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Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories 388 388 Browse Search
Waitt, Ernest Linden, History of the Nineteenth regiment, Massachusetts volunteer infantry , 1861-1865 16 16 Browse Search
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 10 10 Browse Search
Horace Greeley, The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65: its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union. Volume II. 8 8 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 22. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 7 7 Browse Search
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register 6 6 Browse Search
Col. O. M. Roberts, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 12.1, Alabama (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 5 5 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 9. (ed. Frank Moore) 5 5 Browse Search
Colonel William Preston Johnston, The Life of General Albert Sidney Johnston : His Service in the Armies of the United States, the Republic of Texas, and the Confederate States. 5 5 Browse Search
J. B. Jones, A Rebel War Clerk's Diary 4 4 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: December 15, 1863., [Electronic resource], Review of Bragg's last campaign. (search)
d, and the heavy rains and swollen streams by which his trains were delayed, reduced his successor, Gen. Thomas, to this unpleasant condition: He must either re-open the railroad line, restrict his troops to quarter rations or less, or yield the position and retire upon Nashville. It was this dilemma, foreseen by the Confederate commander, that probably decided him to invest Chattanooga rather than move across the river upon the enemy's rear. Be this as it may, on the night of the 28th of October, Thomas threw a force over the Tennessee, at Brown's Ferry, four or five miles below the town by the river, and a little more than one-fourth that distance by land across Moccasin Bend, seized the heights on the south bank, laid down a pontoon bridge, and rushed over a column of infantry and artillery, which began immediately to entrench and fortify itself. On the 29th, Gen. Longstreet, who commanded on the left, was directed to reconnoitre the enemy's position in the valley, ascert