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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 2: subjects of the revival. (search)
end to its own. It exceeds us at this moment in the possession of ambulance corps. I think the war must have increased the respect felt by the North for the South. Its miraculous resources, the bravery of its troops, their patience under hardships, their unshrinking firmness in the desperate position they have assumed, the wonderful success with which they have extemporized manufactures and munitions of war, and kept themselves in relation with the world in spite of our magnificent blockade; the elasticity with which they have risen from defeat, and the courage they have shown in threatening again and again our capital, and even our interior, cannot fail to extort an unwilling admiration and respect. Well is Gen. McClellan reported to have said (privately), as he watched their obstinate fighting at Antietam, and saw them retiring in perfect order in the midst of the most frightful carnage: What terrible neighbors these would be! We must conquer them, or they will conquer us!
William W. Bennett, A narrative of the great revival which prevailed in the Southern armies during the late Civil War, Chapter 9: summer of 1862. (search)
his battle, Gen. Joseph E. Johnston was severely wounded, and Gen. R. E. Lee was placed in command of the army. Nearly the whole month of June was spent in active preparations for the great struggle which was to decide the fate of Richmond. Gen. McClellan's immense army, with every appliance of modern warfare, lay below the city, and gradually approached under cover of immense earthworks and entrenched camps. The Confederate General, having completed his arrangements for the attack on the graring a most serious discourse. Notwithstanding all the feebleness of form and sweetness of expression, he was the hero of the Valley, having clipped the wings of at least four soaring Federal Generals in a short time, and having thundered upon McClellan's rear simultaneously with the advance of our forces upon his front, completely unearthing him, and then joining with his shouting hosts in the most glorious pursuit of an invading foe ever recorded. You are aware that he is a man of God. O
William W. Bennett, A narrative of the great revival which prevailed in the Southern armies during the late Civil War, Chapter 11: summer of 1862. (search)
e Army of Northern Virginia had scarcely a breathing spell after the terrible battles around Richmond. The concentration of a powerful Federal army under General Pope on the upper Rappahannock, and its reinforcement by the shattered columns of McClellan, indicated a purpose to try again the original Manassas route to the coveted city. General Lee, who seemed to have an intuitive perception of the plans of his adversaries, at once disposed his forces to meet this new emergency. No sooner had McClellan shipped his heavy war material on board a fleet of transports, and commenced his stealthy retreat down the Peninsula with a broken and dispirited army, than Jackson was moving with his veterans to watch the braggart, Pope. It was a memorable lay when his foot cavalry filed through the streets of Richmond in the highest spirits, chanting their songs and cracking their rude war jokes. If the Yankees trouble you again, just send for us to wipe them out, exclaimed a sun-browned, stalw
William W. Bennett, A narrative of the great revival which prevailed in the Southern armies during the late Civil War, Chapter 12: autumn of 1862. (search)
rities. The unfortunate General Pope was at once displaced from the chief command as unequal to the emergency, and General McClellan again took the direction of military affairs. General Lee moved rapidly into Federicktown, from which place, on thell with its garrison and stores, and the investment of the Ferry was effected on the 13th of September. No sooner did McClellan hear of the movements of Jackson than he resolved to make a powerful effort to defeat his plans. Leaving Washington wi Our lines came up within a short distance of the enemy's, yet so silently and adroitly was the movement conducted that McClellan was not aware of it until next morning. It had rained in the afternoon, and the roads were muddy below, while the heavo Maryland. The writer just quoted thus speaks of the men who, from early dawn to dewy eve, hurled back the columns of McClellan's immense army on the memorable field of Sharpsburg: I can recall no parallel instance in history, except Napoleo
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)
Chapter 15: winter of 1862-63. The battle of Sharpsburg was followed by a series of movements which brought both armies face to face again on the soil of Virginia. The unfortunate General McClellan fell under the ban of his government, and was superseded by General Burnside. The Federal army moved slowly southward from the Potomac to the Rappahannock, while the Confederates made a corresponding march through the Valley of Virginia, crossed the Blue Ridge, and placed themselves on the so the repulse of the Federals at Fredericksburg, and the year was closed by the battle of Murfreesboro and the frightful slaughter at Stone river. The movement against Fredericksburg was the fourth attempt to reach Richmond. Generals McDowell, McClellan, and Pope had failed, and now Burnside was hurled back across the Rappahannock with his shattered and beaten army. The leaders and the men who successively defeated four great armies of the North were worthy of the eulogies bestowed by imparti
William W. Bennett, A narrative of the great revival which prevailed in the Southern armies during the late Civil War, Chapter 23: summer of 1864. (search)
Chapter 23: summer of 1864. The boast of General Grant while the movements described in the preceding chapter were going on, was, that he would fight it out on that line if it took all summer; but after the bloody repulses in the Wilderness and at Spottsylvania Courthouse, he thought better of the matter, and edged his way down towards Richmond until he found himself in the position formerly occupied by Gen. McClellan. This position he might have taken without the loss of a man by simply moving his army by water from the Rappahannock to the James or the York, and making his base of operations on either of those rivers. But with a strange pertinacity he fought his way down, losing, it is estimated, not less than 75,000 men. On Friday, the 3d of June, Grant appeared on the Chickahominy and attempted to cross that stream at the Grape Vine bridge. General Lee drew up his army to oppose him, and here was fought one of the bloodiest battles of the war. The attack began at daybreak