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USMC Photo A184276
Brigadier General Karch (center, 1st row) poses with members of his 9th MEB staff at Da Nang. The 9th MEB was shortly afterwards deactivated and replaced by the newly formed III MAF.
A temporary impasse occurred on 9 May when the attempt was made to unload the airfield matting. The first lif... |
51ffb1e23ea478e1c6e4214f9c8c10a9 | https://ehistory.osu.edu/books/1965/0035 | Page 035 | Page 035
officially came to an end. On this date, the first dements of BLT 3/3, arriving in amphibious shipping from Okinawa, assumed defensive positions on the southern flank, relieving the 3d Reconnaissance Battalion. During the five-day period, 7-12 May, more than 10,925 tons of equipment and supplies had been unloa... |
ce9b0329d73b5861e6275a72897510b5 | https://ehistory.osu.edu/books/1965/0042 | Page 042 | Page 042
Noble's skivy shirt, a practice aboard carriers of the Fleet, carried over to our shore-based carrier ops.'23*
Later in the day, on 1 June, four other A-4s from Lieutenant Colonel Bernard J. Stender's VMA-311 arrived at the field. The Chu Lai-based aircraft flew their first combat sorties that same day. At 131... |
da82b3f17c47753c40c8d22e9e1b6419 | https://ehistory.osu.edu/books/1965/0044 | Page 044 | Page 044
Karch returned to Vietnam as assistant division commander of the 3d Marine Division while Brigadier General Melvin D. Henderson assumed command of the 3d Marine Division (Rear) on Okinawa. These changes at the top were followed by rapid adjustments in staff assignments. The new layers of command contrasted sha... |
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CHAPTER 4
Reinforcement and Expansion
The Need for Further Reinforcements-The Establishment of the Qui Nhon Enclave-The Attack on the Airfield-Expansion to the South-Further Reinforcements
The Need for Further Reinforcements
Despite increasing U. S. involvement, the major Viet Cong effort bypassed American con... |
63e3c5f8d54f7abd8952df6c962be640 | https://ehistory.osu.edu/books/1965/0071 | Page 071 | Page 071
USMC Photo A185826
A Marine Ontos patrols a beach area during Operation STARLITE. The South Vietnamese fishermen go about their business despite the war.
dry crop areas. The Marine commanders noted two suitable amphibious landing sites, one beach between two peninsulas northeast of the Van Tuong Complex (Nho N... |
066baae3b831e0963b59c009c39958e5 | https://ehistory.osu.edu/books/1965/0079 | Page 079 | Page 079
USMC Photo A 184946
Marines from Company E, 2d Battalion, 4th Marines move out from LZ WHITE during Operation STARLITE. Shortly after this picture was taken, the company met stiff resistance from Viet Cong entrenched to the right of the photograph.
establish a blocking position there which would prevent the VC... |
fa2eb334cee9b3946bcade5e7a80ec4d | https://ehistory.osu.edu/books/1965/0104 | Page 104 | Page 104
USMC Photo A801148
Marines move through a Vietnamese village in Operation HARVEST MOON. Each of the riflemen is carrying two 60mm mortar rounds in additon to his own weapon and ammunition.
then called in Marine air support. Skyhawks from MAG-12 at Chu Lai attacked the Communist positions, while Marine helicopt... |
0f2eb35597a6643a60c72bb9dbf9c6e1 | https://ehistory.osu.edu/books/1965/0105 | Page 105 | Page 105
USMC Photo A194489
General Jonas M. Platt {second from the left) discusses plans with III MAF staff officers and officers from the 2d Battalion, 7th Marines. The objective areas are outlined on the map overlay.
