Rebels at the Gate: Lee and McClellan on the Front Line of a Nation Divided (53 page)

267.
Cincinnati Daily Commercial
, July 17, 1861; Keifer,
Slavery and Four Years
, vol. 1, 200; Pool,
Under Canvas
, 13–14; Beatty,
The Citizen-Soldier
, 26; Reid,
Ohio in the War
, vol. 1, 316. Cincinnati newsman W.D. Bickham described the works at Camp Garnett as four feet high and not more than three feet wide, “rude and incomplete.” The Federal soldiers thought them more formidable.

268. Letter of Captain T.M. Kirkpatrick, July 21, 1861, Kirkpatrick Family Scrapbook, ISL; Ben May to brother Will, July 17, 1861, PC;
Cincinnati Daily Commercial
, July 17, 1861.

269. Orlando Poe to wife, July 12, 1861, Poe Papers, LC; Haselberger,
Yanks From the South!
, 139, 176; Marcia L. Phillips diary, July 24, 1861, UCHS;
O. R
. vol. 2, 244–45, 267. A number of Federal casualties occurred late in the fight when the Nineteenth Ohio Infantry fired into members of the Indiana Thirteen by mistake.
See also
Landon, “The Fourteenth Indiana Regiment on Cheat Mountain,” 352.

270.
Logansport Journal
, July 27, 1861;
Cincinnati Daily Commercial
, July 19, 1861; C.R. Boyce to sisters, July 14, 1861, PC; Augustus Van Dyke to folks, July 17, 1861, IHS. Some accounts refer to a pair of burial trenches. Many of the dead Confederates were shot in the head. See also Statement of David Hart,
Wheeling Daily Intelligencer
, July 22, 1861;
Hancock Democrat
, July 31, 1861; Pool,
Under Canvas
, 14.

271.
Cincinnati Daily Commercial
, July 19, 1861;
Hancock Democrat
, July 31, 1861; Ross, “Old Memories,” 152.

272. C.R. Boyce to sisters, July 14, 1861, PC.

273. J.T. Derry to A.S. Garnett, December 27, 1902, Garnett Papers, VHS.

274. Taliaferro, “Annals of the War,” 9–10;
O. R
. vol. 2, 206; Stevenson,
Indiana's Roll of Honor
, 55.

275. Taliaferro, “Annals of the War,” 10–11; Maxwell,
History of Tucker County
, 327–28; Hannaford,
The Story of a Regiment
, 76. Garnett's own Confederates may have mistakenly felled trees over the road to Beverly. Federal troops did not occupy the town until nearly 1 P.M. on July 12.
See also
McClellan,
Report on the Organization
, 31.

276. Benham,
Recollections
, 681; Cox,
Military Reminiscences
, 89; Warner,
Generals in Blue
, 30.

277. Moore,
Rebellion Record
, vol. 2, Documents, 291–93; R.H. Milroy to S. Colfax, July 19, 1861, Colfax Papers, IHS; Benham,
Recollections
, 681–82; Stevenson,
Indiana's Roll of Honor
, 56; Skidmore,
Civil War Journal of Billy Davis
, 52; Hannaford,
The Story of a Regiment
, 76–77. A
Cincinnati Daily Commercial
account listed Benham's force as follows: Fourteenth Ohio Infantry, 750 men; Seventh Indiana, 550 men; Ninth Indiana, 500 men, and Barnett's First Ohio Light Artillery, 40 men, a total of 1,840.

278. Reid, “
Agate” Dispatches
, 30–31; Stevenson,
Indiana's Roll of Honor
, 56; Hannaford,
The Story of a Regiment
, 77–78; Moore
, Rebellion Record
, vol. 2, Documents, 292; Benham,
Recollections
, 682.

279. Ibid., 682;
O. R
. vol. 2, 222; Reid, “
Agate” Dispatches
, 31–32.

280.
O. R
. vol. 2, 222, 285; Fansler,
History of Tucker County
, 20n; Benham,
Recollections
, 683; Moore,
Rebellion Record
, vol. 2, Documents, 292; Skidmore,
Civil War Journal of Billy Davis
, 53.

281.
O. R
. vol. 2, 222, 285–86; Hermann,
Memoirs
, 19–21; Benham,
Recollections
, 683–684; Reid, “
Agate” Dispatches
, 32.

