. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . crossing. The eight companies of my regiment on picket wererapidly concentrated at the crossing, and I moved with one company of my regiment and twopieces of artillery belonging to the 6th New York Battery to the island, leaving verbal orderswith Major Bowe, who remained in charge, to push the remainder of my regiment on as soonas possible. I immediately crossed the island to make the passage of the second branch of theriver, and there found still greater confusion existing than a
. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . crossing. The eight companies of my regiment on picket wererapidly concentrated at the crossing, and I moved with one company of my regiment and twopieces of artillery belonging to the 6th New York Battery to the island, leaving verbal orderswith Major Bowe, who remained in charge, to push the remainder of my regiment on as soonas possible. I immediately crossed the island to make the passage of the second branch of theriver, and there found still greater confusion existing than at the first landing. . I ascended the bluff (about 70 feet high) and reported myself to Colonel Baker. I found J) General Stone says in a report dated Decern- when a junior officer or sergeant would have ber 2d, 1861, that Colonel Baker spent more done as well, the meantime neglecting to visit than an hour in personally superintending the or give orders to the advanced force in the face lifting of a boat from the canal to the river, of the enemy.—Editors. 128 BALLS BLUFF AND THE ARREST OF GENERAL THE AT BALLS BLUFF. FROM A PHOTOGRAPH. him near the bluff, on the edge of an open field of about 8 or 10 acres extent, trapezoidal inform, the acute angle being on the left front, the shortest parallel side near the edge of thebluff, and along this line was the 1st California Regiment, while the 15th Massachusetts Reg-iment was formed in line in the open woods, forming the right-hand boundary of the field, itsline being nearly perpendicular to that of the California regiment Two mountain howitzers,under Lieutenant French, of the United States artillery, were posted in front of the angleformed by these two regiments. A deep ravine, having its mouth on the left of the pointwhere we landed, extended along the left of the open field and wound around in front of it,forming nearly a semicircle, bounded by wooded hills commanding the whole open companies of the 20t
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