ARVN troops. After the landing, the battalion moved northeast, securing a hill mass 2,500 meters fro... |
7b47bd0bcf7fa66e0705d418d055ff1f | https://ehistory.osu.edu/books/1965/0117 | Page 117 | Page 117
USMC Photo A185789
A South Vietnamese interpreter questions a farmer and his wife about the VC as Marines watch. The hamlet is located in the heavily populated area south of Da Nang.
divisions supported by a reinforced Marine aircraft wing to carry out its mission in I Corps. Furthermore , the IIl MAF commande... |
fe6a2fbb67aff4d8fc385fb84934ff3c | https://ehistory.osu.edu/books/1965/0118 | Page 118 | Page 118
reformed as BLT 2/3 and became the Seventh Fleet SLF ground force in late December, replacing BLT 2/1 which replaced the 3d Battalion, 4th Marines at Phu Bai.
There were other reinforcements and readjustments in Vietnam during this period. In August, the 7th Engineer Battalion and the rear echelon of the 3d Di... |
157cbd31e1fc1961bc3057801f643135 | https://ehistory.osu.edu/books/1965/0127 | Page 127 | Page 127
USMC Photo A185986
Sergeant John A. Anderson describes his squad's patrol action. His squad was credited with preventing a major attack on the Da Nang Airbase.
site after dark. By 1945 they had established their positions; only 15 minutes later the Marines heard movement along the trail. The squad leader, Serg... |
bc72ee3f59ddc8fc709b4784d356df63 | https://ehistory.osu.edu/books/1965/0128 | Page 128 | Page 128
when 10-15 VC walked into a squad ambush 1,000 meters south of the hill. The Marines opened fire and killed three of the enemy, but the squad had not been able to maintain communications with the company and was unable to notify the company commander of the contact. All was quiet for about two hours, when sudd... |
5a5f715ceeabd73eb2a2f91bca0b4b2d | https://ehistory.osu.edu/books/1965/0129 | Page 129 | Page 129
USMC Photo A185921
A Marine from the 1st Battalion, 9th Marines mans a defensive position on top of an old French fort in the Marble Mountain area. The Marines used the fort to store supplies.
bury several bodies, apparently casualties of the Hill 22 fight.30
The VC had planned the operation thoroughly. They h... |
de0fc1faf7974c8dcc7d4a77b0a428d5 | https://ehistory.osu.edu/books/1965/0130 | Page 130 | Page 130
USMC Photo A185856
A VC prisoner leads a Marine squad to a weapons cache. The prisoner claims that the VC are using the Buddhist Pagoda in the picture to store their arms.
Security coordinators were established at all Marine airfields. The commanding officer of the 9th Marines assumed the additional title of M... |
1636563f9caa36b4e999775fb4c69efb | https://ehistory.osu.edu/books/1965/0131 | Page 131 | Page 131
Extended Patrolling
Throughout the latter half of 1965, Marine units concentrated on small unit operations. General Walt referred to such actions as the ' 'bread and butter of my command."42 A month-by-month comparison of the number of patrols, ambushes, listening posts, and other activities of Marine platoons... |
180b7ffb81dfd504903dd0cb79be2727 | https://ehistory.osu.edu/books/1965/0139 | Page 139 | Page 139
USMC Photo A186015
A Marine guards a Viet Cong prisoner during Operation GOLDEN FLEECE in September 1965. The Viet Cong had taken a percentage of the rice harvest for their own use for years in this area south of Da Nang prior to the arrival of the Marines.
In mid-August, the battalion was released from duty a... |
7c4fa45114437a1118a9fb9ecde3aa05 | https://ehistory.osu.edu/books/1965/0143 | Page 143 | Page 143
USMC Photo A185777
Navy Lieutenant James R. McMillian, the surgeon for the 3d Battalion, 4th Marines, examines a South Vietnamese infant. The child is the 10,000th Vietnamese patient treated by the battalion's medical team.
benevolence; it was to be used as a weapon. General Walt and his staff hoped that Ameri... |
3a9967b4d6c0a8f1f665a4ee4e9d6b40 | https://ehistory.osu.edu/books/1965/0144 | Page 144 | Page 144
and, on 6 September, the I Corps Joint Coordinating Council (JCC) came into being. Both Mr. Gordon and General Walt hoped to bring the South Vietnamese into the council, but only American representatives attended the first session: Mr. Gordon; Colonel St. Clair, the Deputy Senior Advisor to I Corps; and the II... |
b6f53b1d0080047c2520010027460659 | https://ehistory.osu.edu/books/1965/0150 | Page 150 | Page 150
South Vietnam, the Seventh Fleet, and Okinawa, but no change in the total group strength.
