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Port Hudson - The Forgotten Siege of the Vicksburg Campaign: Vicksburg 160
Garry Adelman heads down to Louisiana to discover the southern end of the Vicksburg Campaign at the Port Hudson State Historic Site. He is joined by special ...
In warfare disengaging from the enemy can be very risky business. Sometimes a successful flanking movement causes leaders to realize they must shift their forces to preserve their ability to fight. Other times as in 1864 after Cold Harbor, a siege-assault has shown no progress with tremendous loss of life and Lt Gen Ulysses S. Grant decides it is time to continue the offensive from a different point.
In 1862 one of the ironies of war was that CSA Brig Gen J.E.B. Stuart was opposed by his father-in-law Union Brig Gen Philip St. George Cooke in Stuart's Ride Around McClellan’s Army.
Second battle of Winchester, Virginia in 1863: The Army of Northern Virginia’s II Corps “under Lt. Gen. Richard S. Ewell, three divisions nearly 19,000 strong, entered the Valley at Chester Gap and pressed on to Front Royal. Two divisions under Maj. Gen. Jubal A. Early and Maj. Gen. Edward Johnson continued north on the Valley Pike and the Front Royal Road to converge on the Union defenders of Winchester under Maj. Gen. Robert Milroy. Despite the superior forces that were rumored to be approaching, Milroy was confident that the strength of his fortifications would enable him to repel the Confederates or withstand a siege. The ridges west of town were heavily fortified and consisted of trenches linking central strong points or ``forts''. The strongest of these were Fort Milroy and Star Fort. West Fort, a redoubt of six guns, featured prominently in the action.”
1862: “President Lincoln, now recognizing that his commanders in the Shenandoah Valley are retreating from the imagined threat of what Jackson might do to them, writes a rather testy telegram to Gen. Fremont, detailing the situation (which Fremont and Banks surely already knew), and offering with restraint some rather elementary military advice (which Fremont and Banks surely already knew) and thus how he and Banks ought to be able to trap Jackson and bring him to battle: Washington City, D.C. To Major Gen. Fremont: We can not afford to keep your force, and Banks', and McDowell's, engaged in keeping Jackson South of Strasburg and Front-Royal. You fought Jackson alone, and worsted him.* He can have no substantial reinforcement, so long as a battle is pending at Richmond. Surely you and Banks in supporting distance are capable of keeping him from returning to Winchester. But if Sigel be sent forward to you, and McDowell (as he must) be put to other work, Jackson will break through at Front Royal again. He is already on the right side of the Shenandoah to do it, and on the wrong side of it to attack you. The orders already sent you and Banks place you and him in the proper positions for the work assigned you. Jackson can not move his whole force on either of you, before the other can learn of it, and go to his assistance. He can not divide his force, sending part against each of you because he will be too weak for either. Please do as I directed in the order of the 8th. and my despatch of yesterday, the 12th, and neither you nor Banks will be overwhelmed by Jackson. By proper scouts-look-outs, and beacons of smokes by day, and fires by night, you can always have timely notice of the enemy's approach. I know not as to you, but by some, this has been too much neglected.” A. LINCOLN
Pictures: 1863-06-13 Sketch of Second Winchester; 1863-06-13 U.S. Navy mortar boat on the Mississippi River near Port Hudson; 1864-06 Cold Harbor map campaign; 1863-06-13 Historic image of the Port Hudson battlefield and Capt. Edmund C. Bainbridge's Battery A, 1st U.S. Artillery,
A. 1862: Stuart's Ride Around McClellan’s Army, Day 2. J.E.B. Stuart captured Tunstall's Station west of the massive Union supply depot at White House, Virginia. He then tried unsuccessfully to stop a train on the York River Railroad. With the first whistle, Stuart's men hastily constructed a barricade across the track. When he saw the obstacles on the track, rather than slow down the engineer poured on speed and smashed through the wood. A cavalryman killed the engineer with his pistol, but the fireman took over, guiding the train towards White House. The train getting through put an end to the hope of raiding McClellan's main supply depot.
Just as it had with McClellan, the Chickahominy River posed the greatest problem for Stuart. Still running high from spring rains, the Confederates had problems fording it. Stuart decided to rebuild the bridge at Forge Site which Joe Johnston had burned as he retreated up the peninsula. Using spare wood from a nearby barn, they strengthened the structure and planked its top only to set fire to it when they had crossed. The fire attracted some nearby Yankee cavalry, who skirmished with Stuart's rear guard.
Background: Early on the morning of June 13, 1862, J.E.B. Stuart revealed his orders to Colonel Fitz Lee and Lt. Colonel Rooney Lee and the other commanders as they rode east towards Hanover Court House. Just west of the Hanover CH Stuart's advance guard ran into elements of the 6th Cavalry, the first encounter with the enemy. Hoping to envelop the Yankees, Stuart ordered Fitz Lee to strike the Union cavalry while Rooney Lee tried to flank the unit. The Union commander in Hanover, Lt. Edward Leib, realized the threat and withdrew down the Richmond Stage Road.
Reports came back that the federal cavalry was prepared to fight in a ravine near Totopotomoy Creek. The Union commander, Edward Leib, wired his commander that the "two squadrons" of Rebel soldiers were "nothing to worry about" at 11:30am.
A good defensive position, the ford was unguarded, indicating that the Union Army's right wing was "hanging." As Lieb fell back toward Old Church Union reinforcements began arriving. Lieb formed a line along a ridge that Stuart's cavalry stuck hard, driving the Yankee's off in disarray. It was the nearby ford of the Totopotomoy Creek that gave Stuart the information General Lee wanted. As the Yankees withdrew south towards Cold Harbor Stuart did not pursue them. Having reconnoitered the area of interest to Lee, Stuart decided to continue his ride.
Just before 3:00pm Union Brigadier General Philip St. George Cooke, now aware that the Confederates were in force behind Union lines, ordered support for the cavalry that had been attacked. Cooke, who was Stuart's father-in-law, felt the Rebels might threaten his camp and began forming a strong line. He also brought up a brigade of infantry under G. K. Warren to assist in repelling an attack. Unfortunately, corps commander Fitz-John Porter ordered Cooke not to attack a superior force.
B. 1863: Second Battle of Winchester. Maj. Gen. Robert H. Milroy defensive position was strong. Throughout the afternoon CSA Maj. Gen. Jubal A. Early's Division maneuvered around the west of Winchester and drove back the US skirmish line encountered at Pritchard's Hill. CSA Maj. Gen. Edward Johnson 's Division advanced on the east on the Front Royal Pike driving back Union pickets. Skirmishing and union cavalry attacks throughout the afternoon denied an advantage to the south. After dark, Milroy concentrated his forces inside a triangle defined by Fort Milroy, Star Fort, and West Fort. McReynolds' brigade reached Fort Milroy after marching a round-about route from Berryville, harassed by Confederate cavalry. Milroy's soldiers had fought well during the previous afternoon, and he was confident that he could withstand renewed Confederate assaults in the morning. In the meantime, Ewell ordered his third division under Maj. Gen. Robert E. Rodes to advance on Martinsburg via Berryville to cut off Milroy's retreat in that direction.
Background: On 12 June 1863, the Second Corps of the Army of Northern Virginia under Lt. Gen. Richard S. Ewell, three divisions nearly 19,000 strong, entered the Valley at Chester Gap and pressed on to Front Royal. Two divisions under Maj. Gen. Jubal A. Early and Maj. Gen. Edward Johnson continued north on the Valley Pike and the Front Royal Road to converge on the Union defenders of Winchester under Maj. Gen. Robert Milroy. Despite the superior forces that were rumored to be approaching, Milroy was confident that the strength of his fortifications would enable him to repel the Confederates or withstand a siege. The ridges west of town were heavily fortified and consisted of trenches linking central strong points or ``forts''. The strongest of these were Fort Milroy and Star Fort. West Fort, a redoubt of six guns, featured prominently in the action.
C. 1863: Unsuccessful Federal Assault at Port Hudson, Louisiana. Maj Gen Nathaniel P. Banks lines up 89 cannons in addition to naval guns in the river pounding Port Hudson with cannon and mortars to pound the Confederate fortifications commanded by CSA Maj. Gen. Franklin Gardner. Late in the afternoon, several divisions are ordered forward, but Banks’ order had been issues so late, the attacks were uncoordinated. The Federals lose 1,805 men to the Confederate fewer than 200.
The Confederates held out until they learned of the surrender of Vicksburg. Without its upriver counterpart, Port Hudson, the last Confederate bastion on the Mississippi River, lacked strategic significance and the garrison surrendered on July 9, 1863.
D. 1864: Crossing the James River in Grant’s Overland Campaign: As night fell on June 12, Hancock's II Corps and Wright's VI Corps took up positions on the new entrenchment line. Warren's V Corps cleared the roads heading south, advancing over Long Bridge and White Oak Swamp Bridge, taking up a blocking position just east of Riddell's Shop, facing toward Richmond while Burnside's IX Corps and Smith's XVIII Corps withdrew from the original line of entrenchments. The cavalry brigade of Col. George H. Chapman, part of Brig. Gen. James H. Wilson's division, which did not accompany Sheridan on his raid, screened the roads heading toward Richmond. Burnside headed south, followed by Wright and Hancock. Smith's XVIII Corps marched to White House, where on the morning of June 13 they embarked on steamers for Bermuda Hundred. They arrived at Point of Rocks on the Appomattox River the night of June 14.
