A Stillness at Appomattox (196 page)
- Campaigning with Grant,
pp. 107-8. - Following the Greek Cross,
p. 211.
12.
The Life and Letters of Emory Upton,
pp. 108-9. In
view of the violent criticism that has descended on Grant be-
cause of Cold Harbor, it might be noted that Upton is spe-
cifically blaming the army's troubles there, not on Grant,
but on the various generals of the Army of the Potomac.
13.
Under the Old Flag,
Vol. I, p. 400.
- Four Years Campaigning in the Army of the Potomac,
p.
151. - The Iron-Hearted Regiment,
by James H. Clark, p. 131. - A Connecticut soldier in the VI Corps, at about this time, declares himself in respect to civilians: "I suppose that all those miserable hounds who stay at home, that have no more courage than a chicken, who do all they can to encourage others to enlist but stay at home themselves, are marrying all of the smartest girls up there and leave the soldier boys without any or of the poorest quality." (Manuscript letters of Lewis Bissell.)
- History of the 12th Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers,
p. 208;
Letters of a War Correspondent,
p. 99. - M.H.S.M. Papers,
Vol. V, p. 15;
Reminiscences of the 19th Massachusetts Regiment,
p. 100;
History of the Corn
Exchange Regiment,
p. 469;
The Diary of a Line Officer,
p. 68.
- The Diary of Gideon Welles,
Vol. II, pp. 43-44. - Under the Old Flag,
Vol. I, p. 445. - Humphreys, p. 194.
- For diametrically opposite verdicts on Grant's strategy up to this point the reader is referred to two studies in Vol. IV of the
M.H.S.M. Papers—
"Grant's Campaign in Virginia in 1864," by John C. Ropes, which is highly critical, and "Grant's Campaign Against Lee," by Colonel Thomas L. Livermore, which is very laudatory. - Grant's plans and the reasons assigned for them are set forth in his dispatch to Halleck dated June 5,
Official Records,
Vol. XXXVI, Part 1, pp. 11-12. - History of the
2nd
Connecticut Volunteer Heavy Artillery,
p. 69;
History of the Philadelphia Brigade,
pp. 277-78.25.
Meade's Headquarters,
p. 163.
26.
Colonel Theodore Lyman in
M.H.S.M. Papers,
Vol. V,
p. 21.
me down, you damn fools
1.
Following the Greek Cross,
p. 117;
Meade's Headquar-
ters,
p. 148;
Days and Events,
p. 372;
Under the Old Flag,
Vol. I, p. 271. There is a good sketch of Smith's career in the
Dictionary of American Biography.
2.
Official Records, Vol
XL, Part 2, p. 595.
- Butler's moves are briefly summarized in Grant's report,
Official Records,
Vol. XXXVI, Part 1, pp. 20-21. There is a good picture of the way this fumbled campaign looked to the men in the ranks in
History of the
12th
Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers,
pp. 171-85. - From Chattanooga to Petersburg Under Generals Grant and Butler,
by Major General William Farrar Smith, p. 36. - This description is taken from Colonel Livermore's
Days and Events,
p. 369.
6.
M.H.S.M. Papers,
Vol. V, p. 89.
7.
"Four Days of Battle at Petersburg," by General Beau-
regard, in
Battles and Leaders,
Vol. IV, p. 540.
- M.H.S.M. Papers,
Vol. V, p. 56. - Ibid.,
p. 90.
- Ibid.,
p. 68;
Battles and Leaders,
Vol. IV, p. 541;
Official Records,
Vol. XL, Part 2, p. 83. - Hancock's report,
Official Records,
Vol. XL, Part 1, pp. 303-5; Grant's report,
Official Records,
Vol. XXXVI, Part 1, p. 25;
M.H.S.M. Papers,
Vol. V, pp. 64-72, 93-96;
Days and Events,
pp. 361-62;
History of the Second Army Corps,
pp. 527-32. - Recollections of a Private Soldier,
p. 157: "We were in high spirits.
...
We knew that we had out-marched Lee's veterans and that our reward was at hand."
- Ibid.,
pp. 158, 160, 162. - Battles and Leaders,
Vol. IV, p. 541.
- M.H.S.M. Papers,
Vol. V, pp. 28-29;
Official Records,
Vol. XL, Part 2, p. 86. - Colonel Theodore Lyman in
M.H.S.M. Papers,
Vol. V, p. 30. - Ibid.,
p. 31. See also
History of the Second Army Corps,
pp. 532-36. For a detailed and judicious critique of the operations of mid-June, see "The Failure to Take Petersburg on June 16-18, 1864," by John C. Ropes, in M.H.S.M.
Papers,
Vol. V.
18.
Official Records,
Vol. XL, Part 2, pp. 91, 117.
19.
Letter of General Beauregard to General C. M. Wil-
cox, printed in M.H.S.M.
Papers,
Vol. V, p. 121.
20.
Ropes,
op. cit.,
pp. 167-68; Humphreys, pp. 217-18.
21.
