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Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 1. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book II:—secession. (search)
few companies of regular troops to make any defence with. On being advised of this state of things, the Northern States redoubled their activity in order to be in time to succor the capital, the loss of which would have been a disastrous check to the national cause. Massachusetts, always the most zealous, was the first in the field, and on the 17th she forwarded two regiments of volunteers from Boston to Washington Pennsylvania, although nearly one-half of her votes had been given for Mr. Breckinridge, followed this example; and owing to her geographical position, her volunteers reached the shores of the Potomac in advance of all the others. After passing through the great city of Baltimore in the midst of an incipient insurrection, they encamped around the Capitol, on the 18th of April. The seceders, on their side, had not lost a moment in Virginia. They were in possession of Richmond, where the convention was in session; they surrounded it, threatening their opponents with de
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 1. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book IV:—the first autumn. (search)
erring the command of the home-guards upon General Anderson. That officer immediately took up his quarters at Louisville, to organize the militia assembled at Camp Joe Holt, in the neighborhood of that city, and which General Rousseau had already begun to drill. The conflict had commenced in Kentucky. One of the chiefs of the secession party, Mr. Morehead, was arrested in Louisville and sent to Fort Lafayette; the rest took refuge with the Confederate armies. Among them might be seen Mr. Breckinridge, Vice-President of the republic under Mr. Buchanan, a skilful and bold politician, but who, under the Confederate uniform, made but a poor general; Humphrey Marshall, the brilliant cavalry colonel of the Mexican war; finally, John Morgan, who was soon to make himself known as the bravest and most daring of guerilla chiefs. While Anderson was assuming command of the troops entrusted to him, Buckner was preparing to inaugurate the campaign by a bold stroke. This was nothing less than
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 1. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book V:—the first winter. (search)
roops in the height of a great battle and in the midst of his success. The total losses of the Confederate army amounted to ten thousand six hundred and ninety-nine men—that is to say, more than one-fourth of its entire force The following is the official account of the total force of the Confederate army before and after the battle of Shiloh: Before the battle.After the battle. First corps, Polk,9,1366,779 Second corps, Bragg,13,5899,961 Third corps, Hardee,6,7894,669 Reserve, Breckinridge,6,4394,206 Cavalry, Gardner,4,3824,084 ———— 40,33529,636 Killed,1,728 Wounded,8,012 Prisoners,959 —— 10,699 —but on the evening of the battle its strength was much more reduced by the scattering of individuals and the disorganization of cadres than by the number of men disabled. According to the reports of the Confederate generals themselves, they had no more than twenty thousand men answering the rolls, all of them exhausted by fatigue and hunger, discouraged by so many