Port Hudson - The Forgotten Siege of the Vicksburg Campaign: Vicksburg 160
Garry Adelman heads down to Louisiana to discover the southern end of the Vicksburg Campaign at the Port Hudson State Historic Site. He is joined by special guest Daniel Goyer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vALF60efhJU
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In 1862 one of the ironies of war was that CSA Brig Gen J.E.B. Stuart was opposed by his father-in-law Union Brig Gen Philip St. George Cooke in Stuart's Ride Around McClellan’s Army.
Second battle of Winchester, Virginia in 1863: The Army of Northern Virginia’s II Corps “under Lt. Gen. Richard S. Ewell, three divisions nearly 19,000 strong, entered the Valley at Chester Gap and pressed on to Front Royal. Two divisions under Maj. Gen. Jubal A. Early and Maj. Gen. Edward Johnson continued north on the Valley Pike and the Front Royal Road to converge on the Union defenders of Winchester under Maj. Gen. Robert Milroy. Despite the superior forces that were rumored to be approaching, Milroy was confident that the strength of his fortifications would enable him to repel the Confederates or withstand a siege. The ridges west of town were heavily fortified and consisted of trenches linking central strong points or ``forts''. The strongest of these were Fort Milroy and Star Fort. West Fort, a redoubt of six guns, featured prominently in the action.”
1862: “President Lincoln, now recognizing that his commanders in the Shenandoah Valley are retreating from the imagined threat of what Jackson might do to them, writes a rather testy telegram to Gen. Fremont, detailing the situation (which Fremont and Banks surely already knew), and offering with restraint some rather elementary military advice (which Fremont and Banks surely already knew) and thus how he and Banks ought to be able to trap Jackson and bring him to battle: Washington City, D.C. To Major Gen. Fremont: We can not afford to keep your force, and Banks', and McDowell's, engaged in keeping Jackson South of Strasburg and Front-Royal. You fought Jackson alone, and worsted him.* He can have no substantial reinforcement, so long as a battle is pending at Richmond. Surely you and Banks in supporting distance are capable of keeping him from returning to Winchester. But if Sigel be sent forward to you, and McDowell (as he must) be put to other work, Jackson will break through at Front Royal again. He is already on the right side of the Shenandoah to do it, and on the wrong side of it to attack you. The orders already sent you and Banks place you and him in the proper positions for the work assigned you. Jackson can not move his whole force on either of you, before the other can learn of it, and go to his assistance. He can not divide his force, sending part against each of you because he will be too weak for either. Please do as I directed in the order of the 8th. and my despatch of yesterday, the 12th, and neither you nor Banks will be overwhelmed by Jackson. By proper scouts-look-outs, and beacons of smokes by day, and fires by night, you can always have timely notice of the enemy's approach. I know not as to you, but by some, this has been too much neglected.” A. LINCOLN
Pictures: 1863-06-13 Sketch of Second Winchester; 1863-06-13 U.S. Navy mortar boat on the Mississippi River near Port Hudson; 1864-06 Cold Harbor map campaign; 1863-06-13 Historic image of the Port Hudson battlefield and Capt. Edmund C. Bainbridge's Battery A, 1st U.S. Artillery,
A. 1862: Stuart's Ride Around McClellan’s Army, Day 2. J.E.B. Stuart captured Tunstall's Station west of the massive Union supply depot at White House, Virginia. He then tried unsuccessfully to stop a train on the York River Railroad. With the first whistle, Stuart's men hastily constructed a barricade across the track. When he saw the obstacles on the track, rather than slow down the engineer poured on speed and smashed through the wood. A cavalryman killed the engineer with his pistol, but the fireman took over, guiding the train towards White House. The train getting through put an end to the hope of raiding McClellan's main supply depot.
Just as it had with McClellan, the Chickahominy River posed the greatest problem for Stuart. Still running high from spring rains, the Confederates had problems fording it. Stuart decided to rebuild the bridge at Forge Site which Joe Johnston had burned as he retreated up the peninsula. Using spare wood from a nearby barn, they strengthened the structure and planked its top only to set fire to it when they had crossed. The fire attracted some nearby Yankee cavalry, who skirmished with Stuart's rear guard.
Background: Early on the morning of June 13, 1862, J.E.B. Stuart revealed his orders to Colonel Fitz Lee and Lt. Colonel Rooney Lee and the other commanders as they rode east towards Hanover Court House. Just west of the Hanover CH Stuart's advance guard ran into elements of the 6th Cavalry, the first encounter with the enemy. Hoping to envelop the Yankees, Stuart ordered Fitz Lee to strike the Union cavalry while Rooney Lee tried to flank the unit. The Union commander in Hanover, Lt. Edward Leib, realized the threat and withdrew down the Richmond Stage Road.
Reports came back that the federal cavalry was prepared to fight in a ravine near Totopotomoy Creek. The Union commander, Edward Leib, wired his commander that the "two squadrons" of Rebel soldiers were "nothing to worry about" at 11:30am.
A good defensive position, the ford was unguarded, indicating that the Union Army's right wing was "hanging." As Lieb fell back toward Old Church Union reinforcements began arriving. Lieb formed a line along a ridge that Stuart's cavalry stuck hard, driving the Yankee's off in disarray. It was the nearby ford of the Totopotomoy Creek that gave Stuart the information General Lee wanted. As the Yankees withdrew south towards Cold Harbor Stuart did not pursue them. Having reconnoitered the area of interest to Lee, Stuart decided to continue his ride.
Just before 3:00pm Union Brigadier General Philip St. George Cooke, now aware that the Confederates were in force behind Union lines, ordered support for the cavalry that had been attacked. Cooke, who was Stuart's father-in-law, felt the Rebels might threaten his camp and began forming a strong line. He also brought up a brigade of infantry under G. K. Warren to assist in repelling an attack. Unfortunately, corps commander Fitz-John Porter ordered Cooke not to attack a superior force.
B. 1863: Second Battle of Winchester. Maj. Gen. Robert H. Milroy defensive position was strong. Throughout the afternoon CSA Maj. Gen. Jubal A. Early's Division maneuvered around the west of Winchester and drove back the US skirmish line encountered at Pritchard's Hill. CSA Maj. Gen. Edward Johnson 's Division advanced on the east on the Front Royal Pike driving back Union pickets. Skirmishing and union cavalry attacks throughout the afternoon denied an advantage to the south. After dark, Milroy concentrated his forces inside a triangle defined by Fort Milroy, Star Fort, and West Fort. McReynolds' brigade reached Fort Milroy after marching a round-about route from Berryville, harassed by Confederate cavalry. Milroy's soldiers had fought well during the previous afternoon, and he was confident that he could withstand renewed Confederate assaults in the morning. In the meantime, Ewell ordered his third division under Maj. Gen. Robert E. Rodes to advance on Martinsburg via Berryville to cut off Milroy's retreat in that direction.
Background: On 12 June 1863, the Second Corps of the Army of Northern Virginia under Lt. Gen. Richard S. Ewell, three divisions nearly 19,000 strong, entered the Valley at Chester Gap and pressed on to Front Royal. Two divisions under Maj. Gen. Jubal A. Early and Maj. Gen. Edward Johnson continued north on the Valley Pike and the Front Royal Road to converge on the Union defenders of Winchester under Maj. Gen. Robert Milroy. Despite the superior forces that were rumored to be approaching, Milroy was confident that the strength of his fortifications would enable him to repel the Confederates or withstand a siege. The ridges west of town were heavily fortified and consisted of trenches linking central strong points or ``forts''. The strongest of these were Fort Milroy and Star Fort. West Fort, a redoubt of six guns, featured prominently in the action.
C. 1863: Unsuccessful Federal Assault at Port Hudson, Louisiana. Maj Gen Nathaniel P. Banks lines up 89 cannons in addition to naval guns in the river pounding Port Hudson with cannon and mortars to pound the Confederate fortifications commanded by CSA Maj. Gen. Franklin Gardner. Late in the afternoon, several divisions are ordered forward, but Banks’ order had been issues so late, the attacks were uncoordinated. The Federals lose 1,805 men to the Confederate fewer than 200.
The Confederates held out until they learned of the surrender of Vicksburg. Without its upriver counterpart, Port Hudson, the last Confederate bastion on the Mississippi River, lacked strategic significance and the garrison surrendered on July 9, 1863.
D. 1864: Crossing the James River in Grant’s Overland Campaign: As night fell on June 12, Hancock's II Corps and Wright's VI Corps took up positions on the new entrenchment line. Warren's V Corps cleared the roads heading south, advancing over Long Bridge and White Oak Swamp Bridge, taking up a blocking position just east of Riddell's Shop, facing toward Richmond while Burnside's IX Corps and Smith's XVIII Corps withdrew from the original line of entrenchments. The cavalry brigade of Col. George H. Chapman, part of Brig. Gen. James H. Wilson's division, which did not accompany Sheridan on his raid, screened the roads heading toward Richmond. Burnside headed south, followed by Wright and Hancock. Smith's XVIII Corps marched to White House, where on the morning of June 13 they embarked on steamers for Bermuda Hundred. They arrived at Point of Rocks on the Appomattox River the night of June 14.