Marine fixed-wing squadrons, as well as the helicopter units, continued to deploy to Vietnam. MAG-11, under the command of Colonel Robert F. Conley and his successor in November, Colonel Emmett O. Anglin, Jr., made three ... |
5f72f4ab94638f391783c253015c3534 | https://ehistory.osu.edu/books/1965/0152 | Page 152 | Page 152
USMC Photo A184307
A Douglas A-4 Skyhawk from VMA-225 makes the first landing at the Chu Lai SATS field. Colonel John D. Noble, Commanding Officer, MAG-12, piloted the aircraft.
top priority was to go to ground troops actually engaged with the enemy. Sharp maintained that such support should be directly respon... |
3a4cd6a6ce6da643e253ff81e5090a0f | https://ehistory.osu.edu/books/1965/0154 | Page 154 | Page 154
than Marine units. During the battle of Ba Gia in June 1965, the A-4s of Colonel Noble's MAG-12 took off on their first night launch from Chu Lai to provide support for the embattled outpost 20 miles to the south. For three days, the MAG-12 A-4 Skyhawks and the F-4B Phantom IIs of Da Nang-based VMFA-513 bombed... |
cc5f156726f79e6f18a83d6b8c9fed19 | https://ehistory.osu.edu/books/1965/0168 | Page 168 | Page 168
USMC Photo A 184097
A Marine-Navy ANGLICO team plots firing targets/or the USS Canberra (CAG 2) lying offshore. The UHF radio and antenna that can be seen in the middle of the picture permits the team to talk with both aircraft overhead and ships offshore.
under fire and 'when gunfire support could be effected... |
cceb79c8d4c1ac38b042d474e5fac13b | https://ehistory.osu.edu/books/1965/0172 | Page 172 | Page 172
hand, was to "conduct pre-assault and distant post-assault reconnaissance in support of a landing force."21
1st Force Reconnaissance Company, The Early Days
Early beach reconnaissance efforts of Captain David Whittingham's Subunit l, 1st Force Reconnaissance Company were textbook examples of proper employment ... |
b7364f8706239d25c3404b22bdbbc6af | https://ehistory.osu.edu/books/1965/0174 | Page 174 | Page 174
USMC Photo A184814
Marines from Company C, 3d Reconnaissance Battalion cross the Nong River near Phu Bai in a rubber raft. The reconnaissance company, attached to the 3d Battalion, 4th Marines, is supporting a battalion search and clear operation.
platoon with BLT 2/1 during DAGGER THRUST II in September had t... |
ee395e77570e8227c9dc6a77ace8e71a | https://ehistory.osu.edu/books/1965/0177 | Page 177 | Page 177
Reflecting on this situation, the 3d Reconnaissance Battalion commander. Lieutenant Colonel Van Cleve, recalled:They were being used for any mission that might come up. If you didn't have somebody else to do it, why. give it to recon. They ended up on some raider-type missions; they ended up as CP security fre... |
6f44406b419aaf82b4fa04cb14c6fa20 | https://ehistory.osu.edu/books/1965/0179 | Page 179 | Page 179
well equipped to locate an enemy who had already established a reputation for blending into the surroundings, a phantom army which was seldom seen armed and concentrated. Even when VC concentrations were sighted, they were usually on the move, and presented fleeting targets at best. Regular Marine ground forma... |
f87137bba8a5eb9689fcb634258a17b8 | https://ehistory.osu.edu/books/1965/0180 | Page 180 | Page 180
troops firing at what were probably other stragglers drove them back into the bush. After moving about four kilometers they found thicker cover and started moving up a ridgeline; they knew the trail to Ba To was on top of the ridge. At this time they were joined by two CIDG survivors, but the two Vietnamese al... |
6debf76b1c0750ca067787859c35eaf7 | https://ehistory.osu.edu/books/1965/0182 | Page 182 | Page 182
Navy Photo K31362
Merchant ships in Da Nang Harbor wait their turn to unload their cargo. At the end of December 1965, 12 ships were in the harbor waiting to be unloaded.
