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Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4. 3 1 Browse Search
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Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., Hood's second sortie at Atlanta. (search)
eny's division. He took no lunch. He was an intensely active, almost nervously restless, officer. Ie saw in an instant that something serious was at hand. He gave General Fuller orders to form his division immediately, facing south-eastwardly, and galloped off toward Sweeny's division. He had hardly reached that command when Hardee's lines came tearing wildly through the woods with the yells of demons. As if by magic, Sweeny's division sprang into line. The two batteries of artillery (Loomis's and Laird's) had stopped on commanding ground, and they were promptly in service. General Dodge's quick eye saw the proper disposition to be made of a portion of Colonel Mersy's brigade, and, cutting red tape, he delivered his orders direct to the colonels of the regiments. The orders were executed instantly, and the enemy's advance was checked. This act afterward caused trouble. General Dodge was not a West Point graduate, and did not revere so highly the army regulations as did Gener
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., The opposing forces in the Appomattox campaign. (search)
ers; 91st Pa., Lieut.-Col. Eli G. Sellers; 118th Pa., Maj. Henry O'Neill; 155th Pa., Col. Alfred L. Pearson Maj. John A. Cline. Second division, Brig.-Gen. Romeyn B. Ayres. First Brigade, Col. Frederick Winthrop, Col. James Grindlay, Brig.-Gen. Joseph Hayes: 5th N. Y. (Veteran), Capt. Henry Schickhardt, Lieut.-Col. William F. Drum; 15th N. Y. Heavy Art'y, Lieut.-Col. Michael Wiedrich, Maj. Louis Eiche; 140th N. Y., Lieut.-Col. William S. Grantsynn; 146th N. Y., Col. James Grindlay, Lieut. Henry Loomis, Col. James Grindlay. Second Brigade, Col. Andrew W. Denison, Col. Richard N. Bowerman, Col. David L. Stanton: 1st Md., Col. David L. Stanton, Maj. Robert Neely; 4th Md., Col. Richard N. Bowerman, Maj. Harrison Adreon; 7th Md., Lieut.-Col. David T. Bennett, Maj. Edward M. Mobley; 8th Md., Lieut.-Col. E. F. M. Faehtz. Third Brigade, Col. James Gwyn: 3d Del., Capt. John H. Cade; 4th Del., Capt. W. H. Maclary, Maj. Moses B. Gist; 8th Del. (3 co's), Capt. John N. Richards; 157th (4 co's),
William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 2, Chapter 8: Hampden County. (search)
ay 19, 1669. Population in 1860, 5,055; in 1865, 5,634. Valuation in 1860, $2,801,834; in 1865, $3,244,600. The selectmen in 1861 were Leroy C. Gillett, Hiram Hall, Seth Bush; in 1862, Leroy C. Gillett, Reuben Loomis, William Provin; in 1863, William Provin, Leroy C. Gillett, L. F. Thayer; in 1864 and 1865, L. F. Thayer, L. F. Root, William Provin. The town-clerk during all these years was P. H. Boise. The town-treasurer in 1861 and 1862 was L. R. Norton; in 1863, 1864, and 1865, Henry Loomis. 1861. The first legal town-meeting, to act upon matters relating to the war, was held on the 29th of April; at which the following resolutions were read and adopted:— Resolved, That it is incumbent on all citizens, by every consideration of interest and of duty to show their patriotic sentiments by word and act, in order to make known the opinions of the great body of the people, and bring the present unhappy contest to a speedy end. Resolved, That the blessings and the memorie