Port Hudson - The Forgotten Siege of the Vicksburg Campaign: Vicksburg 160
Garry Adelman heads down to Louisiana to discover the southern end of the Vicksburg Campaign at the Port Hudson State Historic Site. He is joined by special guest Daniel Goyer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vALF60efhJU
FYI PV2 Larry Sellnow SMSgt Lawrence McCarter PO3 Edward Riddle CMDCM John F. "Doc" Bradshaw COL (Join to see) SPC Michael Terrell SPC Mike BennettPO2 Tom Belcher PO1 John Johnson PO2 Marco Monsalve SN Greg WrightSPC Maurice Evans SFC Ralph E KelleySPC James Neidig1LT (Join to see) SPC Jon O. CSM William Payne SPC Mike Bennett
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Below are a number of journal entries from 1862 and 1863 which shed light on what life was like for soldiers – the good, the bad and the ugly.
Friday, June 13, 1862: George Templeton Strong, referring to the United States Sanitary Commission’s efforts to improve the sanitation, feeding, and medical care of soldiers in the field, writes with frustration in his journal: “Nothing new. Letter from [Frederick Law] Olmstead this afternoon at No. 498, ten pages long, giving a fearful, sickening account of the weakness and inefficiency and imbecility of Dr. Tripler and his subordinates on the Peninsula; of carloads of wounded men dumped on swampy river shores without food, medicine, or attendance; of men with fractured thighs lying neglected and forgotten forty-eight hours in two inches of water, struggling to raise themselves so as to pick the maggots from their rotting wounds and fainting after the effort, and yet keeping a good heart through it. God prosper Ellie [Mrs. Strong, his wife] in her mission!”
Friday, June 13, 1862: Lt. Col. Edward Porter Alexander, 27 years old, a Confederate artillery officer, writes home to his wife. Among other things, he advises her not to return to Richmond for the time being, expressing the common alarm in Richmond about being defeated by McClellan’s formidable host: “I don’t think, Darling, that it will do for you to come back to Richmond at all. I could see very little of you, & the city is hotter & more uncomfortable & expensive every day, & moreover I am now much afraid that we will lose it. You had better stay at Farmville till something turns up – which must happen soon.”
Saturday, June 13, 1863: Charles H. Lynch, of the 18th Connecticut Infantry Regiment, records his impressions of that first day’s action at Winchester: “I ran to the Colonel’s quarters and heard the report. With a shout the Colonel called out “Fall in, fall in, double quick.” We soon formed in line, ready for orders. Left our camp on double quick time to meet the enemy. They opened fire on us and our camp with a battery well posted on a high hill about one mile from our camp. We held them in check for a while when orders came for us to fall back and take position in the line of battle that had been formed near the town. In the meantime the enemy had taken possession of our camp with all its equipage and our knapsacks that contained all our belongings, making a great loss to every man. The sudden appearance of so large a force was a surprise. We were under fire all day and were obliged to change our position at different points to meet the enemy, who were trying to get into Winchester. It was plainly seen that a large force of Confederates were surrounding the town and that we were in a bad fix, as we could see the gray in all directions and knew that we were more than outnumbered.”
Pictures: 1862-06-12 Route of Brig. Gen. James Ewell Brown Stuart’s Raid; 1864-06 Grant's Overland Campaign May - June 1864; 1863-06-13 second Winchester 13; xx
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A. Friday, June 13, 1862: J.E.B. Stuart's Ride Around McClellan’s Army, Day 2
Early on the morning of June 13, 1862, J.E.B. Stuart revealed his orders to Colonel Fitz Lee and Lt. Colonel Rooney Lee and the other commanders as they rode east towards Hanover Court House. Just west of the Hanover CH Stuart's advance guard ran into elements of the 6th Cavalry, the first encounter with the enemy. Hoping to envelop the Yankees, Stuart ordered Fitz Lee to strike the Union cavalry while Rooney Lee tried to flank the unit. The Union commander in Hanover, Lt. Edward Leib, realized the threat and withdrew down the Richmond Stage Road.
Reports came back that the federal cavalry was prepared to fight in a ravine near Totopotomoy Creek. The Union commander, Edward Leib, wired his commander that the "two squadrons" of Rebel soldiers were "nothing to worry about" at 11:30am.
A good defensive position, the ford was unguarded, indicating that the Union Army's right wing was "hanging." As Lieb fell back toward Old Church Union reinforcements began arriving. Lieb formed a line along a ridge that Stuart's cavalry stuck hard, driving the Yankee's off in disarray. It was the nearby ford of the Totopotomoy Creek that gave Stuart the information General Lee wanted. As the Yankees withdrew south towards Cold Harbor Stuart did not pursue them. Having reconnoitered the area of interest to Lee, Stuart decided to continue his ride.
Just before 3:00pm Union Brigadier General Philip St. George Cooke, now aware that the Confederates were in force behind Union lines, ordered support for the cavalry that had been attacked. Cooke, who was Stuart's father-in-law, felt the Rebels might threaten his camp and began forming a strong line. He also brought up a brigade of infantry under G. K. Warren to assist in repelling an attack. Unfortunately, corps commander Fitz-John Porter ordered Cooke not to attack a superior force.
West of White House, the massive Union supply depot, Stuart capture Tunstall's Station and tried, unsuccessfully to stop a train on the York River Railroad. With the first whistle, Stuart's men hastily constructed a barricade across the track. When he saw the obstacles on the track, rather than slow down the engineer poured on speed and smashed through the wood. A cavalryman killed the engineer with his pistol, but the fireman took over, guiding the train towards White House. The train getting through put an end to the hope of raiding McClellan's main supply depot.
Just as it had with McClellan, the Chickahominy River posed the greatest problem for Stuart. Still running high from spring rains, the Confederates had problems fording it. Stuart decided to rebuild the bridge at Forge Site which Joe Johnston had burned as he retreated up the peninsula. Using spare wood from a nearby barn, they strengthened the structure and planked its top only to set fire to it when they had crossed. The fire attracted some nearby Yankee cavalry, who skirmished with Stuart's rear guard.
B. Saturday, June 13, 1863: Battle of Winchester [June 13-15, 1863].
Phase One. US Dispositions: On 13 June, Maj. Gen. Robert H. Milroy advanced elements of Elliott's brigade to Pritchard's Hill at Kernstown and sent elements of Ely's brigade to intercept any advance on the Front Royal Pike. McReynolds brigade was at Berryville.
Phase Two. CS Advance on Front Royal Pike (13 June): Maj. Gen. Edward Johnson 's Division of four brigades (Steuart, Williams, Walker, Jones) advanced on the Front Royal Pike driving back Union pickets. Approaching the intersection of Millwood Road about 1400 hours, Johnson deployed and swept forward, driving Union skirmishers from behind stone fences. US troops withdrew to high ground north of Abrams Creek under cover of a battery and the heavy guns of Fort Milroy. Johnson brought up a battery and engaged Union field artillery, driving several pieces from the field. The CS guns lacked the range to reply to Fort Milroy's guns and eventually were forced to withdraw. Johnson's advance was stalled, and he awaited the arrival of Early's division to the west on the Valley Pike.
Phase Three. CS Advance on Valley Pike (13 June): Maj. Gen. Jubal A. Early's division of four brigades (Hays, Smith, Avery, Gordon) marched toward Winchester on the Valley Pike in conjunction with Johnson's division on the Front Royal Road. Late afternoon, Early's column reached the outskirts of Kernstown and drove back the US skirmish line encountered at Pritchard's Hill. US forces retreated to Cedar Creek Grade and briefly counterattacked, but Early extended his line to the west, out-flanking successive Union positions. US cavalry attacked several times up the Valley Pike to ease pressure on the infantry. Eventually, the Union force retreated north of Abrams Creek under cover of the heavy guns from Bower's Hill and Fort Milroy.
Phase Four. Milroy Withdraws into the Forts (13 June): After dark Milroy concentrated his forces inside a triangle defined by Fort Milroy, Star Fort, and West Fort. McReynolds' brigade reached Fort Milroy after marching a round-about route from Berryville, harassed by Confederate cavalry. Milroy's soldiers had fought well during the previous afternoon, and he was confident that he could withstand renewed Confederate assaults in the morning. In the meantime, Ewell ordered his third division under Maj. Gen. Robert E. Rodes to advance on Martinsburg via Berryville to cut off Milroy's retreat in that direction.
Background: On 12 June 1863, the Second Corps of the Army of Northern Virginia under Lt. Gen. Richard S. Ewell, three divisions nearly 19,000 strong, entered the Valley at Chester Gap and pressed on to Front Royal. Two divisions under Maj. Gen. Jubal A. Early and Maj. Gen. Edward Johnson continued north on the Valley Pike and the Front Royal Road to converge on the Union defenders of Winchester under Maj. Gen. Robert Milroy. Despite the superior forces that were rumored to be approaching, Milroy was confident that the strength of his fortifications would enable him to repel the Confederates or withstand a siege. The ridges west of town were heavily fortified and consisted of trenches linking central strong points or ``forts''. The strongest of these were Fort Milroy and Star Fort. West Fort, a redoubt of six guns, featured prominently in the action.