staff and that officer would then become the 'duty expert' and action officer for that matter. Colonel Harold A. Hayes, who became the III M... |
8a61a3f384025c5e8bc545ef70574532 | https://ehistory.osu.edu/books/1965/0183 | Page 183 | Page 183
Navy Photo K31382
Stacks of cargo crowd the unloading pier at Da Nang. The overcrowded and undermanned Naval Support Activity at Da Nang was unloading 2,505 measured tons a day by the end of 1965.
Sharp on 28 May, Admiral David L. McDonald, the Chief of Naval Operations, pointed out that a Naval Support Activi... |
413031f5c66710794176c5906422e2ec | https://ehistory.osu.edu/books/1965/0185 | Page 185 | Page 185
In I Corps, all shipping was offloaded at Da Nang and then some cargo had to be reloaded on LSTs to support the base at Chu Lai. This created fluctuations in the volume of supplies reaching committed units. The heavy wear and tear on equipment caused by the heat, humidity, and monsoons created additional frust... |
438522d78efbd318bb3f2bae2cd6f692 | https://ehistory.osu.edu/books/1965/0190 | Page 190 | Page 190
engineering units to undertake by themselves. A civilian construction firm worked on the expansion of the main airfield at Da Nang, while the 30th Naval Construction Regiment, Captain Harold F. Liberty, USN, with four Seabee battalions built helicopter facilities at Marble Mountain and Ky Ha. The Marble Mounta... |
ab5febb61d39da08d3bd443b0ff81bbf | https://ehistory.osu.edu/books/1965/0209 | Page 209 | Page 209
USMC Photo A183650
Major Charles 'Uncle Charles' K. Whitfield, artillery advisor (on the left of the picture), and his assistants, Captain Richard J. Coogan (extreme right) and Staff Sergeant Ronald M. Blakely (third from right) supervise gun laying. During 1965, the Vietnamese Marine artillery battalion was c... |
ee01c1aa2f4220f608a1a48da9e294ee | https://ehistory.osu.edu/books/1965/0212 | Page 212 | Page 212
CHAPTER 15
Conclusion
The 10-month period of March to December 1965 was one of expansion and experimentation for Marine forces in Vietnam. During the year, Marine units from California to Okinawa prepared for deployment to Vietnam. General Karch's 9,000 Marines of the 9th MEB were quickly absorbed by the divis... |
9cce2933a742d7430c49ab669907a09b | https://ehistory.osu.edu/books/1965/0213 | Page 213 | Page 213
Notes
PART I
ESTABLISHING THE ENCLAVES
Introduction
1. MilHistBr, Office of the Secretary, General Staff, Hq, USMACV, Comd Hist, 1964, dtd 15Oct65 p. 102.
2. Adm Ulysses S. G. Sharp, USN, CinCPac, and Gen William C. Westmoreland, ComUSMACV, Report on the War in Vietnam (As of 30 June 1968) (Washington: GPO, 19... |
1e99b217953150c64ab2f33d4e32a0a3 | https://ehistory.osu.edu/books/1965/0214 | Page 214 | Page 214
The Landing
19. Maj Ruel T. Scyphers, Comments on draft MS, dtd 18Oct76 (Vietnam Comment File).
20. 3/9 ComdD,Mar65,pt II,p. 5.
21. Karch Intvw.
22. 3/9 ComdD, Mar 65, pt III.
23. MajGen Keith B. McCutcheon, Comments on Cahill and Shulimson draft MS, ' 'USMC Ops RVN, Jan-Jun65," dtd 24Apr68 (Vietnam Comment Fi... |
b830adaa0bc9fdec544c774980ae3c9f | https://ehistory.osu.edu/books/1965/0217 | Page 217 | Page 217
in "Phase I in the Buildup of U. S. Forces, the Debate," Pentagon Papers, bk 4, sec. IV-C-5, p. 101.
