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John Bell Hood., Advance and Retreat: Personal Experiences in the United States and Confederate Armies, Appendix. (search)
ce on the 15th, in which Deas's and Bradley's brigades of Johnson's Division were principally engaged. This Gap was held by my command until the balance of the Army had passed through Mattox's Gap, when I followed with the corps through the latter, The Army moved to Gadsden, where my corps arrived on October 21st. At this point clothing was issued to the troops, and the Army commenced its march towards the Tennessee. My corps reached the vicinity of Leighton, in the Tennessee Valley, October 29th. Stewart's and Cheatham's Corps were then in front of Decatur. On the night of the 29th I received orders to cross the Tennessee river at Florence, Alabama. By means of the pontoon boats, two brigades of Johnson's Division were thrown across the river two and one-half miles above South Florence, and Gibson's brigade of Clayton's Division was crossed at South Florence. The enemy occupied Florence with about one thousand (1000) cavalry, and had a strong picket at the railroad bridge. T