C. Saturday, June 13, 1863: Unsuccessful Federal Assault at Port Hudson, Louisiana. Maj Gen Nathaniel P. Banks lines up 89 cannons in addition to naval guns in the river pounding Port Hudson with cannon and mortars to pound the Confederate fortifications commanded by CSA Maj. Gen. Franklin Gardner. Late in the afternoon, several divisions are ordered forward, but Banks’ order had been issues so late, the attacks were uncoordinated. The Federals lose 1,805 men to the Confederate fewer than 200.
The Confederates held out until they learned of the surrender of Vicksburg. Without its upriver counterpart, Port Hudson, the last Confederate bastion on the Mississippi River, lacked strategic significance and the garrison surrendered on July 9, 1863.
D. Monday, June 13, 1864: Crossing the James River in Grant’s Overland Campaign: As night fell on June 12, Hancock's II Corps and Wright's VI Corps took up positions on the new entrenchment line. Warren's V Corps cleared the roads heading south, advancing over Long Bridge and White Oak Swamp Bridge, taking up a blocking position just east of Riddell's Shop, facing toward Richmond while Burnside's IX Corps and Smith's XVIII Corps withdrew from the original line of entrenchments. The cavalry brigade of Col. George H. Chapman, part of Brig. Gen. James H. Wilson's division, which did not accompany Sheridan on his raid, screened the roads heading toward Richmond. Burnside headed south, followed by Wright and Hancock. Smith's XVIII Corps marched to White House, where on the morning of June 13 they embarked on steamers for Bermuda Hundred. They arrived at Point of Rocks on the Appomattox River the night of June 14.
1. Friday, June 13, 1862 --- George Templeton Strong, referring to the United States Sanitary Commission’s efforts to improve the sanitation, feeding, and medical care of soldiers in the field, writes with frustration in his journal: “Nothing new. Letter from [Frederick Law] Olmstead this afternoon at No. 498, ten pages long, giving a fearful, sickening account of the weakness and inefficiency and imbecility of Dr. Tripler and his subordinates on the Peninsula; of carloads of wounded men dumped on swampy river shores without food, medicine, or attendance; of men with fractured thighs lying neglected and forgotten forty-eight hours in two inches of water, struggling to raise themselves so as to pick the maggots from their rotting wounds and fainting after the effort, and yet keeping a good heart through it. God prosper Ellie [Mrs. Strong, his wife] in her mission!”
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2. Friday, June 13, 1862 --- Lt. Col. Edward Porter Alexander, 27 years old, a Confederate artillery officer, writes home to his wife. Among other things, he advises her not to return to Richmond for the time being, expressing the common alarm in Richmond about being defeated by McClellan’s formidable host: “I don’t think, Darling, that it will do for you to come back to Richmond at all. I could see very little of you, & the city is hotter & more uncomfortable & expensive every day, & moreover I am now much afraid that we will lose it. You had better stay at Farmville till something turns up – which must happen soon.”
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3. Friday, June 13, 1862 --- President Lincoln, now recognizing that his commanders in the Shenandoah Valley are retreating from the imagined threat of what Jackson might do to them, writes a rather testy telegram to Gen. Fremont, detailing the situation (which Fremont and Banks surely already knew), and offering with restraint some rather elementary military advice (which Fremont and Banks surely already knew) and thus how he and Banks ought to be able to trap Jackson and bring him to battle: Washington City, D.C. To Major Gen. Fremont: We can not afford to keep your force, and Banks', and McDowell's, engaged in keeping Jackson South of Strasburg and Front-Royal. You fought Jackson alone, and worsted him.* He can have no substantial reinforcement, so long as a battle is pending at Richmond. Surely you and Banks in supporting distance are capable of keeping him from returning to Winchester. But if Sigel be sent forward to you, and McDowell (as he must) be put to other work, Jackson will break through at Front Royal again. He is already on the right side of the Shenandoah to do it, and on the wrong side of it to attack you. The orders already sent you and Banks place you and him in the proper positions for the work assigned you. Jackson can not move his whole force on either of you, before the other can learn of it, and go to his assistance. He can not divide his force, sending part against each of you because he will be too weak for either. Please do as I directed in the order of the 8th. and my despatch of yesterday, the 12th, and neither you nor Banks will be overwhelmed by Jackson. By proper scouts-look-outs, and beacons of smokes by day, and fires by night, you can always have timely notice of the enemy's approach. I know not as to you, but by some, this has been too much neglected.”
A. LINCOLN [*Or so Fremont erroneously reported about the battle at Cross Keys, which was a Rebel victory.]
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4. Saturday, June 13, 1863 --- Siege of Vicksburg, Day 22
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5. Saturday, June 13, 1863 --- Siege of Port Hudson, Day 17
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6. Saturday, June 13, 1863 --- Charles H. Lynch, of the 18th Connecticut Infantry Regiment, records his impressions of that first day’s action at Winchester: “I ran to the Colonel’s quarters and heard the report. With a shout the Colonel called out “Fall in, fall in, double quick.” We soon formed in line, ready for orders. Left our camp on double quick time to meet the enemy. They opened fire on us and our camp with a battery well posted on a high hill about one mile from our camp. We held them in check for a while when orders came for us to fall back and take position in the line of battle that had been formed near the town. In the meantime the enemy had taken possession of our camp with all its equipage and our knapsacks that contained all our belongings, making a great loss to every man. The sudden appearance of so large a force was a surprise. We were under fire all day and were obliged to change our position at different points to meet the enemy, who were trying to get into Winchester. It was plainly seen that a large force of Confederates were surrounding the town and that we were in a bad fix, as we could see the gray in all directions and knew that we were more than outnumbered.”
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7. Saturday, June 13, 1863 --- The New York Times publishes this timely editorial about Copperhead meetings and rallies in the rest of the state of New York: “A Peace Meeting in Brooklyn. A few of the followers of FERNANDO and BEN WOOD are trying hard to get up a “peace meeting” in Brooklyn, after the manner of the one held in New-York, but the organ of the Democracy — the Eagle — throws cold water on the enterprise, and thinks, in view of the prospective rebel raid into the Northern States, they had better postpone it for the presents. The Eagle thinks that, in case the rebels should march, through Pennsylvania to Buffalo, as they propose, if would not look well, while they are waging war in one end of the State, for the Democrats at the other end to hold a peace meeting at Fort Green.
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8. Monday, June 13, 1864: Lee withdrew his army to Richmond in the belief that Grant had built the roads and pontoons to allow his army to get behind the Army of Northern Virginia and attack Richmond. Lee was wrong in his assessment.
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/the-american-civil-war/american-civil-war-june-1864/
9. Tuesday, June 13, 1865: Civilian rule is restored in Mississippi.
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10. Tuesday, June 13, 1865: James Johnston, a pro-Union politician, is appointed provisional governor of Georgia.
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11. Wednesday, June 13, 1866: Thirty-ninth Congress approves the 14th Amendment to the Constitution.
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A Early on the morning of June 13, 1862, J.E.B. Stuart revealed his orders to Colonel Fitz Lee and Lt. Colonel Rooney Lee and the other commanders as they rode east towards Hanover Court House. Just west of the Hanover CH Stuart's advance guard ran into elements of the 6th Cavalry, the first encounter with the enemy. Hoping to envelop the Yankees, Stuart ordered Fitz Lee to strike the Union cavalry while Rooney Lee tried to flank the unit. The Union commander in Hanover, Lt. Edward Leib, realized the threat and withdrew down the Richmond Stage Road (today's US 301).
Reports came back that the federal cavalry was prepared to fight in a ravine near Totopotomoy Creek. The Union commander, Edward Leib, wired his commander that the "two squadrons" of Rebel soldiers were "nothing to worry about" at 11:30am.
A good defensive position, the ford was unguarded, indicting that the Union Army's right wing was "hanging." As Lieb fell back toward Old Church Union reinforcements began arriving. Lieb formed a line along a ridge that Stuart's cavalry stuck hard, driving the Yankee's off in disarray. It was the nearby ford of the Totopotomoy Creek that gave Stuart the information General Lee wanted. As the Yankees withdrew south towards Cold Harbor Stuart did not pursue them. Having reconnoitered the area of interest to Lee, Stuart decided to continue his ride.
Just before 3:00pm Union Brigadier General Philip St. George Cooke, now aware that the Confederates were in force behind Union lines, ordered support for the cavalry that had been attacked. Cooke, who was Stuart's father-in-law, felt the Rebels might threaten his camp and began forming a strong line. He also brought up a brigade of infantry under G. K. Warren to assist in repelling an attack. Unfortunately, corps commander Fitz-John Porter ordered Cooke not to attack a superior force.
West of White House, the massive Union supply depot, Stuart capture Tunstall's Station and tried, unsuccessfully to stop a train on the York River Railroad. With the first whistle, Stuart's men hastily constructed a barricade across the track. When he saw the obstacles on the track, rather than slow down the engineer poured on speed and smashed through the wood. A cavalryman killed the engineer with his pistol, but the fireman took over, guiding the train towards White House. The train getting through put an end to the hope of raiding McClellan's main supply depot.