12. Adm Ulysses S. G. Sharp, Comments on draft MS, dtd 8Aug77 (Vietnam Comment File). See also "Phase I in the Buildup of U. S. Forces, the Debate," bk 4, sec. IV-C-5, pp. 26-7; Westmoreland, A Soldier Reports,... |
74409e21124ba2346610607513f8a402 | https://ehistory.osu.edu/books/1965/0238 | Page 238 | Page 238
weapon to the aviation ordnance arsenal broadened the air support capabilities of the 1st MAW.
12 Aug-The first all-Marine night helicopter assault took place starting at 2400.
14 Aug-The Navy announced four-month involuntary extensions of duty for Navy and Marine Corps enlisted personnel. Coordinating headqua... |
36e1e2f9a4d6e626a3973489a0db5eb5 | https://ehistory.osu.edu/books/1965/0242 | Page 242 | Page 242
The President of the United States in the name of The Congress takes pleasure in presenting the MEDAL OF HONOR to
CORPORAL ROBERT E. O'MALLEY
UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS
for service as set forth in the following
CITATION:
For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action against the communist (Viet Cong) forc... |
9393b97ccf69193ce31d231e30959c67 | https://ehistory.osu.edu/books/1965/0244 | Page 244 | Page 244
The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the MEDAL OF HONOR to
FIRST LIEUTENANT HARVEY C. BARNUM, JR.
UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS
for service as set forth in the following
CITATION:
For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty as Forw... |
4a97c443a8874d221efb5b787573d926 | https://ehistory.osu.edu/books/1965/0249 | Page 249 | Page 249
Off
Enl
Off
Enl
TOTAL
12. 3d ReconBn (DA NANG)
21
302
1
17
341
a. H&SCo
9
99
1
6
115
b. Co A
4
66
4
74
c. Co C
4
68
3
75
d. Co D
4
69
4
77
13. Recon Group Alpha (CHU LAI)
8
132
5
145
a. Co B (-) (Rein), 3d ReconBn
4
63
2
69
(l) H&SCo
(2) 1st Pit
(3) 2d Pit
b. Co C (Rein), 1st ReconBn
4
69
3
76
14. 1st Force Re... |
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Off
Enl
Off
Enl
TOTAL
e. VMA-223
27
178
1
2
208
f. VMA-224
22
176
1
199
g. MATCU-67
4
62
66
4. MAG-16
240
1407
9
21
1677
a. H&MS-16 (DA NANG)
31
281
312
b. MABS-16 (DA NANG)
13
441
5
6
365
c. Det MABS (PHU BAI)
12
12
d. Det MABS (QUANG NGAI)
2
2
e. DET MABS (QUANG TRI)
2
2
f. SU l, MABS-16 (DA NANG)
10
61
1
72... |
3f78b43d39cab6ff903fd00e3bb6a41b | https://ehistory.osu.edu/books/acae | U.S. Marines in Vietnam: The Advisory & Combat Assistance Era, 1954-1964 | U.S. Marines in Vietnam: The Advisory & Combat Assistance Era, 1954-1964
Captain Robert H. Whitlow, USMCR
Chapter 1--Background to Military Assistance
Chapter 2--The Formative Years
Chapter 3--Vietnamese Marines and the Communist Insurgency
Chapter 4--An Expanding War
Chapter 5--SHUFLY at Soc Trang
Chapter 6--SHUFLY M... |
4842f72e90f64e122590e53e17babeaf | https://ehistory.osu.edu/books/froissart/0233 | Page 233 | Page 233
Douay, and said how he would have reason of Gaunt. And anon after the death of John Lyon all they of Gaunt advised how they could not be long without captains. Then they ordained of the aldermen of the crafts and of the cinquanteniers of the ports' four of them according to their advice, most hardy and cruel p... |
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[Telegram.]
WAR DEPARTMENT,
Adjutant-General's Office, December 27, 1860.
Major ANDERSON, Fort Moultrie:
Intelligence has reached here this morning that you have abandoned Fort Moultrie, spiked your guns, burned the carriages,... |
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reduced towards the end of the investment to thirty-five, were made very effective in preparing for a vigorous defense.
