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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 8. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Lookout mountain — report of General John K. Jackson. (search)
ks before applied for, and upon the assurance of General Bragg that he would telegraph him when Sherman came upin with Lieutenant-General Hardee. We there met General Bragg, and after a view from Lookout point, General BrGeneral Bragg indicated a line on the slope of the mountain, which from that standpoint he thought ought to be the fightin looked over the ground. The line indicated by General Bragg was to present quite a different appearance fromright. This was the general line pointed out by General Bragg, although it had not been defended by the engine both these notes were immediately dispatched to General Bragg, and copies to General Stevenson. I also sent athdrawing the troops. I was there informed that General Bragg ordered us to retire down the mountain, the roadthe base of the mountain, I received orders from General Bragg, through General Cheatham, as to the time and mothe mountain. I expected to receive orders from General Bragg, but not to see him in person. These orders wer
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 26. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.11 (search)
you doubtless remember, as a matter of history, we went as far South as Tupelo, and from there we were transferred to Chattanooga, Tenn. Thence we led the way for Bragg through Kentucky; we fought with him at Perryville; we fought over practically all the ground leading back through Cumberland Gap to Knoxville, and at many points,ith our infantry. That night, at 12 o'clock, after our horses had been groomed and fed, we left for his rear, and we continued in his rear practically until after Bragg had retreated from Murfreesboro; in fact, Bragg had retreated, leaving only Cleburne's Division, with one or two batteries of artillery and a regiment of cavalry bBragg had retreated, leaving only Cleburne's Division, with one or two batteries of artillery and a regiment of cavalry between Murfreesboro and the enemy, leaving Wheeler in the rear of Rosecrans. Leading back from Murfreesboro to the Tennessee river, and in the direction of Chattanooga, and Decatur, Ala., every portion of the ground was traversed by Wheeler's Cavalry, and there are but few places where fights did not occur. But why recount the
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 26. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), The monument. (search)
The monument. History of the movement that resulted in its erection. The articles of incorporation of the Monument Committee or Association, were filed on Tuesday, Sept. 30, 1885, the incorporators being E. A. O'Neal, W. S. Reese, W. L. Bragg, Josiah Morris, William B. Jones, W. W. Screws, William W. Allen, Jacob Griel, John W. A. Sanford, H. A. Herbert, J. B. Gaston, Thomas G. Jones, H. C. Tompkins, J. H. Higgins and D. S. Rice. W. S. Reese was elected chairman and T. J. Rutledge secretary of the board of incorporators. It was under the auspices of this organization that Mr. Davis came to Montgomery in April, 1886, and laid the corner stone of the present noble and everlasting monument to the Confederate soldiers of Alabama. The men who started the work of building the monument, and all who aided them, have cause to feel grateful for the glorious result. It took only a short while to develop the fact that no matter how earnest or industrious they might be, they wou