Just as it had with McClellan, the Chickahominy River posed the greatest problem for Stuart. Still running high from spring rains, the Confederates had problems fording it. Stuart decided to rebuild the bridge at Forge Site which Joe Johnston had burned as he retreated up the peninsula. Using spare wood from a nearby barn, they strengthened the structure and planked its top only to set fire to it when they had crossed. The fire attracted some nearby Yankee cavalry, who skirmished with Stuart's rear guard.
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A+ Friday, June 13, 1862—Gen. Stuart’s Wild Ride, Day 2 - On this date, Stuart’s troopers right eastward. Just west of Hanover, they encounter troopers from the 6th U.S. Cavalry, who in turn withdraw. The Union cavalry officer informs his superiors that it is only a squadron of Rebels and nothing to worry about. Later in the morning, the Rebels surprise a few Yankee pickets at Haw’s Shop. Later in the day, they encounter a larger force of Federal cavalry, perhaps regiment-sized, and give pursuit as the bluecoats turn to retreat. Near Old Church, Stuart finds that the Federals have formed a line with the clear intent of stopping his raid. Stuart sends a squadron of horsemen forward to engage the Yankees, and Capt. William Latane has his men draw sabers and dash directly down the road at the blue line. Capt. Latane is shot dead out of his saddle, but the Yankees are sufficiently alarmed that, after exchanging a few shots, depart hastily. Stuart orders their camp burnt, and pauses to consider: he has already obtained the information Gen. Lee wanted–that is, that McClellan’s right flank is "in the air" and might be vulnerable to attack. Stuart ponders whether to go back the way he came, and risk being trapped by Union forces that certainly must be giving chase by now—or, to continue on and ride entirely around the Union Army—a bold stroke that would pay off in great morale dividends. He decides on the latter. His men ride on, picking up their pace. Along the way, they pass close enough to the Union army that they are within eyeshot of McClellan’s headquarter tents, but they ride quietly by. The Rebels also capture and burn a large supply wagon train, as well as a few schooners on the river. Meanwhile, the Yankee pickets are back in camp giving wildly exaggerated reports on Stuart’s force. A hastily-assembled Union cavalry force is assembled by the commander of the Reserve Cavalry (whose responsibility is the security of the behind-the-liines regions), who is Brig. Gen. Philip St. George Cooke (former commander of the Mormon Battalion in 1847-48), a Virginian who refused to support the Rebel cause—and who also happened to be Stuart’s father-in-law. Cooke and his troopers give chase.
At Old Church, Gouverneur K. Warren deploys his infantry brigade astraddle the road to catch Stuart on their way back. (No one dreamed that he would try to ride all the way around the Union host.) At Tunstall’s Station, where the road crossed the main railroad from White House (McClellan’s main supply port) to Richmond, Stuart’s men attack a Union army train as it goes by—loaded with Union infantry. The Confederates fire a couple of volleys, but the train continues on toward the Union camps. Some soldiers jump off, but are immediately made prisoners by Stuart’s men who, by this time, have already captured a large number of horses and mules, and so mount the Yankee prisoners on the latter. By dark, Stuart’s men have made it to Talleyville, and stop for a brief few hours of sleep. At midnight, they are off again, heading to the uncrossable Chickahominy River.
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B Saturday, June 13, 1863: Battle of Winchester [6-13 to 6-15, 1863]. Ordered to withdraw because of the approach of the Army of Northern Virginia, Major General Robert Milroy [US] tried to hold his position in Winchester. By afternoon on the 14th, he realized his mistake and decided to withdraw that evening. Dick Ewell [CS] ordered a division to camp north of the town to prevent such a move and Milroy found himself trapped. Confederates captured or killed the 6000 men in the city.
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B+ Saturday, June 13, 1863: Battle of Winchester Prelude (12 June):
Phase One. US Dispositions (13 June): On 13 June, Maj. Gen. Robert H. Milroy advanced elements of Elliott's brigade to Pritchard's Hill at Kernstown and sent elements of Ely's brigade to intercept any advance on the Front Royal Pike. McReynolds brigade was at Berryville.
Phase Two. CS Advance on Front Royal Pike (13 June): Edward Johnson's Division of four brigades (Steuart, Williams, Walker, Jones) advanced on the Front Royal Pike driving back Union pickets. Approaching the intersection of Millwood Road about 1400 hours, Johnson deployed and swept forward, driving Union skirmishers from behind stone fences. US troops withdrew to high ground north of Abrams Creek under cover of a battery and the heavy guns of Fort Milroy. Johnson brought up a battery and engaged Union field artillery, driving several pieces from the field. The CS guns lacked the range to reply to Fort Milroy's guns and eventually were forced to withdraw. Johnson's advance was stalled, and he awaited the arrival of Early's division to the west on the Valley Pike.
Phase Three. CS Advance on Valley Pike (13 June): Early's division of four brigades (Hays, Smith, Avery, Gordon) marched toward Winchester on the Valley Pike in conjunction with Johnson's division on the Front Royal Road. Late afternoon, Early's column reached the outskirts of Kernstown and drove back the US skirmish line encountered at Pritchard's Hill. US forces retreated to Cedar Creek Grade and briefly counterattacked, but Early extended his line to the west, out-flanking successive Union positions. US cavalry attacked several times up the Valley Pike to ease pressure on the infantry. Eventually, the Union force retreated north of Abrams Creek under cover of the heavy guns from Bower's Hill and Fort Milroy.
Phase Four. Milroy Withdraws into the Forts (13 June): After dark Milroy concentrated his forces inside a triangle defined by Fort Milroy, Star Fort, and West Fort. McReynolds' brigade reached Fort Milroy after marching a round-about route from Berryville, harassed by Confederate cavalry. Milroy's soldiers had fought well during the previous afternoon, and he was confident that he could withstand renewed Confederate assaults in the morning. In the meantime, Ewell ordered his third division under Maj. Gen. Robert E. Rodes to advance on Martinsburg via Berryville to cut off Milroy's retreat in that direction.
Background: On 12 June 1863, the Second Corps of the Army of Northern Virginia under Lt. Gen. Richard S. Ewell, three divisions nearly 19,000 strong, entered the Valley at Chester Gap and pressed on to Front Royal. Two divisions under Maj. Gen. Jubal A. Early and Maj. Gen. Edward Johnson continued north on the Valley Pike and the Front Royal Road to converge on the Union defenders of Winchester under Maj. Gen. Robert Milroy. Despite the superior forces that were rumored to be approaching, Milroy was confident that the strength of his fortifications would enable him to repel the Confederates or withstand a siege. The ridges west of town were heavily fortified and consisted of trenches linking central strong points or ``forts''. The strongest of these were Fort Milroy and Star Fort. West Fort, a redoubt of six guns, featured prominently in the action.
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B+ Saturday, June 13, 1863 --- Second Battle of Winchester, Virginia – Day 1: Maj. Gen. Robert Milroy, the Federal commander at Winchester, has been given orders to evacuate the town rather than face a Confederate force of overwhelming advantage: The Second (II) Corps of the Army of Northern Virginia: three divisions under Early, Johnson, and Rodes under the command of Lt. Gen. Richard Ewell. However, Milroy wants to ignore the order, and he is aided and abetted by his department commander, Gen. Schenk. Milroy faces two divisions of Rebels with only about 6,900 men of his own. Farther east is another brigade of 1,800 men under Brig. Gen. McReynolds. As Ewell approaches Winchester, he sends Rodes and his division to the right to get McReynolds; Early and Johnson’s brigades approach Winchester itself. South of town, Johnson’s infantry spars with a Federal brigade sent alone by Milroy, who still believed that only Southern cavalry was threatening his position. McReynolds falls back, escaping Rodes’ trap, and re-joins Milroy’s force. Rodes pushes on for Martinsburg.
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C Saturday, June 13, 1863: Assault at Port Hudson. Gen. Banks lines up 89 cannons to pound the Confederate fortifications, in addition to naval guns in the river pounding Port Hudson with cannon and mortars. Late in the afternoon, several divisions are ordered forward, but Banks’ order had been issues so late, the attacks were uncoordinated. The Federals lose 1,792 men to the Confederate 72.
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C+ Another attempt to take Port Hudson failed on June 13, when the Confederates inflicted 1,805 casualties on the Union troops while losing fewer than 200. The Confederates held out until they learned of the surrender of Vicksburg. Without its upriver counterpart, Port Hudson, the last Confederate bastion on the Mississippi River, lacked strategic significance and the garrison surrendered on July 9, 1863.
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D Monday, June 13, 1864: Crossing the James River in Grant’s Overland Campaign: As night fell on June 12, Hancock's II Corps and Wright's VI Corps took up positions on the new entrenchment line. Warren's V Corps cleared the roads heading south, advancing over Long Bridge and White Oak Swamp Bridge, taking up a blocking position just east of Riddell's Shop, facing toward Richmond while Burnside's IX Corps and Smith's XVIII Corps withdrew from the original line of entrenchments. The cavalry brigade of Col. George H. Chapman, part of Brig. Gen. James H. Wilson's division, which did not accompany Sheridan on his raid, screened the roads heading toward Richmond. Burnside headed south, followed by Wright and Hancock. Smith's XVIII Corps marched to White House, where on the morning of June 13 they embarked on steamers for Bermuda Hundred. They arrived at Point of Rocks on the Appomattox River the night of June 14.
