The long arm of Lee, or, The history of the artillery of the Army of Northern Virginia (electronic resource)- with a brief account of the Confederate Bureau of Ordnance (1915) (14780479881)

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Title: The long arm of Lee, or, The history of the artillery of the Army of Northern Virginia (electronic resource): with a brief account of the Confederate Bureau of Ordnance
Year: 1915 (1910s)
Authors: Wise, Jennings C. (Jennings Cropper), b. 1881
Subjects: Confederate States of America. Army of Northern Virginia Confederate States of America. Ordnance Bureau
Publisher: Lynchburg, Va. : J.P. Bell and Co.
Contributing Library: Emory University, Robert W. Woodruff Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Emory University, Robert W. Woodruff Library

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e in rear of the column Hooker atonce concluded that Lees army was retreating towardsGordonsville. Moving on a mile or more to the souththe Confederate column turned westward, crossed theBrock Road after following it a short way southwardand then moved north by way of a woods road overwhich a resident of the section led the way to the OrangePlank Road, about four miles west of Chancellorsville.Meanwhile, Stuart guarded the flank of the column, thehead of which advanced at the rate of only about 2^miles and the rear about iy2, in spite of all efforts topress on more rapidly. The whole column was perhapsten miles in length, of which the infantry occupied onlysix miles, the artillery and ammunition trains the rest. As the long column continued to file by the furnace,Birney secured permission to open with Clarks rifledbattery at Hazel Grove, the range being about 1,600yards^ A few shots dispersed the troops in sight, and cam^n * Battery was wlth Hamptons Brigade and not present during the
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COLONKL, WILLIAM JOHNSON 1HlfItAJIMortally wounded at Five Forks, lsi;., The Long Arm or Lee 469 caused the column to seek another route further to thesouth, out of reach of the Federal guns and out of sightof Hazel Grove. About noon, Berdans sharpshooterswere thrown forward by Sickles and advanced towardsthe furnace, and soon Birneys Division followed byWhipples moved out from Hazel Grove. WhileAnderson from his position astride the Plank Road en-gaged the left of this force, a part of Birneys Divisionpressed on down the Furnace Road, actually reachingthe unfinished railroad, thus threatening to cut Leesarmy in two. Sickles men had actually captured thegreater part of the 3d Georgia Regiment, acting asrear guard for Jacksons train, and were pressingrapidly down the Furnace Road when Col. Brown,whose battalion was passing nearby, threw one of his bat-teries into action near the Welford house and drove themore advanced skirmishers and a Federal battery back.Entirely unsupported in this

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