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e joined the Army of the Cumberland in the summer of 1862 to win new laurels at Stone's River, Chickamauga, and Missionary Ridge. His sabers were conspicuously active in the Atlanta campaign; and at the battle of New Hope Church on May 28th Johnson himself was wounded, but recovered in time to join Schofield after the fall of Atlanta and to assist him in driving Hood and Forrest out of Tennessee. For his bravery at the battle of Nashville he was brevetted brigadier-general, U. S. A., December 16, 1864, and after the war he was retired with the brevet of major-general. spent the winter, and where a decisive battle had been fought some months before, in the autumn of 1863. His army was composed of three parts, or, more properly, of three armies operating in concert. These were the Army of the Tennessee, led by General James B. McPherson; the Army of Ohio, under General John M. Schofield, and the Army of the Cumberland, commanded by General George H. Thomas. The last named was muc
e joined the Army of the Cumberland in the summer of 1862 to win new laurels at Stone's River, Chickamauga, and Missionary Ridge. His sabers were conspicuously active in the Atlanta campaign; and at the battle of New Hope Church on May 28th Johnson himself was wounded, but recovered in time to join Schofield after the fall of Atlanta and to assist him in driving Hood and Forrest out of Tennessee. For his bravery at the battle of Nashville he was brevetted brigadier-general, U. S. A., December 16, 1864, and after the war he was retired with the brevet of major-general. spent the winter, and where a decisive battle had been fought some months before, in the autumn of 1863. His army was composed of three parts, or, more properly, of three armies operating in concert. These were the Army of the Tennessee, led by General James B. McPherson; the Army of Ohio, under General John M. Schofield, and the Army of the Cumberland, commanded by General George H. Thomas. The last named was muc
an's Station, Tenn., to Saltville, Va., including Abingdon, Glade Springs, and Marion. Union, Stoneman's Cav.; Confed., Gen. J. C. Breckinridge's command. Losses: Union, 20 killed, 123 wounded; Confed., 126 wounded, 500 missing. December 13, 1864: Fort McAllister, Ga. Union, Second Division of Fifteenth Corps; Confed., Garrison commanded by Maj. W. G. Anderson. Losses: Union, 24 killed, 110 wounded; Confed., 48 killed and wounded, 200 missing. December 15-16, 1864: Nashville, Tenn. Union, Fourth Corps; First and Third Divisions Thirteenth Corps; Twenty-third Corps; Wilson's Cav., and detachments colored troops, convalescents; Confed., Gen. J. B. Hood's army. Losses: Union, 387 killed, 2558 wounded; Confed., 4462 killed, wounded, and missing. December 17, 1864: Franklin, Tenn. Union, Wilson's Cav.; Confed., Forrest's Cav. Losses: Confed., 1800 wounded and sick captured. (Incident of Hood's retreat from Nashville.) Dec