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Friday, June 13, 1862: George Templeton Strong, referring to the United States Sanitary Commission’s efforts to improve the sanitation, feeding, and medical care of soldiers in the field, writes with frustration in his journal: “Nothing new. Letter from [Frederick Law] Olmstead this afternoon at No. 498, ten pages long, giving a fearful, sickening account of the weakness and inefficiency and imbecility of Dr. Tripler and his subordinates on the Peninsula; of carloads of wounded men dumped on swampy river shores without food, medicine, or attendance; of men with fractured thighs lying neglected and forgotten forty-eight hours in two inches of water, struggling to raise themselves so as to pick the maggots from their rotting wounds and fainting after the effort, and yet keeping a good heart through it. God prosper Ellie [Mrs. Strong, his wife] in her mission!”
Friday, June 13, 1862: Lt. Col. Edward Porter Alexander, 27 years old, a Confederate artillery officer, writes home to his wife. Among other things, he advises her not to return to Richmond for the time being, expressing the common alarm in Richmond about being defeated by McClellan’s formidable host: “I don’t think, Darling, that it will do for you to come back to Richmond at all. I could see very little of you, & the city is hotter & more uncomfortable & expensive every day, & moreover I am now much afraid that we will lose it. You had better stay at Farmville till something turns up – which must happen soon.”
Saturday, June 13, 1863: Charles H. Lynch, of the 18th Connecticut Infantry Regiment, records his impressions of that first day’s action at Winchester: “I ran to the Colonel’s quarters and heard the report. With a shout the Colonel called out “Fall in, fall in, double quick.” We soon formed in line, ready for orders. Left our camp on double quick time to meet the enemy. They opened fire on us and our camp with a battery well posted on a high hill about one mile from our camp. We held them in check for a while when orders came for us to fall back and take position in the line of battle that had been formed near the town. In the meantime the enemy had taken possession of our camp with all its equipage and our knapsacks that contained all our belongings, making a great loss to every man. The sudden appearance of so large a force was a surprise. We were under fire all day and were obliged to change our position at different points to meet the enemy, who were trying to get into Winchester. It was plainly seen that a large force of Confederates were surrounding the town and that we were in a bad fix, as we could see the gray in all directions and knew that we were more than outnumbered.”
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A. Friday, June 13, 1862: J.E.B. Stuart's Ride Around McClellan’s Army, Day 2
Early on the morning of June 13, 1862, J.E.B. Stuart revealed his orders to Colonel Fitz Lee and Lt. Colonel Rooney Lee and the other commanders as they rode east towards Hanover Court House. Just west of the Hanover CH Stuart's advance guard ran into elements of the 6th Cavalry, the first encounter with the enemy. Hoping to envelop the Yankees, Stuart ordered Fitz Lee to strike the Union cavalry while Rooney Lee tried to flank the unit. The Union commander in Hanover, Lt. Edward Leib, realized the threat and withdrew down the Richmond Stage Road.
Reports came back that the federal cavalry was prepared to fight in a ravine near Totopotomoy Creek. The Union commander, Edward Leib, wired his commander that the "two squadrons" of Rebel soldiers were "nothing to worry about" at 11:30am.
A good defensive position, the ford was unguarded, indicating that the Union Army's right wing was "hanging." As Lieb fell back toward Old Church Union reinforcements began arriving. Lieb formed a line along a ridge that Stuart's cavalry stuck hard, driving the Yankee's off in disarray. It was the nearby ford of the Totopotomoy Creek that gave Stuart the information General Lee wanted. As the Yankees withdrew south towards Cold Harbor Stuart did not pursue them. Having reconnoitered the area of interest to Lee, Stuart decided to continue his ride.
Just before 3:00pm Union Brigadier General Philip St. George Cooke, now aware that the Confederates were in force behind Union lines, ordered support for the cavalry that had been attacked. Cooke, who was Stuart's father-in-law, felt the Rebels might threaten his camp and began forming a strong line. He also brought up a brigade of infantry under G. K. Warren to assist in repelling an attack. Unfortunately, corps commander Fitz-John Porter ordered Cooke not to attack a superior force.
West of White House, the massive Union supply depot, Stuart capture Tunstall's Station and tried, unsuccessfully to stop a train on the York River Railroad. With the first whistle, Stuart's men hastily constructed a barricade across the track. When he saw the obstacles on the track, rather than slow down the engineer poured on speed and smashed through the wood. A cavalryman killed the engineer with his pistol, but the fireman took over, guiding the train towards White House. The train getting through put an end to the hope of raiding McClellan's main supply depot.
Just as it had with McClellan, the Chickahominy River posed the greatest problem for Stuart. Still running high from spring rains, the Confederates had problems fording it. Stuart decided to rebuild the bridge at Forge Site which Joe Johnston had burned as he retreated up the peninsula. Using spare wood from a nearby barn, they strengthened the structure and planked its top only to set fire to it when they had crossed. The fire attracted some nearby Yankee cavalry, who skirmished with Stuart's rear guard.
B. Saturday, June 13, 1863: Battle of Winchester [June 13-15, 1863].
Phase One. US Dispositions: On 13 June, Maj. Gen. Robert H. Milroy advanced elements of Elliott's brigade to Pritchard's Hill at Kernstown and sent elements of Ely's brigade to intercept any advance on the Front Royal Pike. McReynolds brigade was at Berryville.
Phase Two. CS Advance on Front Royal Pike (13 June): Maj. Gen. Edward Johnson 's Division of four brigades (Steuart, Williams, Walker, Jones) advanced on the Front Royal Pike driving back Union pickets. Approaching the intersection of Millwood Road about 1400 hours, Johnson deployed and swept forward, driving Union skirmishers from behind stone fences. US troops withdrew to high ground north of Abrams Creek under cover of a battery and the heavy guns of Fort Milroy. Johnson brought up a battery and engaged Union field artillery, driving several pieces from the field. The CS guns lacked the range to reply to Fort Milroy's guns and eventually were forced to withdraw. Johnson's advance was stalled, and he awaited the arrival of Early's division to the west on the Valley Pike.
Phase Three. CS Advance on Valley Pike (13 June): Maj. Gen. Jubal A. Early's division of four brigades (Hays, Smith, Avery, Gordon) marched toward Winchester on the Valley Pike in conjunction with Johnson's division on the Front Royal Road. Late afternoon, Early's column reached the outskirts of Kernstown and drove back the US skirmish line encountered at Pritchard's Hill. US forces retreated to Cedar Creek Grade and briefly counterattacked, but Early extended his line to the west, out-flanking successive Union positions. US cavalry attacked several times up the Valley Pike to ease pressure on the infantry. Eventually, the Union force retreated north of Abrams Creek under cover of the heavy guns from Bower's Hill and Fort Milroy.
Phase Four. Milroy Withdraws into the Forts (13 June): After dark Milroy concentrated his forces inside a triangle defined by Fort Milroy, Star Fort, and West Fort. McReynolds' brigade reached Fort Milroy after marching a round-about route from Berryville, harassed by Confederate cavalry. Milroy's soldiers had fought well during the previous afternoon, and he was confident that he could withstand renewed Confederate assaults in the morning. In the meantime, Ewell ordered his third division under Maj. Gen. Robert E. Rodes to advance on Martinsburg via Berryville to cut off Milroy's retreat in that direction.
Background: On 12 June 1863, the Second Corps of the Army of Northern Virginia under Lt. Gen. Richard S. Ewell, three divisions nearly 19,000 strong, entered the Valley at Chester Gap and pressed on to Front Royal. Two divisions under Maj. Gen. Jubal A. Early and Maj. Gen. Edward Johnson continued north on the Valley Pike and the Front Royal Road to converge on the Union defenders of Winchester under Maj. Gen. Robert Milroy. Despite the superior forces that were rumored to be approaching, Milroy was confident that the strength of his fortifications would enable him to repel the Confederates or withstand a siege. The ridges west of town were heavily fortified and consisted of trenches linking central strong points or ``forts''. The strongest of these were Fort Milroy and Star Fort. West Fort, a redoubt of six guns, featured prominently in the action.
C. Saturday, June 13, 1863: Unsuccessful Federal Assault at Port Hudson, Louisiana. Maj Gen Nathaniel P. Banks lines up 89 cannons in addition to naval guns in the river pounding Port Hudson with cannon and mortars to pound the Confederate fortifications commanded by CSA Maj. Gen. Franklin Gardner. Late in the afternoon, several divisions are ordered forward, but Banks’ order had been issues so late, the attacks were uncoordinated. The Federals lose 1,805 men to the Confederate fewer than 200.
The Confederates held out until they learned of the surrender of Vicksburg. Without its upriver counterpart, Port Hudson, the last Confederate bastion on the Mississippi River, lacked strategic significance and the garrison surrendered on July 9, 1863.