The armament of the fort was mounted and supplied with maneuvering implements; machicoulis galleries, spli... |
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HEADQUARTERS PROVISIONAL FORCES, C. S. ARMY,
Charleston, S. C., April 15, 1861.
SIR: We have the honor to submit the following report of our visit to Fort Sumter on the 13th instant for the information of the brigadier-general... |
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in command of the enfilade battery and a masked mortar battery near the same spot; and to Colonel Ripley, in command of fort Moultrie-all of them posts on Sullivan's Island. We set out on our mission at 9 o'clock a. m. and pro... |
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the fleet. Major Anderson requested us to take Lieutenant Snyder down to the fleet for the purpose of arranging the matter. This Captain Hartstene undertook to do.
We have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient serv... |
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ance. I mailed a copy of the governor's order, &c., this morning at Chattahoochee, but finding that it would not be forwarded on account of the excitement-they have taken all the public property in spite of all I could do-I refused giving up the keys, ... |
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Immediately on its reception, accompanied by Lieutenant Gilman, I called on Commodore Armstrong to consult with him. He hands received orders to co-operate with me. We decided that with our limited means of defense we could hold but one fort, and that shou... |
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battery of two brass 12-pounders, unlimbered, which were not over one hundred and fifty or one hundred and sixty yards from us, but the gunners had abandoned the battery. If I had not been so entirely at the mercy of the gun... |
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move up towards Charlestown and effect a junction in that direction. As soon as provisions arrive he will advance to Winchester, if the foe have not evacuated that place. At present only small parties are known to be in ou... |
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Numbers 3. Report of Lieutenant Becker, Eighth Battalion D. C. Militia, of skirmish at Great Falls, Md.
HEADQUARTERS 8TH BATTALION D. C. VOLS.,
(Received July 7, 1861, from Chain Bridge.)
Have been fighting all day; fighting when I left at 7 o'clock ... |
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dislodging the rebel forces from their entrenched position at camp Garnett, on Rich Mountain.
After the armed reconnaissance was over, by direction of the major-general I ordered the Eighth Indiana to bivouac in advance of the camp at Roa... |
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company deployed as skirmishers covering its front. The Eighth advanced, and halted in column of fours at B. The Thirteenth advanced to C, in an old road, where it was ordered to occupy the heights with three companies at d d... |
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the river, and then retreat behind the Twenty-third Virginia Regiment, which was ordered to take position and defend the train until the Georgia troops had formed again in some defensible position.
By the time the Georgians h... |
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Numbers 33. Abstract from the report of the Confederate and State forces commanded by Brigadier General Henry A. Wise, C. S. Army, at Charleston, Va. [W. Va.], dated July 8, 1861.*
Present for
duty.
Infantry. Cavalry.
Troops. Officer... |
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await further orders from me. The officer in command of the regiment at that time, Lieutenant-Colonel Stevens [Colonel McConnell being unwell, but on the ground], immediately executed that order, and put his regiment in close ... |
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to the right and left, and ordered to lie down and await the approach of the enemy, who by this time were closing up in apparently overwhelming numbers. I now directed the gunners to prepare shrapnel and canister shot, and in case the enemy p... |
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leaving I received aa message from Colonel Richardson, stating that his brigade was drawn up in column on the road, and that he wished me to pass him with the battery, but to remain near him, and that we would constitute the r... |
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seventh took direction more to the left, and the Fourteenth followed upon the trail of the battery, all moving up at a double-quick step. The enemy appeared drawn up in a long line, extending along the Warenton turnpike from a... |
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No. 46. Report of. Colonel O. B. Willcox, First Michigan Infantry, commanding Second Brigade, Third Division.
DETROIT, MICH., September 3, 1862.