Ropes,
op. cit.,
pp. 169-72;
History of the 51st Regi-
ment of Pennsylvania Volunteers,
pp. 564-70;
History of the
29th Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry,
by Wil-
liam H. Osborne, pp. 304-5;
Battles and Leaders,
Vol. IV,
p. 543;
History of the Second Army Corps,
p. 539; Hum-
phreys, p. 219; manuscript letters of Henry Clay Heisler.
22.
Official Records,
Vol. XL, Part 2, p. 120.
23.
Ibid.,
pp. 167, 179, 205;
Battles and Leaders,
Vol. IV,
p. 544.
24.
History of the First Regiment of Heavy Artillery,
Massachusetts Volunteers,
pp. 173-75;
History of the Second
Army Corps,
pp. 541-42.
- Recollections of a Private Soldier,
pp. 166-67, 180-81. - Official Records,
Vol. XL, Part 2, pp. 156-57.
27.
History of the 2nd Connecticut Volunteer Heavy Artil-
lery,
p. 74.
28.
Ropes,
op. cit,
p. 184.
Chapter Four: White Iron on the Anvil
changing the guard
- Manuscript letters of Lewis Bissell;
History of the 10th Massachusetts Battery,
pp. 228-29;
The Diary of a Line Officer,
p. 91;
A Soldiers Diary: the Story of a Volunteer,
by David Lane, p. 177; manuscript letters of Henry Clay Heisler; M.H.S.M.
Papers,
Vol. V, p. 29. - A Soldier's Diary: the Story of a Volunteer,
p. 225;
Musket and Sword,
p. 291;
Campaigns of the 146th Regiment New York State Volunteers,
p. 230;
Army Life: a Private's Reminiscences,
pp. 203-4. - Days and Events,
p. 377;
Ten Years in the U.
S.
Army,
by Augustus Meyers, p. 323.
4.
Meade's Headquarters,
pp. 181-82.
- The Story of the 48th,
p. 281;
In the Ranks from the Wilderness to Appomattox Courthouse,
pp. 93-94;
Thirteenth Regiment of New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry in the War of the Rebellion: a Diary,
by S. Millett Thompson, p. 529. - In the Ranks from the Wilderness to Appomattox Courthouse,
p. 97; manuscript letters of Lewis Bissell. - Humphreys, pp. 230-35, 243;
Battles and Leaders,
Vol. IV, pp. 233-39.
8.
Under the Old Flag,
Vol. I, pp. 457-82.
9.
From Chattanooga to Petersburg under Generals Grant
and Butler,
pp. 5, 52-53, 174r-78;
Official Records,
Vol. XL,
Part 2, pp. 558-59.
- My Diary of Rambles with the 25th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry,
p. 109. Theodore Lyman described Butler as "the strangest sight on a horse you ever saw . . . with his head set immediately on a stout, shapeless body, his very squinting eyes, and a set of legs and arms that look as if made for somebody else and hastily glued to him by mistake."
(Meade's Headquarters,
p. 192.) For an understanding of what Colonel Lyman had in mind the reader is urged to study the photograph of Butler in
Divided We Fought,
edited by David Donald, p. 95. - A War Diary of Events in the War of the Great Rebellion,
by Brigadier General George H. Gordon, pp. 359, 365.
12.
Official Records,
Vol. XL, Part 2, pp. 131-32, 188.
13.
Official Records,
Vol. XXXIV, Part 3, pp. 33£-33. For
an illuminating exchange of letters
Official Records,
Vol. XL, Part 1, p. 2&
- Ibid.,
p. 35. - Recollections of the Civil War,
p. 227.
17.
Grant to President Lincoln,
Official Records,
Vol.
XXXVII, Part 2, p. 433. It should be pointed out that in
suggesting Meade as commander in the Valley Grant warmly
endorsed him: "With General Meade in command of such a
division I would have every confidence that all the troops
within the military division would be used to the very best
advantage from a personal examination of the ground."
18.
Gibbons
Personal Recollections,
pp. 243-44, 248-51,
- History of the Second Army Corps,
pp. 544-47;
Official Records,
Vol. XL, Part 2, pp. 304, 330, 468. The corps' historian calls this "perhaps the most humiliating episode in the experience of the Second Corps." - Gibbon's
Personal Recollections,
pp. 227-28;
Official Records,
Vol. XL, Part
1,
p. 368. - History of the Second Army Corps,
p. 556;
Recollections of a Private Soldier,
p. 194.
22.
Official Records,
Vol. XL, Part 2, pp. 444-45;
History
of the 106th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers,
p. 232.
23.
Official Records,
Vol. XL, Part 1, p. 474.
- History of the 24th Michigan,
p. 275;
History of the 12th Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers,
p. 229;
My Life in the Army,
p. 95. - Service with the 6th Wisconsin Volunteers,
pp. 299-300;
History of the 150th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers,
pp. 197-98. - Musket and Sword,
p. 183;
History of the 39th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Veteran Infantry,
p. 208. - Manuscript letters of Lewis Bissell;
Meade's Headquarters,
p. 232.28.
A Soldiers Diary: the Story of a Volunteer,
p. 150.
