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Second in the sweeping history of the Fifth Texas Infantry that fought with Robert E. Lees Army of Northern Virginia in the Civil War.
In the first volume, Secession to the Suffolk Campaign, John F. Schmutz followed the regiment from its inception through the successful foraging campaign in southeastern Virginia in April 1863. Gettysburg to Appomattox continues the regiments rich history from its march north into Pennsylvania and the battle of Gettysburg, its transfer west to Georgia and participation in the bloody battle of Chickamauga, operations in East Tennessee, and the regiments return to Virginia for the overland battles (Wilderness to Cold Harbor), Petersburg campaign, and the march to Appomattox Court House. The narrative ends by following many of the regiments soldiers on their long journey home.
Schmutzs definitive study is based upon years of archival and battlefield research that uncovered hundreds of primary sources, many never before used. The result is a lively account of not only the regiments marches and battles but a personal look into the lives of these Texans as they struggled to survive a vicious war more than 1,000 miles from home.
The Bloody Fifth: The 5th Texas Infantry Regiment, Hoods Texas Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia, with photos, original maps, explanatory footnotes, and important and useful appendices, is a significant contribution to the history of Texas and the American Civil War.
A scholarly work enhanced with maps and exhaustive notes, yet thoroughly accessible to readers of all backgrounds. Midwest Book Review
In the first volume, Secession to the Suffolk Campaign, John F. Schmutz followed the regiment from its inception through the successful foraging campaign in southeastern Virginia in April 1863. Gettysburg to Appomattox continues the regiments rich history from its march north into Pennsylvania and the battle of Gettysburg, its transfer west to Georgia and participation in the bloody battle of Chickamauga, operations in East Tennessee, and the regiments return to Virginia for the overland battles (Wilderness to Cold Harbor), Petersburg campaign, and the march to Appomattox Court House. The narrative ends by following many of the regiments soldiers on their long journey home.
Schmutzs definitive study is based upon years of archival and battlefield research that uncovered hundreds of primary sources, many never before used. The result is a lively account of not only the regiments marches and battles but a personal look into the lives of these Texans as they struggled to survive a vicious war more than 1,000 miles from home.
The Bloody Fifth: The 5th Texas Infantry Regiment, Hoods Texas Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia, with photos, original maps, explanatory footnotes, and important and useful appendices, is a significant contribution to the history of Texas and the American Civil War.
A scholarly work enhanced with maps and exhaustive notes, yet thoroughly accessible to readers of all backgrounds. Midwest Book Review
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The Bloody Fifth
The 5th Texas Infantry Regiment,
H OODS T EXAS B RIGADE ,
Army of Northern Virginia
Vol. 2: Gettysburg to Appomattox
John F. Schmutz
2017 by John F. Schmutz
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Schmutz, John F., 1947- author.
Title: The Bloody Fifth: The 5th Texas Infantry Regiment, Hoods Texas Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia, vol. 1: Secession to the Suffolk Campaign / John F. Schmutz.
Description: First edition. | El Dorado Hills, CA: Savas Beatie LLC, 2016. |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2015028122| ISBN 9781611213348 (alk. paper) |
ISBN 9781611212051 (ebk.)
Subjects: LCSH: Confederate States of America. Army. Texas Infantry Regiment,
5th. | TexasHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865Regimental histories. |
United StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865Regimental histories. |
United StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865Campaigns.
5th. | TexasHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865Regimental histories. |
United StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865Regimental histories. |
United StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865Campaigns.
Classification: LCC E580.5 5th .S36 2016 | DDC 973.7/464dc23
LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2015028122
eISBN: 978 1 61121 335 5
Mobi ISBN: 978 1 61121 335 5
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This book is dedicated to the officers and men of the 5th Texas Infantry Regiment who fought above and beyond the call of duty for nearly four years, enduring untold hardships, all in furtherance of a cause that was sacred to them.