D. Monday, June 13, 1864: Crossing the James River in Grant’s Overland Campaign: As night fell on June 12, Hancock's II Corps and Wright's VI Corps took up positions on the new entrenchment line. Warren's V Corps cleared the roads heading south, advancing over Long Bridge and White Oak Swamp Bridge, taking up a blocking position just east of Riddell's Shop, facing toward Richmond while Burnside's IX Corps and Smith's XVIII Corps withdrew from the original line of entrenchments. The cavalry brigade of Col. George H. Chapman, part of Brig. Gen. James H. Wilson's division, which did not accompany Sheridan on his raid, screened the roads heading toward Richmond. Burnside headed south, followed by Wright and Hancock. Smith's XVIII Corps marched to White House, where on the morning of June 13 they embarked on steamers for Bermuda Hundred. They arrived at Point of Rocks on the Appomattox River the night of June 14.
1. Friday, June 13, 1862 --- George Templeton Strong, referring to the United States Sanitary Commission’s efforts to improve the sanitation, feeding, and medical care of soldiers in the field, writes with frustration in his journal: “Nothing new. Letter from [Frederick Law] Olmstead this afternoon at No. 498, ten pages long, giving a fearful, sickening account of the weakness and inefficiency and imbecility of Dr. Tripler and his subordinates on the Peninsula; of carloads of wounded men dumped on swampy river shores without food, medicine, or attendance; of men with fractured thighs lying neglected and forgotten forty-eight hours in two inches of water, struggling to raise themselves so as to pick the maggots from their rotting wounds and fainting after the effort, and yet keeping a good heart through it. God prosper Ellie [Mrs. Strong, his wife] in her mission!”
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2. Friday, June 13, 1862 --- Lt. Col. Edward Porter Alexander, 27 years old, a Confederate artillery officer, writes home to his wife. Among other things, he advises her not to return to Richmond for the time being, expressing the common alarm in Richmond about being defeated by McClellan’s formidable host: “I don’t think, Darling, that it will do for you to come back to Richmond at all. I could see very little of you, & the city is hotter & more uncomfortable & expensive every day, & moreover I am now much afraid that we will lose it. You had better stay at Farmville till something turns up – which must happen soon.”
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3. Friday, June 13, 1862 --- President Lincoln, now recognizing that his commanders in the Shenandoah Valley are retreating from the imagined threat of what Jackson might do to them, writes a rather testy telegram to Gen. Fremont, detailing the situation (which Fremont and Banks surely already knew), and offering with restraint some rather elementary military advice (which Fremont and Banks surely already knew) and thus how he and Banks ought to be able to trap Jackson and bring him to battle: Washington City, D.C. To Major Gen. Fremont: We can not afford to keep your force, and Banks', and McDowell's, engaged in keeping Jackson South of Strasburg and Front-Royal. You fought Jackson alone, and worsted him.* He can have no substantial reinforcement, so long as a battle is pending at Richmond. Surely you and Banks in supporting distance are capable of keeping him from returning to Winchester. But if Sigel be sent forward to you, and McDowell (as he must) be put to other work, Jackson will break through at Front Royal again. He is already on the right side of the Shenandoah to do it, and on the wrong side of it to attack you. The orders already sent you and Banks place you and him in the proper positions for the work assigned you. Jackson can not move his whole force on either of you, before the other can learn of it, and go to his assistance. He can not divide his force, sending part against each of you because he will be too weak for either. Please do as I directed in the order of the 8th. and my despatch of yesterday, the 12th, and neither you nor Banks will be overwhelmed by Jackson. By proper scouts-look-outs, and beacons of smokes by day, and fires by night, you can always have timely notice of the enemy's approach. I know not as to you, but by some, this has been too much neglected.”
A. LINCOLN [*Or so Fremont erroneously reported about the battle at Cross Keys, which was a Rebel victory.]
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4. Saturday, June 13, 1863 --- Siege of Vicksburg, Day 22
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5. Saturday, June 13, 1863 --- Siege of Port Hudson, Day 17
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6. Saturday, June 13, 1863 --- Charles H. Lynch, of the 18th Connecticut Infantry Regiment, records his impressions of that first day’s action at Winchester: “I ran to the Colonel’s quarters and heard the report. With a shout the Colonel called out “Fall in, fall in, double quick.” We soon formed in line, ready for orders. Left our camp on double quick time to meet the enemy. They opened fire on us and our camp with a battery well posted on a high hill about one mile from our camp. We held them in check for a while when orders came for us to fall back and take position in the line of battle that had been formed near the town. In the meantime the enemy had taken possession of our camp with all its equipage and our knapsacks that contained all our belongings, making a great loss to every man. The sudden appearance of so large a force was a surprise. We were under fire all day and were obliged to change our position at different points to meet the enemy, who were trying to get into Winchester. It was plainly seen that a large force of Confederates were surrounding the town and that we were in a bad fix, as we could see the gray in all directions and knew that we were more than outnumbered.”
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7. Saturday, June 13, 1863 --- The New York Times publishes this timely editorial about Copperhead meetings and rallies in the rest of the state of New York: “A Peace Meeting in Brooklyn. A few of the followers of FERNANDO and BEN WOOD are trying hard to get up a “peace meeting” in Brooklyn, after the manner of the one held in New-York, but the organ of the Democracy — the Eagle — throws cold water on the enterprise, and thinks, in view of the prospective rebel raid into the Northern States, they had better postpone it for the presents. The Eagle thinks that, in case the rebels should march, through Pennsylvania to Buffalo, as they propose, if would not look well, while they are waging war in one end of the State, for the Democrats at the other end to hold a peace meeting at Fort Green.
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8. Monday, June 13, 1864: Lee withdrew his army to Richmond in the belief that Grant had built the roads and pontoons to allow his army to get behind the Army of Northern Virginia and attack Richmond. Lee was wrong in his assessment.
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9. Tuesday, June 13, 1865: Civilian rule is restored in Mississippi.
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10. Tuesday, June 13, 1865: James Johnston, a pro-Union politician, is appointed provisional governor of Georgia.
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11. Wednesday, June 13, 1866: Thirty-ninth Congress approves the 14th Amendment to the Constitution.
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A Early on the morning of June 13, 1862, J.E.B. Stuart revealed his orders to Colonel Fitz Lee and Lt. Colonel Rooney Lee and the other commanders as they rode east towards Hanover Court House. Just west of the Hanover CH Stuart's advance guard ran into elements of the 6th Cavalry, the first encounter with the enemy. Hoping to envelop the Yankees, Stuart ordered Fitz Lee to strike the Union cavalry while Rooney Lee tried to flank the unit. The Union commander in Hanover, Lt. Edward Leib, realized the threat and withdrew down the Richmond Stage Road (today's US 301).
Reports came back that the federal cavalry was prepared to fight in a ravine near Totopotomoy Creek. The Union commander, Edward Leib, wired his commander that the "two squadrons" of Rebel soldiers were "nothing to worry about" at 11:30am.
A good defensive position, the ford was unguarded, indicting that the Union Army's right wing was "hanging." As Lieb fell back toward Old Church Union reinforcements began arriving. Lieb formed a line along a ridge that Stuart's cavalry stuck hard, driving the Yankee's off in disarray. It was the nearby ford of the Totopotomoy Creek that gave Stuart the information General Lee wanted. As the Yankees withdrew south towards Cold Harbor Stuart did not pursue them. Having reconnoitered the area of interest to Lee, Stuart decided to continue his ride.
Just before 3:00pm Union Brigadier General Philip St. George Cooke, now aware that the Confederates were in force behind Union lines, ordered support for the cavalry that had been attacked. Cooke, who was Stuart's father-in-law, felt the Rebels might threaten his camp and began forming a strong line. He also brought up a brigade of infantry under G. K. Warren to assist in repelling an attack. Unfortunately, corps commander Fitz-John Porter ordered Cooke not to attack a superior force.
West of White House, the massive Union supply depot, Stuart capture Tunstall's Station and tried, unsuccessfully to stop a train on the York River Railroad. With the first whistle, Stuart's men hastily constructed a barricade across the track. When he saw the obstacles on the track, rather than slow down the engineer poured on speed and smashed through the wood. A cavalryman killed the engineer with his pistol, but the fireman took over, guiding the train towards White House. The train getting through put an end to the hope of raiding McClellan's main supply depot.
Just as it had with McClellan, the Chickahominy River posed the greatest problem for Stuart. Still running high from spring rains, the Confederates had problems fording it. Stuart decided to rebuild the bridge at Forge Site which Joe Johnston had burned as he retreated up the peninsula. Using spare wood from a nearby barn, they strengthened the structure and planked its top only to set fire to it when they had crossed. The fire attracted some nearby Yankee cavalry, who skirmished with Stuart's rear guard.
