Pictorial history of the war for the Union, volume 2 (of 2) : $b A complete and reliable history of the war from its commencement to its close ... together with a complete chronological analysis of the war — John Shaqi
Pictorial history of the war for the Union, volume 2 (of 2) : $b A complete and reliable history of the war from its commencement to its close ... together with a complete chronological analysis of the warStephens, Ann S. (Ann Sophia)
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Pictorial history of the war for the Union, volume 2 (of 2) : $b A complete and reliable history of the war from its commencement to its close ... together with a complete chronological analysis of the war
Stephens, Ann S. (Ann Sophia)
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
General Fremont was early on the ground, and was often exposed to the
fire of the enemy. On one occasion, a shell from a rebel battery struck
the ground within a few feet of the spot on which he stood. The Union
line of battle was a mile and a half in length. General Schenck led the
right wing. His forces were disposed as follows: at his left was the
Eighty-second Ohio, Colonel Cantwell; next came the Fifty-fifth Ohio,
Colonel Lee; Seventy-third, Colonel Smith; Seventy-fifth, Colonel
McLean, while the Thirty-second Ohio, Colonel Ford, held the extreme
right. The centre, under the command of the intrepid Milroy, had the
Third Virginia, Lieutenant-Colonel Thompson commanding, on the left;
next the Fifth Virginia, Colonel Zeigler; the Second Virginia, Major J.
D. Owens commanding; while the Twenty-fifth Ohio, under the command of
Lieutenant-Colonel Richardson, formed the right. Between Milroy’s right
and Schenck’s left lay the Sixtieth Ohio, Colonel Trimble, and Eighth
Virginia, Colonel Loeser, commanded by Colonel Cluseret, in addition to
the Garibaldi Guards, of Blenker’s division. General Stahl’s brigade,
consisting of the Eighth, Forty-first, and Forty-fifth New York, and
Twenty-seventh Pennsylvania, with the invincible band of Bucktails, that
survived the slaughter of Friday previous, formed the left. General
Bohlen’s brigade was to support Stahl, while the remainder of Blenker’s
division was a reserve.
The battle lasted until about three o’clock in the afternoon, when, by
the misinterpretation of an order, the left wing of the Union forces
fell back, exposing the centre, and necessitating a retrograde movement
along the whole line. The enemy, intent only upon getting off, made no
further advance; and the worn and wasted ranks of the patriots reposed
at night upon the field of combat. Early next morning the Union line of
battle was reformed, Schenck taking the centre, and Milroy the right,
and an advance was commenced, in the direction of Port Republic. As the
National forces approached this point, which is on the Shenandoah river,
a dense smoke was seen rising ahead, and it was soon found that the
rebels had retired across the river, and burned the only bridge by which
it was possible to pursue them. Thus did Stonewall Jackson, after a
successful raid up the Valley, slip through the fingers of the Union
commanders, and make good his escape—though not without severe loss. The
Union losses were upwards of six hundred in killed, wounded, and
missing. The men behaved with great gallantry in this fight. Generals
Milroy and Cluseret especially distinguished themselves.
THE SEVEN DAYS’ BATTLES.
BATTLE OF OAK GROVE.
JUNE 25, 1862.
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