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William W. Bennett, A narrative of the great revival which prevailed in the Southern armies during the late Civil War, Chapter 15: winter of 1862-63. (search)
n at night without the knowledge of the enemy, and without loss either of property or men. This victory was not gained without a vast sacrifice of noble lives on the part of the Confederates. Gen. Lee was supported by some of his ablest Lieutenants, and never did they more gallantly execute the orders of their great chieftain. The following extract from Gen. Lee's official report will give the reader a correct view of the field and the disposition of our forces: The morning of the 13th, his arrangements for attack being completed about nine o'clock, the movement veiled by a fog, he advanced boldly in large force against our right wing. Gen. Jackson's corps occupied the right of our line, which rested on the railroad; Gen. Longstreet's the left, extending along the heights to the Rappahannock, above Fredericksburg. Gen. Stuart, with two brigades of cavalry, was posted on the extensive plain on our extreme right. As soon as the advance of the enemy was discovered through
William W. Bennett, A narrative of the great revival which prevailed in the Southern armies during the late Civil War, Chapter 16: spring of 1863. (search)
attitude of military affairs in Virginia and North Carolina was this: Lieutenant-General Longstreet was in command of Southern Virginia, including the defences of Richmond, Petersburg, and portions of North Carolina. Major-General Elzy commanded the Department of Richmond; Major-General French, that of Petersburg and lower Virginia; and Major-General D. H. Hill, that of North Carolina. About the first of April Major-General Hood's division left Petersburg and marched towards Suffolk. On the 13th General Hood drew up in line of battle before the town, while his skirmishers boldly drove in the Federal pickets. Here for a week or more he remained, the enemy constantly expecting an assault; but besides heavy skirmishing, mutual shelling, and two or three gallant fights with the gun-boats in Nansemond river, the Confederates made no serious demonstrations against the place. The movement was not for the purpose of capturing Suffolk, but to divert the attention of the Federals while vast