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A+ Friday, June 13, 1862—Gen. Stuart’s Wild Ride, Day 2 - On this date, Stuart’s troopers right eastward. Just west of Hanover, they encounter troopers from the 6th U.S. Cavalry, who in turn withdraw. The Union cavalry officer informs his superiors that it is only a squadron of Rebels and nothing to worry about. Later in the morning, the Rebels surprise a few Yankee pickets at Haw’s Shop. Later in the day, they encounter a larger force of Federal cavalry, perhaps regiment-sized, and give pursuit as the bluecoats turn to retreat. Near Old Church, Stuart finds that the Federals have formed a line with the clear intent of stopping his raid. Stuart sends a squadron of horsemen forward to engage the Yankees, and Capt. William Latane has his men draw sabers and dash directly down the road at the blue line. Capt. Latane is shot dead out of his saddle, but the Yankees are sufficiently alarmed that, after exchanging a few shots, depart hastily. Stuart orders their camp burnt, and pauses to consider: he has already obtained the information Gen. Lee wanted–that is, that McClellan’s right flank is "in the air" and might be vulnerable to attack. Stuart ponders whether to go back the way he came, and risk being trapped by Union forces that certainly must be giving chase by now—or, to continue on and ride entirely around the Union Army—a bold stroke that would pay off in great morale dividends. He decides on the latter. His men ride on, picking up their pace. Along the way, they pass close enough to the Union army that they are within eyeshot of McClellan’s headquarter tents, but they ride quietly by. The Rebels also capture and burn a large supply wagon train, as well as a few schooners on the river. Meanwhile, the Yankee pickets are back in camp giving wildly exaggerated reports on Stuart’s force. A hastily-assembled Union cavalry force is assembled by the commander of the Reserve Cavalry (whose responsibility is the security of the behind-the-liines regions), who is Brig. Gen. Philip St. George Cooke (former commander of the Mormon Battalion in 1847-48), a Virginian who refused to support the Rebel cause—and who also happened to be Stuart’s father-in-law. Cooke and his troopers give chase.
At Old Church, Gouverneur K. Warren deploys his infantry brigade astraddle the road to catch Stuart on their way back. (No one dreamed that he would try to ride all the way around the Union host.) At Tunstall’s Station, where the road crossed the main railroad from White House (McClellan’s main supply port) to Richmond, Stuart’s men attack a Union army train as it goes by—loaded with Union infantry. The Confederates fire a couple of volleys, but the train continues on toward the Union camps. Some soldiers jump off, but are immediately made prisoners by Stuart’s men who, by this time, have already captured a large number of horses and mules, and so mount the Yankee prisoners on the latter. By dark, Stuart’s men have made it to Talleyville, and stop for a brief few hours of sleep. At midnight, they are off again, heading to the uncrossable Chickahominy River.
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B Saturday, June 13, 1863: Battle of Winchester [6-13 to 6-15, 1863]. Ordered to withdraw because of the approach of the Army of Northern Virginia, Major General Robert Milroy [US] tried to hold his position in Winchester. By afternoon on the 14th, he realized his mistake and decided to withdraw that evening. Dick Ewell [CS] ordered a division to camp north of the town to prevent such a move and Milroy found himself trapped. Confederates captured or killed the 6000 men in the city.
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B+ Saturday, June 13, 1863: Battle of Winchester Prelude (12 June):
Phase One. US Dispositions (13 June): On 13 June, Maj. Gen. Robert H. Milroy advanced elements of Elliott's brigade to Pritchard's Hill at Kernstown and sent elements of Ely's brigade to intercept any advance on the Front Royal Pike. McReynolds brigade was at Berryville.
Phase Two. CS Advance on Front Royal Pike (13 June): Edward Johnson's Division of four brigades (Steuart, Williams, Walker, Jones) advanced on the Front Royal Pike driving back Union pickets. Approaching the intersection of Millwood Road about 1400 hours, Johnson deployed and swept forward, driving Union skirmishers from behind stone fences. US troops withdrew to high ground north of Abrams Creek under cover of a battery and the heavy guns of Fort Milroy. Johnson brought up a battery and engaged Union field artillery, driving several pieces from the field. The CS guns lacked the range to reply to Fort Milroy's guns and eventually were forced to withdraw. Johnson's advance was stalled, and he awaited the arrival of Early's division to the west on the Valley Pike.
Phase Three. CS Advance on Valley Pike (13 June): Early's division of four brigades (Hays, Smith, Avery, Gordon) marched toward Winchester on the Valley Pike in conjunction with Johnson's division on the Front Royal Road. Late afternoon, Early's column reached the outskirts of Kernstown and drove back the US skirmish line encountered at Pritchard's Hill. US forces retreated to Cedar Creek Grade and briefly counterattacked, but Early extended his line to the west, out-flanking successive Union positions. US cavalry attacked several times up the Valley Pike to ease pressure on the infantry. Eventually, the Union force retreated north of Abrams Creek under cover of the heavy guns from Bower's Hill and Fort Milroy.
Phase Four. Milroy Withdraws into the Forts (13 June): After dark Milroy concentrated his forces inside a triangle defined by Fort Milroy, Star Fort, and West Fort. McReynolds' brigade reached Fort Milroy after marching a round-about route from Berryville, harassed by Confederate cavalry. Milroy's soldiers had fought well during the previous afternoon, and he was confident that he could withstand renewed Confederate assaults in the morning. In the meantime, Ewell ordered his third division under Maj. Gen. Robert E. Rodes to advance on Martinsburg via Berryville to cut off Milroy's retreat in that direction.
Background: On 12 June 1863, the Second Corps of the Army of Northern Virginia under Lt. Gen. Richard S. Ewell, three divisions nearly 19,000 strong, entered the Valley at Chester Gap and pressed on to Front Royal. Two divisions under Maj. Gen. Jubal A. Early and Maj. Gen. Edward Johnson continued north on the Valley Pike and the Front Royal Road to converge on the Union defenders of Winchester under Maj. Gen. Robert Milroy. Despite the superior forces that were rumored to be approaching, Milroy was confident that the strength of his fortifications would enable him to repel the Confederates or withstand a siege. The ridges west of town were heavily fortified and consisted of trenches linking central strong points or ``forts''. The strongest of these were Fort Milroy and Star Fort. West Fort, a redoubt of six guns, featured prominently in the action.
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B+ Saturday, June 13, 1863 --- Second Battle of Winchester, Virginia – Day 1: Maj. Gen. Robert Milroy, the Federal commander at Winchester, has been given orders to evacuate the town rather than face a Confederate force of overwhelming advantage: The Second (II) Corps of the Army of Northern Virginia: three divisions under Early, Johnson, and Rodes under the command of Lt. Gen. Richard Ewell. However, Milroy wants to ignore the order, and he is aided and abetted by his department commander, Gen. Schenk. Milroy faces two divisions of Rebels with only about 6,900 men of his own. Farther east is another brigade of 1,800 men under Brig. Gen. McReynolds. As Ewell approaches Winchester, he sends Rodes and his division to the right to get McReynolds; Early and Johnson’s brigades approach Winchester itself. South of town, Johnson’s infantry spars with a Federal brigade sent alone by Milroy, who still believed that only Southern cavalry was threatening his position. McReynolds falls back, escaping Rodes’ trap, and re-joins Milroy’s force. Rodes pushes on for Martinsburg.
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C Saturday, June 13, 1863: Assault at Port Hudson. Gen. Banks lines up 89 cannons to pound the Confederate fortifications, in addition to naval guns in the river pounding Port Hudson with cannon and mortars. Late in the afternoon, several divisions are ordered forward, but Banks’ order had been issues so late, the attacks were uncoordinated. The Federals lose 1,792 men to the Confederate 72.
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C+ Another attempt to take Port Hudson failed on June 13, when the Confederates inflicted 1,805 casualties on the Union troops while losing fewer than 200. The Confederates held out until they learned of the surrender of Vicksburg. Without its upriver counterpart, Port Hudson, the last Confederate bastion on the Mississippi River, lacked strategic significance and the garrison surrendered on July 9, 1863.
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D Monday, June 13, 1864: Crossing the James River in Grant’s Overland Campaign: As night fell on June 12, Hancock's II Corps and Wright's VI Corps took up positions on the new entrenchment line. Warren's V Corps cleared the roads heading south, advancing over Long Bridge and White Oak Swamp Bridge, taking up a blocking position just east of Riddell's Shop, facing toward Richmond while Burnside's IX Corps and Smith's XVIII Corps withdrew from the original line of entrenchments. The cavalry brigade of Col. George H. Chapman, part of Brig. Gen. James H. Wilson's division, which did not accompany Sheridan on his raid, screened the roads heading toward Richmond. Burnside headed south, followed by Wright and Hancock. Smith's XVIII Corps marched to White House, where on the morning of June 13 they embarked on steamers for Bermuda Hundred. They arrived at Point of Rocks on the Appomattox River the night of June 14.
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LTC Stephen F. I am going with: 1864: Crossing the James River in Grant’s Overland Campaign: As night fell on June 12, Hancock's II Corps and Wright's VI Corps took up positions on the new entrenchment line. Warren's V Corps cleared the roads heading south, advancing over Long Bridge a------Logistics----------
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Thank you my friend and brother-in-Christ SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL for letting us know that you consider the June 13, 1864 Crossing the James River in Grant’s Overland Campaign to be the most significant event on June 13 during the Civil War.
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Rest in eternal peace my brother-in-Christ SP5 Mark Kuzinski and prayers for peace and joy for your widow Diana, your children and grandchildren as they grieve your death.
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