passing events. That down-trodden race, who had for years suffered every injus...
30. CHAPTER IX.After Floyd was driven from Cotton Hill, very few rebels remained in that portion of Virginia. Many troops were sent to Kentucky and elsewhere. Among the number was the Seventh...
31. CHAPTER X.During the occupation of the country about Pau-Pau Station, the troops were kept active. Skirmishes were of frequent occurrence. One of them is deserving of mention. A reconnois...
32. CHAPTER XI.Immediately after the occupation of Winchester, the enemy's cavalry advance becoming troublesome, a plan was laid for its capture. Colonel Mason, of the Fourth Ohio, was sent ou...
33. CHAPTER XII.After the battle of Winchester, General Shields showed a disposition to appropriate the laurels won by others to himself. In a letter to a friend at Washington, he claimed that,...
34. CHAPTER XIII.About the 1st of April the command left Strasburg, under command of General Banks, driving the rear-guard of the enemy through the little village of Woodstock, and taking a posi...
35. CHAPTER XIV.Nearly the entire corps of General McDowell followed the division of General Shields. The latter took the direction of Manassas Junction, and from there passed down the railroad...
36. CHAPTER XV.After a few days' rest at Luray, the regiment marched to Front Royal, and soon after left for Alexandria, where it arrived on the 27th of June. It went into camp on a beautiful...
37. CHAPTER XVI.After the battle of Cedar Mountain, the regiment took part in the memorable retreat of General Pope to the Potomac. During the time, it was not engaged in immediate action; but...
38. CHAPTER XVII.While at Loudon Heights, the monotony of life in camp was relieved by drill, guard, and picket duty, with an occasional reconnoissance. On the latter occasions some little skirm...
39. CHAPTER XVIII.General Hooker was now in command of the grand Army of the Potomac, having relieved Burnside after that general's unsuccessful attack on Fredericksburg. Hooker resolved to make...
40. CHAPTER XIX.After the battle of Chancellorsville, the regiment remained for some time in its camp at Aquia Landing. The Army of the Potomac, as well as that of Lee, was quietly reorganizing...
41. CHAPTER XX.After the battle of Gettysburg, the regiment was with the grand army in pursuit of the broken columns of General Lee. Passing through Frederick City, it arrived at Harper's Ferr...
42. CHAPTER XXI.After remaining for some time at Bridgeport, the regiment was ordered to the vicinity of Lookout Mountain. It marched to the little village of Wahatcha, at the base of this moun...
43. CHAPTER XXII.The series of successes in the vicinity of Chattanooga made Grant a lieutenant-general, and gave Sherman the command of the armies in Tennessee. Preparations were now made to pr...