GENERAL: My brigade, the Second, of Heintzelman's division, marching in rear of F... |
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He opened fire, which was handsomely returned. In this affair three of the Sixteenth New York Volunteers were wounded. The skirmishers report the force of the enemy greatly damaged by Greene's battery. I made no other no other attempt on this... |
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on Thursday, July 18, I have the honor to report that during the night of the 16th of July I was informed by letters that my batteries might be required on the following day, to be distributed according to the following ord... |
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In the execution to these orders the two Mississippi regiments of my brigade, while advancing to recross McLean's Ford, were exposed to a dangerous and demoralizing fire of rifle shot and shell from the enemy's batteries, pla... |
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STATE OF MARYLAND, EXECUTIVE CHAMBER, Annapolis, April 20, 1861.
Honorable S. CAMERON:
SIR: Since I saw you in Washington last I have been in Baltimore City laboring, in conjunction with the mayor of that city, to preserve peace and orde... |
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It is "left to the commanding general to watch and await their action, which, if it shall be to arm their people against the United States, he is to adopt the most prompt and efficient means to counteract, even if necessary t... |
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WASHINGTON, May 7, 1861.
Brigadier General B. F. BUTLER,
Or the Commanding Officer at Annapolis, Md.:
Send a steam propeller, armed if practicable, to Perryville, to receive Sherman's battery of light artillery and five companies of U. S... |
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CIRCULAR.] HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA,
Chambersburg, Pa., June 12, 1861.
The commanding general directs the following movements to take place on Saturday morning:
The First Brigade, Colonel Thomas commanding, will march by the Wil... |
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Reports of the enemy having returned to Harper's Ferry and had driven the occupants to this shore reached me yesterday. I immediately dispatched a strong force to take position in the vicinity of Sharpsburg and protect all pa... |
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and discountenance and punish improper conduct on their part, so that the citizens may see that you go to protect and not to oppress.
If bodies of men, unlawfully armed,are in your vicinity, and in any manner threaten the palace of the c... |
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the column exposed to attack from their advanced positions, and on getting as far to the right as Vienna, have our line exposed to interruption, for Vienna is nearer to the enemy than it is to Falls Church or the camps on the Georgetown ... |
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BEVERLY, July 17 [1861].
Lieutenant General WINFIELD SCOTT:
Will a movement of mine on Staunton facilitate your plans?l If so, I can probably take that position. I do not know your plans of operation, but can move on Staunton if you desi... |
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HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, Washington, July 20, 1861.
Colonel D. E. SICKLES,
Staten Island, N. Y.:
Lieutenant-General Scott desires that as many of the regiments under your command as are accepted, mustered into service, armed and ready, ... |
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front of Williamsburg. I have not had a moment's time to examine the country farther than within the circumstance of seven or eight miles. I therefore have not been to Williamsburg. I am perfectly satisfied, however, that if the ... |
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no other conditions than that all persons surrendering under this demand shall be humanely and kindly treated. Believing myself prepared to enforce this demand, one-half hour's time, before doing so, will be allowed for your compliance t... |
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and men giving their parole "not to take up arms or to serve in a military capacity against the United States during the present civil war."
Against the whole proceeding of Captain Lyon, as well as against the terms of rel... |
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light battery, under Captain Totten, Second Artillery; Company B, Second Infantry (my company); two companies of recruits for the regular service, under Lieutenant W. L. Lothrop, Fourth Artillery; First Regiment Missouri Volunteers, und... |
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2,000 strong, with eight pieces of artillery, then advancing to attack us. Accordingly I arranged the brigade in order of battle, Colonel Graves on the right, the artillery in the center, and Lieutenant-Colonel O'Kane on the left. At th... |
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as promptly as they could. The river being deep, and the men wearied from their long exertion, I turned my carriage back to ford them over the stream. Immediately thereafter I ordered them to the front at as quick a pace as I thought th... |
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and Lieutenant Agniel, all under command of Major Halderman, having been posted on the right of Totten's battery as support, where they suffered severely from a constant fire from the enemy's lines, were here ordered to the front, where... |
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Colonel Carroll's cavalry was engaged in a part of the field away from my view, and I herewith submit his report in full. I am informed that the officers and men of his regiment did efficient service in charging the batte... |
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[Inclosure.]
Consolidated report of casualties in the Arkansas State forces in the action of August 10, 1861.
