Report of the Engineer and Artillery Operations of the Army of the Potomac: From Its Organization to the End of the Peninsular Campaign

275 Pages·1863·13.651 MB·English

by  John Gross Barnard, William Farquhar Barry

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REPORT
OF THE
ENGINEER AND ARTILLERY OPERATIONS
OF THE
ARMY OF TНЕ РОТОМАС,
FROM ITS ORGANIZATION TO THE CLOSE OF THE
PENINSULAR CAMPAIGN.
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BRIG.-GEN J. G. BARNARD,
CHIEFENGINEER,
AND
BRIG. GEN. W. F. BARRY,
CHIEF OF ARTILLERY.
ILLUSTRATED BY EIGHTEEN MAPS, PLANS, ETC.
NEW YORK:
D. VAN NOSTRAND, 192 BROADWAY.
1863.
8395,35
A.S.#X27
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3 c.
10674
piens thee Summe.
(4.6.18301)
EnteredaccordingtoActof Congress,inthe year1863,
BY D. VAN NOSTRAND,
IntheClerk's OfficeoftheDistrictCourtoftheUnited Statesforthe Southern
DistrictofNew York.
C. A. ALVORD, STEREOTYPER AND PRINTER.
CONTENTS.
PAGE
No. 1. General Barnard's Report · 9
66
2. Sub-Report No. 1. Report ofLieutenant-Colonel B. S.
Alexander(CaptainU. S.E.). EngineerOperationscon
nected with the Disembarkation of the Division of
Major-General W. B. Franklin · . 71
" 3. Sub-Report No. 2. Report of Brigadier-General D. P.
Woodbury,U. S. E. Operations ofEngineerBrigade
from May 21 to May 29 · 85
66
4. Sub-Report No. 3. Report of Captain J. Spaulding,
15th N.Y. S.Volunteers, concerningthe Construction
ofthe"UpperTrestleBridge,"onthenightofMay31 93
66
5. Sub-Report No.4. ReportofCaptainWesley Brainerd,
50th N. Y. S.V., concerningOperations attheLower
Trestle Bridge, onthe night ofMay 31 • 95
6. Sub-Report No. 5. ReportofCaptain W. A. Ketchum,
concerning the Construction of the Lower Trestle
Bridge duringthe day ofJune 1, &c. 97
" 7: Sub-ReportNo.6. Personal ReportofLieutenant-Colo
nelB. S. Alexander(Captain U. S. E.), fromJune 26
toJuly11, 1862 • 99
66
8. General W. F.Barry's Report oftheOrganization ofthe
Artilleryofthe Army ofthe Potomac 105
9. GeneralW.F. Barry's ReportoftheArtilleryOperations
atthe Siege ofYorktown, April5 to May 5, 1862 • 113
" 10. Report of Engineering Operations atthe Siege ofYork
town • • 136
" 11. Journal ofthe Siege ofYoorrkkttoown 149
" 12. Report of Guns andEmplacement of Guns in the For
tress ofYorktown • · 189
6 CONTENTS.
PAGE
No. 13. Report of1st Lieutenant C. B. Comstock, U. S. E., ac
companyinghis Sketch of the Fortifications at Glou
cester 192
" 14. Report of a Reconnoissanceby Lieutenant C. B. Com
stock, U. S. E., of theConfederate Lines ontheWar
wick River · 194
66
15. Report of an Examination, by Lieutenant C. B. Com
stock, oftheConfederate Lines ontheWarwick River
after their Evacuation 200
" 16. Report of Lieutenant C. B. Comstock (same subject as
preceding) . • 202
" 17. Report of Lieutenant M. D. McAlester, U. S. E., on the
Character oftheConfederateWorks atWilliamsburg 204
" 18. Report of Lieutenant M. D. McAlester, U. S. E., ofthe
BattleofWilliamsburg • • 206
" 19. Report of Lieutenant M. D. McAlester, U. S. E., of a
Reconnoissance at Bottom's Bridge 211
" 20. Report of Brigadier-General D. P. Woodbury (Major
U. S. E.). Operationsof theEngineerBrigade, from
June 1 toJune 7, 1862 . 214
" 21. Letter ofLieutenant-Colonel Richard Delafield,U.S. E.
Description of Mantlets or Embrasure Blinds, pre
pared under his direction 224
" 22. Special Report of Brigadier-General D. P. Woodbury,
(MajorofEngineers), ofthe Operationsofthe Volun
teer Engineer Brigade, at the White Oak Swamp
Bridge 227 ―
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LIST OF MAPS AND VIEWS.
No. 1. GENERAL CAMPAIGN MAP.
66
2. OFFICIAL PLAN OF SIEGE OFYORKTOWN.
66 3. FORTIFICATIONS OF YORKTOWN.
66 4. FORTIFICATIONS OF GLOUCESTER.
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5. RED REDOubt.
66
6. PLAN OF SIEGE OF YORKtown.
66
7. VIEW OF YORKTOWN AND WATER-BATTERIES, BY LIEUTENANT
H. L. ABBOT, T. E.
66
8. VIEWNEARYORKTOWN, BURNT HOUSE-Rifle-pitsof besieged
and besiegers in the foreground, and in the background
FederalBatteries.
" 9. RECONNOISSANCE FROM WYNN'S MILL.
"10. VIEW OF REBEL WORKS AT WYNN'S MILL.
" 11. REBEL WORKS NEAR LEE'S MILLS.
"12. MAP OF FORTIFICATIONS AND BATTLE OF WILLIAMSBURG.
"13. RECONNOISSANCE AT BOTTOM'S AND RAILROAD BRIDGES.
"14. VIEW ON CHICKAHOMINY.
"15. PLAN OF INTRENCHMENTS ON THE CHICKAHOMINY.
"16. VIEW OF WOODBURY AND ALEXANDER'S BRIDGE.-(Frontis
piece.)
"17. PLAN OF WOODBURY AND ALEXANDER'S BRIDGE.
"18. INTRENCHMENTS AT HARRISON'S LANDING.

THE PENINSULAR CAMPAIGN.
GENERAL BARNARD'S REPORT.
WASHINGTON,January26, 1863.
BRIG.-GEN.R. B. MARCY,
Chief of Staff, &c.
GENERAL -In compliance with the requestofMajor
General McClellan, I make the following report of the
Engineer operations of the Army of the Potomac, exe
cuted under my directions as Chief Engineer of that
army,from the time of its organization to the date at
which it was withdrawn from the James River.
Onthe night of the twenty-third, twenty-fourth of
May,1861, a portion ofthe forcewhich had been raised,
under the different calls of the President for three
months and three yearsvolunteers, crossed the Potomac
bytheLong Bridge, bytheAqueduct, and bysteamers,
toAlexandria,seized the City ofAlexandria,theheights
ofArlington, and intermediate connecting points.
As têtes-de-pont to the Long Bridge and Aqueduct,
FortsRunyon and Corcoran, the sites ofwhichhad been
previouslyreconnoitred under my directions, were com