Table of Contents
Preface
The Bloody Fifth represents the first comprehensive study of the 5th Texas Regiment, a narrative I found long overdue and greatly in need of telling. While I was quite familiar with Hoods Texas Brigade prior to my immersion in this work, I acquired a much deeper appreciation for the individual fighting men as I prepared this manuscript for publication. These uncommonly brave soldiers joined an army fighting for independence and for their own states right to control its own destiny. They believed deeply in a cause they were willing to die for to preserve.
The 5th Texas was one of only three infantry units from Texas to fight in the Eastern Theater as part of the Army of Northern Virginia. Serving more than 1,300 miles from home created particular hardships not experienced to the same degree by other troops, particularly after the Mississippi River was firmly in Federal hands and Southern ports more effectively blockaded. The supply of food, clothing, sundries, and even letters from home became increasingly scarce. While the men grumbled, as all soldiers are prone to do, the regiment maintained its morale and fighting edge. These Texans were always prepared to fight to the last measure, a fact that led Robert
E. Lee to proudly proclaim that the Texans are always ready.
Volume 2, Gettysburg to Appomattox , commences where the first volume left off, in the spring of 1863 with the Union army having been defeated at Chancellorsville and General Lees army preparing to carry the war north. It follows the 5th Texas on its fateful march into Pennsylvania. The narrative, rich in detail about the men themselves, carries the Bloody Fifth through the bloody defeat at Gettysburg and the retreat back into Virginia. Two months later the Texans moved westward by rail to North Georgia and the grand tactical victory fighting with the Army of Tennessee at Chickamauga. The frustrations of the quasi-siege of Chattanooga followed, as did the dismal winter campaign against Union-held Knoxville, Tennessee. The verdant fields of Virginia welcomed the Texans once more in the spring of 1864, their return all-toosoon followed by the horrors of the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, and the stagnation of Petersburgs trenches. Heavy fighting followed, including New Market Heights and Darbytown Road. With the lines finally broken around Richmond and Petersburg, all that was left was the hard road to Appomattox and the long journey home.
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As with the first volume, there are many people to thank for making this book possible. Please see the Acknowledgments noted in the first installment, and I extend my thanks once more to my publisher, Savas Beatie, for its faith in my work and this history of the 5th Texas Infantry.
John F. Schmutz
San Antonio, TX
Chapter 1
Gettysburg:
Gathering Storm
Gathering Storm
On May 24, having missed the fight at Chancellorsville, the Texas Brigade held a regular review in an open field about 600 yards from its camp. A number of ladies in mourning dress watched the proceedings on horseback. (One Texan estimated that more than two-thirds of the women in the Confederacy were in black by then.) Four days later, the men departed camp at 8:00 a.m. for a five mile march to participate in a grand Division Review, in a clearing behind Hoods headquarters, with the public invited. Hood relished the opportunity to show off his veterans. The brigades of Anderson, Law, Robertson, and Benning drew up in a mile long line of battle. The division, formed into companies, preceded by about 20 artillery pieces, passed in review before their beaming commander. The 4th Texas band and those of the three other brigades provided a variety of stirring marching tunes.
Following the formal review, a mock battle was staged for the dignitaries and what one participant described as an immense crowd of citizens. Smither wrote his mother that, [w]e also had a sham Artillery duel and an Infantry charge, it was a very grand affair throughout, the Old 5th was just in front of Hood, and coming up at a doublequick with fixed bayonets, and arriving within 50 yds of the General we raised the Old Texas Yellthat the entire brigade quickly and loudly took up. You have no idea how terrific it sounds to hear a line of 10,000 men yelling like mad, Smither exclaimed.
Afterward, the regiment bided its time until May 31, when the brigade trudged 14 miles through heavy dust back toward Fredericksburg, bivouacking on the Fredericksburg Road two miles closer to the town than their encampment of the previous year. Remaining on alert throughout the night, it then returned back to its camp near Raccoon Ford. The subsequent 28 mile trek with full packs through the dusty, hot sun was thoroughly exhausting, especially on new recruitsone reporting himself pretty tired with very much blistered feet. While Lee mulled the prospect of launching another major offensive, he ordered a number of feigned movements and demonstrations such as this one to confuse the enemy about his intentions.
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