282.
O. R
. vol. 2, 286; Taliaferro, “Annals of the War,” 14.

283. Benham,
Recollections
, 685; Moore,
Rebellion Record
, vol. 2, Documents, 288; Report of Captain L.M. Shumaker, July 20, 1861 in Hewitt,
Supplement
, vol. 1, 143.

284. Benham,
Recollections
, 683; Taliaferro, “Annals of the War,” 14–15;
O. R
. vol. 2, 286; Reid, “
Agate” Dispatches
, 34; Moore,
Rebellion Record
, vol. 2, Documents, 292.

285. Ibid., 289, 291, 294;
O. R
. vol. 2, 286–87; Benham,
Recollections
, 684–85; Hall,
Diary
, 16; Skidmore,
Civil War Journal of Billy Davis
, 54; Report of Captain L.M. Shumaker, July 20, 1861 in Hewitt,
Supplement
, vol. 1, 143.

286.
O. R
. vol. 2, 287; Howison, “History of the War,” 136; Taliaferro, “Annals of the War,” 16–17; Moore,
Rebellion Record
, vol. 2, Documents, 288, 543; Maxwell,
History of Tucker County
, 331. Corricks Ford is spelled “Carricks” in most contemporary accounts. The ford was named for William Corrick, whose home stood above the lower crossing. General Morris later used the Corrick home as headquarters. See Fansler,
History of Tucker County
, 162n.

287. Moore,
Rebellion Record
, vol. 2, Documents, 289, 293; H.C. Ruler to A.S. Garnett, May 17, 1903 and J.W. Gordon to the relatives of the late R.S. Garnett, August 14, 1861, Garnett Papers, VHS;
Indianapolis Star
, November 22, 1928, Dumont Papers, ISL. Sergeant Burlingame of Company E, Seventh Indiana Infantry, was credited with the killing of General Garnett. When later queried of the event, Burlingame would only say, “I was there and was doing a little shooting.” He was reported as “a man who evidently does not like the notoriety he has acquired.”
See also
Thomson,
Seventh Indiana Infantry
, 34 and
Wheeling Daily Intelligencer
, July 24, 1861.

288. Benham,
Recollections
, 685–86; Moore,
Rebellion Record
, vol. 2, Documents, 289–90, 295;
Wheeling Daily Intelligencer
, July 16, 1861; J.W. Gordon to the relatives of the late R.S. Garnett, August 14, 1861 and H.C. Ruler to A.S. Garnett, May 17, 1903, Garnett Papers, VHS. A second-hand tale of Colonel Dumont throwing up his hands and exclaiming “Poor Bob Garnett!” is contradicted by Dumont's account of the discovery of Garnett's body, in which he avowed no knowledge of the fallen officer's identity. Eyewitnesses suggest that Garnett died almost instantly, rather than after being carried to the Corrick house, as maintained by some historians. See also
Indianapolis Star
, November 22, 1928, Dumont Papers, ISL. The young soldier who fell beside Garnett was not Sam Gaines. He was variously reported as a Georgian or a Virginian, but Sampson Phillips of the “Richmond Sharpshooters,” Company H, Twenty-third Virginia Infantry, is listed on a muster roll as “Killed with Gen. Garnett.” See William B. Taliaferro Papers, “Muster-Roll of the Richmond Sharpshooters,” MC.

289.
O. R
. vol. 2, 223–24; Skidmore,
Civil War Journal of Billy Davis
, 55; Benham,
Recollections
, 686–87; Moore,
Rebellion Record
, vol. 2, Documents, 293; Reid, “
Agate” Dispatches
, 37.

290. Moore,
Rebellion Record
, vol. 2, Documents, 290.

291. Ibid., 290–91. Confederate casualties at Corricks Ford were compiled from the report of Colonel Taliaferro in
O. R
. vol. 2, 288. No members of the First Georgia Infantry are included, so the total may be higher. Federal casualties were compiled from Moore,
Rebellion Record
, vol. 2, Documents, 293. Federal losses: two killed; two later died of wounds; eight wounded; total: twelve. Confederate losses: fourteen killed; fifteen wounded; total: twenty-nine (includes General Garnett).
See also
Haselberger,
Yanks From the South!
, 307–08 for another compilation of losses at Corricks Ford.

292. Fansler,
History of Tucker County
, 162n; Reader,
History of the Fifth West Virginia Cavalry
, 30; Moore,
Rebellion Record
, vol. 2, Documents, 290–95.