Command. Killed Wounde Missin Aggreg Remarks.
d g ate.
Second [First] 5 18 2 25
Cavalry
Third Infantry,
Woodruff's... |
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had ever been upon a battle-field, they maintained their position for thirty minutes one of the most galling fires ever delivered upon a regiment by 1,500 or 2,000 Federal troops, besides being enfiladed by a heavy batter... |
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Numbers 36. Report of Colonel De. Rosey Carroll, First Arkansas Cavalry.
CAMP ON WILSON'S CREEK,
Greene County, Mo., August 11, 1861.
DEAR SIR: In obedience to your order of this morning, I have the honor to submit to you... |
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General Grant telegraphs from Cairo that the first gun is in position at Fort Holt, Kentucky.
J. C. FREMONT,
Major-General, Commanding.
Colonel E. D. TOWNSEND,
Asst. Adjt. General, Hdqrs. of the Army, Washington, D. C.
N... |
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HEADQUARTERS,
Saint Louis, September 20, 1861.
Colonel JEFFERSON C. DAVIS, Jefferson City:
How many carbines and how much ammunition can you furnish?
J. C. FREMONT,
Major-General, Commanding.
JEFFERSON CITY, September 20,... |
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coupled with the fact that my men had been fasting for more than twenty-four hours, constrained me to abandon the idea of pursuing the enemy that day. My infantry and artillery having come up, we encamped at Warrensburg, ... |
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Numbers 2. Report of Commander Henry Walke, U. S. Navy.
U. S. GUNBOAT TYLER,
Cairo, Ill., October 7, 1861.
GENERAL: Agreeable to your order of this morning, I proceeded down the river with the U. S. gunboat Tyler and the ... |
40b1d820e0dfbad1d9a035f61a5d2069 | https://ehistory.osu.edu/books/official-records/003/0217 | War of the Rebellion: Serial 003 Page 0217 Chapter X. SKIRMISHERS NEAR CLINTONVILLE, MO., ETC. | War of the Rebellion: Serial 003 Page 0217 Chapter X. SKIRMISHERS NEAR CLINTONVILLE, MO., ETC.
FREDERICKTOWN, MO., October 22, 1861.
CAPTAIN: I beg leave to submit the following remarks supplementary to my report upon the engagement yesterday:
The embarrassing relations existing between Colonel Plummer and myself respe... |
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The loss of the enemy in killed alone, from the statement of citizens, scouts, and prisoners, was at least 106. How many wounded have since died I have no means of knowing, as they removed them in the night with wagons. Twent... |
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At the same time I was notified that similar instructions had been sent to Brigadier General C. F. Smith, commanding Paducah, Ky., and was directed to communicate with him freely as to my movements, that his might be co-operativ... |
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No. 4. Reports of Brigadier General John A. McClernand, U. S. Army, commanding First Brigade.
CAIRO, November 8, 1861.
The expedition of which I advised you on the 6th landed yesterday morning 5 miles this side of Columbus, my comman... |
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Columbus. [See inclosures marked B and C.]. This movement was made in concert with one to be made by Brigadier-General Grant from Cairo, to threaten Belmont and other points west of the Mississippi, his orders being similar t... |
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rienced an occasional reverse, these reverses were soon repaired and the results of the day proved beyond all doubt the superiority of our troops in all the essential characteristics of the soldier.
To Acting Assistant Adj... |
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tered into my determination and influenced my final conclusion to retire from the service.
It was a painful step, but as I was reluctant to trouble the Government by complaint at a time of great peril to the country and in... |
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from their boats; and all accounts from Cairo, and from persons who were with the boats during our fire, represent the fire on the enemy huddled on the transports was more destructive than that of any part of the battle. A... |
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In the mean time the enemy had landed a large force on the Missouri shore, and soon after engaged the forces sent to re-enforce Colonel Tappan, under the command of Brigadier-General Pillow. The enemy finally succeeded in reaching th... |
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posted a section at the end of each of the three roads by which our camp could be approached, and when you came out with your regiment you gave me a company to support each section. We stood as thus placed until the arriva... |
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