293. Taliaferro, “Annals of the War,” 17–19; Hagy, “The Laurel Hill Retreat,” 172; Benham,
Recollections
, 687.

294. Hermann,
Memoirs
, 20–21; Lane, “
Dear Mother,”
24–25. The Georgians passed through a portion of what is today the Otter Creek Wilderness.

295. Hermann, Memoirs, 23–25, 27; Fansler, History of Tucker County, 165n; Lesser,
Battle at Corricks Ford
, 22–23.

296.
O. R
. vol. 2, 224–30; 233; Report of Adjutant D.W. Marshall, August 6, 1861 in Hewitt,
Supplement
, 137; Sears,
Civil War Papers of George McClellan
, 58.

297. Benham,
Recollections
, 686; Moore,
Rebellion Record
, vol. 2, Documents, 290, 295;
Wheeling Daily Intelligencer
, July 17, 1861; Fansler,
History of Tucker County
, 184; Merrill,
The Soldier of Indiana
, 57.

298. Benham,
Recollections
, 686; Samuel Baldwin to father, July 27, 1861, Margaret A. Baldwin Papers, VHS.

299. Davis,
Rise and Fall
, vol. 1, 294;
O. R
. vol. 2, 253.

300. Plum,
The Military Telegraph
, vol. 1, 98;
O. R
. vol. 2, 202; Arnold, “Beverly in the Sixties,” 65;
Cincinnati Daily Commercial
, July 17, 1861.

301.
O. R
. vol. 2, 203–04; Zinn,
Battle of Rich Mountain
, 35.

302.
O. R
. vol. 2, 260, 262–63, 279–83; Bird,
Two Perilous Adventures
, 33; C. Tacitus Allen Memoirs, DU.

303.
O. R
. vol. 2, 258–66.

304. Ibid., 208, 210, 258–59, 266–67; Sears,
Civil War Papers of George McClellan
, 53;
Cincinnati Daily Commercial
, July 19, 1861. The escape route offered by Captain Moomau was the “Seneca Road,” roughly following present-day U.S. Route 33 East. See Hotchkiss,
Virginia
, 54.

305.
O. R
. vol. 2, 267; S. Williams to W.S. Rosecrans, July 14, 1861 RG 393, Box 2, NA; Arnold, “Beverly in the Sixties,” 67.

306. Sears,
Civil War Papers of George McClellan
, 53; Howison, “History of the War,” 131;
O. R
. vol. 2, 250; Parole of Officers Taken Prisoner…, Beverly C.H., July 16, 1861, RG 109, Entry 212, Box 36 NA; McClellan,
McClellan's Own Story
, 55.

307. Ibid., 55;
O. R
. vol. 2, 251; Maxwell,
History of Randolph County
, 265–66n.

308. Beatty,
The Citizen Soldier
, 27; Sears,
Civil War Papers of George McClellan
, 54–55; Ellen McClellan to G.B. McClellan, July 12, 1861, McClellan Papers, LC.

309. Sears,
Civil War Papers of George McClellan
, 56.

310.
New York Herald
, July 13 and 15, 1861;
New York Tribune
, July 16, 1861;
Louisville Journal
, July 20, 1861;
New York Times
, July 20, 1861 in Moore,
Rebellion Record
, vol. 2, Diary of Events, 31, Documents, 288; O.R. ser. 2, vol. 3, 9; Sears,
George B. McClellan
, 93.

311. Rice and Baxter,
Historic Beverly
, 28; Sears,
Civil War Papers of George McClellan
, 53.

312.
O. R
. vol. 2, 236.

313. Kepler,
History of the Fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry
, 35;
O. R
. vol. 2, 752;
Logansport Weekly Journal
, July 27, 1861; Sears,
Civil War Papers of George McClellan
, 60, 65.

314. Cox, “McClellan in West Virginia,” 137–39;
O. R
. vol. 2, 291–92;
Cincinnati Daily Commercial
, July 22, 1861 in Moore,
Rebellion Record
, vol. 2, Documents, 330; Lowry,
Battle of Scary Creek
, 235; Sears,
Civil War Papers of George McClellan
, 61–62. The captured Federal officers at Scary Creek included Col. Jesse S. Norton, Twenty-first Ohio Infantry (wounded), Col. Charles A. De Villers, Eleventh Ohio Infantry, Col. William E. Woodruff and Lt. Col. George W. Neff, Second Kentucky Infantry, along with two captains.